Yang Fan cautiously searched a few streets and finally used his Imperial Army token to open the door of the Daozhang Lane. Accompanied by Bōshō, they searched a few households that had rooms for rent. By the time he walked out of the Daozhang Lane, the sky was filled with twinkling stars and it was already the fourth watch period.
Yang Fan carried the lantern and wanted to give up on the night search. The two foreign women were indeed an obvious target, but Luoyang was simply too big. Fortunately, the two Turkic women had already closed the city gates when they escaped and the bridges connecting the North and South Cities were also heavily guarded. It was unlikely that they had escaped to the South City.
In this case, as long as they were still in the North City, the search area would be much smaller. It was impossible to disturb and interrogate every household at night, so it would be better to search tomorrow morning. But when he reached the main street, he suddenly noticed a vertical wall on the high palace wall opposite him. It was a dangerous wall. Due to the collapse of the ground, the top of the wall was leaning outwards. It would be too expensive to repair the entire wall, so a vertical wall was built to support the wall.
Yang Fan knew that Cang City was behind this wall and he couldn't help but have a thought.
After he came to Luoyang, he carried a blood feud with him and his enemies were all from the bureaucracy. He had expected that the process of revenge would be difficult and he had thought about where to hide if his identity was exposed. Cang City was one of his considerations. Would the two Turkic women think of this?
Yang Fan thought and his eyes gradually narrowed.
He walked to the wall and raised his head to look at the vertical wall. The base of the wall only reached his waist and above it was a sloping wall that could be easily climbed. Yang Fan threw the lantern on the ground and stepped on it to extinguish it. He moved the saber to the position where it was easiest to pull out and leaped onto the wall, walking up step by step.
After he was transferred into the Hundred Cavalry, the weapon he was equipped with was the saber. There were four types of sabers in the Tang army. The ceremonial saber was mainly used in various ceremonies. Although it was gorgeous, it was inferior to the other three sabers in actual combat. The Mo Saber was a heavy weapon, and its shape was somewhat similar to a horse-slaying sword. It was extremely sharp on the battlefield, but it was cumbersome to use in the palace.
The remaining two types of sabers were the horizontal saber and the ambush saber. The ambush saber was shorter than the horizontal saber, and it was the only saber among the four that had a curved arc. It was light and nimble, and it was convenient for close combat. At the same time, once it pierced into a person's body, it could cause a second injury to the enemy when it was pulled out. Thus, the saber that the hundred cavalrymen usually carried was the ambush saber.
After Chun Niur and Duoduo escaped into Cang City, they did not run too far away. They were not familiar with this place. Moreover, when Duoduo slid down the wall to get Chun Niur down, Chun Niur paused for a moment. Her pregnancy was affected, so she could not run any further. They escaped into a nearby warehouse.
When Duoduo rushed out to look for a water source, she was already frightened by the sight of Madam's lower body bleeding and in unbearable pain. In her haste, she did not close the door, so Yang Fan quickly noticed the cellar.
Leading to the cellar was a narrow and narrow staircase. Yang Fan held his saber and stood at the side of the doorway. He looked inside and then tiptoed down. In the darkness, he walked down the stone steps step by step. When he reached the end, he faintly heard …
He heard the cries of a baby!
In a dark night like this, deep underground, in a place where one could not even see their fingers if they stretched out their hands, suddenly hearing the cries of a baby, even though Yang Fan had always been bold, he could not help but have goosebumps. He carefully poked his head out and glanced into the cellar. In the huge and spacious cellar, he saw a lamp.
In the vast darkness, the lamp gave off a warm and quiet orange light. In the darkness, it formed a hazy ball of light that was no more than a few feet in radius. In the center of that ball of light lay a woman. Because it was too far away, even with Yang Fan's eyesight, he could not see clearly.
He held his breath and gripped his saber tightly. He walked over step by step, getting closer and closer to that hazy ball of light. At this time, he saw it. He saw a woman. This woman was leaning against the wall, half-sitting. Her hair was disheveled, and her body, hands, and even face were covered in blood.
She seemed to be holding something in her arms, and the baby's cries suddenly rang out again. The woman moved, as if she was stretching her arms, and then the baby's cries stopped again. Yang Fan stood in the darkness, and did not take another step forward. He just quietly watched.
It turned out that the endless darkness behind the woman was a wall. No wonder he could not see clearly when he was standing at the entrance. He saw that from the waist down, the woman's moon-white dress was completely dyed red. Under the weak light, the bloodstains were not that striking, but because of her pale face and the bloodstains all over her body, it was frightening to look at.
Her intestines …
Yang Fan shivered and did not dare to look any further. He quickly moved his gaze to her face. In her arms, he found that she was holding a baby, a naked, blood-stained baby. The baby was held in her arms and was vigorously sucking on it. The woman was looking down at her child, her face filled with sweetness and happiness.
Her chest was bared, and her plump breasts looked strangely white and tender after being stained with blood. They shone with an enchanting luster under the orange light, but who would have the slightest vulgar thought when seeing such a holy scene in front of them?
Yang Fan felt his heart stuck in his throat. He wanted to speak, but he did not have the courage to say a single word. He wanted to move forward, but his legs were weak and he could not take a single step. He had started killing people since he was thirteen. He had killed bandits and rebels, and he had also killed officials of the imperial court. He had never imagined that he would become so weak at the sight of blood that he could not even hold a knife.
As his eyes adapted to the darkness, he could clearly see that the woman's abdomen had been cut open. This newborn baby had been cut open by her and taken out. And she … ignored the terrible state of her abdomen and held the newborn baby in her arms, breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding was a very warm matter, but in this kind of situation, it was horrifying.
"Thump!"
Yang Fan had never felt that the knife in his hand was so heavy. The saber was not considered heavy, but his hands were so weak that he could not hold it. The tip of the saber touched the floor, emitting a soft sound. Although this sound was soft, it was abnormally clear in this quiet warehouse where even the sound of a baby sucking could be heard.
The woman suddenly held the baby in her arms tightly and stared with wide eyes. Looking at the darkness in front of her, she softly asked, "Who is it? Duoduo? "
Her voice was not loud, as if she was afraid of scaring the child in her arms. Yang Fan took a deep breath. Using a great deal of strength, he lifted the knife in his hand and slowly walked forward.
Under the light, the figure of Yang Fan gradually appeared. He was wearing a folded scarf on his head and a red handkerchief on the outside. He was wearing a short robe, a wide leather belt, a half-moon wrapped around his stomach, tight military trousers, and a pair of short leather boots. In his hand was a shining knife that flashed with a cold light under the light.
Chun Niuer's eyes flashed with despair. She lowered her head and sadly looked at the child who was trying his best to suck on her nipple, completely unaware of what his mother was going through. Two teardrops fell onto his bloodstained face.
Chun Niuer slowly raised her head and looked at Yang Fan with pleading eyes. She softly said, "I beg you, let me stay with my child a little longer, let him eat a few more mouthfuls …"
Tears rolled down her face. Chun Niuer choked with sobs and said, "He is my son. We are mother and son in this life. For me, this life is only this night. This moment is so short, so short … I know that there is no way for me to survive. My newborn son is the same. When I decided to go to the capital, someone told me this would happen. I am not afraid of death. I only beg you, let me stay with my son a little longer. He has just been born … "
Yang Fan's throat tightened. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with difficulty, "You are bleeding …"
Chun Niuer sadly said, "I know, I am already hopeless. I know, I am going to die …"
Yang Fan stared at her and suddenly asked, "You are not a Turkic spy?"
Chun Niuer looked at him with some surprise and asked, "Turkic spy? Is that what the person who sent you told you? " Without waiting for Yang Fan's reply, Chun Niur raised her voice, with pride and arrogance, loudly declared: "I am not a Turkic spy, I am the woman of Great General Hei Ya Chang Zhi!"
"Wife of Hei Ya Chang Zhi?"
Yang Fan's pupils suddenly shrank. He believed Chun Niuer's words. She had no need to lie. At this time, there was no need for her to lie. In addition, Hei Ya Chang Zhi inexplicably 'hanged himself' today and the deep love she showed for her son at this moment, it was not easy to believe that the Turkic Turks sent a woman to be a spy, let alone a woman who was pregnant.
Yang Fan said in a deep voice, "I don't have any medicine on me, but I can help you bandage your wound. Or … I can find a doctor … "
Chun Niuer looked at the soldier in front of her in surprise. In her husband's army, she only saw that military orders were like mountains. She had never seen a soldier who dared to disobey orders, but this soldier in front of her …
Chun Niuer asked in surprise, "You want to save me?"
Yang Fan said, "If what you said is true, I will never hand you over! I … will save you! "
Chun Niuer's eyes lit up. Her face became even paler, and her voice became even weaker, but her eyes that were full of despair suddenly burst out with a brilliance that was even brighter than the light from the lamp. It was so bright that Yang Fan did not dare to look directly at her.
"Thank you, I can't do it. I know, I am going to die soon. If possible, please save my son! I beg you! I only want him to live, as long as he lives, it's fine … "
In the end, Chun Niuer did not say that she still had a maid here. Perhaps she still had a trace of doubt about the soldier's words, but this soldier was her only hope before her death. Whether she lived or died, it was impossible for the soldier in front of her to leave her body and child here. She could only hope that what Yang Fan said was sincere. Only then could she leave in peace.
She looked at Yang Fan with eyes full of gratitude. She wanted to send the child over, but she just held her child, bent her arms, and stopped moving. The brilliance in her eyes gradually disappeared. She was dead …
Yang Fan slowly walked to her side and knelt down on one knee. In his eyes, women had always been weak. He never knew that a woman's courage could make him feel such awe, as if he had seen a god!
He carefully took the child from Chun Niuer's arms. The naked baby with the umbilical cord tied in a knot and the bloodstains all over his body didn't know that his mother had already left this world. He was eating happily when he was suddenly hugged away. He couldn't help but burst into tears.
Yang Fan held the child in front of his chest and looked at the great woman who had already passed away. Her eyes were not closed. His voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of waking her up. He used a somewhat hoarse but unusually solemn voice to say, "Your son will live well, I swear!"
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