He silently walked along the stone pavement of the town, which was a little gray, and now it was late autumn and the trees on the hill were sparse. He felt that his mood matched the town, and his mood was also gray, gray as he had never been.

"Give."

A flask was handed in front of her, and the girl's eyes were full of nervous anticipation.

He reached out and took it, and continued on his way.

The girl caught up and said, "There is no poison in the wine, I just bought it in the wine shop on the street." ”

He did not speak, and walked along the stone path, gradually out of the street, and there were two paths, one to the village, where there were low mountains, and the other to walk up the river embankment, which was relatively open.

He chose the river embankment.

Although the local people are open, this girl doesn't seem to be a local, even if she walks casually, he should consider the impact.

He sat down under a dead tree on the embankment.

It is said that it is a river, but in fact it is not even a stream, the northwest climate is dry, except for winter and spring, I am afraid that it is dry here all year round.

"You seem to have something on your mind." The girl sat down next to him, and her movements were also full of the elegance of everyone's ladies.

He didn't understand, why would a girl with everyone's demeanor stay alone in an inn? But he didn't want to ask, he really didn't bother to care about the world.

He raised the flask and drank it to his mouth.

Halfway drunk, he lay on the ground and closed his eyes.

The girl looked at him, pursed her lips, and when she saw the flask he had put aside, she suddenly raised it up and drank it to her lips as he did.

It's a very novel feeling.

She's never been so bold.

The boys she knew were all delicate and elegant, like the one in front of her, who seemed to be the kind of person who should be hired to command the heroes in the battlefield, she had never seen it, let alone contacted it.

Of course, along the way to the northwest, I have also met a lot of unruly people, but compared with this person, there is too much difference.

She couldn't believe that she had slept in his bed all night last night.

She raised her hand to imprint her hot face, and in order to cover up, she raised the pot and took another sip.

Choked.

Huo Ying opened his eyes, really speechless. I've never seen anyone so stupid.

He sat up, stared at her coughing for a moment, raised his hand and patted her on the back a few times, and when the cough subsided, he stopped.

The girl's cheeks seemed to be dyed with a layer of red after coughing, which was very beautiful.

Huo Ying's heart moved, and he turned his face away.

The sun is gradually rising, and the riverbank is getting a little sunny.

The power of this ** stabbed his eyes a little painfully, and the mustache they didn't chase, it should have dispersed.

"Let's go." He got up and said.

"My name is Qi Yan." On the way back, the girl raised her little red face and told him.

Huo Ying hummed every other day.

At the door of the inn, Huo Ying and Qi Yan stood outside the threshold, unable to move any longer.

The door had been repaired, but now it was wide open, and there were a few smiling people sitting in the room, among whom was Cui Fu.

"Childe, I've finally waited for you. The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have something to discuss with the prince, please-"

Before Cui Fu finished speaking, Huo Ying dragged the stunned Qi Yan and disappeared with a swish!

Cui Fu opened his mouth wide and froze there.

"It's all your fault!" Liao Zhuo glanced at him angrily, and raised his legs to catch up.

"Blame me too?" Cui Fu pointed to his nose and followed with his legs, shouting as he ran: "Who the hell dragged me here in the first place?" At this point, you come to blame me again, am I a bully? Lao Tzu is not wronged by you, Lao Tzu will go back to the palace! - Hey! You're waiting for the for me! ”

A figure rushed back like an arrow, dragging him out of the door like dragging firewood.

When the sun set, Huo Ying took Qi Yan and settled in the mountain temple.

He didn't know what the people of the Jinyi Division were looking for him, and he didn't know what the queen and the crown prince were looking for him, he wasn't afraid of them asking for guilt, he was afraid of seeing them. As the descendant of the guilty ministers, he had no face to meet them. If it weren't for his grandfather's thoughts, there wouldn't have been so many things later, and Yin Yu wouldn't have encountered so many dangers, not only did he have no face to see them, but now the entire Huo family has no face.

"Don't be afraid, I'll be with you."

Qi Yan carefully moved to his side and sat down, and said firmly.

Huo Ying glanced at her face, and her mood was even more depressed. It doesn't matter where he goes alone, now that there is such a trouble around him, what should he do?

"Where is your home? I'll send you back. He said.

"No, I'm not going back." Qi Yan hugged her knees and said stubbornly, "When I go back, they will force me to get married." ”

Huo Ying was stunned: "You escaped from marriage?" ”

Qi Yan pursed her lips, "It's not all." But almost. ”

Huo Ying was speechless. The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, there are really women in this world who dare to escape marriage. But he can't wander around with her, can he?

He glared at her for a long time, got up, and walked down the mountain.

Qi Yan followed: "I'm not afraid, you are a big man, I don't want you to be responsible and I won't stalk you, if it's convenient for you, send me to my grandfather's house, if it's inconvenient, leave me behind, why are you in such a hurry to escape?" ”

Hearing this escape word, Huo Ying stopped as if he had been pricked by a needle.

He was a hero, and he never ran away from anything.

"Where's your grandfather?" He asked.

"In Hejian Mansion, the Cheng family in Nanyuan County." Qi Yan said.

Huo Ying stared at her expressionlessly, and she pursed her lips to look at him.

"Let's go." He said.

Qi Yan paused slightly, her tense face suddenly opened up, and she immediately lifted her skirt and followed up.

The slanting sun shone on the two figures, one tall and one short, and the golden luster was the same with the same steps, making them look both harmonious and compatible.

"Why are you alone in the inn?"

"I came with my second uncle, he went to the northwest to take up a post, I stole his carriage, and he found out far away from the river. Later, he gave the news to my third brother, I refused to go back, and when we were having dinner at the restaurant, he replaced the sweet wine in the wine dumplings on the table with spirits, and I came out while they were unprepared, but because I was drunk, I went to the wrong inn. ”

“…… Your brain is really white. ”

"How do you curse? It's obviously the third brother who is too insidious......"

Along the way, the voices became quieter and farther and farther away, and the afterglow of the setting sun was like a pair of gentle hands, sending them on the way south.

Huo Ying had only been to Hejian Mansion many times, but Nan Yuan had only been here once, that is, when Yin Yu disappeared many years ago, he knew that there were his old subordinates here, so he brought someone here to visit.

He bought Qi Yan a horse, reset a relatively low-key outfit, and it took more than ten days to reach Nanyuan.

After ten days of getting along, he has gradually become accustomed to her presence.

She wasn't as annoying as he thought, and even he privately felt that she was a bit cute. She talked a lot all the way, and he never knew that a girl would talk so much, and she was so stupid. If she encounters an injured bird on the way, she will go up to bandage it, and if she meets an old man with firewood on his back, she will drag him to help.

She was very lively, but not arrogant, very cheerful, but not rude, and it could be seen from her that she had received a relatively good upbringing, although the fact that she had escaped from marriage sounded shocking. When talking and discussing things, he will also have a relatively good point of view, and occasionally refute Huo Ying's "robber remarks".

These can see a person's background.

Huo Ying gradually had some indescribable feelings about her, she was so generous and not twisted, everything was made by a family, but he felt extremely comfortable and natural after staying in the barracks for many years.

He would start laughing at some of her silly things, and would take her to roast a hare in the woods at night.

He watched her applaud happily, and then quietly curled his lips himself.

With her journey, it doesn't seem lonely at all.

But ten days later, they still stood in Nanyuan County.

After leaving the Central Plains of Beijing for a few months, and seeing the fertile fields full of eyes and the hills with maple leaves red by the autumn wind, Huo Ying's mood was a little difficult to calm down. What he has seen now is living and working in peace and contentment, and the harmony he has seen, also has a part of his credit. He suddenly felt that he had not lived in vain for the first twenty years, and even if he never had the opportunity to serve his country from now on, he still felt honored.

In the end, he still loves this land, the northwest is too desolate, which makes people feel a little more desolate, perhaps, he can go back to the north and south of the big river of Dayin, take a good look at this great country, and finally choose a beautiful place, find an errand casually, and spend the rest of his life.

"It's the Cheng family in front, let's find an inn to change clothes first, and then you can go in." He dismounted at the inn and said to her.

Qi Yan didn't talk much all day, and when she heard him say this, she just nodded silently and got off the horse.

Huo Ying still opened two rooms.

Qi Yan stood at the door of the room and said, "Where will you go next?" ”

Huo Ying couldn't stand her eyes and turned around.

What are you looking for him for? They were just a pair of passers-by who met in Pingshui, and he happened to have a ride for her. They wouldn't have anything else to do with each other, he was just the son of a criminal minister.

He lifted his foot over the threshold and closed the door.

Qi Yan stared at the closed door for a long time, then suddenly faced downstairs and gestured.

The mustache downstairs shook the folding fan, nodded, and tilted his neck to drink the wine in the glass.

Qi Yan straightened her waist and looked at Huo Ying's room again, revealing a hint of complexity in her eyes.

Huo Ying closed her eyes on the bed for half an hour, and Qi Yan knocked on the door. "Huo Ying, we can go."

He opened his eyes, sat up, and opened the door.

Qi Yan, who changed back into women's clothes, was a little surprised when she suddenly appeared at the door, such a girl, if she doesn't have a good husband, it's really unfair.

Thinking of getting along in the past few days, I don't know why, his heart hurts a little when he thinks of separation.

He silently descended the stairs, still walking one after the other.

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