On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, at the third quarter of the month, Guan Daocun sat alone in the shadow of the corner of the tavern, drinking. He has never been able to do without wine since Angelica first left him, and he still is. His heart is so chaotic, no matter how long it has been. Although he had power, he lost her.

She is his benefactor, and his only sustenance, beyond the sustenance of friendship.

But everyone persuaded him to cut off the love chain. With a sound of "dang", Guan Daocun drank it all again, knocked the wine glass on the table heavily, and Xiao Er immediately came over to pour the wine.

Even Xiao Er forgot how many times he poured the wine, only knowing that this guest who came every day deposited 10,000 taels of silver at the counter and asked them to take care of his wine and food.

"You...... You come here. Guan Daocun's voice was already a little confused. "Eh, here you go, what is this guest doing?"

"What time is it now?" Guan Daocun's eyes straightened slightly.

"The thirtieth month of the lunar month, the third quarter of the hour. ”

"It's almost the New Year, it's almost the New Year?!"

"yes, it's been a good year. "Who knows if this is a polite remark.

"Aren't you going home?"

"I don't have a home, the shopkeeper takes pity on me and lets me live in the store all the time. ”

"Bring another cup, go quickly!" Guan Daocun suddenly looked at Xiao Er. "Huh...... Eh, okay!" Xiao Er took a cup and put it in Guan Daocun's hand. "What is this for?" Guan Daocun suddenly pushed the cup to the other side of the table, "Anyway, there is no one, just accompany me to drink a few glasses, and treat it as the New Year, life has to pass, don't you?"

"Ahh

"What's the matter? Isn't it just a glass of wine, I gave him 10,000 taels, and he cares about a few glasses of wine?"

"Okay, then let's have a few drinks, I'll go get a few side dishes to drink!" Xiao Er is also very happy, after a lifetime of hard work, he still has to rest for a while.

After three rounds of drinking, the dishes are gone, and the people are drunk. It's late at night, midnight

。 The window was still on, and no one was sleeping. It will not be long before the end of the year. I don't know whose house fired the artillery first, but after the first sound, it never stopped. "It's the New Year!" everyone cheered. Xiao Er suddenly got up and swept the ground, Guan Daocun understood that this was asking for good luck. But suddenly a voice came: "Don't sweep all the ashes on me?" Guan Daocun's eyes suddenly lit up, this voice was too familiar!

"How about a drink?" Guan Daocun pushed the cup towards Hua Manlou, he was already full of alcohol. "Once I drank this kind of thing, it was very difficult to quit, and my hands would tremble, which was not suitable for me. "Well, what's the news?" "It's nothing, Angelica is all right—Happy New Year!" Hua Manlou poured a cup of cold tea and drank it all.

"Happy New Year!"

"Speaking of news, these two guest officers, I really saw an interesting thing recently!"

"Oh?"

"I saw with my own eyes a young man and a person with world-renowned martial arts skills! It seems that he is still the top personal guard of the Lu family! Oh, he is really powerful, and he has put more than a dozen people in one person! His spear is really strange, don't you say that the guns are all wooden rods? His is iron-clad, isn't it strange enough? Also, there is a sculpture on that gun, I am far away, I can't see it clearly, it's a pity!"

"Do you see that?" Guan Daocun's wine immediately turned into a cold sweat and flowed out, and most of the wine was relieved.

I had nothing to do that day, but when I happened to pass by the Lu family's mansion and saw someone fighting inside, I secretly watched for a while.

"How's that guy?!" they both said almost at the same time. Isn't this young man Lin Ying or who?"

was outnumbered and beaten by Lu Ping...... 'Doze' went. "You can't say the word "death" during the New Year, you have to say "sleep".

They understand that. Guan Daocun and Hua Man's face looked at each other, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva almost at the same time.

"It's not good to stay here, said on the way. Hua Manlou said in a forced voice. That's exactly what I mean. Guan Daocun replied. "Xiao Er, the money will stay here, I have something to do, and I'll drink it when the time comes." Guan Daocun picked up the hat and Pegasus gun that had been placed aside, and strode out. "Slow down, happy new year-"

......

Dongzhou, the residence of Angelica.

Hua Manlou prepared a wheelchair for Angelica, so that she could look around and not let people take care of her for a lifetime.

Now there are two wooden boxes in front of Angelica. She opened one of them, took out one of the costumes, and looked at it for a long time, her eyes full of nostalgia and sadness. Angelica carefully folded the costumes, put them back in the box, and locked them - she might never use them again.

Hua Manlou gave her 50,000 taels of silver, enough for her to live the rest of her life.

But if she had a choice, would she really choose these? Thinking to herself, Angelica opened another box, which was significantly larger. The box is a fine pineapple wood, the gold leaf of the gold-clad hinges has fallen off, and the inside is rusty, and the lock is the same rust, which looks like it has not been opened for decades.

It was her mother's dowry, but the box obviously wouldn't hold anything ordinary.

There was a piano in the box. The strings are smelted with gold wire, and the body is also carved from gold silk nanmu with at least 300 years of broken pattern lacquer. The pattern on the headstock is a dragon-headed beast squatting on the ground, quietly listening to the sounds of heaven and earth. One of the nine sons who has been missing for a hundred years is imprisoned Niu Qin. Angelica obviously understood what it was, but she didn't care.

She caressed the strings and simply played the most ordinary tunes, as if everything had nothing to do with her, everything in the world, everything in the past, and destiny in the future seemed to leave him. Suddenly, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and Angelica covered his mouth. She suddenly felt nauseous. It's him, you can't be wrong. Angelica smiled suddenly, and she realized that the firecrackers had gone off. “

Happy New Year. ”