Chapter 174: How ruthless is affection

The singing voice is clear and the piano sound is curling. The banquet was filled with a joyful and relaxed atmosphere. But A-Xing's heart was cold and heavy. I can't take it easy.

Zhang Zhao stood up at this time, faced the comer, bent over, and said with a smile: "Lord Tongzhi, I am fortunate to be happy!" ”

The voice of the person who came was cold: "It turned out to be Lord Zhang, who has admired the name for a long time." ”

Zhang Zhao's face was full of smiles, "I have long heard of Lord Shen's prestige, in a battle with the Garan Kingdom, Lord Shen was extremely brave on the battlefield, and cut off the head of the opponent's commander with one sword, so brave that Wenlin (Zhang Zhaozi Wenlin) admired!" ”

Lord Shen's voice was still unwavering: "Lord Zhang is polite. ”

Zhang Zhao turned around, showed Ah Xing behind him in front of Lord Shen, and introduced: "This is Li Xing, a strange woman in Tiandu, Lord Shen may not have heard of the reputation of Tingsong Theater when he first came to Tiandu, and Miss Li ran Tingsong Theater at a young age, so shrewd and capable, it really makes my generation of men ashamed!" ”

Zhang Zhao turned around and smiled at Ah Xing, who was still bowing his head, and said, "Ah Xing, I will introduce you to the most brave generals of our Tang Kingdom!" ”

Ah Xing had no choice but to get up slowly, and she felt the other party's gaze shooting towards her like an ice arrow. She took a deep breath. Raise your head and look at each other.

A shiny armor tightly wrapped around his tall and slender body, outlining his strong muscles, showing a sense of strength. The long curly hair is tied on the top of the head, the contours of the face are still so flawless, and the fair skin may have turned a light wheat color because of the frequent battles, which adds a bit of heroism.

I haven't seen him for two years, Shen Yuanfeng has changed a lot, not only is his figure taller and burlier, but also his temperament, in the past, he always had a faint smile on his face, his expression was lazy and leisurely, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze, but now he has a cold and murderous aura all over his body, and his infinitely soft lips have become hard lines at this time. And those eyes that sparkled like sapphires were like frozen lakes, cold and cold, and there was no trace of temperature.

At this time, he looked at her quietly with this cold gaze, with this gaze without a trace of emotion, without surprise, joy, hatred or sorrow, just like looking at a stranger.

Ah Xing's heart was like being pricked with a fine needle, she gritted her teeth, stabilized her mind, and used all her reason to maintain the surface calm.

"Miss Li, it's a good luck!" His lips lifted slightly. Faintly spit out these two words,

Five simple words, indifferent eyes, and unfamiliar words, as if she was just a stranger to him. Ah Xing's heart swelled with endless sourness, and she lowered her head slightly, hiding her red eye circles.

Shen Yuanfeng looked away at Zhang Zhao, and made a gesture of please, "Lord Zhang, please take a seat." ”

"Lord Shen, please. It is really a blessing for Wenlin to be able to sit next to Lord Shen! ”

Shen Yuanfeng and Zhang Zhao sat down in their seats. A-Xing also sat down in her place again. Shen Yuanfeng sat in front of her side, without looking behind him, and never showed any signs of turning his head. He just looked at the song and dance in front of him casually, and chatted with Zhang Zhao next to him casually. There was a cacophony in the banquet hall, and although she was close to them, she couldn't hear what they were saying.

But because of his indifference, Ah Xing could easily look at him secretly from behind.

The lines of his shoulders are stronger and broader, the lines of his side are more calm, the color of his hair is darker, and the way he speaks is more cold, both familiar and unfamiliar Shen Yuanfeng......

Two years is not a short time. Judging from his expression, he seems to have completely put her down, and yes, he is a watery Yang Hua woman in his mind, what is there to be nostalgic for him? That's fine, that's fine...... He didn't want to pay attention to her anymore, didn't want to have anything to do with her, wasn't that what she wanted? But could her heart not hurt so much?

The man appeared in her dreams day and night, and she had fantasized countless times about leaning into his arms, telling all her helplessness and sorrow, but now, he was so close to her, so close that she could touch him as soon as she stretched out her hand, but she could do nothing but look at him secretly, and watch him get farther and farther away from her.

"Lord Shen, Lord Shen, can you hear what I said just now?"

Zhang Zhao called several times continuously, pulling Shen Yuanfeng's scattered thoughts back. He looked at Zhang Zhao and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, what did Brother Wenlin say just now?" Yuanfeng didn't hear clearly. ”

Zhang Zhao smiled: "Yuanfeng has something in his heart, why is he absent-minded?" ”

Shen Yuanfeng smiled faintly: "It's just because it's too noisy here, I didn't hear Brother Wenlin's words clearly." He picked up the wine glass on the table, but somehow, his hands trembled a little, and he took a deep breath, and his true qi was running in his body for a week. The hand holding the cup became as calm as a mountain. He lifted his head from his glass and drank the wine in one gulp, the hot sensation did not calm his mood any longer.

It's been two years, and he thought he had completely let go, but he didn't expect that the moment he saw her again, the surging emotions in his heart almost made him lose his temper! God knows, he used all the strength of his body to maintain his apparent calmness, to maintain calm in front of her, he really hated himself in his heart, but he was just a woman who regarded feelings as a game, why could it still affect his emotions? Moreover, when she saw him again, she was completely indifferent, damn calm, damn calm, was he really nothing in her heart?

No, he can't think about her anymore, he can't let her affect his emotions anymore! That deep pain is still fresh in my memory, do you want to do it all over again? No, she's not worth it! She was just a stranger in his eyes, a stranger who didn't even deserve to hate.

Over there, Zhang Zhao continued: "I'm inviting you to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting. ”

"Yuanfeng is only a shallow learner, and going there is just to sweep everyone's interest."

Zhang Zhao said with a smile: "Lord Shen, don't say that, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival poetry will be hosted by my sister Zhang Qingqiu, I hope Lord Shen will definitely appreciate it that day." ”

"Lord Zhang is very gracious. As long as Yuanfeng is not on duty that day, he will definitely go to join in the fun! ”

Zhang Zhao's face was happy: "Okay, a word is a certainty!" ”

At the end of the wonderful singing and dancing, Zhang Yu rewarded Kabuki on the spot, and after kowtowing to thank the Kabuki, they left in a fluttering manner.

The scene gradually fell silent. Prince Gogatai laughed loudly; "Zhang Xiang, your country's singing and dancing is really good, Prince Ben is very happy to watch it!" He hugged his pet Ji and laughed, and his arrogant attitude made the faces of the Tang State officials change color slightly.

A major war with the Jin State since the founding of the Tang State, after the defeat of the Jin State, it has been a vassal state of the Tang State. Every year will send envoys to meet the tribute, in the past after the defeat of the Jin State did not recover, all the words are very restrained, in recent years, the Jin State has recuperated, the strength has gradually recovered, it is no wonder that the attitude of the prince of Jin will be arrogant.

Zhang Xiang's face did not change, he turned sideways slightly, looked at Prince Gogatai and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't know, my Tang Kingdom is not only beautiful in singing and dancing, but also good at martial arts." After speaking, he stood up, looked in the direction where Shen Yuanfeng was sitting, and said loudly: "Lord Jingwei Tongzhi, didn't you just say that you wanted to use a sword performance to atone for the sin of being late?" Come up and put on a show now to entertain the guests! ”

Shen Yuanfeng stood up from his position, clenched his hands into fists, and replied respectfully: "Yes!" ”

Ah Xing watched him turn the table and walk towards the middle of the field, his steps were calm, showing a strong self-confidence, and also revealing an unparalleled momentum.

He walked to the middle of the arena and stood still, the lights in the venue shone on his body, and the metal pieces on the armor refracted a cold light, lining his handsome and indifferent face, and his sharp and cold eyes, giving people a strong sensory stimulation.

Zhang Xiang introduced to the two princes of the Jin Kingdom with a smile on his face: "This is the newly appointed commander of the Jingwei Tongzhi, because he made great contributions on the battlefield and cut off the head of the opponent's commander with a knife in the battle with the Garan Kingdom, so he was reused by my emperor!" Tongzhi's martial arts are outstanding, I hope it will not disappoint the two princes! After speaking, he looked at Shen Yuanfeng and nodded slightly.

Shen Yuanfeng first bent down towards Zhang Xiang and the guests around him, and then picked up the saber in his waist, which was a two-foot-long ancient sword, with an ancient scabbard and dull sheath. Shen Yuanfeng pulled the sword out of its scabbard, and a cold light flashed in front of everyone's eyes.

At first. His movements are very slow, like flowing water, smooth and leisurely, and the streamer of the sword body is all over his body, stunning and beautiful. But with the unfolding of the swordsmanship, his movements became faster and faster, faster and faster, his figure flew and flashed, the sword was like wind and thunder, like a violent storm, the light was cold, fierce and solemn, with overwhelming power and the momentum of destroying everything. And the figure in the sword light, tall and resolute, has a kind of courage that looks down on the world and stands out from the crowd, which makes people frightened and heartbroken.

Ah Xing looked at the familiar and unfamiliar figure in the field, and felt a lot of emotion in her heart, such Shen Yuanfeng is more shining and eye-catching than Shen Yuanfeng in Jincheng, such Shen Yuanfeng is the Shen Yuanfeng that King Jin is looking forward to, radiant and unstoppable, showing his talents and skills to the fullest, and giving full play to them, instead of being like in Jincheng, doing nothing, hiding his edge, and mediocre life.

Perhaps King Jin's decision was right, this path was the path more suitable for Shen Yuanfeng. And there should be a woman standing beside him who can walk this path with him. And she may really not be suitable to be the woman next to him.

The guests in the audience were stunned and admired by this wonderful swordsmanship. Except, of course, for Prince Gogatai. Gogatai stared intently at the thunderous figure in the field, his face cloudy and cloudy, and the cold light in his eyes flickered. His hands suddenly clenched into fists. Then he let out a long laugh, the laughter attracted the attention of everyone in the audience, and Shen Yuanfeng's figure slowly stopped because of this sudden laughter.

Zhang Xiangqi said: "What makes the prince so happy? ”

Prince Gegatai looked at Zhang Xiang and hugged his fists and said: "Seeing the heroes of the Tang Kingdom today, it makes Xiao Wang proud, and the sword dance performance is too monotonous, why don't you let Xiao Wang's subordinates have fun together?" "This is a disguised request for competition. If Tang Guo didn't accept it, wouldn't it mean that he was afraid of Jin Guo?

At this time, Prince Burtai, who had been silent on the side, suddenly persuaded his royal brother: "Brother Wang, today's happy day, the fighting is too bad, everyone values harmony, let's continue to appreciate Lord Shen's sword dance!" ”

Zhang Xiang's gaze swept lightly over Bultai, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Ge Jiatai would not take this royal brother who had no real power in his eyes, he frowned and said: "It's just to make fun together, and it stops at the point, it's not a fight, the royal brother is so bold, it's really not like the people of our Dajin Kingdom!" As he spoke, he ignored Bultai, turned to look at Zhang Xiang, raised his chin and said, "Why, Zhang Xiang doesn't dare to let the heroes of his country perform on the same stage with the heroes of our Jin country?" ”

Before Zhang Xiang could answer, Shen Yuanfeng turned to Ge Jiatai, his face was expressionless, and he clasped his fists with both hands and said, "Xiaguan is just wanting to meet the heroes of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

Ge Gatai smiled on his face, but there was a cold light flashing in his eyes: "The courage of Lord Tongzhi is really admired by Xiao Wang, but the sword has no eyes, Lord Tongzhi should be careful!" As soon as he finished speaking, a sturdy man walked out from behind him, his hair was draped over his shoulders like brown, his face was cold and hard, his eyes were fierce, and he waved the wolf's tooth hammer in his hand as he walked.

Zhang Xiang's eyes glanced at Bultai, but he saw that he had an anxious expression, which showed that he strongly disapproved of this competition. Zhang Xiang looked at Ge Jiatai next to him again, the latter's eyes were shining, and his face was full of pride, Zhang Xiang looked away without a trace and looked at the field. But he didn't notice a faint smile on the corner of Bourtai's mouth.

In the field, the Jin man walked to Shen Yuanfeng's side, and everyone saw the gap between the two at a glance, the Jin man was stout, his arms were thicker than Shen Yuanfeng's thighs, and he looked very powerful. Everyone's faces couldn't help but show a worried look, for fear that Shen Yuanfeng would lose to him.

The expressions in the field remained unchanged, except for Shen Yuanfeng himself, there were only Zhang Xiang and A Xing.

Zhang Zhao couldn't help but say to Ah Xing with some worry: "I have suffered, this Jin Guo person seems to be very difficult to provoke, Shen Dacai is a new official, if he is defeated by him, it will have a great impact on his future career!" ”

Ah Xing looked at the tall and resolute figure in the field, and smiled lightly: "Lord Zhang, please be relieved, Lord Shen will definitely not lose!" ”

Ah Xing has seen Shen Yuanfeng's martial arts, back then, he broke into the crazy crowd with the strength of one person, rescued the wounded, and took the people who fell into madness out of danger, no matter how strong the people of this golden country are, how can they be compared with more than 100 crazy people who are trying to survive?

After the two exchanged salutes in the field, they started the fight.

The two of them opened as soon as they touched it, and immediately fought together, Shen Yuanfeng's body was flexible and vigorous, and he saw the sword light swimming quickly in the field, like thousands of silver flowers blooming all over the ground, and the big man danced the mace vigorously, and the mace of a hundred catties was like a child's toy in his hand. The two figures opened and closed at once, and the fight was very fierce, but after a long time, the big man's movements gradually slowed down, but Shen Yuanfeng gave people the feeling that he was not doing his best.

Everyone in the Tang Kingdom applauded, and some even clapped the table to cheer.

Zhang Zhao also said happily on the side: "There is a play, there is a play, the people of the Jin Kingdom can't stand it!" ”

But at this moment, Ge Jiatai shouted loudly in Jin Guo dialect next to him, and the big man in the field heard Ge Jiatai's words, and suddenly he was like crazy, his eyes widened, and he shouted, the bones of his whole body gurgled, his face rose red, his expression became hideous and terrifying, and the strength in his body increased several times, he raised his mace high, and quickly hit him like a mad beast, the speed was as fast as lightning, Shen Yuanfeng's whole body was covered with the power of the mace, and he was about to die at the bottom of the rod.

The guests in the audience screamed "ah", the ladies were so frightened that they covered their eyes, and some even fainted, Zhang Xiang leaned forward, and his face also showed a nervous look, Gogatai was next to him with a look of excitement about to win, and Burtai next to him shouted in a lost voice: "Don't hurt anyone!" ”

And Ah Xing, who was so frightened that she forgot everything at this time, she couldn't help but stand up from her position, covering her chest with her hands, her face was pale, and her eyes were full of horror.

said that it was too late, Shen Yuanfeng's face did not change, he suddenly bent forward, his long legs flew up from back to top like a gale, and his toes quickly pointed at the acupuncture points in the wrist of the big man, the big man's hand was numb, the gathered power disappeared suddenly, and the mace in his hand flew out.

And the direction in which the mace flew was Ah Xing, who was standing!

Dahan's heavy blow, Shen Yuanfeng's counterattack, and the mace's release seemed to be a matter of an instant, and everyone didn't have time to react. And the power of Dahan's blow is very large, so the speed of the mace after it is taken off is beyond people's imagination. As soon as Ah Xing found herself in danger, the mace had already come to the front, and there was no time to dodge, but in the next second, Ah Xing felt that her eyes were dark, and she pushed herself backwards with a strong force, and then fell heavily on the ground, the mace crossed over her head and fell on the open space next to her, making a loud bang, and the hard bluestone slab was smashed out of a big pit by the mace, and the rubble was splashed everywhere, Ah Xing looked at the big pit blankly, unable to imagine the situation when the mace hit herself.

Immediately afterwards, Ah Xing found that she seemed to be pressed by something, she looked at herself, but saw Shen Yuanfeng lying on her body staring at her, her face was pale, her head was full of cold sweat, the horror in her eyes reached the extreme, the hand holding her shoulder was still trembling slightly, Ah Xing looked at him steadily, there was no expression on her face, but there seemed to be a thousand words in her eyes, and there seemed to be nothing. Their eyes were twisted, and the moment seemed to last a lifetime......

Then, the look of horror in Shen Yuanfeng's eyes slowly disappeared, and his expression gradually returned to calm and indifference, he took a few deep breaths, got up from A Xing, and gently patted the dust on his body. The lady next to her helped Ah Xing up, asked her to sit down, and handed her a glass of wine to make her shocked. Ah Xing took the wine and didn't drink it, just looked at him quietly,

Zhang Zhao said to Ah Xing on the side: "Ah Xing, are you okay, I was really scared to death just now, and I had to sacrifice my life to save Lord Shen, otherwise, I would have become a sinner today!" Thank you Shen for saving your life! ”

Ah Xing was stunned, ignoring Zhang Zhao, still looking at him quietly, she knew that she shouldn't be looking at him, but she just couldn't withdraw her gaze

Shen Yuanfeng was avoiding her gaze at first, but her scorching gaze made him feel that there was nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide, and his heart was restless, at this time, after listening to Zhang Zhao's words, he simply met her gaze and sneered: "The girl is in distress all because of Shen's carelessness, it is natural for Shen to save the girl, the girl doesn't have to take it to heart, just now she was in a hurry, Shen was rude, but presumably the girl won't mind!" ”

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