Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green, the evening breeze blows the willow flute, and the sunset is outside the mountain. The leaves are falling, the black is crying, the cool breeze is sassing the heart, the horses are restless and restless, who is worried?

Tao Yao lifted the curtain of the car with her hand and looked at the man on the side of the road, her air was lofty, and her posture was graceful, and it was inevitable that she would be separated from each other at this time of separation.

Zhuo Yan asked for a transfer to the frontier, but all the belongings were left in the capital, and only took her and a few attendants on the road, and it was the time when the war between the parties was heating up in this court, a useless chess piece that lost its use value, and there would not be too many people to care.

The flute fell, and the music was mournful and embarrassing. A woman with a heavy shoulder and a thick coat for herself has delicate eyebrows, gentle and affectionate.

"Jumpsuit?"

"Yes, Ah Yan, I'm here."

With a shallow smile, just a single sentence of 'I'm in' miraculously soothed the anxiety in his heart, Zhuo Yan couldn't help but move in his heart, his big hand held the small hand on his chest to tidy up his clothes, clenched it hard, as if talking to himself and as if he had promised, and finally glanced at the tall but empty city gate in the distance, and then no longer had any nostalgia, turned around and strode away.

"One day, I will come back, when there will be thousands of empty alleys, everyone will welcome the city, riding thousands of miles of sweat and blood, behind me are millions of male soldiers, everywhere there are voices singing praises to me, infinite scenery, then I will give you all my glory!"

The frontier garrison that Zhuo Yan asked for was the closest to the border war and the most remote small city, such a small place, the population in the city was less than 100 households, resources were scarce, and everyone lived in earthen thatched houses, so the so-called general's mansion was just a little larger than ordinary houses, with one more courtyard.

And although he brought some attendants with him this time, after Zhuo Yan arrived here, in addition to the necessary drills and inspections in the army every day, the rest of the time was to lead all the people in the city who could move to reclaim the wasteland and increase supplies, and go up the mountain to transport stones to consolidate the defense of the city wall, and there was almost no spare time. And Tao Yao, if it weren't for the inconvenience of her being pregnant with Liujia now, I'm afraid she would also be driven to work together, and at this time, she just left an old mother to help in her daily life.

Without the service of the servant maid, Tao Yao has to do almost everything herself, although her previous identity is also a maid slave, but after all, the young lady she serves has a noble family background, as a personal maid, she is not inferior to the ordinary city lord lady, ten fingers are not stained with spring water, delicate and pretty, in such a barren and lonely place is almost regarded as a fairy-like storage zài. And this fairy has no shelf at all, he will smile warmly, his voice is soft like the sound of the clear moonlight, and he will make some common mistakes in a daze, and the fairy will be so ashamed that his cheeks are red and fluttering, apologize in a panic, and then bite his lower lip and try to learn to correct his mistakes like others.

Everyone said that the general married a fairy to be his wife, which is really a good blessing!

Zhuo Yan looked at Tao Yao, who was surrounded by several children, even if she was clothed in sackcloth and had a big belly, it did not affect the faint smile on her face, she gestured to the children with one hand, and gently stroked her lower abdomen with the other hand, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and the light in her eyes seemed to illuminate all the darkness.

His eyes deepened, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and stepped forward, the man seemed to see him too, and waved his hand at him happily.

The man who strode in stride, against the sun, his posture was upright, he was dusty, he did not hide his tiredness between his eyebrows, but he hid tenderness in his eyes, stretched out his arms, gently stopped his beloved wife in his arms, smiled softly, and was tender and sweet.

The man is tall and handsome, the woman is petite and moving, and the man is talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven. Everyone looked at this pair kindly, and softly called back their naughty children, and the smoke curled and slowly returned.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye. In the early morning of this day, Zhuo Yan sorted out his military uniform as usual and prepared to go to the barracks to take the soldiers to practice and inspect. Suddenly, he felt a weight on his feet, looked down, sat on his feet in a round ball, his little hands grabbed the fabric on his legs and were trying to climb up, and when he found that he had attracted his attention, a sweet smile immediately appeared on his white and tender little face, and he opened his little arms, "Daddy, hug, hug, hug!" ”

Zhuo Yan chuckled, bent down to pick up the little guy, and immediately kissed him softly on the cheek. The child giggled, and the wet kiss was filled with a milky fragrance, and his heart suddenly softened.

"Xiaolang, don't stick to your father, come to your mother."

The woman coaxed softly, holding a small white ball in her arms, nesting in her mother's arms with peace of mind, rubbing her eyes lightly with her little hands, and watching her brother play coquettishly in her father's arms with sleepy eyes, she also reached her arms to ask her father to hug her.

Zhuo Yan simply hugged these two little things in his arms, and the other cheek was also touched by wet and soft touch, the man's arms were strong and strong, and he held a child in each hand but it was not cumbersome at all, and he rubbed the child's soft cheeks with the stubble of the bar, but he was spit back with saliva not to be outdone.

Seeing that the tricker was being teased instead, his face and clothes were wet, and the two little villains ignored him when they did bad, and struggled with their little hands to return to their mother's fragrant and soft arms.

"Cunning bad thing, your mother can't support you two troublemakers."

Zhuo Yan put the two little things on the bed, patted their little buttocks punitively, and turned around to let Tao Yao take a towel to help him wipe his face. The woman looked up at him intently, her movements soft and warm.

The forehead is full and does not leave excess broken hair, the black hair on the head is all fixed by a wooden hairpin behind the head, without too much decoration, clean and neat, plain little face, delicate facial features, only a tear mole in the corner of the eye, such as crying, soft and vivid, coarse linen clothes, light Luo skirt, Tingting and standing, a clear and graceful.

A few years of time did not seem to leave too many traces on this woman's face, but Zhuo Yan knew that in the past few years, the woman in front of her had suffered so much, how many sins she had suffered, and she almost had no chance to see each other when she was pregnant with twins and was about to give birth.

Maybe I shouldn't have brought her here in the first place? If she was in the bustling capital, she should have been able to live better.

He had thought more than once when he saw the woman toiling and trying wholeheartedly to do things she had never done before. But when he returned at night wearing the stars and the moon, the faint brightness of the lonely lamp in the courtyard, and the warmth of the pillow, he ruthlessly suppressed this idea.

It doesn't matter, with him, he will always protect her for a lifetime, and one day, he will give her countless riches and glory.

He had always believed that she would be with him until the end.

Finally imprinted a kiss on his wife and two children, Zhuo Yan went out, walked for several miles and suddenly stopped and looked back, under the night tent full of silver stars, the low roofs, whose cooking smoke rose curlingly, a touch of white, suddenly seemed to be cut off by someone, cut off the source, ethereal and misty and there was no trace to be found.

There was a momentary pause in Zhuo Yan's heart, and a sudden and rapid panic hit his heart, and then disappeared without a trace in an instant. A qiē happened too fast, soothing the heart, where there was a strong and steady beating as usual, without any abnormality, and I could only comfort myself that maybe I had been too tired lately to have a delusion.

The sun had risen in the east, shining in the darkness with a meager brightness, as if it were no different from every day before.

It was supposed to be such an ordinary day