At night, Wangjia Village is still as usual, restored to the quiet without noise. Unlike the previous days, there was no snow in Wangjia Village tonight, and thousands of stars could still be faintly visible on a clear night. From time to time, a slight return breeze blows outside the door, bringing a peaceful sign to the snowmelt land......

In the house, Tang Zhan and Lu Jing were sitting in the house, reflecting the warm candlelight in the house, and looking down at the night scene outside the house. Lu Jing had been sitting by the window, while Tang Zhan seemed to have just come back from outside the house, and after sitting down on the chair, he stood up from time to time, looked at some of the situation outside the door, and then closed the door.

"Silly, is my sister-in-law's horse settled?" Lu Jing asked, looking at the night scene outside the window.

"Settle down......," Tang Zhan responded, "I just went to the stable and warmed it up with a fire, and it shouldn't be too cold for the jujube red horse there at night...... Tomorrow at dawn, we'll take the horses back, and I think my sister-in-law must have been thinking about her horses all the time......

Indeed, because everyone went to Yuxing City together before, Li Yuru's jujube red horse has always stayed in Wangjia Village. For Li Yuru, the jujube red horse is very important, and even her husband Zhao Zichuan, Li Yuru didn't let him touch it.

"Bring the horse back to the camp, and the horse will be able to see its master, and it should be very happy to see the master in general......," Lu Jing sighed lightly, "But when you return to the camp, what you are about to face is a cruel war with no end in sight...... In fact, animals, like humans, want to live safely and happily, and once they step into the point of war, it is a painful path from which there is no turning back......

Tang Zhan thought for a moment. felt that Lu Jing might be born as a girl, and it was inevitable that she would be a little afraid when she encountered such a thing as war. So, Tang Zhan slowly walked to Lu Jing's side. He sat down again, and then said slowly: "War is cruel, and no one in the world wants war. However, if the means of war were not used, there would be no way to overthrow the tyranny of the Mengyuan Dynasty, and there would be no way for the people of the Central Plains to be rescued...... Taking a step back, the overthrow of the Mengyuan court was also the last wish of the Tang family, although I myself did not want to see more people die. But for the sake of my family, I can't ......."

After Tang Zhan finished speaking, Lu Jing was silent for a long time. A moment. Lu Jing said softly again: "Eh, fool, let me ask you, if you live in an era of peace, there is no war and chaos. There is no brutal tyranny. But still an orphan, what kind of life would you want?"

"Born in an era of peace, but still an orphan, right......" Tang Zhan heard this, and couldn't help but think of his father and mother who were not alive for various reasons, first sighed slightly, and then thought about it and said, "In an era of peace, of course it's good to have no war." At least all people can live and work in peace and contentment, and no longer suffer from war and oppression...... As for myself. Of course, I hope that you and Brother Zichuan can be together every day, just like when we were in Bianliang, we were happy together every day......"

"Fool......" Lu Jing looked at Tang Zhan's side face and said slowly, "If the war is over and the tyranny of Meng Yuan is overthrown, I also hope to be able to do so." It's not just us and the Zichuan brothers, but also Sister Su, Brother Xiao, and Brother Huang Ji......"

"And Brother Sun Yun......" Tang Zhan said suddenly. At this time, in the face of the upcoming Northern Expedition, Tang Zhan couldn't help but think of his first brother Sun Yun.

So, Tang Zhan took off the half of the dragon pattern jade pendant from his waist, reflected the candlelight by the window, and looked at the jade pendant affectionately, and the past kept passing Tang Zhan's mind - they had only known each other for one day, but they became brothers. But they only became brothers for one day, and since then they have been separated. Tang Zhan stayed in Bianliang and met Lu Jing, Zhao Zichuan and others, while Sun Yun went north to Dadu and has not heard from him so far. They once had a common ideal, they both wanted to be heroes with the world in their hearts, although the road was bumpy, but they never forgot this ideal for each other, and continued to work hard for it...... Now Tang Zhan can be said to be very close to this ideal, and in a short time, Zhu Yuanzhang is about to go north, if he can successfully overthrow the tyranny of Meng Yuan, it can be regarded as the end of Tang Zhan's wish for many years......

"Are you thinking about your young master Brother Sun Yun who came to the Dart Bureau......" Lu Jing looked at Tang Zhan with affectionate expression in his eyes, and couldn't help asking.

"Yes......" Tang Zhan looked at the jade pendant in his hand, although it was only half a piece, it contained the deep friendship between brothers, all the way over, the jade pendant was still so shining and dazzling, Tang Zhan continued, "Brother Sun Yun once swore to me that he must find out the murderer of my Tang family...... Now the murderer has been found, and the culprit is the Chatai King of Dadu. Brother Sun Yun is also in Dadu, I follow Zhu Yuanzhang all the way, I must rush to Dadu, I believe I can still meet Brother Sun Yun......"

"I hope so......" Lu Jing first sighed softly, and then sighed in a confused tone, "But war is not like the battle on the rivers and lakes, war must die, and it is the most ruthless and cruel thing in the world...... And the battlefield is changing, fighting with the enemy, if you don't die, you will live or I will live, even if your martial arts are high, it is difficult to predict the life and death of others. So even if it's all stupid your ideals, I'm still worried......"

"I know ......," Tang Zhan replied slowly.

"And I'm especially wary of one person......" Suddenly, Lu Jing changed her tone and said, "That's Zhu Yuanzhang-"

"Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang?" Tang Zhan couldn't help but ask when he heard Lu Jing's tone, "What's the matter, is there anything wrong with the marshal?"

Lu Jing closed her eyes slightly, and then said softly: "Although it is just my guess, I am always relieved in my heart...... Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Mingjiao, and after fighting all the way, he has won over many martial arts sects, including the Tang family and the Xiao family villa, and even the Huashan faction took the initiative to help Zhu Yuanzhang find the secret of the Tang family this time...... But it can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang is an ambitious person, and those who want to achieve great things, in addition to superior means, there is also unpredictable scheming...... If Zhu Yuanzhang really overthrew the Mengyuan court and became the emperor, then he, who knew very well that the martial arts sect controlled the power of the world, would he in turn take other means to deal with the major martial arts sects? In addition to fighting the country, but also to protect the country, will Zhu Yuanzhang just use the sect in the martial arts......"

Listen to what Lu Jing said. Tang Zhan's nerves tightened, and he couldn't help but think of what he said to him before he died when he was chasing after Wuluo Todo in Yuxing City......

"Don't you believe the words of this king? Zhu Yuanzhang did this just to win over the people's hearts and lay the foundation for the regime he wanted to build. You are just a martial artist, how can you understand the way of power? Just wait and see, see you follow Zhu Yuanzhang all the way down, after the success. What will he do to you in the end...... However, it seems that this king will not have a chance to see this day......"

...... Thinking of this, Tang Zhan's expression suddenly became solemn.

Lu Jing saw Tang Zhan's somewhat uneasy expression, and couldn't help asking, "Stupid." What's wrong with you?"

Tang Zhan immediately came back to his senses. Shaking his head, he said, "No, nothing, it's just a little too much......"

Lu Jing thought that it was what she said today, which made Tang Zhan, who was innocent by nature, a little worried, so Lu Jing tried to relieve the embarrassing and tense atmosphere, changed the topic and said: "Forget it, no matter what happens in the future, at least we are now, we are still in Wangjia Village tonight." We shouldn't think about so many unhappy things......"

"Now...... What can be happy about?" Tang Zhan said stupidly, still sitting by the window, looking at the candle on the table.

"It's hard to come back. Why do you have to worry about so many things......" Lu Jing stood up and thought about it, and then said, "By the way, stupid, you go and boil some hot water, let's wash our feet first-"

"Wash your feet at this time...... What are you going to do?" Tang Zhan wondered.

"Don't do anything, just relax and relax......" Lu Jing smiled and recalled, "Silly, do you remember, when you were in Lu Mansion, you washed my feet for the first time......"

"Of course I remember......," Tang Zhan also recalled with a smile, "At that time, as the daughter of the Lu family, you actually asked me, a rough man, to wash your feet, and I was quite strange at that time......

Lu Jing smiled and said, "Yes, you were clumsy at that time, you couldn't wash my feet, and you splashed water everywhere......"

Tang Zhan also stood up and thought about it, then walked to the wooden basin next to the bed, and laughed softly: "Why don't I wash Jing'er once tonight, see if your feet are still itchy-"

When Lu Jing saw it, she pretended to be squeamish and said, "Okay, that girl wants to see if your level of serving this girl has improved——"

So, the two looked at each other and smiled. Tang Zhan went out and boiled the foot-washing water, and when the water temperature was just right, Tang Zhan brought the foot-washing water into the room again. The heat filled the bedroom, which was not too big, and the whole room gradually warmed up.

"After coming out of Bianliang, I haven't washed my feet in hot water for a long time......" Lu Jing sat on the edge of the bed, took off her snow-soaked boots early, put her feet into the hot water basin, and said with a smile, "It's so comfortable, I didn't expect to be able to wash my feet comfortably when I came out, and when I got to the barracks in the future, I might not have such an opportunity......

"Look at your anxious ......" Tang Zhan also took off his shoes and prepared to wash his feet with Lu Jing.

"Stupid, why are you in a hurry to wash me before you serve me well?" Lu Jing asked pretending to be coquettish again.

"Okay, okay, it's hard to wash your hot feet once when you go out on a long trip, and then serve you, the eldest lady, again......" Tang Zhan also said with a smile.

So, Tang Zhan still patiently washed Lu Jing's feet as he did when he was in Bianliang Lufu. However, Tang Zhan's movements were still so rough, which made Lu Jing laugh again: "Stupid, why are you still so stupid, it makes me itch too much-"

As she spoke, Lu Jing's toes splashed with water, splashing Tang Zhan's face.

Tang Zhan's side couldn't stand Lu Jing's back-and-forth "torture", and he also said: "You are not the same, your feet are so dishonest, and you splash water everywhere, I have to treat you well today-"

As he spoke, Tang Zhan used both hands to grab Lu Jing's feet directly. Lu Jing was attacked by this "raid", and she screamed again, and her face was filled with an innocent and lively smile.

"Ah, stupid, you dare to be bad, see that I don't teach you a lesson-" Lu Jing laughed, and then his right foot with water broke free from Tang Zhan's hand and directly stepped on Tang Zhan's face.

"Ahh Today, since you want me to wash your feet, you can honestly put my feet in the basin for me, and I have to choke the itch—"

"Fool, you're a villain, let me go—" Lu Jing laughed again. In fact, she said this, but she enjoyed the process of Tang Zhan washing her feet very much.

"I'm still stubborn, what can you do?" Tang Zhan continued to joke, his two hands still clumsily rubbing Lu Jing's feet.

Lu Jing was really itchy at first, and her whole face turned red with shyness. But gradually, Tang Zhan seemed to have found some routines, and his movements became much smoother, and Lu Jing gradually got used to it, and his feet were no longer itchy, looking at Tang Zhan's caring demeanor when he washed his feet, Lu Jing's heart warmed.

"It's a lot better now, isn't it?" Tang Strategic retracted his smile and said softly.

"Still a fool understands me......" Lu Jing also changed her smile from size to smile and responded softly.

While Tang Zhan was washing, he felt the extra blisters and calluses on Lu Jing's feet, and then said lightly: "Coming out of Bianliangcheng, I didn't expect Jing'er to have soaks and calluses on your feet, you used to be pampered in Lufu, and now you come out to accompany us on the way north, it can be regarded as bitter Jing'er you......"

"Jing'er is not afraid of hardship, as long as you are by my side, Jing'er is not afraid of anything-" Lu Jing replied with a red face, "It's your stupid feet, you came out and walked in the snow, but they are not as dirty and smelly as before......"

"It's not that my feet have become clean, it's that you are used to ......it," Tang Zhan's eyes lowered slightly, and he said softly, "Because of me, Jing'er, your feet have also become dirty, not as bright and white as before......"

"However, if it is still as bright and white as before, I am not happy......" Lu Jing looked at her feet in the basin, then looked up at Tang Zhan's face, and said with a smile, "I just like the current black, dirty, and calloused feet......"

"Jing'er ......" Looking at Lu Jing's innocent and lively smile, Tang Zhan felt a long-lost excitement in his heart, just like when he first saw Lu Jing in Bianliang.

Lu Jing eased up, looked at the feet in the basin, and said with a smile: "Okay, stupid, let's wash it together......"

So, Tang Zhan also calmly put his feet into the basin......

Although the hot water has been washed for a long time, and the water temperature has long since lost its previous heat and has begun to slowly become colder, in the eyes of Tang Zhan and Lu Jing, the footwashing water at this time is very warm.

The feet of the two were facing each other, and Lu Jing also used her big thumb to "tease" her toes from time to time, and smiled at Tang Zhan. Tang Zhan was the same, he also "reciprocated" Lu Jing with his toes, and he also smiled at Lu Jing.

The two washed back and forth like this for a long time, Lu Jing dragged her chin with both hands, and looked at the four feet in the footbasin with a smile, although the footwashing water had become much colder, but Lu Jing didn't care at all. She is enjoying the process of washing her feet with Tang Zhan now, and she hopes that time can stand still at this moment.

And Tang Zhan is the same, he has not been so warm with Lu Jing for a long time, if it weren't for the thick armor on his body, he really couldn't see that they were soldiers who were about to go on the expedition, but it was like a happy family, washing his feet warmly and harmoniously on such a cold winter night......

It wasn't until there was no water temperature at all for washing feet that Tang Zhan and Lu Jing were willing to "close their feet". After Tang Zhan poured out the footwashing water, Lu Jing was also very tired. Of course, on the last night before the expedition, Tang Zhan and Lu Jing enjoyed the warmest time after coming out of Bianliang City......

Lu Jing also fell asleep early, Tang Zhan saw it in his eyes, thinking that what he would face tomorrow might be life and death on the battlefield, and he felt quite touched in his heart. However, Tang Zhan was not too afraid, after such an unforgettable night, he was also very satisfied, despite his previous worries.

So, there was no longer too much nostalgia and thoughts, and after covering Lu Jing with the quilt, Tang Zhan went back to his room to sleep...... (To be continued......)