There is really no entertainment in the evenings in this era. There should be elegant and sexy activities on the Qinhuai River, but they are not suitable for ordinary people. After dinner, the family washed their feet and sat under the eaves and in the patio to continue chatting. The whole house felt dark.
Yes, the oil lamp in the main room is not very bright and cannot illuminate the space outside the house at all. The house is not as bright as the street outside.
Suddenly the sky flashed for a moment, and then there was a rumble of thunder. Zhang Shicai looked up at the sky and said: "It will rain again tonight." Zou said: "It thunders in August, and thieves are everywhere. Isn't it still thundering at this time?"
Okay."
"Everyone, go to bed early." Zhang Jiujin stood up.
So the whole family also stood up and prepared to go back to their rooms to rest. Zhang Ning and his younger sister's rooms were in the west wing. The two rooms were next to each other, so they walked southward along the eaves in the dark. Zhang Ning passed by his room door.
Go in, send the little girl over first, open the door, blow out the fire stick in your hand, light the oil lamp, and say: "Close the door, go up and sleep." Zhang Xiaomei stood at the door and refused to go in: "It's scary to hear thunder in August, I
I don’t dare to go up there…or sleep in my brother’s room tonight, you will have to go out tomorrow.”
"How can that be done?" Zhang Ning said sternly, "How old are you? Fifteen years old! What's the point of being in the same room with a man and a woman like me in the middle of the night? Go back to your room and talk to me tomorrow morning if you have anything to say."
Zhang Xiaomei glared at him with her bright eyes: "Why do you think it's so ugly for a man and a woman to be alone? You are my brother, what does it matter? You were unconscious a few days ago, and I stayed in your room for two nights. I won't go back.
! You want to go to my brother's side. You are so strange tonight. You must be hiding something from me."
"No!" Zhang Ning flatly rejected her, probably in a harsh tone. Zhang Xiaomei immediately looked at him pitifully. Her eyes were already bright with such an expression as if there were tears rolling around. She paused and then softened.
She said: "Why are you so cruel? You are leaving tomorrow. I also want to pack your luggage for you and go back to your room after finishing it." At this time, the sky flashed again, and she hurriedly grabbed Zhang Ning's arm:
"How scary!"
In the memory of his mind, this girl seemed to be quite courageous. Zhang Ning didn't believe that she was really afraid of such a little thunder and lightning. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then gently pulled her hand away, pushed her arm and entered the house without saying anything.
After closing the door, he pretended to be relaxed and said, "My little sister is sensible. You don't need to belabor me anymore. Have a good rest."
He turned around and walked back to the door of his room, blowing the fire stick and lighting another one as usual, bolted the door and walked up the stairs. The layout of private houses in Nanjing is relatively compact, because the walls are built high, and one wing is mainly made of wooden boards.
There are two rooms above and below, and the bedrooms are usually on the pavilion. The stairs don't seem to be very strong and they creak when you step on them, but it doesn't matter if you get used to it, and they haven't collapsed yet. The floor on the pavilion is made of wooden boards, and people move around on it.
Don't make too much noise either.
When he went upstairs, he put the lamp on the table and sat on a chair in front of the window for a while. The wind blew outside the window, and the branches swayed. He smelled the fragrance of osmanthus in the wind. The fragrance of osmanthus, the roar of deer...
Thinking about fame, he still felt sorry for Zhang Ning in the past. All his knowledge was hard-earned. After a while, it started raining outside, and the temperature seemed to have dropped a bit. He took off his robe and lay down on the bed.
.I couldn't fall asleep at all. I tossed and turned and felt that tonight was extremely long. It had been a few days since I came home from prison and there was nothing unusual. If something happened, it couldn't be tonight, right?
...I don’t know how many days have passed, but he has been in a daze and has never really fallen asleep.
Suddenly, there was an unusual "creaking" sound on the stairs. Zhang Ning sat up like a reflex, and the wooden floor made a loud "clatter". At the same time, the sound on the stairs immediately disappeared, and the surroundings returned to silence.
.There was a "wuwuwu" wind sound outside, and the surroundings were dark.
In an instant, Zhang Ning's mind became very clear. He didn't feel sleepy at all, and his heart seemed to be in his throat. He kept his position for a moment, then climbed up carefully without making any noise; the stairs also remained quiet, not even a little bit.
There was no sound either.
He imagined the situation on the stairs in his mind, and maybe the people below were also guessing about the situation above, and both parties heaved a sigh of relief.
Although it was the middle of the night and the weather was not good, there was still light on the window. Zhang Ning timidly leaned towards the window, gently pushed open a gap, and glanced down, but saw nothing. Silently.
He kept his eyes open like this for a while, and his eyes had adapted to the weak light around him. He could even see a stool in front of the window, so he slowly walked over, picked up the stool, and walked slowly towards the stairs.
His movements were very slow, very gentle, and very careful, making almost no sound. Standing at the top of the stairs, it was still very quiet. He did not move, and slowly adjusted his breathing. His previous movements were very light, but for some reason he felt suffocated.
The feeling of being out of breath.
Standing motionless for a while, he only felt that time became slower and longer. Many thoughts flashed through his mind, such as shouting, but he quickly gave up this plan: the house was in an alley, and the wind was blowing loudly outside.
, and in the middle of the night when everyone around is asleep, it is difficult for someone to come over in time, and instead expose themselves; and the first to be alarmed must be the Zhang family, who attracted the family members without knowing the other party's situation and number of people,
Not only will it not help the situation, but it may also bring disaster to innocent people...especially Zhang Xiaomei.
There was a sound on the stairs again! Zhang Ning clearly felt that his heartbeat suddenly accelerated. This time the "crunching" sound was softer and the rhythm was slower.
He gently lifted the stool he was carrying with both hands, and carefully took a step forward with one foot to stand firm. After a while, a dark shadow slowly appeared at the top of the stairs... Zhang Ning
Suddenly the stool was swept over violently, there was a "bang" sound, a person let out a dull scream, and then there was a rolling sound of "dong dong dong".
Zhang Ning's eyes widened and he took a long breath. The stairs were quiet for a moment again, and then he heard the sound of "whirring" blowing, and then it lit up below. The light was originally very weak, but in this quiet night it suddenly disappeared.
The house was very bright. "Creak, creak" came the shaking sound of the broken staircase again, slow but rhythmic. In the faint firelight, a person's shadow was stretched out and imprinted on the old wall. Zhang Ning
Looking at the black shadow on the wall, I seemed to see a god of death holding a scythe.
Of course, Zhang Ning doesn't know much about martial arts, and he has very little practice in fighting. Just knocking someone downstairs was just a surprise advantage. Now that the opponent is prepared, lighting up the fire is a sign of confidence, and
Zhang Ning lost his confidence in the second round.
At this moment, the light became a little brighter again. He quickly turned his head and glanced out the window. The outside suddenly became brighter, as if a fire had been lit somewhere. Then he heard the noise of people again, and the dead night seemed to come to life in an instant.
Already.
"Huh!" A group of things flashed past the stairs. Zhang Ning couldn't think too much. He swung the stool and smashed it again. He hit the object accurately, but it felt soft and had no point of impact. His heart suddenly "thumped"
, secretly shouting something bad. It was too late, but it was too soon. A black shadow flashed up, and then something roared in the wind and called to Zhang Ning. Zhang Ning didn’t know fighting skills at all. At this time, he just swung the stool with all his strength.
It was difficult to retract, and his body was even more difficult to dodge. He could only tilt his head, and in an instant there was a muffled "bang" sound. The pain in his arm almost made his whole arm numb. The lower body was unstable and even his body staggered.
The person who came was a masked man in black. Fortunately, the man was not holding a knife! Moreover, when he hit the person, Zhang Ning felt that the blunt instrument was still wrapped in cloth. Obviously, the "guest" this time was quite difficult to handle. Not only did he want to
To kill Zhang Ning, there cannot be any obvious evidence of murder.
The stairs creaked again, and it seemed that someone was about to come up. The masked man who showed up missed Zhang Ning's head with one blow, and tried to pounce on him again without any pause. Although Zhang Ning didn't know kung fu, he couldn't.
His reaction was not slow, and with his young body, he was quite agile in movement. When he saw this, he threw the stool in his hand over without thinking, and immediately turned around and ran away, regardless of whether it hit or not.
At this time, he couldn't calm down and think at all, and the time was short, so most of his reactions relied on survival instinct.
There was a bright fire outside the window, and the light seemed to be very tempting to him. This scene seemed to be the light he had seen before he died last time, and his body couldn't help but run towards the light. When he ran to the window, he realized what he was doing and suddenly opened the door.
He opened the window and rolled out. A whistle came from behind, and Zhang Ning's mind quickly thought: There might be some of their accomplices down there.
It was at least ten feet from the window to the ground. Zhang Ning judged at the critical moment and tried his best to avoid injuring his leg, otherwise it would be better to just wait and die. When his body fell, he tightly grasped the window sill with his hands to cushion it.
The speed of a fall.
His feet fell to the ground with a "thump", and the soles of his feet were painful and numb. Almost at the same time, he found a figure rushing towards him from the patio. Zhang Ning didn't care about the severe pain in his palms and feet, and ran away as fast as he could.
He can guarantee that even if he were allowed to participate in the Olympics, he would never be able to display his current explosive power and speed.
The door to the main hall was bolted. The pause in opening the door after unlatching it must have caused the people behind to catch up. Once entangled, they would be unable to escape. So Zhang Ning did not run towards the door, but rushed directly to the wall. With the help of
At the speed of running, he took a big step and jumped up on the wall. He reached out and grabbed the top of the wall hard, and used the momentum to lift his leg up. When his palm touched the real thing, it was like a wound was suddenly spread.
It hurt like salt. He may have suffered a skin injury when he jumped out of the window. He didn't even feel if he was bleeding.
When luck came, he couldn't stop him. The wall was quite high, but he succeeded in one attempt. He rolled over like a horizontal bar. After turning around, he found that the man catching up inside the wall wanted to jump up and catch his feet, but it was a pity that he was a little late.
After climbing over the fence, Zhang Ning continued to run. Only then did he notice that the fire he saw before was the neighbor Aunt Li's house burning up. The fire broke out. Aunt Li's family had already run out, as well as the people from their house opposite.
He also ran into the alley. The people in Zhang Ning's family must have been frightened as well, but he had no chance to take care of his family. At the same time, he felt that the "guest" who came tonight would not disturb others and make the matter bigger.
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