The two went all the way to the west, and unconsciously came to the ferry port they had visited during the Spring Festival.

The shade of the trees is flocking, the birds are singing, and there are no pear blossoms like snow, but the pears hanging on the branches are lovely.

He turned and placed a snow-white object in her palm. Xia Qian looked down, and her palm-sized smiling face was wrinkled.

This is the hairpin without white begonia that he gave her, but when she was enjoying the lotus in Wancheng, she had already arrived at the flower seller. The thing is in his hand, which means that he has been following her all the time when he was enjoying the flowers in the hibiscus pool.

Huo Zun stood on the ferry, looking across the river, and did not mention the matter of Wancheng, nor did he tell her that when he left from the Red Old Immortal, he quietly followed her, but talked about the events of many years ago lightly:

"Fifteen years ago, Nankang attacked Mengxun City in Zhongyi overnight, and in just one month, Jinkuo City and Wancheng were lost one after another. The founding generalissimo Xu Lian urgently dispatched troops and sent troops to southern Xinjiang with 100,000 dead soldiers. At that time, Zhongyi was plagued by natural disasters for many years, the plague spread, and the other party was like a bamboo, and after entering my Zhongyi, he went all the way north to Qinglong City, and this battle was extremely cruel, and a dozen was eight years. After the mountains and rivers were recovered, although the seven cities of Nankang were captured, none of the 100,000 people who went there at the beginning survived! ”

Xia Qian looked at her in surprise and asked puzzledly, "Doesn't Jinkuo City belong to Nankang now?" And Mengxun City, also in Nankang? These were all Zhongyi cities before? ”

At the end of the battle, not only did they recover these three cities, but they also forced Nankang to cede the city and give up the land. It's a pity that a change turned all this upside down, and Jinkuo City and Mengxun City were all given to Nankang as gifts! ”

Huo Zun's eyes were slightly red, and he sighed lightly as he looked at the rolling Void River.

Hearing the "change", Xia Qian couldn't help but say a few words, but the other party looked ahead and did not return to her words.

After coming here for a year, Xia Qian knew that the current emperor had been on the throne for seven years, and the throne was passed down by his brother-in-law. The previous emperor died of illness, because he had no son, and he did not have a crown prince during his lifetime, so it was logical for his brother-in-law to become the new emperor.

It's just that after the new emperor ascended the throne, he was often assassinated, and Yu Nuan and Bai Bing said that his throne was very unstable, and half of the Huo family's status was trampled on the blood of loyal generals. But the two of them have only heard about it, and no one can say the inside story.

Huo Zun's demeanor obviously knew everything, but Xia Qian knew that the other party would not tell him. These old things must have nothing to do with her, so she didn't bother to ask again.

"Let's go!"

Huo Zun withdrew his gaze that fell on the river and continued to walk west with her.

Xia Qian thought that further west would be a wilderness, or a well-cultivated forest, but she didn't expect that in less than a mile, she came to a red and green corresponding flower bush.

This tree is green and quiet, the shape is beautiful, the flowers and leaves are elegant and strange, and the pink velvet is fragrant and fragrant, which makes people feel comfortable.

Her surprised eyes showed joy, and she asked puzzledly, "Hehuan?" How can there be so many acacia flowers here? ”

"This was planted by the families of those soldiers who went south seven years ago, at the end of the Nankang War. Although many soldiers will never come back, everyone's wish is the same - the world is peaceful, and husbands and wives stay together. Thirteen years ago, my father was transferred to the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, and I stayed at that pear blossom ferry all day long, hoping for him to come back. Seven years ago, when the world was first decided, my father became the general of the town and country admired by thousands of people, but I often stayed under this acacia tree and thought about his figure! ”

Feeling the helplessness and sadness in the other party's tone, Xia Qian was stunned and asked carefully, "You...... Is there any misunderstanding between me and my father? ”

"There's no misunderstanding, he's a good father, but not a good general!"

Huo Zun replied lightly, so that Xia Qian didn't know what to say for a while. She knows a little bit about his temperament, and if she says something wrong, she doesn't know how much trouble she will bring to herself!

He sat down on a long stone bench, looking at the acacia flowers swaying in the wind above his head, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes: "Now that the situation is chaotic, Simon has many soldiers and plenty of grain and grass, and Nankang is full of wings and ready to go, if it really fights, I don't know how many wives and wives in the world will be scattered, and the violent corpses will be in the wilderness?" ”

Xia Qian looked at him in a daze, as if she had suddenly figured out the root of Lin's illness. Her husband has been fighting for many years, her son is not by her side, and lovesickness and anxiety spread like a dark night, eating her heart as a wife and mother for many years.

Although his deception and concealment made her unforgivable, she paralyzed herself everywhere and did not want to admit her feelings for him, but thinking of the uncertain life and death of Ju Shao in the future, Xia Qian's heart was still pinched by a pair of invisible big hands, and gradually mentioned in the air.

"If it really starts, the only ones that can fight in the Yi Kingdom are the Qingtian King's Mansion and the General's Mansion, with Nankang and Simon in front and a bare back in the back, the General's Mansion will definitely fight, right?"

As soon as the words came out, she regretted it again.

The General's Mansion does not rely on military exploits, how can it gain a foothold? Although the Heavenly King's Mansion is powerful and powerful, when it comes to fighting, it is not vulnerable at all. The reason why the emperor has the word "respect" is not how noble he is, but that his cheap life can protect the royal family.

She subconsciously clenched her fists, telling herself that she had no past with him, let alone a future, and that the person he wanted to marry was always herself. If he was a sign, he would definitely not experience this kind of mood of the Lin family.

"If there is a real fight, the General's Mansion will definitely bear the brunt, and all the Huo family troops will have to go to the battlefield, and none of them will be unable to pull down!" His gaze fell on her face and he said calmly.

"Oh!"

"Oh?" He raised his eyebrows and looked at her unwillingly, "Your husband is going to the battlefield, and the years have passed, and the horse leather shroud may not be able to be returned, so you only have one word—oh?" ”

Xia Qian glanced at him, turned his gaze and landed on a dense cluster of acacia branches, thought for a while and said, "If you come back alive, I will send you a jar of acacia wine to drink!" ”

"The situation in this battle is complicated, the other party is prepared, your Hehuan wine is too late!"

Too late? Xia Qian had a short circuit in her mind for a moment. She brews a jar of wine for as little as three months and as much as two years. What does it mean to be too late? I can't come back, or I'm going to leave in less than three months.

Staring at the acacia, her lips pursed into a straight line.

The blue sky set off the green leaves and red flowers of the tree very beautifully, and she remembered the bowl of shou noodles he made at her birthday party.

The bowl is a jade bowl designed by him himself, with twelve acacia flowers carved along the natural colors, and the longevity noodles and matching inside are all made by him. They each ate half of the bowl of longevity, which means that they will share the blessing and longevity, and invite each other into their lives.

How happy the dream is, how cruel the reality is. She jumped into the river, he went to the battlefield, and in the final analysis, it was life and death. It's just that he changed the angle, he left, and she stayed in Qinglong City, looking at this familiar and unfamiliar place, in a daze, missing.

His eyes fell on her, his fingers casually tapped on the stone bench, and said leisurely: "Because of you, I have been driven out of the Huo family's army." As long as the enemy country does not attack Qinglong City, even if it is a disturbance outside, it has nothing to do with me! ”

She turned around, a ripple appeared in her moist watery eyes, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face when she met his determined eyes.

A gust of wind blew, and a few flowers fell in the wind, and the velvet acacia flowers made a few bends in the air, and two of them landed right on her head.

The pink filigree and pale yellow stamens match her light pink dress perfectly, setting off her pearl-colored skin more moist and delicate. At the age of fifteen, she has become more delicate and moist than when she first married her, with jade bones and ice posture, with both the tenderness of delicate flowers and water, and the vitality of Tingting and jade.

Huo Zun sat on the stone bench and watched her trance-stricken for a while.

"You...... Is that true? ”

She was stunned for a moment, and in a trance she remembered that he had said something similar once. It was when Situ Jun and Tuoba Jin fell in love with each other that Huo Zun said that he attacked Chibei not all for the sake of his achievements, and that if Chibei fought with Zhongyi in the future, he would not necessarily go on an expedition.

At that time, she only listened to it as a joke, but she didn't expect that now that the South Zombie is in crisis, he really won't fight.

He came back to his senses, stepped forward and removed the flower that had fallen on top of her head, looked at it carefully, and tied her in a bun.

"I won't fight, I'm only guarding Qinglong City, guarding you!"

"However, what if the emperor orders you to return to the Huo family army and order you to fight?"

He chuckled, took her into his arms, and said with a bright smile: "I am more familiar with Qinglong City than him, and it is not difficult to take you to hide in a place where they can't find it!" ”

"Deserter!" Xia Qianjiao glanced at him with a smile, "You said it yourself, don't regret it when the time comes!" ”

"Acacia leaves fall into the plane tree, and the mandarin duck flies on its back! I can't bear you, and I can't stand this lovesickness, so I'm willing to be a deserter! ”