The darkness of the night came quietly, accompanied by the pattering rain, mixed with the whistling wind, the temperature dropped sharply, and it was extremely cold. Ying Yan returned soon after sending Mi Mi back to her tent. I saw a huddle on the couch, it was really cold tonight.
Ying Yan ordered people to have dinner, and sat by the blazing fire, the room was silent. The maids moved quite neatly, and they quickly brought up the meal that had been prepared. After filling the two empty cups, Ying Yan called Tao Yao up to eat.
Tao Yao wrapped the quilt and sat in front of the food table opposite Ying Yan. He raised his glass to eat with a glass of wine. At the end, he frowned, with an uncomfortable expression, "What kind of wine is this today? It's too unpleasant to drink."
Ying Yan gave her a meatball and smiled, "This wine is not sweet, so you can only taste its bitterness. In fact, it has many flavors, but you can't taste it."
Tao Yao tasted the meatballs, but it still tasted like the wine. She poured a cup of tea and then tasted the sweetness of the fresh meat, "I'm satisfied to be able to taste these two flavors, and I realized it again today. Come up with a truth." Having said that, she stared at Ying Yan and paused deliberately, "Do you want to hear it?"
Ying Yan smiled and said, "You really need to listen to the truth that the old monster realized."
Tao Yao took another sip of wine, and the thick bitterness spread quickly from the tip of her tongue to the throat, she swallowed it with difficulty, and only then did she suppress the sadness that had just sprouted in her heart, and said slowly: " All living beings will only like what belongs to them."
"Why do you see it?" Ying Yan put another meatball on the peach demon, with bright eyes, looking at the peach demon.
After a long time, the peach demon was unable to pick up the meatball, so she simply used a chopstick to push it hard, flipping it 180 degrees, and the meatball was sent into her mouth, chewing a few times before swallowing it slowly. He swallowed it in his stomach and said: "Like this ball, it is because it belongs to me, so I like to eat it. If many people covet it, it enjoys being licked by many people, I'll stop wanting to eat it because it doesn't belong to me anymore, it belongs to too many people."
Ying Yan raised his eyes, put down his chopsticks gently, and said, "Everything that belongs to too many people is generally not cherished and cared for." His deep eyes were locked on the peach demon, and the peach demon could easily see it. himself, in his clear eyes. Ying Yan curled her lips into a smile, the clouds were light and the wind was light, she raised her cup, and said, "If I guess correctly why you realized this truth, how about you promise me something?"
Tao Yao didn't smile, she was about to put another meatball, Ying Yan had already delivered it to her bowl, she accepted it calmly, picked up the meatball and put it in her mouth, ignoring Ying Yan's hopeful expression while chewing The expression on her face, she has been tricked enough, nothing in the world is easy, she was eaten to death by him at the time when her peach demon mana was boundless, and now she is a waste, how can it be so easy to get on His time!
"Do you think I can guess right? Tao Da Yao really looks down on me more and more." Ying Yan smiled lightly, full of self-deprecation.
"What if you can't guess?" Tao Yao said. She felt that no matter if it was Zuo Hao in the past or Yan'er now, he shouldn't say such self-deprecating words in such a tone, no!
"If you can't guess, the blood alliance between you and me will no longer exist." In a flash, he was so confident.
"Okay!" Tao Yao said arrogantly, but she knew in her heart that she would definitely lose this time.
"Okay." Ying Yan said to Tao Yao with a smile, and then he said slowly, "Because of Mi Mi."
Tao Yao smiled and raised her eyebrows, "Yeah." She answered with absolute certainty, but it wasn't the sullen mood of losing, but a happy ending.
Ying Yan got a promise so easily. Between a "Mi Mi" and an "En", it was too easy. Ying Yan had already prepared the most powerful weapon, but it didn't take much effort. The enemy raised the white flag and surrendered before the war began.
Victory without a fight is a glorious thing. But his torture to extract a confession was useless, all the doubts in his heart could not be confirmed, and they were completely blocked by her "um".
"One thing." Ying Yan said.
"Well, one thing." Tao Yao continued.
"Tao Yao, you have lived for many years." Ying Yan said. declarative sentence.
Tao Yao nodded and said, "I have lived for many years."
"Never married." Ying Yan said. or declarative sentences.
When it comes to getting married, she has to think of Yuanniang, and incidentally, her husband Peng Xiao, who is theoretically dead, "No, I was married before, and now I am a widow, everyone in Xu country knows it. "
"That doesn't count." Ying Yan said.
"Yes," Tao Yao approached the stove with a calm expression, "It doesn't count."
"That being the case," Ying Yan paused, with a hint of trembling in his cold tone, "How about marrying me?" He looked at Tao Yao, his expression was the same as he used to tell Tao Yao to work, only a little more Sub-focus, but that bit of focus is restrained.
He didn't hear Tao Yao's "um" voice, nor did he see her nodding. His eyes looked at each other, adding a bit of depth to this quiet night.
This is the second time he has asked, will there be silence for a while
"If a monster marries a human, what will happen if you have a child?" After a long time, Tao Yao seemed to finally see through Ying Yan's eyes before turning his eyes away.
The answer was not what was asked, but fortunately, the topic did not change completely. Ying Yan smiled and said, "Just try it and you will know." His voice was full of joy.
Tao Yao sipped her head down and drank a glass of wine, nodded fiercely, and said, "Okay, I will marry you when I return to Xu Kingdom."
At this moment, Ying Yan seemed to have really become a teenager. For the first time, he received a promise from his beloved. He smiled brightly, and his eyes were shining like stars. It was like a tightly sealed dark house, and suddenly there was a crack, small but enough to let in a ray of sunlight, and it was that ray of sunlight that warmed the dark and cold house. To hold on to it, tightly, not to let it disappear; pray, keep on, let it not be forgotten here.
In the next few days, Ying Yan stayed in his carriage all the time, Tao Yao followed him, never leaving, and never saw Ying Yan and Mi Mi walking under the moon again. Mi Mi sent someone to invite him several times, but Ying Yan found a reason to decline. Tao Yao is self-cultivating, occasionally eating some sweet and greasy pastries handed over by Ying Yan, ignoring things outside the window, and focusing only on happy days.
Until that day, the temperature dropped sharply, and the cold spring was extremely cold. It snowed overnight, and when I woke up the next day, the snow was pressing on the peach blossoms, which was extremely beautiful. Seeing this scene, Tao Yao was on her way and thanked God for blessing that she was not crushed by the snow! While she was muttering, Mi Mi sent a maid to report that she had contracted the cold.
Tao Yao stopped muttering, closed her mouth embarrassingly, and glanced at Ying Yan next to her secretly, with a normal expression on her face. Ying Yan raised her eyes, pursed her lips at Tao Yao, and said softly, "Do you think I can cure the disease?"
Tao Yao nodded fiercely, with an excited look in his eyes.
Ying Yan was puzzled, frowned, and said, "Are you sure?" Tao Yao nodded affirmatively, and said softly, "The only ghost that can survive in the endless hell is you, constantly consuming life and death. And the will, must be able to survive only with good medical skills."
For good reason. How he persisted for more than 60,000 years, he himself can't remember clearly now, but now he feels that the long years are but a fleeting moment, he lightly stroked Tao Yao's forehead, as if to comfort himself.
Then, Ying Yan asked Xu Guo's medical officer to treat Mi Mi and continued on his way. That is, on that day, many guards, maids and even some swordsmen in Chu and Xu had contracted the cold and must be treated as soon as possible. After discussions between the monarchs of Chu and Xu, they decided to go to the nearest Shengguo to rest for a while, so they sent envoys to enter the Shengguo first.
Shengguo is a small subsidiary country with a land area of only the size of a city. Its monarch is the last baron, but Shengnan is of the same clan as Zhou Tianzi and has the surname Ji, so although it is a small subsidiary country, it is still rich.
Chu Xu and his party were warmly received by the King of Shengguo, because there were so many visitors from Chu and Xu, and the inn was not enough to accommodate them, so people from Xu and Chu who were not infected with the cold were arranged in two houses respectively. Those who contracted the cold were arranged in the post station for intensive treatment.
And Mi Mi, as a princess of a country, has a special status and is treated differently. She has always followed the monarch of the state of Chu, using the best medical officers and the best medicines for treatment.
On that night, the King of Shengguo held a banquet for Xu Hou Yingyan and Chu Zi Mi. Wine, I have to say, is a good thing sometimes. When you are sad, you can let go of your sorrows, and you can let yourself go; when you are proud, you can add joy to your happiness.
Tao Yao accompanied Hu Cang after eating a meal of bones beautifully, and then walked around the house with Hu Cang, digesting food, and choosing dark lights and blind fires, who made them both have good eyesight!
It was a surprise today, Hu Cang did not dislike Tao Yao and kept following her closely, although Tao Yao followed Hu Cang to stop and go, the more she walked, the more secluded she was, until she was outside a locked low wall. After Cang went back and forth five times, the Taoyao looked at Hu Cang's more urgent and pitiful eyes when he wanted to get started.
Tao Yao stopped outside the wooden door, Hu Cang squatted down as if he was relieved, and looked at Tao Yao and the new lock on the door. Tao Yao looked at the sky full of stars and seemed to be in a trance, and deliberately put Hu Cang aside, Hu Cang's dog's nose smelled nothing she liked.
After a long while, seeing that the peach demon still did not move, Hu Cang rubbed his head against the peach demon, his big eyes flashing in the darkness, his eyes were full of eyes, very pitiful.
Tao Yao is not talkative, Hu Cang is not barking, no one has noticed that such a pair would come to this place in the dark night. Who is locked in this secluded corner? Why would Hu Cang want to find out
Tao Yao squatted down, lay beside Hu Cang's ear, and asked softly, "Is there a male dog inside?"
Hu Cang lowered his head with a look of mourning for his misfortune.
"Since it's not, why should we go in? This is someone else's territory, and we can't do bad things when the lights are dark," Tao Yao rubbed Hu Cang's back, "If you want to do it, you have to do it in broad daylight, that's what a gentleman does... But since Hu Cang, you want to go in and have a look, we will assume that we have lost our way and passed this place, and as for the lock, we will assume that neither of us has seen it."
Hu Cang licked the peach demon's hand, looking like a dog's leg.
They came to the big tree outside the low wall. Its branches had already stretched into the wall. Hu Cang was pulled by the peach demon and climbed up easily. After entering the wall, there were two muffled noises. Tao Yao and Hu Cang quickly came to the brightly lit door. Just as they were about to push the door open, the door creaked open. Especially smart eyes, those eyes are wide open, full of panic.
"Who are you?" In a tone of complete alertness.
Tao Yao likes this girl and her eyes, Tao Yao bent her eyes into crescents, smiled, and replied, "I am Tao Yao." She pointed to Hu Cang next to her and said, "It is Hu Cang, it's coming."
The girl was about to ask again, but was interrupted by a somewhat old voice. Tao Yao could hear it clearly. It was two questions made up of her name: "Peach Yao? Peach Da Yao?"
Tao Yao suddenly understood something in his heart, and looked at Hu Cang, who was staring at the back room where the sound came from. "Peach Big Demon" is not her name that people can call out. Is it a demon or a fairy
The girl was amazed at her mother's call, but her eyes warmed in an instant, thinking that Tao Yao was an acquaintance of her mother, and hurriedly invited Tao Yao and Hu Cang into the house and led her to her mother's bed.
On the bed was a terminally ill old woman. She was as thin as a tree and had gray hair, but she had watery eyes that were as black as ink, which was so out of tune with her appearance. move away.