She straightened her sideburns: "Then I married him, and the next day he took me back to meet his family......" She touched the child's earlobe as she said this, and she couldn't tell how sad she was.

"Is it true that this kid said that her father was very powerful?" Chu Xianzhao asked cautiously.

"It's just a joke about the child, you take it seriously, my mother-in-law died in order to give birth to Lin Zhi, she was only more than a year old when I saw her that year, and she was just born without a mother, how pitiful, my father-in-law is a small official in the city, and my husband also likes to play with knives, you can't imagine the excitement when he saw me, but when he knew my share, he knelt down in fear, and scolded my husband, saying that he brought ruin to the family. Her voice slowly cooled: "Soon the matter will be revealed, my father is extremely angry with my behavior, he originally wanted to use me to marry the royal family of Yan Fu, or marry my brother as a wife, I know that our customs are very rebellious in your opinion, but this is tradition, there is no way to do it." ”

Chu Xianzhao listened silently, and said in a hoarse voice: "You are very brave. ”

"In the end, this bravery killed my father-in-law...... There was a great deal of commotion, and I was already pregnant with my husband's child, and I threatened my father that if he wanted me to be separated from my husband, I would jump from the highest place in Huaiquan now, and we would say goodbye to each other, and finally my father was angry and angry, and said that he would never recognize me as a daughter again, and expelled me from the house. After he didn't let our family feel good, my father made a trip to my father-in-law so that he lost his job, my husband was just a nameless swordsman without much silver, the money I brought over quickly ran out, that year the New Year at home even the pot can not be opened, I don't know if my father deliberately, our family used to say that the New Year is not simple, but it is not the kind of poverty and luxury, that year my father deliberately humiliated my daughter, the whole Huaiquan song and dance level, so not gorgeous, he let my brother pour wine from the upper reaches of the Zhuliang River into the downstream, at that time my husband and I lived downstream, I was smelling the wine in the river, my heart was very unpleasant。 ”

"Your father...... How can this be?" Chu Xianzhao looked at her blankly.

But her tone was still light, as if this matter had nothing to do with her: "My father-in-law is the kind of person who is submissive, and he thinks that it is not a matter of offending the lord of the vassal king like this, so he personally took me and my husband to visit the door, and apologized by the way. ”

"Sure enough, there was an accident that night, my husband ran back full of blood, he cried and told me that his father was beaten to death by my brother with someone, and the body was thrown into the cool river, he asked me to pack my bags and leave Huaiquan immediately with Lin Zhi, and soon my family will be killed here, I was more sad than dead, but I didn't dare to trouble my father for fear that he would not let go of my husband, I was pregnant for April, and my husband escaped from Huaiquan with Lin Zhi overnight, we went to the city of rest to hide, but when I arrived in the city of rest, I had a miscarriage...... The child is gone. ”

"What are you?" Chu Xianzhao sat up in surprise, looking at her flat abdomen, where once upon a time there was also a small life.

"Later, my father didn't bother to chase me, this matter was spread in Huaiquan as a joke, my husband changed a person after that, his eyes are no longer as bright as before, but have become the same as my father-in-law's eyes, but we have to live, he doesn't want me to go out and make money, just let me take care of Lin Zhi at home, he no longer practices knives, and goes to do hard labor all night to make a living. I write a good hand of words can subsidize the family, Lin Zhi has been pleasing since he was a child, take my words out to sell, and it will be sold out in a while, and the child is very comfortable, sometimes this child will ask us where her father is? We lied to her that her father is a hero, Ping Shenlong sees the beginning but not the end, and my husband's foot skimming knife technique also makes this child believe our words, it is really pitiful for her. ”

"How...... Can it be like this?" Chu Xianzhao clenched his fists, and a crackling sound came from between his fingers.

"Actually, being beautiful is only bad for a powerless woman, not good, every time I go out with my husband, I will always be provoked by some hooligans, and then my good name spread to the ears of the son of a certain Shangshu family, he personally sent someone to my husband's house, buy me down straight to the point, buy me for 100,000 taels of silver, buy me this worthless woman!" Her eyes were foggy, as if a cold rain was falling.

"If my woman is bullied like this, I can't help but draw my sword and kill him, no matter who he is!" Chu Xianzhao looked at her with burning eyes, but she put her hand on Chu Xianzhao's head, her hand was slippery and very comfortable, presumably that man really didn't let her suffer anything.

"My husband was angry, he wanted to fight hard with that person, and he almost broke a leg, and then this matter reached the ears of Queen Yanfu, she personally came to my house to greet me, a blood relative with the same surname as her, the queen is not only beautiful but also has a bodhisattva heart, a woman like her is not qualified to be a queen, and she lets go out If anyone comes to our family for trouble in the future, it is to be the enemy of the Yanfu royal family, and the nine clans will be killed!" she smiled and said: " My lord, I have a request, if you really win our Yanfu, can you let go of our Majesty the Queen, if a woman as good as her can't live a long life, there will be no reason to talk about this world. ”

"I try. Chu Xianzhao said in a low voice, only he knew how weak this promise was.

"After this incident, my husband probably felt that he was incompetent, he was always squatting silently at the door and smoking a dry cigarette, and he didn't know what he was thinking, sometimes he even forgot about work, and he got up in the morning and squatted on the side of the road for a day, and I didn't ask him to do anything, but I thought he was strange and pitiful. ”

Chu Xianzhao felt sour in his nasal cavity, don't look over his head and not look at her face.

After that, he became addicted to gambling and drinking, and when he was drunk, he often came back drunk and asked me for money, which scared Lin Zhi

I gave it to him and told him never to do this again, he told me that he would finally become rich overnight, and the family would be rich, and when the time came, he would take me and my sister back to Huaiquan, so that my father would not dare to look down on him, I felt bitter...... I didn't dare to say anything in front of him, I was afraid that I was the last straw that broke him. ”

"The last thing is what is happening now, my husband heard that he is going to fight with your Yinguo, and he is determined to make a war on the battlefield, and then there will be no more......" she smiled, and the laughter was extremely sad.

Chu Xianzhao lay in her arms and gasped, only to feel that a big hole had been opened in her heart, even if she was stabbed, it was not so uncomfortable.

Will...... Whether the ship he burned was carrying this woman's husband, he would not know, he would never know.

"I'm sorry for making you so uncomfortable, why don't we go back and rest early, and we have to hurry to Huaiquan tomorrow." She reminded, Chu Xianzhao suddenly hugged her, tears flowed into her neck, the woman did not refuse his hug, and patted his back like a mother comforting the child.

"I've been wondering if I'm wrong these days, if I had rejected my husband's offer at first, he might still be alive now, and he would have married and had children in Huaiquan, and he would have been safe, but some things are wrong, some people are dead, and no matter how hard you try, you can't go back to the past. "The Lotus County Lord said quietly.

Dead is dead...... What a flirtatious sentence.

Chu Xianzhao felt that he was really embarrassed, but he still didn't want to let go of his arms, he just wanted to hug her like that, and hold her forever, as if there were only the three of them left in heaven and earth.

If he went to Huaiquan to see the King of Huailing this time, if he dared to humiliate the Lotus County Lord in front of him, he would definitely cut off his head without hesitation, he did what he said!

"I may just be an insignificant woman in your life, but I hope you remember this sentence, you were born in the palace from the beginning, but some people have spent their lives and failed to set foot in the gate of the palace, people are different......," Lord Lotus said softly.

"Noted down. ”

Chu Xianzhao was not the only one who was crying here, Lin Zhi's eyes flowed the same tears as Chu Xianzhao, and under the extremely dark night sky, no one could see it.

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The long midsummer is about a month over, but the cool summer breeze carries a slight chill, Chu Xianzhao looked up at the valley in front of him, the hairball-like squirrel jumped in the forest, Chu Xianzhao rode the horse and walked in the forest, indescribable joy and ease.

When I was a child, in the summer, I would follow my brother and Su Changqing to sneak out of the palace to find a creek to swim, Su Changqing used a fishing gun made by himself to hunt a lot of river fish for himself and his brother, and brought it back to the palace to let the young slave sister make a meal of steamed river fish, which was also delicious.

Chu Xianzhao looked up at the banner above his head, and there was a cheer in front of him, as if a soldier had been hit by an elk, Yan Fu

The jungle has always been full of deer, and the soldiers' arrows are far and accurate, and dozens of people raise their arms and shout, they chase the wounded elk, shouting that they want to sacrifice this deer to the three princes.

"We Yanfu people don't kill the deer in the forest. Lin Zhi in front of him said in a low voice, and Chu Xianzhao asked with a smile: "Why is this?" The fur and horns of the elk are precious treasures in the eyes of our Yinguo people, I have liked to hunt with my father since I was a child, and there is a royal hunting ground in our palace, when the time comes, you go to Yinguo with me to play, and I will take you to see it." ”

The child rolled his eyes at him: "We Yanfu people believe that the deer is entrusted with the soul of the gods and Buddhas, and there are so many deer in the place of Yanfu, because the gods and Buddhas look at us through the eyes of the deer, and examine our good and evil, anyway, you will definitely say that it is a lie to the child, in short, we will not kill the deer, and when we encounter a dead deer corpse, we will not peel off its skin, but bury it in the soil like a person." ”

Chu Xianzhao was stunned and laughed at it.

On the way to Huaiquan, this kid was bullied by Chu Xuanzhao.

Chu Xianzhao always had nothing to do and played with her braids, as if it was some kind of baby, but then he was angry and untied the braids, and this bastard tied it again while he was sleeping!

She occasionally buried her head in painting, and she looked very serious about what she did, and Chu Xianzhao didn't bother her, but lay on the lap of the Lotus County Lord and looked at her with a smile, which made her mind so confused that she broke several charcoal pens.

When the two chatted, she was always the one who suffered.

Chu Xianzhao also gave her a nickname called Lotus Seed, just like the name given to those maids in the Weeping Eagle Tree.

"Lianzi, do you have any fun in Huaiquan, such as the Qinglou Song House or something, take me to take a look. ”

"You're shameless!"

"Yes, yes, this kind of thing is still very important, don't believe you touch my face or not?"

“......”

"Lotus seeds!"

"What's wrong!

This is the nickname she gave him, perhaps she is the first person in history who dares to call the Chu royal family like this.

"Help me thump my back, I read and read the book is sour. Chu Xianzhao put down the book and stretched, and the child glared at him.

"I don't help pigs beat their backs!"

"Do you believe that I'm not happy to throw you outside?"

"Don't believe it!"

After saying that, he really kicked himself out, at that moment she was sitting on the lawn and was simply stunned, Sister Yan sat on the side and smiled and didn't scold this villain, so angry that she ran and chased after her, and finally ran into the carriage and got angry for a long time.

Occasionally, she would ask about Chu Xianzhao.

"Does your family live in the palace...... How big is Lin'an City, Huaiquan or Lin'an City?"

"Stupid, our palace alone is the size of half of your Huaiquan. ”

"I don't believe it. ”

After listening to this, he pulled his collar and lifted the curtain.

She even had the illusion that whenever he pulled his braids or the back neckline, he looked at himself as if it was his pet, cat or dog.

Occasionally, Chu Xuanzhao would let her sit on his lap, resting his chin on his head and looking at the north of the horizon, his eyes were empty and long, and he didn't speak, his eyes were red.

In the end, she kept her promise and painted a portrait of Chu Xianzhao, Chu Zhaozhao held the painting and smiled so happily, solemnly stored the painting in the box, and said that when she went back to Lin'an City, she would frame it and hang it on the wall.

Looking at his childlike smile, the corners of her mouth subconsciously raised.

Chu Xianzhao didn't know why he was so interested in this child, maybe it was fate, he couldn't help but bully her, and would rather watch her shout viciously at herself than cry silently after she quieted down.

At this time, someone appeared on the top of the slope in front of Chu Xianzhao and shouted at Chu Xianzhao: "Down! Look what we found!"

Chu Xianzhao looked down at her in his arms: "Let's go down and see what treasures they find." After saying that, she rode her horse and galloped, so frightened that she grabbed Chu Xianzhao's sleeve and shouted, and the army behind also followed.

Chu Xianzhao saw dozens of soldiers surrounding the stream from a distance, and there was a trace of unsettling blood on the river, Chu Xianzhao frowned, and the soldiers discussed excitedly, Chu Xianzhao took out the dragon bird sword and hugged her and dismounted, Lin Zhi hid behind Chu Xianzhao and revealed half of his little head, and the soldiers pointed to the injured doe and shouted at Chu Xianzhao: "Down! Now we have made a lot of money, this stupid deer actually ran home, this is a deer den!"

"Deer den?" Chu Xianzhao walked up, and the soldiers willingly moved out of an aisle to him, and the doe with his surprised hairstyle who was hit by the arrow staggered, followed by three fawns that had just been born for a long time, and the deer blood dripped into the river, rendering a slender rainbow ribbon.

Just when this was the doe, she spread her legs and rushed up, and went straight to Chu Xianzhao's location, Chu Xianzhao protected Lin Zhi with one hand and crossed the sword with the other.

A soldier on the side suddenly took a bow and arrow, and the arrow pierced the head of the doe, and the doe screamed and fell obliquely at Chu Xianzhao's feet, and the deer blood splashed on his cowhide boots, Chu Zhaozhao looked down and glimpsed its eyes in a circle, gradually looking godless.

It died, Chu instantly recalled the long sword, Lin Zhi took a few steps back, and seemed to be frightened to sit on the grass: "You guys actually ...... Killed a doe. ”

"What are we going to do with these three little beasts?" a soldier picked up the three fawns in one hand, and one of them seemed to have eyes not fully opened, perhaps not even knowing that his mother was dead, and the fawn let out a low cry in the soldier's arms.

Chu Xianzhao glanced down at the doe who had died, and at this time, the Lotus County Lord came running over with his skirt, and was also frightened by the scene in front of him, covering his mouth and removing Lin Zhi from the ground

Stroking it, the soldier smiled and said: "Why don't we stew this doe and these three fawns, let them reunite with mother and child, anyway, these three deer can't live without the doe, instead of becoming food in the mouth of the beast, it is better for us to eat, the deer aphrodisiac and kidney supplement." ”

"No! You Yinguo people really have no conscience! Don't even let those little deer go!" Lin Zhi cried out, the soldier pulled the corners of his mouth and ignored her, he only obeyed the orders of the third prince of Chu and Hua Youyue.

Chu Xianzhao bent down and stroked the doe's head, closing her eyes for it: "I didn't expect her to insist on going back to see her child." ”

"Eat it, I haven't eaten a deer for a long time. "There was a ruckus of soldiers.

Lin Zhi glanced at Chu Xianzhao and let out a silent sigh in his heart.

"My lord, in the eyes of our Yanyu people, hunting elk is not virtuous, if you slaughter the young deer, you will usher in the reproach of the gods and Buddhas, one life, two luck, three feng shui, four accumulation of virtue and five reading, let go of these three lives is also a great virtue. Lord Lotus said.

"Let your mother go, Lao Tzu slaughtered so many of you Yan Fu people on the battlefield, why don't you see Lao Tzu now being hit by the gods and Buddhas and hacking me to death, if you want to live on the battlefield, you have to kill people and eat!" The soldier raised the deer in his hand after speaking, wanting to throw it to death.

"No, no......! You are desecrating the land. Lin Zhi shouted out with a crying voice, and Chu Xianzhao shouted in a low voice: "I order you to put down the three deer, immediately!" Chu Zhaozhao's voice was as majestic and powerful as Emperor Yin, the soldier was stunned, and he was very unhappy and dropped the fawn, Lin Zhi immediately rushed up and held the three deer in his arms: "It's okay...... It's okay. ”

"Then this doe can always be eaten, right?"

"No, I'm going to dig a pit and bury it. The Lotus County Lord pointed out, and the soldier said angrily: "Damn, you will give Lao Tzu crooked again, Lao Tzu will strip you naked and drag you to the bushes now, who will give you the qualifications to speak to a Yan Fu captive?"

"Don't be rude to the county lord of Yan Fu!" Huang Pojun appeared from behind the soldier at some point, and the iron spear was placed on his shoulder, heavy as a mountain.

"Even you, the old man, follow tiǎn) that Yan Xuan's toes? You-" Before he finished speaking, Chu Xianzhao rushed up and slapped him, the soldier's cheeks suddenly turned red, and the purple pupils came to him, cold as frost: "If you humiliate Yan Xuan's county lord for half a sentence, I will draw my sword later, have you ever seen me draw my sword?"

"This woman, she-"

Chu Xianzhao gave him another slap, the soldier's face was the same red on both sides of his head when he lowered his head, Chu Xianzhao pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword and ordered: "I now order you to bury this deer for me, and then kneel in front of it and say a thousand words of apology for me, you can only sit and eat with the soldiers at noon, do you understand? ”

The soldier nodded with tears in his eyes, covered his face with one hand, and carried the carcass of the doe with the other hand to the depths of the forest.

Stumbling and running.

When Chu Xuanzhao turned around, he looked at Hua Youyue leaning against the trunk of the tree and smiling at herself, carrying a pot of cold wine in her hand, Chu Xianzhao bent down and looked at Lin Zhi and asked, "What are you going to do with these three deer? Take them home to raise, but don't you have no home? And how do you feed these deer?"

"With cows, I didn't hide from my adults that I also raised elk when I was a child, and I used cows to feed them at first. Lord Lotus said.

"Have you fed it?" asked Chu Xianzhao.

"And then he died...... It's just ......" The Lotus County Lord defended himself a little embarrassedly, Chu Xianzhao threw a very strange look, lowered his head and touched Lin Zhi's head: "You have to take care of it, don't raise it like her and die." ”

The child nodded vigorously, and the three fawns let out a low deer croaking as she returned.

Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples.

The Lotus County Lord has been looking at Chu Xianzhao with those talking eyes, very gentle and confused.

Lin Zhi carried the fawn back into the carriage, still thinking about what to name the three of them, and the fawn shrunk into the soft brocade pillow, like a puppy sticking out its tongue tiǎn) her palm.

Hua Youyue suddenly spoke: "I'll tell you a good news, we are less than thirty miles away from Huaiquan, let's rest here at noon, and I have sent carrier pigeons last night to inform King Huailing of our intentions, as expected, the other party should let us into the city, let's rest at noon." ”

The crowd breathed a sigh of relief and began to bring firewood and iron pots from the carriage to cook noodles and eat.

Chu Xianzhao smiled at the Lotus County Lord, stretched out his hand to stop her thin belt and she went back to the carriage, the Lotus County Lord struggled, sighed and said nothing.

She suddenly felt a chill coming from behind, and when she turned her head to look, she only saw Hua Youyue looking down at the blood stains on the grass, her face was like frost.

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