Love branches.

Two dying branches, stubbornly poking out of the soil, will easily blow them down no matter how strong the wind blows or the rain is.

But the two alien trees lean closely on each other, supporting each other and resisting the wind and rain.

As they become intertwined with each other, the two alien trees gradually survive on the same root and become one, and the two individuals who had each other's lives before became one with a common fate.

"The winter in the north is cold, and when my wife saw two tending to wither branches growing in the yard, she transplanted them in a warm place, and later found that the two branches grew and intertwined with each other, and finally became one tree, and my wife named them the Love Branch."

Cheng Daiyuan stood in front of a portrait, and only Qionglei was left next to him.

Wang Zong had already been taken down, and Cheng Daiyuan didn't do anything to him, just asked him to leave here and never come back.

Qiong Lei looked at the portrait in front of him, he had seen it many times, every time Cheng Daiyuan was alone for a long time, he would come here to sit and walk, and then look at the portrait in front of him for a long time without saying anything.

This portrait depicts an extremely beautiful woman, and Qionglei has never seen many people of the opposite sex, but he feels in his heart that it should be difficult for a woman in this world to be more beautiful than the woman in this portrait.

The woman in the portrait is beautiful and young, and she has always maintained her youngest face, and has never aged.

But the man standing in front of the portrait could not resist the power of time, and he was gradually aging with the times.

"The branches of love withered in the fire, and its branches were scattered in the yard, and the wife of the family was reluctant to take the branches of the love tree, so she took away their scattered branches, and tried to go to the south to find a fertile soil to feed them again."

Cheng Daiyuan's tone became more and more desolate, like a dying old man who would have an iron and blood past.

The tone of that voice was full of desolation and sighing.

Qiong Lei knew what Cheng Daiyuan was referring to.

Foreign invasions, the northern border is broken, and the enemy drives down, breaking through the mountains and rivers, all the way to the Yangtze River area.

In that year, the country broke mountains and rivers, wept blood and wept, people's livelihood weakened, and soldiers died tragically.

At that time, Cheng Daiyuan did not have his current status, let alone his current strength.

"After moving to the south, my wife suddenly coughed and became weak, and I searched for many famous doctors to no avail."

"Finally, I sat down in front of her bed and felt her palms gradually chilling."

"At that time, it was the first time that a young me faced the cruelty of war. War brings people no benefit except destruction and disaster. ”

In the words, I can't hear whether there is anger or hatred, there is only calmness.

Qiong Lei listened to Cheng Daiyuan's words and took a deep breath.

He didn't expect that he would have such a past when he respected and admired the generalissimo of soldiers and horses.

Cheng Daiyuan's current words are in stark contrast to his iron and blood on weekdays.

"Haha, how old a person still says such sentimental things, making your junior look at the joke."

Cheng Daiyuan turned around slightly, hiding the sadness in his eyes.

"So, Cheng Shuai, that pair of chopsticks is actually?"

"Oh, you said those two pieces of wood, but they are actually just branches of the love branch. It can be seen that the owner of this love branch has carefully preserved it, otherwise he would not be able to see this thing now. ”

“.......”

Qionglei fell silent, no one knowing what he was thinking at the moment.

Cheng Daiyuan said quite heartily: "Let's go out, I can't let the distinguished guests outside wait, I'm also very curious about who this destined person is." ”

......

Manor gates.

As one congratulatory gift after another was returned, the faces of the group of people outside were not good-looking.

Many people were originally full of confidence, thinking that his congratulatory gift would definitely be selected by Cheng Daiyuan, but the moment it was returned, he was directly stupid.

Many people couldn't believe it, and kept asking the subordinates, thinking that it must be the subordinates who didn't send the gifts.

"I don't believe it, is it that Cheng Lao didn't see my congratulatory gift! Please help me send the congratulatory gift to Cheng Lao separately, so that he can take another look at it with his own eyes! My gift is definitely a gift from the heart! ”

A man anxiously tugged at the sleeve of a subordinate, and then stretched out a golden bank card.

The subordinate stared at this man's bribery, and an ugly look appeared on her face.

Just now, there are people in it who have been permanently expelled because of this incident, and they don't seem to follow in their footsteps.

"Sir, please respect yourself, this is Generalissimo Cheng's manor, and bribery in private is prohibited. Your gift Cheng Lao has read it in its entirety, and he gave an evaluation. ”

"Evaluation? What kind of evaluation did Cheng Lao give me as a congratulatory gift! ”

This person suddenly became nervous, and looked at the person in front of him hopefully.

"There is no fate."

It's just four simple words, which made this person stunned in place and watched the next person walk away.

Then other subordinates came out and went on to return the other gifts.

Not only him, but everyone else heard the word "evaluation", and they all showed happy expressions, and they also thought that they were terrible evaluations.

As a result, when they heard the words "no fate", everyone's expressions were surprisingly consistent, and they were all stunned, and then they couldn't believe it.

"Hey! What does it mean to have no fate? Is this a hint that the value of my congratulatory gift is not enough for Cheng Lao's grade? Or is the congratulatory gift not in line with Cheng Lao's taste? ”

"This can't be! Lao Tzu obviously spent a lot of money to buy the news from insiders! I bought all the congratulatory gifts according to Cheng Lao's favorites! It doesn't make sense! Why was I denied back? ”

"Humph! I want to see who can be the first to be chosen by Cheng Lao! This ridiculous fate, what is fate? Can't I use money for fate? ”

“......”

There was a lot of noise outside, and everyone was discussing the so-called "fate" in Cheng Daiyuan's mouth.

Zhan watched as the people next to him kept walking by with their heads down, holding carefully prepared gifts in their hands, but at this moment they turned into a pile of useless scrap copper and rotten iron.

As long as they are not given, then these gifts lose their value.

"Hahaha! I'm laughing to death! Those of you who have spent tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of gifts, and Cheng Lao, a lover person, has not taken a fancy to your gift! ”

Zhan unscrupulously laughed loudly at this group of people, and the angry group of people turned red and jumped like thunder.

Originally, after being returned to the gift, he was already in an extremely bad mood, and now he was ridiculed by Zhan Yitong, which made me even more unhappy.

"A group of illiterate people, don't they understand what fate means? Literally, it means that the gifts you give are too low, and they are not worthy of Cheng Lao's identity! ”

"So in my opinion, those who have just made a bet with me, get ready, take off your clothes when you should take off your clothes, and bend your legs to warm up when you should kneel! Oh, and the one who licks the skin of your feet, you'll be talking first, I'm worried that your mouth isn't clean! ”

At the scene, everyone's gifts were returned, only Zhan was empty-handed, and his gifts had not been returned.

"You!"

"Don't be happy too early, do you think your broken chopsticks can be seen by Cheng Lao? In the dignified Generalissimo's villa, can you still miss your chopsticks? ”

"That's it! Everyone's gifts have been returned, then there are no winners and no losers, and the bet can only be considered a draw. ”

“......”

These people were visibly panicked, because they all had returned congratulatory gifts in their hands, and only the battle in front of them was empty-handed.

Zhan was also a little apprehensive, he was actually the same as those people, he didn't think that Cheng Daiyuan would be short of chopsticks, so it was even more impossible to take a fancy to this congratulatory gift!

However, since the emperor said it so surely, then he chose to trust unconditionally.

"Huh! Are you scared? The final result has not yet come out, is one more anxious to find me to draw than the other? Did I say I'm going to draw with you? ”

"I'm sorry, I only recognize one result here, and that is victory!"

"A draw is also a loss for me!"

As soon as these words came out, a group of people in front of him suddenly exploded.

"What an arrogant tone! What a arrogant man! What kind of person do you think you are, with two pairs of tattered chopsticks, you can let Cheng Daiyuan come out to see you in person? ”

"Good! That's what you said, a draw is a loss for you! When your gift is withdrawn for a while, it will be counted as your loss, and you should not regret it! ”

"Everyone surrounds him together, can't let him escape in chaos, I can already see this kid's sneaky appearance, and if he doesn't turn out for a while, he will definitely leave his tattered chopsticks and run away!"

“......”

Zhan stood conceitedly, swept around, and a crowd of people swarmed towards him.

The group of people fought to the death, not letting him run away, and then stared at the inside of the manor.

Finally, the last subordinate came out.

In her hands she dragged something through a tray, covered with a red cloth.

Seeing this scene, someone shouted loudly.

"Haha! He lost! Look, his gift has been withdrawn! ”

"Get ready to warm up! Are you going to kneel down and kowtow first, or shout out to Daddy first? I can allow you to do both at the same time, which is a time-saver. ”

"Hehe, dare you say that we are waste? Look at yourself that stupid look, you're not fucking shit, who's shit? ”

“......”

Zhan stared at the subordinate who came out of it, looking at the plate dragging in front of her, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Isn't it true that the congratulatory gift has been withdrawn?

Didn't you say that this congratulatory gift would definitely be able to attract Cheng Daiyuan's attention?

At this moment, Zhan's mind became extremely complicated, and he even imagined drenching Emperor Han's scolding in his heart for a while, and then pondered how to get out of here for a while.