"What word?"

Zheng Xiu and Xie Luohe glanced at each other.

They all saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

The husband and wife thought of a piece.

"About...... Bingxu? Xie Yunliu smiled: "Strange thing, right?" ”

Zheng Xiu nodded, pretending to be calm: "What about Cheng Huan others?" ”

"Ran away." Xie Yunliu pouted: "Now the whole court is wanted, and there is even such a rumor." Xie Yunliu's face suddenly changed, and he said solemnly: "If anyone kills Cheng Huan and mentions his head, he will be appreciated by the imperial court." ”

Zheng Xiu chuckled: "How much does it weigh?" ”

Xie Yunliu said: "Under one person, above ten thousand." ”

Zheng Xiu: "But this 'one person' above one person, isn't it still empty, is it?" ”

Xie Yunliu: "Now the second prince Wei Yanjun has the highest voice, and the fight is fierce, but in my opinion, he now has the support of many ministers, and becoming the emperor is just around the corner." ”

Zheng Xiu counted with his fingers and nodded: "Reasonable." ”

Xie Yunliu drank the last cup and sighed: "The world is going to be chaotic." ”

"I said, uncle, you seem to have changed."

"Huh?" Xie Yunliu was stunned.

Zheng Xiu: "In the past, you were more like a thief than anyone else, shouting in your mouth that Wei Tian was dead, thank you for standing up." I want to be an emperor, right? ”

"Tsk, who doesn't want to be?" Xie Yunliu showed a little embarrassment, touched his bald head, and coughed dryly: "My brother-in-law is a good brother-in-law, even if there are no outsiders here, don't talk nonsense, I'm afraid that the wall will have ears." ”

Zheng Xiu sipped wine.

Xie Yunliu said again: "Now, what I admire the most is General Zheng. If there is General Zheng for one day, there will be me Xie Yunliu for one day. You haven't seen the ferocity of those barbarians, eating human flesh and drinking human blood, if they really break through the border and step into the Central Plains, I'm afraid they will be ruined! Regardless of whether he is the emperor of the rhubarb, the second yellow and the third yellow, what does it have to do with me who is the emperor? In life, it is not in vain to be able to kill a vigorous one. ”

Finally.

Xie Yunliu got up, put on a big hat, left in the form of a single figure, and said abruptly: "I just hope that Lao Chu can't figure it out, and shout the trumpet at this broken time." ”

The old Chu in his mouth is naturally Chu Chengfeng.

Zheng Xiu actually didn't know much about what had happened to them over the years.

It's just that many years later, the most anti-person has now become a general, and the most upright chivalrous man has now become a mountain rogue, the heir of the hermit Danqing family lives in seclusion in the desert, and the first villain in the world has retired to the rivers and lakes and has become an ordinary wife.

All these changes made Zheng Xiu feel emotional.

The couple sent Xie Yunliu out of the Cicada Valley.

Before parting, Xie Yunliu smiled at Xie Luohe and said: "Old sister, how many years have you all been married, you should work harder, go to death, and bring out a pair of babies, so that our old Xie family can have successors." ”

Xie Luohe nodded with a red face and glanced at Zheng Xiu secretly.

Xie Yunliu hated the iron and pulled Xie Luohe aside, lowered his voice and educated: "If my brother-in-law is weak, I will make up for it, and if I don't make up for it, how can it be a big thing!" ”

Xie Luohe lowered his head and shook his head vigorously, shaking it into a wave-breaking drum, and only after a long time did he whisper softly in a gnat-like voice: "Brother, you don't have to. After a pause, Xie Luohe was afraid that Xie Yunliu would not believe it, so he said seriously: "There is really no need." ”

He's good, great, great.

It's good everywhere.

The young woman thought silently in her heart.

watched Xie Yunliu leave.

Zheng Xiu snorted at Xie Yunliu's fading back: "Can you chew your tongue softly next time, you deliberately let me hear it, right?" ”

As he spoke, Zheng Xiu also laughed.

Xie Luohe was silent for a moment, suddenly grabbed Zheng Xiu's arm, climbed up silently with his other hand, and gently stroked Zheng Xiu's cheek: "I want a child." ”

Zheng Xiu gently patted the back of Xie Luohe's hand, grabbed the hand that was rubbing his face, and when he heard the words, the past few years flashed in his mind like a slide. Zheng Xiu suddenly recalled his situation like waking up from a big dream, and was stunned for a moment, he wanted to say "good" to the person next to him, but when the words came to his mouth, he became: "Let it be." ”

Back at home, Xie Luohe's expression was a little more melancholy, and he seemed to really want a child.

Next.

Zheng Xiu secretly brought a few paintings and framed them in gold-encrusted frames.

"Cheesy."

Zheng Xiu looked at the extravagant painting, smiled disdainfully, and wrapped it in an oilcloth.

Who makes the rich like this style.

Zheng Xiu walked alone through the frontier and entered a small country in the Western Regions.

These years of hard work have given him a lot of ways, easily brushing the face of "Boss Mo", and when Zheng Xiu came back the next day, several paintings were gone, replaced by a small cradle.

Creeping close to the door, the courtyard door ajar. When Zheng Xiu sneaked in, Xie Luohe was facing away from the courtyard gate, washing dishes and chopsticks.

Zheng Xiu gave Xie Luohe a big bear hug from behind.

"Where did you go last night?"

Xie Luohe washed up and didn't look back, he had already heard Zheng Xiu's footsteps, pretending not to know, at this moment Zheng Xiu was weird, she asked calmly with a straight face.

"I went to the Western Regions."

"I heard that the girls in the Western Regions are particularly enthusiastic." Xie Luohe smiled.

Xie Luohe knew that Zheng Xiu had a temperament, even if she didn't have jealousy, she still wanted to deliberately show her attitude.

"There are still girls in the Western Regions? I didn't see any of them. ”

Zheng Xiu replied bluntly, and Zheng Xiu lit up the small basket covered with a blanket in front of Xie Luohe: "Hmph, bring you a small gift." ”

Scold.

An orange furry head sprung out, and two turquoise eyes stared straight at Xie Luohe.

The cat raised its paws, and the pink cat print softly stamped a poke on Xie Luohe's face.

Kiss~

The cat's paw moved away from Xie Luohe's face.

"Meow~"

"Wow!" The little orange cat's claw not only did not make Xie Luohe angry, but made Xie Luohe turn around excitedly and grab Zheng Xiu's shoulder and shake it vigorously, directly shaking Zheng Xiu's body out of the afterimage of frequent movement in front and back.

"Husband! Husband! It's, it's, it's not afraid of me! ”

"That, that, that, you, you, you......, you, you,

Finally calming Xie Luohe's mood, Zheng Xiu rubbed his cervical spine: "Do you like it?" ”

"Hmm~Like~"

Xie Luohe held up the orange cat, beautiful.

"If you like it, it's fine."

"......"

The orange cat was held by Xie Luohe, but it bared its teeth at Zheng Xiu, and its hair stood on end.

Xie Luohe said strangely: "Compared to me, it seems to be more afraid of you, husband?" ”

"Uh, normal."

Zheng Xiu later told Xie Luohe how he picked this head out of the ten thousand cats.

He first bought all the cats owned by the cat dealer.

Then they were all locked up in one room.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Xiu let in a vicious dog that was comparable in size to a heifer.

Other breeds of cats are scared to run around.

Only this gall is the fattest, the pestle remains motionless in place, and even calmly urinates on the ground.

Xie Luohe happily hugged the little orange cat and walked around the cicada town.

All the people of the Sun tribe knew one thing on the same day.

The proprietress of Mohexuan likes to mention the new cat in the Western Regions, which is gratifying.

Eat at night, feast the whole city, and stay awake all night.

On the second day of the cat, Zheng Xiu had not woken up after a night of struggle.

Xie Luohe held the quiet little orange cat, stood in front of the curved bow on the wall, and stood quietly for a long time.

"From today on, your name is Xiaofeng, okay?"

"Meow~"

The name of the little orange cat was decided.

By the time Zheng Xiu woke up and learned about it, it was too late.

Mrs. Xie and Xiaofeng were having fun in the yard.

……

The Scorching Sun tribe holds a grand festival every year.

A "candle" that commemorates the fusion of the scorching sun.

Each year, the festival is presided over by the Grand Elder himself.

But this year, the Great Elder dropped the chain at a critical time.

About half a year after Xie Yunliu's visit to relatives.

The Great Elder was seriously ill and grew weaker and weaker.

There was a herbalist witch doctor in the clan who looked at the Great Elder and concluded that the Great Elder's time was short.

The selection of the new tribal chief is imminent.

Several respected elders in the clan elected "Sun and Earth".

There is even an old man who often goes to Mohexuan to drink wine, and has a very good relationship with Gongsun Mo. In this way, the two couples can truly become part of the clan.

When Zheng Xiu learned about this, of course, he refused at the first time.

Not long after, the Great Elder was dying, and he actually called Xie Luohe and Zheng Xiu to his home.

Sending away his children, the Great Elder solemnly handed over an ancient parchment scroll to Zheng Xiu and Xie Luohe.

Zheng Xiu opened it and saw that in the most corner, there was a pattern of a golden cicada. This made Zheng Xiu's pupils shock.

Xie Luohe glanced at it, hugged the orange cat, and approached the head of one person and one cat. Recognizing the piece, Xie Luohe wondered: "The route of the Green River?" ”

The old man was already angry at this time, and muttered: "Legend has it that it was with this ancient map that the 'Lord Candle' crossed the desert ...... back then."

Zheng Xiu didn't say a word, snatched the map from Xie Luohe's hand, and stared at it.

"Husband, what's wrong? What's wrong? ”

Xie Luohe had a keen mind and sensed that something was wrong with Zheng Xiu.

Zheng Xiu looked at Xie Luohe with an incomprehensible gaze at this time, and after a moment of silence, Zheng Xiu slowly shook his head: "Although it is somewhat biased from today's route, what is recorded above is indeed the route of the Green River. ”

"Really?"

Xie Luohe nodded.

The two were about to ask the Great Elder why he had handed over the scroll.

The Great Elder's fingers trembled and raised, and soon fell, completely silent.

Over the years, the elders have never treated Gongsun Mo and his wife as outsiders, or even as relatives.

After the Great Elder's death, his elderly widows, along with a dozen or so children, gathered around the Great Elder's body and wept all night.

The two stood outside the house holding hands, listening to the cries coming from inside, and stood silently until dawn.

Zheng Xiu noticed that his wife's mood was a little low, so he clenched the other party's hand and comforted: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are things that must be experienced in a person's life. The Great Elder lived for one hundred and ten years, and it was enough. ”

"yes, that's enough."

The funeral ritual that prevails in the desert is "sand burial".

It is similar to the "sky burial" that is popular in some places.

In the "sand burial" ceremony, dozens of camels pull the body of the great elder and go deep into the desert with other people.

When the camel is restless, it means that there is quicksand in front of it. After confirming the location of the quicksand, everyone watched as the body of the Great Elder sank into the sand little by little until it was completely buried by the flowing fine sand.

After the death of the Great Elder, Zheng Xiu handed over the ancient scroll to the hands of the Sun and Earth.

For the desert peoples, the symbolism of the scrolls is greater than the practical significance. Almost every man, woman, and child in the Sun tribe knows the route of the "Green River" by heart.

"You seem to have something on your mind."

One night.

The two were naked, wrapped in a covert. Xie Luohe's fingers drew a moist circle on her husband's chest, and she keenly sensed that Zheng Xiu had something on her mind, so she took the initiative to ask.

"I wonder who we will be more like if we have children in the future."

Xie Luohe's calm face suddenly became a little more playful: "What's the matter, don't want to leave?" ”

Zheng Xiu was silent and did not answer.

He suddenly felt a pain in his temples, and an inexplicable feeling of dizziness hit him.

"I'm Shelo River."

Xie Luohe suddenly turned over and pressed Zheng Xiu's body, his face pressed tightly against Zheng Xiu's chest.

Xie Luohe said, tearing off the hair band, and spreading his hair out.

"Like you."

Xie Luohe suddenly laughed.

"Huh?"

Such an out-of-the-box answer made Zheng Xiu unable to react for a while.

"I said, the child must be like you."

"You mean ......"

"Raw!" Xie Luohe viciously pressed Zheng Xiu, but the fierceness from the bones made her a little more indescribable: "Born now!" ”

And so, they had another night.

Zheng Xiu decided to hide his heart completely in his heart.

If all this is a dream.

Neither Xie Luohe nor he was willing to wake up.

So, just go ahead.

Tempus fugit.

Two years ago, the neighbor Ridi married two girls at the same time, and last year he became a father, and the children are like him.

When Brother Ridi happily drank with Gongsun Mo, he drank to a high place, saying that he wanted the children to learn archery with Xie Luohe when they grew up. Xie Luohe refused with a smile, saying that she had stopped making bows for many years and had forgotten about it.

It's a pity that Brother Ridi is straight, and he didn't force it.

The two ladies were quietly in the corner of Mohexuan, each holding a delicate baby, bowing their heads and coaxing.

Xie Luohe looked at the family of six in Ridi, and the envy in his eyes was hard to hide.

She and Gongsun Mo worked hard day by day, but they were still not pregnant.

"Meow~"

However, the orange cat Xiaofeng became fatter and fatter the more she ate, entrenched on the counter, like a live beckoning cat.

"It's been ten years."

Zheng Xiu grew a long beard and looked at himself in the mirror. He braided a few braids on his beard, which looked particularly domineering.

In a blink of an eye, the two have been husband and wife in the desert for ten years.

In the past ten years, there have also been many changes in the town of Cicada.

The crowd was bustling and endless.

Mohexuan's business is wonderful.

After Zheng Xiu was busy for another day, when it was closed, Zheng Xiu pinched his fingers to count the days, frowning.

Every two years in June, Xie Yunliu would cross the desert to visit relatives, and the wind and sand were unimpeded.

It is now September, Xie Yunliu is still in the future, this place is isolated from the outside world, the news is blocked, Zheng Xiu's brows are jumping, and he has a vague sense of foreboding.

Late September.

Zheng Xiu brushed his face once in a rare time, and asked the sun and earth to send the best hands in the tribe to cross the desert and go deep into the Central Plains to find out the news of Xie Yunliu.

Ridi immediately agreed.

October.

Zheng Xiu was keenly aware that the atmosphere in the town was different from the past.

In the past, most of the people in Cicada Town were runners who stopped and stopped, but after September, there were many more tall men with bad faces.

Although they deliberately dressed as businessmen, the temperament that was unintentionally revealed made Zheng Xiu and Xie Luohe see at a glance that they were both practitioners.

October 13.

More than a dozen uninvited guests in the town came to Mohexuan and sat down one after another in silence.

Zheng Xiu had already known that there was such a group of people wandering in the Cicada Town, and he was not surprised by this.

"They've killed people."

Xie Luohe told his husband firmly.

Having said that, she still seems very calm. Whether it is her or her husband, they are not afraid of things.

More than a dozen tall men pretending to be exotic businessmen, after ordering a few jars of wine and snacks, one of them, with his temples bulging and his tiger's mouth full of calluses, seemed to be the leader of this group of people, and politely called Zheng Xiu.

"Boss Mo, I came from the west and wanted to enter the Central Plains to do business."

He said to Zheng Xiu in a jerky Central Plains language, straight to the point, without saying it in a roundabout way.

"I heard that Boss Mo is from the Central Plains. I don't know the boss and the boss's wife, do you know the route of the 'Green River'? ”