Three days later.

The territory of the Great Zhou Chongzhou.

In a mountain forest sixty miles away from the border pass of Surabaya Pass.

Xu Han squatted and sat by the bonfire, looking at the bonfire in front of him, stunned.

Qin Keqing cautiously brought a bowl of rice porridge and handed it to Xu Han, lowered his head and whispered, "Childe, eat something." ”

Xu Han turned his head and glanced at Qin Keqing, only then did he come back to his senses, he smiled faintly at Qin Keqing, although he tried his best to make such a smile look unharmed, but after all, Qin Keqing still noticed the bitterness behind this smile.

"Thank you. Xu Han whispered, took the bowl of rice porridge, put it to his mouth and ate it.

The campfire burned quietly, crackling from time to time, but it wasn't noisy, but it made the night seem more and more quiet.

Xuan'er leaned on Xu Han, and the two little guys leaned on Xuan'er, close to each other, and fell asleep deeply.

Qin Keqing looked at Xu Han, who was quietly eating rice porridge, gritted his teeth, and plucked up the courage to sit on Xu Han's side. She lowered her head, her cheeks flushed a little and whispered: "Recently, there has been a mess, there is some chaos everywhere, I wanted to go to the city to buy some fish and bake it for Childe to eat, but Surabaya Guanzhong is a mess, and this is the only thing I can buy." ”

Speaking of this, Qin Keqing's head lowered even deeper, as if he was very ashamed of it.

Xu Han was a little absent-minded, and raised his head for a while before he reacted.

He looked at the mountains and forests around him.

In fact, this mountain forest can no longer be called a mountain forest, it is full of dead trees, not the withering of autumn and winter solstice, but the complete corruption and necrosis from the inside out. The bones of animals can be seen everywhere, and the ground smells of decay, and it is difficult to find even a place of drinking water.

When I looked up, I was devastated.

As Wang Yangming said that day, the world is dying.

It's just that seeing this scene at this moment, Xu Han's state of mind is several times heavier than when he heard Wang Yangming's words that day.

He is the root of this chaos.

Xu Han lowered his head as if he had lost his strength, let out a long sigh, and said, "It's okay, it's already good to eat like this when I was a beggar." ”

Qin Keqing also lowered her head when she heard this, she could feel Xu Han's thoughts at this moment, but she didn't know how to comfort him.

The two sides were silent for a few breaths, and suddenly a gust of night wind blew, and the chill of the winter night followed, and white things slowly fell from the sky.

It's snowing.

Qin Keqing stretched out his hand to catch the falling snowflakes, the snow fell into his palm, and the chill suddenly melted away.

Qin Keqing muttered: "Back then, it was also like this, and I was sold into Linglong Pavilion..."

Xu Han was stunned for a moment, and looked sideways at Qin Keqing beside him, as if he didn't understand why she said this at this time.

"At that time, I was the daughter of an ordinary farmer in Shangyun City, but in the blink of an eye, I was bought into a rich merchant, and the future was uncertain, whether I would be a slave or a prostitute and a concubine... I didn't know, I was scared, but I didn't dare to resist, but I was silently ready to wait for such a fate. Then an old man appeared, and he bought me into Linglong Pavilion, and I became a disciple of Linglong Pavilion again..."

Speaking of this, Qin Keqing looked up at the sky, looking at the heavy snow falling all over the sky, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"But I tried to adapt to whoever I was and who I became, because when I was a farmer's daughter, my adoptive parents often told me what I should be and what I needed to be, as if it would be a mistake for me not to do that. ”

"Later, I became a disciple of Linglong Pavilion, and the master told me that I had to practice hard, and the sect gave me everything, so I had to give back to the sect and be a qualified disciple of Linglong Pavilion. So even though I don't know anything about medicine, even though my cultivation is difficult, I still try to learn and do it. Because they say let me be like this, as if I am not a qualified person if I do this..."

"Later. Speaking of this, Qin Keqing paused, and then said: "Mr. Lu suddenly told me that I am the emperor of the Great Zhou, and my name is Yuwen Nanjing. I want to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, and I want to lead the people of the Great Zhou to a peaceful and prosperous era... It seems that if I don't do this, I will be sorry for their decades of planning, and I will be sorry for the people of Li in the Great Zhou..."

"But this time, I didn't want to hear them. Qin Keqing suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Han at that time.

The two looked at each other, and under the firelight, Qin Keqing's eyes seemed to have flames jumping, so hot, so moving.

At that time, the smile on her face was even worse, and she said in a tone that was almost unquestionable: "And the person who made me make such a determination is none other than you, Childe..."

Xu Han probably didn't expect Qin Keqing to say such a thing, he was stunned for a while, and he didn't know how to take Qin Keqing's words.

In fact, Qin Keqing didn't mean that, she narrowed her eyes at that time and completed the crescent shape. She continued with a smile on her face: "Because I know Gongzi Xu, from the beggar of Shangyun City, the killer of Senluo to the disciple of Linglong Pavilion and the master of Tiance Mansion, the identity of Gongzi is also changing, but Gongzi is still the same Gongzi. ”

"I heard that Childe met a girl in Great Xia, and the girl said that Childe was a person who was cold on the outside, but shining on the inside. I think she's right, Childe has always been such a person all the way, no matter what others say, Childe will always be the same, I think..."

Speaking of this, Qin Keqing paused again, and two smears of red appeared on her face: "I think this is also what I have been... The reason why I like Childe. ”

Xu Han was stunned, he naturally knew Qin Keqing's thoughts about him, but the other party said it so frankly, Xu Han didn't know how to respond for a while.

"Childe doesn't have to care, Keqing doesn't have too many extravagant desires, I say this just to tell Childe..." Qin Keqing caught a glimpse of Xu Han's strange appearance, and she was also a little flustered, not only because of her impulsiveness, but also because she was worried that such words would make Xu Han, who was already estranged from her, keep a distance from her more and more.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly continued to explain: "I just want to tell Childe, just like Childe told me, it doesn't matter who others say you are and who you want you to be, what matters is what kind of person Childe wants to be." ”

"I believe in Childe, and please believe in yourself. ”

After saying this, Qin Keqing plucked up his courage and looked up at Xu Han.

The two looked at each other, and the bonfire reflected in the girl's crimson cheeks had a different kind of charm. Although that kind of beauty is far inferior to Ye Hongjian's national color and heavenly fragrance and the shy flowers of the closed moon, maybe Xu Han has experienced too many things that have made him feel turbulent these days, or Qin Keqing's gentleness is really unbearable, Xu Han was in a trance for a while.

A beautiful atmosphere began to spread between the two...

Squeak.

But at this moment, a soft sound came.

It was the sound of a foot breaking the thin snow piled up on the ground.

The two of them turned their heads vigilantly to look in the direction where the voice had come from, where a red-clad figure was standing not far away, smiling at them.

Then, under the surprised gaze of the two, the man opened his mouth and spoke softly.

"Looks like I'm not here at the right time?"