Qi Heng looked at Xu Shi in a daze, he couldn't help but step forward and hold her shoulder, and suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of her, looking at the woman in front of him who he had loved for half his life.

"Ah Xiu, I regret it, I really regret it." His eyes were red, a man who bleeds without tears, an iron-clad man, an iron-blooded general who kneels to the sky and kneels to his parents, a man who has never been afraid of color in his life, at this moment, his words were choked.

Xu Shi was expressionless, and looked at Qi Heng condescendingly, "General Qi, I have never regretted taking medicine in this world." ”

"Who do you think you are? Are you still the suave, handsome and beautiful General Qi at the beginning? ”

"Since I had already given up on me because of my family, why do you think that I would exchange my free body for being imprisoned in a cage now?"

Her tone was a little impatient, Qi Heng gave up on her for the sake of the family, and Xu Jun gave up on her face for the sake of the family.

She leaned down slightly, and her smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, "Back then, you and I were happy, and I asked you to go to the palace to propose marriage, what did you say?" You said that you are the home of the military generals of the Qi family, and you have guarded Shu for generations.

You can't make Your Majesty suspect that the Qi family and the Xu Wangfu are colluding together because you are alone, and you can't be an intoxicating person of the Qi family. ”

She pushed Qi Heng away, "Yes, who am I, how can I make you a sinner of the Qi family for me?" ”

"But, Qi Heng! You know who I am, and you know you can't be with me? Why are you teasing me? ”

"It's fun to see that I'm obsessed with you? Isn't it funny? ”

She stood by the window, looking at the night outside, without looking back, her voice was soft and steady,

"So, don't come to fiddle with your affection, don't appear in front of me, otherwise, I don't know how to deal with the Qi family, a big family, there are always some stinky things to cover."

"No, Ah Xiu, I haven't teased you......" Qi Heng's voice weakened, he didn't tease, but he couldn't help himself.

He said in a low voice, "Ah Xiu, there is no regret medicine in this world, but we still have time, and we can do it all over again, this time I will give it to you whatever you want." ”

Xu's red lips outline a sarcastic arc, can you give anything? This man values his family more than his own life, what else can he give her?

She was long past the age of believing these rhetoric.

"Qi Heng, don't appear in front of me, I warn you for the last time." Xu Shi dropped this sentence and walked out step by step, just like he did more than twenty years ago, walking out of Qi Heng's life and never looking back.

……

When he went down to the south of the Yangtze River, it was mid-June, and when he returned to Beijing, it was already the end of July, and Xu Han wanted to rush back to the capital to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with the Xu family.

Fortunately, the waterway has been unblocked, and on the way to the capital, it was unexpectedly peaceful, Xu Han drank tea, read books, and sometimes played chess with Xiao Wei, and time passed like this.

It's a pity that this tranquility was not maintained until he arrived in the capital.

Xu Han and Xiao Wei and the group were repairing at the Chongzhou wharf, and by the way, they replenished the food on the ship.

Night had fallen, and there were many boats moored on the pier, but it was slowly quieted down by the buzz of people.

It's quiet and a little quirky.

"Looks like it's not going to be peaceful tonight." Xu Han sat in the cabin and played chess with Xiao Wei.

Originally, the outer ship docked, and at this time there were people coming and going on the shore, and the people on the ship should also be in and out.

It's just that there are very few people coming in and out of the shore or on the boat, only three or two kittens.

"Last time your ship was capsized, these people thought they could still do the same, so let me try their bottom tonight."

According to the words of Ma Zhifu, this case involves nobles in the palace, that is, the dispute over the heir.

The emperor can't let his people live in misery.

The two killed a game of chess,

Soon there were fires on the river, and the sound of killing was everywhere, and people continued to break out of the water and attack the entourage on the boat.

But soon a series of screams rang out, shattering the previous silence and alarming the nearby moored ships.

Xu Han and Xiao Wei were holding long swords, standing on the deck, young men with long and jade bodies, looking murderous all over their bodies.

"The strong man came to visit late at night, but for money, we are just students who travel outside, if the strong man is relieved of Xiao, inform Xiao of a specific address, Xiao will order someone to prepare a generous gift for the strong man. The strong man just went and fetched it. ”

Those who hadn't had time to make a move on Xu Han and the people on their boat, the leader laughed when he heard this,

"I don't want the lives of your students, I just want the lives of the bad guys on your ship."

"I hope you two will give way and fulfill us."

Xiao Wei chuckled lightly and sighed twice, "It's a pity, there are no bad people on this boat, so I'm afraid the strong man will be disappointed." ”

Those people naturally didn't believe it, but they didn't expect that a small boat came over in the distance, stopped in front of those people's eyes, and said something when they got on the boat, and then saw the leader of the people, and then looked at Xiao Wei's defense line, and shouted, "Withdraw." ”

A group of well-trained men followed the leader, turned and paddled forward.

I thought it was a vicious battle, but I didn't expect it to pass so easily.

Xiao Xiao looked at the backs of those people leaving, and suddenly asked Xu Han,

"Do you remember the man in black who made me fall into the pit?"

Of course Xu Han remembers, how could such a person forget, but unfortunately he hasn't seen his face and doesn't know what he looks like.

Xiao Xiao pursed his lips with some difficulty and said,

"Don't you feel like someone?"

Xu Han asked in surprise, "Who?" ”

She didn't think the leader of the men in black had anything to do with anyone she knew.

Xiao Wei thought about it, shook his head, forget it, let's wait until it is confirmed and tell her.

It was normal for Xu Han not to recognize him, and the leader of the man in black and the person he knew didn't have anything to figure out, he guessed it from Xu Xiuyan.

The Assassin was gone, and the ship settled down again, restocked, and continued its march towards the capital.

Unexpectedly, Xu Han fell ill, and Xiao Xiao was blamed for it, the two sat on the deck and watched the stars for a long time, and Xu Han was cold......

Xiao Wei felt guilty in his heart, so he was very dedicated to Xu Han's waiting, but how could Xu Han ask him to take care of him and drive him away.

That night, Xu Han drank the medicine and was ordered to be wrapped in a quilt by Changying, like a cicada chrysalis, sweating all over, and his mouth was a little dry.

In a drowsy and drowsy room, "long tassels...... Water ......"

After a while, the water came and came to her lips.

She took a few sips with her eyes closed, then turned her head to push it away, "The water is a little cold." ”

After a while, warm water came.

Xu Han took another sip, his brows furrowed like bitter melon, and pushed it away, "The water is a little hot." ”

Xiao Wei, "......"

Hanhan, who is sick, is so difficult to serve?

He stood up, resigned himself to pouring another glass of water, and took a sip of it himself.

Hot or cold is right, and it should be fine.

Who would have thought that just after wetting his lips, Xu Han's brows wrinkled into bitter gourd again, and said,

"I'm obviously going to drink honey water, but I don't ...... taste at all."

Xiao Wei, "......"

What an ancestor!

Where did you just say you want to eat honey?

If it was in the past, he was probably wise and martial, and Xiao Shizi, who was full of gentleness in the capital, would have thrown away a bowl a long time ago.

His eyes stopped on Xu Han's flushed cheeks, his uncomfortable face was wrinkled, thinking that this was something he had finally recovered, he took a silent breath and turned around to look for the honey jar.

A small cabin, I haven't searched all over it, let alone a honey jar, even a jar for tea leaves.

"Hanhan, where is the honey water jar? Forget it, I'll go find Changying and come over......"

Xu Han was in a daze, in her dreams, it was the tragic situation in the gravel gate back then, and then Xu Jun reprimanded her again, I just felt that why was Changying's voice so rough today?

Is it to take care of her?

She tried to open her eyes and let Changying stop guarding herself and go to sleep.

Before she could open her eyes, another bowl came to her lips, and she took a sip, sweet, delicious, and drank all the bowls in one go.

Xiao Wei, "......"

The doctor said to drink a small amount and drink slowly, will Hanhan get sicker if he drinks it in one breath?

Xu Han finished eating the last drop, smashed his mouth, and fell asleep again.

Xiao Wei resigned himself to his fate, brought a stool, took a book, sat on the edge of the bed and guarded, glanced at Xu Han who was sleeping from time to time, and tucked away the futon that was kicked open because it was too hot.

Seeing Xu Han's scattered hair on the sideburns, he clumsily smoothed her hair.

Fingertips touched her flushed cheeks, piping hot.

There was a muffled sound of a light snap outside the door.

"Come in." Xiao Wei's expression turned solemn.

Bai Zhuo was dressed in black clothes with his neck, and he gave his hands to the blessed road,

"Shizi, the person who intercepted the boat and ambushed that night has a clue."

Xiao raised his chin and motioned for him to continue.

"The thief that night went all the way north, his whereabouts were strange, and he deliberately covered it up."

"The group of thieves extinguished the fire and covered the pine branches, and took cloth towels to tie their legs in the forest, and their movements were clean, and their subordinates guessed that they should be legionmen." ”

Pine branches extinguish fires, which are commonly used in the army, to prevent the smoke from attracting the prying eyes of the enemy.

As for tying the legs with a cloth towel, it is to prevent mountain bugs from climbing into the trouser tube.

These are all military styles, and they are the style of rapid marching.

Xiao Wei frowned and said,

"These people want to kill the prefect of Ma and those captured water bandits, I think they were sent by the people behind the scenes to kill them."

"If it is sent by Jin Wuwei's horse commander, it should not be a killer, but a way to send the Ma prefect out......"

"This matter involves several princes in the palace, and all of them are not clean, but the army is ......"

Except for the crown prince, who had been to the battlefield at the beginning, the other princes did not have any contact with the generals in the army.

It is not impossible to say that he took refuge in secret......

"Those people have a high tacit understanding, they should be a well-trained army, and the weapons they use are only in the army." Bai Zhuo thought for a moment and added.

Xiao Wei was silent for a moment and asked, "How does it compare to the shadow under Grandmother's command?" ”

"Between the two and the best."

"Then have you ever wondered why they didn't notice that you were following them if they were so powerful?" Xiao Wei looked at Bai Zhuo with sharp eyes.

Bai Zhuo was shocked.

The shadow in the hands of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is the secret guard that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Xiao family, one in a hundred.

Those who wanted to assassinate the Ma Governor's Mansion were so good, how could they not notice the movements of the Dark Guard?

He leaned against the pillar at the head of the bed, his fingers tapping on his knees,

"In this way, it can only show that the other party is not afraid of you following, either fearlessly, deliberately confused, or open-minded."

Can you do assassination, and can you still be open-minded?

Xiao Wei smiled, interesting.

Xu Han in the bed was about too hot, his body moved, his hands poked out of the tight quilt, his clothes were a little scattered, his face was red, and his lips were dry but also red, such a scene made Xiao Wei feel a little silvery.

Xiao Xiao suddenly turned around, blocking Bai Zhuo's sight, he reached over to straighten out Xu Han's collar, and then paused......

Bai Zhuo stood there, saw him stunned, and carefully called him, "Shizi......"

Xiao Wei didn't respond, his body seemed to be frozen.

When Bai Zhuo first came ashore, he heard that the little prince in Zhenbei was sick, and the prince was like this, could it be that there was something wrong with the little prince?

He speculated, wanting to come up and take a look.

"You...... You go out ......."

Xiao Wei squeezed out a sentence with difficulty, he almost admired himself, in this situation as ridiculous as a dream, he could still remember to send his guards away.

"You stand outside the door, keep it guarded, and let no one in except the long tassel, no...... Don't ...... long tassels."