Sun Wanrong and Li Dayu are gone, and the Jingu Garden, which has been lively for many days, has returned to its former tranquility. Xue Shao's diplomatic mission can be said to have been successfully completed, but he didn't feel much relief and pleasure after unloading the burden, but just wanted to be quiet alone.

So he did not go home, but stayed alone in the Golden Valley Garden, and even the gods of the left and right doors were scattered.

Only his wine was brought.

The imperial court received good news, and Wei Bei, the governor of Xiazhou, led his army to win successive victories and had recovered Lingzhou. Wu Zetian set up a banquet in the palace to celebrate, and sent people around to inform Xue Shao to come to the banquet, but there was no one.

After learning of this, Wu Zetian made a reply, "Xue Shao must be tired of receiving foreign envoys for days. Let him rest for a few days! ”

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Now many people in the government and the opposition know that Xue Shao once tried his best to prevent the Shuofang army from going to war, and he also had a very unpleasant quarrel with the Queen Mother for this, so there is no shortage of people who speculate that Xue Shao is very jealous of Wei's price. Now that Wei Zhiqi has won the battle and won a big sigh of relief for the Queen Mother, can Xue Shao's still have the face to come to this celebration banquet?

The banquet was very grand, and it was still lively in the middle of the night, and the people of Luoyang all knew about it.

Xue Shao nested in the green building, the room was dark without lights, and he was alone holding an empty beer wooden tube and snoring.

In the middle of the night, the banquet in the palace finally dispersed. The ancient capital of Luoyang finally returned to tranquility, leaving only Luoshui still flowing slowly.

Someone pushed open the old gate of the Green Tower, picked up a lamp, and walked upstairs with light steps.

Xue Shao's snoring did not stop, but his attention was already on the uninvited guest. The professional vigilance that has been cultivated over the years has not been dissipated with the depressed mood and the anesthesia of alcohol.

The oil lamp was placed on the table, and Xue Shao knew that the man had walked in front of him and sat down. He didn't do anything, just sat there and watched himself.

Xue Shao couldn't help but laugh in his heart, if I wasn't bold enough, I suddenly opened my eyes in the middle of the night and saw a person sitting in front of me, wouldn't I be scared out of mental illness? - Especially, a woman dressed in white.

Holding the wine barrel and continuing to sleep, Xue Shao didn't plan to wake up.

The woman in white didn't alarm Xue Shao, and burned a stove of incense. Xue Shao suddenly felt that the fragrance was lingering, and his sleepiness was even stronger, and most of the mosquitoes that kept attacking him had dispersed.

Pretending to be asleep is actually quite uncomfortable. Especially when the other party knows that they are pretending to be asleep.

"Shangguan Wan'er slapped me, and then left crying." Xue Shao was still holding the wine tube, and said lazily like a dream, "Have you thought about it, what kind of posture do you want to leave?" ”

The other party did not speak, but gently fanned the incense burner with a fan. The fragrance and breeze are indeed a rare treat for such a hot summer night.

"Looks like you have nothing to tell me." Xue Shao muttered, and didn't bother to speak again. hugged the wine barrel tightly and slept heartlessly.

"Wei Zhiqi won the battle and recovered Lingzhou. The Queen Mother held a banquet in the palace to celebrate, and looked for you everywhere and saw no one. ”

- Xuan Yunzi's voice.

"If I find it, I won't go." Xue Shao was still talking like a dream, "The people who died so many times were all my brother Paoze." ”

"But, after all, we are victorious." Xuan Yunzi said softly, "War always avoids death. ”

"We're losing this war." Xue Shao's words were shocking, "There will be more people who will die, all of them are my brother Paoze." ”

Xuan Yunzi was slightly surprised, "How can you see it?" ”

"Do any of you know Yuanzhen?" Xue Shao asked in a daze.

Xuan Yunzi was silent.

Xue Shao finally sat up, yawned and looked at Xuan Yunzi, "The Queen Mother sent you, why did you do it?" ”

"No one called me." Xuan Yunzi replied calmly.

Xue Shao smiled indifferently, "Then do you have something to do with me?" ”

"It's fine." Xuan Yunzi was still calm, "Just take a look at you and talk to you." ”

"Comfort me, right?" Xue Shao said, "Just because I didn't suffer a setback? ”

"Xue Shao will always be stronger than we imagined, and he will not be depressed because of such a little thing." Xuan Yunzi said, "Even if he really needs comfort, it is not something that Xuan Yunzi can bring him." ”

Xue Shao smiled, "I can see that you came here in the middle of the night to stumble over me." Sorry, I'm not in the mood right now! ”

Xuan Yunzi turned around and took out a jar of wine from behind him, "Then I can accompany you to pay tribute to your brother Paoze?" ”

Xue Shao looked at her quietly.

Xuan Yunzi poured a large bowl of wine, raised his hands, and spilled it on the floor. The old and new wine stains were mixed together, and it was mottled.

"You're very careful." Xue Shao said.

Xuan Yunzi showed the first smile of the day, "When I was downstairs, I found the wine dripping from the floor. ”

"They died on the battlefield without a name, and there was no one to collect their bodies and pay their respects." Xue Shao said lightly, "They call me Young Marshal." Actually, I'm just a murderer. ”

"How could you be a murderer?" Xuan Yunzi asked.

Xue Shao smiled slightly, "I brought them into the barracks and taught them to live by war and killing from now on." Then when they needed it most, I abandoned them again. I watched them follow a pig-like commander into the grave that the enemy had dug for them. I know all the truth and the outcome, but I am powerless to stop it, unable to save it. I'm not a murderer, and what is it? ”

"......" Xuan Yunzi was speechless and bit his lip tightly.

"I'm not only a murderer, I'm also a coward!" Xue Shao dragged the jar of wine brought by Xuan Yunzi and opened his mouth to drink it.

Xuan Yunzi didn't stop him, just watched quietly.

Xue Shao actually drank a whole jar of wine in one go, although more than half of the wine was spilled on the floor in front of him, it still scared Xuan Yunzi.

Xuan Yunzi wanted to stop him from drinking, but as if she was enchanted, she moved out a jar from behind her. and took the initiative to remove the mud seal and pushed it in front of Xue Shao.

Xue Shao smiled and raised the altar again.

Xuan Yunzi grabbed it with one hand, "The last altar, give me a little." ”

So Xue Shao poured half a jar of wine into the empty jar, and the two of them drank the jar without saying a word until they drank the last drop.

"Xue Shao, you still have a chance!" Xuan Yunzi said suddenly.

Hearing Xuan Yunzi call his name, Xue Shao was a little unaccustomed to it, he tilted his head and looked at Xuan Yunzi drunkenly, "What chance?" ”

"The worst you can see has not yet happened." Xuan Yunzi said, "If you really want to save your brother Paoze, then there is still a chance. ”

Xue Shao hugged the empty wine jar tightly, smirked, and shook his head, "There won't be any more." ”

"Why?"

Xue Shao said: "Good news is the death knell, my brother Paoze, all of them are hopeless!" …… Perhaps when the imperial court was celebrating, their heroic souls were already floating in the desert and deep mountains in the northwest. It was as if I had heard their unwilling sighs and angry roars, and the accusations against me, a murderer and a coward, and curses! ”

Xuan Yunzi was dumbfounded.

Because she saw ...... Xue Shao was in tears!

There was no crying, no expression, and his tears flowed out silently, without warning, without scruples.

She wanted to reach out and gently wipe the tears from his face. But she didn't dare, she was afraid that such a light touch would collapse the whole world.

For a long time. The two of them were stunned like sculptures.

"I envy the demon child, she is so simple." Xuan Yunzi suddenly said, "I hate Xuan Yunzi very much, because she always thinks too much, and then thinks she is very brave but is actually very stupid, and she takes the initiative to put on one shackle after another and get into one cage after another. ”

Xue Shao was still holding the wine bottle, looking at the jumping lights with straight eyes, but there was no response.

"Xue Shao, why aren't you?" Xuan Yunzi said, "You always think about your robes, your brothers, your relatives, your wives and children, your future, your destiny, your country, your society, and even how history should be written in a thousand years...... But have you really thought about it for yourself? ”

Xue Shao was slightly stunned and turned his head to look at Xuan Yunzi.

"You are a man who stands up to the sky, but such people often live very tired." Xuan Yunzi said, "You have too much and have more extravagant expectations, so you look forward to the future and the gains and losses; You have a lot of responsibilities on your shoulders, your ideals are too far away, and there are very few people who really understand you. So you are very lonely, and lonely people are always inevitably exhausted. ”

"Anything else?" Xue Shao's expression was very wooden.

"I know you hate it when I talk to you like that. But I didn't intend to please you at all. Xuan Yunzi smiled disappreciatively, "Xue Shao, you are more tired than me." Because you wear more shackles than I do, and the cage you get into is layer upon layer. When will you be able to put aside all distractions and truly be yourself? ”

"Just like you are now, enlightened to find your true self?" Xue Shao sneered sarcastically.

Xuan Yunzi still smiled disappreciatively, and actually took out a jar of wine from behind him.

"This is really the last one." She took out the mud seal, took out two bowls and filled them one by one, and held up one of the bowls, "Next, no matter what you have to do, I will accompany you!" ”

Xue Shao looked at the bowl of gently rippling amber wine on the floor, then looked at Xuan Yunzi, and smiled softly: "Could it be that you guessed, what am I going to do next?" ”

"I'm not a god, I can't guess." Xuan Yunzi's expression was unusually calm, still holding the bowl of wine, "I just want to be myself seriously." Regardless of the past, regardless of the outcome, it is not even about right or wrong. ”

"Follow me crazy, just be yourself?" Xue Shao laughed and stretched out his hand to take the wine.

"Yes." Xuan Yunzi's expression was unprecedentedly serious, and it could even be said to be solemn, "Whatever you want, go crazy with you, Xuan Yunzi, accompany the wine!" ”