"I heard that your wedding date is near."

After saying this, I didn't see any reaction from him, but in such a quiet night, I intuitively felt that something was broken.

His gaze flickered in the night.

After being silent for a long time, I heard his somewhat hoarse voice say, "Yes." ”

“…… Congratulations. ”

"Thank you."

After saying this, both of them were silent for a while, but he sighed lightly and said, "It's just that I don't know if I can really be happy...... If this battle can be won. ”

"I have faith in you."

He looked at me with a slight emotion, and I said firmly, "I'm sure you won't lose." ”

In the dim light, he seemed to laugh, but it was only fleeting, and after a period of silence, I heard him say with some difficulty: "That Liu Qinghan, is it the person you married in Yangzhou back then, when you left?" ”

"You know him?"

"Well, when Mu Hua hadn't lost his memory before, he once said something about you and him, I know that you became a relative in the fishing village, and he is also very good to you. It's just—"

He didn't say the rest of the words, and I couldn't bear to listen to them anymore.

Yes, he and I were very happy back then.

Even so happy that many times I can't believe that after wandering hard for half a life, after experiencing so many bad things, I no longer have expectations for life, and I can still get that kind of person, that kind of life.

But—

Eventually, all of them were ruined.

"Later, he became an official, and I got a lot of news about him."

Pei Yuanfeng's voice became deeper and lower, and when he said this, he paused, as if he was looking at my expression, and he didn't know what he saw, and after a long while, he said softly: "You guys now-"

I looked up at him and smiled somehow: "He will marry, I am married." ”

“……”

"It's as simple as that."

"......" He was silent, looked at me for a while, and said, "Then you marry the second brother, is that what you want?" ”

"Why do you ask?"

"I want to know."

Looking at his eyes that were a little shiny in the dim light, I smiled faintly: "What does it matter if you want it or not?" ”

"It's important to me!"

He suddenly accentuated his tone, but it made my heart palpitate, and the next moment, he had already walked in front of me. He was dressed in a military uniform, and his aura was more intimidating than before, and it made people feel a sense of oppression that was almost suffocating, and I opened my eyes wide, looking at his tightly furrowed brows, although there was no painful expression on his face, but that look seemed to have a place on his body that hurt badly.

Even the voice in which he spoke seemed to be suppressing some pain: "Qingying, I am already getting married." ”

“……”

"The last thing I want is that I'm married to someone else, but you're not happy."

The moment he heard this, a sour current of heat surged up from his heart, and immediately filled his eyes, almost dripping.

I remembered what he had said to me, he wanted me to be happy, but he never refused to force me to do anything, but in the face of such a person who is wholeheartedly for me, I never gave him a little response and hope, and watched him slowly walk out of my world from beginning to end.

He is not the person I love, but the person I am sorry for.

Thinking of this, I almost choked up, but I bit my lower lip to keep myself from crying, but looked at him with a little smile and said, "Don't worry, it won't." ”

“……”

"I'll take care of myself."

“……”

"Don't worry about me anymore."

He slowly stretched out his two hands and held my shoulders heavily, as if the strength of the thousand jun was on my shoulders at this moment, he looked into my eyes and said solemnly: "You promised!" ”

"Well, I promise you."

At this moment, everything is silent.

Maybe it was because I could only hear me and his heartbeat, and there was a wind with a chill of ice and snow blowing from the top of the mountain in the distance, making people shiver and slowly extinguishing the two flames in his eyes.

After some time, he squeezed my shoulder hard again, and finally let go of me.

I smiled at him.

He smiled too.

Actually, I am still thankful to God.

No matter what I have experienced with him, what injuries I have suffered, no matter how fickle this world is, but in the end, I have lived up to him, he has not lived up to me, and we still maintain the original gentleness and kindness to each other.

This may be the best ending for me and him.

The atmosphere between me and him softened, and even the flickering firelight around me softened. The two of them relaxed a little and simply talked while walking along the stream. The stream was murmuring and shimmering gently, and I carefully lifted the corner of my skirt to keep the water from getting wet, and asked, "You came to me, is there anything else?" ”

He nodded and said, "Are you sure about persuading Tu Shuhan to send troops?" ”

I thought about it: "Half and half." I can only do my best. ”

"If we can really form a three-way attack, we have a great chance of winning, and I think Tu Shuhan should also take this into account."

"I'll give him an analysis of the stakes, don't worry."

"If you go to him, you must not let the second brother go, at least - the second brother must not be present during the negotiation."

I was stunned: "Why? ”

Pei Yuanfeng said: "Although I have arrived in Xichuan, at least my relationship with the imperial court has not changed. But the second brother is different, he fought with the soldiers of the imperial court in Jiangnan, and his identity is a traitor. Tu Shuhan, a border guard with heavy troops, is already in a very sensitive situation, and it is a capital crime to have anything to do with him. When the time comes, even if he wants to send troops, considering this, he will refuse. Therefore, the second brother must not appear. ”

Listening to his words, I nodded in realization.

In the end, he was thoughtful, I forgot that there was still this relationship, and hurriedly said: "I understand." ”

Pei Yuanfeng paused again before saying, "Over there, Luoshi, is the second brother going?" ”

"Hmm. After all, he is closer to Shengjing's people, and things are easier for him to speak. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Yuan Xiu didn't say anything about it, he only promised to go."

"Actually, as long as Luo Shi and Tu Shuhan, one of them sends troops, it is enough for me, but I am worried that if I find both of them at the same time, things will become complicated."

"Why do you say that?"

"Maybe they'll all wait and see."

“……”

"Especially this guy Losh, he doesn't move, it's okay."

Pei Yuanfeng's worries are not unreasonable, even Yan Qingchen knows that Luo Shi is a war maniac, he has been dormant all these years, and I understand the reason, but once such a person starts fighting, it will be earth-shattering. At the beginning, the blood-stained Dongzhou was Pei Yuanxiu's battle of testing the knife, but Luo Shi also played an indispensable role in it.

This time, he was invited to send troops, and what he was most afraid of was getting out of control.

So, I said, "I'll go with Yuan Xiu." ”

"It's okay, you go, I'm relieved."

Pei Yuanfeng said: "But when you talk to Luosh, you also have to bother." ”

"Hmm."

"It's best not to let him send troops, but let the second brother talk to him and ask him to borrow troops, Xichuan will definitely not be a problem in terms of grain and grass. However, you can't borrow too many troops, 50,000 is the best, not more than 150,000. ”

I looked him in the eye, nodded and whispered, "I understand." ”

Luo Shi's dispatch of troops was a boost to Nian Baoyuze's war, but after the battle of the Eastern Chahe Division, it would be different.

Pei Yuanfeng borrowed 50,000 troops, which was within the range he could control, and with his current strength, if the troops sent by Luo Shi exceeded 150,000, Yuanfeng would lose the initiative. If you borrow soldiers, you may become burned.

I said, "I'll figure it out." ”

Pei Yuanfeng glanced at me, as if he wanted to say something.

"What's wrong?"

Sensing his strange silence, I turned my head to look at him, but saw that his eyebrows were slightly furrowed and twisted into a pimple, and I was about to ask when I heard him say, "If you go, it is better to persuade that person." ”

“…… What? ”

"Huang Tianba."

“……”

"It's best not to let Huang Tianba come over."

“……！”

My heart sank.

This name, no matter whether I think of it or say it, it is almost a wound in my heart, and when I hear Pei Yuanfeng say it, it is more like tearing the wound bloody, and the pain makes me almost suffocate for a while.

After a while, I said a little hoarsely: "Ah......"

"I know he's alive."

“……”

"You've never mentioned him again, but I can guess that he must have fallen to Shengjing for some reason."

“……”

"But, no matter what, a lot of people and things have changed."

He turned to look at me and said solemnly, "Sue him, don't appear in front of Mu Hua again." It's good for him, for Muhua, and for all of us. ”

Looking into his gaze, I was speechless. For a while, I didn't know what the feeling of numbness in my heart was.

But whose fault is it?

Choked up for a long time, I finally said, "I understand." ”

By this time, the sky had completely darkened, and only the sound of the campfires burning in the barracks and the footsteps of the patrols remained.

He and I stared at each other in the darkness of the night, and it was quiet.

Originally, there was nothing to say, but I didn't look back, and I didn't even have the intention of leaving, Pei Yuanfeng was such a shrewd person, he seemed to feel something, and looked at me quietly.

After a while, I slowly said, "You have told me everything about everything, but there is one thing you have not told me. ”

“……”

"What exactly is Nishikawa's plan now?"

“……”

"You have the Yan family's soldiers, you should know better than anyone else. Xichuan's sword, is it going to point to the capital or to the south of the Yangtze River? ”