On the way back to the inn, Hua Pingyang deliberately slowed down his pace. Looking at the two people walking side by side in the moonlight, he couldn't help but think of what his father and the Hua family said after dinner that day.
If the Hua family had not changed, Zhi'er could have lived a stable and smooth life, with a fairly good husband, several obedient and intelligent children, and a powerful family that would not make things difficult for her or her in-laws. Everyone would praise her for being blessed.
From her later performance, we can see that she has great abilities but is willing to lie low and live a well-behaved life where no one can find fault with her. Since it was the Hua family who forced her to abandon those rules, they have no right to say that she has no rules!
It would be best if Zhier could grow old with this man. If they end up separated, Zhier will be the forever eldest lady of the Hua family, and anyone who dares to look down on her will be expelled from the family immediately!
The father was willing to protect Zhi'er even if he was scolded by his descendants. It was not necessarily because he did not believe that the descendants of the Hua family would remember this kindness, but he was too heartbroken. The girl who was reluctant to leave the family not long ago suddenly became a pillar of support. She not only supported the family in the capital, but also the family in the north.
Before she came for the first time, they were just enduring, with no goals, no hopes, no idea what the future would hold, just enduring day after day. He had to worry about the future of the Hua family and whether his old father could endure.
But when Zhier came, she brought not only gold and silver to make their lives better, but also hope. She instilled this hope into their hearts, making them look forward to the future and feel at peace.
It was after that incident that the Hua family became more energetic, with less resentment and more unity. The younger generations would apply medicine to each other after their hands were covered with blisters from working. They would learn to care for and look after their elders and would do things they had never thought of doing, just to make others work less hard.
This is Zhier’s credit.
No one knows how much she has endured and how much she has paid in the process of forcing herself to grow up, but they understand the hardships involved, and they don't know how to be nice to this girl who seems to have become invulnerable in an instant. They can only protect her in this way of sacrificing their own skin and leaving her the biggest way out.
Looking at the man who subconsciously stretched out his hand to protect Zhi'er when she stepped over the threshold, Hua Pingyang lowered his head and smiled. At the moment, things might not necessarily go to that point. He already knew Zhi'er's good points and how she was different from other women. He didn't believe that Mr. Lu would be willing to give up this bowl of delicious food and choose a glass of bland water.
"We have to travel early tomorrow morning, so get some rest early."
"Yes." Hua Zhi bowed, smiled at Yan Xi and went into the house.
The two men looked at each other for a while, and Hua Pingyang bowed and said, "I'll trouble you, Mr. Lu, to protect me along the way."
Gu Yanxi returned the greeting, "It's my duty, don't worry."
On the last night before leaving, Hua Zhi couldn't fall asleep for a long time even though she knew she had to get enough rest to hurry on her way. If possible, she really wanted to stay here for a few more days, but there was still a lot of things to do in the capital, and the network was not big enough, so she couldn't let herself go like that.
She turned over again and finally fell asleep in a daze. She didn't know how long it had been when there was a sudden noise outside. She turned over and sat up. After making sure she had not heard wrong, she quickly got dressed and got out of bed. At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Azhi?"
It was Yan Xi. Hua Zhi walked over quickly and opened the door. Gu Yan Xi knew she had not just woken up when she saw her alert look. "I'm afraid there have been changes at the border. I need to go take a look."
"Take everyone with you."
Gu Yanxi straightened his sleeves and said, "Leave one to follow you."
At this time, the door next to him also opened. Hua Pingyang asked while tying his belt, "Is this a night raid?"
"I don't know the specific situation yet." Gu Yanxi replied and looked at Ah Zhi again, "Stay in the inn for now and act according to circumstances."
"Okay, be careful."
Gu Yanxi nodded at Hua Pingyang, walked forward a few steps, then stopped, turned back, put a dagger in her hand, and then quickly left.
Hua Pingyang's eyebrows twitched, but he didn't say much. Instead, he guessed the identity of Mr. Lu. If it was really an enemy night attack, it should be the business of the border guards. What was he doing there? If he was just offering military force, it didn't seem likely. Whose family was he from
After thinking for a while, he still couldn't find anyone who could match this person, so Hua Pingyang didn't think much about it. "Yinshan Pass is relatively safe, nothing will happen, go and rest."
"Yes, and so does Fourth Uncle." Hua Zhi couldn't really fall asleep, so she went back to the room and sat at the table waiting. There was not much noise outside, but some sounds were coming from afar. There must be enemies disturbing the border.
After thinking for a while, Hua Zhi heard a knock on the door. She thought it was the guard named Jia Yang left behind by Yan Xi who had something to report, so she hurried to open the door. However, the person outside the door was completely beyond her expectations. It was Zeng Xian's son. She didn't know how he got in under such circumstances. He was really a newborn calf that was not afraid of a tiger!
She squatted down and asked, "Why are you here? Is there something wrong with your father?"
The child pursed his lips and uttered a few words, "Father said the Hua family is dangerous."
The childish words hit Hua Zhi like a bolt from the blue. Hua Pingyang, who heard the knock on the door and came out, also heard it. He asked with a gloomy face, "Did your father say anything else?"
The child shook his head.
Hua Zhi calmed herself down and immediately carried the child into the house. "It's dangerous outside. You stay here for now. If that brother comes back that day, you ask him to go to the Hua family immediately. Remember?"
The child nodded, without any fear on his face from beginning to end.
Hua Zhi grabbed the dagger and ran towards the Hua family. Hua Pingyang and Jia Yang, the guard left behind by Gu Yanxi, immediately followed.
Although it was only a few hundred steps away, Hua Zhi broke out in a sweat in the cool breeze. The closer she got, the faster her heart beat, for she was afraid that she would be late.
When she heard that there was no movement here, and that the Hua family was peaceful even though the lights were on, Hua Zhi's heart suddenly dropped. She stopped, supported her knees, and gasped.
But before he could catch his breath, something unexpected happened.
A group of people came out from the alleys on both sides that were originally empty, about twenty people in total. They were all dressed in night clothes, with black clothes covering their faces, the standard attire for murder and arson.
Hua Zhi bit the tip of her tongue, "Jia Yang, you go left and I go right."
"yes."
The two men ran in two different directions. The man in black probably didn't expect to be discovered outside and to be preempted by others, so he immediately counterattacked.
Jia Yang didn't even get close to the enemy with the long whip. He rolled it up and smashed it on the ground. This was a tactic passed down from their lineage, and he had inherited it. As soon as Hua Zhi got close to the enemy, Jia Yang had already seen blood.
Hua Zhi's every move was aimed at a fatal direction. She had her persistence and her bottom line, but these things were nothing when her loved ones were in danger!
These people want to kill the Hua family who are powerless!
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