Chapter 287: Finale

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Cao Shi left He Huan's room, but forgot to take the letter on the table. He Huan didn't chase it out, just stared at the letter in a daze.

She didn't have the courage to open the envelope, she was afraid that she would love him more and miss him even more after reading the letter. Her fingertips slid lightly over the edge of the envelope, and she said to herself: "When you come back, I must ask you carefully, why did you want me to break my promise when you jumped into the icy sea for your promise?" ”

In the courtyard, Cao saw Tao who was crying and his eyes were swollen. "Big lady, did you hear it all?" She looked back at He Huan's room, "The eldest lady must have fallen into a daze." ”

"Forget it." Dow shook his head, "Don't mention today's events later." If a matchmaker comes to the door again, it will be said that Ah Huan has already made a marriage. ”

"Big lady!"

"Just like Huan'er said, forcing her to marry now will only hurt her and others. Forget it, let's wait a few years. Dow wiped away his tears and turned to walk out.

Cao couldn't understand He Huan's love, but she understood. Although she and He Baichu only met after marriage, she loved him. Even if he had been dead for three years, it would have been impossible for her to marry someone else. It's not about keeping festivals, it's about how it is possible to share a bed with someone else when there is another person living in one's heart.

Early the next morning, when Tao saw He Huan laughing with He Jing like no one else. happily sent him to school. She couldn't help but persuade: "Huan'er." I heard everything you said last night. You don't have to force a smile. ”

"Did the aunt hear it?" He Huan smiled embarrassedly, "I'm fine." ”

"How can it be okay!" Tao Shi grabbed He Huan's hand and said with empathy: "It's been three years since your eldest uncle passed away, but I still feel uncomfortable in my heart, and I panic every day, complaining that he left me first......"

"Auntie, why should you feel bad if you like someone?" He Huan held Tao's palm with his backhand. Shaking his head, he said, "I didn't force a smile. He said that he was happy to see me laugh. I think he must also hope that I can live well when he is not by my side. ”

"Aren't you feeling bad?"

"Sometimes. But I can't make everyone feel bad with me, can I? Brother Jing said to me a few days ago that I don't know how to laugh anymore. In fact, if you think about it carefully, I am happy with the third master most of the time. It's just angry and quarrelsome, and it's happy to think about it afterwards. When it's not good. When I think about those happy things, I don't feel bad. ”

Dow never expected that he would hear such words. Regardless of whether He Huan deliberately persuaded her or said it from the bottom of her heart, she suddenly felt that she was too stupid. He Baichu is good to her, she knows it. She never gave birth to a son, he could have taken a concubine, but he didn't. He succeeded He Jing just to give her life a sustenance. If He Jing hadn't fettered her, she probably wouldn't have survived today, right?

Suddenly, Dow felt the fog in front of him slowly dissipate. Birth, old age, sickness and death, life and death are the norm in the world, and they can't control it, so they can only accept it calmly. Instead of resenting her husband for leaving first, she should live well, for him and for herself.

Since that day, Dow has not been hiding in the room all day. Although she was still wearing plain clothes, she no longer objected to He Jing inserting a red plum in her room. On weekdays, she will also say a harmless joke or two with Cao Shi and He Huan.

The change in Dow is very subtle, but everyone feels that she is no longer depressed. In this regard, the happiest person is He Jing.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the annual Lantern Festival, He Jing tried to invite Tao to the street, but Tao agreed.

Probably because there is no need to worry about thieves, this year's Lantern Festival is more lively than in previous years, and the streets are full of colorful lanterns, that is, there are many more vendors selling rock sugar gourds and clay figurines than in previous years.

He Jing followed He Huan closely in the crowd, looked back at Tao and Cao who were walking side by side from time to time, looked up and said to He Huan: "Eldest sister, mother and aunt are very happy these days. ”

"Yes, the new year should be happy." He Huan replied casually and looked back. She believed that Tao had slowly figured it out and was no longer indulging in her husband's death, but the smile between Cao's eyebrows, the kind of "girly" shyness she had never seen in Cao, was something she couldn't understand. Thinking about it, everyone lives in harmony, why should she be suspicious?

He Huan put aside his doubts, lowered his head and asked He Jing: "Brother Jing, let's go buy candy people to eat." ”

"Well, that's what children like to eat." He Jing said this, but his eyes looked at the lifelike sugar man.

He Huan knew that He Jing had never eaten sugar man. She didn't expose him, but just smiled: "It's the eldest sister who wants to eat, so you should accompany the eldest sister." ”

"Okay, okay." He Jing nodded busily and pulled He Huan towards the candy man stall.

He Huan stood in the crowd, stunned as he watched the thick sugar juice turn into a bearded Li Kui under the hands of the craftsman, and Lu Zhishen, who became five big and three thick.

The last time she stood on the side of the street and watched the scene was more than a decade ago, when her father was still alive. After her father's death, there were only two words left in her life: survival. It was Xie San who made her discover that her heart was still the little girl she was back then. Only by his side can she be her true self again.

In the crowd, two men dressed as business travelers walked by, glancing at He Huan from time to time. The noisy street market was crowded, but they always kept a distance of ten steps from He Huan, almost following suit.

"Uncle, something is wrong." Luo Peng lowered his head to hide his mouth, lowered his voice and said, "There are two people who have been following Miss He, and they look like Lian Jiazi." ”

Shen Jinglun didn't speak, just looked at He Huan distractedly. She was holding He Jing in her left hand and a sugar man in her right hand, talking to Tao. She was laughing. The light of the lantern made her cheeks red. It's like the rising sun.

Luo Peng followed Shen Jinglun's gaze. Sigh secretly. They lost, completely lost. They have been operating on many islands in the sea for ten years, and they thought that even if they couldn't regain the throne, they would be able to establish themselves as kings on the sea, but Xie San seemed to know those islands well, and even the climate and wind direction were not bad. His men were more like outlaws, fighting them for their lives at the cost of their lives. The laborers on the island suddenly rose up to resist and joined forces with Xie San's people. There is no reason why they should not lose. But fortunately, Shen Jinglun left a way back, and they were able to escape back to land.

"Uncle, the little young master is waiting for you to take Miss He back. Go down and lead those two away......"

"She looked so happy, I've never seen her so happy." Shen Jinglun suddenly spoke.

Luo Peng was slightly stunned, a strange look flashed in his heart, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Uncle, Steward Shen said before he died, you have come to this day step by step, and you are also forced by the situation. The silver in your hands. It is enough for you to take Miss He, the little young master, to live a rich life. You can finally get what you want......"

"You know why Shen Zhihua would save me at the cost of his life. Do you want me to pretend to be Shen Jinglun again? for his father saved his wife and children, and interceded for him. But he would never have known that if it weren't for his father, his wife and children would not be in danger, and he wouldn't need his father to intercede at all. ”

Luo Peng was stunned. No one knows why Shen Zhihua betrayed the real Shen Jinglun. As a subordinate, he shouldn't have known this at all. His expression was grim, and he said hurriedly: "Uncle, you haven't done anything wrong, it's the ruthless ...... the emperor."

"She and Min Jun are very different. Fortunately, the people in the capital did not find Min Jun, otherwise Xi Yan would be the first and Min Jun would be the second. ”

Luo Peng didn't know what Shen Jinglun was talking about, and he didn't know what he was planning. Looking at his pale cheeks and calm eyes, he had a bad premonition. He wanted to persuade him, but he didn't know where to start.

In the noisy street market, the two of them are like outsiders, except for He Huan, they can't see anyone else.

I don't know how long it took, Shen Jinglun suddenly spoke: "What about Xie San and Lin Zhutou?" Are they coming? ”

Luo Peng was startled and hurriedly looked around.

On the same day, Luo Peng deliberately told Lin Zhutou that the master was the mastermind behind everything and led him to the cliff. On that day, everything went well, he was already under the cliff, helping his master swim from the hot spring under the water to the other side of the island, and rowed to the deserted island with the small boat prepared in advance. He thought that Lin Zhutou and Xie San, who fell off the cliff at the same time, either fell to death or froze to death in the sea.

Shen Jinglun didn't respond to Luo Peng's words, but just raised his head and looked around, as if looking for Xie San and Lin Zhutou. After a moment, he suddenly spoke: "Later, taking advantage of the chaos, you take Miss He to the place where we stay." ”

The cold night did not dampen people's enthusiasm for appreciating the lanterns. The men and women were full of interest when they suddenly heard someone shouting, "It's gone." ”

He Huan followed the sound and suddenly felt a numbness in the back of his neck and lost consciousness.

In the darkness, she faintly heard the sound of muffled breathing, and she felt someone gently touching her cheek. She struggled to open her eyes, only to see a bright moon hanging high in the sky, and all she could hear was the sound of waves crashing against rocks. She shuddered, struggled to her feet, and heard the sound of the piano behind her. She turned to look, barely believing her eyes.

Under the bright moonlight, the hexagonal gazebo stands abruptly on the cliff. The sea breeze blows the white veils around the pavilion, and the water vapor in the teapot rises on the cold winter night, like green smoke.

Under the thin mist, Shen Jinglun was wearing plain clothes as before, sitting in the center of the pavilion, and was concentrating on stroking the piano. The sound of the piano is melodious and meandering, which seems to be in line with the sound of the waves, and seems to accompany the bright moon.

"You're not dead!" He Huan stepped forward quickly, almost squeezing out these four words from between his teeth. Suddenly, she looked around eagerly and asked in a loud voice, "Where is Third Master Xie?" What did you do to him? ”

Shen Jinglun didn't seem to hear her voice at all. There was a vague smile on the corner of his mouth, and the whole person merged with the sound of the piano.

Lin Xiyan was once confused by such a scene, she once felt that he was like an immortal who fell from the sky, and did not eat the fireworks of the world. But for He Huan, the man in front of her is her enemy, just an enemy.

"Where's Nianxi? Where did you hide Nianxi? He Huan asked. She wanted to kill Shen Jinglun, but she was unarmed. Her gaze fell on the hot kettle, and she walked towards Shen Jinglun step by step.

Shen Jinglun still didn't respond, just focused on playing the piano. He Huan was full of hatred. She just wanted to know where Xie San was. Where is her son. She reached for the kettle.

"If I were you. Will wait until I finish playing this song. Unless you never want to know, where they are. Shen Jinglun's voice was flat and waterless, without the slightest emotional ups and downs.

He Huan stopped moving. She hated Shen Jinglun, but she wanted to know where Xie San and Shen Nianxi were.

On the edge of the uninhabited cliff, a man and a woman stood like this, relatively speechless.

If he could, Shen Jinglun hoped that time would stay at this moment forever, and he even hoped that. Their lives ended in this moment, frozen forever in the moonlight.

It's a pity that no matter how long the piece is, there will be a moment when it will end. He tried to deceive her all his life, but what he had done, he would have to face after all.

"Do you remember this tune?" Shen Jinglun picked up the teacup at hand and took a sip gently. The tea was already cold, and the icy bitter taste spread from his mouth all over his body. He took another sip, slowly put down the teacup, and looked up. As he expected, there was only hatred in her eyes.

Except for hatred. What else could he expect?

Shen Jinglun chuckled lightly and whispered, "Ten years ago." No, it should be said that eleven years ago, on a winter night, I saw a little girl at an inn near the city gate, and she fell in the snow, got up, fell again, and got up again. That's what I was playing at the time. ”

He Huan bit his lip tightly. For her, nothing could change the fact that he was her father's enemy.

Shen Jinglun stood up, turned to the side to face He Huan, as if falling into a distant memory, and said slowly: "Lin Xiyan, I quickly knew this name, and I also knew that I killed her father not long ago......"

"You killed my father, you married me, and you killed me again. Are you repenting now? ”

"I've been thinking these days, if you love me like you love Xie San, will I not be able to bear to kill you."

"I'm glad that Lin Xiyan died. I am He Huan now, and in the eyes of Xie Sanye, I will always be He Huan. While speaking, He Huan reached out to get the kettle.

"Beware of burning!" Shen Jinglun blurted out.

He Huan's hand froze. There was no rag on the handle of the kettle, so she reached for it, and had to peel off the skin.

Shen Jinglun glanced at her, and then said: "I have thought about it countless times, and I speculate that most of me will still kill you, unless I can predict that once you die, the whole world will lose its color." ”

He Huan sneered and said word by word: "No matter what you say, as far as I am concerned, you are just my enemy." If I had a knife in my hand, I would have killed you right away......"

"I know." Shen Jinglun looked at her with a smile, "Everything needs to be paid. ”

"What the hell do you want!"

"I just want to tell you that my marriage to Lin Xiyan is something that 'Shen Jinglun' wants to do, and even something he has to do. I killed Lin Xiyan, this is one thing that the eldest grandson of the former emperor had to do. I killed Shen Jinglun, it was he who betrayed my father, and I had to avenge my father. My intention to rebel is one thing that the son of the abolished prince has to do. I have too many 'musts', and I am destined to be like Xie San, who is honest with you, and it is also doomed that you will not be able to fall in love with me. ”

"Yes, you have your 'must', you have to kill me as a last resort, and my life is shattered, it was I who was unlucky to meet you, but what about thousands of innocent people? Do you have any mercy on them when they revere you as God? You kill innocents indiscriminately, and you do not hesitate to slaughter cities just for the unattainable throne, only cold-blooded people can do such cruel things. ”

Shen Jinglun was slightly stunned, with a complicated look in his eyes. He whispered, "No matter what I say, we're just enemies, aren't we?" ”

"Yes." He Huan nodded without hesitation.

Shen Jinglun didn't speak again, just sat back on the stone bench silently, stroked the strings with his fingertips, and slowly rubbed them.

I don't know how long it took, He Huan said angrily, "What do you want?" ”

"Things in the world are never what I want to do and what I can do."

He Huan saw that blood was dripping from Shen Jinglun's fingertips. The strings cut his fingers. She looked at him wordlessly.

One, two, three, blood stained the strings red, wetting the dark red body. Shen Jinglun knew that He Huan saw it, but she didn't care. As she said, if she had a knife in her hand, she would definitely kill him with her own hands, but how could he let her hands be stained with blood!

"It seems that Min Jun is the only woman who has truly loved me." Shen Jinglun chuckled sarcastically. Suddenly, he stood up and said behind He Huan, "You're finally here." ”

He Huan didn't understand the meaning of his words. I saw a man with a cloak rushing towards Shen Jinglun. Don't wait for her to come back to her senses. She only heard Shen Jinglun snort. He continued to smile at her, as if to say, I was finally relieved.

"Hahaha, I've finally got my revenge." Lin Zhutou laughed sadly. He grabbed Shen Jinglun's shoulder with one hand and pulled out a blood-drenched dagger with the other, "I've taken revenge, I can finally go to see them in a dignified manner." He raised the dagger and stabbed it at Shen Jinglun's chest.

"Wait a minute!"

"Stop!"

He Huan didn't want to know. Who used the dagger against her neck, she only knew that once Shen Jinglun died, she would not be able to find her son and Xie San. She shouted at Lin Zhutou: "You can't kill him, only he knows where Nian Xi and the third master are!" ”

Where could Lin Zhutou hear He Huan's voice, and the dagger went straight into Shen Jinglun's chest.

Luo Peng watched his master fall. There was a sinister glint in his eyes. As long as he moved his right hand slightly, He Huan immediately had to accompany the master to the funeral. But the master worked hard to return to Jizhou, just to play the last tune for her.

At the moment when Luo Peng hesitated, Lin Zhutou had already turned around. He had a full beard and bloodshot eyes. Pointing at Luo Peng and saying, "Let go of her, I'm catching fast." I can't protect my wife and children, I have to protect the people of Jizhou. This is what Xie San said to him, and it is this sentence that has supported him to live to this day.

Luo Peng saw his master fall to the ground and groan, and he had no intention of fighting. He pushed He Huan away and wanted to come forward for help, but was stopped by Lin Zhutou, who had already fallen into madness.

He Huan didn't care about anything else, stumbled and ran towards Shen Jinglun, pressed the wound with both hands, and asked hurriedly, "Where is Nian Xi?" What about Xie Sanye? Where are they? ”

Shen Jinglun barely opened his eyes and looked at her distractedly.

"Where did you hide them?" He Huan asked.

"Nian Xi...... They are all in me and Xiyan...... First place to meet......"

"What about Third Master Xie?"

Shen Jinglun's face showed the last bleak smile. With all his strength, he said intermittently, "Tell him...... He won so easily...... Because...... Because I...... Disdain...... With me and Xiyan's son...... Threaten him...... Xie San, you're here. He suddenly turned his head to look outside the pavilion.

He Huan stood up in a panic and followed Shen Jinglun's gaze. White curtains flying in the sky blocked her view. She strode forward and tore open the curtain, the pavilion was empty, and the warm blood on her hand was imprinted on the pure white curtain, like a bright red peony.

Shen Jinglun was lying on the cold ground with his back to the sky. He wanted to take one last look at her, but his vision was blurred and he could only faintly see the side of her face. He struggled to stretch out his right hand, grabbed the string on the ground and tugged at it, and the hot tea and red-hot charcoal rushed towards his cheek. He closed his eyes and calmly greeted the impending pain in his heart.

At the last moment of his life, there was only one thought in his mind: only if he disfigured his appearance, he was Shen Jinglun. It was the last thing he was able to do for their mother and son.

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Shen Jinglun died, Lin Zhutou killed Yuan Peng, and fell to the ground from exhaustion. He Huan then remembered that in addition to Shen Jinglun, Lin Zhutou also fell into the sea with Xie San. She turned around and ran to Lin Zhutou, knelt on the cold rock, and asked anxiously, "Lin Zhutou, where did Third Master Xie go?" Please, tell me that he is not dead, he is still alive! ”

At this moment, Shen Jinglun's life and death are insignificant to He Huan, she just wants to confirm that Xie San is still alive.

Lin Zhutou's cheeks were sunken, and his red eyes had long since lost focus. He stared at the full moon hanging high in the sky with wide eyes, and muttered to himself, "Is it August 15?" Why is the moon so round? ”

He Huan was stunned. The moon was very bright, but she couldn't see Lin Zhutou's expression clearly, as if his soul was no longer in the shell. "Lin Zhutou, where are you injured?" She tried to examine his wounds, but he was not bleeding all over his body.

Lin Zhutou just stared at the bright moon, and slowly, he smiled. The smile that came from the heart seemed to see a dear family reunited after a long absence.

He Huan didn't dare to speak. Seeing Lin Zhutou laboriously stretching out his right hand and groping in his arms, she helped him open his shirt and took out a pink braid. The braids were dirty and old, stained with blood, and the head of the forest was like holding the most precious gem and holding it tightly to his chest.

He Huan knew that this braided hair belonged to his daughter. Her eyes moistened. She whispered, "You have avenged your wife and children with your own hands." ”

Long. He Huan saw that Lin Zhutou was silent again. Her eyes were fixed on the moon, and she cautiously tested his snort, which was no longer breathing.

Tears slid down the corners of He Huan's eyes, she reached out and closed Lin Zhutou's eyes, slowly stood up, and looked at the boundless sea.

The fierce north wind blew He Huan's clothes, and the waves crashed against the rocks, making a regular "pop" sound. The salty and wet air rushed towards her, and she shouted to the sea, "Chun'an, where the hell are you?" Why don't you come back to me?! All she answered was the sound of the waves.

Xie San didn't hear He Huan's call, he was in a hurry to Jizhou. On that day, he followed Shen Jinglun and Lin Zhutou to jump off the cliff and found the hot spring water at the bottom of the cliff. Because Lin Zhutou was stunned by a rock, he could only rescue first, and then chase Shen Jinglun. As a result, Shen Jinglun led him and Lin Zhutou to a desert island where no one was around, and he left in a small boat.

Surviving on a desert island, logging and building boats, I finally waited for the right wind direction. Lin Zhutou mistakenly thought that he was going to send Shen Jinglun to the capital alive, so he left him first. This delay is several months. Right now, he had to inform He Huan as soon as possible that he was fine, and then look for Shen Jinglun and Shen Nianxi as soon as possible. He promised her that when the flowers bloomed, it would be the day they got married, and he had to go back to Beijing to ask for his guilt and prepare for marriage.

Two days later, Xie San saw that the gate of Jizhou was close at hand, and was about to take a big stride forward, but was stopped by two men in their thirties.

"Lord Xie!" The two clasped their fists and saluted.

Xie San recognized one of them, who was the emperor's close guard. He raised his voice and said: "When I finish my work, I will go back to Beijing to ask the emperor for my guilt." ”

The two didn't seem to hear his words, but just said without a wave: "Lord Xie, the emperor has an edict, please return to Beijing immediately." ”

"You don't think you've seen me."

"Lord Xie, you disobeyed the order in the front, and you resisted the order later, do you want to resist the order again?"

Xie San looked down at the man who spoke. "Resisting the decree" means that the emperor really made a holy decree earlier. He secretly assessed the feasibility of doing something with them, and heard another person say: "Lord Xie may not know that the leader of the anti-thieves is dead, and the rest of the party has all been escorted to the capital, and Uncle Shen was killed by the anti-thieves, and he is unrecognizable......"

"Unrecognizable?" Xie San glanced at Jizhou City worriedly, and said in an unkind tone: "I can always go into the city to drink saliva and change clothes, right?" ”

Another person replied: "Long before Vice General Zhou arrived in the capital, Old Marquis Xie had already sent his family to Jizhou. The old marquis asked me to tell you that before Miss He gets married, her safety is always safe. ”

Although Xie San is not worried that the emperor will behead him and punish him, at most he doesn't want the title, but the tone of Yong'an Hou's sentence "before Miss He gets married" is too meaningful, as if as long as he is not "obedient", He Huan will marry someone else, and he can only give in.

Where did He Huan know about this scene outside Jizhou City, she only knew that the three people who fell into the water together, Shen Jinglun and Lin Zhutou, were all dead. As for Shen Nianxi and the others, when she returned to Jizhou City, she immediately went to the inn near the city gate to look for it. She thought that Shen Jinglun deliberately mentioned eleven years ago, implying that this was their first meeting. She didn't expect that Shen Nianxi and the others had been in Cuizhuxuan all along.

Three years ago, when Lin Xiyan decided to marry Shen Jinglun, they "met by chance" at the door of Cuizhuxuan, which was the first time they looked at each other face-to-face. At that time, it didn't matter who designed the "chance encounter", but he actually called it the "first encounter".

Does she hate Shen Jinglun? Now He Huan himself can't tell.

She had no reason not to hate him, but he waited for death in the pavilion, and he did not forget to ruin his appearance before he died, all for the sake of her son.

Love, maybe Shen Jinglun really loves Lin Xiyan, even if he chooses to sacrifice her.

It's tiring to hate someone, He Huan would rather spend the time he hates Shen Jinglun taking care of his son, looking forward to Xie San's early return.

In the blink of an eye, the first month passed, and Jizhou ushered in the first good news, the emperor exempted the people of Jiangnan from paying taxes for one year.

In a jubilant atmosphere, Lin Shen's two shops reopened. This time, He Huan no longer blindly protected her mother, but forced her to learn to run a shop, taught her how to reconcile accounts with the housekeeper, and how to take care of the trivial matters at home. Of course, she also knew that her mother could not learn everything overnight, and she could only find a proper treasurer and a faithful servant for them.

He Huan really wanted to take Shen Nianxi back to her and let her do her duty as a mother, but she couldn't take away the spiritual support for Mrs. Shen's life. Shen Jinglun ruined his face when he died. also hopes that Shen Nianxi will always be the eldest son of the Shen family.

Another month passed in the days of peace. When the buds of the willow tree quietly sprout. When the swallows on the tree began to build their nests, the capital sent a second holy decree, and the emperor rewarded the Shen family, not only rewarding the property, but also sealing the old lady Shen's edict.

On the day the decree was issued, He Huan, as usual, was playing with his son at the Shen family. Every day, she must go to Shen's house to visit her son in the morning and afternoon. Talk to Mrs. Shen.

Hearing the holy decree saying that Shen Jinglun's loyalty and righteousness are filial piety, He Huan felt very ironic. It was clear that he was the one who started everything, but in the end he became a victim. But think about it the other way, the holy decree was given to Shen Jinglun, the real Shen Jinglun exposed the rebellion of the former prince, and was killed on the way back to Jizhou, and the bones are gone, and the royal family is indeed ashamed of the Shen family.

Old Lady Shen didn't know that the man who came back from the capital was not her own grandson. She cried at the emperor's reward and took the initiative to propose it to He Huan. Recognize her as a goddaughter and prepare a decent dowry for her. He Huan rejected her offer. Once Mrs. Shen passed away. She would not leave her son alone to live in the empty Shen family, and she didn't want to be her son's godaunt.

The spring flowers bloomed and thanked, the leaves of the acacia trees were lush and green, and the buds were looming, and the He family's southern goods store finally began to have a surplus. Tao and Cao were glad that their family finally had a livelihood, but they were silently worried about He Huan. When the flowers are gone, He Huan will be disappointed after all. Although the flowers will bloom again in the coming year, but a woman's youth is fleeting, is she at a young age, keeping the promise of a dead man for a lifetime?

On this day, He Huan, as usual, went to Shen's house early in the morning. Tao sent He Jing to the school, and when he got home, he saw Cao and Wang Cripple muttering in the corner of the courtyard. Seeing her come back, the two left in a panic. Dow looked at their backs and frowned secretly. These days, Wang Cripple has been helping in the shop, and she vaguely feels that he is too close to the Cao family, and she has long wanted to remind the Cao family.

At noon, Cao went home for lunch, only ate two bites, and suddenly retched. Tao Shi was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned pale, closed the door and asked: "You say, are you ......" She stared at Cao's stomach with blazing eyes.

Cao's face turned white and he didn't dare to answer.

"You! You! You! Dow said "you" three times in a row, couldn't say a complete sentence, and sat down in a chair to wipe his tears.

Cao Shi stood silently at the table, biting his lip and not speaking, his right hand unconsciously caressing his lower abdomen.

I don't know how long it took, Tao cried and complained: "Do you know that you are going to be sunk in the pond like this, and you will let Jing'er be a person in the future!" She couldn't wait to step forward and beat Cao.

Cao still kept his head down. She didn't know how she could do that with Wang Cripple, but although Tao and He Huan were good to her, she couldn't understand what they said most of the time, as if only Wang Cripple could understand her thoughts. Although she regards He Jing as her son, he has already passed on to Dafang......

Tao hated it so much that he gritted his teeth and said, "It's only been a few days since An's birthday, why did you do such a foolish thing!" ”

Cao's hand pressed his stomach, biting his lip but not speaking.

The six gods of Dow have no owner, I don't know what to do, time seems to stand still,

"Big lady, big lady." The cripple king's voice suddenly sounded in the courtyard.

Cao's face was blue and gray, and he opened the door with trembling hands, and said angrily: "What are you doing here, why don't you go back to the shop quickly!" ”

"Big lady." The lame king walked past Cao's into the house, knelt at Cao's feet with a "poof", and said in a wailing voice: "It is because I drank wine that I will do things that are inferior to beasts......

"No, what nonsense are you talking about." Cao Shi stretched out his hand to push the cripple king, and explained urgently: "It's me who is not good, don't do his business......"

"You-" Dow trembled with anger and nearly fainted.

When He Huan went home and saw such a scene, he only felt cold hands and feet. If Cao is not He Jing's biological mother, if He Jing is still in infancy, it is not impossible for Cao to marry Wang Cripple, but now, He Jing is eleven years old. For a while, she had no idea, so she could only excuse He Jing to go home soon, and took away Wang Cripple.

At night, Cao sat alone in his room, and on the table was a packet of abortion pills. They only did it once, and her menstrual period was late. She bought the abortion pill early in the morning, but she didn't have the courage to decoction it. She owes the He family, but she wants this child, she wants to get married.

In the west cross courtyard, He Huan sat alone under the pergola. Stunned, looking at the night sky. The chaise longue she sat on. Xie San had curled up on it to sleep. It's been almost half a year. She still didn't have the courage to open the letter he had left behind, but she remembered his sleeping face vividly. She believed that if he was still alive, he would find a way to send her a letter. That night, if he hadn't gotten out of the carriage in anger, maybe she already had his child.

Thinking of this, He Huan really wanted to fulfill the Cao family, but what about her younger brother?

A sudden whimpering cry interrupted He Huan's thoughts. When she walked to the front of the courtyard, she saw Dow opening the door. He Jing poked his head out of the window and looked at Aunt Cao's room worriedly.

"Brother Jing, you are so born in the house and studying." He Huan commanded while walking towards Aunt Cao's room, and when he pushed the door, he saw her sitting on the ground crying.

"Aunt Cao, do you want the neighbors to know what happened?" He Huan pulled Tao into the house, and ordered Bai Shao Haosheng to accompany He Jing, and then closed the door.

Cao didn't pay attention to He Huan, just pulled his sleeves and wiped his tears. Dow saw the medicine bag on the table. Silently don't look away.

He Huan stepped forward to support Cao's family, and said in a suppressed voice, "Aunt Cao." Do you want Brother Jing to know......"

"I originally wanted to kill him secretly, I'm sorry for you for the first time, I can't be sorry for you for the second time, but my menstrual period came, and I wasn't pregnant at all."

When Tao heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to persuade: "Although Jing'er passed it on to me, it ......"

"The second young master was not born by me at all, I want my own children, I don't want to be old or alone, I will be alone for the rest of my life."

Tao and He Huan were all stunned. Suddenly, Tao Shi rushed to Cao Shi like crazy, and said hurriedly: "What nonsense are you talking about, why didn't Jing'er give birth to ...... you?"

"It's the eldest master who wants me to tell you that I am the second master's outer room, but I haven't even seen the second master's face......"

"You talk nonsense!" Tao grabbed Cao's shoulders and shook them vigorously, shouting hysterically: "Jing'er was born to you, he is the child of the second uncle, and the second uncle died, so the master brought you home." She sat down on the ground like a nightmare.

Dow remembers very well that when her husband was dying, he muttered again and again: he was selfish, he was sorry for He Huan, and he was sorry for He Huan's parents.

**

In a secluded country inn, He Huan stood under the acacia tree, looking up at the blooming flowers. The afterglow of the setting sun envelops the entire courtyard, making the fiery red acacia flowers more and more gorgeous.

He Huan didn't know if she should be happy for the real He Huan, after all, she and Xiao Han had always been angry about He Baixian's betrayal, but she was happy. Xie San was bent on finding her nephew, and she could finally do one thing for him.

It's a long way from Jizhou to the capital, they can't take the official road, I'm afraid it will take a month or two to get along the way, but what does it matter? She can not only fulfill his wish, but also see where he grew up, no matter how hard it is, it is worth it.

He Baichu was selfish, he used the child he picked up to pretend to be her husband's illegitimate son, despite the fact that Xiao Han was sick. His selfishness is because he knows that his life is short, and he hopes to leave his wife a sustenance for life.

Cao is selfish, she pretended to be He Baixian's outer room, pretended to be He Jing's biological mother, and kept her mouth shut for eleven years. Her selfishness is the instinct of survival, and she is excited to tell the truth, probably driven by motherhood, a desire for happiness, right?

Dow is also selfish. She was suspicious of He Jing's origin early on, but she didn't want to ask for verification, and even forced herself not to think about it, she was just afraid of losing her only son.

Maybe people are selfish, and selflessness probably just hasn't encountered the point where they have to be selfish.

In fact, she is also selfish. Regardless of Tao's obstruction, she insisted on sending He Jing to Beijing, not because of He Jing's biological parents, but to fulfill Xie San's wish.

Later, when she returned to Jizhou from the capital, she let Cao and Wang Cripple marry, and then she went to Yamen to set up a female household and run the southern store with Tao. If Dow wants, they can go to the church to raise a child. Maybe others will sympathize with her, but Zi Feiyu knows the joy of fish, she only needs to look at the trees full of acacia flowers.

Dow said she would regret it in the future. Will you regret it? She didn't know.

Life is full of choices, and it has not come to an end, so who knows if the choice at this moment is right or wrong?

Maybe there is no right or wrong in life, only what you have to do. Xie San had to take a risk; Shen Jinglun had to plot a rebellion; Lin Zhutou had to avenge his wife and children; And she, she had to fulfill Xie San's last wish.

"Big sister, what are you looking at?" He Jing jumped up and down behind He Huan. He didn't know the real purpose of their trip to the capital.

He Huan turned his head and smiled at him. asked, "Brother Jing." Is this flower pretty? ”

"Pretty." He Jing looked absent-minded. Worriedly asked, "Eldest sister, what if we arrive in the capital and can't find Third Master Xie?" ”

"If you can't find it, you can't find it, at least we did our best, didn't we?" He Huan glanced at the blooming flowers again, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go back to the house for dinner, we have to hurry tomorrow morning." ”

He Huan had just left the yard with his front feet. A maroon horse stopped in front of the inn. The dusty man couldn't wait to jump off the horse, grabbed Xiao Er's collar, and asked with a pant: "Have you ever seen a seventy-eight-year-old girl, about this tall." He gestured to his shoulder, "She was carrying a boy of eleven or twelve, and the two were sisters and brothers. ”

Xiao Er couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva when he saw the man's beard and scumbag and a fierce face. He didn't want to say it, but his eyes were full of urgency, and his eyes were red. Even the horses at the door were panting and tired. He unconsciously turned his head to look into the courtyard.

The man followed Xiao Er's gaze and saw a girl in white talking to the boy with her head sideways, which was a figure he was all too familiar with! He pushed Xiao Er away, strode inward, and stepped up the stairs in three steps and two steps.

He Huan sent He Jing back to the room, and suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor. She was wondering who was so burning her eyebrows, when she felt her arm being pulled hard, and then she was hugged from behind. She was startled and was about to cry out for help when she heard the man behind her say, "It's me." ”

Just two words, but it is a familiar sound. She didn't dare to look back, for fear that he would disappear as soon as she turned around.

"Where's your room?" Xie San's voice was hoarse.

He Huan was stunned and pointed to the room next to him. Before she could put down her right hand, he pushed her into the room, and the door slammed shut.

In the dimly lit room, Xie San grabbed her shoulders, her back against the door. Instinctively, she looked up and saw his face zoom in and out.

His lips were still hot, and he rudely sucked hers, eager to pry her teeth open. His palms pressed against the back of her head, and his arms strangled her back. She reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist, her fingers gripping his clothes tightly, and slowly closed her eyes, tears sliding down the corners of her eyes.

Xie San just wanted to use this kiss to tell him what he missed. A few months earlier, he had been almost escorted back to Beijing, and the emperor told him that if he dared to send a letter back to Jizhou, he would be punished for resisting the decree.

The holy decree of marriage finally arrived in Jizhou, but the messenger told him in an urgent manner of 800 li that she was not in Jizhou at all, and was on her way to Beijing, only with her young brother and a lame coachman.

"Didn't I tell you to wait for me at home?" Xie San asked in a loud voice, but seeing that her face was full of tears, he hurriedly whispered and coaxed: "I'm fine, I'm good, I'm not hurt at all." ”

He Huan didn't seem to hear his words, she reached out tremblingly, and her fingers caressed his cheek, as if she wanted to prove that he was a real person and not an illusion on her part.

Xie San was so distressed that he couldn't find a handkerchief for a while, so he could only wipe her tears with his palm.

He Huan suddenly clenched his fists, punched him in the shoulder, gritted his teeth and asked, "Why don't you send me a message!" She punched again, repeating, "Why don't you send me a message!" ”

Xie San didn't know how many punches she had punched and how many times she had questioned, but he couldn't say a word of explanation, and his heart was extremely aggrieved.

A few years ago, the emperor said well, as long as he liked it, he could marry any woman, but when the matter came, he united with Yong'an Hou to try how sincere He Huan was to him.

He knew everything that had happened to her in those months. He knew that she had told the matchmaker that they would marry when the acacia flowers bloomed; He knew that she was working hard to maintain the three families of Lin, Shen, and He; He knew that she had rejected Old Lady Shen's proposal. He knew she thought he was dead, but she was still waiting for him stupidly. But he couldn't understand why Yong'an Hou had just recognized her and removed the people who were spying on her, but she suddenly went to Beijing.

"Do you know that it's dangerous for you to go to Beijing like this? What the hell is important to you? Xie San hugged her tightly and didn't want to let go at all.

He Huan pushed him twice, and finally took out a piece of jade pendant from his arms, and asked, "Do you know this piece of jade?" ”

Xie San took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, his face changed slightly, and he asked urgently: "How can you have this 'peony beauty'?" ”

"Eleven years ago, when the fleet of the Lin and He families was ransacked, a woman named Ziqiong gave a baby boy to her eldest uncle and Aunt Cao. This jade pendant is on the baby boy's body......"

"That baby boy is your younger brother He Jing?" Xie San couldn't believe his ears, but he immediately understood. At the beginning, Xie Minjun put this jade pendant on He Jing just to tell her father and brother that she mistakenly believed that Zhao Yi was her fiancΓ© Shen Jinglun. It's a pity that He Jing was robbed by Feng Jiyang on the way back to the Yong'an Hou Mansion.

Xie San picked up He Huan, turned around in a circle, and said happily: "Great, I originally wanted to say that if the eldest brother doesn't have a son, after we get married, it is better to have a few more children than to have a son ......for him."

"Don't talk nonsense......"

"Seriously, we have to get married in Beijing as soon as possible, and we can't have a wedding without the bride and groom. By the way, your aunt, aunt, and cousin are escorted by the messengers, and they take the official road, so they should be almost in the capital by now......"

"What herald?"

"By the way, we have to hurry back to Jizhou after we get married, the emperor has decreed that I will supervise the construction of the navy ......"

"Slow down, what the hell is going on?"

"Anyway, that's it." Xie San picked up He Huan, put her on the table, looked into her eyes and said solemnly: "In the future, I will not let you wait for me indefinitely, and we will never be separated again." (To be continued.) )

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