After her parents died, Ye Mumu was in a daze and did not immediately notice that there were inexplicable things in the house.
For example:
sometimes it was yellow paper with traditional Chinese characters about war, drought, and famine.
Sometimes it was half a fragment of an old porcelain bowl.
One time, a bloody broken knife suddenly appeared in the house.
She suddenly realized it and thought that the house was haunted!
Today, in broad daylight, a bloodstained ancient undergarment appeared out of nowhere in the house. The undergarment was yellow with sweat stains.
Her hand touched it~
ah~
the clothes were warm!
The blood was warm too!
Ye Mumu was so scared that she screamed.
After a long time, nothing appeared out of thin air, and she calmed down.
She carefully picked up the undergarment and confirmed that it was an ancient undergarment, a men's style. The owner of the undergarment was over 1.8 meters tall and had broad shoulders.
The undergarment appeared on the mouth of a large vase in the corner of the living room.
The one-meter-high vase was a family heirloom passed down by her great-grandfather. It was passed down to her grandfather and then to her father.
Ye Mumu moved the large vase to the center of the living room.
The vase was not painted with rich peonies or peacocks.
The vase was simple in shape, gray on the outside, unglazed, and very old, with a small gap on the mouth.
The style of the vase was incompatible with this five-story villa with luxurious decoration.
At that time, my father wanted to make a shrine to worship it, but my mother rejected it because it did not match the style.
My father placed it in the corner of the living room on the first floor and wiped it every day, saying that this was my grandfather's respect and trust in him.
The inside of the vase was very clean and not stained with dust.
Could it be that her family's ancestral vase had become a spirit? It
was specifically carrying garbage home?
She warned the vase that if it brought garbage home again, she would be locked up in the basement!
The vase seemed to be deliberately against her, and the next second, a blood-stained linen bandage appeared at the mouth of the vase.
Yes, a yellow linen bandage!
workmanship is so rough that it has been many years since I have seen linen with sparse needle holes in China.
She frowned, picked up the linen bandage and threw it on her underwear.
If it weren't for Dad's beloved vase, the basement warehouse would be its final destination.
Ye Mumu paced and wandered in the living room. It was not a solution to go on like this.
Who knows if the vase will bring her bloody arms and legs next time.
She will be scared out of her wits.
Dad's beloved ancestral vase has never been used to grow flowers.
Isn't the function of a vase to grow flowers?
She went to the kitchen to get a basin of water and poured it into the vase.
The vase was too big, and a basin of water only took up one-tenth of it.
She continued with one basin after another, and got a full ten basins of water.
Logically, the vase should be full of water.
However, the vase was only half full of water!
The vase seemed to be leaking and could not be filled no matter what.
Ye Mumu checked the bottom edge of the vase. There was no leakage, and the carpet in the living room was dry.
She didn't believe it, so she fetched ten more basins of water, and her hands became sore from holding the water.
The vase was still half full.
She was furious!
She took the water pipe from the tool room, connected it to the kitchen faucet, and sprayed it on the vase.
Wow~
A thick stream of water rushed into the vase.
She wanted to see if the ancestral vase could hold rivers, lakes, or seas.
How could it hold so much!
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In the small, dusty room, the young general sat at the top. He had a delicate face like a knife carving, with a few strands of hair scattered on his forehead. His facial features were handsome and angular, and his handsome face was pale and sick!
The military doctor was bandaging his wound.
The army had been out of medicine for a long time, and there was no wine, so it was impossible to disinfect. The general's wound had become infected and festered.
The military doctor sighed, and then wrapped the wound on his arm with a half-old linen cloth.Three soldiers in armor were half-kneeling below. They were covered in dust, their lips were dry and cracked, and they had not had water for many days. One of the soldiers was already shaky.
Chen Kui was originally tall and strong, but now his skinny cheeks were sunken and his bones were covered.
His throat was dry and cracked like fire, and he said sadly: "General, if we delay any longer, we won't be able to hold the pass for long."
"If these 20,000 soldiers break out from the rear, we may be able to break out." Zhan Chengyin's eyes were full of bloodshot. He had not slept for many days and had just experienced a siege battle. There were
originally 25,000 soldiers and horses, and 5,000 were lost.
Now there are only less than 20,000 soldiers left.
Originally, the Zhan family army had been stationed in the pass for many years, and his father had 200,000 soldiers and horses.
After the young emperor came to power, treacherous ministers were in power. Prime Minister Su instigated the young emperor to seize the military power of the Zhan family army.
Since the establishment of the Great Qi Kingdom, the Zhan family has been loyal to the imperial power for generations.
My father does not want to hand over the military power.
Otherwise, Su Xiang will no longer have anyone to suppress him.
He will use the emperor to command the princes!
My father refused to hand over the tiger talisman, and Su Xiang was furious. When the barbarians in Mobei invaded and the two sides fought at a critical moment, he resolutely cut off the food and grass of the Zhan family army.
The food and grass were cut off for eight months. At the beginning of the war, my eldest brother sold the family property in the capital and stockpiled a wave of food and grass to send over, otherwise he would not have survived until now.
But even so, in less than a year, only 200,000 people were left.
The way of heaven is unfair, and everything is regarded as straw dogs. The border of Zhenguan is heavily blocked, and there has been no rain for ten months.
The earth is dry and cracked, the temperature rises, and the people can't grow food...
The barbarian army blocked the main traffic routes, and the area of Zhenguan within a radius of 100 miles was guarded layer by layer, besieged into a dead city.
The city has been suffering from famine for more than half a year. Most of the people in the city, which originally had a population of 200,000, were killed or injured, leaving less than 100,000.
The people dug out the grass and tree roots, and people died every day in the city.
People have already exchanged their children for food.
Seeing that the general was still trying to hold on, Chen Wu was sad and said, "General, leave. The 300,000 barbarian troops want to trap us to death. I will send you out even if I have to risk my life. You are the last one in the Zhan family army. The dog emperor is not worth your life here."
Several people knelt on their knees and said in unison, "Yes, General, break out of the city!"
Zhan Chengyin clenched his hands into fists, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged.
He wanted to lead the last Zhan family army to survive, more than anyone else!
However, once the town pass was lost, the Mobei barbarians would sweep southward as if they were in an unmanned place, and even captured dozens of cities.
Then sweep the imperial city and exterminate the royal family!
In the end, all 30 million people of Daqi will be slaughtered.
He abandoned his people and fled the city, and he would become a sinner for all ages.
He said sadly: "I received a message the day before yesterday that drought fell from the sky, not only in Zhenguan, but most of the land in China was in disaster."
"There is no one for thousands of miles, and corpses are everywhere. There are only 30 million people left in my Daqi of 40 million."
The royal family increased taxes for pleasure, and most of the money from the heavy taxes went into Prime Minister Su's pocket.
It is not necessarily much better outside than in the city!
If they abandon the city, 80,000 people will die and become food for the barbarians going south.
"I can't abandon the city and flee!"
Seeing this, several soldiers looked desperate.
Defending the city will die, and abandoning the city will also die!
God wants to kill the Zhan family army!
What should we do?
Zhan Chengyin asked them, "How many war horses
are left?" "General, we can't kill any more war horses to satisfy our hunger. There are only 200 war horses left out of 10,000!"
"Kill, kill them all! Twenty thousand soldiers can't starve to death!"
Several soldiers were in despair, and all the seven-foot-tall men knelt down, their tears dried up because of lack of water.
What happens after killing the war horses?
How long can 200 war horses last?
"General, we can't kill the war horses, there is a lack of food." Chen Wu gritted his teeth and made a cruel decision, "Subordinates, subordinates will find a way!"
There is no food everywhere now, what can we do?
Zhan Chengyin waved his hand, "I have made up my mind, General Chen, execute it!"
Several soldiers looked sad, knelt down and lowered their heads, and no one moved.
After the last 200 war horses were killed, they would no longer have the possibility of breaking through, and could only wait to die passively!
When everyone was most desperate~
Suddenly, there was a sound of rushing water from the wall!
Several people looked up, all of them were shocked!
Water~
This is water!