Chapter 20: Affectionate Bamboo Essence Is Not Affectionate (20)
In the bamboo forest, Xue Lan and Feng Shan sat on the bamboo branches and drank wine, which was very interesting. The two of them are all equally skilled in martial arts, chivalrous and courageous, plus they are also good at drinking, and they have common interests and become friends.
"I said Brother Tao, Sun County Ling has indeed promised to retry the case and return Qiao Hao's innocence, but wasn't Qiao Hao arrested by Zhang Xin'er? Without the main suspect, how can the case be tried? Feng Shan plucked his ears, a little puzzled.
If you want him to say that there is so much trouble, he went directly to the house of the roe deer spirit, and he wanted to escape like this after killing three lives, how could it be so easy.
"Qiao Hao will be back." Xue Lan smiled mysteriously, picked up the wine gourd and took a sip.
How could a person like Qiao Hao, who pays attention to fame, let himself be infamous? If she wanted to run, she would have run a long time ago, and Zhang Xin'er didn't have to jump in anger, making trouble like this.
"I really don't understand you literati, you speak upside down, or drink happily, come and drink-" Feng Shan had a big heart, and he didn't want to know about these things, so he took another big sip.
After a month and a half of hard torture, he has understood a lot, he is no longer as extreme as before, his methods are much softer, and he also knows how to enjoy life better.
At the same time, another farce was staged in Zhang's house, Zhang Xin'er was wearing a white long dress, her long hair was scattered over her shoulders, and she had a pitiful demeanor, and her hands were on her waist, but her face was dissatisfied, but she was greatly discounted.
"Brother Qiao, you can't go, that dog corrupt official will definitely kill you Of course, I can't watch you die." Zhang Xin'er shouted loudly, feeling very aggrieved in her heart.
She has paid so much for Brother Qiao, and even did not hesitate to stain her hands with blood, isn't this enough? Her heart was on Brother Qiao's body, but he never accepted his kindness, and even blindly accused her. Could it be that Brother Qiao is still thinking about Zhong Ling? She's so unbearable, doesn't he look down on her?
Qiao Hao, who was dressed in a Confucian shirt, sighed, the Tao is not the same, Miss Zhang does not understand his mind after all, as a literati, what he pays attention to is reputation and reputation, if there is no these, how will he stand on the court in the future, and how will he stand between heaven and earth. Life and death are not important, he cares more about his reputation, not to mention that he believes that the sky has eyes and will not wronged good people.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if he dies for Jiuquan, he will never regret it.
"Miss Zhang, I am very grateful for everything you have done for me, but what you have done is not what I need, please let me go, even if I die, I will not regret it." Qiao Hao stared at Zhang Xin'er's eyes, full of sincerity.
Zhang Xin'er looked at Qiao Hao's eyes silently, from which she saw the prayer and the firmness, but she didn't have the slightest nostalgia for her. She suddenly smiled, tears falling down her eyes, and the corners of her mouth were indeed smiling.
"Brother Qiao, if I ask you a question, you answer me truthfully, have you ever liked me?" The expectant eyes followed Qiao Hao closely, and there was a fire of hope flashing inside.
Qiao Hao closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were full of determination, "I'm sorry Miss Zhang, Qiao just treats the girl as a sister, and has never thought about it." ”
Even if he had a heartbeat, he couldn't compare to the persistence in his heart, he and Zhang Xin'er were not all the way at all. What he likes is the kind of dignified and elegant lady, like Zhong Ling, not an innocent and lively little girl who needs to be guarded by himself.
In the future, he will have to go through the official career, with a virtuous help like Zhong Ling, he will be much easier in the officialdom, and if he marries Zhang Xin'er, I am afraid that he will not be able to go further in his career at all, and will only blindly clean up the back road for her, just like that Tao Gongzi.
Zhang Xin'er is really exciting, innocent, lively, beautiful and dedicated to him, but he is a man with pursuit and ambition, how can he let himself be buried in the backyard all day long and clean up the mess for others?
In his beautiful appearance, he is not vulnerable at all in the face of reality, even if he has ever had a heartbeat, he will never admit it, so it is better to abandon this relationship.
"Is it just my sister?" The expression on Zhang Xin'er's face was very ugly, as if she was crying but not crying, but laughing but not laughing, which made people feel sad in plain terms.
She has paid so much, done so many wrong things, and may even invite death, all she got is a sentence I only treat you as a sister? She's so sad! This was the first time in her hundreds of years of cultivation that she had truly liked someone like this, but what she got was such a sad ending.
"I'm sorry Miss Zhang, maybe I did something wrong to make you delusional, here I apologize to you, I hope there will never be such a thing in the future, we should not meet again in the future." After that, Qiao Hao arched his hand, turned around and left here, but Zhang Xin'er didn't stop it again.
What they didn't know was that Xue Lan took all this into their eyes through the monitoring function of the system, saw Qiao Hao leave without hesitation, and saw Zhang Xin'er's sad face, and only felt a little relieved in their hearts. Tao Xuelan has contributed so much to the love of the two of them, without the contributions of Tao Xuelan and Zhong Ling, these two people may not be able to go to the end.
Does Qiao Hao like Zhang Xin'er? I'm afraid no one can answer this question. In Xuelan's opinion, the reason why Qiao Hao agreed to Zhang Xin'er was nothing more than because he was moved by Zhang Xin'er's infatuation, and he knew that he and Zhong Ling had no hope, so he would push the boat along the river.
At the beginning, Qiao Hao just chose a decision that was most beneficial to himself, and the subsequent long-term love was an inevitable consequence, after all, how can people be ruthless?
At least the current Qiao Hao only has a good impression of Zhang Xin'er, but he will not make a big sacrifice for Zhang Xin'er, without Tao Xue Lan and other cannon fodder maneuvers, one person and one demon finally went to a strange road.
There is only one ending of love, but there are countless ways to love.
Somehow, this sentence suddenly broke into Xue Lan's mind, and it made her feel a little emotional for no reason.
Looking at the drunken old Taoist priest Feng Shan in his bamboo forest, Xue Lan sighed helplessly, and then stretched out her foot in disgust and kicked the other party twice.
"Who would dare to disturb the good dreams of this Dao Chief?" Feng Shan finally couldn't bear to be bothered, and got up from the ground, shaking his head and squinting.
"Fengshan Dao Chief, there is work to do, why don't you hurry up and work." The Xuelan folding fan shook gently, and finally dispelled the smell of wine.
"That's it? Brother Tao, you are really a god, the old Taoist priest will go now. "At the beginning of the closure of the mountain, I was still a little confused, and then I jumped three feet high and quickly disappeared into the bamboo forest.