Feng Qi buried his head in eating wontons and didn't speak, he didn't know how to take what Zhinan had just said at this time. Indeed, he knew that Zhinan's previous identity was the famous leader of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Condensing Heart Pavilion, and the entire Great Zhou Dynasty was eager to get the love of this ancient beauty.

But from the moment he decided to stay with this woman, he categorically ignored all the gossip and experiences about her.

For Zhinan's previous affairs, he was not curious, but looked at her current appearance, coupled with the indifference when she was resolutely taken back to the house by Princess Xuan. Feng Qi firmly believes in his heart that this woman has completely said goodbye to those bright days in the past.

Out of respect and respect for Zhinan, he never told her the story of the days of Ningxin Pavilion. But he never thought that today's Zhinan would be able to take him to sit in front of the most prosperous building in the market of the Great Zhou Dynasty, eating a bowl of simple wontons, and to tell himself the previous story.

He raised his eyes to look at Zhinan, who had a beautiful side face facing him, and there were slight tears in his eyes. He didn't know what she was thinking in her heart at this time.

Feng Qi put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to Zhinan, "If the girl is willing to talk to Feng Qi, then Feng Qi must be duty-bound." ”

Zhinan held his cheeks and looked at the Ningxin Pavilion where people came and went in an endless stream in the past, but now it is already empty. She knew that the mother of the Heart Pavilion that night was taken to the palace by Gonggong Li to make an example of herself. But she never imagined that this Condensing Heart Pavilion could be dilapidated into such a miserable state overnight.

Behind the heavy gate of the past, there was a fairyland in the minds of beautiful men, but now, I don't know what happened, the door that opened Elysium has become a pile of broken wood, covered with scars from the hammer of an axe. Looking through the gaps, you can vaguely see the smashed stage and the drained man-made river.

She heard the words of Fengqi in her ear. came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Fengqi. Good-looking smiled and said to him, "Then Zhinan is going to tell Feng Qi a long story." ”

Feng Qi asked the store for another pot of tea, poured a cup for Zhinan, and nodded.

Zhinan picked up the warm teacup and took a sip carefully, although this tea is not as mellow as the tea leaves in the Xuanwang Mansion and Yongbao Pavilion, it is a familiar taste.

With the familiar taste in her mouth, Zhinan recalled the memories of the past, she cleared her throat, and said, "In the past, I was the daughter of a merchant's family, and our ancestors have been salt merchants in the market for generations. ”

Feng Qi raised his eyebrows, there are many legends about Xiwen in Ningxin Pavilion, there are many in the rivers and lakes, some say that she is the illegitimate daughter of Ningxin Pavilion's mother, some say that she is a fairy who went down to earth to go through disasters, and even say that Zhinan is the god of heaven who traveled to the world. Over the years, all kinds of statements about Xiwen's life experience, above the rivers and lakes, are really varied, but only this is from Zhinan's own mouth, I have never heard it.

He also felt novel, and looking at Zhinan's serious face, he was too embarrassed to disturb, so he could only nod and continue to listen.

Zhinan continued, "Later, in my father's generation, it was just in time for the rectification of the salt merchants in the market, and the salt of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty became official salt, which was controlled by the imperial court. Then my family had no choice but to put away this stall, and with the money from selling salt over the years, I opened a fabric shop in this market. ”

"In the first few years, the fabric shop business was still good, when I was just in the family, I still remember when I was very young, crawling on all kinds of fresh color fabrics, those cotton silk segments, I still have a familiar touch on my fingertips. I think that the fact that I was able to learn a good embroidery art later on was also related to that experience when I was a child. Zhinan held his cheeks and recalled with a happy face.

She frowned, and continued, "Later, when I grew up, although my mother was a woman who had never read a book, her thinking was still a little different from that of other women in the market, and she always found some ladies and ladies who often bought fabrics in my house to teach me piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. When I was a child, I was also very cute and pitiful, so many people were willing to spend time with me, plus maybe I really had some talent, and I learned quickly. ”

"But the good times didn't last long, and one year my father went out to deliver cloth to a large family, and I remember that it was a night when the sun had just set. I don't know which family is so anxious, I have to use it at night, my father has no choice, after dinner at home, he went out with the fabric. I was left at home with my mother. ”

"Unexpectedly, when my father didn't come back, for some reason, the family suddenly went to the water, the fire was very big, we lived in the back of the shop, my mother saw that the fabrics in the front shop were burning, those were the fabrics that our family wanted to eat, I still remember that my mother placed me at home, and I rushed into the shop alone, and never came out."

Speaking of this, Zhinan couldn't help but choke up a few times. Fengqi listened attentively, he didn't expect Zhinan to experience such a big change when he was a child. He carefully took out his spare handkerchief, handed it to Zhinan, and asked Zhinan to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Zhinan continued. "When my father came back later, I had been sitting in the house for an unknown amount of time, and the fire had already reached the eaves of the house. My father rushed into the house and pulled me up, pushing me out with all his strength. I was choked by the billowing smoke and couldn't open my eyes, and all I could hear was the sound of the house collapsing behind me. From that moment on, I went from being a carefree and happy child to a lonely and penniless orphan. ”

Zhinan sighed and looked up at the clear blue sky, as if remembering his father and mother who were killed in the fire. Feng Qi is a rough man, I don't know how to comfort Zhinan, I can only pat her on the shoulder, and say to her, "Miss Zhinan, the two of us are also connected by the same fate, when I was young, I was also an orphan, living a helpless and lonely life." ”

Zhinan listened to Fengqi and learned his own words to speak and comfort himself, and couldn't help but feel very funny in his heart for a while, and laughed.