Taking a sip of strong wine into his throat, Rob remained indifferent.
Looking at his figure, Chen Changsheng felt a little bit reluctant.
"So... we're leaving?" he said to Rob.
Rob picked up the small flagon and shook it to show that he knew, but he didn't speak.
Chen Changsheng was a little unhappy, thinking that even if he didn't want to speak in order to maintain his demeanor, shouldn't he let himself have a sip of wine when he parted
In fact, he has always felt a little strange these days. After the drunken night talk by the mountain stream that day, Rob's attitude towards him has undergone some subtle changes.
It was obvious that he didn't want to talk to Chen Changsheng anymore, let alone getting close, but there was no hostility at all, it was more like he wanted to deliberately keep a distance and wanted to be a stranger.
But it's not completely a stranger, because whether it's taking medicine or feeding the horses on the meadow, he can always feel that Rob is looking at him from a distance.
That kind of watching is more like observing.
This in the end is why
Chen Changsheng shook his head, he didn't want to continue thinking about these things, so he could only classify Rob as a weirdo, and led Nanke towards the mountain road ahead.
From the beginning to the end, until he and Nan Ke disappeared into the cold pine forest in the mountains, Rob did not look back.
He drank the wine silently facing Songshan Town at the foot of the mountain. Rather than saying goodbye to Chen Changsheng, he said goodbye to himself.
When the strong wine in the jug was finally drunk, Rob finally stood up and walked down the mountain.
He didn't go directly to Songshan Military Mansion to report, but picked a very unremarkable wine shop and walked in.
He asked the shopkeeper to fill up the empty jug, then sat on the table behind the window, ordered a plate of fried soybeans, and looked out the window.
Three fingers landed on the plate, without looking, each time they picked up two fried soybeans with great precision and put them into their mouths, chewing them slowly.
At noon, the sun penetrated the thick clouds and fell on the streets of Songshan Town, illuminating people's faces very clearly.
Chen Chou, the new general of the Songshan Military Mansion, was escorted out of the gate of the military mansion by his subordinates, got on his horse, and started his first inspection tour.
Looking at the obviously taller figure of the old man, Rob smiled, raised his glass to celebrate, and wished him not to die early in his heart.
When the time came to dusk, the sun became much dimmer, and the light of the setting sun burned the buildings on the street and people's minds like flames.
He had already eaten three dishes of fried soybeans and drank four pots of wine. Rob's eyes narrowed more and more, but not because he was drunk, but because he saw the person he wanted to see.
Of course, the reason he wanted to see those people was because he didn't want to see those people.
Those people came from his family, and some people came from the Tang family in Wenshui, as well as the Wu family and the Mu Tuo family.
Except for him, no one could distinguish these people from the pedestrians on the street, and naturally no one noticed that those people left Songshan Town and headed west.
Rob continued to drink, and after drinking for a long time, his eyes were not drunk, but became brighter and brighter. After a long time, he finally sighed, stood up, asked the store for a basin of water, and carefully wiped his face and face. After washing his face and beard, he sang a song that no one in the north had heard before leaving Songshan Town and heading west.
Chen Changsheng's injury was far from healed, but he was able to walk normally. He rejected the Longxiang horse provided by Banya Racecourse. With the help of Nanke, his speed was not slow, and it was many times faster than ordinary business travelers. , After leaving Songshan Town, he walked among the mountains, and soon left the mountains behind.
At dusk the next day, he and Nanke arrived outside the city of Hanqiu.
Walking along the official road to the city in front, he noticed that the trees beside the road were somewhat damaged, especially the forest on the left was a bit messy. Looking carefully, he could see many new shrubs and new willows. It was badly damaged a few years ago.
He was startled, and remembered that he, Zhexiu and many other people entered Zhou Garden through this forest a few years ago.
At that time, a rainbow fell from the south of the sky thousands of miles away, and the entrance of Zhou Garden was in the seemingly real and illusory courtyard behind the forest.
Now the entrance to Zhou Garden is on his wrist, which is the black stone, and the key to Zhou Garden is no longer on the peak of Lishan Sword Sect, it has become his divine sense.
He recalled many scenes from years ago.
At that time, Zhu Luo was sitting in the pavilion with a long leather shawl, full of antiquity, aloof and unparalleled, and no one dared to approach him.
At that time, Mei Lisha was in the car, silent and indifferent, not saying a word, like a clump of old plums, with its own breath.
Merisa and Zhu Luo are dead now, but many of those people are still alive.
Chen Changsheng turned around and glanced at Nanke.
That was the first time he met Nan Ke in the Zhou Garden. At that time, Nan Ke was an indifferent and cruel little princess of the demon race. Under the order of the black robe, he provoked the infighting among human practitioners in the Zhou Garden. At the same time, he was looking for an opportunity to kill Xu Yourong, Zhexiu, and Qijian, his most terrifying enemies.
Now she is just a foolish little girl who doesn't know anything. She only knows to follow him, guard him, and wait for him.
"I don't know if you will remember these days when you wake up." He looked at Nanke and said with emotion.
Nanke grabbed the corner of his sleeve with his hand, his eyes were still dull, looking at Han Qiucheng in front of the road, he didn't realize what he was talking about at all.
Obviously, she has completely forgotten all about those experiences in Zhou Garden.
Seeing her like this, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but sighed.
That night in Xueling, she saved his life regardless of the risk of breaking his body, so of course he must keep his promise. It's just that now he doesn't know if he can cure her. And just as he sighed earlier, if he really cured her, would she kill him if she remembered the days on the road when she woke up
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The closer it is to Hanqiu City, the denser the woods on both sides of the official road, and more and more willow trees, which well explain the atmosphere of this city.
Yes, each city has its own unique atmosphere. The atmosphere of Kyoto lies in the greenness in the Mausoleum of Books, the atmosphere of Luoyang lies in the city walls, and the atmosphere of Hanqiu City lies in the willow trees.
Zhu Luo liked willows back then, so there was a Ten Thousand Willow Garden outside Hanqiu City, and ten thousand willows were planted in the city.
Now Zhu Luo has already turned into the fragments of stars under the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven, and disappeared without a trace, but Hanqiu City is still the same as in previous years, with many traces left by him.
To a certain extent, Hanqiu City is surnamed Zhu, and the Zhu family and Peerless Sect have the supreme status and unimaginable power in this city. But Chen Changsheng wasn't worried about what he might encounter here, because no one should know his whereabouts, and more importantly, Zhu Ye was already dead, and the current Zhu family didn't have any great people.
Sure enough, he and Nanke entered the Hanqiu City smoothly. The officers and soldiers at the city gate and the disciples wearing peerless sword suits had obviously not yet shaken off the shocking news of the Patriarch's death. His eyes were full of confusion and anxiety about the future.