I am not a dead woman, even if God innocently let me come to this world with a bloody mission, I will never tie my hands and let thousands of innocent beings die in front of me.

On the last night before Uncle Zheng returned to Xinzheng, the two palace maids who slept in the outhouse tossed and turned for a long time before finally falling asleep. I instructed Si'er to lie down on my bed, and I slipped out of the house in her robe. The winter night wind invaded the bones, followed by a while, the unmelted snow in the day had frozen into ice at this time, I walked a step, a slippery step, and finally walked to the weeping willows in front of the fish pond, and the thinly dressed, shrunken head and stamped feet in the cold wind had frozen their lips white.

"Si'er—why are you?!" When the man saw that it was me, he was so frightened that he pulled out his legs and left.

"Since the butcher has already made the dish I want, you don't want to hear what I plan to pay you?"

"Remuneration?" The short man in the night tightened his thin winter coat and turned around tremblingly, "The fourth girl taught me to cook, and you still want to pay me?" ”

"She came up with the idea, but you made the dishes, so naturally you have to pay for it." I took out a heavy bag of coins from my bosom and put it in his hand, and said in a harmonious voice, "Uncle Zheng is famous for his delicious food, a few years ago I heard a rumor in the Fusu Pavilion of the Song Kingdom, saying that if someone in the Zheng Palace can make a dish that is pleasing to Uncle Zheng, he will ignore the distinction between the noble and the low, and summon the person who cooks to inquire about the cooking method and give him a reward for beautiful things. ”

"Indeed, it is true...... the butcher looked down at the money bag he held in the palm of his hand, perhaps the weight of the money bag made him too nervous, his eyes blinked as if they had entered the dust, he noticed it, rubbed two handfuls violently, raised his head and said to me, "When you are happy to eat, you will summon people to enjoy some beautiful things such as rice and dried meat, but there is no more precious one." The noble girl gave me so much money, I'm afraid I won't be able to get it back. ”

"Zaifu is relieved, I am not greedy for your king's reward, even if this dish is made by you alone. I only ask you to make this 'eagle pigeon' for Uncle Zheng to taste after returning to the palace. At that time, if Zheng Bo summons you and asks you why you want to wrap the boneless pigeon in the belly of the eagle, you only need to tell Zheng Bo the story that Si'er told you, and I will ask someone to give you another 100 gold. ”

"Tell the story of the eagle holding the pigeon, and you can get another hundred gold?!"

"No, you have to be more thorough. It was after the heavy snowfall that the five wild pigeons drove away the eagles that were foraging for food in order to eat the scraps you had spilled, and the wild pigeons scattered when they were full, and the hungry eagles swooped down and ate the pigeon that could not fly away. You have a feeling, so you made this dish. ”

"As long as you say that, it's okay?" The butcher stared at me deadly, a hundred gold was not a decimal, he could do as much as he wanted with the money, but he seemed to vaguely guess that this story might not be just a story. So, he hesitated and struggled, and the money bag in his hand seemed to have turned into a red-hot soldering iron.

And at this moment, the last thin cloud on the high sky was finally torn apart by the howling night wind. A large pale cyan full moon suddenly appeared above the sky, and its cold moonlight shone on my face through the icy willows, and the hesitation in Zaifu's eyes was instantly replaced by horror.

"You...... I'm just a butcher, I can only make a fire and cook, I can't tell stories, I don't want your money! The butcher shoved the money bag into my hand, but I didn't answer, he looked up into my eyes, as if he was about to cry: "Noble girl, no one in this palace is allowed to talk to you, I was deceived by you tonight It is a big sin to come here, if I do things for you again, I will not live!" ”

"Don't be afraid, do you have a son?" I took the money bag from the butcher's hand, but grabbed his wrist.

In the silence of the cold night, the poor butcher saw my pupils turn from black to blue, and he trembled in terror, and forgot all about the struggle.

I smiled at him and said, "If you don't say it, I'll treat you as having a son." Since you have a wife and children, you should tell this story well. Because the thin eagle in the story is Jin Guo, and the pigeon that was eaten by the panting eagle is you Zheng Guo. Five pigeons can drive away an eagle, but it is impossible to swallow an eagle in one sitting. When Jin Guo relieved himself, the first person to suffer was Zheng Guo. In the coming day, the Jin army will attack Xinzheng, and your wife and children will abandon home and flee for their lives with you. At that point, you'll regret why you don't even have the courage to tell a story. Qi Guo didn't really want to help Zheng Guo take revenge, it wanted Zheng Guo who was sandwiched in the center of Qi Jin as his shield, but when the two fought against each other, wasn't the shield the most hurt! ”

"I don't know how to fight, I'm just a butcher......"

"But you don't want your son to be a butcher for the rest of his life, do you? Tell Uncle Zheng everything I said tonight, and you and your son won't have to stay in the kitchen to smell the firewood for a lifetime. Silk clothes for brocade clothes, this is what I really want to pay you. ”

I couldn't see Uncle Zheng, so I had to put all my chips on a Zaifu. I don't know if he will tell this story for me, and I don't know if Uncle Zheng will weigh the pros and cons and give up attacking Jin after listening to his story. I wasn't sure of anything, but I knew it was my last chance, and I had nothing else to do but take it all.

The night was deep, the cold moonlight cast dappled shadows on the snow, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and occasionally stepping on a thin sheet of ice made my heart jump in my chest for a long time. But when I saw Yu An, dressed in moonlight, come out of my bedroom, the restless heart in my chest stopped beating wildly, and infinite fear instantly froze it like a sudden cold wave.

When he came, he found that the person in the house was not me, and everything was over.

Yu An walked up to me step by step, I looked up at him, but I was shocked to find that I was not the only one who was panicking at the moment.

"You ......" I had so many things to say to him that I almost burst my chest, but now that he was standing before me, I could not say a word.

"Ah Shi, you come in first." Si'er called me softly in the house.

When Yu An heard Si'er's voice, there was a pain in his eyes, and he hurried away past me.

I walked into the house, the two palace maids who had been sleeping in the outhouse were gone, Si'er sat on the bed with her head bowed and her shoulders down, her long hair covered most of her face, I couldn't see the look on her face, but I knew that she was sad, very sad.

"Did he scold you?" I sat on the bed and hugged her into my arms, "Don't be sad, I did what happened tonight, I'll go to him now to make it clear what he hates and resents about me, let him finish it in one go!" When he has finished sowing, I have a stack of accounts to settle with him. ”

"Don't ......" Si'er held my shoulders and stood up strongly, "Ah Shi, he wanted to come and talk to you tonight, but he has hidden all the words for so many years. Hurry up to him and ask him to tell you again. Don't be so angry, you listen to him well, just for me, okay? ”

"He thinks you're me, so he just doesn't know who I just met in the fishpond?"

Si'er shook his head and pushed me forcibly: "You go quickly, he hasn't gone far yet." ”

"Okay, don't worry, I'm not going to quarrel with him, but he has lied to me for so many years, and there are some things I really want to hear him tell me personally!" I pulled up the quilt for Si'er, pushed the door and hurried away.

Knowing Yu An, he was only eight years old, and under the dim reed mat, he opened his eyes and asked, Who are you? Twelve years, his body is like flowing water, so many people have been separated, only he has always been there, but now in the face of him who is completely unfamiliar, I really want to ask, who are you!