The Xiao family dining hall is connected to the kitchen and occupies a very large area. It is more like a field than a courtyard. Looking around, you can see a lot of fruits and vegetables planted inside. Xiao Chuhong said that these are all grown in the three
During the year of mourning, he, his mother Lu Jingshu, and the soldiers who stayed here planted it with their own hands.
The center is blocked by a white wall covered with five-leaf brocade, and a wooden pavilion with three floors can be seen in the distance, with guards patrolling back and forth outside.
Beyond the arch is the atrium, in which several peach trees were planted. Now that the peach blossoms have all fallen, the huge peaches are white and rosy, bending the branches of the peach trees.
The night is thick and the summer breeze is blowing. Standing in the open-air atrium, you can look up at the stars. The corridor of the wooden building is covered with red lanterns. Under the flickering lights, people can be seen walking below from time to time.
The small maroon building is exquisitely carved, with lush trees in front of the building and fireflies flying among the bushes.
The two of them walked hand in hand up the steps and crossed the threshold together.
The space inside the house is large, the decoration is simple, elegant and comfortable. There are rosewood tables and chairs in the middle. The tables are already filled with wine and food, and the aroma is mouth-watering.
Su Zhen looked around and said softly, "General Xiao, don't you have a maid in your house?"
"You want it?"
Xiao Chuhong thought that Su Zhen still liked the woman, and his face instantly fell.
He understands her, feels sorry for her, and trusts her, but he feels inferior in front of love.
"It's enough for you to have me, but those vulgar powders are also worthy of your eyes?"
"You are so shameless!"
Su Zhen gave him a big look. After sitting down, she picked up her chopsticks and tasted it. Suddenly she noticed a plate of sauce-flavored pancakes on the table, "General, do you like this too?"
Xiao Chuhong's right hand temporarily lost consciousness, and he used his left hand to hold chopsticks and put a piece on the plate in front of her, "I specially asked the chef to learn it, try it."
"good!"
After she took a bite, she was surprised and said, "It tastes just like the one I often eat at."
"Eat more if you like it."
"Okay! Oh, by the way, the person who claimed to be my savior earlier is your friend? Where are the others?"
"No, he is my master. He is afraid that I will settle the score later, so he has already fled down the mountain."
"Ah? Master?!" The piece of shrimp she picked up fell into the plate, and Su Zhen did not twist it into the Chinese character "Sichuan", "But he looks younger than you!"
The boys behind Su Zhen lowered their heads and suppressed laughter, their shoulders shaking.
Xiao Chuhong explained, "His name is Gong Ziqi, and this year happens to be the year when his sixtieth flower blooms again."
Sixtieth bloom again? Doesn’t that mean the sixtieth has doubled? One hundred and twenty years old?!
"Is he a monster?"
"people."
"Then he is a magic practitioner?"
"no."
"Then how does he keep his appearance?"
"He accidentally ate a strange fruit when he was young, and his physique changed. Although he only had one bite, he read ancient books and claimed that he could live for a thousand years."
Xiao Chuhong's face suddenly turned cold. He didn't yearn for her. There were too many changes in a thousand years. How could an ordinary person bear the pain of losing one's close friends and relatives one after another.
"Thousand years? Isn't that the same as the tiller fruit?"
"It's different. I remember Yunshu said that the tiller fruit is edible for the demon clan, but if humans eat it, they will explode and die."
Su Zhen looked sideways at him, biting her chopsticks with her teeth, frowning, "Don't you think it's strange? Why did Shi Huandi choose Yue Xian'er as its host?"
"As you think, it should be related to the tiller fruit."
"Um?"
"The Dial of Time can help people achieve any wish, but only a mortal body cannot withstand the splitting power of the Dial of Time, but people who have eaten the tiller fruit can."
"That's right, but what's the price? Shi Huan's Dial is a devil's poison. What does it want from Yue Xian'er?"
"I haven't figured it out either. Okay, just eat quickly and don't think about it."
"oh!"
Su Zhen sighed, lowered her head and found that the plates in front of her had been piled up into a 'hill', but his plate was empty.
"Why are you just picking it up for me? You don't want to eat it yourself?"
Xiao Chuhong's left hand shook naturally, and two silver chopsticks fell on the table with a clang.
Su Zhen raised her eyebrows and looked at him, what was this person trying to do?
Xiao Chuhong imitated Su Zhen's usual way of pretending to be innocent in front of him and looked at her, "It's my first time to hold chopsticks with my left hand. I'm not used to it."
"oh."
"I want to eat too."
"Let's eat! It's such a big table, so don't be polite!"
"I have no feeling in my right hand and no strength in my left hand."
"Then you'll be hungry."
"Feed me."
"ah?!"
"I said feed me."
Su Zhen's expression was dull for a moment, she quickly added a few chopsticks to her mouth, stuffed her cheeks, and pretended not to hear anything.
"Zhen Zhen, my hand is hurt because of you, do you really have the heart to let me starve?"
The boys waiting nearby were initially shocked by Xiao Chuhong's transformation, but now they are numb, but this is too...too...unbelievable!
She almost choked to death when she heard this. After swallowing all the food, she pointed at the boys and said, "You guys, what are you doing standing still? Didn't you hear your general say that his hand hurt? Why don't you come and take care of him quickly? We just happened to come together.
Eat, there is so much that we can’t finish.”
Xiao Chuhong rolled his eyes, and they quickly bowed their hands and retreated.
"General, you and the young master are using it at your leisure. The younger ones are waiting outside."
"Well, go ahead."
Hearing the door close, Su Zhen let out a disgusted sound, "You drove people away. It seems that you think it's okay to go hungry."
"Feed me!"
"You are so persistent!"
Su Zhen suddenly raised her eyes and met the cautious expectation in his eyes. She put the back of her index finger on her forehead and her hair fell down to her cheeks. She laughed muffledly, guessing in her mind how many faces he must have!
She is so shameless and shameless, compared to him, she is so insignificant and not worth mentioning!
After laughing enough, he picked up a piece of green vegetables and handed it to his lips, "Here! Do you want to eat it?"
Xiao Chuhong opened his mouth and bit it, chewed it twice, and looked at her with unsatisfied interest. Su Zhen also fed it happily, and someone finally showed a satisfied smile.
He handed the wine bottle in front of her, and as expected, her eyes showed surprise and joy from the bottom of her heart.
"You actually have peach blossom stuffed wine here? You are so considerate! You are so kind to me!"
"I know you like it, so I've already prepared it in advance."
They were obviously on the run and were being hunted everywhere, but they were more comfortable than in Kyoto. Su Zhen's hand holding the wine glass became tighter and tighter.
Even if this is Xiao Chuhong's tenderness trap, she is willing to jump out of it!
Looking back? Sorry, she didn't leave a way out for herself this time!
Su Zhen was half-leaning on the table, holding her chin with her left hand, looking at his features, and suddenly felt a bit melancholy in her heart.
"Hey? What's going on? Suddenly he looks miserable?" Xiao Chuhong, who was full of wine and food, asked with a smile.