There seemed to be footsteps outside the house, and she instantly sat up and asked sharply, "Who!" ”

"It's me!" The voice is gentle and calm, it is Lan Zijun.

She let go and lay down limply.

Lan Zijun walked in, looked at her face with concern, and asked softly: "I heard that the palace lord came to visit, but you turned him away, and the maids said that you were not asleep, so I will come and see, is there anything uncomfortable?" ”

Wang Xi was stunned.

It's Gong Tang who just came?

Lan Zijun looked at her face and couldn't help laughing: "You think it's Xiuzhi?" ”

Wang Xi's face changed, and he bowed his head and said nothing.

Just hearing someone mention Lin Xiuzhi, she looked so afraid, Lan Zijun couldn't help but sigh and comforted: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, he can't get in!" ”

He said: "This time I am re-arming the suburbs of the city, I heard that there are still Rong people mixed into the pass, you can live with peace of mind first, and when it is confirmed that it is safe, I will send someone to escort you back to Yuhang!" ”

Wang Xi opened her mouth and wanted to say willfully that she wanted to leave now, but after several attempts, she only whispered thanks.

When Gong Tang came to visit again, he was quickly welcomed in.

Wang Xi was neatly dressed, and saluted him seriously with a guilty face: "I'm really sorry last time, I didn't mean to be sluggish, it's really ......" I really can't say it.

Fortunately, Gong Tang was empathetic enough: "Xiaguan understands that the girl was frightened that day, and her emotions have not eased yet, it is Xiaguan who is abrupt!" ”

Wang Xi's heart warmed, smiled and saluted again, and said gratefully: "I haven't had time to thank the adults for that day's events!" ”

That day, after Lin Xiuzhi ran away inexplicably, Gong Tang rushed over and personally sent her back to Shen's house.

Gong Tang replied, glanced at her thoughtfully, shook his head and said, "The lower officials don't dare to take credit, it was the king of Lingchang County who led the army to arrive that day and saved Miss Wang!" ”

Her face changed, and she didn't speak.

Gong Tang continued: "Yesterday, His Royal Highness the King of the County asked for a whipping punishment-"

She looked up suddenly, her eyes full of surprise, her face still pale.

"I heard that His Majesty had issued a ban on the King of Lingchang County, forbidding him to appear in front of a girl, and if he commits it once, he will be punished with twelve lashes and three days—" He looked at her with a clear gaze, with a little gentle inquiry.

Wang Xi took a deep breath and said, "That's right! That's me! ”

She said these words neatly, but after saying them, there was uncontrollable despair in her heart.

She tilted her head slightly, not daring to look at the change in Gong Tang's eyes at the moment.

His smiling voice came from his ears: "It is said that the king of Lingchang County respects His Majesty the most, and this is true!" Now that he is far away in Daizhou, he also consciously carries out His Majesty's order more than two years ago, which is also admirable and lamentable! ”

Wang Xi let out a random "um", a little confused about what he meant.

"Miss Wang!" He called her softly suddenly, with a tenderness that he had never felt before.

Wang Xi's heart moved, and he turned his head to look at him.

Gong Tang is a young man who exudes a clear and righteous spirit from skin to bones, from the inside out, she has seen in his eyes the kindness and compassion for the people, the seriousness and solemnity in handling official affairs, and the high spirits of looking at the mountains and rivers from afar, but at this moment, these are gone, only the young man has a trace of shy expectation.

"Three days later, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, I wonder if Xia Guan has the honor to invite Miss Wang to enjoy the moon together?"

……

She originally planned to stay in the Shen family until she could leave Daizhou, but when Gong Tang knew about her entanglement with Lin Xiuzhi and still proposed the Mid-Autumn Festival, she nodded her head almost to the gods.

The full moon is in the sky, the flat sand is thousands of miles, and the mountains are like shadows in the distance.

Above Guancheng, it is indeed an excellent place to admire the moon, this kind of place, without Gong Tang with her, it is impossible for her to come up, but she followed Gong Tang up like this, as if she had promised something, which couldn't help but make her a little uncomfortable.

"Miss Wang doesn't have to be restrained—" he said with a smile, "When Dai Guogong was here, on the fifteenth day of every month, the people in this Guancheng were allowed to climb the tower to admire the moon, but now that he is not there, the people dare not come up!" ”

Hearing him say this, Wang Xi was indeed a little more comfortable, and said with a smile: "Dai Guogong is really a strange person!" ”

Gong Tang nodded and exclaimed, "Yes!" This Daizhou was originally a place that suffered greatly from the war, but since the arrival of Daiguo Gong, especially in Yanmen County, even the most ordinary people no longer talk about Rong color change! ”

"Every fifteenth day, the Dai Guogong orders the soldiers to have fun with the people, opens the Guancheng to allow the people to climb the tower to admire the moon, and he drinks with the officials of the Guogong Mansion outside the Guancheng!"

"Isn't that dangerous?"

Gong Tang laughed and said: "On behalf of the Duke of the Kingdom, no one has ever dared to break through!" ”

Wang Xi was listening to it with great fascination, and suddenly heard something strange under his feet.

"Who opened the gates?" Gong Tang's expression froze.

Wang Xi's heart moved, and he looked down the city tower.

A moment later, a figure slowly walked out, plain armor and white robe, shocking.

She subconsciously wanted to escape, but her body was frozen in place, and she looked at him motionlessly, watching him carry a jar of wine, walk to the moonlit clearing, sit down, and pour the wine.

"King of Lingchang County?" Gong Tang also saw it, he glanced at Wang Xi, but saw that she was looking at Lin Xiuzhi intently, looking scared and sad.

The moonlight was like frost, illuminating the figure alone, this person, this scene, made her cold to the bone marrow.

It wasn't until a familiar smell of wine penetrated her nose that she suddenly woke up and hurriedly took two steps back: "I, I'm going back!" ”

Gong Tang turned to look at her and said softly: "Miss Wang, he has been punished, and he has not seen you again because of the ban, you don't need to be afraid of him anymore!" ”

……

Why was she afraid of him?

"You really don't have to be afraid of him!" Lan Zijun poured a cup of hot tea and stuffed it into her hand, "It's hard to say anything else about cultivation, people are still trustworthy; Since he promised not to see you again, he will do it; Except for the accident that day, doesn't he keep his promises these days? He walks around the Shen family now! ”

She held the hot tea in her hand, and finally felt her body warm up a little.

She knew that Lin Xiuzhi kept his promise, but-

"If you don't see it, you can act like nothing happened......

She knew that she was too sharp to say to Lan Zijun, but she still couldn't hold back for a while, and after she finished speaking, she lowered her eyes to hide the sharper emotions in her eyes.

Once she thought that if she was away from that person and the capital, she could treat it as if nothing had happened, but when she returned to Yuhang, she realized that she was thinking too simply.

The fear and despair that that man brought to her never faded.

Lan Zijun sighed and said, "I don't know if you've heard of it, you were young at that time—"

"Before I got married, I was made to lose face, to put it nicely, he loved me, but in fact, it was just his own selfish desires, which caused me to be talked about and scolded."

"The Lan family is just a merchant's house, how can it compare to the famous family of Qiantang? But what did I do wrong? Why should I be afraid of him? ”

She glanced at Wang Xi with pity, and said softly: "Wang Xi, you are not wrong in this matter, you really don't need to be afraid of him, even if his status is noble, the person who should be afraid should be him, not you!" ”

"Maybe you have been criticized and married because of him over the years, but it has also made you see some people clearly, the good ones are still good, and the bad ones are exposed because of this, isn't this a good thing?"

Wang Xi looked at the tea cup in his hand in a daze.

She knew all this, but when she saw him, she couldn't help but be afraid......

"He can't hurt you anymore, Wang Xi, you can't live in his shadow for the rest of your life-" Lan Zijun paused and smiled slightly, "You went to admire the moon with Lord Gong tonight?" How is it? ”

Gong Tang?

Wang Xi's face changed suddenly.

After she saw Lin Xiuzhi, she was confused, Gong Tang seemed to comfort her a few words, but she didn't hear it clearly, and ran back to Shen's house directly......

Really...... What a faux pas!

……

After struggling all night, Wang Xi finally stepped out of the gate of the Shen Mansion the next day.

In any case, she has to go and apologize to Gong Tang, right?

On the road from the Shen Mansion to the county government, she has come and gone several times, but when she came today, she had a feeling of danger.

She walked anxiously for a while, and when she came to a junction, she looked up with a sense of feeling and looked ahead.

Directly in front of the figure shuttling, the man raised his head a moment later than her, and also saw her, and Sen Leng's gaze froze her in place again without surprise, and she clenched her palms hard, forcing herself to calm down.

Don't be afraid! She's not wrong! She shouldn't be afraid of him! The wrong person is him, why is she afraid of him!

Anger stirred up in her heart, and she glared back hard.

Then a strange scene happened-

The coldness on the man's face quickly faded, replaced by a panicked and frightened face? He staggered back, then turned around and disappeared into the crowd as if fleeing.

The guards who were left behind by him and Wang Xi across the street were stunned.

He's ...... Scared away by her?

……

After that, Wang Xi didn't shy away from going out again, but he didn't meet Lin Xiuzhi again.

Until five days later.

"The Rong people who infiltrated the territory of Daizhou have all been captured, and there is no problem with the outskirts of the city, if you want to go back to Jiangnan, you can set off at any time, it is only late August, and you should be able to get to Yuhang before the moon!"

Lan Zijun said gently, but unexpectedly did not hide the heaviness and anxiety in his eyes.

"What's going on?" Wang Xi couldn't help but ask.

Lan Zijun glanced at her, sighed, rubbed the corners of his forehead, and said irritably: "Xiuzhi is injured!" ”

There was a "buzzing" in her ears, and she was stunned.

"He has been chasing the traces of the Rong people outside the city for the past few days, and when he was encircled and suppressed for the last time last night, he was accidentally seriously injured-" She pursed her lips and glanced at Wang Xi with a complicated gaze, "He said, Daizhou is safe, you can go!" ”

"Is it badly hurt?" Wang Xi asked in a daze, only feeling a fog in his heart, and he couldn't say anything else except shock.

"A slash in the chest!" Lan Zijun rubbed his face and said, "I don't know if it's heavy, but there has been no news of his soberness since last night-" After a pause, "When are you going to leave?" ”

"I ...... Can I go and see him? She heard a voice coming from far away, as if it were a bit like herself.

Although Lan Zijun was surprised, he didn't stop her, but just said meaningfully before she entered the house: "I know you hate him, but he is my cousin after all!" ”

She nodded unappetly and followed Lan Zijun into the room.

There were only two doctors left in the room, Lan Zijun stood by the bed, asking the doctor about the situation, she stood behind Lan Zijun, looking at him from a distance on the bed with his eyes closed, as if he had lost his breath.

This man's face has always been bloodless, but it has never been as pale and fragile as it is now, but the gloomy coldness between his eyebrows has finally dissipated, revealing his beautiful woman-like face.

Once upon a time when she was in Yuhang, she knew that he was the least popular child in the family, but he was born most like his father, and when he grew up, even his father's gloom was learned.

How can such a person be likable? With such a temperament and doing such a thing, how can she accept it?

She knew he liked her.

Although I didn't know it at the beginning, I can remember it afterwards.

But his liking was so terrible, so terrible that she was ruined, so terrible that he was dying.

"Do you have anything to say to him?" Lan Zijun turned around and asked her.

She was dazed for a moment, then slowly walked to the bed, looking at the face she hated so much.

The name "Lin Xiuzhi......" looked a little jerky when it came out of her mouth.

"Two years ago, when you sent me out of the capital, did you think it was all over?"

"But when I returned to Yuhang, the family affairs I was discussing were gone, my grandmother and aunt who used to love me were gone, and the friends in my boudoir who used to come and go every day were gone......"

"Outsiders say that I am shameless and seduce the king of the dynasty; My family blamed me for being pretentious, not knowing how to lift, and missing the future of the family; In the entire Hangzhou Mansion, no one is willing to ask to marry me Wang Xi, and no one dares to risk offending you for me......"

"My mother wanted to marry me far away to Lingnan, and I had a big fight with her, so I came to Daizhou...... Lin Xiuzhi, you say, did you hurt me so badly......

The person on the bed slowly opened his eyes, the gloom between his eyebrows became thicker, his lips moved, and his voice was hoarse: "Yes......"

Tears slid down her face, and she wiped them away fiercely: "You just swear not to see me again, or send me back again...... You're dead, what's the use of me? ”

"It's useless......" he whispered.

She laughed sarcastically: "You see, everything you do, it's useless; You like me, but I want you to die, you compensate me, but you hurt me even more, so what can I do? Lin Xiuzhi, what do you want to escape from if you don't value your life like this? You've left me with nothing, so that's it? ”

"It's useless ...... me," he looked at her, his tone even a little humble, "Wang Xi, you tell me, I listen to your ......"

"Lin Xiuzhi......" she lowered her gaze and looked at the ground, "I don't want to live in your shadow for the rest of my life, and you don't have to be born and die for the promise you made, if you sincerely do something that makes me happy, I will forgive you...... We all let ourselves go...... After that, the end of the world is strange, okay? ”

He was silent for a long time, so long that she couldn't help but raise her head, just in time to see him slowly close his eyes.

"Good ......"