Huang Tianba.

Although his eyes sparkled with pleasure, I could see at a glance the gloom and exhaustion under the waves, which could not be concealed by any kind of style and beautiful smile.

Although he stood outside the courtyard with his hands behind his back and smiled, I frowned slightly.

I have been married to Liu San'er these days, and he doesn't come much, because even if he doesn't ask anything, I know that once he leaves the house, it proves that something happened in that house that makes him unable to stay, but Qian Wu will come to see us from time to time, and the reason why he came, I also understand.

In the final analysis, Mu Hua has not changed after all.

What has changed is Huang Tianba.

I have probed Qian Wu's tone, now Huang Tianba has not left the house much, more often, even if Mu Hua has smashed everything that can be smashed in the house, he just sat quietly in the courtyard with his eyes closed, and waited until Mu Hua was too tired to make trouble, before he got up and cleaned up calmly.

I don't know why, from the day I got married, in the face of the official errand who came to collect the poll tax, Huang Tianba has been so strangely calm, until now.

I had a vague feeling that something was going to happen, and I could look for it in his eyes, but I couldn't find anything.

He came today because he brought some wine from Yangzhou, and something happened at home, so he simply came over to get it himself, Liu San'er was very happy to accompany him, and I had a big belly, of course, I couldn't go out, Liu San'er explained that he would cook two more dishes for dinner when he left, and wanted to keep him to eat.

I smiled and nodded in response.

When the two men went out, I was about to go to the kitchen, but I saw Queen Yin lying behind the door, looking at Huang Tianba's back with a pair of eyes cautiously and vigilantly.

Her madness did not improve, because the doctor could not see the root of the disease, but fortunately it did not worsen, except for the previous kitchen fire that scared her, usually she is a somewhat wooden woman, there is no obstacle to interacting with people, but when Huang Tianba comes, she will look at him in the corner so carefully.

It's not that I'm afraid, if I'm afraid, she will shout Liu San'er loudly, but this kind of cautious, almost observant look always makes me feel a little uneasy.

I smiled and walked over: "Auntie, what are you looking at?" ”

She looked at me and whispered, "Where is my son?" ”

"Oh, he accompanied Huang Ye to get the wine."

"Wine?"

She looked down and thought for a long time, then suddenly grabbed my hand: "He won't go far and won't come back, right?" ”

...... go far? I don't know why, this sentence made my heart sink for a while, and my spirit was a little trance for a while, and I fell silent.

After a while, I came back to my senses and saw Empress Yin looking at me carefully, so I smiled slightly: "No, they just went to get the wine, and they will come back in a while." You go into the house to rest, and when you have eaten, I will call you. ”

"Oh, oh."

She nodded blankly, and then turned back.

For the next time, my expression has been in a trance, I almost poured salt into the rice when cooking, and finally made the meal, and just put it on the table, I saw Liu San'er walking back from outside.

I greeted him and looked out: "Where is Huang Ye?" ”

"I'm going to the river."

"By the river?"

"He said he didn't want to eat, he just wanted to drink, so he went to the river and walked around."

Hearing this, I also understood in my heart, after all, when he was sitting on the treetops, the lonely silhouette impressed me too deeply, sighed in my heart, and then didn't say anything, called Aunt Liu and they came out, and the family had dinner.

In the past, Liu San'er was always the fastest one to eat, but today he seemed to be in a trance, and several times the dishes fell on the table halfway, otherwise he kept picking up a bite of food and didn't eat a mouthful of food, and there was a little worry between his eyebrows.

waited until Aunt Liu and they all finished eating and got off the table, and he was still in a trance.

I took a piece of meat and sent it to his bowl, and Liu San'er woke up in shock, looked up at me, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

I asked, "Why do you think so distractedly?" ”

Saying this, his face showed a little joy, leaned over and said, "Light, I know what the problem is." ”

I frowned: "What? ”

"I just told you why the emperor's order is actually right, but the common people always don't support him."

"......" My brow furrowed even tighter, and I stared at him without speaking.

Liu San'er didn't seem to feel how heavy my heart was at this time, and even said happily: "Let's take the poll tax as an example." You see, there are four people in our family, and only the two of us do the work, and in addition to paying rent every quarter, there are also taxes for four people; If you look at the Wang Yuanwai family in Qishan Village, their family has hundreds of acres of land, and the rent they pay from those people every season is a lot of money, but their family only has a maximum of ten people, and the poll tax is not worth mentioning to him at all, but for us, it is completely different. ”

“……”

"I also heard that after Niangniang Mountain, there are nearly 1,000 acres of land, all of which belong to a big official in the imperial court, how much do you think you can collect from that thousand acres of land, but how many heads can a family have, and how much tax can be collected?"

“……”

"That's not fair at all."

My heart became tighter and tighter, and I couldn't say a word, looking at Liu San'er and bowing his head and half-thinking and half-abruptly: "So, it's not the emperor who is wrong, but the method of collecting taxes, if you can change it-"

"Liu San'er!"

He didn't finish his sentence when I interrupted him.

Liu San'er was frightened for a moment, turned his head and looked at me in astonishment, I looked at him, and I also felt that I was a little out of shape, and I barely wanted to smile, but I could feel my eyes beating hard.

It was as if the night outside the house had spread into the house, into my body.

Liu San'er looked at me stunned: "Light, what's wrong with you?" ”

"......" I settled down and made a forced smile: "I'm done eating, my chest is a little stuffy, and I want to go out for a walk." ”

"Oh, then I'll go with you."

"No, you eat it while it's hot and wash the dishes." I stood up as I spoke, looked outside, and said, "It just so happens that Huang Ye is by the river, I'll go over and ask to see how he is." ”

"Oh, good."

He nodded, looked down at me, but still looked up, still a little uneasy.

I didn't say anything, turned and walked out.

When night falls, the surroundings are gloomy, and the little fishing fires by the river are reflected in the sparkling water, trance in front of you, like an old memory.

I stood on the edge of the river, and at a glance I saw a pair of eyes that were more charming than the waves in the waves.

It is still full of charm, and the brilliance in it is like a living aura, flashing with a quiet wisdom, although it is not sharp and dazzling, but there is an indescribable sense of charm.

Huang Tianba sat on a big rock by the river, carrying a small wine jar in his hand, looking at the night in front of him.

As I got closer, I saw that there were already several jars of wine floating in the river, swaying into the distance.

Hearing my footsteps, he looked back at me and smiled, "You're here." ”

"Huang Ye."

His gaze shifted to my stomach and smiled, "The child is about to be born, right?" ”

"The month is almost here."

"Oh......"

He looked at my stomach again, but his eyes seemed to be slightly gloomy, and he didn't say anything after all, but raised his head and took another sip of wine.

The distance is not far away, he can already smell the sweet fragrance of pear blossoms, he drinks a lot, but he doesn't seem to be drunk at all, those eyes are under the smell of wine, but they seem to be more clear, and they can see through a lot at a glance.

He smiled and said, "You seem to have something to say to me?" ”

“……”

I thought about it, and finally raised my head and said to him: "Huang Ye, can you-can you not tell Liu San'er that." ”

He originally raised his head to drink, but when he heard this, he was slightly stunned and looked down at me.

"You mean, the ones he asked me?"

"Yes."

Huang Tianba didn't seem surprised, just smiled faintly: "You don't want him to know too much?" ”

I nodded.

"Along with his background, you didn't sue him."

I nodded. I told him about Liu San'er's life experience at the beginning, Huang Tianba was surprised, but also a little guilty in his heart. At the beginning, he had stopped Mo Tieyi and them from doing it several times, but the father and son of the Liu family finally died under the swords of those people, so he was not like Liu San'er like others, although he was approachable, he always had a faint indifference, on the contrary, the two of them were together, and they often had a lot to say.

"Why?"

“……”

I was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, and slowly raised my head to look at him: "Huang Ye, have you seen what Lord Liu Shizhou looked like when he died?" ”

Huang Tianba's smile froze suddenly.

I said softly, "I haven't seen it, but I've seen what Lord Liu Yi looked like when he died." ”

His smile faded completely, replaced by a bloodless whiteness.

"It was miserable, there were wounds all over my body, and I had blood all over my throat when I died. He carried it for several months, and in order not to let the emperor blame the people in the south, he insisted on kowtowing to him and explaining a lot of things to me before he died. ”

Huang Tianba's voice suddenly became hoarse, and after a long while, he said, "What did he tell you?" ”

"He told me to beware of his sister stirring up trouble in the presence of the emperor and taking revenge on the people of the south; He also told me that Momiji Temple had a lot to do with the Assassins; He also said that in the past, the chief of waterways in the three southern provinces was a good man, and if he could one day be invited to join the WTO, he would certainly be able to bring benefits to the people in the south. ”

His face grew paler.

I continued: "He finally told me that if one day, I can meet his younger brother, I must not tell him, his life experience, whether he is living well or hard, let him live like this." ”

Huang Tianba's eyes trembled slightly, and he looked at me.

After a while, he seemed to understand, and his angular lips were slightly raised, like a smile, but extremely bitter: "Liu Yi is really a good person, a good official, and a good brother." ”

When I first heard Liu Yi's words, my heart was full of doubts, just like him, but after thinking about it, I understood.

When Liu Yi said that, he was afraid that he already knew that he would not live long, and his father may have been more tragic than him when he died, if Liu San'er knew his life experience, what he got was not family affection, but sudden hatred.

Father and brother, how tragic and tragic it is to die unexpectedly.

I said, "And I don't tell him this, for the same reason, the same reason I don't want you to tell him about it." ”

Huang Tianba frowned and looked down at me.