Those people were frightened by Su Li, and they trembled and told the truth.

It turned out that after the celebration banquet, the news that Su Li couldn't get married on two boats has spread in Kyoto, in addition to these, there are old things from a few years ago.

The more rewards Su Li gets, the deeper the malice speculated by others will be, although she is not worried, but she can't see her out of human instinct.

Su Li is not too surprised by such a situation, people, that's it, always have to say something right and wrong to enrich her ordinary life.

Su Li got up and left after agreeing to what those people said before, Gu Yuanfeng and Zhao Hanzhuo followed, the expressions on their faces were still not very good, but the two big men encountered this situation for the first time, and they didn't know how to comfort Su Li.

"In a few days, when the shop opens, I'm not so busy, I'll set up a banquet in the house to invite Mr. to dinner, and there are no outsiders, if Lord Zhao doesn't dislike it, come and sit down."

Su Li said in a brisk tone, as if the person who had just been misunderstood and sarcastic was not her.

She is so open-minded, but it is not good for others to say anything, but it makes her unable to get off the stage.

Except for the restaurant, Su Li separated from them and went home on her own.

"Ali is tough."

Zhao Hanzhuo said that he had seen a lot of people, but there was still only one like Su Li.

"No matter how tough you are, you still get hurt."

Gu Yuanfeng replied, his face was stiff, and he rolled the names of those people just now in his heart again.

As a man, he doesn't think about the great cause of his family and country, but talks about right and wrong behind his back, and he must not be admitted as an official.

After getting into the car, Su Li breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed her body and leaned against the wall of the carriage, a little tightness in her chest.

Her open-mindedness is pretended, but in the end, she still can't pass the level in her heart.

Just now there were only seven or eight people talking about her, and she actually had a very uncomfortable reaction, what if there were too many people? If she was alone in the face of these gossips, would she cry uncontrollably?

Wouldn't that be too humiliating?

Su Li thought about raising her hand to cover her eyes, she knew that she had something wrong in her heart, and she was somewhat similar to those soldiers who had experienced a bloody change in temperament when they went to the battlefield.

I will be afraid to see people and go out.

When she took Lu Zhan back to Beijing, the reason she gave herself was for Lu Ji, and later she ran around, and it was for the 30,000 soldiers at the border.

Now she is going to open a shop because she has set up a military order, and if she can't do it well, she will go to see Chu Lingzhao.

She has been forcing herself to face the shadow left by that incident back then, but after so long, she faintly feels as if she has been forced into a dead end.

She looked like she was completely fine, but she was actually getting worse and worse.

The more she thought about it, her head gradually hurt, Su Li rubbed her temples, the carriage suddenly flipped up, Su Li was defenseless, and hit her head on the wall of the carriage.

"What's going on?"

Su Li asked in a low voice, the coachman stopped, got out of the car and checked his reply: "I don't know which child naughtily threw a stone on the ground, the girl didn't knock it, right?" ”

Su Li lifted the curtain and looked around, it was getting late, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and there was a small stone on the side of the road behind the carriage, which didn't look too abnormal.

Su Li was about to put down the curtain, and suddenly saw a few people squatting in the alley not far away, those people were dressed in rags, with broken bowls in front of them, clearly begging, and their eyes hidden under their unkempt hair were not humble at all.

Su Li took a piece of broken silver and gave it to the coachman: "Go and ask them where they are and if they want to find a job." ”

The coachman went over with the broken silver, which was not a lot, but it was a big deal, but the people did not react much when they saw it, and the coachman came back after a few words with them.

"Girl, they have a bad temper and don't want to say more, but they sound like they're coming from the border."

from the border.

Su Li pondered these four words, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, and when she looked at those people again, she always felt that those people were covered with a layer of black and oppressive death, as if they were brought from the city full of countless undead at the border pass.

"Let's go back."

Su Li put down the curtain and felt a little uneasy in her heart.

When he returned to the county lord's mansion, it was almost dark, Su Li went to see Sun Yao first, the gauze on his arm had changed several times, and his face was injured, it should have been crazy twice after coming back, when Su Li went in, he was tied to the bed and was roaring and going crazy, his forehead and neck were bruised, and his eyes were blood-red.

Seeing Su Li enter the house, he struggled even more fiercely, as if he could break the rope and jump up and bite Su Li.

"The hotter the weather gets, the body can't be put away for long, and it should be buried in two days, I will order a coffin for her, if you want to live a lifetime like this, it doesn't matter, she has died with hatred in this life, and she will not have anything to do with you in the next life."

After speaking, Su Li didn't care about Sun Yao's reaction, turned around and prepared to go back to his room to rest, but from a distance, he saw that the door of his room was wide open, and there was a person standing at the door, and the door was standing there.

Su Li walked over quickly, and when she got closer, she saw that the person with the pestle at the door was Zhang Wu, and there was still a person sitting in the room, that person was sitting on a stool, with Erlang's legs crossed, and a quilt of green silk satin on his body, like a statue of a god waiting to be worshipped, who else could there be if it wasn't Chu Huai'an?

"Miss Sue."

Zhang Wuxian greeted him first, arched his hand and saluted Su Li, his face was still swollen, and the words he said were as if he had something in his mouth.

"I said hello to the butler, didn't he arrange a job for you?"

"No, the housekeeper said that there are enough people in the house, and they don't need me." Zhang Wu replied honestly, he had a kind of temperament of 'not eating food', and Su Li didn't want to increase his self-esteem, so he asked: "What will you do?" ”

Zhang Wu hesitated: "I feel that I should know a little woodcut." ”

Chu Huai'an and Zhang Wuwu stared at each other for a long time, and after Su Li came back, he only talked to Zhang Wu, he was so angry that he wanted to explode, and immediately sneered: "It should be?" Will you run out of points in your heart? ”

Chu Huai'an's tone was very bad, he didn't expect that Su Li had only been back in Beijing for a few days, and he had accepted an inexplicable person in the mansion, although Zhang Wu's face was beaten so hard that it was difficult to look at him directly, but the temperament on his body could not be hidden.

Chu Huai'an hadn't asked for Su Li's forgiveness yet, and his sense of crisis was very strong.

Zhang Wu was a little embarrassed by Chu Huai'an, and lowered his head shyly, very ashamed, Su Li didn't answer Chu Huai'an's words, thinking that it was about to be the Qingming Festival, his heart moved slightly: "Then tomorrow I will paint Danqing for you, you can help me make a puppet first." ”

"Good!"

Zhang Wu replied excitedly, his voice raised uncontrollably, and his tone revealed joy because of Su Li's trust.

Chu Huai'an's face drooped, and when Zhang Wu left, he was wrapped in a quilt and glared at Su Li angrily: "I can also carve woodcuts, and I also helped you make hairpins before!" ”

"Won't Master Hou still be sick?"

Su Li said and raised her hand to probe Chu Huai'an's forehead, Chu Huai'an was in a tantrum, but she didn't expect Su Li to come back, she was immediately stunned, and all the dissatisfaction in her heart was suppressed, and she rubbed Su Li's hand like a puppy: "Yes, my head is so dizzy, I slept alone last night and was so cold." ”

He was obviously currying favor, his forehead was still hot, and he was wrapped in such a thick quilt, and he was still afraid of the cold.

Su Li's heart softened: "Have you drunk the medicine?" ”

Su Li's voice was soft, accustomed to her angry and ignoring people in the past two days, Chu Huai'an became uneasy, and looked at Su Li directly: "What happened when I went out today?" Bullied? ”

"Nope."

"That'...... You're not mad at me anymore? ”

Chu Huai'an asked hesitantly, his hand quietly loosened the quilt, and wrapped his arms around Su Li's waist, so as not to keep her angry after being reminded, so as to hold the person around.

"What am I angry about, everyone is friends, there is no need to be so serious."

Su Li said seriously, and Chu Huai'an's face suddenly collapsed.

yes, that's still angry.

Chu Huai'an took care of the loss in the end, sniffed and wrapped the quilt, and returned to the route of pretending to be pitiful and sympathetic.

It was still early, Su Li didn't rush him away, and walked to the window and the table to grind and draw.

"What kind of wood carving do you want?"

Chu Huai'an asked, Su Li held her sleeve in one hand and ink with a pen in the other: "The Qingming Festival is coming, I want to cast a wooden body for the second sister." ”

Su Zhaoyue's remaining corpse has never been found, and this matter is in Su Li's heart, and it will always be a knot.

Hearing her mention Su Zhaoyue, Chu Huai'an was stunned for a moment, then looked at it, and said seriously: "I'm still asking my subordinates to find it, and they will find it." ”

An Jue had been tortured a lot before, Xu knew that he had no good end, he bit it to death and refused to let go, Chu Huaian could only find another way to find a way.

Su Li didn't hesitate at all, and didn't raise her head: "Thank you." ”

was polite and detached, blocking Chu Huai'an's mouthful of old blood stuck in his throat, so he could only leave with his head down.

Su Li painted in one breath until the second half of the night, and when she stopped writing, her wrist was a little sore, she picked up the drawing paper and looked at it, a little dissatisfied.

After the hand was injured, the drawing force was not as strong as before, and some lines were always shaking when they were drawn.

Second sister, I'm sorry......

Su Li meditated in her heart, and waited for the ink to dry before rolling up the drawing paper and tying it with a ribbon.

I don't know if it's because of Su Zhaoyue's painting, Su Li dreamed of her after falling asleep.

This is the first time Su Li has dreamed of her like this since Su Zhaoyue passed away.

The light in the dream was very dim, at first it was foggy as if walking in the night, she walked for a while and saw a small city, the bluestone paved streets were quiet, there was no one, Su Li walked forward, and it didn't take long to see Qi Niang's coffin shop.

The shop is not big, a lonely lantern is shaking, the coffin shop is open, the young man who loves to dress up as an old man is standing behind the counter, looking at something in horror, on the ground is Su Zhaoyue's corpse, his neck was crossed by a knife, his head rolled to the ground, and the strange thing is that there is no blood flowing out.

Su Li didn't realize that she was dreaming, she looked at the second sister's corpse in a different place, her heart seemed to have been smashed hard, she wanted to put the second sister's corpse together, but one person was faster than her.

As soon as she looked up, the scene changed, Su Li saw a black cave, An Jue sat swaggering at the entrance of the cave and looked at Su Li with a cruel smile, and ordered coldly: "Chop her into meat puree for me and feed it to the dog!" Hahahaha! ”

An Jue laughed wildly, the laughter was extremely harsh, and Su Zhaoyue's painful cry came from the cave.

"Ah Li, I hurt so much! It really hurts! ”

The sound was inserted into Su Li's body like a sharp knife, and Su Li pounced on An Jue, wanting to rush into the hole, but was stopped by an invisible barrier one step away from An Jue.

She couldn't get over and couldn't stop her second sister from suffering.

Then she heard a woman's soft voice say, "These eyes are pretty good." ”

Su Li woke up suddenly, and when she woke up, it was already bright, and the sunlight was shining on the window, fainting a shallow halo.

Su Li raised her hand and rubbed her head, found that she was in a cold sweat, and asked someone to send a hot bath.

This dream is a bit too real, and Su Li still remembers the details of the dream very clearly after waking up.

After breakfast, she drew the cave.

There are no special markings around the cave, this kind of cave is so common that you may not be able to find such a place if you walk all over Yuanzhao.

But Su Li intuitively felt that this was a reminder from the second sister to her, and she was waiting for herself to find her.

However, the last sentence in the dream made Su Li's heart palpitate, and she thought of the eyes that she saw Su Yue in Lizhou at that time.

Why did the woman in the dream say that the second sister's eyes were very good-looking?

Did she think too much about herself, or was it a hint from the second sister in the sky?

Suppressing the messy thoughts, Su Li took last night's drawing paper and went to find Zhang Wu.

"That's it, I'll have someone find the wood, can you make it?"

Su Li asked, Zhang Wu took the drawing paper and looked at it carefully, and saw that the characters on it were delicate, and he was very surprised by Su Li's painting work, and replied truthfully: "I will try my best to restore it, but I may not be able to paint it so meticulously." ”

"Okay."

"The man in this painting is ......"

"It's my second sister." Su Li whispered, there were two points of sorrow between her eyebrows, Zhang Wu immediately understood what was going on, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry." ”

"It's okay, you carve it with your heart."

After Su Li finished speaking, Zhang Wu returned to the room, took the painting and looked at it carefully, only hoping to engrave the person on the painting into his mind, so that he could be confident when he started it.

At first, I didn't feel it, but after looking at it for a long time, Zhang Wu's eyes were always involuntarily attracted by the eyes of the person who painted it.

It's not that Su Li deliberately put too much ink on his eyes, but that those eyes actually looked quite familiar to him, as if he had seen them somewhere.

Zhang Wu frowned, wanting to think about it, but his mind was blank.

He couldn't even remember who he was, how could he remember where he had seen those eyes?

It's a demon.

At the same time, there was a cold silence in the imperial study.

The palace man served Chu Lingzhao a cup of hot tea, and the curling heat steamed up, blurring his somewhat cold and hard eyebrows, making his whole person soften, but the condensed air around him showed that this softness was just an illusion.

"Do you want to marry the righteous daughter of the prince of Zhenguo?"

Chu Lingzhao asked, he deliberately emphasized Su Li's identity.

Chu Huai'an entered the palace early this morning, and went straight to the imperial study after the morning court.

He had to wait for Su Li to forgive and take out the marriage certificate for too long, and he had to settle it first.

There is a marriage contract from the royal gift, and Su Li can't run away no matter how she runs.

"Yes, the younger brother wants to marry the righteous daughter of Zhenguo!"

Chu Huai'an replied categorically, Chu Lingzhao didn't move with a copy of the recital, and said after a moment of silence: "Do you know what the conditions for peace talks were with me last night?" ”

Chu Lingzhao would not ask this question for no reason, Chu Huai had a faint bad premonition.

He ...... Want a pear? ”

"Yes."

"No way, he's something!"

Chu Huai'an was furious, even if he went to give Hu Keduo his life, he would never let Su Li out!

As if expecting his reaction, Chu Lingzhao didn't even move his brows.

Seeing him like this, Chu Huai's hair was cold.

Chu Lingzhao had a brotherhood with him, so he didn't think about letting him go to the funeral for Ku Keduo, but Su Li was nothing to him.

When Su Li first returned to Beijing, he could use Su Li to test poison for Chu Huai'an in the prison; He wants to bring down the An family, and he can use Su Li to stir up the situation in Beijing; In order to resist the Hu people, he could use Su Li to transport grain and grass to the border passes.

He didn't deliberately cultivate Su Li, but after Su Li jumped in front of his eyes, he became the most comfortable chess piece for him.

It would be even better if this chess piece could appease Kutar's anger, and even after returning to the territory with Kutar, he could monitor Kutar's every move!

This move can be said to be beneficial and harmless.

Chu Huai'an's throat was astringent, and he looked at Chu Lingzhao in disbelief: "Your Majesty won't have already agreed to Kutar, right?" ”

Chu Huai'an said this sentence with great difficulty, every word was like a thorn stuck in his throat, and it was bloodshot when he said it.

Chu Lingzhao didn't answer, the air was terrifyingly stiff, and Chu Huai'an took a step back: "Didn't Your Majesty just give her 100,000 taels of silver to let her do business?" She's just getting started......"

"It will take three months before you leave Beijing."

Chu Lingzhao said in a deep voice, Chu Huai'an was speechless.

He had already calculated everything, and gave Su Li three months, which was enough for her to lay the foundation of the business, and then she would just change the head of the business.

Yuanzhao is so big, isn't it easy to find a few business-minded people? But how difficult is it to find someone who can follow Kutar back to Hudi?

"What if I don't agree? Is Your Majesty going to kill me? ”

Chu Huai'an asked word by word, his eyes were red, almost dripping blood, and he had a faint murderous aura, as if he wanted to move Su Li, and he had to step on his corpse.

Chu Lingzhao was not affected by him, and said calmly: "I don't have to kill you, she will agree." ”

His tone was very firm, sure that Su Li would risk his life, and agreed to return to Hudi alone with Kutar.

The Su family is dead, Su Li has no relatives, and it stands to reason that she will not be controlled by coercion, but she still has a lot to worry about, Yue Yan and Lu Zhan are her weaknesses, not to mention others.

Even, for the sake of the interests of her family and country, she will be willing to sacrifice herself.

Chu Huai'an felt a deep powerlessness at this moment, and he even had a bold thought: Is it possible that as long as you sit in this position, you can act arbitrarily?

The air became tense, and fire burst out from Chu Huai'an's eyes.

He was furious, unprecedentedly angry, like the fawn captured in his youth, which was taken by the emperor to make deerskin boots.

Su Li is not a fawn, she is an existence that is ten million times more important than a fawn.

"If I threaten death, will Your Majesty change this decision?"

"No, it won't." Chu Lingzhao didn't want to answer directly, Xu was aware of Chu Huai'an's emotional changes, and Chu Lingzhao said seriously: "Unless you are cautious and plan to usurp the throne, no one can change this decision!" ”

Unless he seeks to usurp the throne......

He knew he wouldn't do it.

"Now that Your Majesty has made up your mind in your heart, tell me what to do?"

"After Zhao Feiyang, the hussars have no leader, and I promise Ah Li to subdue Hu Di within three years, do you want to take her back to Beijing in person?"

Three-year ......

Chu Huai'an wanted to sneer, but he couldn't even raise the corners of his mouth, he lifted his eyes and looked at Chu Lingzhao, as if he didn't know the person in front of him at all, and for the first time he deeply realized that this person would not be his brother, but the king of Yuanzhao.

"When did Your Majesty start planning this?"

Chu Huai'an asked coldly, feeling that all the ridiculous brotherhood had disappeared at this moment.

Maybe you don't need to open your mouth, Chu Lingzhao will also think of a reason to give Su Li to Kutar soon.

He knew very well that for the sake of Su Li, Chu Huaian would not refuse the handsome seal of the hussars, and he would not slack off in the slightest in training.

As Chu Huai'an, he can fully afford to take on the position of commander of the hussars, because it is him, no matter how many military exploits Lu Ji has, he cannot control the army alone, and the two just restrain each other.

Chu Lingzhao could see Chu Huai'an's disappointment, and in the face of cross-examination, he was frank and straightforward: "Although the queen mother is confused in some things, it is not completely unreasonable. ”

Chu Lingzhao didn't want to kill Chu Huai'an, but he wanted to squeeze every drop of blood and sweat out of him.

"Your Majesty is not afraid that I will lead the troops to rebel?"

This is a big rebellion, but it can be said from Chu Huai'an's mouth, and it seems to be very natural.

Chu Lingzhao was not angry, he only squinted his eyes and said solemnly: "If this position is taken away from me, it means that I am not worthy of this supreme position, and it is okay for me to sit in charge." ”

Isn't it okay?

Is this extreme confidence or really not caring?

Chu Huai'an couldn't tell the difference, the only thing he knew was that Su Li was going to follow Kutar to Hudi in three months, and unless she died suddenly, there was no room for turning back in this matter.

"Ah Li is in danger, what does Your Majesty allow her?"

"When she returns safely, I will personally welcome her, give her a title, officiate for her, protect her for a lifetime, and continue to be favored!"

Chu Lingzhao said categorically, if such a reward is heard by others, it may be tempted, but Chu Huaian couldn't help sneering: "When she was asked to transport grain and grass, Your Majesty also promised her like this?" ”

Su Li is not a god, she is just a weak woman.

She never wanted glory and wealth, but someone always pushed her into danger and asked her to seek that false glory.

"Sincerely, I promise, this is the last time."

Chu Lingzhao said in a deep voice, Chu Huai'an didn't speak again, kowtowed and walked out of the imperial study.

The moment the palace people closed the door of the imperial study, Chu Huai'an felt that he had lived for more than twenty years, and he was also locked in it together.

He walked out of the palace, step by step, as if stepping on the blade of a knife, his heart was dripping with boiling oil, and he could hear the sound of zizi.

He wanted to see Su Li and couldn't wait to meet her.

I want to hug her into my arms, and I want to protect her for a safe and worry-free life, and there will be no more wind and rain......