On this day, Zhou Yu received two letters from afar at the same time.

One of them was from Sun Ce, who was committed to Yuan Shu's men. Since Sun Jian died and his family moved out of Lujiang, Zhou Yu hadn't heard from him for about a year. Sun Ce's handwriting is solid and public, but between his words is forbearance and grief and indignation. He's not doing very well. After the filial piety was finished, Sun Ce went to Shouchun to find Yuan Shu to get back his father's old department. However, because Yuan Shu was a villain who rebelled against his word, although he promised to return Sun Jian's old department to Sun Ce, he also asked him to go to Danyang to gather soldiers so that he could return his deceased father's old department. Sun Ce was helpless, but he could only follow it. He was bent on avenging his father, but now he was under the fence, and he couldn't even get a decent army. Between his white paper and black words, he is embellished with the bleak autumn wind.

- I know that revenge should not be rushed, but it is not my wish to be toyed with.

Sun Ce said in the letter. Zhou Yu didn't know that Yuan Shu was not a hero, but if Sun Ce wanted to be self-reliant, he would inevitably have to experience such forbearance and grievances. With Sun Ce's strong and stubborn personality, he can still bend and stretch once or twice, but if he is still not courteous after a long time, he will probably be unable to bear it.

Zhou Yu replied to him, and attached a newly picked maple leaf the day before yesterday, telling him not to be impulsive in case of trouble. If there is a coming day, I will help you.

Another letter came from Sima Xian, who was already in Beijing at the time to reunite with his father. When she opened the letterhead, Zhou Yu felt that she was still here, and the end of the world was next to her.

Sima Xian's words are elegant and delicate, no different from those years. In the letter, she narrated her life after returning home, from returning to Wenxian County to sharing her family with her father in Beijing recently. The three pages are full of almost everything she has seen and thought in the past year. And in the meantime, of course, the matter of mimetic characters was also mentioned.

- Zhou Lang, I shouldn't have exchanged letters with you anymore. It's just that this is the only thing I want to tell you anyway. I have asked my father and brother for a seal and called it "Jiayan". I don't like jade but like stubborn stones, but because you are like Jin, I can just get a glimpse of its beauty.

- If this word is mixed with selfishness, it is better to say how hearty this selfishness is, so that the eldest brother almost couldn't agree.

- I was in a hurry during the first month, and I couldn't take anything with you with me. Only the word Jiayan is a memory I left for myself. It's about you, and I'm glad about it.

"Jiade Yixing, Yan Ronghua. It's a very good word for you. Zhou Yu smiled and muttered softly to himself. Since she left, he has always wanted to write to her, but he does not know where she lives now, let alone what to write. In the past, he was a young talent who was easy to write, but when he wrote a letter to his sweetheart, he was so poor that he made himself laugh.

Just as Zhou Yu spread out the letter and wanted to write a reply, the door was silently opened at this moment.

He looked up and saw his mother standing alone in the doorway. Her expression was hesitant, as if she wanted to say something.

"Mother, why are you here?" Zhou Yu hurriedly got up and greeted him. If it weren't for something important, my mother wouldn't have come in person.

"Yu'er, there is one thing...... My mother must come to you in person. ”

Zhou Yu's mother was a dignified and gentle woman. She was born in a famous family, and she married into the Zhou family, and she is always atmospheric and elegant. Whether it is dealing with subordinates or her own children, she has always maintained a calm and dignified attitude. But now, when she looked at Zhou Yu, her eyes wandered, her hands were clenched unnaturally, her mouth was about to speak, and the pearl cui on her head sounded softly with the hasty shaking.

Zhou Yu felt that something was wrong with her mother today, but she didn't urge, just looked at her quietly. After her mother had been brewing for a long time, as if she had been mentally prepared, she hesitated and said, "...... Yu'er, my mother knows that Sima is a good child, and she also knows that you can't let her go. However, in the long run...... You're seventeen years old. ”

"Does my mother want to kiss me for me?" Zhou Yu smiled, as if he didn't take this matter to heart at all, "This matter is not in a hurry." My son has long decided in his heart that Ah Xian is the only wife in my life, and now I just want to work hard to clarify the world so that I can end this chaotic world as soon as possible. The love of children is long, and I don't want to take it to heart anymore. ”

"Then have you ever thought about the Zhou family's incense? Are you going to not marry someone for the sake of someone who will never come back? ”

Faced with her mother's eager questioning, Zhou Yu was silent. How could he not know? If he doesn't marry for the rest of his life, it would be unfilial, but he doesn't want to let himself down, and he doesn't want to live up to the girl he has never met. Therefore, it is best to delay the matter of marrying a wife for as long as you can.

"You just got divorced, and it was when the Zhou family was disgraced, but someone wanted to marry you regardless of their previous suspicions...... In terms of talent and appearance, this young lady of the family is not lost to that child. ”

"Suspicion?" From the cracks in her mother's words, Zhou Yu keenly captured unusual clues. A trace of uneasiness rose from his heart, and gradually turned into a dark cloud of doubt. Behind the hazy and gray color like fog, there seemed to be a thousand strands of memories intertwined, weaving into that familiar and somewhat unfamiliar figure in my mind.

I don't want to think about it, and I don't want to see it again.

The mother seemed to know that she had missed her mouth, and her fingers unconsciously covered the corners of her lips, but she still pretended to be calm and said earnestly: "Everyone is sitting in the house, don't care who it is, you just go and see it." ”

"It's Gu Yao." Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and casually pierced the thin layer of window paper like a cicada's wings. Yu Guang caught a glimpse of his mother's face with a little more embarrassment, but he still nodded slightly. He was disappointed. In those years, several families interacted with each other, and Sima Xian visited her mother many times, and she was quite fond of and loved Sima Xian. Back then, Gu Yao pushed Sima Xian into the water, and her mother was quite aware of it, but she never expressed her attitude from beginning to end, let alone blamed Gu Yao. In the days when Sima Xian couldn't wake up with a high fever, Zhou Yu, who was so busy, could only hear her quietly ask, if this girl really woke up and was hopeless, would he marry Gu Yao as his wife in the future. After that, he also consciously justified himself with amusement, saying that he was just asking casually.

At that time, it sounded like an unintentional word, but now that I think about it, it is really a little more cruel. Zhou Yu has always respected his mother, but he just wanted him to marry a talented and beautiful woman as soon as possible and continue the incense of the Zhou family.

"When you grow up, you should marry the right woman as soon as possible. The Gu family and the Zhou family are world friends, and it is really our blessing that Yao'er and her father and mother are willing to marry regardless of the fact that you drove them out of the city before......

As for who the woman was, she never cared.

Zhou Yu raised his eyes to look at his mother, looking at her saying these words as a matter of course, and there was really a little sadness in her heart. Mother's usual gentleness and dignity towards everyone is just a barrier to cover herself. He always thought that when he proposed to marry Sima Xian before, his mother decisively and simply agreed because she liked this child. It turned out that there was a person who was completely different from each other except for his family background, and the result was the same.

He didn't answer, just silently brushed his mother's shoulder, and went straight to the main hall, where he usually greeted.

Gu Yao was sitting inside, boredly playing with the jade pendant hanging from her waist. I haven't seen her for two years, and she is more beautiful and moving than she was then. Girls are always like poetry, and the more the time of youth is written on her face, the more charming and beautiful she becomes. Seeing Zhou Yu coming, Gu Yao's originally narrow eyes stretched out, and outlined the pair of oblique phoenix eyes with a pitiful demeanor. The delicate corners of the lips also rise, and only a little show of the face is a dementoring demeanor.

"Brother Yu!" Gu Yao happily got up and called, as if the unpleasant old past had long since disappeared. She wanted to embrace him as before, but hesitated at the look of displeasure on his face.

Zhou Yu frowned, and the disgust in his eyes was clearly visible. Gu Yao called him more affectionately than two years ago. But this title has always been called by only one person in his heart.

"You and I don't know each other, Miss Gu must not be like this."

Gu Yao's originally brilliant eyes dimmed in an instant.

"Brother, I was anxious about what happened back then, and now I know that I was wrong......"

"Wrongdoing?" Zhou Yu turned his face sideways with a smile and looked at Gu Yao, who was extremely aggrieved beside him: "If that's the case, you really don't have to come to me again." Miss Gu knew that Yu already had a place in her heart, so why bother. ”

"She's all abandoned you, what are you waiting for? Wait for her to change her mind and come back to you? Gu Yao hugged his arm anxiously, but was thrown away by Zhou Yu with a cold face, "Brother Yu, I have always been in love with you, why should you be obsessed with that selfish slut!" ”

Just this sentence was enough to ignite Zhou Yu's anger. He grabbed Gu Yao's wrist and pulled her hard in front of him, and suddenly the two were less than a foot apart, and the atmosphere exploded at this moment. Gu Yao was a little scared, obviously he was so close to his admired brother, and there was no one else in his eyes except himself, but he faced her with such a fierce and cruel look. His eyelashes trembled slightly with rage, and his eyes were like those of a beast that loves to bite. Even the snort that forcibly suppressed her anger could feel an almost burning sting when it landed on her. Gu Yao bit her lip and wanted to break away from his clenched hand, but it was difficult to move at all, and Zhou Yu's deep voice came from the top of her head:

"Gu Yao, I don't want to say it a second time. You are the one who tried to kill someone, and you were the one who almost killed Ah Xian, what kind of face do you have to slander her in the slightest? With your heart as vicious as a snake and scorpion, how can you compete with the pearl and the moon? If you're really interested, get out of here now. ”

"Zhou Gongjin, do you know who you're talking to?!" Gu Yao raised his head suddenly and glared at him viciously. Her proud and unbridled eldest lady's temperament is still difficult to suppress after all. Gu Yao always felt that even though she caused what happened back then, wasn't Sima Xian still dead? Since she is not dead, she is not at fault. What's more, Gu Yao could never tolerate being inferior to others, nor could she tolerate someone despising her, even if the other party was Zhou Yu, who was also the son of a family.

It turned out that in her heart, the status of the Zhou family was always inferior to that of the Gu family. She has been whispering for so long for Zhou Yu, whether she really loves him, or insists that only he can be worthy of her dignity - Zhou Yu may have understood it a long time ago.

Therefore, when he heard this, he did not waver or be surprised in the slightest, but the menacing anger that had come from before dissipated a little like a cigarette. Zhou Yu was silent, and he never let go of his clenched hand, but only looked at Gu Yao with a smile.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Gu Yao felt even more humiliated. Zhou Yu drove her out of Shu County back then, and she was as low as the dust at that time. In the days when Sima Xian was unconscious, Gu Yao came with suppressed unwillingness and resentment, but what he encountered was his merciless roar and expulsion. Now that she has come to Zhou's house again regardless of her previous suspicions, she thought that Zhou Yu would change her attitude slightly, but who knew that it was another cold treatment that made her extremely humiliated.

"Tell me to get out, you deserve it too?" Gu Yao trembled with anger, "That slut...... That slut won't come back anyway, it's over between you, you know? I can still look at you, it is a blessing that you can't ask for, why do you speak to me with pride? ”

"I haven't seen you for two years, and you're getting more and more domineering." Zhou Yu laughed, shook his head and let go of her wrist: "My mother too, so do you, one or two actually think that sincerity in troubled times is the least important." But even if I marry a beggar who is an exile on the street, I will never marry you. ”

"At this point, I guess you don't have much hope for me anymore. Sister Gu Yao, for the sake of your childhood, I will allow you to go out of the house by yourself. ”

Gu Yao's eyes widened, and her whole body trembled and stared at Zhou Yu. She rubbed her wrists, tears of resentment in her eyes. Vermilion's lips were bitten tightly, and the resentment that flowed from her lungs stirred up the gap between her lips and trembled violently. Looking at Zhou Yu's back as he turned to leave, the corners of Gu Yao's lips suddenly became presumptuous. She stood in place in an extremely distorted position, and laughed loudly at the corner of the eaves, and the laughter was terrible and fierce, like a ghost.

"Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu—" Gu Yao laughed as she pressed her palms against her teardropping eyes. Her eyes were red with blood clotting, and her whole face was ugly and distorted: "You're going to regret it, you're going to regret it...... What I can't get, no one can get. Whether you are good or she is good, you will all be destroyed in my hands! ”

Zhou Yu was startled when he heard this, and his steps forward suddenly stopped. As soon as the words fell, I saw Gu Yao take out a short knife from his sleeve and stab him in the back. He turned sideways to dodge, and in an instant, a snow-white blade light crossed his vision, followed by an unforgettable pain.

The flesh was sliced open by the blade, and the short knife plunged straight into his right flank.

Sima Xian's hand holding the teacup shook violently, and the tea that was about to enter flowed down his chin into the collar, wetting his dress.

"What's wrong?" Sima Lang, who was sitting on the side of the approval, raised his head to look at her, but saw Sima Xian's serious expression, just looked down at his suddenly trembling hands, and ignored the clothes that had been splashed with tea.

“…… It's okay. She thought for a while and slowly shook her head: "Shicai suddenly had a momentary palpitation, maybe he didn't rest." ”

"It's okay just for a moment. But if it's serious, don't hide it. Sima Lang put down the official document and instructed earnestly.

Sima Xian nodded, barely pulling out a smile that was not salty or light, but he always felt uneasy in his heart, as if something bad was happening. Outside the window, a bird hissed and swept by, its voice hoarse and sad, not usual.

The moment the knife was pulled out of the wound, blood gushed out at the same time. The bubbling scarlet liquid was hot and hot, like fireworks burning in the field, dyeing half of Zhou Yu's green shirt into a rusty black. He gritted his teeth and covered the wound, and blood slid down his fingers, making a dull thunderstorm sound on the ground. Cold sweat continued to pour from the corners of his forehead, and a few strands of sweat-soaked hair clung to his pale face.

Zhou Yu opened his mouth to call the servants in the house, but saw Gu Yao walking around his back in front of him without hurrying.

"You want to call someone?" Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and tears mixed with new blood splashed on her beautiful face carved mottled traces, "Don't bother. I have already asked my aunt to send the men back to the house, and they will not come out no matter what happens. After all, who would have thought of all this? Just like two years ago. ”

"What if you stab me?" Zhou Yu sneered, "If you can't kill me, you can't destroy me." The pain I am suffering now is nothing compared to the time Ah Xian walked outside the Ghost Gate two years ago. ”

"I'll send you to Hades right now!"

Gu Yao's eyebrows were upside down, and the surging killing intent made the green tendons on her forehead bloom, and her already distorted lips trembled violently. Why, why is it already so painful, and he still refuses to beg her for mercy? Why, even at this time, was he still thinking about that woman? Gu Yao held the short knife high with both hands, and the fingers that clenched the handle of the knife turned white, and the fingertips were even worn out of the skin. Her blood-red eyes were staring, and in her vision blurred by tears was Zhou Yu's mocking face. He was still smiling, so indifferent and cold, and between his clear eyebrows and eyes was a look of ornamental plaything.

Anger, humiliation, hatred. The three emotions were mixed with Gu Yao's heart, and she felt that her heart was violently swollen and painful, as if she was being held by a pair of big hands. The unwilling flesh and blood swelled out from between the fingers, trying to break the entire heart.

Gu Yao felt very painful. And the only way to end the pain is to kill the teenager in front of him.

She let out a beastly cry from the bottom of her throat, and stabbed Zhou Yu's heart with all her might-

Zhou Yu frowned deeply and sighed softly. Then he dodged and kicked Gu Yao's wrist with his leg, kicking the knife in her hand as well.

Gu Yao stumbled and fell to the ground. The delicate golden hairpin sprang out of her bun, her bloodless cheeks shrouded in the shadow of her tousled hair.

"Do you really think you can kill me?" Zhou Yu bent down and picked up the bloodstained knife, and his other hand was still covering his right flank, "But I'm shocked, you are just an ignorant girl in my heart, and now you can see blood without even blinking your eyes." ”

"I'll tell you the truth, my father and mother are dead." Gu Yao raised her head, and a few drops of rain falling out of thin air hit her pale face: "I thought I could be a carefree eldest lady for a lifetime. But who knew that just a few days ago, the remnants of Dong Zhuojun, who had fled here, actually targeted my family's money and killed my father and mother in front of me. Originally, they wanted to kidnap me as a prostitute, but I tried my best to escape......"

"So you're here and pretending nothing happened, and you want me to marry you to save yourself?" Zhou Yu raised the knife in his hand and pointed at Gu Yao, without the slightest sympathy in his eyes: "I don't want to do this, you are going to drag me to hell together?" ”

The rain washed away the blood stains on Gu Yao's face. With her messy hair on her cheeks, she gave him a maliciously smile: "Or else? You and I are friends in the world, and both parents intend to marry us. Now that my Gu family is in decline, can your Zhou family still be alone? Even if I don't kill you, the Zhou clan will not be able to escape this troubled world, and you will all die sooner or later! ”

Before Zhou Yu could answer, a sharp shout suddenly came from behind him. When he turned around, he saw his mother coming to him when he heard the noise. Seeing him standing in the rain with half of his body covered in blood, she was so frightened that she hurriedly stepped forward to help. Seeing this, Gu Yao had an idea, and got up from the ground in embarrassment as if she was struggling to the death, and grabbed the door while the mother and son were not paying attention.

"This crazy woman......" Before Zhou Yu finished speaking, he suddenly felt his knees weaken.

With a wave of dizziness in front of him, he fell straight to the ground.