PS: Mr. Tan is obviously a person who loves cleanliness, and he is tired of running for a long time, so he cleans the house before leaving. In addition to the kitchen and toilet, there is a living room, a study and a bedroom, which is very suitable for a small family. On the wall of the study are 16 words written by Mr. Tan: "Lao Ji is in the middle of nowhere, his ambition is thousands of miles, and the martyr is in his twilight years, and his heart is strong." The word is a line of calligraphy, which is quite Wang Xi's penmanship, but Xiaokai is Zhong Xuan's weather: "Heaven is secluded, I will do my best; Thousands of miles away, nostalgic for the homeland. The second son was lying on his salary and tasted his courage, and Kai was exhausted and dull, and he died. "This person's name turned out to be Tan Kai. Most of the literati are soft-boned, and it is rare to be able to stick to the discipline of life and death, this Tan Kai seems to be swearing to follow the Huan family to the death. It's just that although Huan Wen is heroic and unsuccessful, he has long lost the hearts of the people in Jiangdong, even if he still has a soul, he may not be able to regain his prestige, not to mention his two grandsons who are not successful, can only die in different races, and will die in the north. Tan Kai's "after death" can only be unknown in a distant foreign country

Xu Zhihao waited at the east gate of Chang'an, and as soon as Guo Xu and his party arrived, he immediately led them to the west of the city where the Han people lived. After Guo Xu set off, Chen Song worked in this area for two days, found several good and inexpensive houses, and decided to rent a blacksmith shop half a street away from the house after repeated comparisons, which was on the way for Guo Xu to go to the barracks. Chen Song felt that Guo Xu must like to chat with his peers on the way home, and even had the interest to pick up the hammer for a while.

The landlord is the owner of a pharmacy in Chang'an City, and after he started a new mansion, the small courtyard where he used to live has been earning rent. The previous tenant's surname was Tan, and he was also a native of Jiangdong, a scribe under Huan Wen's grandson Huan Daodu. Huan Daodu and Huan Daozi brothers went into exile in Yao Qin. He followed the guest to live in Chang'an. Yao Hong surrendered, and the Huan brothers and a large number of Jiangdong exiled politicians scattered. A swarm of bees ran to find Changsun Song and defected to Wei en masse. The house was empty. The landlord said that Mr. Tan paid enough rent for half a year, so you should live for half a year first, and then negotiate the rent.

The yard is not big, but it is also vulgar and elegant, two trees, a persimmon and a plum tree. The plum tree is far from the flowering season, and it looks mediocre; The persimmon tree is already rich in fruit and graceful, and the small lanterns full of branches will turn into arrogant red in a few months, and the word auspicious is written on the face of each fruit. Around the tree are two circles of flower pots. After the flowering period of the moon season, there is green but not red, and the once wide calmness; Holly is dripping with green, and the face is coated with wax, like jasper in a small country home; The chrysanthemums are red, white, pink, purple and yellow, and the slender and curly petals are elegant and have the air of Jinge. The house has white walls and blue tiles. The window was newly replaced with window paper, and the lively paper-cutting of "Magpie Mei Dengzhi" and "Auspicious Celebration" was pasted. New lanterns under the eaves.

Mr. Tan is obviously a person who loves cleanliness, and he is tired of running for a long time, so he cleans the house before leaving. Remove the kitchen and latrines. A living room, a study and a bedroom, which is very suitable for a small family. On the wall of the study are 16 words in Mr. Tan's handwriting: "Lao Ji is in the twilight of his life, with a thousand miles of ambition and a martyr." Strong". The word is a line of calligraphy, which is quite Wang Xi's penmanship, but Xiaokai is Zhong Xuan's weather: "The way of heaven is secluded." I do my best; Thousands of miles away, nostalgic for the homeland. The second son is lying on the salary and tastes the gall. Kai was exhausted and dull, and then he died. "This person's name turned out to be Tan Kai. Most of the literati are soft-boned. It is rare to be able to stick to the discipline and live and die, and this Tan Kai seems to be going to follow the Huan family to the death. It's just that although Huan Wen is heroic and unsuccessful, he has long lost the hearts of the people in Jiangdong, even if he still has a soul, he may not be able to regain his prestige, not to mention his two grandsons who are not successful, can only die in different races, and will die in the north. Tan Kai's "death" can only be "died" in a distant and foreign land, and he is "gone" like dust.

Xiao Qiao entered the bedroom and saw that there were two pillows side by side on the bed, but there was only one quilt, obviously Guo Xu's little brothers had already decided that they would soon get married. If Guo Xu passes the upcoming hurdle, getting married in the church is just a matter of heels, and for Xiaoqiao, the sooner the better. But if he can't, there will only be one pillow on this bed, and even whether Xiaoqiao will live here is a matter of two things.

Xu Zhihao said that the captain convened the generals to discuss today, and Brother Chen couldn't come to greet you, and he had already taken leave for you. Brother Chen has ordered a table of dishes, Brother Guo, you see whether to go to the hotel to eat, or let them deliver the dishes to your home. Xiao Qiao felt that her body was sleepy and didn't want to go out, but she didn't know what Guo Xu thought. As a result, I heard Guo Xu say that Miss Sun was tired all the way and needed to rest early, so it was better to let them send the dishes over. Xiaoqiao's heart warmed. This boy is three big and five thick, but he really has an extremely delicate side.

Guo Xu, these brothers, are very presumptuous when they eat and drink together, and today they are all together. Hu Luzheng understands the etiquette and customs of the Han people, and knows that the uncle can be informalistic to his sister-in-law, but the uncle can not be upright to his brother-in-law, and he is older than Guo Xu, as if he has to have the serious atmosphere of an uncle. Crazy people and mung beans are not always crazy, in front of this beautiful sister-in-law, they still have to be polite and thoughtful, so although they swallow like tigers and wolves, there is no nonsense, and they eat a table of food gently. When everyone finished eating and serving tea, Xiaoqiao stood up and saluted everyone:

"Brothers, if it weren't for you, Sun Qiao would have died by the Yellow River, today's meal, even if I borrow flowers to offer Buddha, thank you for saving your life. Another day, Sun Qiao will set up a special seat to thank you. ”

Everyone said that Miss Sun, you are too polite, and the family does not speak two words. Hu Luzheng and Mung Bean couldn't help but glance at each other. The madman deliberately emphasized that if he was right, he was going to become a family. Xiao Qiao glanced at him, without any disgust, but looked down at the madman.

"I know you all look forward to me and Guo Xu becoming a family. To tell you nothing, I am willing to marry him. ”

Everyone showed excitement on their faces, except for Guo Xu, who lowered his head with a flushed face, everyone else was grinning and happy, but they were held down by Sun Qiao's next words:

"But there is a wall between me and Brother Guo, and even between me and all of you, and if Brother Guo can tear it down, I will worship him tomorrow. If it can't be dismantled, Sun Qiao will leave Chang'an, and you will never see me again. ”

Everyone froze.

Guo Xu raised his head and looked at Sun Qiao in a daze. Sun Qiao looked at him softly:

"Brother Guo, don't be nervous. I'm doing this for your own good. ”

The crowd was even more confused. Hu Luzheng took a sip of tea and was burned. Spit on the ground, can't you be a husband and wife first and then tear down the wall?

Sun Qiao's expression was solemn. If I don't say anything about it, Brother Guo will hate me in the future.

Guo Xu was about to say that I won't hate you no matter what. was stopped by Xiaoqiao's eyes.

"Brothers, you are all here today, and I ask you to bear witness. Today I want to stay with Brother Guo for one night. Don't think crookedly, although Sun Qiao's body is broken, her heart is innocent and she will not do anything that is not in line with etiquette. I want you to know: If Brother Guo tells you tomorrow that he doesn't want me, and we can't run on the same road, it's not that he is ruthless and unjust, but that he has a great difficulty. His net worth and future are far more important than my woman. But if he tells you and I that we are going to get married, it means that he is ready to share weal and woe with me, does not regret carrying my burden, and is willing to bear the unexpected things that may arise with me. Guys, you know what I mean. ”

Everyone looked at each other, vaguely understanding that this Sun girl's life experience was unspeakable. was also calmed by the awe-inspiring aura on Xiao Qiao's face, and couldn't help but secretly admire. Several people clasped their fists at the same time and said that we would like to be this witness.

Xiao Qiao said that this is the case, please go back and rest. Quietly waiting for Guo Xu's news.

Before going out, everyone patted Guo Xu on the shoulder, as if he was going to be executed if he stayed. Hu Luzheng had already stepped out of the threshold with one foot, and came back with his hands on Guo Xu's shoulders:

"Brother. When you meet a good woman, your future is a fart, don't be confused! ”

Guo Xu nodded stupidly.

He was a little frightened. With his life experience. I can't predict what shocking thing Sun Qiao wants to say. Sun Qiao is not perfect, this is no longer a problem for him. So what else is there that is scary enough to break up a marriage?

The courtyard fell silent.

A few sparrows chirped and fluttered in the bushes. The setting sun casts on the perfect persimmons, gilding them with a layer of gold. Following the wind, I faintly heard the wind chimes on the temple stupa not far away.

Guo Xu took a deep breath at the door of the house and walked in.

Xiao Qiao sat quietly on the Hu bed, and when she saw him come in, she smiled slightly:

"Guo Xu, you go and help me boil water, I want to bathe."

Guo Xu was stunned, "Brother Guo" became "Guo Xu", which sounded more comfortable. But now there are only the two of them in the room, and the bath seems to be a little ominous**. His face was red, he didn't dare to ask more, and went out to the kitchen to boil water.

Xiao Qiao was bathing in the bedroom, and he was in a daze in the study. The sound of rushing water made him uneasy. I can't help but imagine what the little girl in the water looks like, and then scold myself for being lewd. Before the scolding could reach the ground, thoughts had already left the study, through the living room, and meandered into the bedroom, haunting around the shadow with a face like a jade chest.

After a long time, I heard Xiaoqiao say Guo Xu, you come.

Thousands of cranky thoughts were scattered by this sound. He walked over in a panic, feeling that his usual solid and powerful steps were a little fluttering today.

An incense plant was lit in the room, and the psychedelic smell mixed with the smell of the woman's body and the smell of fat powder, creating a very unreal atmosphere, so that one could not know where it was or where it was.

Xiao Qiao was already fully dressed, sitting on the bed, wrapped in Guo Xu's old blue cloak.

There was a flush on the pink face, like a kind of flower petal that gradually transitioned to the living color of the sky. There is a light in the eyes that makes the whole person as bright as the stars. From those rosy lips, a voice like fairy music floated out:

"Come, sit here."

Guo Xu fluttered over, and he didn't know why he sat on the edge of the bed.

Xiao Qiao quietly looked at this boy who might become her husband. If you change someone, you may have broken in a long time ago, but this person honestly stayed next door without any substantial block, waiting for himself to finish bathing and changing, and the whole person was like a puppet, obeying the dispatch of a weak woman. In this chaotic world, there is no such man. He's already qualified to be in the court, and now it's up to him to see if he's worth it.

"Do you really want my body?"

The sound was not loud, but it rolled through Guo Xu's mind like thunder. Sweat suddenly seeped from the door of his head. After struggling for a long time, he couldn't lie, but lowered his head, twisted the belt buckle of his robe with both hands, and said humbly:

"Yes!"

Xiao Qiao closed her eyes and said why did you stay sitting all the time.

Guo Xu was even more flustered, and the man in his heart, who was already naked, had already pounced. But he himself sat there motionless. After a long time, calm down:

"Miss Sun, don't test me. I'm going to marry you seriously. Live a life in a down-to-earth manner, not to go to bed like this. ”

This answer. In fact, as Xiao Qiao expected, he was just alone in a room, and the beauty was in front of him, Guo Xu could still suppress his impulses, and this concentration was unexpected. Such a person can achieve great things, even if I don't care whether he is a marquis or not, these things will fall on him naturally.

took a handkerchief, leaned over and wiped the sweat off Guo Xu's forehead and face. Slowly asked again:

"Then do you really not mind that I was ruined by Ah Bo and conceived with his baby?"

Guo Xu thought about this question more than once, and answered it happily. If I really minded, why would I still be sitting here today? The girl's life is miserable, and it is not your fault that she fell into the hands of Abogan. If I had killed him before he caught you, the girl would not have suffered this sin. But then again, if the girl hadn't had this calamity, I might never have met you in my life. Don't mind, girl. I'm not saying you have to suffer this sin

He was about to explain in a panic, but Xiao Qiao reached out and gagged his mouth.

"What do you think of this person, Captain?"

Guo Xu was stunned, not knowing how the topic could turn to Liu Yu. But that's not a hard answer.

"The captain is a big hero and a good person. Love soldiers like children. ”

"What the captain tells you to do, you will do?"

"Those who are soldiers have to obey orders, and the captain gives the order. That is, the soldiers listen to the generals and order the grass to follow the wind, and we point to where to fight. Otherwise, how could Yao Qin be destroyed? ”

"What if the captain asks you to kill your own people?"

"The captain hasn't killed his own people?"

"Taiwei has fought more than once in the south of the Yangtze River to fight a civil war, isn't this called killing his own people?"

Guo Xu said that there is. But that is all a rebellion that has brought disaster to the country and the people.

A trace of dark clouds flashed on Xiao Qiao's face, but Guo Xu didn't catch it.

"That is to say, as long as the Taiwei believes that the rebellion of the country and the people is harmful, and asks you to kill you, he will kill you?"

Guo Xu said that this is natural.

Xiao Qiao said, what if Taiwei said that I, Sun Qiao, was a rebel who brought disaster to the country and the people?

Guo Xu was taken aback, and said that you are a weak woman, how can you be rebellious?

Xiao Qiao said that it may be impossible for you to leave me alone, you just have to think, if the captain says that I am a rebel and wants you to kill me, will you do it or not?

Xiao Qiao's sparkling eyes were instantly filled with tears, and the aggressive sharpness pierced Guo Xu through the tears. Although Guo Xu is sluggish, he has vaguely realized that this girl's background is extraordinary, and there is a hidden entanglement between him and Taiwei. Judging from the lieutenant's attentive care to her, he himself was still in the dark. This question of whether to kill or not is too acute for Guo Xu to control, but one thing is clear, that is, how can such a girl hurt anyone?

"The problem is that you're not going to be a rebel anyway, are you?"

Xiaoqiao was anxious and helpless. So you will meet such a wooden-headed stupid man who doesn't bend around and admit death!

"I've already said it, don't care if I'm a rebel or not! What you have to answer is that if the captain says and understands, if the captain says, the military order is like a mountain and says that I am a rebel, and the military order is like a mountain and wants you to kill me, will you kill me? ”

The stupid man finally heard clearly, but the wooden head only made a half-turn before it got stuck.

"Taiwei is not stupid, how could he think that a weak woman like you is a rebel!"

Xiao Qiao sighed, deeply feeling how much more it would take to fall in love with an elm head to explain a simple truth.

"Then let me ask you, if it is a real thief, in addition to himself, will his family also have to be eliminated?"

Guo Xu said that the national law seems to be determined like this, the anti-thieves want to raze the three tribes, and many people die of the old and the young. After he finished speaking, he found that Xiao Qiao's tears had rolled down from her eyes to her cheeks. He panicked and didn't know what to do. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the handkerchief that Xiao Qiao had wiped his sweat on just now, and clumsily wiped away the two lines of tears.

Xiao Qiao said that if a person is not a thief at all, but is said to be a thief, and the captain wants you to kill his whole family, will you kill him?

Guo Xu's mind was full of blank in an instant. First, he already understood that Xiao Qiao was saying that you may kill innocent people at all, and your captain is not purely out of public intention to command you to kill; Second, he already felt that Xiao Qiao might be a survivor of this kind of killing. In recent years, the civil strife in the south of the Yangtze River has not stopped, when the powerful people of the dynasty are fighting and devouring each other like tigers and wolves, how many high-ranking families have been wiped out, where can they be small soldiers and ordinary people who can distinguish who is right and who is wrong, but they just watched a drama of swords and soldiers from afar. But now, a character in the play sits in front of you face to face, and her body is separated from your body by two layers of clothing, and if you remove this separation, you will become husband and wife. Stretched out his hand and wiped his forehead, as if to wipe away this dreamy lawsuit.

"If I knew that people were innocent, I wouldn't have done it!"

Xiao Qiao's eyes widened, staring at this boy who didn't know whether he was really stupid or stupid. The misfortune she suffered had nothing to do with Guo Xu, but she had no way to test whether the latter would act as he said.

"Then you're not afraid that your captain will kill you?"

Guo Xu gritted his teeth, and suddenly remembered that the last time Liu Yu wanted to kill Chen Song, he interceded for Chen Song, and was also threatened by Liu Yu to kill him, and he would rather die than retreat. That chilling feeling is still in the neck. Thinking of this girl, it was a pity that she had never seen that scene, so she straightened up:

"If Guo Xu thinks that Taiwei is wrong, I will fight with him, even if he kills me, I will not back down. I've done this before! ”

Xiao Qiao saw his proud eyes, and her heart swelled with a lot of relief. There are men like this, and this life is worth entrusting. took a long breath, sat up straight, stared at Guo Xu's eyes like she had rehearsed countless times, and asked faintly:

"If I were such a so-called thief's daughter, the whole family was slaughtered, and I was the only one left, and I would be beheaded once I was discovered, and if you married me, I would miss my future, and I might even lose my life, would you still marry me?"

It's finally here.

Guo Xu was already prepared, but when this question really fell, he still shuddered.

"How can you be the daughter of a thief, aren't you a businessman?"

As soon as the words came out, they were redundant, and it was clearly a lie to cover up people's ears, and if they took it out at the moment, it could only prove that they didn't have the courage to answer directly. Sure enough, Xiao Qiaoli ignored it and continued to stare at him.

Guo Xu shook his head, as if to get rid of all the fetters that hindered his normal thinking:

"Wait, since you ask me, I will definitely give you an answer, but please tell me first, which anti-thief's daughter are you?"

Xiao Qiao sneered:

"What anti-thieves have you heard of?"

Guo Xu snapped his fingers and cited all the rebellious ministers and thieves he had heard of in Liu Yu's pacification:

"Sun En, Lu Xun, Xu Daofu, Huan Xuan, Liu Yi, Zhuge Changmin, these are all making a lot of noise, and there are also some people from the Sima family in this dynasty, some of them were killed, and some fled to Qin and Wei."

Xiao Qiao sighed, recited a Buddha horn with her back to the sky, and tears rolled down:

"Guo Xu, you are unfortunate to fall in love with the daughter of a thief."

Guo Xu was silent and waited quietly.

After a long time, Xiaoqiao calmed down a little, wiped away her tears, and smiled miserably at Guo Xu:

"I don't have the surname Sun. I am the daughter of Zhuge Changmin, Zhuge Qiao. (To be continued......)