Chapter 8: The Parting is Bleak

was originally a small room, and on weekdays, the three of them felt depressed, but today they were squeezed into four people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Qichun held the teapot and poured tea for the three people sitting at the round table with some trepidation, while Duanyue stood beside Yanfeng with a very confused expression.

Qichun stood timidly in the corner, looking around the room. The middle-aged man named Murong Chui sat opposite the wind, and a man of about the same age sitting next to him did not speak, just looked at it with a smile, while the young man clenched his fists in front of his chest and looked at Li Fu kneeling beside him with a fierce expression. Seeing Li Fu's frightened appearance, Qi Chun felt a little pity for him.

He was so frightened that he trembled, his teeth shaking uncontrollably and making a "clucking" sound. Murong squinted and glanced at Li Fu, which was very understatement. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a small sip naturally. "I don't think it's better to kill this person directly."

This remark really frightened Li Fu completely. He saw that the three of them were expensive, and at a glance, he knew that they were not small, and he knew that he was now the fish on the board of others, so he could only kowtow to Murong for a while, and the sound of the real voice made Qi Chun couldn't help but be shocked. "Please, if you have a lot of them, spare my life! The little one is wrong! It's all my fault! As he spoke, he slapped himself, and the loud sound made people feel pain, but Li Fu's face swollen into a pig's head after three or five strokes.

"Uncle, slow down," said the wind in a deep voice. "Although this man is a heinous crime, he is not fatal."

He turned around and looked directly at Li Fu. "I can spare your life this time, but I want you to take good care of the old and young in Red Leaf Village, you serve them well, and your little life is worth it."

As soon as the wind said that, Li Fu nodded again and again. "Sure, sure, sure! I must treat the people of Momiji Village as if they were my own father and mother! Whoever dares to trouble them, I, Li Fu, will be the first to come out! He looked like a dog, Qi Chun not only laughed when he saw it, but he really should let the whole village see it, and let out this evil breath!

The young man curled his lips and smiled contemptuously. "A wicked man like this has long been a liar, I think he or he will take off one of his arms and let him remember it for a long time!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand, and when he saw the situation, he was about to press Li Fu's shoulder. Murong frowned and hurriedly stopped him loudly.

"Xiachu stop!" As he spoke, the young man named Xia Chu immediately lowered his hand and stood aside obediently for fear of making another mistake. Murong Fu moved his gaze to Li Fu, and Li Fu, who was looking at it, began to tremble unconsciously. "I know that your father is the county magistrate of Chenzhou, but Chenzhou has always been a small and remote place, and there are many displaced people, and the imperial court has to allocate a lot of money every year. Such a poor place, and you are so rich and rich. ”

He was beaten. Li Fu's face became more and more ugly with his words, and in the end he was as white as a piece of straw paper. Murong Chui looked at him, and sure enough, he didn't guess wrong, this local county order was really greedy for a lot of silver taels. "Do what the wind wants you to do, you can do it, otherwise you will not be the only one who will be unlucky. Just for the crime of corruption, it is also to punish the nine clans. He glanced at Xia Chu, who reluctantly grabbed Li Fu and threw him out.

After Murong Chui solved such a matter, he finally turned his attention to the topic. "I didn't expect that after looking for so many months, you and Duanyue were actually on the side. I sent so many people to break leaves, how could there be no news of any of them? ”

"The Uighurs have been obstructing our return to Beijing, and the guards sent by my uncle have all been killed, and Satsuki and I have been hunted down along the way. The reason why I was in Chenzhou was because I was poisoned by the Uighurs, and I happened to be rescued by Miss Qichun. ”

Qi Chun was still in a daze, she suddenly heard her name and couldn't help but let out a shocked sound. This voice made everyone present look at her, and Qi Chun's eyes revealed helplessness and embarrassment, so she could only stand stiffly at a loss. Murong Chui stood up, and he bowed respectfully to Qi Chun. "Thank you Miss Qichun for coming to the rescue, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see my nephews and nieces."

"No, no, no, it's just a matter of raising your hands and having nothing to worry about." Qi Chun shook his head like a rattle, and waved his hands again and again. "Although I tried to clear the poison in Shen Gongzi's body, there are still some residues in my body."

Murong Chui listened to her words and moved his gaze to the wind. Although all that time had passed, the paleness of his face still revealed his physical discomfort. Murong Trai said to the middle-aged man beside him. "After returning to Beijing, let's go to Dr. Chen, find it and show it to the wind."

"By the way, I still want you to introduce me," Murong Chui suddenly realized that he hadn't properly introduced the person next to him to Yanfeng Duanyue. "This is Xu Lin, who was friends with me and your father back then, and this is Xu Xiachu, the son of your Uncle Xu. I remember that you were born in the twenty-third year of Jingyun, and Xia Chu was almost two years younger than you. As soon as he heard that Xu Lin was his father's friend, he hurriedly pulled Duanyue to give him a salute.

"When you were born, Murong and I went to Broken Leaf and drank your Full Moon Wine, but when Duanyue was born, it was delayed and we haven't seen each other, and it's already so big when we see it today." Xu Lin squinted his eyes and smiled slightly, his face full of kindness, which reminded Duanyue of Maitreya Buddha.

"Now that I've found your brother and sister, let's pack up and go back to Chang'an." Murong pondered for a moment and said to the two. The invisible pressure in the tone made the wind have to obey. But Duanyue was not happy, as soon as she heard that she was going to Chang'an, her smiling face immediately collapsed. She quietly tugged at the sleeve of the wind and whispered into his ear. "Can I not go back?"

Murong Chui was a battle-hardened person, and he could naturally see her reluctance from Duanyue's expression, but he didn't say anything, but lightly drank the tea in front of him, and naturally looked away from the two brothers and sisters. He thought that it would be most appropriate for him to let the wind do it.

Faced with his sister's reluctance, Yan Feng had long been accustomed to Duanyue's petty temperament from time to time, and he just sighed lightly as usual. "Do you remember why we are going to Chang'an?" He looked at Duanyue with a calm face, Duanyue's expression was tangled, and his throat rolled up and down hesitantly, as if he was struggling with his heart.

"Daddy said ......" she bowed her head weakly and replied softly. General Shen is a visionary person, he always arranges his future affairs properly, especially after the death of his wife, he began to worry, if one day he dies on the battlefield, then how should the two children left behind adapt? So every time General Shen went out on an expedition, he would tell the two that if something happened to him, he would go to Chang'an to seek refuge with Uncle Murong.

I have always kept in mind my father's instructions, and this time Duanyue is really in a dilemma.

She turned her head away to face Qichun, and finally mustered up the courage to try her luck. "Sister Qichun, can you go to Chang'an with me? Can you stay with me? ”

Qi Chun was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer. She knows that children's attachment to others is difficult to eliminate, especially when it comes to parting. Murong Chui, Xu Lin, and Yan Feng all set their eyes on Qi Chun, she felt her own attention, and her heart naturally became timid, and even her movements and voices shrank back. Her hands clenched tightly on her sleeves, and the cold sweat on her palms made her feel unexpectedly restless.

She can't ignore the expectations of others, in fact, she said in her heart that no matter who she is this month, there will be some feelings, especially Duanyue is so cute and caring, Qichun has long regarded her as her sister. But one cannot be selfish. From the beginning, she stood aside and listened to other people's homes wantonly, plus Duanyue said something to her in a scattered way, and Qichun also understood.

"Let's go back," Qi Chun squatted down, she looked into Duanyue's eyes, and said firmly word by word. "This is my home, and I can't leave. And if you are in Chang'an, you will have a better life. "Her heart was pricked by needles like Duanyue, and it hurt the same. Qi Chun is a smart person, she felt that these two were not ordinary children when she saw Yan Feng and Duan Yue from the beginning, even if Yan Feng and Duan Yue were silent about their identities, but seeing these three people today, Qi Chun really strengthened his thoughts. She kept convincing herself in her heart: I'm just an ordinary country girl, and the place I belong to is in Hongye Village. And the two of them are noble people, and the place where they belong should be Chang'an.

The last line of defense in Duanyue's heart was destroyed, and she bit her lip, trying not to cry out loud, but the tears that burst out of her eyes broke the embankment like a waterfall. Qi Chun hurriedly persuaded again in a soft voice. "You're here, you can come to see me when you want."

Duanyue nodded, and she threw herself into the arms of the wind and buried her face in it, not saying a word. The wind knew that the child was really sad.

The wind and the moon came empty-handed, and there was nothing to bring. Murong Chui looked very impatient, he couldn't help but feel the reluctance of the wind and Duanyue, urging the two to return to Beijing immediately.

Qi Chun just let herself smirk, she wanted to put on that sense of joy as the host sent off the guests. The wind walked up to her with Duanyue in his arms and said to her with a guilty expression. "Thank you for taking care of me this month, I don't know how to repay you, you can accept these as my heart." As he spoke, he stretched out a gold ingot in his hand to Qi Chun, waiting for her to take it.

"No, we don't know what to do with the gold in this poor country." She paused, her eyes flickering slightly, and her voice trembled. "I've said it many times, I saved you by instinct, you don't have to thank me. What's more, you helped us drive Li Fu away, so I have to thank you. ”

Seeing that Qi Chun resolutely refused to accept the ingot of gold, Yan Feng could only withdraw his hand with interest. "Anyway, I'm going to repay this kindness, but I can't think of what I want to give you right now, so I'd just make you a wish. If you have any wishes one day, come to Chang'an Murong Mansion to find me. Qi Chun was surprised to find that in the indifferent tone of the wind all year round, there was finally a little human touch. She raised her head to meet the four eyes of the wind, and saw reluctance in his dark eyes.

After a while, the bustling farmhouse finally calmed down and returned to its original life. Qi Chun leaned on the doorless door frame of the courtyard, watching the carriage in the distance, and suddenly cried.