At dusk, the market is lit up by hanging lanterns, the aroma of food and wine, the colorful noodles and the wonderful lanterns, the night of the temple fair is always more lively than the day.

The combination of Gu Chaoge and Yi Cui is probably the most eye-catching scenery on Dongsheng Street.

Many people who came to meet knew this famous female doctor, but few people recognized the young man she was pushing and walking.

Yes, everyone saw a young and beautiful girl pushing a young man in a wooden wheelchair, slowly walking in the temple fair on Tung Seng Street, the young man's right leg trouser tube was loose and collapsed, obviously a disability, so everyone who saw it would cautiously avoid it. The wooden wheelchair was a little heavy, and the young man wanted to push it by touching the wheels by himself, but the girl was unwilling and insisted on pushing him by herself.

The young man was tall, even in a wheelchair, and his thinness accentuated this height even more visually. Compared with the girl's liveliness and health, the young man seemed very sick and weak, and his complexion was not very healthy, but in Gu Chaoge's opinion, compared to the blue and white when he first met, he was much better now.

Most of the time, it was the girl who was talking, and the young man only occasionally smiled and turned his head back to her, even in the face of the strange eyes of passers-by, the young man looked calm. Usually only when the girl takes a fancy to the things or food on a stall in the temple fair, the young man will say more, sometimes the girl just looks at it twice, he will pay for the thing, and unconsciously hold a big bag and put it on his lap, making his appearance look even more ridiculous.

But the girl was very happy and content, the corners of her mouth kept bending upward, and occasionally she looked down at the small pocket she carried around her waist, and there were usually strange things such as silver needles, knives, and pills in it. No one knew that she had a purse in her pocket today, a newly embroidered pink pink, small pink-pink purse with a large spider pattern.

As the night deepened, there were more and more people at the temple fair, and there were more and more people greeting Gu Chaoge, and she began to be unable to talk to Yi Cui properly. Thinking that he could only come out for an hour, and thinking about the purse she hadn't sent out yet, she began to get anxious.

Gu Chaoge didn't know that Yi Cui had already given her all the time to spare tonight, no matter how long she wanted to go shopping.

"Well, shall we go sit inside? Looks like this one is pretty good. Gu Chaoge pointed to a fairly large teahouse, and saw that there was a bonsai flowing water outside the building, and there were screen calligraphy and paintings in the building, she felt quiet and quiet, just suitable for talking.

Yi Cui naturally relied on her, as if it was some kind of compensation, and he listened to her especially tonight, and was very kind to her.

It's just that I encountered a little problem when I entered the door, and the threshold of the teahouse was not crossed by a wooden wheelchair. The shopkeeper who came up was also in trouble, he also knew Gu Chaoge, scratched his head, and said, "Doctor Gu, otherwise you wait, I'll find two people with great strength to carry this son in with the wheelchair?" ”

Lift him? Gu Chaoge subconsciously glanced at Yi Cui, she felt that he would definitely not agree to this humiliating way.

Sure enough, Itsuri hesitated and reached for the cane stuck in the groove in the back of the wheelchair.

"That, I'll help you then, don't be so troublesome." Gu Chaoge didn't know what she thought, she took the initiative to rush over and make a human cane. She felt guilty in her heart, if it weren't for her sudden suggestion, Itreben wouldn't have faced this dilemma.

Now the people in the teahouse, as well as passers-by outside the street, are watching them. Although Yi Cui didn't care, Gu Chaoge felt very uncomfortable.

She wished she had healed his leg sooner. The book of Uncle Wu's family medical heirloom becomes more and more obscure the further it goes, but some of the theories mentioned in the following content ...... Maybe...... Maybe she should read it again.

"Chao Xiaoge, what are you thinking?" Itsu's faint voice came. Gu Chaoge lowered his head, only to find that his hand had reached over, relying on the strength of his left leg to support him, but he couldn't fully stand up, he was waiting for her help, but she was in a daze.

"I—I'll help you!" Gu Chaoge stepped forward embarrassedly, but as soon as she stepped forward, she found that he was really a little tall when he stood up, and she didn't know where to help. Gritting her teeth, she hugged his waist, put his arm on her shoulder, and announced very proudly: "Okay, let's go!" ”

Her face was hot, and she didn't even notice that Itsu's body stiffened the moment it touched her.

She was really very petite, and the flesh she had lost in those days of the plague didn't seem to have been replenished, so slender that he couldn't bear to put weight on her.

He suddenly felt that his decision was really cruel.

"Two ...... Upstairs or ...... Lobby? While helping to move the wooden wheelchair in, Xiao Er, who was next to him, asked enthusiastically, he wanted to share Dr. Gu's gossip with his neighbors tomorrow! He felt like he was about to go red!

Upstairs? It's quieter upstairs, there is a box, but Etsu's legs are ...... Gu Chaoge thought for a while and said resolutely: "Lobby, the location is more secluded. ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "Come with me, by the window, the scenery is good, plus a screen, to ensure that no one knows what you are talking about." What he said was normal, but Gu Chaoge felt very ambiguous, as if his mind was known all over the world.

She pushed Itri in her wheelchair to the location that the shopkeeper had pointed out, and someone in the lobby who recognized her muttered curiously. There were a few people with some backgrounds in the teahouse who recognized Yi Cui, Mr. Yi, who was currently in charge of Yangzhou, and one of General Yan's most powerful subordinates.

In the box on the second floor of the teahouse, a young man looked down at the scenery under the street outside the window, his eyes were blank and he was stupid.

His companion reminded him a little unbearably: "Wei Shang, I just went to confirm that the girl who just came in downstairs is Doctor Gu." ”

"So, what about coming with her?" Wei Shang's voice sounded erratic.

The companion sighed: "Do you still need to ask?" "The young man in Yangzhou City who has a leg disability and needs to be in a wheelchair, and is familiar with Gu Chaoge, who else can there be besides Yi Cui in the Red Turban Army?

Wei Shang was still looking out of the window in a daze, and said to himself woodenly: "It turns out that she rejected me because she made an appointment with him ......"

Gu Chaoge didn't know that there was a sad person upstairs, she was happily busy, serving tea, snacks, no matter what she asked Yi Cui for, Yi Cui said that she liked it, and she was just a little bit of a follower. Gu Chaoge blinked, turned back to the shopkeeper and said, "Then give me a bowl of somen noodles, the number of noodles should be small and long." The shopkeeper also blinked, strange, isn't this a longevity noodle? They are in the teahouse...... Uh, well, since Dr. Gu needs it, it still has to be done.

After Xiao Er left, Gu Chaoge held his cheeks, sat opposite Yi Cui, and looked at him carefully.

She was looking at him with those excessively bright eyes again, and seeing that Yi Cui was uncomfortable, he couldn't help but speak first: "What are you looking at?" ”

"I find you very different today." Gu Chaoge sighed slowly, his expression smiling.

"What's the difference?" His clothes were the same old green clothes from yesterday, the crown was still the same copper uncarved crown, and the jade pendant around his waist was still the one given by his mother, and there was no other decoration, no different from yesterday.

Gu Chaoge announced the answer with a smile: "Are you today...... Listen to me especially. "It's so good to me, it's so good that I'm a little nervous.

When Yi Cui heard this, he couldn't help but smile: "Isn't it a good thing for a patient to listen to the doctor?" ”

"Ah," Gu Chaoge pursed his lips, pretending to be very angry, "Brother Yi, am I just your doctor?" As she spoke, she snuck into the small pocket around her waist and became nervous.

Itri noticed her movements, but deliberately didn't ask, she had touched the pocket countless times today, and he guessed that the contents might be for him.

But whatever it was, he couldn't ask for it.

Therefore, he was also extremely cautious in answering Gu Chaoge's words: "You are not only my doctor, but also my friend." After a pause, he added, "Friends forever." ”

Gu Chaoge's smile stiffened slightly, she thought she was hiding it well, but Yi Cui could see it.

"Isn't there anything else but friends?" She cheekily hinted to him: "I've never been so kind to others!" ”

"I know," Izri smiled, slightly bitter, "so I owe you forever." "It's never going to be paid off.

"You know you owe me," Gu Chaoge straightened his little chest proudly, "Then have you ever thought about how to pay me back?" "Ahhh

Yi Cui bowed his head slightly, looked at her deeply, and smiled reluctantly: "My mission in this life is to help Ah Zhao overthrow this decadent dynasty, so that my Yi family's grievances can be cleared." It's a dangerous road, maybe one day we fail, and then I'll be killed, or I'll be beheaded, or I'll be killed, and nothing will be left, and no one will know what I've done. ”

Gu Chaoge's smile froze completely, and now he suddenly said such a heavy thing...... Do what?

"If it succeeds, and I'm still alive at that time, then I'll give you my life," Seeing her stunned expression, Yi Cui picked up the teapot, made a cup of tea for her, and said to her gently, "I was saved by you, and my life was originally yours, but I can't give it to you now, because I still have unfinished business." ”

"If there is such a lucky day, whatever you want me to do, I will do it, whether it is life or death." He knew that what she wanted was not material rewards, and if at that time, she still wanted him, he did not hesitate, as long as she was happy, it didn't matter what he did.

But......

"I'm despicable," he said to Gu Chaoge, "I can't repay you with anything, but I'm telling you a promise of an illusory future." ”

Even he himself felt despicable, dirty and disgusting.

Gu Chaoge's eyes gradually turned red.

She felt sorry for Itsuri and felt sorry for herself.

She gripped the purse in her pocket and sniffed to keep the tears from falling, but her voice was still thick and nasal: "What if this process takes ten, twenty, or even a lifetime?" Do you want to be alone and live your whole life? ”

"Yes."

Itsuri leaned lightly back in his chair, staring at her, giving her a cruel but affirmative answer.

"I'm different from Ah Zhao, people like me shouldn't harm others." His tone was calm, but he began to unconsciously touch his right knee, and his eyes gradually drooped. He stopped looking at her, and he didn't smile anymore. Such an expressionless Itsui makes people feel especially ruthless.

Gu Chaoge's tears finally couldn't help falling, ticking and ticking, one drop fell on the table. Itsu's hand shook, resisting the urge to pull out the handkerchief for her.

Gu Chaoge wiped a handful of tears.

"Does the 'other person' you mean by me also includes me?" She asked, crying.

For a while, Yi Cui didn't dare to say yes.

He could hear that she was trying to suppress her crying. He felt very uncomfortable, and he preferred the time when she cried more than the depression that made him feel distressed, at least it was very pleasant, at least it proved that someone was willing to let her cry.

In the future, he may never be able to be her "own person" again.

When Gu Chaoge felt heartbroken, Yi Cui also felt as if there was a rusty saw, slowly grinding and sawing his heart, and the slow and cold pain spread little by little. But there was no turning back from the bow, and since he had decided a long time ago, he couldn't change it because of her alone.

"Yes." To her question, he finally answered in the affirmative again, slowly. This time, he still didn't dare to look up at her. He was afraid that when he looked up and saw her tears, he was afraid that he would change his mind impulsively.

He didn't deserve her.

But for Gu Chaoge, hearing this answer was enough, if he looked at his expressionless face again, Gu Chaoge would only be even more sad. She didn't know how to guess his thoughts, she only believed what she heard, and his hints were clear enough for her to see how ridiculous her self-inflicted sentiments had been these days.

"I know, you don't like me," she wiped her tears, trying to suppress them, but the tears couldn't help but fall down in a row, "I should have known that you didn't like me." ”

Yi Cui couldn't help but defend: "No, you're a good girl, it's me who is not good, do you understand?" ”

"I don't understand!" Gu Chaoge suddenly cried and shouted loudly. And almost at the same time, the shopkeeper came over with a plate in a loud voice: "Alas! Here it is, the somen you wanted! There are also osmanthus cakes and honey cakes! Please ...... "Uh, slow down."

Seeing Gu Chaoge's red rabbit eyes, as well as the cold gaze cast by the man opposite, the shopkeeper felt ...... It seems that I have come at an inopportune time.

Just as he was struggling with whether to put down the food or turn around and leave, a hand suddenly pushed him away.

"Chaoge, it's not worth it for this kind of person!" The person who opened the shop stepped forward, speaking in a tone with anger that could burn the entire building. The person who came was Wei Shang, and he couldn't help but sit at the table outside the screen and eavesdrop, knowing that it was very ungentlemanly, but he couldn't help but wonder what they were talking about.

Outcome......

As a result, this surnamed Yi actually dared!

How dare you make her sad!

There's nothing she deserves about him, but he should pee and take care of what kind of person he is! It was the first time for Wei Shang to have such courage, he rushed in, squeezed away the shopkeeper, and picked Gu Chaoge up from the chair. He wiped her tears with his sleeve, took the initiative to take her in his arms to comfort her, glared at the enemy like a real hero, and spoke ill of him, but took away the beauty that belonged to him in style.

If Gu Chaoge hadn't cried so sadly, he might not have succeeded in taking her away so successfully. But she was so sad that she felt really embarrassed to face Itre, and he took what she had done in his eyes, but only now did he say that he rejected her. Gu Chaoge felt as stupid as an idiot, she desperately wanted to find a reason to escape from here, and Wei Shang was the best reason.

Yi Cui watched Wei Shang take her away, and he didn't stop it. He made a gesture out of the window, and the pro-soldiers who were seconded to Yan Zhao dressed as ordinary people immediately came over, and he asked them to secretly follow Gu Chaoge, and Yi Cui seconded them for now. These soldiers were the most reliable and competent men, and they obeyed this order. But before leaving, the captain of the guard asked Itsuri what he would do when they were gone.

"Me? I can go back myself. Itsuri replied calmly. He calmly settled the account and pushed his wheelchair away. When the shopkeeper came over a little scared and asked if he needed help, he supported his body with a cane and asked the shopkeeper to carry his wheelchair out the door.

Then, in the eyes of countless people on Dongsheng Street, he pushed the heavy wooden wheelchair with his hand and slowly returned to the Taishou Mansion.

It was late at night. The guards in front of the palace were surprised to see him return alone. They didn't say much, but they let Yan Zhao see it.

"Where's Dr. Gu?" Yan Zhao winked ambiguously at his friend: "Didn't you go to the temple fair with her?" ”

Idri didn't answer him.

His gaze was unfocused, as if he was wandering, not knowing what he was thinking. He was so reluctant all the way, until Yan Zhao pushed him, he woke up like a dream, looked up at Yan Zhao, and asked him, "Is there any wine?" ”