The candle shadow flickers red, and Wen Xian's face is filled with happiness and shyness. If one year ago she was a cold and aloof lily, now she has become a delicate peony.
Xu Zizhen was a little stunned. He stared at her with straight eyes. He only held the wine glass in his hand and forgot to drink for a while.
Wen Xian became increasingly shy. She wanted to turn her face away but was reluctant to do so. She liked being looked at by Xu Zizhen like this, even if it lasted her whole life, but today she felt very nervous. She was nervous about what would happen after drinking together.
In order to relieve the tension, she asked without saying anything: "By the way, Xu Lang, when did you recognize Master Mou as your adoptive father? Why haven't I heard you talk about it?"
Xu Zizhen came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I didn't recognize it, but Xiao Su San did. Last time when we were in Xixia, Lao Mou said that he liked this girl very much and accepted her as his goddaughter. Then I will call him Qian."
Dad."
Wen Xian held her chin in her hand and said with a half-smile: "Oh? Then when did you accept Su San?"
Xu Zizhen looked surprised and said: "Isn't it appropriate? I'm only a few years older than her, how can I be a godfather?"
Wen Xian rolled her eyes at him: "Are you pretending to be stupid? I don't believe you don't have that intention. Besides, Su San is a good girl who has experienced life and death with you many times. Are you really willing to let her be your useless guard?"
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How could Xu Zizhen forget? He would always remember that in the Taihang Mountains, Su San held him with a pair of arms and walked out of the mountain. He did not sleep for so many days, just so that he could escape the pursuit of the Jin people, but he did not care about his own danger.
He collapsed due to exhaustion. Su San's haggard face in those days has been deeply engraved in his heart, and it cannot be erased in this lifetime.
When Wen Xian saw that he was silent, she then said softly: "Sister Gao also told me about this, and sister Li'er, we all agree that you should take Su San into the house as soon as possible, and don't let her live anonymously and without status."
Wait."
Xu Zizhen took a deep breath to calm down, grinned and said: "I'm not sure whether Xiao Su San will wait in vain, but today is a good day for us. I have made you wait for a year, and now you can't even wait for even half a moment.
We can’t wait any longer, madam, let’s go to bed.”
Wen Xian's cheeks turned red. Just when she was about to speak, Xu Zizhen had already leaned forward and hugged her slender waist. Before she could scream out, Xu Zizhen had already hugged her into his arms, and her little cherry mouth had been firmly squeezed.
Blocked, Wen Xian froze, and soon softened. She gently hugged Xu Zizhen's neck and slowly closed her eyes.
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The next day, Xu Zizhen came to the hall early. Wen Xian got what she wanted, so why not him? So today he was in a good mood, so good that he was humming a little tune while eating breakfast, and Kou Qiaoyi pursed his lips.
I was giggling because his singing was really terrible.
As expected, Wanyanchang, Nuqi and the Uighur-Korean envoys sent people to the Xu Mansion early, obediently handed over the money, and redeemed the unlucky ones who stole the cannons. Fifteen people, 150,000 taels of silver, Xu Zizhen changed hands.
He handed it over to Kou Qiaoyi and told her to collect more sheepskins and hire some skilled women. The hot air balloon was tested and found to be very useful. He needed to make a few more and they would be needed sooner or later.
Luo Ji also came. Today was the day he and Toba agreed to set off. He had already packed up and was waiting quietly. Xu Zizhen quickly finished his breakfast, wiped his mouth and stood up.
"Well, it's getting late, it's time to go."
"Yes, Master."
Xu Zizhen patted him on the shoulder: "Be careful when you get there. Remember, mission second, safety first."
Luo Ji smiled slightly: "This subordinate must come back alive to see his master."
"Not only must you be alive, but you must also come back well." When Xu Zizhen said this, he suddenly lowered his voice and said in a sly voice, "Let me see what the jade algae looks like. If it is really a disaster for the country and the people, bring it back to me."
Luo Ji twitched the corners of his mouth and said, holding back a smile, "Yes, I will obey."
A carriage was waiting outside the gate. The driver was a thin middle-aged man, sitting silently on the carriage shaft. Xu Zizhen and Luo Ji stepped into the carriage, but when they entered the carriage, an imperceptible flash appeared at the corner of Xu Zizhen's mouth.
sly smile.
In order to avoid being noticed, Xu Zizhen had already made an appointment with Toba to meet him outside the city. Then he would hand over Luoji to him and sneak into his envoy back to Japan without anyone noticing.
Half an hour later, the carriage had left the city and was driving leisurely on a forest path. A few miles east from here was the place where Toba had made an appointment. Xu Zizhen and Luo Ji had a ride together.
Chatting in the car.
Suddenly there was a shrill neigh of a horse from outside, and then the carriage jolted hard as if it had run over something, and then stopped.
"Holy shit! What the hell?" Xu Zizhen covered his forehead and lifted the curtain of the car. He was about to yell at the driver, but was stunned by the scene in front of him.
The horse pulling the cart has fallen to the ground. There is a long arrow stuck in the horse's neck. Blood is pouring out. It is dead. The driver is huddled on the shaft of the cart with a panic look on his face. It seems that he has been paralyzed with fear and does not even have the strength to escape.
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I don't know when a person appeared in front of the carriage. It turned out to be Xu Zizhen's old enemy, Mo Jingxia. There were about a dozen men in black standing around the carriage, each holding a weapon in their hands, surrounding the carriage.
Xu Zizhen sneered and said: "Isn't this Old Mo? You didn't go to bed at home so early in the morning and you came here to fuck yourself?"
Mo Jingxia limped two steps forward, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu is joking, you are still alive and well, how can you sleep peacefully as an old man?"
Xu Zizhen's face became a little ugly, he glanced at the men in black and said, "So you plan to catch me?"
"No, no, no." A gloomy smile flashed across Mo Jingxia's face, "Mr. Xu is extremely resourceful. Even if I can catch you, I can't guarantee that you will escape, so... I think it's better to let you die.
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Xu Zizhen stared at Mo Jingxia and asked, "Did you know I would pass by here?"
Mo Jingxia smiled proudly: "You have been under my control since you left home. Mr. Xu, do you really think that I, Tian Luo, am so incompetent? It's still early, and there should be no one passing by on this road, old man.
I advise you to just accept your fate."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the men in black slowly approached Xu Zizhen with knives.
"Since I'm in your control, what else can you do if you don't accept your fate?" Xu Zizhen sighed softly, and a sneer suddenly appeared on his lips, "But are you really sure that no one will pass by here?"
Mo Jingxia was very familiar with Xu Zizhen's smile. Every time he saw him smiling like this, nothing good always happened. His heart skipped a beat and he suddenly realized something was wrong. At this moment, he suddenly heard rumors coming from all around him.
There was a sound of clothes breaking in the wind, and then figures one after another appeared in the forest, surrounding him and the ten men in black.
Xu Zizhen laughed: "Let me introduce to you, they are all my brothers, you can call them - Tianji."