"Do you want me to stay out of the way for a while?" When I arrived in front of Song Xiao's grave, Xu Yi stopped, he didn't turn around to look at me, but only asked me lightly.

I didn't nod my head, I didn't shake my head.

I didn't hear any movement, and Xu Yi finally turned around to look at me.

"I'd like to talk to you alone." I looked at him, "When we were in Tuzhou, we were all in a hurry, and we hadn't talked much. ”

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Xu Yi asked indifferently.

I took a step closer to him and asked, "Song Xiao's identity, when did you know it?" ”

Xu Yi didn't answer, but asked me, "What does Lord Shen Xiang think?" ”

"Very early, huh?" I half-guessed and half-asked, "Twelve years ago, you went to Tuzhou and took with you a precious medicinal herb there. That's when you met her, right? ”

Xu Yi looked at me coldly for a while and did not refute.

"Song Liang has ever been able to talk to you?" I continued to ask.

Xu Yi turned around, he approached Song Xiao's tombstone, reached out and wiped the dust on the tombstone with his sleeve.

"Yes?" I looked at it.

"Yes." Xu Yi nodded, "I fell in love with Xiaoxiao at first sight, and Song Liang, as her brother, naturally saw at a glance what I had to do with his sister." He met me in a restaurant, asked me a few words, and agreed to let me marry Xiaoxiao. ”

Hearing him say that, I was confused.

"But you didn't marry her at the time, why?"

Xu Yi saw my inexplicable expression, and smiled mockingly, "Why?" Because I like her, that's all. ”

"A person who can't even save his own life, what qualifications does he have to take care of her for the rest of her life?" I said, "That's what you think, right?" ”

Xu Yi was surprised, and he said, "You ......"

I sighed, "Xu Yi, I'm not a ruthless person, I just made the right choice." ”

Sometimes, the right thing is like a barren rock in a glacier in winter, it is not that it is not warm, but that fate is so.

Xu Yi looked at me for a while, then set his eyes on the grave covered with scarlet cherry blossom petals, and said in a deep voice, "I still want to thank you for Se'er's matter." ”

"You don't have to ......"

As soon as I spoke, Xu Yi interrupted me, "I know what you are saying these things for, I can promise you that I will never ruin Se'er's life because of all the causes and effects in the outside world, and I don't think I will allow this kind of thing to happen, you can sit back and relax." ”

He stabbed the window paper that I was trying to paste, and it made me embarrassed for a moment.

Xu Yi saw my embarrassment, and he wanted to take the opportunity to sarcastically say a few more words to me, but the afterglow suddenly swept to the corner of my exposed cuffs mixed with bloodshot gauze, his eyes condensed, and when he got it, he disappeared so powerlessly.

"When was the injury? Tuzhou? Xu Yi asked.

I heard him ask about this, and subconsciously pulled the cuffs down.

"No, when I came to Jiangnan, I was injured by a masked man, and it was fine." I smiled nonchalantly.

Xu Yi frowned, and asked very puzzledly, "You are the face of a country, and you have been supported and served by others, why do you always have to do it yourself, regardless of the risks?" ”

I shook my head helplessly, "I want to lie down on the couch, and stretch out my hand to eat to open my mouth, but unfortunately my life can be saved until now is already the emperor's protection, if the emperor knows that I am a waste who can only eat, but does nothing, I'm afraid I can see the scarlet cherry blossoms next year." ”

I said it casually, but Xu Yi understood the compulsion beyond my words. He didn't say anything more, just stared at the tombstone in front of him.

I paused, but still said, "The child who came with me is Jia Chun's youngest son, you treat him, remember to grasp the proportions, and be polite if you can." ”

Since ancient times, merchants have not fought with officials, even if the Xu family is rich enough to buy the entire Jiangnan, they are just businessmen after all, how can they be compared with Jia Chun, the governor of Jiangnan who has real power?

"I see." Xu Yi responded.

I've said what I need to say, and I've got the answers I want. Walking towards the clumps of scarlet cherry trees beside the path, I pulled my sleeves and reached out to break off the scarlet cherry blossom branches that had been blooming just right, and then I turned around and walked to Song Xiao's grave, and gently put the flower branches in my hand in front of her tombstone.

"Although the scarlet cherry blossoms are beautiful, they only bloom in January, and if the flowers are gone, it's better not to come often." When I left here, I said this to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi's body stiffened, clenched his fists and did not speak.

We walked silently all the way back to the Scarlet Sakura Pavilion as we came. Not long after, I called Jia Chun back, and several people said goodbye to Xu Yi one after another, and then left this fairyland-like scarlet cherry blossom forest.

"I'm in another courtyard in Jiangnan, you can move here with me, and your family will always be able to take care of you." Du Rong said to me.

I didn't think about it, so I readily agreed.

"However, I have to go back and pack up my salute first, and you will send a carriage to pick me up tomorrow, right?"

Du Rong had no objection, and when I got into the carriage after Gu Yuancheng, he also got into his own carriage.

The whip was raised, and the two wagons flew away.

When he arrived at the inn, Gu Yuancheng got out of the car first, and as soon as he entered the door, he instructed Chen Yi with a cold face, "Send someone to throw away all the things in Ben Shao's room and put them on a new one." ”

Chen Yi didn't understand what was going on, but he had been following Gu Yuancheng all the year round, and he was also used to his temper, so he didn't ask anything, and went directly to someone.

"Childe ......" Sun Hu didn't have the same good endurance as Chen Yi, he came to my side and asked me in a low voice, "Did you fight with Gu Gongzi?" He's going to drive us away now? ”

"yes." I nodded knowingly, "My son accidentally won a certain narrow-minded guy, so I can't be an eyesore in front of other people's eyes anymore, go, clean up our belongings, and we'll leave tomorrow." ”

"Chen Yi, you have changed all the things in this inn from top to bottom, and you are not allowed to leave a little bit!" After listening to what I said, Gu Yuancheng yelled with a pale face.

"And you!" Gu Yuancheng turned his head and glared, "Let's go now!"

I glanced at him, walked past him with a calm expression, and went upstairs to rest.

Gu Yuancheng was shocked and angry, flicked his sleeves fiercely, and went upstairs with a cold face.

"Chen Yi, they ...... Not really, right? Sun Quan approached Chen Yi, who was busy arranging manpower, and hesitated to speak.

Chen Yi said very firmly, "My young master has always been like this, don't worry about it." ”

Sun Hu nodded, "My son-in-law has always liked to step on other people's sore spots, and he always makes trouble." ”

Chen Yi and Sun Hu glanced at each other very tacitly, and felt sorry for each other.

As the moonlight shone in through the half-open window, I lay in my room with my eyes wide open, tired but not sleepy.

Suddenly, the moonlight dimmed, and a figure came in through the window, stepped forward a few steps, and lifted my quilt with his hand.

I raised my hand and put a sword against his neck, and the figure did not move, allowing the moonlight to shine on his face.

"You think it's interesting to climb through the window in the middle of the night?" I sneered.

"This is the place where Ben Shao paid for it, Ben Shao can come when he wants, and he can go wherever he wants, you can't control it." Gu Yuancheng waved his hand away from my sword.

What is this called, people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads?

Putting away my sword, I got up and sat down beside the bookcase.

"Cen Xi has probably gotten the news and knows that we are going to break up unhappily." I took a sip of herbal tea and said, "Would you like to have a cup too?" ”

Gu Yuancheng snorted coldly and didn't move.

"Seriously," I looked at him with admiration, "The play you performed today is much better than the one in the Governor's Mansion a few days ago, Du Rong has tested you again and again, and you haven't shown your feet." ”

Gu Yuancheng's face turned a little pale for a moment, and then he turned his head and said disdainfully, "Ben Shao is not like someone, he knows that it is a trap, and he still jumps in stupidly." ”

I turned my teacup around and didn't speak.

"Hey, how did you and that young city lord meet?" Gu Yuancheng asked such a question coldly.

"If it weren't for the fact that you were just a mortal, I am afraid that my past life would have been revealed by you, wouldn't you know how Du Rong and I met?" I gave him a blank look.

Gu Yuancheng's face darkened, and he sat opposite me angrily.

"What is your relationship with him?"

I put the teacup steady and looked at Gu Yuancheng with a smile, "Confidant and friend, didn't I tell you during the day?" ”

Gu Yuancheng's eyes changed slightly, and he picked up the teapot and poured a cup of herbal tea, but he didn't drink it.

"He's not a simple character." Gu Yuancheng said.

I refilled myself and nodded faintly, "I know." ”

"But you're never on his guard." Gu Yuancheng continued.

I chuckled when he said that.

"Who would guard against their confidant and friend? If it is prevented, where will the confidant and friend come? ”

Gu Yuancheng didn't agree with my words, he said, "There is nothing immutable in the world, he is your best friend now, but can you guarantee that he will be the same in the future?" ”

I stared into his eyes and said seriously, "This is the difference between you and me, Gu Yuancheng." ”

"Different?" He sneered.

"Did you go to worship Song Xiao today?" I asked him calmly.

Gu Yuancheng froze suddenly.

I got up and pushed the window wider, and the cool night breeze blew in through the window, taking away the last shred of warmth in the room.

"Yes," Gu Yuancheng stood up, "You said that we are different people, then let's see what the final outcome of the other party is, and everything will be clear in the future." ”

I nodded, "I accept the agreement." Thirty years later, where we first met, we witnessed it with our own eyes. ”

Gu Yuancheng hooked his lips coldly, he walked up to me, approached my ear and said, "You will lose, the road is strange, it is already doomed." ”

My eyes flickered, and I clenched my sleeves.

"When you leave tomorrow morning, remember not to leave anything behind, otherwise if you are thrown away by someone, you can only consider yourself unlucky." Gu Yuancheng said lightly, and then went to the next door through the window again.

I gritted my teeth and sat down, so angry that I was about to smash the teacup over, but when my fingertips touched the cold cup, I suddenly withdrew my hand, and a chill felt in my heart.

Different paths, strange roads.