Ni Pengcheng looked at the fire in front of him, a worried look appeared in his eyes, but he comforted in his mouth: "Don't worry! Xiao Fei must have rescued the finch a long time ago, maybe he is waiting for us at the inn now." ”

Although he said this, he was actually a little uncertain in his heart. He didn't expect that Yu Wenjie to be so decisive, and he didn't even want his life to die with everyone. None of the back-up moves he prepared came in handy, although the previous agreement with Ji Wuyi was to bring the alive Yuwenjie back as much as possible, but now it was he who detonated the thunder bomb, but it was not that he Ni Pengcheng did not keep the agreement. At this moment, he only hoped that Ni Pengfei and the others had already left, otherwise such a big explosion would be really worrying.

Tang Zixi hummed obediently, wiped away the tears that quietly slipped from the corners of his eyes, and seemed to be a little afraid of the fire in front of him, so he couldn't help but get closer to Ni Pengcheng, looking at the constantly beating flames in a daze.

She didn't know what was happening to her, and when she woke up, she found that she was not in the room she had been in, but lying on a deserted slope. There was a creepy biting sound all around, and it was clear that there were wild beasts fighting for food. What made her even more disgusting was that she actually saw a jackal running by with a bloody arm in his mouth, and an emerald ring on his pale and delicate palm, which looked like the hand of a pampered woman. This very visually impactful scene is afraid that it will become a shadow that follows her life.

When Luo Chen and Ni Pengcheng found her, she was stumbling through the knee-deep grass, and as long as they were one step late, she became the belly of the beasts.

The courage to come out and brave the rivers and lakes, and the arrogance of fearing all difficulties, finally disappeared in this blow. At this moment, her homesickness became more and more intense, if it weren't for Ni Pengcheng suddenly appearing and telling her that she had the news of the finch, she would not have stayed in Liangzhou City anyway.

For this place, she was simply broken.

As if sensing the change in her heart, Ni Pengcheng patted her on the back intimately, turned his head to Luo Chen and said, "Brother Luo, where did Brother Yun make an appointment with you to meet?"

Luo Chen pointed into the distance and said, "We made an appointment to meet under that osmanthus tree at sunset." ”

Ni Pengcheng glanced at the direction he was pointing, nodded and said, "Okay, now let's go our separate ways, and we'll all meet there at sunset." Farewell!" After speaking, he turned around with Tang Zixi, and the man who had never left him followed closely.

Luo Chen saw a few people leaving, and said to Jia Wuwen, who was a little depressed, and said, "Brother Jia, after I meet with Brother Yun, I will personally send Miss Susu to Guxi Village." If your side is over, come to Guxi Village with us. With that, he handed over the small cloth bag.

"There is Brother Lauro!" Jia Wuwen nodded silently, took out a book wrapped in oilskin paper from his arms and said, "This is the "Medical Scripture" you want, you check it." ”

"No need, I can trust Brother Jia. Luo Chen took the book and smiled faintly, and said to Jia Wuwen, "Please!"

"Please!"

Jia Wuwen looked at the backs of the two leaving, and suddenly turned around and shouted at the group of soldiers: "Pass the order, give me a careful search of this place." Whoever it is, arrest them, and report any abnormalities immediately. ”

"Yes!"

The answer was so uniform that the flames seemed to shake.

As if attracted by the shouting behind him, Tang Zixi, who had already walked far away, suddenly turned his head, looked at the fire that was still burning and muttered, "The Guandi Temple is really gone this time." ”

"What?" Ni Pengcheng, who was hurrying away, obviously didn't hear clearly.

Tang Zixi shook his head and said, "It's nothing." Looking up at the young man with gray hair on his side, he suddenly asked, "Mobei's life is very hard, right?"

Ni Pengcheng was stunned when he heard this, turned his head to look at her and said with a smile: "It's not bitter, but I don't feel bitter, but the wind and sand are very big." If you accidentally blew your brother Pengcheng in the wind, you have to wash it with fragrant pancreas when you go back. After speaking, he pointed to the crow's feet at the corner of his eye and grinned.

Tang Zixi also laughed, just laughing and laughing, and suddenly burst into tears.

This time it came down too suddenly, so panicked that Ni Pengcheng hurriedly raised his sleeve to wipe it for her, and said, "What's wrong?"

Tang Zixi shook his head, gently pushed his hand away, wiped his face with the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "I just suddenly remembered the days when we played around at my grandfather's house together when I was a child." At that time, Brother Pengcheng, you always looked cold, never looked at us squarely, and didn't play with us. Either he sat far away with a book or he danced with a long wooden sword on his shoulder. At that time, we all called you old man behind our backs. ”

When Ni Pengcheng heard her talk about this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "You have wronged me." It's not that I don't want to play with you, it's just that as the eldest son and grandson of the Ni family, I can't help myself in many things, so naturally I'm not as carefree as Xiaofei. ”

Tang Zixi nodded and said, "I know, my aunt told me." Master Ni has great expectations for you, and has always trained you as a successor, and will take on the responsibility for the rise and fall of the entire family in the future, so he has been different from us since he was a child. Speaking of this, she stopped, looked at Ni Pengcheng and said seriously, "Brother Pengcheng, you have always been a good example for our younger brothers and sisters, and you are also one of the people Xiaoxi respects the most. ”

"Xiaoxi, what's wrong with you?" Ni Pengcheng became more and more wrong the more he listened, and couldn't help but interrupt: "If you want Brother Pengcheng to do something, you can tell it directly, whether you can do it or not, I will definitely help you." ”

Tang Zixi waved his hand, signaling him not to interrupt, and then said, "There is something I want to hear you answer me personally." I only asked this once, and I won't ask again. ”

Ni Pengcheng sensed the seriousness of the matter, restrained his smile, and said with a straight face: "You must also know my identity." If I could tell you, I would know everything if you asked. With a wave of his hand, the man who had never left an inch suddenly quietly retreated.

"Okay!" Tang Zixi also had a rare serious face, she stared at Ni Pengcheng's eyes, and asked word by word, "Is there something wrong with my family?"

Ni Pengcheng was stunned, he thought that Tang Zixi would ask him about the fact that he brought troops to Liangzhou City privately, or the matter of the Seventh Prince, no matter which of these two he thought of an excuse, he never expected that she would ask this question as soon as she opened her mouth.

He didn't show any of his feet, and he only received the latest news from the Tang family not long ago, and even Ni Pengfei didn't dare to tell him. Because he knew that Ni Pengfei had a very good relationship with Tang Zixi, he would definitely not be able to help but tell her.

Although he also knew that this matter would not be hidden for long, at least before finding Qi'er, before handing Tang Zixi into Su Jing's hands, he didn't want her to know.

The reason is simple, the news is too cruel and too bloody. He has selfish intentions and doesn't want to be the one who stabs a knife in her heart. Although he can't always protect her in this life, or become someone she won't forget, he doesn't want to be the person who makes her resent her for the rest of her life.

So, if someone had to tell her this cruel news, he definitely didn't want it to be himself.

But things didn't go as expected, and what he was most worried about finally came.

Tang Zixi saw that he hung his head and didn't speak for a long time, and she understood in an instant, and broke the silence when she opened her mouth and said, "Actually, I guessed it if you didn't say it." ”

Ni Pengcheng was taken aback, he couldn't even speak, and stammered: "You, you know everything?"

Tang Zixi snorted and said, "When Brother Pengfei came to Liangzhou, I felt that something was wrong. He's a guy who can't hide what he's thinking, and although he still giggles with me as usual, he secretly sighs every time I'm not looking. So I concluded that he must have something to hide from me. At first, I thought it was Brother Ling's business, but since I met Brother Jing, I knew it wasn't. ”

Hearing this, Ni Pengcheng couldn't help but interject: "Why do you know when you see Su Jing, don't you?"

"The reason is simple. Tang Zixi's eyes looked at the mountains in the distance, as if he was recalling something, "Brother Jing told me that he was looking for the Heavenly Spider Fruit to treat Brother Ling. At first, I was also panicked and scared, but then I thought that Brother Ling was now in the palace, with the emperor and the concubine by his side, and they would definitely not let him have anything to do. But why do Brother Pengfei and Brother Jing talk about the matter so seriously?" Speaking of this, she turned her head and looked at Ni Pengcheng, whose expression changed slightly, and continued, "If you don't want me to go back quickly, it's that you want to hide something else." What else is there in this world that worries me more than Brother Ling being seriously injured? Brother Pengcheng, what do you say?"

Ni Pengcheng twisted his body unnaturally, and said to him: "You and the Seventh Prince have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and his position in your mind is naturally irreplaceable." ”

Tang Zixi shook his head and said, "What is more important than this in my mind is naturally my relatives." ”

Ni Pengcheng was speechless when he heard this, he really didn't know how to continue, so he had to be silent.

"Do you know why the finch came to Liangzhou?"

Hearing Tang Zixi's words, Ni Pengcheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Naturally, Madame feels sorry for you and is worried that you have no one to take care of you when you are alone, so she specially sent Que'er to take care of you." ”

Tang Zixi suddenly laughed when he heard this, and said, "That's because you don't understand the finch, that's why you say this." Although Que'er seems to be well-behaved and obedient, she is actually very stubborn in her bones, and as long as she recognizes something, she will never change it easily. ”

Ni Pengcheng looked puzzled and said, "But she is just a little maid, how can she not listen to Madame?"

"No, that's not what I meant. Tang Zixi knew that he had misunderstood the meaning of her words, and explained: "Qi'er is my personal maid, in fact, it is similar to my sister. A few years ago, my mother said that she wanted to recognize her as her goddaughter, but she refused to live or die. ”

After speaking, his eyes turned to Ni Pengcheng, and when he nodded to show that he understood, he continued, "Before I left, I told her to take good care of my mother for me and take good care of that small courtyard." When my father's anger subsides and the Qin family's affairs are resolved, I will naturally go back. She knows my temper very well, so I believe that if it weren't for a special reason, she would never have left Luoyang to come to me without permission. ”

Ni Pengcheng didn't expect this kind of relationship, and he really didn't know how to answer for a while. looked at Tang Zixi's expectant eyes, and said with difficulty: "Yes, something has happened to your family recently." ”

Tang Zixi's face showed a sudden look, and he snorted: "Did the Qin family go to the emperor to complain?"

"No, it's worse than that!"