I don't know how long it took for the horses under me to slow down.

"We're here." Shirtless smiled and lifted the robe that covered my head.

When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by a thatched cottage surrounded by green bamboos, and not far from the cottage was a quiet and beautiful lake. "Whose yard is this?" I turned my head and asked Shirtless.

"This is the yard I won by betting with someone." Shirtless jumped off the horse, turned around and hugged me down, "The lake in front is called Luoxing Lake, and I will take you to the lake to watch the stars at night." ”

Look at the stars...... I looked up at the cloudy sky, smiled and nodded, "Okay." ”

Although this thatched cottage by the lake has been vacant for a long time, the house is still tidy, and it is an excellent place to live with a little cleaning. I propped up the window with a bamboo pipe, and the green bamboo outside the window was slight, and the lake was gentle in the distance. I ran inside and out a few times, and actually made a charcoal fire under the eaves for me.

"Wouldn't it be strange for us to have a fire in the summer?" I baked my hands on the fire and looked at the shirtless with a smile.

"What's so strange, it's going to be autumn in half a month, and your hands are so cold." Wuxian squeezed my hand, turned around and took off his damp robe and spread it on the mat, "I'll look for a thicker quilt later, and you can go to the lake with me wrapped in a quilt at night." ”

"Shirtless ......"

"Huh?"

"Why didn't you kill me in the plum garden of Baili Mansion that night?" I rubbed my warming hands together and looked up at him.

Wuxian was slightly stunned, and then smiled and shook my hand: "Which night are you asking?" I've been to Baili Mansion for two nights, both to kill you, but I haven't been able to kill you for two nights. ”

"Why? You must have been angry that I ruined your plan! ”

"Angry?" Wuxian looked at me and shook his head gently, "No, I was rarely angry or happy at that time. To me, you are just an accident, a mistake. After the failed assassination attempt, I have sent three assassins to deal with you. Unexpectedly, I met you at the banquet in the Prince's Mansion. It is undeniable that you are beautiful and special, and perhaps any man will want to take you for himself. ”

"So, you didn't kill me, and you brought me back to the Jin Kingdom?"

"I actually thought about this problem when I was drinking with you in Prince Qin's Mansion, and I felt that I could take you away, enjoy you, and maybe transfer you as a gift to others later. At that time, I happened to owe Qi Guo Gao a big favor. ”

Enjoy me and give it to others...... My heart trembled, and I unconsciously shrank my hand back.

Wuxian's face was panicked, and he hurriedly grabbed my hand: "I don't want to lie to you to tell the truth, you are not allowed to hide from me." ”

"Then if you get tired of me one day in the future, you will still send me ......" Before I finished speaking, I was frightened by the dark look of the person in front of me, "I asked casually, don't be angry." ”

"When I met you, I realized that I, Zhao Wuxian, was also a stingy man. When I saw you and Wu Feng in the Prince's Mansion that day, and you looked up at him with such gentle eyes in his arms, that was the first time I tasted jealousy. I panic, I have a gut feeling that you are going to be a danger to me. That's when I decided I wanted to kill you with my own hands. ”

"Actually, you have a lot of chances to kill me." I pulled the flute off the top of my head and gently rested my head on his lap.

"I know I'm going to kill you, so I don't have to be more prepared." Wuxian held my head, and there was a bit of blame in his voice, "I saw you drunk under the plum tree that night, and I was just a little bit close to cutting your throat." ”

"Then why don't you do it?" I asked, looking up.

"Because you rolled over, you put your neck against my dagger, and I didn't have time to think about it before I pulled away from it. I carried you into the house with you, a drunk, and I even lit the stove for you. Wuxian's fingers ran through my silk and gently combed it on the ground, "Actually, after leaving the Qin State for a long time, I haven't been able to figure out why I let you go?" When I figured it out, they told me you were dead. ”

"And then you get yourself drunk." I looked at the shirtless and chuckled.

"What about you? When did you reveal my secret? Shirtless asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Answer me one more question, and I'll tell you."

"Just ask."

"If Beru doesn't take the initiative to give up the position of the son, will you kill him too?"

Wuxian sneered, and suddenly slapped me heavily on the forehead: "You really treat me as a heinous bad person." I did do things to be sorry for him before, but now he's the most important person to me besides you. If he still wants the position of the son of this world, I can always stand behind him, be his guard, be his shadow. ”

I looked up at the man in front of me, and I knew I didn't need to go any further, because I believed what he said. He is not a ruthless man, and he will never turn the tip of his knife at the person who once gave him warmth and light.

"Ah Shi, don't you believe me?" Shirtless looked down at me.

"No, I believe you." I smiled and stroked his frowning brow.

Wuxian grabbed my hand and said with a wry smile: "The Zhao family is a heavy burden, but someone has to pick it up." Twenty years, I gave myself twenty years to complete my mission. Twenty years later, as long as our son has been crowned, I will give him the position of suzerain. If we don't have a son in the future, I will give up the position of suzerain to the eldest brother's son. Then, I'll work with you to find a place with good mountains and rivers to live in, okay? ”

"What nonsense, how can you not have a son!" I sat up from the ground with one hand on my hand.

"I don't force it, you can't bear it." Wuxian curled the corners of his mouth and took me into his arms with a smile, "If I marry you, I won't take any more concubines, and we can have three children." Four is too hurtful, I'm afraid you'll not be able to bear it, three is just right. He stroked my head and dreamily told us about our future, and I listened quietly, smiling at the corners of my mouth and tears streaming down my face.

"Why are you crying? I'm not telling you this to make you cry. I burst into tears and quickly pulled me out of my arms, "Are you still worried about marrying the Di clan?" I'm afraid that I will marry that Di girl for the sake of the throne? ”

"No, it's what you said that all this is so beautiful, I cried when I was happy." I put my hands on my face and wiped two handfuls of tears fiercely, "I rarely think about the future on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to think so much." ”

"Silly girl, what's there to cry about!" Wuxian sighed lightly and got up to find a red lacquered wooden bowl containing water, and then took out the handkerchief he carried and put it in the bowl to wet it, "You don't have to think about the marriage, just leave everything to me." The northern land is of course important, but the Zhao family is not in a hurry at this time now. After a few years, when the matter between Qi and Wei is resolved, I will invite myself to lead troops north. As long as the Qiu You Kingdom in the north is destroyed and a few Di tribes are killed, the thousands of miles north of Jinyang City will still belong to the Zhao family. Father Qing is a reasonable person, and he admires you a lot on weekdays, as long as you and I are of the same heart, it is not difficult to persuade him. ”

"Marriage is the easiest way to do it than to fight for land. If you marry a princess of the Di tribe, you can open a road to the north without a single soldier. ”

"Wrong! It is impossible to get land by marriage, and marriage is only a means of deception. The biggest difference between marrying and not marrying is whether I stand in front of them or behind them when I kill them. Even if I marry Nadi, when the time comes, I will still kill her people and take her land. If I lose you because of her, then once the war starts in the future, I won't be able to kill a few Di patriarchs to let me stop. ”

Wuxian said as he gently wiped my cheek with a damp handkerchief. His cruelty, his tenderness, were all presented to me naked in this moment. We used to be enemies, we used to calculate each other, we used to use each other. I have doubted him, avoided him, and blamed him, but now I am deeply in love with this black and white real him. If Zhao Ying's body can last for another five years, if the Zhao clan can still rule in the Jin Kingdom for five years, then I will never allow any woman to try to take him away from me. But now, Zhao Ying may not even be able to hold on for five months.

"Hongyun'er, what if I'm willing to give up my name? What if I say I'm willing to be a concubine? ”

"Woman, we don't have to discuss this matter." Wuxian's eyes were cold, and he threw the wet handkerchief in his hand into the bowl and held my arms instead, "Ah Shi, I know you, you can't be trapped in a courtyard like other women, serving the mistress, beware of concubines, and then waiting for me with blank eyes. You're going to be sad and you're going to be depressed. Eventually, you will grow wings and run away from me silently. Put away your generosity, you are not a generous person at all, and I don't need your generosity. ”

"But ......"

"I'm not done yet!" Wuxian pinched my shoulder and stopped me, "After we return to Xinjiang, we may encounter many obstacles, but no matter who lobbied you, you can't surrender first. If you can't hold it anymore, you can come to me. But if you dare to run away, I will never forgive you! You remember my words, never. ”

"Okay, I got it." I tilted my head and whispered.

"It's rare for you to be so obedient. The rain outside is lighter, and your hands are not cold. Would you like to follow me to the lake? Shall I catch a few fish and stew a pot of fish soup for you? ”

"Well, there are robes and bamboo hats in the house, I'll go get them now."

"I'll go, you can bake the fire for a while." Wuxian held me down, got up and went into the house.

I pulled my shirtless robe to my knees, damp, wet, and slightly cool to the touch.

Wuxian knew Zhao Ying's resoluteness in this matter, and he also knew very well how difficult it would be for us to return to the Jin Kingdom, but what he didn't know was that before I set foot on the land of the Jin Kingdom, Shi Mo had already begun to lobby me. And I, having already surrendered in this first battle.

I'm not a deserter, I'm just a pawn loyal to the boss. He has responsibilities that he can't escape, and the only thing I can do is make it less painful for him to have to choose between the big picture and his personal feelings.

If I was still unwilling and struggling before, then now, I am relieved. He pictured me the future and let me know that I had made the right decision.

Today is our last day together. What should we do?