Yuwen Tai was silent for a long time, then slowly raised his head from the copy and looked at Li Xiao who was standing below him: "How did the matter go?"
Li Xiao responded in a low voice: "It's all done according to my wishes."
Yuwen Tai nodded, thought for a while and asked again: "Did he have anything to say?"
"No words were said."
"Whatever." Yuwen Tai chuckled, as if he had expected it. He stood up and slowly walked to the window and stood there. The sky outside the window was azure blue, deep and empty to the point of being terrifying. He squinted his eyes and seemed to be lost in thought.
Li Xiao hesitated for a while, and finally asked, "Master, there is something I don't understand."
"Um?"
"Master... why do you want to do this? Please forgive me for being so dull that I don't know the secret." Li Xiao thought to himself, this is not like Master's style...
Yuwen Tai did not speak for a long time, so long that Li Xiao's forehead was sweating. Just as he was about to kneel down and beg for his forgiveness, he heard Yuwen Tai muttering in a deep voice: "There is no mystery, maybe... I just don't want them to confide in each other in the underworld." Li Xiao saw that he slightly raised the corners of his lips, and there was clearly a bit of mockery and loneliness on his half-smiley face.
But soon, that expression that did not belong to him was submerged by the cold lines.
"I remember... there's another person in the Xiao family, right?" Wolf's eyes shone with a strange light, "I almost forgot, there's also Xiao Zhao... Li Xiao, he's in your hands."
Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded in understanding: "Yes! I understand!"
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"Are you really leaving?" Sheng Lian leaned against the door, staring thoughtfully at the man who was busy packing things in the room. She was silent for a long time before she asked him.
The man looked up and saw the reluctance on her face and couldn't help but smile: "Well, I have decided."
"Will you come back?" Sheng Lian suddenly felt reluctant to let him leave like this.
We have been together for so long, even if this pair of peach blossom eyes is just a vase decoration, after looking at it for a long time, I have developed feelings for it. If it is missing, the room will feel empty.
"Why, are you reluctant to leave? If you are reluctant, then I won't leave." He stopped what he was doing and slowly walked towards her, staring at her straight, with a smile in his eyes and her rather embarrassed face. Sheng Lian saw him approaching step by step and couldn't help but take a few steps back to keep some distance from him: "Ji, Ji Jiang. If you have something to say, please talk to me."
Ji Jiang's eyebrows curved like a crescent moon: "Why are you so nervous? Why didn't I speak properly?"
Sheng Lian opened her mouth to argue, but she didn't know what to say. She had to change the subject: "I know you are a person with great ambitions, and your talent is indeed buried in this forest. If you want to leave, go ahead... but remember to come back when you have time. Everyone will welcome you."
Ji Jiang looked at her and smiled a little forcedly: "This is the first time you praised me for my talent. It seems that you finally recognized the truth."
Sheng Lian rolled her eyes calmly.
He looked at her carefully for a while, and said solemnly and sincerely: "I remembered you from the first time I saw you, and I have never forgotten you all these years. I will always remember you, so you can't forget me either. No matter what happens, you must never forget that there was such a person by your side."
Sheng Lian was frightened by his sincere expression, and felt as if it was his final farewell. She waved her hands and said, "Why are you so serious... If you come back often in the future, I will naturally remember you. Otherwise, I can't do anything about it, so don't blame me."
Ji Jiang smiled helplessly, shrugged and shook his head but said no more.
At this time, He Hui and Zhen'er walked into the yard together. Zhen'er saw the two people standing at the door and shouted, "Uncle Qiao has prepared the horses. Taohuayan, you can go now!"
Ji Jiang's mouth twitched, and he walked over with Sheng Lian and knocked Zhen'er on the head very lightly and quickly: "Talk nonsense."
Zhen'er pursed her lips to look innocent: "Okay, okay. Peach Blossom Eyes. The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."
"Well, I've already rushed back to attend Zhen'er's baby's full moon celebration." Ji Jiang said with a hint of sarcasm. Upon hearing this, Zhen'er's cheeks turned slightly red and she angrily said, "You're the one talking nonsense. You haven't even started yet!"
He Hui was watching from the side and found it funny. He waved his hand and urged them: "Alright, alright, if you two start quarreling, there will be no end. Ji Jiang, take care on your journey. We will all be thinking of you."
Ji Jiang and He Hui were also friends who appreciated each other. After exchanging glances for a while, Ji Jiang nodded heavily at him, picked up his bag and walked out the door. Sheng Lian saw him leaving and hurriedly trotted after him to see him off.
Ji Jiang seemed to have foreseen this and said without even turning his head: "No thanks. Take care."
Sheng Lian paused in her tracks. She watched the man's strong back gradually disappear into the dense green, but she didn't say the goodbye in her throat.
"Why do I feel that... he will not come back." Sheng Lian murmured to herself, expressing the vague but real uneasiness in her heart.
"Ji Jiang is not an easy target. He will leave one day." He Hui slowly walked to Sheng Lian and sighed, "I just don't want him to leave so quickly." It seems like he is avoiding something, probably the past.
Sheng Lian lowered her eyes, and in her mind came the words that Ji Jiang had said to her at some point. It seemed as if she had heard him say a long time ago that he would not leave, would not go away. When did he say that to her... Sheng Lian had a headache, so she simply stopped thinking about it.
"He Hui...what about you? Will there be a day when you leave us like Ji Jiang?" Sheng Lian's words were filled with deep worry.
He Hui was stunned, then he looked into her eyes and smiled softly: "No. As long as you still need me, I will always be by your side."
The tenderness in his eyes seemed like the softness that he had become accustomed to over the years. It was as flexible as water plants and as warm as candlelight. The years were no longer cold in his tenderness.
Sheng Lian felt warm in her heart and had an urge to cry. "He Hui, thank you.
Zhen'er, who had been an invisible person for a long time, couldn't stand the gazes of the two people anymore and coughed twice: "Um... Uncle He, can I ask you for a favor? We are short of staff in our city workshop. I'd like to trouble you to take charge of everything. This is for the good of all of us. You said that so many of us depend on the cloth shop for our livelihood. We are just getting started and are not familiar with the business situation, so we have to work harder..." Zhen'er muttered a lot of things to He Hui that she had said countless times. Sheng Lian felt her ears were numb from listening to them and left the yard while He Hui was trying to hold back.
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Ye Feifan went to the city with Qiao Yuruhua, and no one knew when they would return. And He Hui would soon be sent to the workshop by Zhen'er. I'm afraid her life will be even more leisurely in the future.
Sheng Lian walked along the stream carrying a wooden basin and clothes, and kept repeating in her heart, Ruhua has Qiao Yu, Zhen'er has Ye Feifan. But what about me... If one day, I am the only one left, what should I do? He Hui? Sheng Lian thought of him, and then suddenly dismissed the idea. No, it won't be him.
Because there is another person's shadow in my mind.
But I have never seen his features clearly.
No, there might be more than one person. She was thinking about the people in black, white, red, and blue. There were men, women, old, and young... But who were they... And who was she... Could it be that it was really like what Zhen'er said? Sheng Lian didn't believe herself at this time.
She squatted down on the flat stone by the stream in a trance, put the wooden basin aside, took out the clothes and started washing.
The strange technique and the strange feeling, I don't think I've ever washed clothes like this before. And the pair of white and tender hands don't seem to belong to someone who has been doing housework like this for years.
I don't know why, but these few days, this questioning thought has become more and more intense. I always feel heavy in my heart that something is going to happen.
She absentmindedly beat the clothes with the stick, and when she relaxed her grip, the freshly washed clothes actually floated away with the current. Sheng Lian came to her senses and hurriedly stepped into the water to pick them up. The stream water covered her ankles, and the soaked skirt became heavy, pulling her steps.
Sheng Lian was a little annoyed and determined to pick up the clothes.
I simply picked up the skirt and chased after it, and finally saw that the clothes were hung on a branch that protruded abruptly from the stream.
She breathed a sigh of relief and bent over to pick it up. But the moment she stretched out her hand, she saw another pair of hands picking up the clothes before her. The hands were slender but unfamiliar, and at the same time, they carried a masculine scent that came towards her.
Sheng Lian looked up in surprise and met the man's eyes which were as deep as the dark night.
The burning and unspeakable gaze startled her.
The next moment, Sheng Lian's brain exploded and became a mess. She stared blankly at the man who suddenly appeared in front of her, without saying a word or moving a muscle.
The man in black clothes was tall and straight, and although he was wearing an ordinary cloth shirt, it could not conceal his innate elegance and composure.
His pair of shining eyes were now fixed on Sheng Lian, as if he wanted her to see through him. His expression was so complicated that it made people feel distressed, and his unspeakable emotions were swirling.
Sheng Lian didn't know why, but she suddenly remembered the words "survived a disaster". Yes, survived a disaster. She seemed to have seen him somewhere, and more than once. Even the smell on his body gave her a vague feeling of familiarity.
It's just... who is he...
The man handed the wet clothes in his hand to Sheng Lian and asked her in a calm voice, "Yours?" While speaking, his eyes never left her.
"Um...thank you." Sheng Lian smiled at him faintly, but unexpectedly the man seemed to stiffen and slightly turned his head away.
After a while, he turned around and was about to leave. His wide sleeves swung out in a frightening arc, and a dark figure gradually moved away from her mind, and it actually overlapped with the person in front of her.
Sheng Lian suddenly felt panic for no reason. She took a few steps to catch up with him, grabbed his sleeve, and asked breathlessly, "Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute... Excuse me, who are you? Do we know each other? Why... I think you look familiar. We must have met before."
The man stopped walking when he heard this. He slowly turned around and looked at Sheng Lian hesitantly, and asked in a low voice: "You said you... have seen me?"
"Yeah." Sheng Lian nodded, "I must have seen it. I fell off the cliff before and I can't remember some things. But I remember your face. Can you tell me your name? I will definitely remember it." Sheng Lian said with a little guilt, fearing that this person would angrily turn away.
The man stared at her silently for a long time, then suddenly raised the corners of his lips and smiled brightly: "It doesn't matter. Just remember my name from now on. My name is Qi Fu."
The warm sunlight shone through the shadows of the trees. Sheng Lian looked at the man's gentle and brilliant smile and smiled quietly as well. Qi Fu...
I remember it.
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Song has something to say
This was done late at night when I was trying to make up for my mistake... When I re-read it, I was not very satisfied with the ending, so I wanted to change it.
I don’t know how this ending will turn out, but at least Qu feels warm inside when he thinks about it, and he won’t have too many regrets anymore.
Although according to Yuwen Tai's character, he would not let Xiao Yi go easily. According to Xiao Yi's character, he would not muddle along like this, and would destroy the country when he clearly had a chance to turn things around. And how could Han Zhen, Qiao Yuruhua and others pretend that nothing had happened and live with Xiao Yi calmly
But... this is a novel, isn't it... It's like a dream, and halfway through the dream, you're not satisfied. So you just change the dream according to your own imagination... (Qu has always been such a rogue)
At the end of the story, Zhao Pei and Xiao Yi became Sheng Lian and Qi Fu. Zhao Pei forgot the past. Xiao Yi gave up the past. From then on, there was only the future. From then on, the court and the war were no longer relevant. Between giving up and giving up, what you get is better than what you give up.
(It's a bit forced... I guess you guys just ignored it...) But at least, this is the ending everyone expected the most...
Qu probably started preparing this piece in February, and it was called "Si Lian Fu" at that time.
I had this idea after listening to a song called "Half-face Makeup". I checked the information and found that it was a time when heroes were outstanding. The love history of Xiao Tong, Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan and Zhao Pei was also rich... So I thought it was very suitable for Qu Wuliang's tampering. But Qu ignored such a sad ending. Basically... everyone did not have a good ending. However, history... cannot be modified too much. It is a bit disrespectful. Qu struggled and tampered with so much. Maybe it will mislead everyone.
In history, Xiao Tong fell into a lotus pond and died of illness three months later.
Xiao Gang was crushed to death by a bag filled with soil, and so was Xiao Yi.
There are also some details, such as the status of ox carts was higher than horse carts in the Wei, Jin, and southern and northern dynasties. But because I always wrote it as horse carts, I was too lazy to change it later. Another example is the way to address others, at that time they were called "wife" and "lang". But it is not smooth to write... Forgive Qu's laziness.
In terms of character, Qu seems very childish. He clearly wanted to write Xiao Tong as perfect, but later he became too melancholy and selfish. No wonder others don't like him... Zhao Pei is also an awkward child, still a little childish in many things... (This is probably due to Qu's childishness...) But they are all Qu's children, and Qu still likes them very much~
Qu was quite confident at the time, but since the end, the number of clicks and subscriptions is still not satisfactory. It is probably because this kind of heavy subject matter is not liked by most people. But Qu does not have too many regrets. After all, there are you~ who have followed it persistently until now, not afraid of Qu's criticism or Qu's stepmother... It is your support that made "Chaos" come to an end. As long as there is still one person reading it, Qu will not give up. So... The novel that was originally said to be 250,000 yuan increased by nearly 200,000 yuan... Thank you all for your money~ Hehe
If it is the next story, then the song will be left alone... It saves trouble and gives room for development.
Qu is also growing slowly. Compared with the previous one "Longing", this one has made great progress... Qu will work harder and make great achievements~! I will definitely bring you better stories in the future.
It's snowing in Shanghai right now. For Qu, this should be the heaviest snowfall of the year. Although it won't pile up... it feels a bit like Christmas~
I wish you all a happy New Year's Day. I also wish you a happy New Year. It would be great if you could still visit the page of "Chaos" in the future. . . .
By the way... Please kindly give me a few long reviews... Thank you~ Just consider it as a reward for my hard work~ I am very grateful! ! ! ! (To be continued)