It seems that there is no such thing as the dead of night in Chongdu City, and it is already the time of the lights, but the streets are much more noisy than during the day.

The main street of the outer city is always bustling, with ornate horse-drawn carriages passing through the crowd from time to time. The shouting and shouting of the hawkers were mixed together, and a few laughter could be heard from the street from time to time.

The merchants on the street always like to blow a string of red lanterns on the eaves of the buildings, and at night, the bright red silk lanterns sway gently in the wind.

An Ruofei and Xi Yan struggled through the crowd, and they were almost scattered several times, until Xi Yan gently grabbed An Ruofei's wrist, and the two were able to pass all the way. Even so, by the time the two of them returned to the inner city, it was already half an hour later.

Unlike the outer city, the streets of the inner city are almost deviant and the road to Se Le's House is deserted.

Tonight, the moon is like practice, and the white light like flowing water pours on the roof tiles, and then slides down in the middle of the bluestone pavement, and the surrounding flowers and plants are also happy to accept this embellishment, and every brick and tile is more misty under the precipitation of the moonlight.

"You have long said that the night market in Chongdu City is very prosperous, and I used to be always on Shifang Street, and it was difficult to go out. Today, I was finally able to watch it, and it really deserved its name. ”

"The outer city of Chongdu is lively, but the inner city is deserted," Xi Yan chuckled and shook his head, "I envy ordinary people very much, who can happily write all their emotions on their faces." ”

"Can't you?"

"Me?" Xi Yan's eyes were slightly rippling, and he was also stunned in his heart, "I have a face all year round...... Joy and anger are invisible, but also cautious in words and deeds. ”

"But I always feel that when you are with me, I can feel your joys, sorrows, and sorrows...... Maybe it's just that you don't notice it......"

"You're right," Xi Yan said calmly, "in front of you...... There really is no need to be insincere. It's just that not everyone in the inner city is like me, and there is a place to relax...... So naturally it is deserted. ”

"Really?" An Ruofei thought about it, and said a little sharply, "I always feel ...... They just have their own pastimes, and even if they have pleasures, they are always closed and don't want to be known, which is why they are so deserted. ”

Xi Yan agreed with this and didn't say more.

Before they knew it, the two walked to a very dignified mansion. The mansion looks like it's been uninhabited for a long time, but the stone lions in front of the door are still clean.

Xi Yan raised his eyes and looked at the mansion, stopped and said, "Do you know where this is?" ”

When An Ruofei heard this, he looked up at the plaque on the head of the gate, and said lightly: "I still recognize the words Huan Guohou Mansion..."

"No," Xi Yan shook his head slightly, his eyes seemed to pass through sixteen years, "I'm not talking about the present, but the past...... Sixteen years ago. ”

Sixteen years ago...... How could An Ruofei not recognize it, although the bottom of her heart had turned upside down, her face was still calm, "Sixteen years ago, how could I know." ”

Xi Yan glanced at the former Xie Mansion, now the Huan State Hou Mansion, and said to An Ruofei: "This used to be the Xie family, and it was also a big scholar family of Da Zhao, but it has long since declined. After the Xie family was raided, the mansion was also confiscated, and it was not until twelve years ago that the mansion was awarded to Huan Guohou, that is, my eldest brother. ”

For this mansion, An Ruofei is more familiar than unfamiliar. Because of this, she didn't want to take a second look, and the past couldn't make many waves in her heart.

An Ruofei looked at the mansion with cold eyes, and his tone was still flat, "Prosperity must decline, when the Xie family was in the scenery, they should have thought that there would be a day of decline." The cycle of cause and effect is the same for everything in the world. ”

Xi Yan felt that what An Ruofei said was very reasonable, and couldn't help nodding yes, "Many people understand this truth, but everyone doesn't believe it, they all think that they can enjoy a prosperous world for a long time, and today's Xi family, Situ family, Jing family and Qi family are all like this." ”

"Let's go, the place of decay, there's nothing to see." After that, An Ruofei left Xi Yan and walked first, Xi Yan glanced at An Ruofei with a little meaning, and immediately followed her footsteps.

"Don't you want to say anything about this Xie Mansion?"

"What do you want me to say?" An Ruofei was stunned in his heart, but still maintained a steady tone, "I have already said that prosperity must decline...... The decline of the Xie family is self-inflicted. These words are word by word, and they are cold.

"That'...... Why were you so calm when I said I was going to kill Situ Yizheng in the afternoon? As soon as Xi Yan's words changed, he directly changed the question.

"I ......," she couldn't answer, and when she opened her mouth, she pursed her lips tightly.

"Is it because you've thought about it yourself?" Xi Yan paused deliberately, and waited for her to think before she said, "But you found that you can't do it yourself...... You don't want to drag me down, but you can't do it any other way. ”

"What," An Ruofei met his gaze without fear, "You first talked about the old things sixteen years ago, and then mentioned Situ Yizheng, what do you want to say?" ”

"I don't have any ill intentions," Xi Yan's eyes were very soft, as soft as the bright moon and clear light, "but if Fei is a woman, there are some things that can be said, and there is no need to stay in my heart to make myself depressed......"

"Say it and do what?" An Ruofei's tone was cold, "Say it completely, and then hand over your life?" Although it is a question, it is already an acknowledgement.

"It's okay...... You will always live well. ”

An Ruofei didn't respond immediately, silently tilted his head to the side, and said after a while: "You...... When did you find out? "The sound was very low, very quiet, but it was very clear in the dark night.

"How did Situ Yizheng know...... That's how I know. But rest assured, no one else will know about this again. ”

An Ruofei had given up all her thoughts at this time, she only felt hopeless about her thinness, "Since you know that I am from the Xie family, why do you want to help me?" ”

"Help you...... Just because I want to help. His slightly muffled voice came again. Even if you don't believe that I have a sincere heart for you...... But today, you and I are in the same boat, and I have no reason to harm you. ”

"I know," An Ruofei understood that he said this, just to reassure himself, and he didn't feel admiration in his heart, "I just ......" she swallowed back her words and said with a smile, "Actually, I thought about it, I killed him, and then I cut it off myself, and everything was over." ”

"No, no," he seemed a little flustered, and his heart softened, "I'll leave these things to me, and you don't have to do anything." ”

"Hmm......" An Ruofei's expression was gloomy, but he shook his head slightly, "Although Chongdu City is big, it may not have a place for me to stand, if there is really that day, I hope you don't care about me anymore." ”

"I won't."

An Ruofei was silent, in the face of these simple words, although she could not hide her shock, she didn't know how to respond.

Under the moon, two slender figures walked side by side towards the dim darkness of the lamplight.