Glory all the way

Chapter 204 Departure
The man in front of him was dressed in a clean rain-colored robe, and his hair was neatly combed. At first glance, one could feel that this was a scholar with a dark complexion. How could one see the desolate appearance of the previous few days.

"Luo Niang, this is my best friend when I was young. At that time, we all called him Mouse. His real name was Ou Hao, a man with great spirit forever."

Du Xuan stepped forward and patted Ou Hao's shoulder affectionately, and introduced to Bai Yingluo.

Although they have been separated for many years, they have met several times in the past few days, and both of them have been deeply impressed when they mentioned childhood, so the relationship between the two has rapidly warmed up in the past few days, and it is no different from when they were young.

"Brother Ou..."

Bai Yingluo called softly, stepped forward and performed blessings.

Knowing Bai Yingluo's identity already, Ou Hao hurriedly walked away, waved his hands a little awkwardly and said, "Ma'am, when...you can't call me like this, just like Xuanzi, just call me a mouse."

Ou Hao's embarrassing red face, coupled with his humorous nickname, Liu Ying and the others laughed in a low voice behind him. For a moment, Ou Hao's originally dark face seemed to turn redder.

"Brother Ou, Xuan Lang called you like this because of your childhood friendship. If I followed this address, it would seem that I have no rules. Xuan Lang told me a lot about when I was young, and I heard that you often acted like a big brother. Protecting the friends who played together, so many years of relationship, such a term of respect, how can you not be worthy of it?"

Reaching out her hand to invite Ou Hao to sit down, Bai Yingluo smiled and said, "Since we're in the mansion, we will be a family from now on, Brother Ou, don't be polite, just treat it as usual."

After Du Xuan arrived at Baijiazhuang, he settled down, while Ou Hao had been wandering outside for a few more years. Therefore, Ou Hao had a deeper understanding of the warmth and coldness of human relationships. Ou Hao did not dare to believe Bai Yingluo's words. In the armchair, he still only covered half of his body, with a hint of caution.

When Bai Yingluo saw it, she didn't force it, she just waited for him to get used to it after a long time.

After talking for a while, Bai Yingluo tugged at Du Xuan's sleeve, and the two got up, beckoning Ou Hao to the front yard.

There is a quiet courtyard in the east wing of the front yard, called Luoyanju, and when she ordered Suiyuan to invite Ou Hao, Bai Yingluo ordered the little maids and women to clean it up.

"The preparations were hasty. Brother Ou will make do with it for one night today. If there is anything missing, please tell me and I will add it tomorrow."

Said gently, Bai Yingluo glanced at Du Xuan, turned around and took the maids back to the house.

After the third watch, Du Xuan came back.

Seeing that Bai Yingluo hadn't slept yet, Du Xuan's apology deepened, "I thought you went to bed early, so I chatted with the mouse for a while. Luo Niang, if I come back late in the future, you don't have to wait I, just rest first."

Bai Yingluo smiled, raised her voice and ordered Liusu to come in and help Du Xuan clean his face and change his clothes.

After taking a break, Du Xuan let out a long sigh of relief, "Luo Niang, thank you."

"Okay, I get it, you just repay me with the love of your whole life."

Yawning, Bai Yingluo nestled in his arms and gradually fell asleep.

Du Xuan looked down at the peaceful sleeping face of the little girl in his arms, and he couldn't add more emotion in his heart. He thought about it for a while, but after an unknown period of time, the candle in the corner burned to the end and went out, the room fell into darkness, and Du Xuan fell into a deep sleep go.

Early the next morning, Du Xuanmao went out.

As soon as Bai Yingluo got up, she heard the news from the little maid that Ou Hao had come.

"Brother and sister, if there are any miscellaneous things in the house, you can tell me to do it, I really can't stay idle."

Ou Hao said straight to the point.

"Brother Ou, don't worry, I still have something to ask you."

Bai Yingluo smiled, asked Ou Hao to sit down, and ordered Chen Xiang to serve tea.

Ou Hao sat down a little uneasy, not even knowing where to put his hands and feet.

"Brother Ou, Xuan Lang said, my childhood companions escaped from Bengcheng when the government recruited men. Now, do you still have contact with them?"

Bai Yingluo asked seriously.

With a dazed expression, Ou Hao nodded, and said in a vague way: "That year, we escaped a total of twelve people. Now, the only ones who have contact are me, Heizi and the others. I don't know about the others... I don't know if it's dead or alive."

Saying that, Ou Hao's mood became depressed.

Sighing secretly in her heart, Bai Yingluo suddenly became puzzled about what happened in Bengcheng that year, "Brother Ou, Xuan Lang didn't tell me in detail about what happened in Bengcheng, can you tell me? Pearl, you don’t need to use such an extreme method? Then, what happened? After so many years, you haven’t gone back? Your family must also miss you.”

When mentioning his family, Ou Hao's eyes turned red.

What happened that year must be unbearable to look back on. For a while, Bai Yingluo felt a little regretful.

After being silent for a while, Ou Hao let out a long breath, and said in a low voice: "At first, the government only recruited men to go to the sea to salvage sea oysters to get pearls, but later, they saw that the pearls they got were getting less and less, and their quality was getting worse and worse. , those people became impatient, and drove daddy and the others to the deep sea area. At that time, there were always three or five people who couldn't come back every day, and the number of people was getting smaller and smaller. The children in the village who knew how to swim were also arrested. A dozen of us play together on weekdays and are clever, my mother saw something was wrong, so she told us to escape quickly, and a dozen of us went into the mountain in the dark."

The scene of that day appeared in front of his eyes, Ou Hao's eyes were filled with a layer of blood red, and his face became a little scary, "The day we left was the day when my father and the others went further into the sea. My heart was not at ease, and I didn't dare to run far, so I hid in the mountains for a few days. Then one night, we sneaked back in the dark, only to find that the entire... the entire village was dead, Those officers and soldiers carried it and threw it into the sea."

"The seawater has soaked the human body, emitting a stench. Along with the salty smell of the seawater, the air is filled with a suffocating smell."

"Later, the officers and soldiers set fire to the village without leaving a single tile. The eyes of a dozen of us were red, but we had to endure it because we knew that we would die if we rushed out. When the time came, there would be no one to replace us." Our parents have revenge."

Both hands were clenched tightly, and the sound of joints could be vaguely heard. Ou Hao's voice gave off a sinister and cold breath, "Later, the officers and soldiers left, and we ran to the beach again, thinking Is there a glimmer of hope? However, what I saw is something I will never forget."

His lips were bitten so bloodshot, Ou Hao gritted his teeth and said: "So many corpses are swollen and floating on the water, there are seabirds circling above their heads, going down to grab meat from time to time, and bold The fish jumped out of the water, and it was indescribably lively. But those people who were swallowed were our dearest and most loved ones..."

After that, Ou Hao smiled self-deprecatingly, "Now, the only thing we are thankful for is that although our parents did not die well, they died in the sea well. The old custom in our village is that when a person dies, he will be turned into ashes and sprinkled in the sea , go to the depths of the sea to find the ancestors of our fishermen, although they can’t take care of their parents, but finally let their bodies be buried in the sea.”

After Ou Hao finished speaking, the room fell into a long silence.

In the past, I just felt sorry for Du Xuan and Ou Hao's life experience, but after knowing what happened in Bengcheng, Bai Yingluo's heart was not only in pain, but also the inhumane way to those officers and soldiers, and the innocent deaths of those fishermen. Bai Yingluo has sympathetic anger and sorrow.

Bai Yingluo wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, raised her eyes to comfort Ou Hao and said: "Brother Ou, people are watching, those officers and soldiers will be punished for their evil, and you will definitely be punished. Don't immerse yourself in the grief of the past. Now, everything has to look forward."

Ou Hao smiled bitterly, "I will, my father, mother and brother are still watching me in the sky, I will definitely avenge them."

It was already seven or eight years ago. Looking back now, I don't know if I can find any useful clues. It's too early to talk about revenge.

But such monstrous hatred is absolutely impossible to give up, and Bai Yingluo didn't intend to comfort her, she nodded and asked about the four people who were in contact with Ou Hao.

"Heizi and the others are in Tuoyang. They are either shop assistants or apprentices. We will send a letter every year or so to know where each other is going. Last year, he brought me a letter, He said that he heard that Xuanzi was in the capital, so he asked me to come to the capital to look for Xuanzi, and we have someone to take care of when we are together, so I came here."

As he said that, Ou Hao scratched his head, "When we were playing together when we were young, we all said that Xuanzi was our military advisor, and he was the most prudent and resourceful person. Therefore, even for revenge, we need him to think about it for us."

"Revenge must be avenged, but it must be considered in the long run. Brother Ou, since you have found Xuan Lang, the top priority is to bring you separated brothers back together. Brothers are of one heart, and their benefits will cut through gold. What will you do in the future? Everything will get twice the result with half the effort, so, the matter of revenge, as before, bury it deeply in your heart, and everything will only wait for the future."

I don't know whether it was Bai Yingluo's "brother" that warmed Ou Hao's heart, or her saying "everything is just waiting for the future" made him feel that he had something to do, Ou Hao's eyes instantly became moist.

This man, who had a ferocious face when he was talking about the tragedy many years ago, now seemed to see his family members, and the grievance in his heart had a place to vent.

Ou Hao bowed his head and nodded, a tear fell on the skirt of his clothes.

Bai Yingluo noticed that she deliberately turned her head away as if she hadn't seen it, while muttering about the somewhat familiar place name, "Tuoyang, Tuoyang... Brother Ou, is that Tuoyang in Wuzhou?"

Ou Hao raised his head, looked at Bai Yingluo and nodded.

Bai Yingluo immediately beamed with joy, "There is our shop in Wuzhou, Brother Ou, tell me the address, write a letter, and I'll have someone take it to the shop in Wuzhou, and tell the shopkeeper to send someone to look for it. It won't be long before they It will definitely be found.”

"Really?"

Tears of joy burst out of Ou Hao's eyes.

(End of this chapter)