But then Zheng Yanyin remembered something again, "Princess...... I mean, Huo Yunqian, why did she say that she saw her eldest brother and recognized the county lord as her niece? So who was she seeing? ”

"Naturally, it's me." Xu Zhang said.

Zheng Yanyin was stunned for a while, and then remembered that since Huo Yunqian was married to Xu Hui, Xu Zhang was of course her eldest brother, and there was no problem at all.

But...... Isn't that just deception?

Xu Zhang's eyes dimmed, turned his face away, and said lightly: "If you need it in the future, I will contact you, and now go back early." ”

"I ......" Zheng Yanyin looked at him and finally came back to his senses.

Too much time has passed, and now Xu Zhang may no longer be as high-spirited as in the past, or he has new plans.

And she is no longer the ignorant girl who had nothing.

On top of that, she is already someone else's wife, a mother, and may soon be upgraded to a grandmother......

She should have let go of Xu Zhang's love a long time ago, just to see him in the mood of a subordinate, it was enough.

Zheng Yanyin stood up and bowed respectfully.

Just as she was about to turn around, Huo Cai'er suddenly turned out from behind the screen, "I'll go back with you, otherwise I'll be so scared." ”

"Would you be afraid?" Xu Zhang smiled and gently tugged his daughter's ear.

Huo Cai'er grimaced at him, "I've already told her everything I want to say, and she'll tell you when you talk at night." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly pulled Zheng Yanyin and rushed out.

Xu Zhang shook his head with a smile, looked at the screen over there, and inexplicably felt some gentle feelings in his heart.

Cai'er said "she", of course he knew who it was.

……

……

Behind the screen, a woman dressed as a Taoist girl sat solemnly against the window, the warm yellow light falling on her beautiful side face, and the whole room seemed to become quiet and elegant.

The children of the Huo family are either outstanding in appearance or have outstanding temperament;

If Huo Yungui and Huo Yunqian are both beautiful women with exquisite skin, Huo Yunju is better than both of them, and no one can match her in terms of beauty and temperament.

At least, in Xu Zhang's heart, the number one beauty in the capital was never Chai Yingniang, but the woman in front of him.

Xu Zhang stood by the screen, but he didn't dare to walk over for a while, for fear of ruining the atmosphere.

Huo Yunju didn't turn his head, but said, "I saved Cai'er purely by accident. ”

"Hmm." Xu Zhang's eyes brought a smile to him, and he was really duplicitous as always.

Only then did he walk over, sat down beside Huo Yunju, and lowered his eyes.

Without hearing any other reply from him, Huo Yunju turned his head and stared at his covered face, his lips moving.

It's been 20 years......

After all, she opened her mouth first: "You let Cai'er put herself in danger, is this what my father did?" ”

Xu Zhang still hung his head, "This is her wish." And......" he hesitated for a moment, and smiled a little helplessly, "she wants to see you." ”

"See me?" Huo Yunju was surprised.

No wonder Huo Caier, the child, always looks affectionate after seeing her, but ......

"Why?"

Xu Zhang's head lowered even deeper, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed, and he whispered for a long time: "It was I who leaked my mouth when I was drunk, and this kid remembered it...... Her mother died young, she was clever and eccentric since she was a child, and somehow she knew a lot of strange things, and she said ...... from that time"

The latter words came to an abrupt end, but Huo Yunju was aroused by curiosity and couldn't help but say, "What did she say?" ”

Xu Zhang raised his hand to hold his head and bent down again, seemingly in pain.

"What's wrong with you?" Huo Yunju stood up and subconsciously wanted to go over to help, but finally stopped.

Xu Zhang said something in a low voice.

"Huh?" Huo Yunju didn't hear clearly.

Xu Zhang raised his eyes and glanced at her, and at this time Huo Yunju saw clearly, his eyes were full of smiles.

Xu Zhang stared at her and chuckled: "Cai'er said that she wants to see what the woman who has cared about her father for twenty years is like, and if she can, she hopes to be that woman's daughter and take care of her father together." ”

Huo Yunju was stunned for a moment, and was almost rushed to the top of his head by a stream of hot blood, and stood up when he landed, pointing at Xu Zhang with trembling fingers, "You-you...... You shameless! ”

I didn't expect that at the age of forty, I would still be molested, or by a guy who is also in his forties!

"Ah Ju, that's not what I meant." Xu Zhang hurriedly stood up and reached out to grab her hand, but Huo Yunju retreated again and again, his face full of shame, and he was still reluctant to contact him.

Xu Zhang patted his head with some annoyance and stopped, but Huo Yunju really stopped, but still looked at him with shameful eyes.

How familiar is this scene?

More than 20 years ago, they were not like this, "Lang rode a bamboo horse and went around the bed to make green plums"?

If it weren't for the human life that stood between them......

Xu Zhang's eyes dimmed again, "Ah Ju, I know...... Now it's useless for me to say anything. I only knew ten years ago that you had chosen such a way out, and I had harmed you like this, and I came back this time to ......"

"No more." Huo Yunju interrupted him and squeezed the dust in his hand tightly.

She raised her head, looked at the empty beams of the house, and smiled miserably, "There was no fate back then, but now it is even more impossible." Prince Gongxiao, if you regain the throne in the future, there will be many young women waiting outside to be Cai'er's mother......"

"I already knew about this kind of thing twenty years ago!" Xu Zhang was a little irritated by her words.

Huo Yunju retracted his gaze and closed his eyes, "The Dao Law is natural, this will be the destination of my life." I wish the prince to get his wish as soon as possible, and then the poor Dao will chant and pray for the prince - or the emperor - to pray for no more suffering for the rest of his life. ”

Xu Zhang was so angry that his heart hurt, and he rushed over directly and hugged the duplicitous woman into his arms!

"You—let go!"

Huo Yunju hurriedly broke free in surprise, waved his hands wildly, and unintentionally ripped off the cloth towel that Xu Zhang covered his face.

Time seems to stand still in this moment.

The eyes full of affection and tenderness have not changed, but the handsome face that was once familiar is now full of vicissitudes.

Several scars were intertwined, and some of them could even be imagined how cruel and vicious the face had been scratched at that time.

Huo Yunju stopped his movements, but he could see those interlaced and mottled marks, and his hand was raised by himself as if he was disobedient, and he gently touched those scars.

Xu Zhang let her caress her, and his eyes stared at her for a moment.

Touching those uneven scars, Huo Yunju's eyes were moist, and he said in a low voice: "Does it hurt?" ”

Xu Zhang's eyes dimmed, and he didn't answer, he directly pressed her against the wall and covered her lips.

He waited twenty years for this moment.