That night, they stayed at an inn at the foot of the mountain. Shen Ruoyu said that their next stop could go to Kaifeng; Although he does not recommend Kaifeng very much, but from then on to the south, closer and closer to the battlefield, most of the counties and counties along the way were broken by the Yan army, they need to detour in short, it is better to go to Kaifeng first, from Kaifeng to Luzhou, bypass the capital and cross the river to Hangzhou. Nightshade opened her mouth, but it was much more than he expected.

"Ruo Liao, I want to go directly to the capital at the next stop."

Shen Ruoyu looked at her in surprise: "The capital? But—"

"In the war, King Yan will break the Jingshi in a few days, I know." "But you want to go to Jingshi." Although you are willing to travel with me, away from the imperial court, deep down, you still think about King Yan, the Son of Heaven, yearn for politics, and are sensitive to military affairs, you are still eager to return to Beijing and complete your unfinished business. King Yan is approaching Jingshi step by step, and your feeling is getting stronger and stronger, especially in the past few days, the place we have walked in is Shandong in the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, and it is also the territory you once galloped on, not to mention Mount Tai of Feng Zen. You haven't said anything, but your eyes can't hide it from me. If you want to go back; If you don't go back, even if we go all over the world, you won't be at ease in this life. You can't let go of your own ideals no matter what, so why force yourself to let go? ”

Shen Ruoyu said weakly: "Xiang'er, if I don't give up that ideal, I have to give up on you." If you say this, you will be laughed at by the world, and I am afraid that even you will look down on me. I once gave up Qiu'er for the sake of my ideals; But right now, it's really hard for me to give up on you. ”

Ye Laixiang said: "So, you can't bear to let me bear this notoriety, I made you lose your ideals, and you can't bear to make me feel guilty for a lifetime?" ”

She took his hand. "Don't do that. We live together, two people must be equal, and no one can control the other; I don't let you control me, and conversely, I can't control you. Besides, you didn't give up on me. Actually, the place I have always wanted to go to the most is the capital. Since you want to go to the capital, isn't that the best of both worlds? ”

"Xiang'er, you want to go to the capital to play; But King Yan is about to enter Beijing soon, and now the capital is the most dangerous place in the country - now the capital is a battlefield. Not only will you not be able to play, but you will also be killed. ”

Ye Laixiang smiled: "Thanks to you, Beiping has always been a battlefield, I have long been used to the battlefield, what else is terrible." Besides, I was really born and raised in Beiping City, and I am more Beiping than you, don't I want to witness King Yan enter Beijing and ascend to the Great Treasure? ”

Shen Ruoyu said softly: "I don't go back to Beijing, I'm not at ease; Taking you back to Beijing with me, can I be at ease again? Xiang'er, you also have to be realistic. Jingshi is not normal now, I still dare not be sure to protect myself, what should you do? ”

Ye Laixiang thought for a moment and said, "If you are so worried, I have a solution." We went to the capital, but we didn't go together. ”

She looked at Shen Ruoyu and was very serious. "We're going south together, and we're still together along the way. When we were about to get to the capital, we parted; You go to Beijing first, and I will not tell anyone that I have contact with you, and no one knows me anyway. I'm a woman, but I live better than a man on the battlefield. ”

Shen Ruoyu thought about it. "I'm afraid that's not enough. After we entered the capital, we couldn't meet or contact; After I rescued the Son of Heaven, I would stay away from the capital, and most of them would hide in the mountains and old forests, and hide for several years; Until the situation stabilizes and I have a score in my heart, I can go back to you. - If you can wait until then. ”

Ye Laixiang looked at him and said quietly: "Ruoxiao, when I say breakup, I mean a real breakup; The capital is the end of our journey. After entering the capital, you do what you have to do, and I do what I want to do, and go where I want to go. Let's get together and disperse, and go our separate ways. If I've spent enough time in the capital and want to go somewhere else, I'll go myself; If I meet someone else and change my mind, I will be with him. You too; Focus on what you want to do and stop thinking about me. If you meet someone else who makes you more tempted, then you stay with her. If everything goes well in your actions, how many years later, we are destined to meet again, and we are still alone, still thinking about each other, we can still choose to return to each other and live together; If any of us have changed our minds, it is considered a reunion of old friends. Everything is a matter of fate. ”

Shen Ruoliao listened to her plan so realistically and calmly, and her heart was shocked.

"What do you say?" Nightshade asked.

He was silent for a long time, looked away, smiled faintly, and said calmly:

"Xiang'er, you persuaded me to go back to the capital, but you proposed this method - if you are tired of me and want to break up, we can break up now, and we don't have to wait until we enter the capital. I said I would respect your choice and promise not to pester you any longer. ”

Nightshade hesitated for a moment, stretched out her hands, and gently turned his face away, forcing him to look into her eyes.

"Ruo Xiao, when will you stop forcing yourself to say such absolutely rational and absolutely correct words, but you will be miserable?"

He replied softly, "What can I say, Xiang'er?" You are not Qiu'er, you will be unreasonable and playful; I know that when you say this, you have thought it through. Now that you have made up your mind, no matter how selfish and unreasonable I am, how can I stop you? ”

"Isn't it the same for me?" She said, "You have made up your mind to return to the capital; I can drag you for a day, a month, but I can't drag you for a lifetime, so why bother not to fulfill you, so that you can realize your ideals as soon as possible? If you can say what you just said so rationally, you must be able to see clearly, I don't want to break up, but I don't want to tie my life to you, so as to lose the independence and freedom that I have paid so much for, for me, they are above all else, and I will not give up for anyone or anything. You are going to the capital, the future is unpredictable; Whether you will survive or not, and how long it will be before we meet again, no one knows. I can afford to wait for a month or two, maybe a year or two; But I can't wait for you all my life. Since you and I don't have this score, why make promises that we can't keep? ”

"Either give up King Yan, or give up you." He raised his hand and gently covered his face. "Xiang'er, if you really know me, you must know that the choices I make often completely disregard others, let alone my own feelings."

"Of course I know," she replied softly, "why should you hesitate now?" The real choice, for you, is only to pursue the ideal or not, and I have never been a factor for you to consider the choice. Therefore, when I proposed to break up, I was definitely not trying to blackmail you or force you; I just know that you have decided to go back to the capital, everything is just a matter of time, and the decision I made is ultimately just a choice for myself, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

Shen Ruoyu put down his hand and sighed slightly.

"Xiang'er, you're right," he smiled faintly, "that's fine; lest I be afraid of you when I am in the capital. We will leave tomorrow and go south to meet the heavens. Before entering Beijing, they broke up and crossed the river separately, and from then on—"

Night Primrose said: "There is a providence. ”

Shen Ruoyu paused for a moment, but shook his head resolutely and said:

"Xiang'er, go to his providence; I will not give up on this, and I will definitely come back to you alive. ”