When Si'er found me, I was sitting alone in the magnolia garden of the Zhao Mansion. The spring sun is melting, the breeze is gentle, and the magnolia flowers as white as jade have bloomed in front of me, one after another, already blooming, budding, and standing on the ink-colored branches. Zhao Ying likes magnolias, and flowers and trees are planted all over the garden. When I first arrived in Zhao's Mansion, Wuxian said that he would take me here to see Mulan. I've been with him several times over the years, and I've never seen him so sore as I do today.

I deceived Chen Wei, I am a human being, not a god, and I have no good plan at all in the face of today's chaos. This is a long-planned battle, and all of them stand on their battlefield with the belief that they will win and the determination to die. For them, there is only one line of gain and loss, life and death are only one line, everyone is tense their heartstrings, the slightest change from the plan will make them panic, and then instinctively want to resist. Yu An didn't want to admit that Wuxian had escaped, the thief didn't want to believe that the Marquis of Jin had deceived him, and my father probably couldn't believe that the Chen clan, whom he trusted with all his heart, would cooperate with the Zhi clan at the last minute, betraying him, using him, and sacrificing him. The cruel truth is clearly in front of everyone, but no one wants to believe it. What else can I do, I can only sit here and watch the most beautiful spring scenery, waiting for the tragedy to unfold.

"Ah Shi, I met the red-haired uncle at the door, where is he in such a hurry?" Si'er asked.

"He's going to the palace to find the king."

"What are you looking for the monarch to do?"

"I don't know." I looked at the dazzling white magnolia flowers in the courtyard, and my heart was at a loss. Jin Marquis Ji chisel once promised to steal a sweet dream. In the dream, he would reward all the slaves who entered the city, burn the Danshu, distribute the festivals, and fabricate the household register, so that they would turn from fugitive slaves to innocent free men. Now, the slave army has entered the city, if Ji Chi can't fulfill his original promise today, whether the thieves will lead people to evacuate Xinjiang City, or kill the king in anger and fight for a fish to the death, I don't know. Yu An and Zhao Ji are also in the palace at the moment, and I can't predict how they will react after they know about the conspiracy between the Chen family and the Zhi family. I only hope that all of them can put aside their desires and hatred for the time being, and leave this city shrouded in death before the armies of Zhi Yao and the Chen clan besiege Xinjiang City.

"Ah Shi, Zhao Wuxian is no longer here, why do you want to stay?" Seeing that I was in a daze, Si'er held my face and forced me to turn my head.

I stared into her eyes and asked, "Then why haven't you left the city yet?" Yu An must have instructed you to take Dong Shi out of the city to avoid trouble before leading the slave army into the city, why didn't you listen to him? How dangerous it is here, didn't he tell you? "Si'er wore a jade-colored silk single dress today, embroidered with yellow birds, with red edges, and the vines embroidered with dark threads on the edge of the edge were entangled, and they were reluctant. Such a gorgeous dress, such a beautiful her, made me feel uneasy.

"'The matter is done, and the army is defeated and dies.'" He didn't say anything to me except these two sentences. Ah Shi, am I stupid? He must have thought I was stupid and wouldn't tell me anything. Even Ah Yang is better than me, and he can always help him and understand what he says. ”

"Good Si'er, it's not that Yu An won't tell you, it's that he knows what he has to do, and you won't want to help him."

"But I can't help him, and I caused him a big disaster...... Si'er looked at me, and before he finished speaking, a pair of apricot eyes were already full of crystal tears.

"What's wrong? Say it well. ”

"I stole my husband's waist card and let go of Zhao Wuxian and Mr. Zhang, I don't want to make you sad, and I don't want Xiao Ya'er to be born without a father. But am I in trouble? The husband and uncle are so anxious to enter the palace to find the king, is it because I have fallen into a big disaster? ”

"You saved Hongyun'er? He really escaped from the city! Si'er, thank you, thank you! I was overjoyed and hugged Si'er, but Si'er leaned on my shoulder and cried. I hurriedly let go of her, and while wiping her tears, I said, "Don't cry, you didn't get into trouble, something happened outside, but it has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with Wuxi." You can help Wuxian get out of the city, maybe it's not a bad thing for Ann, it's a good thing. ”

"Really?"

"Really."

"Husband won't die, will he?" Si'er wiped a handful of tears and looked at me with burning eyes.

"Si'er, Yu An's life has always been in his own hands. He is going to give birth, and he can take you and the child away at any time; But if he wants to die, I beg you not to go with him. I held Si'er's hand tightly, I knew her too well, and because I understood, she was sitting next to me at the moment, but I was terrified.

"No, he won't die, he'll come back safely." Si'er didn't answer me, only looked down at a small green jade ring around his waist. "Ring" is the same as "also", she is waiting for him to return home. But will Yu An still know the difficulties and return?

"Si'er—"

"Ah Shi, save him, don't let him die. I know that what he's doing now isn't right, that he shouldn't have killed so many people, that he shouldn't hold on to his past hatred. But his heart is too bitter, and he hasn't been really happy for a day all these years. You know him, he's not a bad person, you let me stay with him, and one day he'll let go. Si'er turned her hand and grabbed my hand tightly, she grabbed it very tightly, and the nails of the newborn pinched into my palm fiercely without realizing it.

"Si'er, it's not that I want Yu An to die, and it's not that Wuxian and Mr. Zhang want him to die. I won't understand this for a while, but I promise you that it will not be as bad as you think. Yu An will not die, and we will not die. You wait a little longer for me and let me think of a way again, okay? ”

"Okay, I'll think with you, you will definitely have a way." Si'er let go of my hand, leaned over and gently rested his head on my shoulder, "I'll accompany you, and we'll figure it out together." ”

Under the flowering tree, Si'er gently pillowed, and a few years flowed in front of my eyes like water. In the small courtyard of Qin State, she often relies on me to accompany me to find a way, and she doesn't speak, but just a long and quiet companionship. At that moment, what I needed most was actually her trusting pillow.

Eagles eat yellow birds, yellow birds eat fish, and fish eat mayflies. The Qing clan that has been captured in the palace is a mayfly, the slave army that has stolen a foot is a small fish that has strayed into the abyss, Yu An and Zhao Ji are yellow birds who think they are victorious, and the truly terrible enemies are spreading their claws and rushing here. The war is not over, there are no victors in Xinjiang, and all of us are prey in the eyes of vultures, including the Marquis of Jin.

Fight against foreign enemies, and those who want the same will win. But the people of this city have their own ghosts. I want to save them, but how? No one wants to listen to me, so how can you force them to listen to me?

Thief, thief!

"Si'er, you hurry into the palace to find Yu An and the thief for me, don't let them fight. If the thief goes crazy and wants to do something stupid, you can tell him that he can't give him what he wants, so I will give it. ”

"What do you want to give uncle?"

"I'm going to give him the most precious thing in the world. You hurry up, calamity waits for no one, and neither does Yu An and the sword of the thief. ”

"Okay, I'll go. What about you? ”

"I'll go to the Taishi Mansion and I'll come to you later." I stood up holding on to the magnolia tree.

Si'er picked up the burden that had been by his side and handed it to me: "You take this." ”

"What is it?"

"The things that the husband retrieved from the Zhao family for you. Voringsso, sword, your jade goose, and ...... Oh yes, I also made you a new pair of shoes. You have a big belly now, your feet must be very swollen, and the shoes you wore before must be squeezing your feet. Si'er said as he unwrapped his baggage and took out a pair of brand-new embroidered shoes from them and put them at my feet, "You hurry up and put them on first, see if they fit?" My embroidery hasn't grown for so many years, don't be ugly. ”

"Fit."

"Haven't you worn yet?"

"It fits right at first glance." I took off my shoes and put my red and swollen feet into the new shoes made by Si'er, endured the sour nose, and smiled, "It's easy to wear, just right to wear." ”

"That's good." Si'er Chang stood up with a sigh of relief, "Then I'll go." You go out through the back door, get closer to the Taishi Mansion, and be careful on the way. ”

"You wait." I took out the thin sword that Yu An had given me from my baggage. This time, the dazzling sunlight finally made me see two small dark lines engraved in the fine checks of the sword blade - encounter. Encounters and encounters suit my wishes...... But Yu An, the person who saw you in the heavy snow that year was her, not me; The person who has been by your side for so many years and loves you with all my heart is also her, not me. You are her little brother in Tsing Yi, her beloved, your heart is not something I don't want to see, but I can't see it.

"It's not my sword, it's yours." I closed the scabbard and handed the sword to Si'er.

Si'er held the sword and said in amazement: "How is it mine?" ”

"You take self-defense, go quickly!"