Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven Quarrel

Because I was recovering from illness, Huo Qubing seldom went back to his mansion in order to spend more time with me, staying by my side almost every day. We both carefully avoid things, try to give each other as much joy as possible, and hide the unhappiness, it seems that the only thing he has to worry about is how to get well, and the cause of the illness we have forgotten, At least they pretended to forget. After lying quietly on the couch for more than half a month, when the new year came, I was finally able to move around freely.Looking at myself in the mirror, I felt that my whole face was rounded. I held my face from the chin up with my hands, and it was really plump: "The dress I made for the New Year will not be able to wear it."

Xin Yan covered her mouth and snickered: "How can you not be fat? General Huo is like hello all day long..." I glared at her and stroked my neck horizontally with my hand.You and Hong Gu secretly said, I don't care, but if you dare to say that word in front of me, I will kill you without mercy. "This is not what the slaves said, but what Honggu said. General Huo is not like a general now, but like a pig farmer. He always says: 'What did Yu'er eat today?' 'How much did you eat?' Stew some tonics.'" Xin Yan stuck out her tongue, said in a tone of voice, and ran out of the room with a smile, just bumped into Huo Qubing who was about to enter the door, her expression changed, and she immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed frequently.

I stood up and wanted to deal with her, but when I saw this, I couldn't help applauding and laughing: "The wicked will be punished by the wicked, they deserve it!" Huo Qubing glanced at Xin Yan lightly, ignored her, just smiled at me and said, "Guess who I brought to see you?" I turned my head and thought for a moment, exulting in my heart: "Day?" Huo Qubing nodded lightly, turned around and raised the curtain: "Guests, please come in! Someone didn't react at all when they saw me, but when they heard it was you, their eyes almost lit up." I glared at Huo Qubing, and told Xinyan who was still kneeling on the ground and dared not get up: "Let the kitchen cook some delicious food, um...ask Honggu if there is any Xiongnu kumiss, and bring some too."

Wearing a white fox cloak, Ri walked slowly.My heart was surging, but I couldn't find a word to say. I just looked at him and smiled silly. Scenes of childhood events slipped by before my eyes. His. Ri also looked at me silently for a while, then Fang nodded with a smile: "I am very happy that you are still alive." I also nodded with a smile: "I am also very happy to see you again." Thousands of words came to my mouth, and there were only three words "very happy". Huo Qubing leaned on the couch: "Are you two going to stand and talk like this?" Ri smiled and took off the cloak, casually placed it next to Huo Qubing's sable cloak, and sat down on the couch.

After I helped Xin Yan arrange the food and wine, Huo Qubing dragged me to sit beside him, with one hand half on my waist, because Ri Zai, I was a little embarrassed, I shook my body and shook his hand away, Ri shook his head And smiled, and said to Huo Qubing: "It's the first time I saw her blushing. It seems that General Huo is not only good at fighting, he even subdued such a savage girl." Huo Qubing was a little embarrassed, lowered his head, raised his wine glass and drank it down.I casually took a big glass and put it in front of Ri, filled it with wine: "When we meet, you will speak ill of me, and you will be fined to drink this big glass of wine."

Ri did not hesitate, picked up the wine, downed it in one gulp, stared at me and said "I'm sorry". I was stunned for a moment and shook my head: "Needless to say this, you can't do anything about what happened back then." Ri smiled, but the smile was a bit bleak, and he poured himself another bottle of wine: "Did you know? Mu Daduo is married to Yi Zhixie." I was playing with an empty wine glass in my hand: "I've seen them before, but I accidentally shot Mudado with an arrow." Ri was shocked, and then showed a look of relief: "No wonder! That's how it is! It is rumored that she was injured when chasing and killing General Huo, but I didn't expect that you injured her. Yi Zhixie is because of you..." Ri glanced at Huo Qubing : "...He Yu Dan, these years have been very caring for me and Mu Dado, especially for Mu Dado, who is extremely caring. Mu Dado didn't understand before, but just followed Yi Zhixie wholeheartedly. After understanding, I It hurts to see her. But after being injured this time, Yi Zhixie treated her a little differently than before, so you have already met..."

Since Mu Daduo is not dead, we don't owe each other any more, and the childhood friendship is wiped out. From then on, we have no relationship at all, and I don't care about their affairs. I interrupted Ri's words: "Yi Zhi Why did Xie kill your father and King Hunxie?" Ri Momo was stunned for a while: "Since you have met him, do you feel that he is different from before?" "He...he is a little less tolerant than before. He used to be very ruthless, but now he is a little more ruthless and suspicious. At that time, one of his personal guards told lies , we didn't suspect it, but he was aware of it, it can be seen that he never really believed in the people around him, and he will never forgive."

Sun nodded: "He embraced the army and made himself a queen. The most important change is that he no longer trusts people, and always worries that his subordinates will have a second person like him. I have doubted it for a long time, and even we ourselves They all began to feel that it would be a matter of time before they betrayed him." Richang sighed: "For a subject, the most painful thing is to follow a suspicious monarch. Yizhi Xixiong is careless, in fact, we all admire him, but Because of his suspicion, every prince lived in fear and acted in fear." Huo Qubing smiled and said: "Suspicion is a common problem of being an emperor, but the so-called Mingjun can control the suspicion within a reasonable range and use the emperor's skills to balance and contain the forces of all parties, but some people will lose control. I think Yi Zhi Although Xie is a bit overdone, it’s okay. There is an old saying in the Han people that “if the name is not right, the words will not go well.” Yizhixie suffers because of this “wrong name, the words don’t go well”. The Xiongnu’s various vassals and Yizhi are now They themselves have to bear part of the responsibility for the embarrassing relationship with Xie. If Yu Dan succeeded to the throne at the beginning, they would all have to obey, and since Yi Zhixie succeeded in this way, they must have always held a wait-and-see attitude towards Yi Zhixie from the bottom of their hearts. Zhixie did a good job, that's right, who told you to take the position? Yi Zhixie made a slight mistake, so he couldn't help but think about what happened to the previous king, and what if the crown prince succeeded. These thoughts are as shrewd as Yi Zhixie You must be aware of it, why did you let him lose his temper?"

"I didn't expect that it was not us Huns who defended Shan Yu, but the general. If Shan Yu heard these words, he would definitely drink a glass for having an opponent like the general. It is hard to find a confidant, but they are evenly matched and sympathetic to each other. The enemy is even more difficult to meet." Ri Da took a sip of wine. It is rare to have a thousand cups of wine with a bosom friend. Although Huo Qubing and Ri drink well, they are both a little tipsy.Ri was about to leave, I took his white fox cloak and handed it to him.When I was about to go out, although I said it was not cold, Huo Qubing still wrapped his sable cloak around me.

Ri's footsteps were a little unsteady, he swayed, and patted Huo Qubing's shoulder: "I'll leave Yujin to you. She has suffered a lot, you...you have to treat her well." Huo Qubing was also sloppy on his feet, and grinned until his ears: "No problem, don't worry, I will treat her well." I snorted, "Did you two take me seriously? You're talking to yourself." But the two of them ignored me completely, hooked their shoulders together, talked to themselves, and acted like they were good brothers. As soon as they arrived at the door, a few horses galloped past the door, and at a glance, they saw a wolf brand on the horse's buttocks. They felt familiar, but couldn't remember where they saw it.

Sun let out a "huh" and said, "How come you can see the wolf seal in Chang'an?" I couldn't help asking curiously: "Have you seen it too? I also think it looks familiar." Ri's tongue was a bit big, and he said indistinctly: "This is a mysterious gang in the Western Regions. It has a history of seventy or eighty years. There are rumors that it is actually the incarnation of the most powerful gang of sand robbers in the history of the Western Regions. No, because some people saw that the people of Canglang Yin killed the sand bandits who were chasing down the merchants of the Han Dynasty, and even rescued the businessmen from the Xiongnu in the Western Regions from the sand bandits. Wherever the wolf seal passes, no matter the rich and powerful of the Western Regions, the common people, or the quacks, they will avoid it, which shows their power in the Western Regions." I let out an "ah", and suddenly remembered where I had seen this mark.When I invited Li Cheng to eat chicken in the city of Longxi, I saw this mark, and Xiaoer also said that they were looking for a young girl.But at that time, I looked at it twice because I thought it looked familiar. I should have seen it before... The cold wind blew up the smell of alcohol, Ri stumbled into the carriage, Huo Qubing's body was shaking more and more, I didn't care about my wild thoughts, I first supported Huo Qubing. Watching the day's carriage leave, I turned around and saw Li Guangli riding on the horse and looking at me from a distance. Huo Qubing was currently holding my waist, his head resting on my shoulder, feeling drunk. I sighed helplessly, and helped Huo Qubing turn back, I only hoped that Li Guangli would not tell Li Yan about this scene, otherwise, with Li Yan's meticulous thoughts, I don't know what would happen. After walking for a while in the garden, my heart suddenly trembled, the wolf seal, the sand robber?Jiuye said that his grandfather was once the leader of sand bandits.Several pictures flashed through my mind quickly, and I finally remembered where I saw this mark for the first time.When we first met by the Crescent Lake, Shi Jinyan pointed at this mark and reprimanded me. No wonder I always pay attention to this mark subconsciously. Then at the Longxi Hotel, the young girl I heard they were looking for was... Is it me?Master Jiu was already looking for me at that time?What would have happened if he had found me then?We have been so close to each other before, so close that we are only in a window, out of a window, looking at each other through the window, but we passed each other in the end. "Yu'er, I'm so thirsty!" Huo Qubing murmured. I immediately withdrew my mind and helped him to speed up his pace: "I'll be there soon, what do you want to drink? Do you want to make a new cup of tea, or use some frozen fruits in the cellar to make juice?" After a lot of thinking, in the end, I still didn't go to Shifu to pay grandpa New Year's greetings, but only sent someone to send gifts to Shifu. Huo Qubing has many elders, so he went out early in the morning to pay New Year's greetings.I was bored sitting alone, thinking that Huo Qubing accidentally saw Honggu embroidering a sachet a few days ago, and he teased me casually, saying that we are also considered a private life, and asked me to embroider a sachet for him as a token.I haven't spent time on these things, but idle is idle, just try!Thinking of his smile when he accidentally saw the sachet, his heart was full of joy. I found a variety of silk threads, and asked Honggu for patterns. After searching for a long time, Honggu sent me a pattern. It was a pair of honeysuckle flowers dancing side by side, one gold and one white. The lines were simple, but they were charming. . Honggu saw me staring at the flowers in a daze, and said with a smile: "I want to find another one for you, but none of them are easy to embroider. This one is simple in color, simple in appearance, and good-looking. It's suitable for you. I don't have much embroidery skills. It took a lot of effort to choose this, if you are not satisfied, I have no better choice, so I can only ask someone to paint it for you another day." I shook my head: "No need, just this!" After stretching the bamboo circle and threading the needle and thread, Hong Gu taught me for a while, and saw that I had basically gotten started, so I was left to embroider slowly by myself, and go to other things by myself. Sit by the window, bow your head to embroider for a while, then raise your head to rest for a while.The fragrance of plum blossoms outside the courtyard blows in with the wind, which is very pleasant to smell.Occasionally, there were a few faint sounds of firecrackers. I was always startled at first, but when my mind slowly sank into the stitches, I couldn't hear them very much. "It's really rare to see Xiaoyu holding a needle and thread." Amaterasu's voice suddenly rang in my ears, and I immediately looked up. The moment I saw Lord Jiu, the needle in my hand pierced my finger somehow, and my heart twitched immediately . I smiled slightly, and pulled out the needle calmly: "Master Jiu, Happy New Year, Third Brother Shi." Master Jiu stared at the embroidered frame in my hand without saying a word, Tianzhao looked at Master Jiu and then at me: "Aren't you going to invite us in and sit down for a while? Are you going to talk to us through the window like this?" Only then did I realize that I hurriedly put down the things in my hand and said with a smile, "Please come in." Amaterasu sat down, and without waiting for my greeting, he picked up the kettle on the table and poured a glass of water.But Master Jiu pushed the wheelchair to the side of the bed and picked up my embroidery frame. I wanted to grab it, but it was too late. Seeing the pattern, he suddenly raised his head and stared at me: "You... did you embroider it for yourself?" I remained silent and didn't answer, the blood on his face gradually receded, with all kinds of emotions in his eyes, he looked down at the honeysuckle that had just been embroidered a little, and a bleak smile floated on his lips. He suddenly saw a smear of blood on the corner of the silk, and he was stunned for a moment. His finger touched the blood spot, and his face slowly recovered. He raised his head and stared at me with bright eyes: "Is your finger still bleeding? Show me." .” As he spoke, he pushed the wheelchair and was about to come over.I quickly stepped back and hid my hands behind my back: "There are only a few drops of blood left, it's not a big deal." He smiled and put the embroidery frame back on the couch: "I just want a sachet, it's rare that you are willing to take a needle and thread, and help me embroider one when you are free." I pretended not to hear him: "Do you want some tea?" Master Jiu said: "No need, let's take a look at you, sit down for a while and leave, and pass a message to Xiaofeng's grandfather, thank you for the gift, let you have time to visit him." I gave a soft "hmm", Master Jiu smiled, and said half-truthfully, "If it's because of me that you don't want to go to Shifu, I can avoid it in advance." After seeing off Master Jiu and Amaterasu, he no longer had the energy to embroider, lying on the window sill, his mind blank. A little dust fell on the corner of the window, and I couldn't help but reach out and wipe it, and the dust was wiped off immediately.I sighed bitterly and thought, if my heart could also be like this, if I decide to keep whoever I want to keep, and completely erase the other, how great it would be!I can try my best to restrain my behavior, but it turns out that I am not under my own control at all.When it likes someone, it won't ask for your permission; and when it can forget, it won't tell you. Tianzhao hurried into the courtyard, I looked behind him in surprise, he said: "Master Jiu didn't come, and he didn't know I was coming." I stood up slowly: "What do you want to say? If you want to persuade me, then don't say it." Tianzhao said: "I didn't want to persuade you. We all saw how you treated Jiuye back then. No matter what you choose today, we will not complain. We can only say that Jiuye is not blessed. I'm here, just I want to tell you something you should know. Did you know that Master Jiu started looking for you the day you left Chang'an City?" I was both sad and disappointed: "I didn't know before, but I found out two days ago. I have seen the wolf seal. Did Master Jiu send them to find me?" Amaterasu nodded: "At that time, it wasn't just Canglang Yin who was looking for you. The killer organizations in the Western Regions, the sand bandits in the desert, and even the royal families of Loulan, Kucha and other countries were all looking for you, but you disappeared completely." I smiled wryly, you would never have imagined that I would be captured and sent to the military camp of the Han Dynasty to serve as a soldier. I never went back to the wolves, but went to the Xiongnu with the army. The letter left to Huo Qubing was misleading Jiu Ye. Tianzhao said: "We have tracked down your whereabouts all the way after leaving Chang'an City, but when we found the Liangzhou Inn, the clues were cut off immediately, and there was no news after asking around. For this reason, Jiuye went to Huo's mansion to ask to see Huo Housekeeper, Master Jiu has never begged anyone. Even when Shifang was in such a miserable situation, Master Jiu had never begged the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, who was considered his uncle. But the person he begged for the first time was actually Huo A housekeeper in the mansion. Master Jiu asked Steward Chen if General Huo had looked for you, and begged Steward Chen to tell him your whereabouts if General Huo found you, or if you don’t want him to know, please also tell you that he is willing He will accompany you to enjoy the flowers, no matter how long it takes, he will wait for you to come back." Amaterasu snorted coldly: "Can you guess how the butler of the Huo Mansion answered Jiu Ye? I don't want to repeat the humiliation of that day again, such a humiliation in this life Three times is enough." In the Longxi military camp that day, I finally understood the words I heard behind the curtain today, and I also understood why the soldier's voice suddenly became so low that I couldn't hear it. Huo Qubing must have signaled him to keep silent. "After General Huo returned to Chang'an, Master Jiu went to see General Huo again. General Huo was very polite to Master Jiu, but when he asked about your whereabouts, General Huo just said he didn't know. Master Jiu is Langyue Qingfeng Ordinary people can behave towards heaven and earth. Even in the current situation, they don’t want to slander others behind their backs. He just feels that he owes you. All this is because God didn’t treat you honestly and cherish you that day. Punishment. But I don't care about that much, I just want you to know the whole thing, and it will be fair to you and Master Jiu. General Huo is a strange man. He is a true hero with a strong heart and a soft heart. No matter who you choose in the end, I will be sincerely happy for you." After Amaterasu finished speaking, he immediately turned around and left, leaving me standing blankly in the wind. After a long time for dinner, when it was already dark, Huo Qubing came back with a tired face, saw Xin Yan was removing the dishes, and asked in surprise, "Why did you finish eating now?" I remained silent and didn't speak, but Xinyan bent down and saluted respectfully, and said quickly: "I didn't eat at all, how did the servant bring it up, and how did I still carry it down." I said lightly: "Xinyan, go down after packing up." Xin Yan took a look at me, pouted her lips, but her hands moved much faster, she cleaned up in a short while, and exited the room. Huo Qubing smiled and snuggled up to my side: "What's the matter? Do you think I'm coming back late?" Although he was smiling, there was gloom between his brows and eyes. I asked, "Did your elders give you a lecture?" He said: "You don't have to worry about these things, I will take care of them myself. You haven't told me why you don't have a good meal?" Seeing the gloomy look in his eyes, I felt a bit distressed, I swallowed the words that had been lingering in my mouth, and shook my head: "It's nothing, I ate some fried fruits in the afternoon, and I didn't do much activity, and I didn't eat if I wasn't hungry. .” He got up to take off his cloak and changed his clothes: "Then eat when you're hungry!" He glanced at the basket of needlework in the cabinet and asked in amazement: "How do you play with this?" Holding the embroidery frame, he looked at it for a long time , with a smile on his face: "Did you embroider it for me? Why... Did you pierce your hand?" He walked up to me in a few steps, lifted my sleeve to look at my hand, I pulled the sleeve back vigorously, and turned my head: "I didn't embroider it for you, but I embroidered it for myself." He stayed for a moment, sat next to me, and forced my head to face him: "What's the matter? Yu'er, if there is anything you can quarrel with me, you can scold me directly, don't be so ignorant If you are angry in vain, shouldn't the husband and wife be honest with each other?" "Who is your wife now?" He spoke quickly, but when he finished speaking, he saw the pain in his eyes, and his heart ached, and he said immediately, "I didn't mean that, I... I'm sorry." He smiled bitterly: "I should be the one who's sorry. I can't marry you, but I keep you for no apparent reason." I said: "I care about the status, but I don't care. I'm not sad about it, I just want to ask you, are you really honest with me?" He raised his eyebrows and smiled confidently: "Of course!" I stared at him without saying a word, his brows slowly frowned, and after contemplating for a while, his face suddenly turned cold: "Have you been to see Meng Jiu?" He snorted coldly: "If you mean Liangzhou Regarding the matter of the inn, I don’t think I did anything wrong. Since he doesn’t like you, why does he keep provoking you? You give him chances again and again, what does he have to wait for you to leave before remembering?” I didn't expect that he didn't feel any guilt at all, and all the distress he had for him disappeared, and his anger burst out: "Huo Qubing, you are bullying and humiliating people, and hiding information for your own selfishness. So despicable!" The veins on his forehead throbbed faintly, his eyes were full of pain, he stared at me for a while, and suddenly laughed loudly: "You are for him, you..." He shook his head while smiling: "What am I in your eyes? Yes! I have selfishness, my only selfishness is not to let him hurt you again, I just want you to forget the unhappiness in the past, and stop being entangled with the past, my selfishness is to make you happy. " He turned around abruptly and strode out, his figure quickly blending into the pitch black night and disappearing.In an instant, the candles in the room seemed to dim. It was obviously his fault, how could it all be my fault? I picked up the embroidery frame and threw it on the ground. I was about to step on the mandarin duck flower that I had just started to embroider, but I hesitated again. My body softened and I sat down on the couch, feeling as bitter as coptis. The vines are entangled, who among us entangles whom?