Not long after Zhao Fu left with Xu Lingling, Feng Yu announced a bombshell news in the city.

It is the result of Zhao Fu's expedition to the north, although he did not completely incorporate the North Court into the imperial territory, but opened the trade route of the North Court and sent garrisons, which was almost a disguised inclusion of the North Court into the territory of the empire.

Zhao Fu's amazing results this time really scared many people, including a veteran like Xia Yingyang, who boasted of having seen the world, and had to praise Zhao Fu's achievements in this trip. Feng Yudu had to sigh, feeling that he was much older again, and Zhao Fu's whimsical combat method was something he couldn't even imagine.

As a result, all the repairs were put on hold for a while, and it was the Empire's biggest victory in years, and it was definitely worth celebrating.

Lanting City opened a curfew tonight, and held a banquet to reward the soldiers in the north of the city all night, and also used it to comfort the souls of the fallen soldiers in the sky.

This is an absolutely good thing, for the merchant will not be so difficult to smuggle in the future, so that he will have to risk his life, and for the Empire, there will be a large number of fine horses in the next few years, which will definitely raise the power of the Empire to a higher level. This is a thing that even children feel happy, and the proud Lanhe people can be even more proud.

Today was supposed to be a happy day, but Lin Ji couldn't be happy, on the contrary, he was a little disappointed.

The crowd in the square dispersed, and everyone was asking how their brave Northwest Army had defeated those hateful Hu people, and no one mentioned even the slightest bit of the girl in the square, the girl who had been called a demon girl.

She can't be a demon girl, this is the only thing Lin Ji knows and firmly believes.

While everyone was questioning, Lin Ji was convinced that it must not be the case. He wanted to stand up, but his body hadn't recovered yet, and his strength was indeed not as reliable as before, so he was too slow.

This is a story about the "one".

She was the only one who could help her, Lin Ji had thought. Her own life was saved by her, so her life is no longer her own, she should pay it back, she should pay it back.

Lin Ji is willing, and he also wants to give this life back to that fairy-like girl.

It's just that Xu Lingling's popularity is obviously good, and Zhao Fu arrived in time to relieve her of the siege.

Seeing that the resolute girl successfully escaped, she obediently followed behind Zhao Fu. Lin Ji was suddenly very lost.

She couldn't help herself, and she didn't even know she wanted to.

Even if you go against everyone, even if you are broken in the next moment, even if you still don't know her name. There is nothing left of the current Lin Halberd, there is no vigorous skill from a few days ago, there is no fine iron long knife that fought with him, only a rotten life, a wooden stick that was picked up.

This is destined to be a transaction that cannot be settled and can only be waited for, not to give everything but not in return, but not even to give everything in return.

originally thought that he would be the only one who understood her trust her, this was the only connection he had with her, and it was his last reliance, but this line was also broken.

This kind of complex emotion is something that even Lin Ji can't put into words.

Seeing her get out of trouble and leave, she also smiled with satisfaction, not only did the boulder in her heart not fall, but it hung higher and weighed harder.

Obviously, he wasn't the only one for her.

Like Lin Ji, there is another person who is also pregnant with things and is in the mood for (*****.

Qin Zhirou also did not go to the north of the city to participate in this carnival that no longer belonged to her.

This is also a story about the "one".

During the siege, Qin Zhirou was not worried, and after the city was broken, she was not too afraid, just because she firmly believed that Zhao Fu would definitely come back and appear in front of her when she needed it most, just like Zhao Fu would never let her down before.

Zhao Fu is her patron saint, and Zhao Fu is her hero when it comes to protecting her smile.

So these days, even in the most difficult days, Qin Zhirou is very happy, she has received many thanks and respect from Xu Lingling, which makes her feel that she has grown up a lot.

When she grows up, she will be more able to be Zhao Fu's bride. Qin Zhirou encouraged herself so much, and spent the most difficult and difficult days with Xu Lingling.

But Zhao Fu came, but he didn't pick her up.

The moment Xu Lingling's veil fell, she was shocked, how could there be such a good-looking person? Qin Zhirou felt a trace of inferiority for a while, she looked at that face in disbelief, until she heard the familiar voice, passed through the crowd, and stopped in front of her.

This is her, not Qin Zhirou, but Xu Lingling.

Qin Zhirou had just finished delivering food to Xu Lingling, and she was actually not far away, but Zhao Fu didn't see her.

Zhao Fu didn't notice her.

Still, Zhao Fu didn't look at others at all.

This is a reasonable explanation, and Qin Zhirou also takes it for granted, that face is too stunning enough to be the focus.

It was only a few steps away, and it was not separated by the entire crowd, and she just couldn't say anything at that time, so she quietly watched Zhao Fu pick up the girl in front of her.

Qin Zhirou walked in Lanting City in despair, she had never experienced this kind of mood, this was the most difficult time she had been in such a big mood. The last time he was so disappointed was when he was eight years old, Qin Shangxi went out to run errands, and in order to coax her not to let her follow, he promised to bring her exotic candies sold by those bearded merchants. She waited at home that day with great anticipation, and she waited until midnight, even though she knew that the possibility of the candy appearing was infinitely close to zero, but she still wanted to believe her father. The ending is not difficult to predict, and it was only then that she realized that her father, who had always loved her the most, would also deceive.

What Qin Zhirou didn't expect was that Zhao Fu would actually lie to her and let her ...... Uncomfortable. In her heart, Zhao Fuming is obviously the spokesperson of happiness......

Qin Zhirou carried the north of the city on her back and walked towards the south of the city, and the Qin Mansion was in the south of the Lan Ting.

This was once the most prosperous area of Lanting City, but unfortunately after a war, only the blackened wall bricks burned by the wildfire and the rubble on the ground remained.

The sound of fireworks sounded behind her, Qin Zhirou didn't want to look back at that beautiful thing, she lowered her head, wanting to go deeper into the darkness.

Eventually, she stopped in front of a mansion that was her home, her home in Lanting City. It's just that today's Qin Mansion has also become half a ruin, and it is still the gate courtyard of the year, but there are no lights that night.

Qin Zhirou also doesn't need lights, and it feels good to be surrounded by darkness.

Qin Zhirou sat on the threshold of the Qin Mansion for a long time, and she didn't go in, because she knew that there was no difference between the current courtyard and the outside of the courtyard, and they were just ruins piled with rubble.

When I looked up, I could see a plaque that read Qin's Mansion, and there were still handprints printed on it when I was a child, but I had no home anymore, and I was homeless.

Qin Zhirou hugged her knees and cried. She has never been strong, she thought that Zhao Fu could be strong for her......

I cried for a long time, tears running down my cheeks and my chin, soaking my dress, but I still didn't feel like I wanted to stop. Qin Zhirou's grief is still draining, and it can flow for a long time.

"I... Not very pretty. Xu Lingling's words were still echoing in his head, but the beautiful voice was now so harsh and sarcastic.

It is humble as charity.

Qin Zhirou's tears still couldn't be stopped, she was already crying so hard that it became difficult to breathe, but the tears still kept dripping, she couldn't make a sound with her mouth open, and kept sucking her nose to keep breathing.

So you're that kind of sister...... Qin Zhirou felt that she was really insignificant at this moment. That's right, I don't have that sister who is good-looking, I don't have that sister who is sensible, and I don't have that sister...... Kindness.

I learned that, but it was just Dong Shi's imitation, and what was there to show off to Zhao Fu, compared to that person, I was nothing.

I turned out to be nothing, nothing compared.

The fireworks were still blooming in the distant night sky that did not belong to her, but now she was accompanied only by the not-so-indifferent darkness in the moonlight, and the equally homeless wild dogs that were eating in the distance.

Today's Qin Zhirou is no longer afraid of the dark, she has lost something very important, there is nothing more important left, she is no longer afraid of what the darkness will continue to take away.