Suddenly I heard him laugh, I turned my eyes for some reason, and saw him staring at the firelight and said, "If there is any comfort in those lonely years, I am afraid it is my apprentice." ”

"Your apprentice?" I couldn't help but be surprised.

"During the time I was locked up in the stone house, only my apprentice would come over often, and he was the only person I could see."

He's saying...... Yuan'er. I knew that Zhu Gaoxu taught children a lot of things, but Yuan'er never mentioned apprenticeship to me. Whether it was the secret between them or the fact that Yuan'er didn't understand the adult world at that time, I had no way of knowing, but I heard the loneliness and resentment in Zhu Gaoxu's tone. I'm lonely because I'm too lonely, and I'm angry because I've never been to see him.

"Now my apprentice is afraid that he has grown a lot taller, what do you say?"

My heart suddenly froze, my body stiffened, and for a moment I felt as if he recognized me. But the next moment, I heard him say again: "Do you know why I didn't kill you even though I arrested you, and took you to Puzikou?" ”

"I don't know." ”

"Because you're a lot like a person."

My heart skipped a beat, and I didn't dare to answer this again. And he didn't seem to pay attention to me, so he said to himself: "She is also thin and weak like you, she has a very stubborn temper, she doesn't like to eat chicken skin when she eats chicken legs, and she grits her teeth and endures it when she suffers." ”

The hand I put on my knee clenched under my sleeve, and one could disguise oneself in a different way, but one could not hide some habits and details. I didn't even notice that I used to eat chicken legs and chicken skin, but I noticed it in the eyes of others.

Zhu Gaoxu paused and then said lightly: "But how can you be her, she is in that imperial city now." ”

obviously wanted not to answer, but couldn't help but open his mouth: "Then why do you still want to attack the capital?" I regretted it when I asked, and the tone was too urgent, not the perspective of a bystander. Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu was immersed in his thoughts, and his face showed mockery: "If you don't attack the capital, how can you let her know that the fortress she thinks is safe is actually vulnerable at all?" If you don't attack the capital, how can you eliminate the resentment in my heart? Don't attack the capital......"

He stopped abruptly and turned his head slowly, "How can you stand in front of her?" ”

I was speechless and stunned in that gloomy gaze, the purpose of his leading soldiers to attack the capital was all because of me? "You...... Hate her? "Regardless of whether I leaked my emotions or not, I still asked this knot in this situation.

He laughed wryly, his beard covering his features but not his eyes, and there was hatred in them. But he changed the subject: "You don't need to know. After that, both of them were silent, and the only sound in the cave was the crackling of matches.

Later, when the firewood ran out, the fire was extinguished, and the cave was not completely darkened, for it was already getting brighter outside. I almost didn't sleep all night, my eyes were dry and painful, and my stomach was empty.

I glanced at Zhu Gaoxu over there, and saw that he was sitting next to the stone with his eyes half-closed, and he was afraid that his broken head was inflamed because it was not disinfected. But as soon as I was about to get up, he opened his eyes and shot at me with a sharp gaze.

The movement was slightly stiff, but he still got up from the ground, and felt the need to explain to him: "I'll go out and find water to drink." But as soon as he took two steps, he called out: "Wait." When he got up and walked around, he paused and said, "Let's go together." ”

The two walked in the forest one after the other, and neither of them spoke. When approaching the hot spring pool, the mist shrouded everyone inside, and suddenly Zhu Gaoxu's voice came from the front: "Since you didn't choose to leave yesterday, don't try to sneak away anymore." I'll get you back, and it won't be the peace it is now. ”

I pondered, keeping my tone as calm as possible: "What's the use of you catching me?" ”

"It's useless, I'm willing."

It's not that he doesn't have a purpose, it's just that he deliberately uses such an indifferent way to put an end to my problem.

I walked through the fog to the road in the direction of Ginkgo Village, I walked this road many times, and I felt that my blood was faintly jumping, and I always regarded this place as my home in my heart, even though Ah Ping transported all the ornaments back to the palace.

This may be the saying that the gold house and silver house are not as strong as their own dog house, and the poor do not think they are cheap, as long as they live a full life; Don't be ashamed of being ordinary, just live peacefully. But Zhu Gaoxu did not go deeper, and stopped when he met the river pond.

There seems to be a hint of sweetness in the mouth when I drink the slightly cool water, which must be the spring water that drains from the mountains over there.

After drinking the water, I was about to get up when I suddenly felt a figure flashing around me, and I turned my head to see that Zhu Gaoxu had swept out at a very fast speed, and it was a few feet away in a blink of an eye. I don't know why, what is he doing here? After a while, the figure was almost disappearing into the white mist, but he suddenly fell to the ground, and when he stood up again, he carried a gray rabbit in his hand.

He walked over and shook the struggling gray rabbit and said, "Lunch can be solved." ”

I was taken aback: "Want to eat it?" ”

"It's delicious."

It's not that I've never seen wild meat, but I really haven't seen a live hare being skinned. My heart trembled during the whole process, and what frightened me even more was the cruelty in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes. He didn't frown from the moment he drew his dagger and cut the gray rabbit's throat to the time he peeled off the skin, as he had done many times like this.

In fact, from north to south, he fought with Zhu Di all the way, and the souls who were beheaded under his knife are probably countless. The killing was almost in his blood, not like the first time he killed the black shop owner for me, the whole person was trembling.

When the words came back, it turned out that it was me who started his bloody path of killing.

I remember that when I first met him, he was an ignorant young man, his eyes were clear, and he proudly told me that he was a thousand presidents and could bring thousands of soldiers. Now that the boy has grown up, he has become a stranger to me.

"Come here and get it." The contemplation was interrupted by Zhu Gaoxu's order, and when he looked closely, he found that he had pierced the skinned rabbit with a branch, and he wanted me to hold the branch? Glancing at the bloody animal, I shivered and shook my head.

He raised an eyebrow, "Scared? Then go pick up some firewood to light a fire. ”

I listened to this command, and I must not be asked to wait here with the bloody gray rabbit. But when I took a few steps, I heard him coldly warn behind me: "Don't get out of my sight, and don't try to escape." ”

I paused for a moment, and when I came back a moment later with some firewood, I saw that he had washed the rabbit. As soon as he put the firewood on the ground, something rolled to his feet, and when he turned his eyes, he saw that it was a fire fold, needless to say that Zhu Gaoxu threw it over.

Silently set up the firewood and made a fire, and then watched him set the rabbit on the fire and roast it. Obviously, I couldn't bear the bloody scene just now, but as if I was forced to face it cruelly, my eyes kept falling on the rabbit, listening to the sizzling sound and watching it slowly roast yellow.

Zhu Gaoxu took a dagger and made a few cuts on it, judging from his skillful technique, it seems that he often does this kind of thing. I thought dullly, and I remembered that he also said that he was bitter during the march, and that it was God's reward to have a meal of meat.

A pebble was thrown at my feet, and when I raised my eyes, I saw that he was staring at me and asked, "What are you doing, you didn't hear how many times you shouted?" Do you eat rabbit heads? ”

Worried, he subconsciously looked at the hare, which had turned brown, and the rabbit's head ...... It makes my heart tremble. His pupils contracted, and he immediately looked away and shook his head: "I don't want to eat." ”

He sneered: "Afraid of this? It won't move again. ”

I made up my mind to ignore him, hugged my knees and looked empty, but the next moment suddenly something came in front of me, it was the rabbit's head facing me, and the black hole in the eye seemed to be facing me, so frightened that I screamed and retreated.

Zhu Gaoxu laughed, very proud of this trick on him, and the fire in my heart that had been suppressed jumped up, grabbed a handful of soil on the ground and threw it at him. He was afraid that he didn't expect me to dare to fight back, and he was stunned and was embarrassed by me on the spot, and even the roasted hare was full of dirt. I saw that his eyes were drooping and then angry at me, and my heart tightened and I turned and ran.

I only heard the low curse footsteps behind me, and I caught up, and as soon as my shoulder sank, my arm was buckled, "What are you running?" ”

Regardless of his gloomy tone, I scolded hatefully: "You pervert! "I was really scared just now, and my heart was beating hard at this moment. He rudely slammed me to the ground, "Damn, you ruined a good meal." ”

"If you want to eat, you will eat."

"How can you eat it when you have sprinkled the soil? You've got to lick the dirt off that one today! ”

"You're dreaming!"

He sneered: "I want to see if it's a dream." The words dragged me back, regardless of whether my arm hurt or not, and the abrasion on the original leg suffered a second trauma again, seeing that I was getting closer and closer to the roast rabbit that was thrown to the ground, and the fear of the rabbit's head was infinitely magnified in front of my eyes, and the blood surged and roared: "Zhu Gaoxu, you bastard!" ”

Suddenly, the movement stopped, and the hand that grabbed my arm was released, causing me to lie on the ground and gasp to endure the pain, and after a while, a question came from the top of my head: "How do you know my name?" ”