I live in Dayu Changsheng

Chapter 50, Night Attack

"Night attack by Taiping thieves?!"

Fang Rui turned over and sat up. Hearing the shouts of killing coming from the direction of the city gate outside the window, he frowned. He glanced at the two little girls who were sleeping next to him, put on his clothes and went out lightly.

When they came to the courtyard, the sound from the direction of the city gate became clearer, the sound of shouting and killing could be heard endlessly, as well as the sound of smashing and smashing from other directions, and the faint light of fire in the distance.

"Due to the quality of soldiers, night blindness and other reasons, it is unlikely that the Taiping bandits will attack the whole army at night, and it is more likely that a small group of warriors will make a surprise attack... There should be internal support in the city, and the internal and external forces can be combined to break the city..."

'However, listening to those voices shouting and shouting for killing, it should be discovered by the forces in the city. At this time, they are probably fighting? ! '

"The peace bandits didn't give up either. The response in the city is an example. They tried to cause chaos, gathered the crowd, and even set fire to it..."

Fang Rui stood with his back, looking towards the city gate, and quickly made a judgment based on the information he had.

Squeak!

At this time, there was movement in the room, and it was Fang Xueshi and the third lady who also got up.

"Mother, third sister, are you awake too?" Fang Rui asked.

"How can you not wake up with such a loud voice?"

"Yeah, such a loud shout of killing makes people feel flustered...Brother Rui, tell me...will the city be broken tonight?"

Even though Fang Rui had analyzed it for them, they are not afraid of the city being destroyed, but even so, when things come to an end, it is inevitable that they will be anxious and nervous.

"Tonight, it probably won't be broken."

Fang Rui shook his head: "The night attack lies in its suddenness and stealth... But hearing this voice, the actions of the Taiping Bandits should have been discovered, and they are fighting with the forces in the city..."

"Even if the city breaks down in case, there is no need to worry...Mother, third sister, go back to sleep, I will guard you outside, everything will be fine."

Seeing the hesitation of the two of them, he added: "Going to bed late and staying up late is not good for your health, it may also cause wrinkles and accelerate aging..."

"Auntie, Brother Rui has already said so, let's go back!"

"also."

Fang Xueshi and San Niangzi's complexion changed, and they quickly entered the room again.

No matter what age or status, love of beauty is natural, and the two of them were indeed frightened by Fang Rui's words... Of course, the more important thing is: Fang Rui trusts, as long as he is around, they will feel at ease.

The two just went in.

Boom boom boom!
Outside the door, there was another knock on the door, accompanied by Jiang Ping'an's voice: "Brother Fang?!"

Fang Rui opened the door: "Brother Jiang?!"

"...the Taiping thieves attacked at night and were temporarily blocked by the forces in the city. They were fighting at the gate of the city... The county lord ordered us to dispatch the headhunters immediately to patrol the streets to suppress the lawless, lest the Taiping thieves would gather people into chaos... I am worried about my family, so I brought your sister-in-law and two nephews here, please take care of them..."

Behind Jiang Ping'an was Jiang's sister-in-law, and the two little ones: Niu Dun and Xiaodou Sprout.

"Brother Jiang, don't worry!" Fang Rui naturally readily agreed.

Jiang Ping'an came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

"Xiao Fang, I'm sorry to trouble you!"

Sister Jiang's face was full of troublesome embarrassment: "I said no, it should be fine, but Lao Jiang is stubborn, insisting on us coming, and even woke up the two children..."

yawn!

Behind her, Niu Dun and Xiaodou Sprout dozed off bit by bit.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, what are you talking about? Why is there any trouble between our two families? However, I think Brother Jiang is right... Sister-in-law, in such a chaotic world, it is better to be more cautious."

Fang Rui looked at the two little ones: "These two little guys are quite sleepy...how about, sister-in-law, why don't you take them to sleep for a while? I still have a room here..."

"When you come to my place, don't worry about safety. I'll keep an eye on the movement outside and everything will be fine."

There are four rooms in this courtyard, Fang Xueshi and San Niangzi occupy one, Fang Rui, Nannan, and Fang Ling occupy one, and there are two remaining rooms, leaving one room for Sister-in-Law Jiang, Niu Dun, Small bean sprouts are naturally not a problem.

The three sisters-in-law and sister-in-law Jiang have settled down.

go back to the house.

Fang Rui lay on the bed, closed his eyes and fell asleep. At the same time, he paid most of his attention to the outside.

——In such a chaotic night, there may not be thieves breaking in.

Outside the window, the chaotic sound seemed to grow louder and last for a long time.

Suddenly.

Fang Rui moved his ears, and heard that in this Tianshuijing alley, about two or three courtyards away, there was unusual movement, it seemed that there were thieves.

'Is that family surnamed Zheng or Lu?Forget it, I've never met each other before... Let's clean up the snow on our own! 'He sighed in his heart, but didn't get up to care.

Thousands of people have thousands of faces, people have ghosts and ghosts, in this world, people who understand reason and know kindness are only a few... If you help rashly, they may not be sympathetic, or if you get messed with again, it will be disgusting enough...

Here in Tianshuijing Hutong, the Fang family has no foundation, and Fang Rui doesn't know much about that family, so it's better to keep silent than to meddle in their own business.

Soon, screams and cries came, accompanied by loud calls for help. Unlike the previous ones that were far away, this time the sound was very close.

But there was no movement from the surrounding people.

'Is it because the family is not upright, and the popularity is extremely poor?Or, everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, don't care about the frost on the roof of others, don't care?Don't dare to take care of it? '

Fang Rui thought to himself.

No matter what the situation is, he will not intervene—needless to say, the former would be "the farmer and the snake" if he helped, and the latter, the neighbors are like this, how can he criticize him, a stranger?
After a while, the voice gradually lowered.

"Um?!"

At this time, Fang Rui felt the two little girls turning over frequently on the bed. Looking sideways, in the dim light, they were facing two pairs of big shining eyes.

"Brother!"

"Brother Ariel!"

The two little girls did not know when they woke up.

"Why, you were woken up by the movement outside?" Fang Rui asked in a low voice.

"Yes, brother!"

"The same goes for my daughter, there's such a loud voice, some people are shouting, others are crying... I can't sleep!"

"It's the bad guys, but...don't worry, I will protect you." Fang Rui said softly.

"Well, brother, I'm not afraid!"

Fang Ling turned over and put his arms around Fang Rui's neck: "My brother is Sun Houzi, even if I was captured by a monster, my brother will rescue me."

"There are some monsters that Sun Houzi can't beat..." Nannan whispered on the side.

Fang Ling: ...

The little girl was stunned, as if she was thinking, what should I do then? !

"Haha, my daughter underestimated me, I'm not that monkey jumping up and down, I'm more like... the Tathagata Buddha!"

Fang Rui smiled, feeling amused by the children's strange brain circuits, it was rare for him to make a joke.

What he didn't say was...

The reality is not as good as in the novel, when the monster catches Tang Sanzang, they have to dawdle for a long time, waiting for Monkey Sun to rescue him... The villain will not talk nonsense, waiting for the protagonist to come back...

This is a game that has never been restarted... The best way is: predict the enemy first, see the subtleties, and eliminate the danger in the bud.

From this point of view, Fang Rui is really like a 'Tathagata Buddha', striving to control everything.

"Brother Ariel,"

The girl asked again: "I heard from my mother that most of the people who fought outside the city didn't have enough to eat. It's so pitiful...why did they come to beat us?"

"It's a bad guy!" Fang Ling answered quickly.

"Bad guy?!"

Fang Rui smiled: "Those people can't be said to be bad people, of course, they are not good people... To be honest, they are a group of poor people!"

"Many times, in this world, good and bad are not black and white, either one or the other..."

The two little girls didn't quite understand these words, they were in a daze.

"Forget it, don't talk about that,"

Fang Rui knocked Xia Ling on the head, lifted the little girl from his arms, and laid it flat on the bed: "Let's tell you a story!"

"Yeah!"

"Brother A Rui, the stories you tell are really nice, and I like listening to them too!"

then.

In the sound of killing from the direction of the city gate, in the screams and crying from outside the window, in the whimpering night wind...

Fang Rui's gentle voice gradually sounded, neither hurried nor slow, and calm.

……

After half an hour.

Drowsiness struck again, the two little girls fell asleep, and Fang Rui's storytelling voice suddenly stopped.

reason?

The shouting and killing from the direction of the city gate, as well as other chaotic sounds, gradually subsided and became quieter.

'Mostly the Taiping bandits failed in their night attack and retreated. ' Fang Rui thought.

Sure enough, not long after the two little girls Fang Ling and Nannan gradually fell asleep again.

There was a knock on the door outside, and it was Jiang Ping'an who had returned.

"...The gate of the city is guarded...the higher-ups let us yamen servants catch up and disband and rest...More detailed information may have to wait until tomorrow..."

Jiang Pingan spoke to Fang Rui hastily, then took his leave and left, picking up Auntie Jiang, Niu Dun, and Xiaodou Sprout by the way.

At this time, it was already about Mao time (five o'clock in the morning), because it was summer, the days were long and the nights were short, and the sky was already pale.

"A false alarm... Forget it, just go back to sleep and sleep..."

Fang Rui sighed, stretched, and returned to the house.

……

This day, Fang Rui's family got up late, and only had breakfast in the middle of the morning.

Around noon, Jiang Ping'an came to visit.

From the other party's mouth, Fang Rui learned the details of the Taiping thief's attack last night.

Just as he expected, last night... no, to be precise, it was the early morning of this morning when a small group of warriors from the Taiping Bandits raided, as well as internal agents who infiltrated the city... However, unfortunately, they were discovered by patrol personnel... In response to the operation, the Peaceful Bandits sneaked into the The spies in the city acted wantonly and even set fire to it, but luckily it was extinguished...

The final result: the Taiping bandits were killed and retreated, and the forces in the city also lost a lot.

"Let me just say, the ancient siege recorded in the history books of the previous life, without the dedication of the big family, the stalemate for ten and a half months is just normal..." Fang Rui thought to himself.

"Also, a tragedy happened in our Tianshuijing Hutong. It was the Zheng family not far from your place. The boss of the Zheng family died tragically, his wife and daughter..."

"It's also because his family is not well-connected. They are always messing around, justifiably and unreasonably. The neighbors don't want to get involved...Last night, there was not a single voice of support..."

"Of course, if you change a family, you may not be spared... This kind of thing, if it doesn't happen to your own head, who knows?!"

When Jiang Pingan said this, he was overjoyed and held Fang Rui's wrist gratefully: "Thanks to my care, I let your sister-in-law and the others come to you, otherwise..."

Speaking of this matter, he was full of fear.

And sister-in-law Jiang, after learning about this this morning, was also very frightened, and she never said things like 'should not go' or 'just trouble people'.

"Presumably, this tragedy is what I heard in the early hours of this morning... No wonder, there is no one to help when they cry for help so loudly..."

Fang Rui thought to himself, and waved his hands: "It's a small matter, if Brother Jiang goes out in the future, just send your sister-in-law to me...I will take good care of my sister-in-law, nephew, and niece..."

"Brother Fang is very loyal!"

Jiang Pingan chatted for a few words, then got up to leave.

In the afternoon, he will go out to patrol the streets, and he will go back early for dinner at noon.

Send Jiang Pingan away and close the door.

The cries not far from the next door and the hustle and bustle outside the door were all blocked out together, like an enchantment, separating the two worlds.

Fang Rui turned back to the backyard.

Under the bright sun, Mrs. Fang Xue and San Niangzi sat under the big willow tree, doing needlework, and the mottled light and shadow shone on them like moonlight and stars.

Nannan and Fang Ling squatted not far away, playing chess with stones in matt.

Seeing Fang Rui approaching, Fang Xueshi turned her head and asked, "Brother Rui, are you hungry? How about me and the third girl go cook?"

"Eat late in the morning, don't feel hungry, let's wait for lunch later!"

"I don't feel hungry either..."

"Auntie, if everyone is not hungry, then wait a little longer!" The third lady straightened her hair at the temples, her tenderness and charm at that moment was like a water lotus swaying in the wind.

Just in time.

There was a gentle wind, and the willow leaves of a tree trembled, reflecting light like pieces of silvery white fish scales, shimmering and shimmering lightly.

The breeze is not dry, and the time is just right.

……

(End of this chapter)