Chapter Twenty-Three: Return to the Xu Mansion
At the twilight, I returned to Xufu, and when I saw me, Sui'er was excited: "Husband, you are back, others say that many people died in the war between Wu and Qi this time, and your body has just recovered, but I am worried." Sui'er turned her head and looked behind me, "Where's my brother?" Why wasn't he behind? ”
Thinking that Xu Cheng's voice was more powerful and powerful, I lowered my voice and said: "Sui'er, your brother He Chun died in battle, and in the end he helped me block an arrow, and that arrow hit his vital point, and he died on the spot, I have already settled his body and buried it in a beautiful place, surrounded by mountains and rivers, birds and flowers, I think Mr. He will like such a place." I sighed deeply, pretending that there was such a thing.
"Huh? My brother is dead? Sui'er frowned, tears sliding down her eyes.
I reached out to wipe away her tears and comforted him softly: "Sui'er, don't cry, blame me for not taking care of him, blame me, blame me!" ”
"Don't, don't blame yourself, war is ruthless, and dead people are normal, it's no wonder you, it's just a pity that my brother is young and left before he established a family." Sui'er's tears rolled in her eyes, "My brother has always taken good care of me, and I haven't thanked him properly, but he left like this, I feel so sad, I feel that I owe my brother a big favor and can't pay it back in this life." ”
"Sui'er, don't be sad, you are brothers and sisters, why are you so clear?" I stretched out my arms and pulled Sui'er into my arms, "Sui'er, don't be sad, I'll be distressed." By the way, Sui'er, I have good news to tell you, I have been disarmed and returned to the field, and I will never leave Sui'er in the future, and I will always be by Sui'er's side. ”
I saw Sui'er smile and hugged me tightly and said, "Great! ”
At this time, a little child ran out of the house, pointed at me and asked Sui'er, "Mother, who is he?" ”
Sui'er broke away from my embrace, reached out to wipe the tears off her face, and smiled gently, "Xiaozhi, this is your father!" ”
"Daddy!" Xiao Zhi showed a childish smile on his face, and ran towards me with a jump, "Daddy, I want to hug." ”
Xiao Zhi grew taller again, I bent down slightly and picked him up, "Xiao Zhi has grown so big?" Do you miss Daddy? ”
"Yes, yes!" Xiao Zhi gave me a heavy kiss on the face.
"Daddy will always be by Xiaozhi's side in the future, okay?" I reached out and pinched Xu Zhi's little face.
"Good! Daddy's words have to count! ”
"Of course it counts!"
Sui'er immediately instructed her subordinates to arrange meals and prepare them for me to pick up the wind and wash the dust.
"Husband, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, don't be too annoyed." Sui'er Xu saw that there was no smile on my face, and tried to persuade me.
Actually, I wasn't used to living as Xu Cheng for a while, and although I got what I wanted, I didn't know whether to be happy or sad in such a way, so the expression on my face looked weird.
"Sui'er, I know, come, come, eat." I took a piece of mutton and put it in Sui'er's bowl.
"When did you become left-handed?" Sui'er's sudden question made me stunned for a moment, I forgot that I was left-handed, and Xu Cheng was not.
"Oh, in this battle of Ailing, my right hand often used my weapon for too long, so I couldn't even lift my chopsticks, and then I learned to use my left hand." I explained, trying to restrain my nervousness.
"Oh, that's right. I'm going to say how you suddenly became left-handed. Sui'er smiled and put a piece of mutton in each of Xiaozhi's bowls for me and Xiaozhi.
Sui'er suddenly said while eating: "Husband, can you take me to the place where my brother is buried another day?" I want to see him. ”
"Sui'er, I've already handled your brother's funeral properly, and that place is far, far away from us, and the itinerary is not very convenient, so forget it."
"Okay then."
After dinner, Sui'er brought a teacup and handed it to me: "Husband, please drink tea." ”
I took the teacup woodenly, I didn't have the habit of drinking tea, and suddenly it occurred to me that Xu Cheng would have to taste tea sooner or later, and I am now living as Xu Cheng. I recalled in my mind Xu Chengpin's words and deeds, and I followed suit, and there was no flaw.
Sui'er suddenly took my hand and sat next to me, held my hand tightly with her two hands, groped repeatedly, and muttered, "It's strange, why do husband's hands seem so smoother?" Shouldn't the hands be rougher during this battle, you see that the calluses are not only less numerous, but also less hard. Sui'er touched my palm again, "It's weird! ”
I immediately withdrew my hand, and in order not to arouse her suspicion, I held her hand tightly with my backhand: "Sui'er, we won a big victory in a short period of time in the Battle of Ailing this time, and we have not carried out any military operations since then, and most of the time we are still discussing things with King Wu and many ministers, so this hand is naturally idle, so the number of calluses on my hands is less, and it is not hard." "I immediately made up an excuse to cover up the past.
Sui'er observed too carefully, Xu Cheng has used various weapons since he was a child, and he has been fighting for several years, so he naturally has a lot of calluses on his hands, and the cocoons on my hands are only available in the Battle of Ailing, and Xu Cheng's cocoons are naturally incomparable, but fortunately, Sui'er didn't ask too carefully.
After snuggling for a while, Sui'er said, "You've been running around all day, and it's not too early now, I'll go get you a bucket of hot water to take a bath and rest." With that, she got up and left.
After a while, the hot water was ready, and Sui'er told me to take a bath. The water temperature was just right, I lay comfortably in the bucket, the tiredness on my body dissipated in an instant, I breathed a long sigh of relief, and sighed heartily, "Comfortable! "Physically and mentally, I feel more satisfied than I have ever done.
The fog was thick, and I vaguely saw a man walking towards me, "Who?" I asked.
"I've brought you a towel, it's been soaking for so long, the water should be cold, wipe your body and rest early." It turned out to be Sui'er, and she handed me a towel.
When I came to the room, I wanted to have a good time with Sui'er, but she refused: "You've been running around all day today, so let's rest early." ”
"That'll do!" I replied disappointed.
Sui'er leaned her head against my chest and reached out to touch my body repeatedly, "What about the arrow wounds on your body?" ”
"What arrow wound?" I couldn't respond for a while, "Oh, Sui'er, you're talking about the arrow wound left when you saved King Wu that time?" ”
"Yes, I didn't see any wounds on your body when I brought you a towel just now, although it is almost healed, but it is not even a scar."
I touched Sui'er's black and bright hair, and said softly: "After the end of this war, King Wu sent the imperial doctor to remove the scars on my body with a very magical potion. ”
"Oh, that's right!" Sui'er suddenly looked up into my eyes, and in order to hide my flickering eyes, I immediately lowered my head and kissed her eyes gently.
"Actually, I liked you a long time ago, when you were still a high-spirited teenager, I was immediately attracted to you, and I thought that I must be by your side." Sui'er said with a smile.
"I know."
"How do you know?"
"Sui'er told me!"
"When did I tell you? I remember only telling my brother about it. ”
"Didn't you? That may have been told to me by your brother, or maybe I was mistaken. I prevaricated, turned my head away, and pretended to look out at the moonlight to avoid making eye contact with hers.
"Do you remember one time when you took me on a horseback to play, but I accidentally fell off the horse, and you jumped off the horse to protect me and hugged me, but you were bitten by the rocks on the ground, and you still have a scar on your left shoulder."
"Huh? Remember, remember! ”
"Show me the scars." Sui'er sat up on the bed and ripped off my clothes, wanting to see if there was a scar on my left shoulder.
I pulled my clothes back on, "The scars on my body have been removed by the Imperial Medicine Potion. I explained.
"You're not Xu Cheng!" Sui'er suddenly said something that shocked me.
"Sui'er, what do you say?"
"I've been testing you, although your appearance is the same as my husband, but you have a lot of suspicions, I have doubts since you came back and said the first sentence, you deliberately lowered your voice to imitate Xu Cheng's voice, and the horse riding I just said was completely made up by myself." Sui'er glared at me angrily, "You are not my husband, but you are familiar with Xu Cheng's temperament and some of the things that happened, so you are definitely not an outsider, I guess, you are He Chun, I am right, Mr. He!" ”
I knew that I couldn't hide the matter anymore, so I grabbed Sui'er's hand and pleaded: "Sui'er, I'm sorry, I admit that I am He Chun, Xu Cheng died suddenly and violently in an inn, so I listened to the two wizards in the inn, did a disguise technique, and disguised myself as him." Sui'er, forgive me! I really like you, Sui'er, you know? I've liked you for tens of thousands of years, I've liked you since I first saw you, I've always taken good care of you, but you just treat me as an older brother. Now that Xu Cheng is dead, let me take care of you......"
"Enough, don't say it, since I am married to Xu Cheng, whether he lives or dies, I am his person, I only have him in my heart, and I can't pretend to be anyone else." Sui'er shook off my hand and continued, "Since I didn't become a human form, I just regarded you as a brother, and I really don't know how to get along with you in the future, in what capacity I should get along with you, I hope we don't have any more contact in the future." ”
Sui'er put on her coat and prepared to go out, "You can rest in this room today." She said coldly.
"Sui'er!" I cried out in pain, and she didn't look back, but walked out resolutely.
I lay on the bed, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, thinking about it a lot, recalling the first time I saw Sui'er, recalling that I had been by her side after I became a human, taking care of her, and the first Lantern Festival I spent with Sui'er......
In the dead of night, I walked out of the house, left Xu's Mansion, and left this place that didn't belong to me in the first place, hoping that Sui'er would be fine alone.