The firelight, the sky-high firelight, scorched the air around him. Her nose was full of scorching heat, Qin Nanxi struggled desperately, but she couldn't make a sound, and a sticky hand with a strong bloody smell covered her mouth. Her tiny body was held tightly from behind. A body as cold and trembling as she was clinging to her back, a frightened voice mixed with the trembling of teeth, leaning low in her ear and pleading: "Nanxi, can't shout!" No! ”

The heartache choked her throat like a ball of broken cotton wool, and Qin Nanxi shrank her little body! Let the tears gush out of the eyes.

From afar, I could only watch Mr. Su fall in a dim part of the fire. A few sparks couldn't wait to fly from all sides to his patched plain cloth. In just an instant, the fire crackled and burned. The crackling sound was like a sinister laugh, like the laughter of the three men in black. They were standing far away at that time, watching Mr. Su coldly and gloomily like a struggling live fish in a frying pan, enduring the last pain.

From beginning to end, Mr. Su did not open his mouth to shout. His eyes were as deep and desperate as night, and the light of the raging fire was reflected. The firelight slowly turned into two strange resentments and desires, straight through the dense shade and threw themselves at Qin Nanxi.

Grief and fear hit down like a huge wave on his head and face, his heart was shattered, and his body was suffocated, Qin Nanxi turned over and sat up.

"Miss, miss, are you having nightmares again?" Xue Rui's confused voice accompanied by a halo of light appeared on the bed net in a panic.

Nodding weakly, Qin Nanxi stroked his heart, and his breathing gradually calmed down.

Xue Rui casually pulled a brocade cushion, put it behind Qin Nanxi, helped her lie down again, and then sat on the edge of the bed, while gently wiping the fine beads of sweat on her head, while chattering distressedly: "Miss hasn't had nightmares for several years, why have you been entangled by this nightmare recently?" The young master only knew that he wanted the young lady to take care of herself, but they didn't pay attention to the young lady's heart disease! I don't want to ask a good doctor to take a look. If you continue to have nightmares like this, let alone get married, I'm afraid that you will have to connect your little body and bones. Ever since the decree of marriage arrived at the door, you haven't laughed again, Miss! ”

"Since you also say that I have a heart disease, you naturally know that it is not something that can be effective with medicinal stones, what do you want to ask a doctor to do? I don't want to, you can leave the lamp and rest. Qin Nanxi turned sideways inward, unwilling to listen to Xue Rui's verbosity anymore.

The draped veils of the bed tent rattled for a while, and there was a deathly silence all around.

Qin Nanxi opened his eyes, and his empty gaze penetrated through the proud silk embroidered rose in the bright veil on the top of the tent, and probed into the dark depths of his memory.

"Brother Xu, where the hell are you?" The hopeless inquiry haunted his heart again, tears, and wax droplets rolled down his cheeks inch by inch, Qin Nanxi's despair was even deeper and deeper because of the upcoming wedding, and the sky was blue inch by inch.

Outside the door, there was another soft sound.

"Miss, the master is here." Xue Rui was so busy that she couldn't wait to come in, neatly opened the curtain, and draped a blue lotus makeup gauze coat over Qin Nanxi's shoulders before withdrawing.

Qin Nanxi straightened the long hair hanging down from her sideburns, and just as she was about to get up and get out of bed to salute, she was held down by Qin Zi'an's shoulder.

"That's it, that's it, rest well! Is today better than yesterday? Qin Zi'an carefully looked at her daughter's pale and haggard face. His slender and narrow eyebrows were hidden under the magnificent lacquered sarong, shining with a gray and sad light, and the fine wrinkles of his eyes and feet reflected the light blue sky outside the window, making him look even more old and weak.

"Dad" Qin Nanxi called softly, and lowered his eyes.

A helpless silence with sadness quietly filled the delicate and elegant boudoir.

"Nanxi" was mixed with distress and guilt, Qin Zi'an pondered for a long time before saying: "There are some things that my father has to do!" The marriage of the Holy Decree, the marriage between you and Situ Yi is not something that your father can push. ”

"Dad, Nan Xi understands! Nan Xi is considerate of Daddy. Tears rolled down her cheeks, and with a snap, they fell on the cloud brocade quilt, and they became a dark ball.

"Dad" Qin Nanxi's cold hands held Qin Zi'an's thin and old hands, and begged: "Dad, Nanxi understands Dad, but, Nanxi really can't marry Situ Yi!" Brother Xu's life and death are unknown, and Nanxi can't ...... Mr. Su entrusted him on his deathbed, and he watched it from the sky! We can't just look after ourselves! The intermittent narration shattered into heart-wrenching helplessness in the soothing cry.

Qin Zi'an avoided her gaze, sighed, and said: "Actually, in fact, in the past few years, your father and your brother have always known about secretly looking for Su Xu, and even, I have sent people to look for it many times, but so far, so far, Su Xu still has no news, and this kid is afraid that he has ......."

As if the earth was cracking in front of him, Qin Nanxi raised his head in shock, half open his dry and white lips, his eyes were fixed on Qin Zi'an, and his eyes were full of disbelief and gratitude.

"Hey" Qin Zi'an's thin fingers caressed Qin Nanxi's long hair lovingly, and said quietly: "If you can find Su Xu, Dad will definitely send you away from Chang'an with him, but Su Xu's life and death are unknown, and Changqing's last words are very important." How can you reassure your father, and how can you be willing to let you, a weak girl, take on such a heavy responsibility alone? Qin Zi'an's cloudy eyes flashed faintly with a little wetness. The sea has been up and down for many years, and he has already been refined into steel, and he can still keep his face unchanged even if Mount Tai collapses.

"Dad, you know it all!" As if hit by a thunderbolt, Qin Nanxi froze into ice for a moment, and the tears in the corners of her eyes quietly slipped down silently along the edge of her pale face.

Qin Zi'an was no longer powerless to meet her daughter's sad eyes, got up and paced under the west window, quietly staring at the fainter and fainter fog in the morning light outside the window.

"Daddy?"

"I know, I knew it long before Yunzhen told me." Qin Zi'an closed his eyes deeply, and after a while, he said: "The matter has come to this, and the father doesn't have to hide it from you anymore." You know that Changqing is a close friend of life and death for his father, but you don't know that your Mr. Su is also a close friend of Prince Yumin of the former dynasty. At that time, Prince Yu Min, Changqing took the widow and last wish of the former prince, thinking that he could borrow the power of the border generals to find an opportunity to clean up the traitors in the DPRK and China, and re-establish the dynasty. Unexpectedly, my first emperor's strange soldiers sprung up, and in less than three years, all the ministers of the former dynasty surrendered to Dachu. Da Qi is exhausted in the end! On Qin Zi'an's thin neck, the Adam's apple was abrupt, and he swallowed with difficulty, only to receive it again: "The rise and fall are also destined for days, whether it is Daqi or Dachu, the people of the world are happy to live in peace, and it is righteousness, virtue and benevolence to live in peace and not be poisoned by military disasters." But Changqing thought that Qi Chen was sworn not to eat Chu Su to death, so he lived in Youzhou, but he didn't expect that he was found by those people after all. ”

"Who are those people? Why are they looking for Mr. Su? What exactly did Brother Xu take away? Who is An'er? The questions that had been lingering in his heart for ten years were finally asked, and Qin Nanxi's eyes widened and he looked forward to it.

Qin Zi'an stared at his half-understood but resolute and stubborn daughter in front of him, but his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate her and shoot straight to the bottom of Cuiwei Mountain ten years ago. That night, Su Changqing's dying heart was clear in front of his eyes, Qin Zi'an hated Su Changqing for the first time in his life, hated him, why did he drag the innocent Nanxi into a mess of chaos.

"Dad, did my mother mention an An'er? Is that An'er Brother Xu's mother-in-law? If so, then Brother Xu should go to find his mother, right? "Qin Nanxi has actually been unable to tell whether the whereabouts of 'Brother Xu' are important because of Mr. Su's death, or because of Brother Xu himself.

Qin Zi'an hardened his heart and shook his head: "I don't know who An'er is, and I don't know what Su Xu took away." Changqing is gone, Yunzhen has already decided to seek death, she sent you back to me, told me what happened at that time, just wanted me to find your brother Xu for you. Yun Zhenxun's stubborn and resolute look before death and the heavy trust under her three kowtows were like heavy years, and the pressure of Qin Zi was calm. The secret that only two people in the world know, even if his daughter Nanxi is already involved, he can't tell her.?

"Mother, she has the heart to die early in the morning? Daddy, since you see that she is looking for death, how can you let her go! How can you leave her alone! The shock made Qin Nanxi not care about the clothes on his shoulders slipping down, turned over and got out of bed, climbed Qin Zi'an's old arm, and cried silently.

Adoptive mother Yun Zhen is the first person Qin Nanxi relies on in this world, she was raised by her, although she knew from the beginning that Yun Zhen was just her mother's maid, but in the heart of Qin Nanxi, who lost her mother at birth, Yun Zhen is her only mother.

The morning wind, with a few wisps of autumn air, swept into the half-hidden west window, Qin Nanxi's thin middle coat was not able to withstand the light cold, and his thin shoulders trembled.

Qin Zi'an turned around, stroked her cold hands, and said in a low voice: "Yunzhen, she has followed Changqing all her life, and when Changqing is gone, she will not be able to live anymore!" She was afraid that you would be a lonely girl, so she sent you back to me. The reason why she didn't go with Changqing at that time was because of you! ”

The pain spread all the way from the heart, like a crazy vine, holding Qin Nanxi. The crying continued for a long time, gradually intermittently, and quieted down.

Qin Nanxi raised his head tremblingly, straightened his body, knelt straight in front of Qin Zi'an, and said in a low voice, but very resolutely: "Dad, Nanxi doesn't understand the old things of the previous dynasty, but Mr. Su entrusted him on his deathbed, and Nanxi must tell Brother Xu in person!" If you can't find Brother Xu, Nan Xi must not get married! My mother, Mr. Su died in the hands of the border generals, and my mother also committed suicide because of this, Nan Xi swore not to marry the border generals! With that, he bowed his head solemnly.

"Child......." Qin Zi'an wanted to speak and stopped, supported Qin Nanxi in distress, and hesitated to persuade: "Changqing's last wish is only afraid that it is a major event that is earth-shattering, and now the world is very different from that year!" Why do you have to keep his will? ”

"Dad, Mr. Su, he is your best friend of life and death! If there was no Mr. Su, Nan Xi would have gone with his mother! Although Nan Xi calls him Mr., in Nan Xi's heart, he is no different from Daddy! His deathbed trust, Nan Xi can't ignore it. The forehead was heavy against the cold green bricks, and the blood around the body seemed to have condensed into a fine ice ballast, dense, flowing into the heart little by little, and the heart gradually sank cold, "For Mr. Su, for Brother Xu, swear not to marry Situ Yi" In the bottom of my heart, this voice echoed over and over again.

"That's it, that's it, let's not talk about this for the time being, you're still sick, get up first." Qin Zi comforted Qin Nanxi, and the old tears were rampant.

"Brother, brother, does he know about Mr. Su's last words?" His mind has been resolute, and his mind has also been freed from the dilemma he has been in for these days, and Qin Nanxi is secretly calculating the price of not marrying Situ Yi.

Qin Zi'an shook his head and murmured: "Changqing is my best friend, and I will not hesitate to do anything about his wishes, but, but I only have two children, and you have already been involved, just let me be selfish and let your brother go." ”

Secretly relieved, Qin Nanxi held Qin Zi'an, who was trembling slightly, and his compassionate eyes seemed to be that the father in front of him was an old and withered pine and cypress, even though he was still straight, his heart was empty.

"Dad, if Nan Xi is, if he gets sick like this, he can't afford to be sick, I'm afraid that the marriage will be empty after all? Situ Yi can't marry a half-dead Shangshu daughter? Qin Nanxi said tentatively.

"Nanxi, you, what do you want to do?" Qin Zi'an was stunned, but there was a touch of understanding and acquiescence in his eyes after the horror.

"The daughter shouldn't worry her father, it's the daughter who is wrong. Fang Cai just said it casually, just thinking about it in his illness. Daddy, don't take it personally. Glaring at her father gratefully, Qin Nan climbed his arm coquettishly, her originally anxious heart had another layer of firmness and calmness, and her tone became much more obedient and considerate: "Daddy, it's not too early, it's time for you to go to court, and my daughter will send you out." ”

"Hey....... there's no need, you have a good rest, Dad will come to see you later" The gray eyes were a little bright, Qin Zi'an didn't look back at his daughter, and hurriedly went out.

"Dad, Nanxi wants to go to Ciyun Temple outside the city with her sister-in-law today to pray for blessings and make wishes." Qin Nanxi choked up.

"Okay, be careful along the way." Qin Zi'an's voice was muffled.

The back outside the door is slender, the autumn wind rolls, a few strands of gray hair under the cage crown fly helplessly, the new official uniform, the corners of the clothes are rolled up by the wind, like the waves of the winter cape, rolling in pieces, wrapped in the thin Qin Zi'an The farther and farther, the back is getting lighter and lighter. Qin Nanxi knelt down slowly, kowtowed heavily to the slender back, tears, cut down his cheeks, and shattered on the ruthless cold green bricks under his knees.