It has been three years since Xu Xiuyan released Xu County as the county order, and in the past three years, he has first solved several unsolved cases in Xu County, and also gave justice to the wronged and brought the real culprit to justice.

At the same time, he also improved the lives of the people of Xu County, and everyone remembered what he had done for the people in the past three years, and called him 'Lord Qingtian' when he saw him.

Some people who have been favored by him have spontaneously bowed down when they saw him, and some families even set up immortal tablets for him.

It can be said that Xu Xiuyan's reputation among the people of Xu County is excellent.

On this day, Xu Xiuyan dealt with a case of the people's cattle fight, just returned to the back office, it rained outside, he stood under the porch, watching the bean-sized raindrops hit the ground, with the fishy smell of the earth, the breeze blew, there was a trace of coolness.

The little guy Yuanqing came over, saw him standing under the porch in a daze, and stepped forward and said,

"Childe, the rain is getting heavier, let's go in, and the small one will bring you water and clean your face."

"When you were trying the case in the first place, the official messenger of the post station sent a letter from the second girl and put it on your desk."

"The kitchen has already prepared the meal, will you eat it now, or later?" The cook boiled mung bean soup and was falling in the well, why don't you use a bowl first? ”

When the Xu family was copied that year, all the slaves in the Xu Mansion were sold, and only Yuan Qing was safe and sound because of Xu Xiuyan.

Later, he followed Xu Xiuyan to Xu County.

Xu was used to Yuan Qing's broken mouth, and Xu Xiuyan didn't interrupt him, just looked at the rain curtain hanging under the eaves, and went to the house for a long time, washed and cleaned his face, changed into homely casual clothes and sat at the desk to read the letter sent by Xu Yuelian.

Originally, when he was released to Xu County, Xu Yuelian wanted to follow him, but Xu Xiuyan refused.

If she follows him to Xu County, Xu Yuelian can only marry a very ordinary family in the future, she is already seventeen years old and can't stand more waiting.

And he didn't want to wronged Xu Yuelian.

Fortunately, before leaving Beijing, the queen summoned her sister into the palace, and then kept her by her side as a female official until she married General Huo last year.

In the letter, Yuelian said that she was three months pregnant and that he was about to be promoted to uncle.

Seeing this, the corners of Xu Xiuyan's originally indifferent lips raised slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

Yuan Qing happened to come in with mung bean soup, and when he saw this, he asked,

"Childe, what did the second girl say in the letter? Is it urging you to get married again? ”

Since Xu Yuelian got married last year, Xu Xiuyan is the most relieved.

Because she knew that the rumors that Xu Xiuyan had released in the capital in the past were true, he did treat Huo Shiniang as his wife and promised her a lifetime.

In this life, she didn't know if she could see Xu Xiuyan get married, so she couldn't rest assured, and every letter she wrote, she would ask Xu Xiuyan one or two thoughts about family affairs.

Xu Xiuyan gently lifted his eyelids and glanced at Yuan Qing lightly, making Yuan Qing, who originally wanted to ask, shut his mouth.

He always knew that Gongzi disliked his noise, and he thought that Gongzi would not take him with him when he left the mansion, and secretly prayed to God that the government would sell them as a good family when they sold their slaves.

Who would have thought that Gongzi would take him with him, at that time, Yuan Qing felt that he was really a blessed person.

Under Xu Xiuyan's 'Eye of Death', Brother Yuanqing stood with his hands on the side, stretching his neck, wanting to see what the second girl was saying in her heart.

"Yuelian is already three months pregnant." Suddenly, Xu Xiuyan's voice sounded.

Yuan Qing smiled, "Huh? Belch? Childe, this is a big event, do you want to add a chicken leg at night? ”

Xu Xiuyan, "......"

Without waiting for Xu Xiuyan to answer him, Brother Yuanqing jumped up and went to the kitchen to ask the cook to burn another chicken leg as a meal.

The sound of Yuan Qing's footsteps gradually drifted away, and the room was deserted again, Xu Xiuyan put down the letterhead in his hand, got up and walked to the wall behind him, and pulled up a painting scroll, which was a small space, and a spirit card was placed on it.

He took out the spirit card and returned to the chair, rubbing his hand on it with a gentle expression.

Yuelian still wants him to find someone to accompany her.

Affection and companionship, he has already obtained it in this life, so he will no longer force it.

Many people want to spend their lives with their loved ones when they are young, whether they can do it or not, or at least they look forward to it.

And he doesn't know what he really likes, he only knows that he promised him a lifetime, and that is a lifetime.

……

When Xu Xiuyan first met Huo Shiniang, he was still a young man.

At that time, my father was like a fish in water in officialdom, and he knew many people, and as the only male in the family, he would inherit the family business in the future, so his father would take him out to meet people and socialize.

His first impression of Eleven Niang came from Huo San.

Because he and Huo San were close friends, at that time, what Huo San's mouth was hanging was how Eleven Niang was, how Eleven Niang was.

Later, he met Huo Qi, and he also heard the words Eleven Niang in Huo Qi's mouth.

As the only girl in the Huo family at that time, Eleven Niang grew up in the palm of her hand.

But she is not squeamish, she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows, horses, riding and shooting.

When he first met her, she was dressed in neat men's clothes, her hair was tied up high, and a red strap-on was tied around her forehead.

She was beautiful, her eyes were big and bright, and she had a vigor and brightness that a noble lady did not have.

At that time, she stood on the martial arts arena, watching the boys of the Huo family play tricks intently, and felt that this was not enjoyable, so she even joined the competition.

He is used to seeing those ladies who don't go out of the door, and he is also used to hearing the reputation of all kinds of talented women in Beijing.

He had never seen a woman like her...... is so heroic and sassy, and her personality is straightforward, but it doesn't make people feel rude, but she can't help but curl up the corners of her lips when she sees her.

After that, he often came to find Huo Qi and Huo San, and by the way, he often saw Eleven Niang.

At first, he didn't know that such a girl who made people feel happy to look at it was not only good at martial arts, but also the ones that the ladies would do, and she would do it too.

Although Huo San once said that his sister is even more powerful than those famous ladies.

He just laughed it off, in Huo San's eyes, his sister was calculated to be a dysentery, which was also the most beautiful.

That day, he went to find Mr. Wang Mushan, and outside the study, he heard a clear voice arguing with the old man.

Her opinions, her arguments, are well-founded, and she cites the things in the books like a moving library.

He stood outside the door, and he didn't go in, and of course he could hear who the voice belonged to.

Later, when he entered the study, he saw the paintings discussed by the two on the table, one was genuine, and the other was a fake, but the fake could almost be confused with the real thing.

Later, he learned that the painting was painted by her.

At that moment, he felt that Huo San was right, Eleven Niang was indeed much stronger than those famous ladies.

He was able to become friends with Huo San because his father and General Huo Zheng were good friends, and he was able to go in and out of the Huo family from time to time, and it was also because of this.

One day, his father called him to the study and said that he was going to set up a marriage with Shi Niang, and his heart suddenly beat.

It was many years before he figured out that it was called joy.

However, his father said that he is just a small move now, and he has no capital worthy of Eleven Niang, and he wants to wait until his high school day to really make a family deal, anyway, Eleven Niang was not very big at that time.

Of course he agrees, if Eleven Niang is so good, of course he has to be good.

He studied harder, and the time he spent with Eleven Niang gradually increased.

She's really good, so that he can always find the hidden good.

She has countless advantages, but she still has disadvantages, for example, she can't make lanterns.

Actually, he won't, but he still did it, although the process was a little harder, and the finished product was a little uglier, but it was done.

Later, he promised to make her a lantern every year, and at that moment, her smile made him wink.

It's just that who would have thought that his lantern would get better and better later, but that person would never be seen again.

He thought that his life had always been like this, and in the future, he was named on the gold list, married Eleven Niang, entered the officialdom, served the country, and was loyal to the monarch.

Until that year, on the eve of his imperial examination.

Something happened to the Huo family, and when the news of the Huo family's accident reached the capital, the daughter of the Huo family committed suicide in the Huo house in order not to be assigned as a slave.

At that time, Eleven Niang went to the battlefield with General Huo, and the Huo family was full of doors, and only Eleven Niang.

The Huo family was soon convicted, and he knew that in this incident, his father participated from beginning to end, and gave a fatal blow to the Huo family's conviction.

His father killed his fiancée's family, and he only understood at that time why his father said that he was only making a verbal marriage contract.

It's not like what my father said, it's just a small lift, and it's not worthy of Eleven Niang.

It's because he didn't want to let this family business continue at all, he said that the oral marriage contract was just to deceive the Huo family.

All of this was driven by his father, and it was his father who led it.

He knew that Eleven Niang had returned to Beijing, but he didn't dare to see her because he had no face.

The more he knew, the more heartache he felt, and the more he wanted to stay away from Eleven Niang.

His father said that when he was admitted to the imperial examination, his marriage with Shi Niang would be decided, so he studied hard, as long as he went to the palace examination and won the ranking, he asked his father to fulfill what he said that day.

In order to paralyze his father, he even deliberately asked his subordinates not to discuss the affairs of the Huo family, causing him to look dead because he didn't want to hear it.

It's just that he is too stupid and naïve, since his father can secretly promote the Huo family's affairs, how can he fulfill what he said that day?

He even made his best friend General Huo said that he would be harmed, how could he fulfill him and Eleven Niang?

But what made him even more sad was that before he could fight the result, Eleven Niang died!

The moment he got the news, his head buzzed, and then, silently, he went back to the room.

For the rest of his life, he had only one goal, to let the people who harmed the Huo family repay their debts.

He began to collect evidence and track down the truth, he knew that he was not a child of the Xu family, and he knew those dirty secrets.

As the father of the elder of the pavilion, and he is Tanhualang, many people want to climb the Xu family.

But his life has been promised to Eleven Niang, how can he marry another girl?

He deliberately released a message in the capital, saying that he had a wife and had died.

The family in the capital, one family after another, it is impossible for no one to know about the verbal marriage contract between the Xu family and the Huo family back then.

Therefore, as soon as his words came out, some people thought of the Huo family and felt sorry for it.

In doing so, his mother was very unhappy, and his father was the same, and even made him kneel in the ancestral hall for three days.

His knee hurt, but he didn't regret it.

He didn't want to put on an affectionate appearance, but only in this way could he prevent his family from having a family affair for him.

Later, he found that someone was also investigating the truth about the destruction of the Huo family army back then, and he knew about Xu Han, the son of the king of Zhenbei, who was like a jade.

He has a similar temperament to Shi Niang, with a frank temperament, knowledgeable, and fickle.

Their first encounter was in a dim sum shop in that deep alley, where Eleven Niang loved to eat butter snails, and each time she bought two servings.

After a long time and familiarity with the store, I realized that almost no one buys two copies at the same time.

There is only Eleven Niang.

That day, he came out of the Hanlin Courtyard, walked to the alley, and stood in front of the shop for a long time, before he stepped forward to ask for two butter snails.

While waiting, someone on the side said that he wanted two servings.

He was standing on the side, but when he looked up, he saw a familiar back.

At that moment, his heart almost jumped out.

Eleven mother!

Isn't he dead?

Because in the courtyard where she lived, he didn't see Shi Niang's body.

Only a room full of blood!

So, is it Eleven Niang?

He remained silent, and deliberately used a piece of jade pendant to test whether it was Eleven Niang, but disappointed, it was not.

At that time, he didn't know the prince of Zhenbei, and since then, he has often seen him, but for some reason, the prince of Zhenbei seems to be very disdainful of him, and even slightly hostile.

Gradually, his eyes stayed on Xu Han's body, his hobbies, his small movements, many, many more, all similar to Shi Niang.

He knew that Xu Han was Huo Han, no matter what unknown secrets there were, he identified Xu Han as Huo Han.

He followed him down to the south of the Yangtze River, on the way, on the boat, he was kidnapped, Xu Han did not save him, but provoked the water bandit to kill him.

That time, he saw Xu Han's change, saw his neat stretch of hand, and even more saw his ruthlessness.

He felt that there was nothing to offend the prince of Zhenbei, and he didn't know why he was so hostile to him.

Later, they still cooperated, and cooperated to arrest the small county order design, and found the real culprit of the Jiangnan fraud case.

Similarly, he took a step closer to grasping the truth about the collapse of the Huo family.

When he was in Jiangnan, he contacted Huo Qi.

He was able to know that it was not his father's biological child, because of Huo Qi, in a courtyard of the Xu family, he saw Huo Qi, who claimed to be dead.

He knew some truths, he rescued Huo Qi, and he often contacted him over the years.

For some reason, he hid Xu Han's matter, and it was because of this concealment that he almost let the prince of Chengen die.

Qin Lou not only accepts those businesses that investigate news, but also takes people's lives.

Huo Qi took such an order and dispatched most of the forces of Qin Lou, just to take the lives of Xu Han and Cheng'en Gongzi.

When he got the news, he wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

However, that battle actually made Huo Qi, who was incarnated as Yun Feng, the owner of the Qin Tower, get some important news.

After that, Xu Han came back from Jiangnan, and Huo Qi also returned to Beijing.

After the Jiangnan case, the emperor transferred him back to the capital from a small county in Jiangnan and promoted him to the position of Dali Temple.

After that, he followed Xu Han to investigate many cases. Later, they even went to Northern Xinjiang together, and he didn't know what the point of doing it was.

So, he comforted himself that all this was to rehabilitate the Huo family and let those who harmed the Huo family get the punishment they deserved.

He thought he had snooped through a secret, but there were people like him who had snooped through that secret.

He thought that he would have the opportunity to start over with Eleven Niang, but he never thought that those who missed it would always miss it.

His indifference to the Huo family's affairs back then, and his indifference to the sidelines back then, made him miss the opportunity forever.

He hated it, and even wanted to do whatever it takes, but in the end, he understood that love is a one-sided thing.

The best thing is that I love you, and you love me.

And he, what he once had, was only lost by him.

"Childe, it's time to eat." A voice interrupted Xu Xiuyan's memories.

It was Yuan Qing who brought the food over and asked him to eat.

Sure enough, there was an extra dish of braised chicken thigh on the table.

"Childe, that tofu Shih Tzu next door sent tofu over again...... Yuan Qing chattered while helping him pick up vegetables.

Seeing that Xu Xiuyan didn't say anything, Brother Yuanqing said consciously, "But I was rejected by the small one, but the small one still bought a plate of tofu for silver."

Childe, don't you like to eat fried tofu? The little one has already told the cook to eat that at night, what do you think you want to add? “

Xu Xiuyan had a headache, and his temperament was indifferent, so he kept Yuan Qing by his side, and because the name Yuan Qing used to be used by the maids around Shi Niang.

He didn't want to change his name to Yuan Qing anymore.

It's just that sometimes Yuan Qing is too noisy, and the noise gives him a headache.

He put down his chopsticks, curled his fingers and tapped on the table, Yuan Qing knew that this was what he meant to shut up.

Sure enough, the next meal time was very quiet, and Yuan Qing served food silently on the side.

"Childe, it is rumored that the queen mother is happy again now, I hope she can give birth to a little prince in this child......"

When he was about to finish his meal, Yuan Qing couldn't hold back, and still talked about the news he heard outside.

She has another baby? Xu Xiuyan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

This is really good news, when it comes to the surface.

"Yuan Qing, bring the bottle of pear blossom brew we brought from the capital." Xu Xiuyan said.

"Hey." Yuan Qing responded, turned around to get the wine, walked halfway, and looked at Xu Xiuyan suspiciously,

"Childe, is that chicken leg enough for you to drink? If it's not small enough, let the cook cook another one. ”

Xu Xiuyan, "......"

Don't you drink alcohol without chicken legs? What is the reason why Yuan Qing thinks that chicken legs are the best thing?

Obviously, he has also experienced the heyday of the Xu family.

It's not that kind of shallow eyelid.

Over the years, when I was in Xu County, I have never been short of money.

That day, it was the first time Xu Xiuyan got drunk.

Xu Xiuyan was lying on the bed, his eyes closed, and what came to his mind was the first time he saw Huo Shiniang.

If there is an afterlife, he must meet her early and marry her home as soon as possible to avoid all tribulations.

When people are going to die, only they know best.

Xu Xiuyan knew that he was about to die.

Xu Xiuyan has loved the people of Li all his life, loved the beautiful rivers and mountains, and loved the great rivers and mountains in this world.

In the same way, he loved a girl even more, the most beautiful girl in his heart.

The man he loved, his wife, lived in his mind, in his heart all his life.

He loved her, and he loved her alone.

He closed his eyes and fell into the kind of unexplained wandering.

When he opened his eyes again, he was standing on the edge of a school field, and the shouts of the men's competition sounded so exciting.

He held out his hand, and the sunlight slipped through his fingers.

He raised his head, squinted, looked at the sky, and set his eyes on the jousting arena again.

He stood still for a moment, still unsure of where, until he saw the slender figure in front of him.

The hair was tied up high, and a red band was wrapped around the front of the forehead to the back of the head, and the back was so familiar.

He didn't dare to move, waited until the wild beat in his heart slowly subsided, and slowly walked forward, stopping next to the figure.

That person kept commenting on the competition of people in the martial arts arena, "Fourth brother, attacking the fifth brother's next game, he usually doesn't like Zamabu." ”

"Fifth brother, if you hit the fourth brother's armpit, he is afraid of itching."

Her voice was crisp and smiling, not like a comment, but like a demolition and prank.

When the people on the field heard her words, they immediately fell backwards and collapsed on the ground, howling in their mouths,

"Eleven Niang, if you do this again, we are going to sue our father."

Eleven Niang crossed her waist and laughed, a few jumped up, and when she arrived at the martial arts arena, the two of them kicked with their feet.

"If you can win against me, just go and sue me."

Xu Xiuyan pressed his chest, it was unspeakably sour, and something fell from the corner of his eye, drop by drop.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Is this crying? There was a voice coming from the side, it was Huo San.

Just now, Huo San brought him to the school grounds, and was called by General Huo, leaving him here alone.

Xu Xiuyan looked back, looked at Huo San's playful face, and held his hands, as before, and said,

"Cry, you left me here, scared."

Huo San had a ghostly expression on his face.

Yes, he is him, and he is not him.

He wanted to step forward and hug the figure fiercely, but luckily, he was back, he came back with his memories.

In this life, he must protect her well, protect the Huo family, and never let her suffer at all, so that she will always laugh like this, bright and honest.

Even if her future does not belong to him, even if her heart belongs to something else, he will still guard her well.

Forever, forever.

Between the mountains and the sea, I reversed the cycle of time, crossed thousands of difficulties and obstacles, and finally returned to you.