The spring breeze blows, and the sunset dyes the sky. On the long reed street of Pingliang Zhao Palace, merchants from all over the country are wandering with their families, and the shops are bustling.

Xiao Yi looked in the direction that Feng Feng was pointing, and saw several wealthy and brightly dressed Song businessmen saluting the white-clothed and white-haired man respectfully.

The white-haired man didn't say a word, nor did he return the salute, but only nodded slightly to the merchants, and then continued to walk slowly towards the chariot in front of him with the support of the palace people.

Although Xiao Yi moved into the Zhao Palace to run the embroidery workshop with Fengfeng's mother, he had never met King Zhao, who lived in a simple house. At this time, seeing the back of the white-clothed and white-haired man, thin and sluggish, and even more lonely, she couldn't help but sigh lightly.

King Zhao got into the chariot, and the chariot greeted the sunset and drove westward. Xiao Yi led Feng Feng and walked eastward.

Feng Feng saw that Xiao Yi hadn't answered her question, so she asked again: "Auntie, is that white-haired old man just now King Zhao?" ”

Xiao Yi said: "I haven't seen His Royal Highness King Zhao, but looking at the palace people and chariots, as well as the way those merchants saluted him, I think he is His Royal Highness King Zhao." ”

Feng Feng was puzzled: "But I heard Granny Su say that King Zhao's age is about the same as your aunt's, why is he full of white hair and limping when he walks?" ”

Xiao Yi said: "I don't know why His Royal Highness King Zhao is full of white hair. He needed support to walk, probably because he was seriously injured during the Battle of Wucheng. ”

Feng Feng lowered his head and muttered: "After the Battle of Wucheng, others said that King Zhao was a hero, but when he led his troops to defend Wucheng, he took my father away...... He can't give my daddy back, so he's not a hero to me. ”

Xiao Yi thought for a moment and said, "Fengfeng, although His Royal Highness King Zhao took away your father, he took your father to defend Wucheng together, so that the people of all countries can be saved from the cruelty and poison of the wolf master of the Rong clan, and only then can more children's fathers and mothers be saved." King Zhao also made your daddy a hero.

It is said that loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve both, but in fact, sometimes, it is difficult to achieve both family and country, love and righteousness.

My aunt's husband was also a hero who sacrificed his family for the country and his love for righteousness. More than 20 years ago, he left behind his aunt and the child in his aunt's womb, led the troops to fight, and never returned......"

Feng Feng asked, "Doesn't that aunt blame him?" Does my aunt still think he's a hero? ”

Xiao Yi replied: "If I don't blame him, it must be false." But no matter what he looks like in the eyes of others, in my heart, he will always be a hero. I have never regretted marrying him, and even if I was deceived, I was willing. ”

Feng Feng looked up at Xiao Yi. A gust of evening breeze blew on his face, lifting the veil of the hat Xiao Yi was wearing. The eyes behind the tulle are obviously gentle and calm, the wind passes without a trace, but they are stubborn and persistent, and they have an ageless heroic spirit.

Feng Feng learned the stubbornness in Xiao Yi's eyes in an instant, and said: "My aunt married a hero, and aunt, you also married a hero, Feng Feng must not marry a straw bag in the future." ”

Xiao Yi smiled lightly and patted Fengfeng's head: "Straw bales have the benefits of straw bales. Straw bales will not lead troops into battle, and they will not leave you. Heroes don't have to be. A hero is a hero of the world, not a husband of you. ”

Feng Feng's eyes rolled and said, "I don't think so." If he can't even be my husband, what kind of hero will he be? If even I dislike him, the world will dislike him! ”

Xiao Yi said helplessly: "How can there be so many heroes in the world? I hope that the world is peaceful, and under the prosperity, everyone is a straw bale. ”

Feng Feng said: "There are definitely not many heroes. But Granny Su often says, 'Heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass', when I grow up, if I can be as beautiful as a fairy, why worry about not finding a hero? ”

Xiao Yi shook his head and sighed, and advised: "Don't always listen to Granny Su's nonsense. You don't even know when she's sold you! Tell you secretly, when your mother-in-law Su was young, she specialized in the business of 'selling people'! ”

Feng Feng was surprised for a moment, but it was not for Granny Su's livelihood when she was young, but it was rare to see a smile in Aunt Liu's eyes.

The two of them were talking and talking, and they had already walked back to Zhang's embroidery workshop.

******

At the beginning of the night, Shu'er and Liu walked on the long reed street of Pingliang Zhao Palace, admiring the lights and flowers.

Shu'er was dressed in plain clothes, wearing a white hairpin and an ink-colored diamond jade hairpin, because she was the most elegant and lightly dressed woman on the whole street, so it was frequently eye-catching. Liu was wearing ordinary Song costumes, although he did not show the mountain dew, but it was difficult to hide his high purity.

Ling Fei was Liu's personal guard, and when he walked behind the two of them at this time, he felt that he was very unsightly and redundant, so he deliberately took a few steps behind and separated himself from the two of them.

Shu'er said to Liu: "You and Ling Fei should go shopping." I'm tired and want to go back to the inn to rest. After the Zhao Dynasty meeting ends tomorrow, let's go to meet His Royal Highness King Zhao together. ”

Liu stopped and looked at Shu'er worriedly: "After a long journey, can your body still eat?" ”

Shu'er nodded: "I'm fine, just get some sleep." My body has always been strong, otherwise I would never have lived to meet you again. ”

Liu thought that he didn't know Shu'er in Zhao Palace that year, and couldn't help but take Shu'er's hand: "I'll send you back to the inn." ”

Shu'er broke away from his hand, but a deliberate smile appeared on his face: "Don't worry, I can't die and I can't run." If I wanted to run, I would have run a long time ago, so why bother to bring you to the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce to join in the fun? ”

Liu's voice suddenly deepened, incompatible with the lively voice on the long street of reeds: "Shu'er, you and I have come to this place to meet again, and we will revisit the old place...... I already have mixed feelings in my heart. I just hope that you and I will never be separated again. I will use my whole life to make up for my guilt towards you and fill my affection for you. My life is yours, my people are yours, and my heart is yours. ”

Shu'er tilted her head and looked at Liu, "Your life, your people, and your heart, aren't they from the Song Kingdom?" Which is more important, me or Song? ”

Liu's face was cold, and he said calmly: "I have already chosen Song Guo once, but I regret it." From now on, I will only choose you Dongfang Shu. ”

Shu'er smiled indifferently and said, "Liu, you are very brave and smart, but why don't you understand a truth?" The most painful illness in the world is called 'wobbling'. The only cure for this disease is 'regret medicine'. However, there is no 'regret medicine' in this world, so why bother looking for it? ”

Shu'er said, turned away, and walked against the crowd.

Liu stopped in place, looking at the lanterns on the side of the street, only to feel that the more prosperous the world, the more lonely his heart became, just as King Zhou Lewang wrote in "Sighing for the Passing Year"......

If you play a wrong string, you will have no joy in this life.

With the impression of Lin Ying's sketch of Zhao Palace, Shu'er moved into an alley on the long reed street.

There is no one at the end of the alley, no lights, and you can't see your fingers. She raised her left wrist and looked at the luminous white jade ring on her wrist. The jade catkins in the jade ring shimmered with a faint light

Calmly, I will go to see His Royal Highness King Zhao and bring him this glimmer of light and the slightest hope.