Jiangshan is the betrothal gift

Chapter 76
The fat aunt panted heavily, looked at Ling Xiao and said, "It's terrible, the army is besieging the city."

what?
Army siege?

"When I went out in the morning, there was nothing wrong with me, why did the army suddenly surround the city?" Rui Yi looked at the fat aunt and asked.

"I went to buy vegetables from people's houses nearby. When I came back, I heard people running from the city gate say that the city was besieged by the army. I didn't see it with my own eyes, but the people who saw it said it was true. Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless you , How could such a thing happen, did it fall from the sky?"

"Girl, what should I do, girl?" Ling Xiao was terrified, the little girl shook into a ball, not knowing what to do, and asked Rui Yi with a pale face.

Ruiyi is just a weak woman, she looked at Ruiyi and said, "You asked the coachman to see what's going on, is it true that the city is under siege?"

"Yes." Ling Xiao ran out in a hurry, and now he regretted bringing a few more people with him when he went out in the morning.At that time, who would have thought that such a thing would happen, the girl thought it was troublesome and attracted people's attention, so she came here so lightly, but she encountered such a disaster, what should I do?

The fat aunt didn't care about Rui Yi anymore, and ran all the way to the backyard to spread the news, and the whole Luoxue Nunnery became restless for a while.

The army besieged the city, their Luoxue Nunnery was outside the city, and there was a girl from the Hou Mansion in the nunnery, what if something happened?

Before Rui Yi returned to her room, the sister-in-law who greeted her at the door walked over quickly, looked at Rui Yi and said, "Benefactor, you have heard about what happened just now, I wonder if you have any plans?"

Rui Yi just looked at her, and saw that she remained calm and solemn, but deep in her eyes was the fear that couldn't be hidden, she knew that no one would be afraid when encountering such a thing.

"I have asked the coachman to investigate the situation, and I have no other options right now. If the city is really besieged, I will not be able to go back." Rui Yi said softly, with all kinds of fear, panic, and worry. The emotion surged into her heart, making her hands and feet go weak, if it wasn't for the strong support in her bones, she would really fall down right now. "If I can't go back for a while, I'm afraid I will disturb you for a while in Gui'an."

It should be considered a safe place for monks and nuns.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, the benefactor just needs to stay here, but I dare not say that this nunnery is very safe." The aunt sighed, "Worth and misfortune are uncertain, just let God's will."

Suddenly such a thing happened, and the entire Luoxue Nunnery became tense. Fortunately, the winter food reserves in the nunnery were still sufficient, and they would not panic because of food shortages.There are only five people in the entire nunnery, and the presiding teacher Yuanming, who entered the city in the morning, may not be able to come out now.The one who greeted Ruiyi was Mrs. Fa Hui, who took care of the affairs of the nunnery when the presiding officer was not around.The fat aunt is Mrs. Faqing, and there is also Mrs. Falia, who is a cook, and Mrs. Fazhen who is in charge of cleaning.Including Ruiyi's master and servant and a coachman, there are only seven people.

Ling Xiao accompanied Rui Yi back to the room. The rooms in the nunnery were very simple and clean, and they were better cleaned. There was a charcoal basin burning in the room.

Rui Yi glanced at it and said, "Turn out the brazier."

Ling Xiao knew what it was for. If there was a war, they didn't know how long they would live in Luoxue Temple, so they could save a little bit.

Until noon, the coachman hadn't come back yet, Ling Xiao became anxious, "Could something happen on the road? Why don't you go out and have a look?"

Rui Yi counted the time, even running back and forth is enough.The coachman hasn't come back yet, either he ran into the enemy and was arrested, or he ran away first.

"Don't look for it, what if you can't even find it?" Rui Yi said softly, looking up out of the window, he saw the teacher in the nunnery who was in a hurry and didn't know what to do.

Ling Xiao took a look and went out. Ruiyi saw her stop Mrs. Fa Qing. The two of them didn't know what they said. Soon Ling Xiao came back and said, "Girl, I asked, Fa Qing Mrs. Qing said that they were hiding the stored food, dried vegetables, etc., for fear that they would be snatched away."

It turned out to be like this, she looked at Ling Xiao and said, "Let's go help too."

"You can just go there, servant girl. You can do it there." Ling Xiao quickly pressed Rui Yi down, and ran out by himself.

Ling Xiao has a sweet mouth and works hard, and soon became too familiar with the teachers in the nunnery. When he came back from work, Ling Xiao said to Ruiyi: "Girl, slaves listen to the teachers in the nunnery. The elders said that if you don’t hide your things now, you will not be robbed by bandits, but will also be robbed by refugees. When there was a famine in the past, their nunnery was robbed.”

In the second half of the afternoon, the masters in the nunnery had finished their work, and everyone gathered together to chant sutras.Rui Yi was upset, and followed the Heart Sutra, not knowing what was going on in the city.At least the city walls of the imperial capital are strong and there are many guards, so it was considered stable for a while.But it's hard for them to say here, who knows what will happen in the next moment.

It stayed until dark, when suddenly the fat aunt ran over panting heavily, and said to Rui Yi: "Benefactor, look at the direction of the city gate, there is a fire."

Rui Yi hurriedly pulled up his shoes and ran out, and sure enough, he saw the flames shooting towards the sky from the direction of the city gate, illuminating half the sky, but they were a little far away, so they could only see these flames, the rest were still completely ignorant.

Ling Xiao said in horror: "Are they setting fire to the city?"

"No." Rui Yi replied softly, such a fire is completely useless against a strong and tall city wall, but what are they doing with the fire?Is the army besieging the city Di Rong's army?
No one gave an answer to all these. In the middle of the night, the door of Luoxue Nunnery was knocked open, and many people who took refuge poured in.There were old people, children, women and men, and the entire Luoxue Nunnery became very crowded and noisy in an instant.Ling Xiao was terrified, people like them were too conspicuous in the crowd.He sneaked into the kitchen at the back, borrowed two Taoist robes from Master Tai, the master and the servant changed into them, and put his hair up high and hid it in the hat, he was relieved.

I have never seen so many people huddling together. Through the window, I can see that their faces are exhausted. Everyone huddled together, as if they had escaped all the way.

There were children crying, there were not many houses in Luoxue Nunnery, and so many people poured in, it simply couldn't accommodate them.Rui Yi went to Ling Xiao to invite the women with children in. Her room is not big, and it seems very cramped for seven or eight people.

When Ling Xiao led people in, there was a mess outside, and some people wanted to take the opportunity to come in. Ling Xiao blushed and shouted at the door with his hips on his hips, "The child is going in to escape the cold, why are you an old man joining in the fun? You can't lose it!" Disgraceful."

Rui Yi didn't care about Ling Xiao, so he put the children on the couch first, their faces flushed with cold, and the women who came in thanked Rui Yi, "But I met a good man, thank you Master, thank you Master."

Taking her as the aunt of Luoxue Temple, Rui Yi did not deny that she was wearing Taoist robes, but said: "Every sister-in-law, find a place to sit, and put the children on the couch." Seven or eight children crowded together, and Rui Yi took it. They covered them with quilts, and took out the small steamed buns I brought from the kitchen for the children to eat. It was pitiful to see them devouring their food, and poured water for them to drink.Then he looked at the other women and asked: "Where did the sisters-in-law come from, and how did they get into such a mess."

The woman with a dark complexion looked at Rui Yi and said: "You little master is too beautiful, you can't do it like this, this battle is going to be chaotic, and someone like you will be snatched away. "As he spoke, he wiped two handfuls from the soles of his shoes, and pressed them on Ruiyi's face without saying a word, muttering, "Look at your good intentions, let us come in to keep warm and help you. Look at you Those with thin skin and tender flesh must not know the dirty things outside. The peacetime is fine, but now you run out and someone can throw you into the military camp. Ouch, these evil bastards, before the enemy snatches you Well, my own family was snatched away first."

Rui Yi heard that something was wrong. Although he was not used to being smeared like this on his face, he knew that this sister-in-law was kind, so he accepted it and asked, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by that? Listen to what you mean , isn’t the army outside the enemy?”

After entering the house, everyone slowly warmed up, and seeing the children being taken care of by Ruiyi, I was very grateful.Listening to her questioning, everyone's chatterboxes were opened.

A woman with a long face gave a "bah" and said: "We don't understand the important affairs of the government, but we can understand the military uniform. It's our Dayan who served as a soldier. These bastards came all the way and forced us to I had to leave my hometown and run away. I don’t know anything else, but I heard that the group of people who came here seemed to be the people of some kind of king in the city. They killed them without saying a word. Pity the people in our village, who can’t escape I don’t know how many of them.”

Rui Yi looked at the woman suspiciously, "Are you sure that what you saw is really our Dayan army?" The woman was probably talking about King Shen, but why would King Shen send troops to besiege the city at this time?Where did King Shen get his troops?
Rui Yi doesn't understand this, and he doesn't understand. He only knows that King Shen and King Hui had a quarrel a few days ago. Could it be that the root of the disaster was planted at that time?

But it's not a thing for one's own army and horse to harm the people like this.

(End of this chapter)