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Dreaming back to the Three Kingdoms (II)
    2018-08-22  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

Feng Ping

He was still the handsome boy, even in the long gown of the Han Dynasty, despite that all his face was marked with black dirt. When I was still looking at him confusedly, he broke out into laughing, which sounded very familiar,

“Haha, you look like a clown!” I hurried to look at myself in a small pool nearby and saw my own image in the pool. I burst out laughing too. I looked no better than him.

“How did you get here?” He asked.

“I don’t know. I seemed to have a big dream. When I woke up, I found myself in this strange city.”

“This city was once governed by Liu Bei, but now he has to give it up. Zhuge Laing and other counselors persuaded him to escape without the citizens, but Liu Bei refused. He said he would not abandon his people.”

I had a vague impression of what I learned in the history books and the book of the Three Kingdoms. It was a pity that I hadn’t read it carefully. I asked, “How did you come here?”

He said “I am also in a big dream. I always had a secret crush on you in middle school, and after we parted, I dreamed of meeting you again; however, I couldn’t find a way to get in touch. Yesterday was my birthday, and I made a prayer to see you. Then I come to this place.”

I was touched. Memories were vivid in my eyes. When I was about to say something, Zhao Jun clutched my hands, “We should hurry. Quickly, Cao Cao’s army’s coming. Let’s follow the citizens here; otherwise, we will die in this chaotic world.”

I had to half walk and half run to follow him.

This was a tedious escape. I had never experienced such hardship in my daily life, and the pain of the body was unendurable. Walking with straw sandals, my feet were sore. What was worse, I hadn’t had anything to eat or drink, and my throat was hot and dry. But for Zhao Jun, who kept clutching my hands, I would have lost my courage to walk on.

“I am wondering when we’ll be safe,” I complained.

“When we reach the territory of Jiang Xia,” He said seriously, “We will survive if we follow the main tribe. Never lose heart.”

“Ok.” I looked at him for a while.

“Are you hungry?” he asked.

“Yes, I am going to paint a steam bread to eat!” I groaned.

This was a tedious escape. I’d never experienced such a hard time in my life, because my dress was uncomfortable, and the pain of the body was unendurable. Walking with a pair of sandals, my feet were sore. What was worse, I hadn’t drunk or eaten for days, and my throat was hot and dry. But for Zhao Jun who was clutching my hands all the time, I would have long lost my courage to walk on, choosing to lie on the ground and wait for death, even in a dream.

“I’m wondering when will be the end,” I was half crying and complained.

“When we reach the territory of Jiang Xia,” he sighed and said seriously. “It will be easier when we get there, and we will survive. Don’t lose heart so easily.”

“Ok,” I shrugged. “But let’s stop for a little.” I could never move forward.

“OK.” He stood by me and asked, “Are you hungry?”

“Yes!” I grudgingly answered.

He fumbled into his breast, and took out a paper bag. He uncovered the paper, and took out white steam bread, “Look!”

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, “Where do you find it? Please eat it yourself. You haven’t had anything for the whole journey.”

“Haha, I am not hungry, but you said you were hungry. If you don’t fill your stomach, you’ll be caught by the enemy. Then we will never come back to our time.” Zhao Jun laughed.

When I was about to take the bread from Zhao Jun, a dirty hand grabbed it first. I looked up, and saw a slim, evil-faced official grinning at me. Both Zhao Jun and I were startled.

“How dare you possess private food without being known by us? All your possessions will be confiscated.” Then the official grabbed the bread from us and became an uninvited guest. He bit the bread avariciously without being asked, leaving Zhao Jun and I staring at him totally unprepared.

“Don’t look at me like that. If you share the food, maybe you two will be highly rewarded.” Then he spoke to us proudly, and wiped his mouth. Then he came to the running queue, and stopped two fugitives. He reproached them harshly, “I order you two to change your position with them.” The fugitives had no choice and changed their position with us lamely. We also followed the order. Then the official whispered to us secretly, “People in this position will have the least chance of being hit by arrows.”

Before his words died from my ear, without the least preparation, I heard a sea of arrows behind us. “Lie down!” All the refugees hurried down. Zhao Jun hurried to bury my head into his chest, keeping me out of the arrows’ reach.

I closed my eyes. In the darkness, I smelt blood in the air. I could feel a large number of citizens near me killed by the random shooting. Some streams of blood stained my clothes into dark redness and I was about to suffocate.

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