In the second half of the night, Zhao Yun saw the note. After reading it, he only sighed softly, and then put the note in his arms. The handwriting on the note was sloppy, and she must have hurried out. Is there something great that happens, and it is something that he cannot know? He didn't chase her, but silently prayed in his heart that she would return safely.

In fact, the burden on her shoulders is far heavier than his. He hopes that one day, he can share her worries and not let her bear so much. Even if she can't share her worries, she can't be held back.

There's not much he can do. But once she needed him, he would give it his all.

Xiang Xia galloped to Jingzhou, passing through the land of Hanzhong on the way.

It is said that Hanzhong was once controlled by Zhang Lu, who spread Taoist ideas on this territory and established a 'Five Bucket Rice Dao'. However, he later surrendered to Cao Cao, and Hanzhong fell into the hands of Cao Cao. But not long ago, a battle broke out between Liu Bei and Cao Cao for Hanzhong. In the end, Liu Bei won, and Hanzhong has been occupied by Liu Bei since then.

Xiang Xia had been on a two-day journey in a row, and even if she could eat well, the horse's feet could not stand it. So, she found an inn to rest.

She was going to stay here for only one night, and then she would continue her journey tomorrow morning. Hanzhong is still a long way from Jingzhou, and there is no more time for her to delay.

"Remember to feed my horses." Xiang Xia told the shopkeeper Xiao Er.

"Okay, don't worry, guest officer. Guest, do you want to eat something, you can't just eat horses, you have to eat some too. ”

Xiang Xia thought for a moment, "It's okay." ”

"Then guest officer, please eat whatever you want. We have everything in this store. Xiao Er shouted inside, "There are guests coming." ”

Immediately afterwards, another shopkeeper came out and greeted: "Guest officer, please come inside." ”

After entering the summer room, a man appeared in front of the inn. Since she entered the territory of Hanzhong, her every move has been under the watchful eye of this person. Today, he followed her here.

"No wonder the old ancestor summoned me back in a dream, it turned out to be for you." He curled his lips and smiled.

Then, he also stepped into the inn. And with a glance locking on Xiang Xia, who had already sat down, he walked straight to her.

Xiang Xia noticed that someone was approaching, looked up, raised his eyebrows, and said, "It's you." ”

"I haven't seen you for many years." The man smiled faintly, "No, no. I forgot, we met not long ago. ”

"Oh? Is it. I don't remember seeing you after that, Zhang Lu. Xiang Xia looked at the person in front of him unkindly, but he didn't expect to meet him again. I don't know why, in fact, she doesn't dislike cultivators, but she happens to dislike him, maybe because she had a holiday with him.

"Of course you don't remember, because you don't know. You were unconscious that day, how could you know? There are so many things you don't know in this world. Zhang Lu seemed to be talking to himself, and then asked, "Can I sit down here?" ”

Xiang Xia squinted to the side, "There is a vacant seat next to it." ”

"It's an old acquaintance, and today is another suitable day to catch up, I think I'm better to be respectful than obey." As he spoke, Zhang Lu lifted his hakama and sat down by himself.

Xiang Xia frowned slightly, he didn't expect cultivators to be so brazen. Also, if a cultivator has already lost his body, will he still care about his face?

Then why did he ask more, it wasn't too troublesome. Although Xiang Xia was unhappy, he didn't bother to say it. First, she didn't want to get into trouble, and second, Zhang Lu always gave her a feeling of talking to herself, so she didn't have to reply.

"Your husband didn't come with you?"

Xiang Xia was wary of lying and said, "My husband is in this Hanzhong City, but he has some things to deal with, and it is inconvenient to take me with him." He'll come to me later. ”

"Oh." Zhang Lu dragged his voice and did not demolish her.

After a while, Xiao Er presented the dish. Xiang Xia Wu picked up the vegetables and ate them, and said quietly: "I didn't order your share." ”

Zhang Lu chuckled: "I don't eat these, I have my own." He untied the wine gourd from his waist and shook it two or three times.

Glancing at Summer, there seemed to be contempt in his eyes: you don't eat these, how pampered and noble you are.

Zhang Lu understood what she meant and explained: "I only eat the rice given by the Taoist people and the vegetables I grow. Take a few sips of fairy wine in your spare time. ”

Xiang Xia no longer cares about him, thinking about eating early and resting early. She also has to recharge her energy to catch up with tomorrow's journey.

Zhang Lu opened the wine gourd and took a few sips: "Ha." ”

He stroked his beard and stared at Summer. Xiang Xia's hairs stood up when he looked at him, glared at him dissatisfiedly, and said fiercely: "What do you see? ”

"I'm wondering if you're going to do the right thing for heaven this time, or if you're going to change your life for others." Zhang Lu said with a smile.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm not talking nonsense, you know better than I do." Zhang Lu shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly, and said, "You do have the ability." ”

Xiang Xia didn't want to argue with him, and pretended to be deaf. She wanted to see what he could say on his own.

Zhang Lu didn't disappoint her, he muttered while drinking wine: "You are not a simple woman, I felt this way the first time I saw you." I heard that you fought against ten on the slope of Nagasaka, and you also participated in the Battle of Chibi, and you also successfully intervened in the later throne of the prince. It's not simple, it's not simple. ”

Zhang Lu shook his head and shook his head, he only learned about this after he surrendered to Cao Cao. He is especially good at talking and demagoguery, so it is not difficult to know some secrets.

"What the hell are you trying to say!" Xiang Xia was shocked by him and asked impatiently.

"I just wanted to remind you." Zhang Lu's eyes lit up, "Don't waste your efforts in vain and try to change your life against the sky." ”

'Smack-' made a crisp sound, and everyone was attracted to their eyes.

When Xiang Xia heard Zhang Lu's words, he was a little panicked and almost couldn't hold the chopsticks. She simply slapped the chopsticks on the table and said coldly to Zhang Lu: "I don't need you to remind you, you don't have to be nosy." ”

Zhang Lu shook his head with a sigh, as if he felt sorry for Xiang Xia for not understanding his good intentions.

Xiang Xia couldn't help but glance at him, and she fell into deep thought. It's not that she doesn't understand, it's just that she understands it too well.

She has had a deep relationship with her second brother for so many years, does she have to watch her second brother suffer misfortune. She knew that her second brother was in danger, how could she see that she would not be saved. What's more, it was she who pushed the second brother into danger, it was she who proposed to let the second brother guard Jingzhou, and it was her resolute attitude that forced the military advisor to listen to her.

Therefore, the second brother must not have any accidents. And she sensed that her second brother was in danger that night, so she hurried all the way to Jingzhou, not daring to stop for a moment.

How could her efforts be in vain. As Zhang Lu said, she is trying to change her life against the sky. She wanted to take the risk of taking this step, because this time it was the second brother, so who would be the turn next time.

Sooner or later, it will be the turn of the sub-faucet, isn't it?

And sooner or later, she will take this step, so instead of waiting until everyone is sacrificed, why not try it sooner rather than later. Maybe there is really a way to solve it, and she doesn't want to regret it in the future.

"You were shaken by what I said." Zhang Lu didn't care about his hot face sticking to the cold bench, and there was always a vague smile on the corner of his mouth, "Forget it, what do you want to do so much." There is wine today and drunk today, don't worry about tomorrow's worries and worries. Would you like to take a sip of my immortal wine? ”

"No need." I don't have this mood in the summer.

"Others want to drink my wine, but I won't give it to me. Even if the people want to taste it, they have to exchange it for ten bags of rice. Zhang Rubi gestured his fingers.

"Ten bags?"

Xiang Xia was surprised, this is too black-hearted. It costs ten bags of rice to taste a sip of wine, and who will do the bloody business. However, seeing Zhang Lu's smug expression, there must be a lot of Taoists who do this.

"Don't believe it, my immortal wine is not ordinary. After drinking my immortal wine, I have a chance to ascend to heaven. Ascension, you know what it means, that is ascension. Speaking of this, Zhang Lu's eyes showed hope, "So I drink a pot of it every day, hoping to achieve immortal attainment in my lifetime." ”

"It's really fake, you believe it." Xiang Xia looked at him with strange eyes, and he didn't seem to understand it.

"If it is false, what else is true in the world? If I don't believe me, how can I explain your presence here? Zhang Lu said in a deep voice.

Xiang Xia didn't understand that when he appeared here, he meant that he appeared in Hanzhong or in ...... This troubled time?

Zhang Lu stretched his brows and asked, "Don't you want to taste it?" ”

"I don't believe this, so it's better to keep it for yourself."

"Don't be in a hurry to reject me just yet." Zhang Lu waved his hand, "It is said that those who have attained the Tao or immortals, or can also be said to be celestials, taste a sip of this wine, and the color of this wine will change. Don't you want to try, or maybe you don't want to figure out who you are. ”

"These tricks of yours are okay with your Taoist people, but they won't work for me." That being said, Xiang Xia is really a little suspicious in his heart.

Zhang Lu is a very mysterious person, but she knows that he is not a charlatan. He really had a good way, and she had shown it since she first met him. After all these years, now that he was sitting beside her, she could feel more clearly that there was some kind of power emanating from him, a power that no mortal could have.

Maybe this immortal wine really worked for him, Xiang Xia thought to himself.

What works for him may not work for her. But to say that she is not moved at all is also a lie.

"You really don't try?" Zhang Lu shook the flask in his hand at her again.

Xiang Xia hesitated for a while, and finally took it from his hands. She leaned close to the mouth of the gourd and sniffed, as if there was nothing unusual about it. She looked at Zhang Lu again, as if she was still wary of him.

But Zhang Lu was like a nobody, and wanted to secretly use chopsticks to eat her dishes.

It should be that she is too careful, Zhang Lu himself drank so many sips just now, isn't it good to sit here now.

Thinking about it, Xiang Xia took a big sip of the gourd.

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