She took him to the library, the place where she met him for the first time, looked at him and sneered twice, then took out the letter of recommendation that was given to him that year and threw it in front of him: "Have you ever read the letter I sent you back then?" ”

Bai Zhijun was stunned for a moment, looking at the letter thrown in front of his eyes, crumpled with traces of the dust of time. It seemed to have been stained with water, but that didn't stop him from recognizing the letter, the one that changed his life.

After so many years, the sealing wax of the letter still shows no sign of opening.

He had never read the letter.

I think he later fought with the army, in order to find out the news of the Huns, he once pretended to be an ordinary person to go deep into the hinterland of the Huns, endured the humiliation of the crotch, and was always able to wait calmly, but he could not accept alms from the woman he liked.

People are sometimes so contradictory, how can he accept that letter?

Now, time had passed, and the letter had once again appeared in front of him in such a way, and this time, without letting him run away, she opened it in front of him.

In addition to the letter of recommendation, which had long been useless, there was also a letter from her. The letter said that if he wished, she could give up all and elope with him, and asked him about his choice.

When you are young and frivolous, you may not be able to understand the difficulties and righteousness of life, but your feelings are real.

He didn't open the letter, so he didn't face such a choice. If he was allowed to make a decision now, even if he had not encountered honeysuckle and had not been on the battlefield, he would not have taken her to elope.

The hardships of life are enough to smooth out many things, including feelings. But at that time, he couldn't guarantee it.

When I saw this letter again after so many years, there was naturally no suspense.

After Bai Zhijun sighed, he handed the letter back to her and said, "Good mother, we can't go back, it's good now." ”

"Why?" She caught up and became emotional, "My husband is dead, and your wife is dead, why can't you start over?" ”

How can that be the same? After so many years, the vicissitudes of life, he is no longer the person he was back then.

Therefore, Bai Zhijun rejected her again without hesitation, and then thought of an argument that he would regret later.

"You are the widow of General Chai, Your Majesty gave you a stone tablet, and Chai Jun is also a good boy." He said that he didn't notice the look on her face at that time, and after the incident, he thought that she probably didn't hear what he said next, "I haven't forgotten my lady, Shanniang, there may be someone else around you in the future, but that person is not me." ”

After that, he left, and walked very easily and freely, as if a stone that had been pressed on his heart for a long time had finally moved somewhere else.

He thought that this matter was over, but he didn't expect to hear the news of Chai Jun's accident. It was perhaps a gut instinct at that moment, and he instinctively felt that the matter had something to do with her.

Qiao Ran remembered Bai Zhijun's gaffe when Xie Chengze inadvertently mentioned this matter, which also made sense.

"General Bai, what you said is very right." The girl said, "But Mrs. Cen only listened to the first sentence when she thought about it, and she ......" Speaking of this, Qiao Ran paused, and stopped talking, and after a while, she said, "She thinks you dislike her for having Chai Jun." ”

Zhen Shiyuan sighed: "Why is this so? ”

Even if there is no past relationship, when these two meet again, a widower and a widow, it stands to reason that there is no obstacle to being together, why does Mrs. Cen think that Chai Jun is a trouble?

"I heard what General Bai said, Mrs. Cen is a sassy woman, and it stands to reason that she should be a hearty and generous woman." Qiao Ran said and saw Bai Zhijun's furrowed brows, and continued, "But looking at her poems, although they are a little immature and the words are not so smooth, they are soft and soft, and they clearly look like a little daughter. ”

"I think although she was born in Jiangmen and is known as the Tiger Girl of Jiangmen, she is actually extremely fragile and uneasy in her heart. This is not without evidence, she was able to come to the library to borrow books because of the ridicule of others, which shows that she seems to be very arrogant and extremely sensitive. General Chai has been dead for many years, and she is no longer the Madame Cen of the past, but she has always been a woman in red," Qiao Ran said, "I don't know if Madame Cen likes such clothes, or if she uses this dress to imply that she is a heroine and fearless." ”

All in all, in Qiao Ran's opinion, this Mrs. Cen is a very insecure person, rigid on the outside and soft on the inside, just the opposite of Bai Zhijun's deceased lady, the medical woman who resolutely followed the army, the woman named Honeysuckle should be a person who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside.

"She is sensitive and fragile, and when she reunites with you, she seems to have grabbed some life-saving straw, desperately trying to catch you." Qiao Ran said, "Your sentence is a great dislike in her opinion." ”

Hearing this, Zhen Shiyuan sighed and couldn't help muttering: "I really don't understand her." ”

Qiao Ran glanced at him, pursed her lips, and turned to look at Bai Zhijun and said, "So, she killed Chai Jun, right?" ”

Bai Zhijun's expression was solemn and he didn't nod, but that look seemed to be acquiescing.

"She asked you out, and happily told you that she could be with you, that is, the day we went to Chaifu, right?" Qiao Ran asked him.

Bai Zhijun didn't speak, Qiao Ran pointed to his mouth, and said, "Because of lipstick, women are pleasing to themselves, and she applies lipstick because she wants to see you." ”

"But you asked her out to ask Chai Jun about it, and you didn't care about her at all." The girl said, "That day you knew the truth and pushed her in anger, and she was injured because of it, and you went to help her, and there was blood on her sleeve." ”

"How do you know?" Bai Zhijun looked up at her suddenly, incredulous.

He could be sure that no third party was present when he asked Mrs. Zen, but the girl spoke as if she had seen it with her own eyes.

Qiao Ran smiled and didn't answer him immediately, but continued: "You and Mrs. Cen should have made an appointment in the suburbs that day, for example, where you found Mrs. Cen recently. When Mrs. Cen came back unhappily, you met someone who ambushed you, and when you finally repelled the ambush enemy, it was already dawn, because Chang'an Avenue was made like that, you looked for someone to report to the official, and when you were tired, you went to the wonton stall on the side to eat a bowl of wontons......"

Speaking of this, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but cough twice on the side.

It turned out to be what happened that day, there were too many things that happened that day, first there was a midnight brawl between Huai Wangfu and Fen Wangfu, and then Bai Zhijun was ambushed. At that time, because of making Chang'an Avenue look like that, he and He Taiping only focused on those two because they wanted King Huai and King Fen to pay for the construction of the road. Although Bai Zhijun said that the street was made like that because of him, he and He Taiping didn't care.

In this case, if you think about it again, Chang'an Avenue is like this, which means that he only appeared there after the people from Huaiwangfu and Fenwangfu left. In this way, Bai Zhi Junyin appeared on the street. Yin Shi is the time to sleep well, how can a person appear on Chang'an Avenue for no reason?

Hearing her say this, if she had made an appointment with Mrs. Cen and rushed back from outside the city, it would make sense for her to appear on Chang'an Avenue at the right time.

It turned out that things had been going on right under his nose, but no one was paying attention.

Bai Zhijun stared at the girl in front of him without blinking, and after a long time, he suddenly sighed and said, "It seems that it was a mistake to meet you that day." ”

At the wonton stand, the girl asked him if he was injured, and he said that it was the blood of the ambusher, and I think it was at that time that the girl began to suspect it.

"Feng Qizuo hasn't finished the autopsy yet, but in addition to the fatal wound on her chest, Mrs. Cen has abrasions on her body that have not healed, so I think the blood on the general's sleeve that day is Mrs. Cen's." The girl said calmly.

Behind him, Mama Chai exclaimed "Madam" and fell down, Qiao Ran secretly said "Oops", just said it, but forgot that Mama Chai didn't know the news of Mrs. Cen's accident.

Zhang Xie hugged Mama Chai and said to them: "Mama Chai will handle Mama Chai's affairs to me, you can rest assured." ”

After that, he walked out with Mama Chai on his back.

The noise of the officials outside chatting with each other subsided again, and Qiao Ran continued: "After that, it's today, Mrs. Cen made an appointment with you, and at the place where the accident happened today, you were angry at her again for Chai Jun's matter, and she was angry, so she raised a dagger and committed suicide." ”

Zhen Shiyuan, who heard this result, was dumbfounded: "You mean she committed suicide?" ”

"The dagger is mine," Bai Zhijun finally opened his mouth again to bring up the case, "She hit my dagger and rushed so fast that I didn't have time to hold her ......"

"That's right." The girl was not surprised by what he said, and said, "General Bai's personal dagger is naturally an artifact that sharpens iron like clay, and just one moment is enough to kill Mrs. Cen." ”

The dagger next to him, if it hits it like this, it may not be able to hit it, but it will be hit, through the thick autumn shirt, coupled with Bai Zhijun's instinctive dodge at that moment, it stands to reason that it will not be so easy to hit the chest.

"In that case, Mrs. Cen's death is an accident...... Zhen Shiyuan said with a sigh of relief, "It doesn't have much to do with General Bai." ”

"Why doesn't it matter?" Bai Zhijun retorted to him, and then smiled bitterly, "If I hadn't used that rhetoric that day, Chai Jun wouldn't have died at all, Chai Jun wouldn't have died, and there would be no future, and Shanniang wouldn't have ......."

"General White." Zhen Shiyuan couldn't listen to it anymore, and boldly said to him unceremoniously, "People can be angry, but they can take the lives of others at will, especially their own flesh and blood, how can Mrs. Cen do it?" ”

Bai Zhijun said: "The good lady back then was not such a person......"

"That was back then, and people would change." Zhen Shiyuan said angrily, "It is not easy for her to live alone and raise a child, but what does this have to do with Chai Jun?" The uncomfortable life is not a reason for her to hurt a child! ”

As soon as these words came out, Bai Zhijun moved his lips, unable to refute for a while.

"tied the child to a stone tablet and whipped him, and finally killed Chai Jun with his own hands, and even made him behead in a different place in order to cover up what he did." Zhen Shiyuan's face was solemn, "Aside from this identity, Mrs. Cen is an extremely vicious person. She may never forget you, but what she does is not tolerated! ”

These words were really deafening, Bai Zhijun fell silent, and a trace of pain flashed in his eyes: "I don't know how she became so ......"

"Maybe it's because of Mrs. Cen's illness!" The girl's voice rang out again.

Zhen Shiyuan and Bai Zhijun looked at her at the same time.

"No matter what kind of illness she is, it's not a reason for her to kill her son!" Zhen Shiyuan is still angry, he is also a parent, and he really can't figure out how Mrs. Cen can do it.

"Even if you have an incurable disease, time is running out, and you can't harm Chai Jun!" He said angrily.

Qiao Ran said: "The illness I am talking about is not a physical problem. ”

Mrs. Cen is in good health and has no problems, which can be confirmed.

"She has an unhealthy abrasion on her elbow, which is left after the argument with General Bai that day." Qiao Ran said, "But there are a lot of old wounds, and these old injuries are repeated, but they are not fatal." ”

"I just asked Feng Qizuo, Mrs. Cen should have cut her hands with a dagger again and again before her death, so as to leave so many small wounds." The girl said and touched her hand, "Ordinary people can't do such a thing." ”

Bai Zhijun was a little surprised.

Zhen Shiyuan said: "What kind of disease is that?" ”

Qiao Ran thought about it seriously and said, "Maybe it can be described as crazy." ”

"Where does Madame Cen look like a madman?" Zhen Shiyuan was dissatisfied, "After killing Chai Jun and bringing people over that time, she didn't plan too carefully, even I was almost deceived by her!" ”

"It's not the madness that people often call it." Qiao Ran said and sighed, trying to explain, "I said before that Mrs. Cen is an extremely fragile woman, and she has to borrow that dress to support herself, she had a misunderstanding with General Bai earlier, she married General Chai, and she has a good life, but within two years, General Chai had an accident again, and finally saved his life, but people are useless, and she went after a few years, and she was alone with Chai Jun, she was uneasy and afraid, so she taught Chai Jun not to quarrel with others, so to speak, Almost all the moment in a panic. ”

She didn't know how to explain this mental illness, only that such an illness was probably similar to modern depression or other more detailed symptoms, and in short, Mrs. Cen was not normal.

"Her emotions changed quickly, but there was an indescribable disobedience, Chai Jun was not allowed to go out indiscriminately, on the other hand, Chai Jun's 'obedience' was also caused by her persecution." Qiao Ran said, "She harmed herself, oh, by the way, most women with soft bowels want to have something to rely on, of course, it is normal for women to be widowed and remarry, but because of His Majesty's stone tablet, she is afraid to remarry, like a heavy shackle on her heart." ”

"In short, Mrs. Cen's problems come from many aspects, including her own fragility in her heart, and pressure from all sides.

Mental illness may not be noticed even in modern times, let alone in this Dachu?

In short, under the pressure of all parties, the string that had already collapsed had long been out of control, coupled with Bai Zhijun's refusal, she finally did such an unbelievable thing.