"And then?" Mu Zifeng looked at the proprietress curiously, and vaguely, he seemed to see a bit of loss and haggard in her expression.

The proprietress took the wine glass and poured a glass of wine for Mu Zifeng, and then continued: "Then it was the month before we separated, and there was only one month left before the exam. I took him to my father, but my father did not approve of our marriage anyway, and broke off the father-daughter relationship with me in a rage. ”

Speaking of this, she poured herself a glass of wine, shook the wine glass in her hand, seemed to hesitate whether to drink it or not, and after a moment of silence, she took a sip of the wine in the glass, and her expression became more and more trance-like.

"My father would rather not have my daughter, than that I marry a poor scholar and ruin the reputation of the Nangong family, so he packed his luggage and left me to go back to Rongguo. At that time, I thought that even though I had lost my food and clothing, as long as I could be with him for the rest of my life, it would be the happiest thing in my life. After a few more days, Lu Lang set off to take the exam, and asked me to wait for him here before leaving, and when he returned in fine clothes, it was the time to marry me......"

Her voice was soft and heavy. Mu Zifeng suddenly knew that his guess was not wrong, so he spoke: "Are you waiting for him in Qingchuan Town?" When the list was released, seeing that his name was not on the list and he hadn't come back, I had already guessed that he wouldn't come back, right? ”

Hearing this, a line of tears silently fell from her eyes, "When the list was released, there was no other name on the list, I worked hard to keep Qingchuan, made wine every day, and didn't see him every day...... The peach blossom brew that was originally drunk with strong affection and warmth was unconsciously brewed by me into this peculiar forget-me-free wine. ”

……

Ten years ago.

"Bell-bell-bell!"

There was a deafening sound of gongs in the street, accompanied by the hysterical shouts of the officials: "The list is released!" It's out! ”

It's on the list?!

The wine seller in front of a certain stall heard this cry, and her heart jumped with joy, and she didn't have time to wipe her hands and close the stall, so she hurried towards the crowd.

It's been a few months, he's been gone for a few months, Nangong Rou is no longer the rich lady who was gorgeously dressed at the beginning, and now she makes a living by selling her own peach blossom brew from a small stall, and she wears coarse clothes, and she stays here just to wait for today.

It's out! He must be back! Where is he?

The woman pushed aside the crowd and forgot about the emperor's list, only for a moment, her heart seemed to be smashed with a stone, and then the stone that smashed into her heart quickly sank into her heart.

The champion has no other name, and Tanhua has no other name...... On a royal list, there are all different people's names, but no matter how she looks for it or how carefully she looks at it, there is no name of him.

No...... No way......

Her steps were a little unsteady, and she staggered a few steps before she finally stood firm, but her eyes were already moist, and the bitter, salty liquid that fell on her mouth was tears...... Why is it so bitter?

"Lu Lang." The woman let out a low cry, looking around but there was no one she had in mind.

"Lu Lang!" She cried out in despair, but why was it a buzzing sound when the voice came out of her mouth......

She crouched on the ground with some numbness, ignoring the strange gazes of those around her, and she sobbed silently, helplessly.

"What's wrong with this woman?" A man next to him asked a woman next to him.

"Looking at her appearance, there are two possibilities." The woman said solemnly.

"What are the two possibilities?" The man was a little curious.

"Looking at her age, it should be her husband who went to catch the exam, first, her husband was able to go to high school and forgot his hometown wife. The second is that her husband didn't get in, so he couldn't think about it for a while, so he looked for a short time. ”

Speaking of this, the woman covered her mouth and laughed, still not using the corner of her eye to skim Nangong Rou.

The woman did not suppress her voice when she spoke, but said it unabashedly, without missing a word, and it just fell into Nangong Rou's ears.

I saw that she was originally like a docile kitten, but now she was like a fried lion, she grabbed her neck when the woman couldn't react at all, and roared: "You talk nonsense! Lu Lang promised that I would come back, then he would definitely come back. ”

The woman was frightened by Nangong Rou's fierce expression, and she was speechless for a while.

"This woman can't be crazy, is she?"

I don't know who said this, and soon, there was a lot of discussion around them.

"She's not going to be a madman, is she?"

"I think too, this is a madman."

Listening to the people around her calling her "crazy" one by one, Nangong Rou suddenly felt that she would be driven crazy even if she wasn't crazy.

So she ignored everyone's mocking gazes, turned her head and ran out of the crowd alone.

ran to his stall selling wine, looked at the peach blossom brewed by himself in front of him, and in a fit of anger, knocked them over to the ground.

"Yo! It's a pity that so many good wines are overturned like this. An extremely flirtatious voice sounded in front of her. And with the appearance of the voice, Nangong felt his wrist tighten suddenly, and looked up just in time to see the squinting man in front of him grabbing him.

"Let go!" Nangong Rou shook her hand unceremoniously, trying to break free from the man.

But the man's strength is too great, no matter how much Nangong Rou struggles, he can't break away half a point.

"What do you want to do?" Nangong Rou simply gave up struggling, and instead looked at the man with cold eyes.

She knew this person, a ruffian in Qingchuan Town, who would come to harass her all day long when she had nothing to do.

"Don't wait for me so coldly, it won't look good." The man looked at Nangong Rou's bumpy figure, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva, "I know people in officialdom who can help you find your husband." ”

"Really?" Nangong Rou's eyes lit up suddenly.

"Of course!" Speaking of this, the man rubbed his hands maliciously, "But you have to serve me well, and I will help you when you are ready." ”

Hearing this, Nangong Rou's eyes were stunned, and she was silent for a long time before agreeing to the man, "Okay, I promise you, as long as you help me find Lu Lang, no matter what you want to do to me, I will promise you." ”

Hearing Nangong Rou say this, the man's expression became more and more obscene, "Really? ”

"Seriously."

……

"That's how you took that scoundrel's word?" Mu Zifeng felt a little inexplicably distressed about the woman in front of him.

Ten years ago...... At that time, she was not deeply involved in the world and did not understand what it meant to be sinister.

The proprietress sighed and said slowly: "After I was ruined by that scoundrel, I was ready to die, but when I was about to end my life, I remembered Lu Lang's words again, he said that he would come back to me, and he would." I've been waiting for ten years and don't mind waiting. ”

"Have you ever thought that he went to Rongguo?" Mu Zifeng whispered such a sentence.

"Rongguo?" Her expression froze, "How is it possible?" ”

Seeing that the hope in her eyes reappeared, Mu Zifeng smiled and said, "I will go to Rongguo after a while, and I will help you find your husband." ”

"Really?" The proprietress couldn't believe that the strange man in front of her would help him, but she didn't know why, but she had an inexplicable trust in Mu Zifeng.

"Really, you're just waiting here for news from me." Mu Zifeng pursed his lips and smiled.

Seeing Mu Zifeng say this, the proprietress hurriedly picked up the wine glass and poured him a glass of wine, "I invite you, you can drink as you like." ”

"No need!" Mu Zifeng picked up the ruthless sword on the side and stood up, "Since I'm worry-free, why do I want to drink this forget-you-no-worry wine?" I'm leaving, too! ”

After speaking, Mu Zifeng turned around and left without looking back.

Seeing Mu Zifeng's back getting farther and farther away, the proprietress refused to withdraw her gaze for a long time.