chasing autumn

Thanks to Zhan Hao, after ordering Leng Qing to seize the iron mine, he ordered the Infernal Daoists not to move any plants and trees in Zhaojia Village without authorization, so Qiu Niang was able to find her hometown with the blue accessories.

Those are my sister's accessories... In the dream, when my sister was weaving the grasshopper cage, the green color that always flashed around her waist... The three-person-high waterwheel at the entrance of the village is the place where Qiuniang and her sister often played when they were young.

The simple houses, the stone tables in the yard, the small bamboo benches, and the kiln where Uncle Zhao’s house next door used to forge iron... When I was there, the dusty memories flooded in like a tide... But the old man was no longer there.

After a few days of delay in Zhaojia Village, Qiuniang thought about everything she could think of, and finally decided to return to the capital.The hunchback had no choice but to get a carriage and drive back.On the way, Qiuniang asked about the ins and outs of the prison robbery, and Tuozi answered truthfully, but he kept Huolian's background away, saying that he was an orphan adopted when he fled.When she was about to arrive at the capital, Qiuniang suddenly told Tuozi, "Don't tell him about the Zhao Family Village."

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It has been more than a month since Qiuniang left Huolian.Every time he thinks of her leaving without saying goodbye, Huo Lian feels bitterness in his heart. He doesn't understand why his Aunt Yun wants to extinguish the fire of hope after lighting it up for him.

During these days, many things have happened around him, from robbing and killing Bao Zheng at the order of his father, to doing things against his own people for Fang Li's safety, to framing Du Qingyun's family and causing the entire Du family to be wiped out... There are many difficulties and dangers, but he has no hesitation or fear. He knows what he is doing, what he wants to do, and what he has to do.He remembered his father's instructions, remembered the grievances of the Zhan family and the 410 nine souls who died in vain... However, when he learned that the meeting and acquaintance with Fang Li was just a move in his father's hands, he was sad, because He didn't expect his father to plot against him. Is there anything that his son still can't know?He also repented, hated himself for being so enlightened, loving this girl in his father's plan so much, loving her so much that he didn't want to include her in the battle, and didn't want to see her become a tool used by Infernal Affairs.So he tried his best to keep himself away, he refused the Fang family's proposal of marriage, and pretended to be close to the girl from Yuxiangzhai.Although everything went as he expected, when Fang Li left sadly, and Fang's family regarded him as a prostitute who was promiscuous everywhere, he was only accompanied by drunkenness and poured alcohol into his heart.

In the middle of the night, he habitually came to the lake again, to this place that might calm his heart a little.

The moon is sparse and the stars are sparse, sparkling, and the evening wind is blowing.

It's like stepping back in time.I think of every grievance and depression when I was a teenager.

It was by this lake that he used to be annoyed at his incompetence because he couldn't meet his father's request, and he secretly swore that he would kill his enemies and seek justice for the Zhan family; Feeling sad and remorseful for Xiao Hei's death... the calm lake is still in front of me, and the turbulent waves in my chest are suppressed... the old scene is filled with new worries.

Suddenly, familiar footsteps came from behind, gently interrupting his thoughts.

The visitor said: "Fire lotus..."

He turned around and saw the only person who could give him warmth in the past ten years.

Huo Lian looked at her, although he was happy for her arrival, but he couldn't forget all kinds of pain and resentment after she left without saying goodbye. After a long silence, he still sat quietly on the big rock by the lake with his back facing the visitor. On, said lightly: "I'm fine, don't worry about Aunt Yun..."

Qiuniang understood that after she went to Infernal Affairs that day, she was locked up by Zhan Hao, and she couldn't celebrate with Huo Lian as she wanted, and she was always thinking about and feeling guilty.So when she arrived in the capital, she begged Tuozi to give her some time and let her meet Huolian first.

Qiuniang hesitantly took two steps forward, stood still behind him, and said, "I know, you must be here... Huolian, forgive Aunt Yun..."

Huo Lian laughed, with a lonely expression, and said: "Yes, you can all guess me! You know where I will be in the middle of the night, and you also know what I will and will not do under what circumstances..."

"You mean your father?..."

Not wanting to add to her worries, Huo Lian changed the topic: "Didn't Aunt Yun go back to her hometown..."

"Yes... I'm going back to my hometown..."

Qiuniang walked slowly to Huolian, put down the jar of Zhuangyuan red brought from the general's mansion, took out two wine bowls, poured the wine and said, "I'll go back and brew the wine for my child who is about to be born. wine, brought..."

"Why?... Is your child gone?" Huo Lian was puzzled, and turned to see her tearful eyes.

"I'm gone...I'm still alone, all annihilated..." Qiuniang looked at him, "Huo Lian, Aunt Yun may have to leave for a while, if there is a chance, Aunt Yun will definitely come to see you..."

After drinking a bowl of wine together, Qiuniang left.

Huo Lian looked at her receding back, and said softly: "Didn't you say you want to be my mother? But why, when I need a mother, you want to leave me..." Before finishing speaking , Tears have come out of my eyes.

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