forty-two

The next morning, the two woke up from their dreams, both looking restless, but they hid each other and did not tell each other.

"In the south of the imperial city, there is Lu Yao Pavilion, the pavilion master Ruoxuan, there is spiritual wine, the name is 'forget worries', and it has the miraculous effect of forgetting love and hate in the heart."

In their dreams, an old man in a linen robe with a white beard and hair appeared and said such a thing.

Obviously, last night's strange dream made the two fall into a difficult choice......

Xiao Yuan got up and washed up, hastily drank some porridge, sorted out his hunting business, pushed the door and hurried away.

"Zhi'er, I'll go up the mountain to hunt, you are careful at home alone."

"Okay, so is my brother, everything is safe......"

......

After a while, Xiao Yuan stood at the door of Lu Yao Pavilion.

Going out hunting is an excuse, but in fact, according to the guidance of the old man's dream, he went into the city to find Lu Yao Pavilion.

was half-convinced, but unexpectedly, there was really such a pavilion, and Xiao Yuan was even more embarrassed in his heart.

After hesitating for a while, he finally shook his hand and knocked on the attic door, which opened with it.

After a while, the pavilion door opened again, Xiao Yuan saluted to the pavilion door, and hurried away, with a transparent jade bottle in his hand, which was engraved with the words "forget worries".

In the afternoon, Cheng Zhier also appeared in front of Lu Yao Pavilion, and when she left, she also had an extra "forget your worries" in her hand.

Two days later, in the early morning, the old man in the linen robe transformed by Jin Luan returned to the thatched hut where the two lived in seclusion, but saw a scene that made his heart ache:

Xiao Yuan and Cheng Zhier, each wearing a bright red and festive wedding dress, lying in a pool of blood, both killed, the festive bright red and the strong blood, forming a strong contrast, very dazzling.

The 355th sword mark was carved on the bloodstained stake, which is a year old......

forty-three

"Phew-"

The old man in the linen robe was grief-stricken, knelt on his knees, and raised his head to the sky and let out a terrible bird cry, and a trace of golden blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth.

Ruoxuan and Lian Xi quietly appeared behind the old man, and in the face of the old man's incomprehensible and resentful gaze, Ruoxuan sighed helplessly.

"Condolences. It's their own choice, and I can't do it. The current situation is indeed beyond my expectations. It can only be said that all three of you have guessed each other's intentions wrong. ”

......

Two days ago, Xiao Yuan took a step ahead of Zhi'er and found Lu Yao Pavilion, and was invited by Ruoxuan into the pavilion to drink with him.

"Zhi'er, she is really a very stubborn girl. Over the past year, although I have been giggling and laughing every day, and taking care of my life, in fact, these are all pretended illusions. Every day she would carve a knife in the stake in the courtyard, and every evening she would teach her martial arts, and every night she would shiver in nightmares when she went to sleep. ”

But she has always suppressed the hatred in her heart, restrained her temper, and obeyed everything, perhaps to make up for her father's mistakes against the Liao family, or to fulfill her promise to allow me to be his wife. It's just that the year will pass, and she will eventually fight with me to avenge her father's revenge. ”

"I came here to find you Gongzi, hoping to get the spirit wine to 'forget your worries' and let Zhi'er take it. It's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, if I can let Zhi'er relieve her hatred and die under her sword, I won't hesitate to do it. It's just that the feud between the two families will also fall on her shoulders alone. I know best what it's like to lose all my loved ones, to live alone with endless guilt and remorse. I don't want her to fall into that situation, so I should let her forget about me and let me suffer all the consequences alone. The wine glass in Xiao Yuan's hand had been crushed by him, and the fragments were pierced into his palms without realizing it.

"Yes." This was Ruoxuan's only response.

In the afternoon, Zhi'er took advantage of Xiao Yuan to enter the city to sell prey, and also found the door of Lu Yao Pavilion.

"In the past year, I have seen Brother Xiao Yuan frowning countless times, but he still accompanied me to pretend to be smiling, working hard every day to maintain the depressed life of the two, his father committed an unforgivable crime against his Liao family, but he buried his hatred and took care of the daughter of the enemy every day, and the torture of love and hate was intertwined every day, which was really difficult for him. I want Brother Xiao Yuan to forget his worries, forget me and all his love and hatred, and make his life easier. ”

"Yes." Ruo Xuan was still the only response.

......

At sunset, both of them asked for spiritual wine to "forget their worries" and returned home as if nothing had happened.

The smoke on the thatched hut has not stopped, and on the dining table, there are still two bowls of white rice and two plates of green vegetables. The two of them were silent as they thought about their own thoughts.

"Brother, tomorrow, it's the last day, let's get married."

......

forty-four

In front of the dresser, Zhi'er meticulously smeared rouge gouache on her cheeks. She finally put on the phoenix dancing sky opera cloud map wedding dress embroidered with gold silk for Xiao Yuan, which was the only thing she took away from Cheng's mansion.

The wedding of the two is extraordinarily cold, one kitchen cooks, one table prepares wine, and the bedroom is simply decorated as the wedding room for the two.

There was no master of ceremonies to preside, and there were no relatives and friends to celebrate, and after the worship ceremony in front of their respective fathers' wooden monuments, the two returned to the simply decorated wedding room. There was no sound the whole time, and there was oppressive silence all over the room, except for the occasional soft sobbing from under Zhi'er's hijab.

In the simple wedding room, the big red candles used in the wedding are lit, and the word "Xi" cut out by Zhi'er is pasted on the window, but it is crooked, and the craftsmanship is still clumsy.

Xiao Yuan uncovered Zhi'er's red hijab and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Zhi'er stared back affectionately, reached out to wrap her arms around Xiao Yuan's neck, and kissed him affectionately.

The two hugged each other and rolled into the collapse, and the clothes were thrown out of the gauze tent one by one. Inside the gauze tent, the two were naked and facing each other, and from each other's eyes, they both saw the burning desire.

In the dim candlelight, Xiao Yuan gasped heavily, looked at Zhi'er with a flushed face, and was at a loss for a while. Zhi'er laughed shyly, took Xiao Yuan's calloused palm, and covered it on her chest.

At the moment when his palm touched the white jade-like skin on Zhi'er's chest, Xiao Yuan couldn't bear it anymore, turned over and pressed Zhi'er under him.

In Zhi'er's screams and moans, the innocence and chastity that women value most have become a thing of the past.

The depression and pain of the past year have been vented to their heart's content in the crazy demand under each other's desires. Both of them are making their final goodbyes to each other in their hearts in a selfless and lingering way.

The gift of the cave room, in the wedding room, the house is full of spring......

forty-five

When the two woke up, put on their wedding dresses again, and walked out of the bedroom, it was already night.

On the dinner table, there were three dishes and one soup, both meat and vegetarian, although it had already been cold, the two still ate with relish.

This is the most sumptuous meal for the two of them in the year since they settled in the mountains, but at this time, this table full of wine and food has a deep meaning, as if it is not for the celebration of the newlyweds, but as a farewell to the leaving.

"Husband, please drink." Zhi'er's cheeks were crimson, the residual temperature had not disappeared, and she filled the wine glass and handed it to Xiao Yuan with both hands.

"Lady, please eat meat too." took the wine glass and drank it all, Xiao Yuan also sandwiched the chicken thighs on the plate into Zhi'er's bowl.

For the first time in a whole day, the two communicated loudly, and it was the only time. The table fell silent again.

The meat dishes on the table, Xiao Yuan did not move, and sandwiched them into Zhi'er's bowl one after another. Because when cooking, he poured "forget worries" and sweat medicine into it. Zhi'er didn't know, and ate with relish.

The sake in the cup, Zhi'er did not dip a drop, and when she pretended to drink, she did not show her face and poured it into her sleeve. Because when preparing the wine, Zhi'er poured the wine into the wine jug. Xiao Yuan didn't know, and the toast did not refuse.

Both of them hid from each other, so that the other party unknowingly took "forget worries" until they both fainted on the table.

......

At dawn the next day, Xiao Yuan was the first to wake up, looked at Zhi'er lying on the dinner table, and gently stroked her crimson cheeks.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, take me out of the city to go to the green ......"

"Brother Xiao Yuan, do you want to go out of the city to catch fish? I'm going to ...... too."

"Brother Xiao Yuan, my father gave me a very beautiful jade flute, ......can you teach me to play music?"

"Brother Xiao Yuan, you are the best, you are the only one in the city who is so good to Zhi'er, Zhi'er likes you......"

"Brother Xiao Yuan, is this wedding dress beautiful? Zhi'er wears ...... for you alone."

"Brother Xiao Yuan......"

......

In Xiao Yuan's mind, scenes of the good past flashed one by one, Zhi'er's sloppy play, Zhi'er's well-behaved and playful, and Zhi'er's smile slowly appeared in front of him, as if the old time had reappeared......

When the morning sun rose into the sky, Xiao Yuan walked out of his memories, gently picked up Zhi'er horizontally, walked into the messy bedroom, placed her on the couch, tucked the corners of the quilt, and wrapped her cold feet. glanced at Zhi'er, there was no sign of awakening, then turned around and walked to the wooden stake in the courtyard, kneeling on the ground.

"Father-in-law, I'm sorry for not keeping your promise to take care of Zhi'er for the rest of your life. But Liao Yuan was very good to Zhi'er, making her forget the grudge between you and me and her love for me, and also taught her self-defense martial arts and the big and small matters of daily life, and it was enough to live alone in the future. Father-in-law, you can rest assured under the nine springs. ”

"Liaoyuan will fight with his life, so that the Cheng family will get revenge. Although Zhi'er can't remember it, this is what she has been wanting to see for a year. Xiao Yuan smiled bitterly, swung his sword to carve the 355th sword mark on the stake, then closed his eyes, and the blade of the sword wiped through his neck, bringing out the blood mist that rose to the sky.

The body fell to the ground suddenly, the vitality in Xiao Yuan's eyes quickly dissipated, and the place where his eyes lingered was the direction where Zhi'er was in the bedroom in the house. Two lines of tears were drawn into the temples, and the corners of the mouth hooked up a smile of relief, and the vitality was cut off......

At three o'clock in the sun, Zhi'er woke up slowly, but she didn't see Xiao Yuan's figure in the room, and went out to look for it, but the bloody scene in front of her made Zhi'er fall into the abyss.

Xiao Yuan fell in a pool of blood, there were still tears left in the corners of his eyes, but there was no trace of life, and the knife mark on the wooden stake carved the 355th Dao.

"Brother, husband, why are you so stupid?! Zhi'er has decided to let go of her grudges, and wants you to forget the past, start over with you, and stay together for the rest of your life! Zhi'er fell down on Xiao Yuan's cold body and cried, she already understood that Xiao Yuan had not been erased by "forgetting worries" at all, he couldn't bear to face her sword, so before she woke up, she killed herself and complained.

"Husband, you wait for Zhi'er, Zhi'er goes with you."

Zhi'er swung her sword and killed herself, falling on top of Xiao Yuan's body, the bright red wedding dress embroidered with the phoenix dancing sky and clouds, soaked in blood, and became more and more red and dazzling.

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