Firmament

The uneasy kindness of the two-headed cross-talk.

- Hui proverb

Suddenly, the town guard stood up and asked Ayisha on the stage in a loud voice, "Aunt Sarta, don't be afraid, don't be sad! Please name your man, and I will help you find him." "

Aisha excitedly bowed to the town guard officials and thanked him, and then replied, "My man's name is Abbas, he is just 30 years old this year, and I heard that he works as a cook in the barracks and is in your mansion all year round. "

The town guard immediately shouted to the heralds, telling them to go to the barracks immediately to find Abbas and reunite them with their family now.

The herald, with the information provided by Ayisha, found Abbas cooking in the cook's tent and brought him to the lobby.

Abbas, who didn't know what to do, was stunned when he saw Ayisha standing on the stage. He couldn't believe his eyes, thinking he was daydreaming. He stared hard at Aisha with wide eyes, and then at each other with Adan and Hani.

The family carefully identified each other. At the end, tears of happiness flowed out like springs.

The guests were amazed at

this touching scene, and their faces were happy with smiles.

The town warden shouted and said, "The beginning of this year is so auspicious! Come, let's replace wine with tea, and wish our family happiness and good health!"

"Good!" echoed enthusiastically in the lobby.

Abbas's family was happily reunited in the city of River State.

Ayisha and her two children temporarily settled in the city of Hezhou. They rented a small yard in Xiguan, and then set up a stall on the street to do business, living a life of poverty and warmth for the common people. Abbas continued to work as a cook in the barracks.

Back then, Gong Taiyuan left the officialdom with the notoriety of a traitor and lived in seclusion in Lin'an City. The inexorable passage of time. In 1171, he died of illness as an old man.

His eldest grandson Gong Guangzu and second grandson Gong Yaozu joined the army of the Eastern Kingdom and vowed to fight to the end with the female direct country.

The

Gong brothers shared the same hatred with the Dongfang army, and successively defeated the Nuzhiguo army in Da'an, Zaoyang, and Haozhou, breaking the enemy's attempt to attack on all fronts, so that Sheji was temporarily safe.

There was also a war between the country of Nu Naoki and the country of the steppe. The two sides have won and lost each other, and there is a stalemate and a see-saw situation.

Bingzhou, Binh Duong, Zhending, and Dongping, which are located on the border of the two empires, are in the hands of the army of the steppe country today, and will return to the army of the female state tomorrow. It is the people here who suffer the most. Not only do they live in the chaos of war every day, but prices in the market are skyrocketing, and food at home is starving. Not only that, but they don't even know which country and dynasty they belong to.

The descendants of the king's ministers still live in the city of Bingzhou.

Wang Changshun is the representative of the Wang family in this generation. He runs a small restaurant, and his small business is thriving, and his life is considered to be well-off. However, the chaotic world made him very depressed and troubled.

One day, Wang Changshun suddenly found that the soldiers of the Grassland Country were withdrawing from the city, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of secret joy in his heart: They finally went back, and our good days should come.

Wang Changshun immediately arranged for the young man in the restaurant and said, "Fugui, go and prepare the mule cart." Early tomorrow morning, we will set out to the countryside to buy grain. After taking it back, it was put in a large house in the backyard and kept well. Even if there is another war in the future, we will not worry about running out of food, and we don't have to worry about restaurants running out of food. "

Wang

Changshun is not the only one who is happy in the city of Nuoda and Zhou, but the people in the city are all happy. A long-lost smile appeared on their faces, and the wrinkles that were usually tangled in the center of their eyebrows suddenly relaxed, as if they had encountered a great joy. The windows of every house are pasted with big red paper cutouts: fat dolls hold golden toads in both hands, big carp jumps over the fortune dragon gate, plum orchids and bamboo chrysanthemums are lifelike, and mandarin ducks and butterflies are vivid and cute. Although the technique of paper-cutting is a little rough and dull, it reveals a warm and festive feeling.

Although it is not the first day of the Lunar New Year, some folk artists have turned out dry boats, bamboo dragons, suona and gongs and drums from the corners of their houses, swept away the thick dust on them, and came to the open place in groups, excitedly playing and singing, while dancing the dry boats and bamboo dragons.

Adults led children in their hands, carried snack gift bags, visited each other's relatives and friends, and enjoyed this wonderful time that was more precious than gold.

However, the good life of the common people had not passed for two or three days, and the army of the female direct country rushed into the city of Bingzhou again. They went from house to house to conscription and demand food, and beat the people back to the eighteenth layer of hell.

Wang Changshun settled the young man Fugui sitting at the door of the restaurant every day, pretending to be basking in the sun, but in fact he was standing guard, as long as he saw the soldiers coming towards this side from a distance, he hurriedly prepared some silver taels and sent them to them, lest they break into the backyard and rummage indiscriminately and snatch away the food they had hidden.

A few days later, the Nuzhiguo army withdrew again, leaving the people in the city of Bingzhou stunned, staring at each other with big eyes, not knowing what else would happen next.

In the spring of 1231, peace negotiations were held between the Steppe Kingdom and the Nu Nao. Baolig appointed his most trusted generals Badr and Ulan as his chief and deputy envoys.

They traveled to Nanjing to negotiate peace with the female Naokoku. Ali went with him as one of Badr's entourage.

The king of the Female Straight Kingdom ordered the beheading of Ulan, the deputy envoy of the steppe state, and expelled Badr from the country.

When the king of the Eastern Kingdom heard Badr's report, he seriously criticized Bao Lige and said: "Look, you still have illusions about the fierce enemy! It is precisely because you did not seize the opportunity to pursue the enemy that they have gained an inch and become more and more arrogant. "

Badr has been fighting with Baolig for many years and is loyal to him. He was looking forward to the day when Bao Lige would be able to take power, and he could also take advantage of the situation and seek a higher official position. Now, when he saw the king so harshly criticizing Baolig, he was dissatisfied for a while, and blew a lot of cold wind in Baolig's ears, trying his best to degrade the king's leadership.

They left the king's tent and walked several miles. Suddenly, Bolig began to twitch rapidly. He struggled twice on the horse, and one fell off the horse like an upside-down onion

Badr hurriedly jumped off his horse and knelt beside Baolig to help.

Bao Lige's expression was painful, blood was pouring from his five orifices, and he died in the blink of an eye, at the age of 40.

Badr hugged the body of Baolig and cried more than the loss of his own loved ones. He scolded the king as a deceitful thief and unworthy of the commander of the army. Finally, with blood-red eyes, he picked up a long sword and prepared to attack the king.

The generals hurriedly grabbed Badr and bitterly dissuaded: "My lord, you must be angry. Now it's all hearsay, and there is no real evidence. In such a situation, the crusade against the king is not justified and unspeakable. What's more, he is the commander of the army, and a crusade without justifiable reasons is rebellion, a great rebellion, and it is not tolerated by feelings, law, and reason. We're all going to be destroyed. "

Badr was angry for a while, and he didn't want to return to the capital of the steppe country, so he simply ordered the team to stay in place to observe the future changes in the situation and then determine the direction.

Ali and Sauron, as members of the Cooks' team, have no choice but to unconditionally obey Badr's orders and follow his side.

Sauron's belly was getting bulging, and the day of delivery was getting closer. In her spare time from her work, she found a pile of rags from the back-office and sang melodious grassland folk songs cheerfully, while carefully sewing the baby's coat and making a few pairs of embroidered cloth shoes for the children.

The sorrow in Ali's heart is always endless.

On the one hand, Ali was worried about the violent death of General Bolig and Badr's irrepressible anger, and on the other hand, he was very worried about Sauron's imminent production. He looked at the carefree Sauron, hoping that Badr would remain here, at least until Sauron gave birth safely.