"Hongyun'er, then do you know why the Gao clan didn't send troops to meet Qi Hou?"

"I don't know." Shirtless shook his head. At this time, Si'er and the fish woman walked by the window with a wine jar and a smile, and raised their hands to close the window with a blank face: "The person I sent to Gao Wancheng has not heard from yet, and the biggest possibility is that the sect master of the Gao clan changed his mind temporarily because he was afraid of Chen Heng." ”

"That big brother is ...... him"

"There are only two possibilities that the senior official did not send me news, one is that he betrayed our agreement, and the other is that he can't help himself." Wuxian pursed his lips, as if he wanted to crush the disappointment, bitterness, and pain in his mouth.

"Hongyun'er, don't be too upset. Brother Gao may be unable to contact you in time because of the constraints of his clansmen, and we can also send someone to the Qi country to investigate Mr. Zhang's whereabouts. ”

"No, Ah Shi, I'm not sad." Wuxian sneered and turned his head to look at the bronze sword hanging from the wall, "This is the battle, this is the bloody reality." If your skills are not as good as others, you can only meet failure. If you lose, you will inevitably lose what is important to you. If a person doesn't want to lose, he can only force himself to keep winning. I've been happy for so long that I've forgotten it. Wuxian frowned, and the grief in his eyes suddenly turned into a terrifying and vicious killing intent at this moment.

I hugged him in a panic: "There will always be times when the plan goes wrong, it's not about happiness, you can't think like that!" ”

"No, I could have planned more carefully, I could have done it more viciously. Ah Shi, you are too beautiful and warm, and I will want to be kind and bright when I am with you. But I can't be kind, people like me can only win if they live in darkness. If I can't win, I'm going to keep losing what's important to me. I've lost my brother and I don't want to lose you anymore...... But I, how am I supposed to have you? Wuxian sighed and cupped my face, "Standing in the light, I can't protect you." Standing in the dark, I will one day be spurned by you. You tell me, how can I have you? ”

The pair of desperate eyes in front of me instantly pulled my heart into the dark void.

"No, don't let me go!" I raised my hands and grabbed my wrist tightly, "Hongyun'er, my heart is never clean. I've taken advantage of people, I've hurt people, and I've killed people. I'm the same as you, we have both lived in darkness, but we can work together and try to survive in the light. There are many paths to victory in this world, and we don't necessarily have to choose the darkest one. However, no matter which path you choose in the future, I will not let go of your hand, so please don't let go of my hand as well. ”

"No......" Shirtless stretched out his arms and hugged me tightly, "Since the day I met you, I have never thought of letting go of your hand, not once, and never will." ”

"Hongyun'er, you won't be alone. Believe me, Mr. Zhang didn't let go of your hand either. He must still be alive, living in a place we don't even know. ”

I hugged Wuxian and silently prayed in my heart for Zhang Mengtan's safety, until Si'er knocked on our door.

Wuxian opened the door, and Si'er, who had no idea of all the disasters, pulled me to the main house with an excited face.

Originally, I thought that I would have to deal with vegetable porridge and millet tonight, but I didn't expect that after a while, Si'er and the fish woman actually prepared a table full of dishes. In the yellow clay pot is bubbling hot porridge, in the bronze beans are filled with the aroma of minced meat, and on the varnished pine wood case there are dishes of sunflower vegetables, melon strips, and small dried fish. What surprised me the most was that there was also a jar of peach blossom brew in a large jar with black cloud and thunder pattern in the corner of the table.

I took a bamboo spoon and carefully scooped half a spoonful of wine in the jar, leaned under the tip of my nose and took a deep breath, lowered my head and took a sip, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's really peach blossom brew!" Where did you buy it from? ”

"How's that, doesn't it taste like what you brewed back then?" Si'er smiled and held my hand, "A few days ago, the fish woman told me that a new Chu brewery was opened in the market. I thought I was going to wash the dust for you and Yu An tonight, so I went over to take a look. Unexpectedly, I actually bought this last jar of peach blossom brew. Mr. Zhao, I heard Ah Shi say that she also gave you a pot of peach blossom brew in her early years, do you want to taste this taste again tonight? Tonight's Si'er is so beautiful that people are intoxicated, she wears a creamy white short coat made of ice, and a yellow embroidered jade butterfly skirt is tied under her body, and a pale pink acacia flower in the black and shiny braid makes her delicate and moving.

Si'er's voice was obviously much brighter than usual at this time, and every time she said a word, her eyes would involuntarily glance at Yu An, who was sitting next to Wuxian. I saw all her little daughter's thoughts in my eyes, couldn't help but purse my lips and smile, and reached out to take the red lacquer amphora cup in her hand: "If you want to drink, Yu An and I can drink with you." Hongyun'er is not feeling well today, so let him drink a bowl of porridge with peace of mind! ”

"Ah Shi, it's okay, fill it up for me! I didn't even drink a drop of the pot of peach blossom stuff you gave me back then. Shirtless smiled and handed the cup to me.

"No, you still don't drink it, I'll serve you a bowl of porridge, you can go to bed early after eating!" He hid Si'er for me, he didn't want his grief to ruin Si'er's happiness at the moment, the more light the smile on his face, the more I felt sorry for him in my heart.

"Hey, girl, that's what's wrong with you! The master wants to drink, how can you stop it? At the end of the case, Ah Yu was holding a millet and was about to stuff it into his mouth, he listened to my words, put down the bamboo chopstick, jumped up and snatched the bamboo spoon in my hand without saying anything, "Come on, come on, master, I'll fill it for you." What's so happy or unhappy, drinking works anyway! ”

"What's the use? It's not just one thing when the wine reaches your fish's stomach! ”

"What's the matter?" Ah Yu poured a glass of peach blossom stuffed for Wuxian, and turned his head to look at me with a grin.

"Of course you sleep, three cups fall to the ground, five cups snore." I looked at it angrily, but Wuxian and Si'er laughed, and even the fish woman covered her mouth and lowered her head.

"Oh? Could it be that the fish brothers are not strong enough to drink? Then it's going to be cheaper for a few more drinks tonight. Yu An smiled and handed the wine glass to Ah Yu, "I'm tired, Brother Ah Yu." ”

"Girl!" Ah Yu blushed and slapped his palm on the wine jar, "You also underestimate my Ah Yu, the last time the cinnamon wine was ...... It's that I can't get used to it! This time, hmph, half of the jar is mine. ”

"Brother Ayu, don't be reckless!" Si'er put a melon strip in my bowl, tilted his head and smiled at Ah Yu, "Don't say that you couldn't drink your master last time, according to me, even my Ah Shi you may not be able to fight." ”

"Ah Shi is very good at drinking?" Wuxian and Yu An were originally lowering their heads, and after listening to Si'er's words, they turned their faces to me almost at the same time.

I smiled awkwardly and waved my hand. Si'er next to me snorted, looked at me and said, "She likes to make wine, and she likes to drink even more." When I was a child, I used to get drunk and lie on the roof to sleep, and if the general and I couldn't find her, we would have been right to go up to the roof with the smell of wine. When Cai Fuzi died that year, she secretly drank the lemongrass wine of the Chu State, and then bent over and lay on the eaves of the roof to sleep, but the general was scared out of half his life. Haha, and, also, do you remember when we were ten years old......"

The more Si'er talked, the more excited she became, and I stretched out my hand and twisted her on the back of her waist: "Dead girl, you talk a lot!" ”

"Ahh

I dodged Si'er's hand and said to An with a smile: "Come, Yu An, let's change positions!" lest anyone think that he can't see your face clearly through a table, and make fun of my troubles. ”

"You shame me again, obviously you want to sit next to Mr. Zhao!" As soon as Si'er raised his head, he happened to meet Yu An's eyes. As soon as her mouth was closed, the flush on her face suddenly extended to her ears.

Yu An lowered his head and smiled, and stood up with a wine glass. I leaned into Si'er's ear and laughed, "Look, he's here, how do you want to thank me?" ”

"Stinky Ashi, don't go." Si'er blushed and grabbed my sleeve.

"Duplicity!" I grimaced at her and quickly ran to Shirtless.

Si'er saw Yu An sitting next to her, and her hands that were originally on the desk were clenched into fists. Like all the girls in love in the world, she was trying her best to get the attention of her sweetheart all night, but when An really sat next to her, she was shy and couldn't say a word. For many years, Yu An has been her dream, her god. At this time, she sat there stiffly, but her face rippled with a charming and vivid light.

Wuxian looked at the two of them, a smile on his lips, and the wine in his hand was one glass after another.

"Don't drink so much, do you want to eat a millet first? Shall I scoop a spoonful of minced meat for you as a dip? "I snatched the shirtless glass.

"Miko, I've chosen to trust your instincts, so don't worry about me, I'm really fine."

"Really?"

"Really." He looked at me tenderly, took my glass, and then took my hand.

After Ah Yu and Yu An pushed the cup and drank a few glasses, his tongue had become bigger at this time, he held the wine jar and glanced left and right, shook his head and smiled: "Hey, let's get married, let's get married, if you become a parent, you can give birth to a room of good-looking dolls." ”

"Ah Yu, you want to be a father?" I thought of the woman at the foot of the Great Wall of Qi and asked with a smile.

"That is, how can no child be worthy of his ancestors. Haha, now I also have a beautiful woman......" Ah Yu raised his head and drank a glass of wine before standing up with a smile, "Woman, go!" Give me a beautiful baby too! He staggered over to the fishwoman, and with a bend he carried the fishwoman onto his shoulders.