March 208 BC

On the third day after I met Changxi, I finally saw the same Qin Yu period that I hadn't seen for three years.

He had just finished a vicious battle, and he rode his horse quietly behind the dragon and the general. His armor was stained with blood, he had an unhealed wound on his arm, and the face with two more scars was a numbness that would take from too much death.

"Guard Qin!" I rushed over to stop him, and said with a pale smile at him, "Long time no see." ”

"Snow Maiden?" Seeing that it was me, a trace of shock flashed in his eyes, and he pulled the corners of his mouth to show me a stiff smile, and his gaze unexpectedly fell on the jade bracelet on my wrist.

"What about her?" he jumped off his horse, grabbed my wrist, and asked nervously, "What about her?

I stiffened, and I opened my mouth to speak, but tears welled up first, dripping along the arc of my jaw and falling on the hand he was holding me, and I couldn't stop it.

"Gone?" his voice was cautious, incredulous, and pleading to me, "You tell me she's still alive, isn't it?"

"I ...... I'm sorry for you...... I didn't get her back......" I reached out to hide my face and choked up, "When I rushed back...... She's ...... I have already taken the 'beauty elimination'...... Already ......"

The hand gripping my wrist tightened suddenly, then grew colder.

"My fault ......," he staggered to the ground, his eyes blank, and muttered, "I should have taken her away...... Desperate...... No matter what she says against her will...... I should have taken her away......"

"Qin ......"

"Snow Maiden. "He looked up at me, his face was not bloody, and he looked like a dead man in despair.

"I don't mean to reproach you, I don't have that qualification at all. But now, please leave me alone for a while, okay?"

A large hand gently grasped my wrist, and I turned my head to see that it was long.

"Let him be alone. Changxi's expression was a little sad, and he said in a deep voice: "Except for cheering himself up, no one can help him at all now." ”

I looked at Qin Yuji, who was sitting on the ground with his head down, his broad shoulders trembling, and the drops of water falling along the tip of his nose wet the clothes on his chest.

Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said. Xiao Xu is dead, who can tell him how he will live in the years to come?

I buried my face in Changxi's arms, and he hugged me gently and said softly, "It's going to be fine." Whether it's you or the rainy season, you'll be fine. ”

Will it be okay? How much courage and how long will it take for the pain of losing a loved one to be diluted?

It was getting dark, and in the long and warm tent, he looked down at a new book of soldiers, while I sat quietly and studied ink for him, occasionally raising my hand to pick a wick so that the light would not weaken.

"I've only seen you when you dance, but I didn't expect to see you one day to add fragrance to my red sleeves. Changxi put down the bamboo slip in his hand, stretched out his hand and pulled me in front of him, looking at me through the flickering lamp, his eyes gentle and curling.

"What are you looking at?" I asked him.

"Look at your beautiful face, whether there is more temperature. He stroked my cheek and said softly, "You are gentle and supple on the outside, but you are extremely cold on the heart. I've been wondering how many people in this world can really move you. ”

I gently covered his hand and smiled lightly, "yes, how many? ”

"I ......"

"Lord Ji!" Suddenly there was a small soldier's announcement outside the tent: "Vice General Qin wants to come down and invite the Snow Maiden, saying that he has something to ask." ”

"I see. I answered, "I'll go right away." ”

Changxi got up and said, "I ...... too"

"No need. I stopped him and said with a wry smile: "What if you go together? Aren't you also ignorant of Xiao Xu's situation in the past three years? He called me to go just to want to know many things about Xiao Xu's life, and if you go, he will only make him unable to talk about it." ”

"Indeed......" he rubbed my hair and said helplessly, "in the end, you are still thoughtful. ”

Out of the tent, the little soldier came up to him, carried a torch, and said respectfully, "Please come with me, girl." ”

Following the little soldier, I came to the pear tree where I had been drinking with Changxi a few days ago. There is no wind tonight, the pear blossoms are still in full bloom, and the moonlight is still quiet, but the people who are drinking alone under the trees at this time have a thick sadness spreading around them.

"Are you here?" he turned his head to look at me and said with a smile: "Then come and drink a few cups with me, if His Highness Changxi is angry, it will be all on my head." ”

"He won't. I sat down on my knees across from him, took a sip of a bottle of wine, and whispered, "It's spicy." ”

"Isn't it?...... this wine is really spicy," Qin Yuqi looked up at the night sky, a line of tears slipped into his sideburns along the corners of his eyes, and he said to himself: "It's so hot that I can't stop tears." ”

I took off the bracelet on my wrist and handed it to him, and said lightly: "This is what I took from her without permission, I think, the person she wants to deliver the most is really you." ”

"How could it be me?" he looked at the bracelet and said with a wry smile: "Snow Maiden, in her heart, the most important thing is you." Why do you think she refused to leave with me, and why did she marry into Xianyang Palace? If it was you who danced at the family banquet that day instead of her, then you are the one who died in Xianyang Palace now. ”

"I know this better than anyone else...... "I drank the bottle of wine," I said, "so I owe her more than anyone else." Guess what she said before she left? She said that she always thought that if she didn't have me, she would have ruined her life a long time ago, and if I was so good, she couldn't bear me. She also said...... She also said that she was reluctant to let you go. She loves you, but in the end she cheats on you, this is ...... This is the ...... of retribution"

Qin Yuqi's hand holding the wine bottle shook, and the wine splashed on him, and the spicy aroma pierced my heart.

"She walked peacefully, I burned her body with my own hands, she didn't have to accompany Yingzheng to sleep in that cold mausoleum, she was finally free. I filled myself with a bottle of wine again, and my voice was snarky: "She has very little to cherish." Except for a white gauze the size of a gauze curtain. ”

"White gauze ......" The wine bottle in Qin Yuqi's hand fell to the ground, as if he had received some huge blow, his face suddenly lost blood, his slightly open lips couldn't help trembling, and finally spit out three words: "She remembers." ”

"Guard Qin......" I reached out to comfort him, but in the end I took my hand back.

"Xiao Xu......" He turned his back to me, and his voice was extremely soft in this quiet night: "That night, she was dressed in white veil, running in the moonlight, and a look back actually tied my heart for the rest of my life." I...... Never regretted falling in love with her ......"