Chu Mingyan's long-hanging heart was relieved for a while, and he was indescribably sleepy and weak, so he left the two brothers and sisters and went back to the room to rest. Chu Shixia and Chu Mingxiu stared at each other across a table, and the wind chimes under the eaves jingled.

"I have something to ask you." Chu Zhixia said.

"It's not big or small, it's called brother." Chu Ming cultivated his mouth and said poorly.

"Brother Chang'an," Chu Zhixia pressed his hand, and before Chu Mingxiu was disgusted, he hurriedly asked, "Who is the eldest brother guarding filial piety for?" ”

During the meal, Chu Zhixia noticed that although Chu Mingyan was not close to meat and greasy, he was not at all.

Chu Mingxiu sighed in his heart that this person had grown up after all, and he knew that he had observed words and feelings, and he didn't know how much he had suffered in the imperial capital. He scratched the tip of Chu Zhixia's nose and pretended to be relaxed: "The Dream Machine Master has passed away." ”

Chu Zhixia was stunned.

In the memories of her previous life, until the Beidi soldiers came to the city, the Dream Machine Master was still alive. Although since she came to the imperial capital, she has changed the fate of many people, but the dream machine master is not Huo Wenqing, and there seems to be no reason why she must die.

"Count the days, it should be the day you and the sinking boat arrive in the imperial capital. The monks did not see the Dream Machine Master who had risen early to lead the little novice to read the scriptures, so they went to the meditation room to invite him, but found that the Dream Machine Master was already sitting on the futon and was not breathing. ”

Chu Mingxiu said a little melancholy: "There is no serious disease, no external injuries, and no poisoning-he is an old monk who has no quarrel with the world, and no one will harm him." Therefore, it should be the end of life. ”

Chu Zhixia vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Chu Ming let out a long sigh, looked at the direction Chu Mingyan left, and said, "The last person in this world who can call him 'immortal' is gone. ”

Since then, no one has treated Chu Mingyan as a child.

Chu Zhixia inexplicably felt that her eyes were a little sour, and she wanted to ask Chu Mingxiu if she knew about the Spirit Emperor testing Chu Mingyan's medicine, but she couldn't say anything. With Chu Mingyan's temperament of knocking out teeth and swallowing blood, this matter will definitely not be publicized.

If Chu Mingxiu knew, maybe something would happen.

"Shen Zhou, aren't you coming back?" Chu Mingxiu suddenly asked.

Chu Zhixia only shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Chu Mingxiu touched her head and comforted her, "If you don't come back, you won't come back...... He wasn't a member of our family in the first place, so there's no reason to guard you for the rest of your life. A child like him can find what he wants to do, and it is better than a muddy life. ”

The sourness in Chu Zhixia's heart was almost overflowing.

I don't even know if he's dead or alive.

——

The sun is getting closer.

Chu Mingyan woke up from a drowsy sleep, his mouth dry. He was still in a dark dream, and his vision was blurry for a moment, and he stretched out his hand in vain. A cup of tea was brought to his lips and slowly passed in.

Chu Mingyan gradually came to his senses and saw Chu Zhixia sitting on the edge of the bed looking down at him. Chu Zhixia seemed to have been guarding him here for a long time, and it reminded him of his childhood memories that had been blurred for a long time - his body was too weak, it was difficult to fall asleep, and it was even more difficult to wake up, but every time he woke up, his mother always gently fanned him by his side to repel mosquitoes.

"How do you stay here?" Chu Mingyan asked with difficulty.

"Big brother, were you born in Akiba Sanju?" Chu Zhixia asked softly.

She asked suddenly, without a beginning or an end.

Chu Mingyan avoided talking, "Why are you asking this?" Anyway, you weren't born in Akibayamaju. ”

"Is it because the Spirit Emperor took you to the palace to try the elixir of life, so your health is so poor?" Chu Zhixia asked regardless of it.

The sun had set, and there was no light in the room, and it was dark. Chu Zhixia turned his back to the window, and his bright eyes lost their light, like a pair of turbid fluorite. Her tone was inquiring, but it was as sure as if she already knew the answer.

Chu Mingyan sat up from the bed and rubbed his temples.

"Who told you?"

"It's because you tried the elixir, so the doctor said you won't live to be twenty-five years old?" Chu Zhixia's eyes were wet, as if it was raining heavily and would break the embankment at any time. She didn't answer Chu Mingyan's words, as if she had already gained insight into the truth in his evasion.

Chu Mingyan sighed and said frankly: "When my mother was pregnant with me, she was uncomfortable and frightened, I was the root of the disease brought from my mother's womb. Maybe there are some reasons why I've taken the Warlock Pill, I don't know. Whatever they say, I've lived past twenty-five, haven't I? Don't think about it. ”

An uncontrollable sobbing sound sounded in the room, and Chu Zhixia's heart was hit so hard that it almost cracked.

"Crying for what? It's all gone. Chu Mingyan gently wiped away the dripping water marks on her face.

Chu Zhixia lowered his head, and tears hit the back of Chu Mingyan's hand in large pieces. She bit her lip and refused to look up, for fear that Chu Mingyan would see her in pain.

"Why...... Why? Chu Zhixia choked up and asked, "Isn't the Chu clan a hero, hasn't it been a generation of people who have guarded the Snow Pass, wasn't my father on the northern expedition at that time, and wasn't it their Bai clan's rivers and mountains?" Why do this to you?! ”

Chu Zhixia smashed the teacup out of control, and his body trembled.

The baby, who was just born and no one even believed that he could survive, was about to be sent to the palace for a test because of the warlock's nonsense.

"It's okay," Chu Mingyan gently hugged her, touched her head, and coaxed her, "It's a long time ago, I don't even remember." I didn't even cry...... Brother's tears in this life, you have shed them for me, haven't you? ”

Chu Zhixia burst into tears, tears soaking Chu Mingyan's clothes.

"Brother, the Dream Machine Master is gone...... But I'll protect you. Chu Zhixia buried his head in tears on Chu Mingyan's chest, and said like a curse, "I have read books and studied martial arts, I can also share the rise and fall of the family for you, and I can also guard the snow pass, you don't have so many things on your mind...... You're not alone. ”

When she was a child, Chu Mingyan taught her to read "Send a concubine to be a safe society, and I don't know where to use a general", and told her that literati and writers always like to create "disaster water" to excuse the deaf and tyrannical king.

Chu Mingyan said that in this world, women are not like men who can study and practice martial arts, and enter and exit the generals, so they do not have to take responsibility for the rise and fall of the world, let alone bear such a heavy charge as "red face and trouble". Most women are treated as goods, not as people, and this is the sorrow of the world, not the fault of women.

I have read books and learned martial arts, I can go to guard the Snow Pass, I can also guard the rise and fall of the Chu clan, and guard you and my second brother.

I'm not the kid who doesn't understand anything.

Chu Shixia was too frightened.

She was afraid that Chu Mingyan would boil herself to death like the last time. This lamp, which was born weak, was constantly being filled with lamp oil, but it seemed that it would never be filled, and sooner or later it would be burned clean with oil and lamps for the clouds, for Chu Shixia and Chu Mingxiu.

Chu Mingyan patted her on the back, like a baby who cried at night when he was a child, and said softly: "But how can the eldest brother be willing." ”

I know you can do it, but how can I give you up to be born and die?

Separated by a door.

Chu Mingxiu's hand knocking on the door stopped in mid-air, and the other hand holding the candle flame was as steady as a stone. Until the hot candle oil fell on his hand, he didn't move a bit.

The words "Spirit Emperor" and "Drug Test" were like swords, guns, swords, and halberds, poking his heart into a hornet's nest that leaked on all sides.

""Send a concubine to be a safe society, and I don't know where to use the general." From Li Shanfu's "Dai Chonghui Princess Yi"