Chapter 2: The Beacon Burns
The sky was already bright, Liu Hong shook his head with a wry smile, and stretched out his right hand to move his somewhat stiff body.
Who knew that there was a woman lying on her stomach next to the bed, the woman seemed to be asleep, and her hands were still holding Liu Hongji's arm, and Liu Hong's action of stretching her arm woke up the woman.
"Husband, you're awake!" The woman wanted to stand up with surprise on her face, but because she sat on the edge of the bed all night, her blood was not smooth, and she got up sharply, causing her head to be a little dizzy, but she just raised her right hand and rubbed her temples, and then put her mind back on Liu Hongji.
"Husband, how do you feel? Hungry or not? Seeing that Liu Hong's eyes were a little dull and he kept staring at her, Sun Xiuxiu couldn't help but be a little flustered.
I saw that this woman was no more than ten years old, dressed in a blue dress, with a beautiful face, although she was not peerless, but she was also born delicate, especially a touch of blush after the surprise, which added a simple beauty.
Liu Hong gradually stared at Sun Xiuxiu as if he hadn't heard it, and waited until Sun Xiuxiu was a little anxious, thinking that he was stupid by thunder, and then came back to his senses.
"You're... Xiuxiu? Although Liu Hongjian inherited the previous memories of this body, his mind was still a little confused for a while.
"Yes, doesn't my husband remember me?"
"Remember, it's just that I seemed to have been struck by lightning last night, and now my brain is a little confused, and I can't remember a lot of things from the past!" Liu Hongjian propped himself up as he spoke, wanting to sit up against the window, but Sun Xiuxiu hurriedly grabbed Liu Hongchuan's arm and took a pillow to put on Liu Hongchuan's back.
"It can't be amnesia, right? I'm going to call Daddy! "It's none of your business, it's messy if you care about yourself, Sun Xiuxiu trotted outside, shouting as she walked.
Liu Hong couldn't help crying and laughing, if he had amnesia, how could he remember that her name was Xiuxiu?
After a while, an old man trotted in in a hurry, the old man wore a square scarf on his head, wore a coarse cloth robe, was thin, and walked very hard, seeing Liu Hong sitting in front of the window sluggishly, he actually wiped tears from his eyes and cried.
"Son, do you remember Dad? You can't forget your father, our old Liu family is the only seedling of you, and we are still waiting for you to pass on the ancestry! As soon as the old man finished speaking, Sun Xiuxiu next to him withdrew from the room with a shameful face.
The old man cried a handful of snot and tears, no wonder the old Xiucai Liu Delong only had such a son as Liu Hongjian when he was forty years old, and he was spoiled since he was a child.
He relied on the name of Xiucai to support his family as a bookkeeper in a pharmacy in the city, although the family did not have much money, but he did not let Liu Honggradually suffer anything, only hoped that Liu Honggradually could study hard and gain a reputation in the future, and glorify the ancestors of the Liu family.
But it backfired, Liu Hong gradually did not learn and did not know how to do it since he was a child, and he was not as good as his old man, until he was 19 years old, he took the exam four times but did not even get a show, every day he was wandering around with some fox friends and dog friends, Liu Lao Xiucai sighed every time he worshipped his ancestors:
'Alas! It seems that it is hopeless to expect this turtle son to shine on the lintel, it is really worthy of the ancestors ......',
Later, he had to sell the ancestral house and entrust the old to Liu Hongjian to get a daughter-in-law, thinking that Liu Hongjian hurriedly gave him a grandson, while he still had some strength and good education, in order to comfort the ancestors.
Who knew that it had been a year since the daughter-in-law married the daughter-in-law, and he didn't see any movement in his daughter-in-law's stomach, so Liu Laoxiu couldn't hold it back last night, so he asked his daughter-in-law with a cheeky face.
Sun Xiuxiu said to Lao Xiucai with some guilt that Liu Hongjian seemed to be completely uninterested in her, since he got married, the two had never had a round house, Lao Xiucai suddenly became anxious, and ran to question Liu Hongchuan, who knew how to ask Liu Hongjian and kept silent.
There was no way for the old man to go to Zhang Yongkang's house in the east of the street to question Liu Hong's house every day, Zhang Yongkang was an anxious man, and he couldn't stand Lao Xiucai's 'tireless' nagging, and casually shouted out that Liu Hong gradually looked down on his daughter-in-law, and there was a good friend in Xiuchunyuan, Lao Xiucai was stupid for a moment, and suddenly felt that his liver and intestines were broken.
Liu Laohan, who was sixty years old, trotted all the way home, and he didn't breathe, and he picked up the stick in anger and beat Liu Hongji, although Liu Hongjian has done a lot of bad things since he was a child, but Lao Xiucai has never beaten him, this time he is really angry with smoke on his head, and the stick is almost not discounted.
Liu Hongjian was not stupid, he ran out after a few blows, but not long after running out of the door, a thunderbolt knocked him to the ground, so there was the plot at the beginning.
"Daddy?" Liu Hongchuan, who was an orphan in his previous life and had never enjoyed family affection, saw an old man touching here and there in distress, pinching and crying, he couldn't help shouting, his tone was a little jerky, after all, who called it so in modern times.
"Hey! Son, I won't beat you again for my father, I'm also angry for my father, you will live a good life with Xiuxiu in the future, don't mess around with those green-skinned nonsense anymore? Liu Laoxiu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that his son still recognized him, and completely forgot how to teach this unfilial son a lesson before.
"Dad, I remember, I woke up with a thunderbolt yesterday, and I won't be like before in the future, and I will definitely try to make you live a good life!"
Liu Hongjian was also speechless, in his memory, his predecessor actually left such a beautiful and lovely daughter-in-law alone, and went to spend money to visit a brothel, and he was still a lot older than him...... What a fetish this is! It just doesn't make sense!
Lao Xiucai listened to his son say such warm words, and he was excited, you must know that Liu Hongjian in the past would not say such words when he was killed, and he silently recited the virtue of his ancestors in his heart, that thunder is good, and it is good!
It has rained in the past two days, and Liu Hong has gradually moved around the house in addition to keeping in touch with his beautiful daughter-in-law Sun Xiuxiu.
Although the two of them are old husbands and wives in their memory, they were a rookie in their previous life, and they were a rookie with ideals, culture, morality, and discipline.
In order to enhance the relationship, Liu Hong gradually took the initiative to chat with Sun Xiuxiu beside him in the evening, which had never happened before, Sun Xiuxiu was naturally very happy in her heart, it seemed that the thunder really made her husband a little different.
The rain outside the house continued to fall until two days later, when the rain stopped and chaos broke out in the city, with bursts of artillery fire coming from time to time.
Cheap dad Liu Xiucai also sighed for a long time in the past two days, and after inquiry, he learned that the bandit army outside the city had besieged the city for several days, and the 200,000 bandit army had now besieged the city of Beijing.
"Dad, what year is it?" Although the strange old man in the dream asked him to go to the Ming Dynasty, he never told him the specific time.
"Today is the 17th day of March in the 17th year of Chongzhen." Lao Xiucai was stunned for a moment before he thought that his son was struck by lightning, maybe he really forgot something.
"I'm the next Olympian! Fack! The dead old man pitted me ......" Hearing his father's reply, Liu Hongchuan became angry at that time.
If he remembers correctly, Chongzhen Lao'er should have hanged himself in Jingshan at dawn on March 19, and now if it is March 17, wouldn't Li Zicheng's peasant army break through the city of Beijing in two days?
"? Faco? What nonsense am I talking about? Who cheated you? Lao Xiucai thought that his son had hysteria again, and he always thought that his son's head was broken by lightning.
"Dad, the situation is critical! How was the defense in the city? If the bandits break through the city, we should pack up as soon as possible and prepare to run away! Liu Hong said anxiously.
Although Liu Honggradually had an idea in his heart, he would be able to escape from the city safely with his cheap father and beautiful daughter-in-law before the city was broken, with his ability, oh, the ability of the weapon in his hand, he still had the confidence to fight a way out.
At this critical juncture, where could he take care of the strange old man's entrustment in his dream, and the dog deceived him into this chaotic place, and he was struck by lightning as soon as he came, absolutely not well-intentioned, Liu Hong gradually hated and thought.
"Panic what! Now the defender of Beijing City is the emperor's henchman, the admiral and eunuch Wang Chengen's father-in-law, Beijing City is impregnable, even if there are many bandits, they can't break my Ming.
Hum! Also, our old Liu family is favored by the emperor, even if the city is broken, the old man will never abandon the city and flee, and the old man should live and die with the Ming Dynasty! Lao Xiucai changed the way he cried in front of his son the day before yesterday, although he was in his twilight years at this time, he was righteous and awe-inspiring, and his words were sonorous, and he was very serious.
Liu Hong gradually had a headache, but what his father said was the truth, the old Liu family used to be an official to the right attendant of the military department, and he was also prominent for a while.
However, the descendants are not as good as the next generation, and at this time only this set of ancestral houses remained, in order to marry his daughter-in-law, he was also sold by his father to Wang Ermazi, the owner of the pharmacy, and only one side house was left or rented......
"Son, if the sky really kills me Daming, you just take your daughter-in-law out of the city, for your father, and following you is also a drag......" Lao Xiucai sighed again, Daming had already made up his mind when this national disaster occurred, but he couldn't and didn't have the right to let his son die for Daming, not to mention, Lao Liu's family can't be broken, otherwise who will avenge him?
"Daddy, although my daughter-in-law is stupid, I don't want to abandon the city and flee, my grandfather and father both sacrificed their lives for the country, as the widow of the Sun family, Xiuxiu is also willing to live and die with the Ming Dynasty!" Xiuxiu didn't know when she stood at the door, her right hand was on the side of the door, and in her crisp voice, there was undoubted stubbornness.
Sun Xiuxiu's grandfather, Sun Chengzong, was a former official to the Ministry of War, and Ji Liao, the old Liu family only served as a waiter in his ancestors, but Sun Chengzong was still fighting for the Ming Dynasty a few years ago.
In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, in order to guard Gaoyang, Sun Chengzong, who was idle at home, led the whole city to defend the city, after the city was broken, Sun Chengzong and his five sons, six grandsons, and ten nephews were all martyred for the country, which can be described as full of loyalty.
"That's it, this city hasn't been broken yet, maybe there is a way." If it weren't for Sun Chengzong's young and daughter, maybe Sun Xiuxiu also died in Gaoyang City with his family a few years ago.
And his father has been impregnated by the Confucian idea of loyalty and patriotism for a lifetime, and it makes no sense to say that Liu Hongjian had to die of the idea of running away, but it is not his character to sit still and wait to be killed.
"My son has a good plan to break the enemy?" Although he doesn't have any thoughts about his son, the city of Beijing is already in turmoil, and as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he doesn't want to miss it, even if it is to let him die.
"I don't dare to say that the enemy is broken, there is still a way to let the bandit army postpone the siege, well, but it's just a little dangerous!"