Zhao Xiong still smiled slightly and patted him on the shoulder, and warned: "Come back early in the evening, don't let everyone wait for you hungry."
"Um!"
After walking out of the camp, Zhao Xiong led his horse and walked leisurely along the bustling official road. It seemed that the scene he just saw did not have any impact on his good mood.
But unfortunately, a fiery red figure blocked his way. "A dignified man, are you so shameless?"
He raised his gaze and met Lu Ranqing's face full of resentment. "Long time no see. How are you?" He had a polite smile and no leaks in his manner.
Lu Ranqing obviously didn't buy his attitude: "Goodbye, you're all right, do you think such an understatement can erase the hurt you did to me?" In fact, what she couldn't bear even more was that Zhao Xiong saw her.
At that time, she had a strange, alienated and indifferent attitude. After all, she loved this man deeply and spent her whole life...
Zhao Xiong chuckled lightly and said coldly: "Other than that, I can't do anything."
"I'm very curious, how could you raise such a affectionate son with such a heartless and unrighteous person?" This point was something that Lu Ranqing couldn't understand. She had imagined in her mind that if Zhao Xiong could be as good as Zhao Changyuan,
As affectionate as she was, her life would not be so miserable. She was forced to marry a man she despised, and they were a couple in name only for twenty years. As soon as they entered the house, they became someone else's stepmother...
Zhao Xiong thought for a moment, and then said calmly: "Maybe... Zhao'er's temperament follows his mother's."
This answer made Lu Ranqing's face freeze for a moment, but she couldn't refute it. He took the opportunity to say again: "If there is nothing else, please excuse me."
Just as he passed by her, she grabbed his horse's rope with one hand and stopped him: "Wait! I won't pester you, but there are some things that I have to figure out."
Zhao Xiong looked forward with cold eyes: "Do you want to ask why I didn't keep the appointment and launched a war against your Ming Cult?"
"Yes, I want to know the answer."
He turned his face, with a polite smile that was almost cruel, and said clearly word by word to the woman who had been obsessed with him for twenty years: "You and I are not the same person. Fortunately, I didn't use deep feelings at the beginning."
, I was able to save my reputation by stepping back from the brink in time. As for driving your people away, that is also my duty, and there is no special reason."
As his words were thrown on her face, she felt that all the blood in her body was frozen. He seemed to have returned to twenty years ago, still wearing flowing clothes and as gentle as jade, but to her
She said that whether it was the boy twenty years ago or the man in front of her now, they were already strangers with nothing to do with each other. Even though she had lived half her life holding on to the memories of him, even though her heart had skipped ten beats when they reunited just now.
After a few beats, even though she wholeheartedly admitted that he, Zhao Xiong, was the love of her life... "Are you serious about this?" Her teeth were trembling as she spoke.
Zhao Xiong suppressed his smile and said seriously: "If I want to deceive you, I can make up a decent story to prove that I am excusable. But the fact is that, I, Zhao Xiong, am a weak lover, and I am not worthy of your persistence.
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"If it weren't for...for your son's sake...I would really like to kill you immediately!" Apart from that, she didn't know what other words she could use to express her hatred at this time. Although she
Understand that with this man's martial arts skills and cruelty, he will never let her slaughter him, and he will never be merciful to her.
He cupped his fists and gave her a slight salute and thanked her: "Thank you for your kindness. Madam is still waiting at home. If it's inconvenient, I'll stay here. Zhao said goodbye." After saying that, he simply got on his horse and drove away when she lost her mind.
Cao Rui, who was standing at the corner of the alley, saw this scene completely. At this moment, he breathed a sigh of relief, but the torment in his heart did not fade away at all...
More than twenty years ago, on the day that Zhao Xiong and Lu Ranqing agreed to meet in Orchid Valley and make a private commitment for life. Zhao Xiong had actually packed up early in the morning and planned to go out for the appointment. As soon as he stepped out of the house, he was surprised.
I was surprised by a figure standing at the door: "Dad? Why are you here?"
Zhao's father covered his face with a cold face and scolded: "You bastard! If I don't come, are you going to bring a witch back to embarrass our Zhao family?"
Zhao Xiong was dumbfounded. He was just wondering how his father knew about this. From the corner of his eye, he spotted Cao Rui standing not far away, with a red face and bowed head. He instantly understood that he had been betrayed and looked embarrassed.
He stared at Cao Rui in belief.
Father Zhao shouted loudly: "Don't look at him, he is doing this for your own good!"
Zhao Xiong curled his lips and said to his father in a low voice: "Dad, Ran Qing and I are sincere. Please help us."
"Sincerely? Don't forget who you are! And what is her identity! There are so many good women in the Central Plains, and any father you like will help you marry her. But if you want to be with this witch, you will never even think about it in this life!"
I would rather destroy you than allow you to be so ridiculous!"
In response to his father's rage, Zhao Xiong did not retreat. Instead, he coldly retorted: "Ran Qing is not a witch! She is just an ordinary woman, simple and kind. Dad, please don't insult her again!"
Father Zhao sneered: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense to you! Come here!"
The surrounding guards stepped forward one after another: "Marshal!"
"Get this traitor and lock him up with the prisoners of war!"
These soldiers looked at each other, and no one dared to step forward. Zhao's father urged in a cold voice: "Are you all going to disobey me?"
"As you command!"
Zhao Xiong was imprisoned all day and night without eating or drinking. But he resisted silently. Instead of his father coming, he found the culprit Cao Rui.
"What else are you doing here?" he asked disdainfully.
Cao Rui opened the food box in his hand and passed it in through the railing: "I didn't know the old man would be so angry. Let's have something to eat."
Zhao Xiong didn't even look at it. He kicked the food box away and yelled at him: "Get out!"
Cao Rui flattened his mouth and his eye circles were a little red. In fact, he felt uncomfortable in his heart. "I know you are angry, but think about it, if you really bring Ran Qing back to the Central Plains, with the old man's temper, is it possible to accept her?
What do you want her to do then? She has nothing, is there any way out?"
"She has me!" Zhao Xiong glared at Cao Rui, his lips trembling.
Cao Rui did not flinch, and still said in a calm tone: "Can you beat the old man? Don't dream about Zhao Xiong. Look at your current situation, you can't even take care of yourself, how will you take care of Ran Qing then?"
?Are you asking her to leave her home and abandon her family and flee to the end of the world with you?"
At this point, he saw that the anger on Zhao Xiong's face had softened slightly, and he took the opportunity to add: "There is one more thing I have to tell you. The old man is very angry at the moment, and has already brought 50,000 elite troops to fight against him in your name.
The Ming Cult has launched an attack. To untie the bell, you must tie the bell. Whether you can save Ran Qing or not depends on your attitude..."
When Cao Rui brought Zhao Xiong to Zhao's father, Zhao Xiong knelt down in front of his father without any nonsense: "Dad, the child is unfilial, and the child knows that he is wrong. Please be noble and let them live." Fifty thousand people were fully armed.
elite soldiers, which meant to drive Lu Ranqing and her family to death. At this time, Zhao Xiong deeply understood what Cao Rui said, and even more understood that the only love he could give Lu Ranqing at this moment was to let go.
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One day later, a soldier asked Zhao Xiong with a stack of books: "General, what should I do with these captured martial arts secrets?"
"Leave it to me." At least, leaving something to commemorate would not be in vain for their love.
The night before Zhao Xiong left the desert, outside Orchid Valley, a girl in white sat in the sand and shed tears all night. She would never know that a dozen steps behind her, there was a young man in white accompanying her in tears.
A night of tears. Before the sun rose, he left a line of words on the sand - "My whole life is my heart, and I owe you a thousand tears."
But soon this line of handwriting, along with his tears, were blown away by the wind and sand without a trace.
Not to mention the joy of Zhao Xiong and his wife. They held Ziyi and Wanyue in their arms and stood at the door looking forward to it when the sun had not set. So when Zhao Changyuan opened the carriage door, he saw it at the first sight.
His two little ones who couldn't stop laughing. This hard-earned warmth made him have mixed feelings. He hugged his children and kissed them on the cheek until Gong Yueyue pulled his robe behind him.
He reminded: "If you are heartless, you will only remember your children, but not your mother?"
He quickly handed the children to his wife, kowtowed several times in front of Ms. Liu who was in tears.
That night, there were fine wines and delicacies. In addition to the Zhao family, Fang Zhiwen's family was also invited to the dinner table. At this time, Fang Zhiwen had lost his disguise and returned to his true self. He was originally a handsome young man. After this
After more than half a year of hard work, my temperament has become much more mature and stable than before.
The two families have lived in harmony for so long. The Fang family is hard-working and contented. Fang Zhiwen took Zhao Changyuan's place and called the Liu family's "mother" for half a year, and spent time with the Zhao family through hardships, which naturally gave rise to some real emotions.
While Mrs. Liu was picking up food for Mother Fang, she was also concerned about Fang Zhiwen's lifelong events: "Zhiwen is already a grown man, so it's time for Sister Fang to consider marrying him a housewife."
Fang's mother lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid the situation in our family will drag down other girls." Although the Fang family is now out of poverty, the physical disability is a shadow that they will never get rid of.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu was a little unhappy: "Anyway, your family is harmonious, and Zhiwen is a sensible and docile child. If any girl marries him, she will be lucky."
Mother Fang looked at Fang Zhiwen with motherly care in her eyes: "That depends on his own destiny. This child in our family has a good appearance, but he has never had any independent opinions or courage. He is thin-skinned when he sees a girl.
I don’t dare to say a word. If he had one-tenth of the courage of Master Zhao, I’m afraid all the children would run away.” (To be continued)