Peter's Enemy

After a night of thunderstorms, the air in Xiling is very fresh, and the rows of trees reflect the washed greenness of the distant mountains.

Early in the morning, Fan Qing, Hou Xiaoxian and Xu Zeqing were discussing in the study, "After defending for a long time, it's time to attack." Hou Xiaoxian said.

"What General Hou said is true, but we have to find out their situation first." Fan Qing sat in the upper seat.

"My lord, when it comes to the situation in this world, I say that I am the second most understanding person, and I dare not be said to be the first. Since the old lord passed away, the Di people entered Anyang, changed Anyang to the capital city, burned down the old palace, and built a new palace. Di people are good at martial arts, and their forces are roughly divided into three factions, the Jinshan faction, the Yangui faction, and the Moyu faction. The Jinshan faction warriors are tough, strong, and able to fight, but the disadvantage is that they are not soft enough. Obstacles; the warriors of the Yan Gui School are soft-bodied, good at poison, insidious and cunning; but the darkest one is the Mo Yu School, the Mo Yu School is dark and gloomy. .And it’s good for me not to go to extremes, but if I go head-to-head with their extremes, I will inevitably suffer losses.”

"Mr. Xu has any ideas?" Fan Qing interjected.

"My lord, don't worry. Although these three factions are difficult to conquer directly, they also have their weaknesses. Due to the faction's martial arts competitions held by the court all year round, dissatisfaction has arisen between the factions, and the desire for independence has long been obvious. At this time, if the lord can use the old court As the remnant, go to find out the interests and interests, shake the independence of the faction, first dismantle them, and then attack them one by one."

"No, my lord will go there in person, there are many adventures, no." Hou Xiaoxian said anxiously.

"I don't want my lord to take risks, but the lord's persuasion shows our sincerity. In fact, there are many people from the old dynasty in the Jinshan School and Yan Gui School, especially the Yan Gui School. The descendants of the Yan family. It will not be difficult for these two factions to persuade them to submit. The most difficult thing is the Moyu faction. However, the Moyu faction is the most ambitious and wants to be independent. "

"I need to go to their residence one by one. If we can make an appointment together, it may be easier to solve the problem." Fan Cheng asked.

"My lord, now is a good time. Thirty days from now will be the time for the competition of the three factions. We are heading to Duliu City to meet them."

"I still don't think it's appropriate, what if the lord makes a mistake?" Hou Xiaoxian was still worried.

"The subject is willing to go with the lord, so he must protect him with his life. And choose a few personal guards from the army to accompany him, there will be no danger."

"Can,"

"General Hou is worried about me, I know it all. It's just that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get a tiger's cub. This is a rare opportunity, and I have to try it." Hou Xiaoxian can stay in Xiling for ten years, but he can't, Fan Qing He must always be on the lookout for opportunities, otherwise he will just stay in this little Xiling forever.

"Oh," Hou Xiaoxian sighed, "Since the lord has made a decision, I have nothing to say. This subject will go and select soldiers for the lord to choose."

"Thank you, General Hou."

After General Hou retreated, Fan Qing was about to get up when Xu Zeqing approached him and whispered, "My lord is old enough to marry a wife. Is there a woman he likes in this city?"

Fan Qing looked at him with strange eyes, as if implying something, "What does Mr. Xu mean?"

"Although the lord has the status of a monarch, the military power is still in the hands of General Hou after all. The lord has been in Xiling for a while, and General Hou has not proposed to hand over the general power. This is a way for him to protect himself, let alone this is his I have personally led the soldiers for more than ten years, and I will definitely not hand them over easily. Now, the lord is going out with me, to be honest, the future is unpredictable, Xiling must leave a bond to keep the Hou family in check."

Fan Qing immediately understood what he meant, marriage is the best bond.After thinking for a while, he didn't raise his head, but asked in a low voice, "You mean to let me marry the young lady of the Hou family, Hou Lizhi?"

"At the last banquet, I saw that Miss Hou's family seemed to have looked at the lord a few more times. Miss Hou's temperament is docile, but also weak and sick. Madam Hou dotes on her very much. If the lord is interested, I will be a matchmaker, and General Hou will definitely not." If you give up the opportunity to be in-laws with the lord, this matter will definitely come true."

Fan Qing's memories kept flooding. The only person he wanted to marry was Master Mu Chuan, who had taken care of him for ten years. But this time, the most sensible thing to do was to marry Miss Hou's family. His going is unpredictable.Most importantly, Zhongli Muchuan doesn't love him.

Seeing him in a daze, "Master" Xu Zeqing asked.

"Mr. Xu, allow me to think again."

At breakfast time, Zhongli Muchuan was with them, as was the Hou family.Before the food was complete, Zhongli Muchuan took out the jade cup he carried with him from his sleeve and poured a cup of tea.

Fan Qing was sitting opposite Zhongli Muchuan, watching him secretly, Fan Qing was always looking for opportunities, he wanted to ask him again, so he asked again.

"Brother Zhongli, this jade cup of yours was left by the former master. I remember that he liked to drink tea from a green jade cup in the past." Hou Xiaoxian sat next to Zhongli Muchuan and talked to him.

The edge of Zhongli Muchuan's jade cup was slightly cracked. He took a sip and said, "Yes, it was used by the Former Lord when he went out to fight. I brought it back after he was gone."

Zhongli Muchuan's seemingly understated answer squeezed Fan Qing's heart heavily, as if he couldn't breathe.In the cave before, he asked Zhongli Muchuan more than once, "Master Muchuan, this cup is already cracked like this, why do you still keep it?" His Master Muchuan always answered, "I want to keep it." It turned out that the reason why he kept this jade cup was not because he liked it, nor because he was nostalgic, but because the one he really loved was his father all along.

Fan Qing didn't speak for the entire lunch time, just buried his head in his job.No matter how you think about it, marrying Miss Hou's family is the best policy, but he is still not reconciled. What made their ten years together so vulnerable in front of his father.Furthermore, apart from his own love, how unfair it is for her to marry Miss Hou who he doesn't love.He looked up at Hou Lizhi, and Hou Lizhi was sitting upright eating, and then he began to look at this woman seriously.Hou Lizhi is very round, with fair skin and fleshy skin, but he can be seen as a sick child at a glance.Hou Lizhi is not considered a beauty, but she is definitely a well-educated and gentle woman.Such a decent woman is more worthy of a man who loves him, Fan Qing thought so.

After being silent for a long time, at night, Fan Qing couldn't help but went to Zhongli Muchuan's yard.He pushed the door directly and walked in, but as soon as he entered, he saw Zhongli Muchuan sitting in front of the table and mosuoing the cracked cyan jade cup.

"Qing'er, why are you here?"

"Do you really love this jade cup so much?" Fan Qing approached slowly with cold eyes.

Zhongli Muchuan twirled the jade cup with his fingers, "Qing'er, you know, we have no results."

"No result, no result, no result!" Fan Qing roared, snatched the jade cup from Zhongli Muchuan's hand and threw it heavily on the ground, causing the blue jade cup to shatter on the ground.

Zhongli Muchuan was so frightened that he got up and left his seat, tears fell down his face, his lips trembled violently, he was speechless.The cyan jade cup was completely shattered, and the shards were lying on the ground with sharp horns.

"Did you and your father have a relationship? My father has been dead for more than ten years. It's okay if you don't love me, but are you going to stick to your father forever?" Fan Qing growled.

Zhongli Muchuan didn't speak, just squatted down slowly, picked up a fragment with his left hand and held it firmly, the fragment cut through Zhongli Muchuan's flesh and blood dripped down the palm of his hand onto his sleeve.

"Let go!" Fan Qing squatted in front of Zhongli Muchuan.

Zhongli Muchuan ignored him, but gripped even harder.

Fan Qing's hand quickly grabbed a fragment, and made a swipe at the meridian of his right wrist, and it was too late to close his eyes during the whole process.

"What are you doing!" Zhongli Muchuan let go of his hand, but the fragments were still stuck in his flesh and blood.His other hand held Fan Qing's shoulder tightly.

The blood from Fan Qing's wrist flowed down like streamlines, "If I die, I won't have to be tortured by you anymore."

"I'll find a doctor for you right away." Zhongli Muchuan tore off his belt and tied it to Fan Qing's wound, but his other hand was also injured, so he had to tie a rough knot with Fan Qing.

"Let me ask you, are you willing to marry me?" Fan Qing grabbed Zhongli Muchuan's arm.

After pondering for a moment, Zhongli Muchuan just didn't speak, his face was heavy, and his words were full of words fighting on both sides.

"Master Xu asked me to marry Miss Hou, how do you say you want me to marry her?"

Zhongli Muchuan's eyes dodged away from Fan Qing's sight, "It's pretty good, Miss Hou's knowledgeable, gentle and pleasant,"

Fan Qing's arm slid down and held his injured wrist, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" Fan Qing curled up crookedly on the ground, screaming in pain, but kept his eyes open, letting the tears flow The blurred vision fell to the ground again.But Zhongli Muchuan may not know that what really hurts him right now is his heart.

"Wait for me, I'll call the doctor right away."

Zhongli Muchuan ran out of the yard, his eyes were full of anxiety and uneasiness, his heart ached like a prick, but he couldn't tell whether it was his feeling or Fan Qing's.

This matter turned over like the night crossing the dawn, but it was not as quiet as the night. The injury of the two shocked the Hou family and Xu Zeqing, and also shocked the hearts of the two.

Early the next morning, Fan Qing went to Hou Lizhi's room.

Hou Lizhi had just finished dressing up, when he opened the door, he saw Fan Qing standing there with a bandage on his hand, "Does your hand still hurt?" Hou Lizhi looked at the injured hand, and felt it was impolite to touch it.

"It doesn't hurt anymore. I have something to tell you, can I go in?"

"can."

Fan Qing and Hou Lizhi sat face to face at the round table, "Miss Hou, I don't like talking around the bush. Master Xu suggested that I marry you, and our two families will marry to achieve great things together. I want to ask you now, are you willing? Are you willing?" If you don't want to,"

"I am willing." Hou Lizhi blurted out the three words, feeling a little abrupt, and explained, "I have been weak since I was a child, and I feel more and more uncomfortable recently. I am afraid that I will die soon. If you marry me, it will be considered One of my wishes has been granted. I can’t thank you enough.”

Hou Lizhi blushed and coughed twice.

"If you want, I will treat you well as long as you live. But I will go to Middle-earth to lobby the three factions soon. After you marry me, I may not be able to guard you."

"It's okay, I'm willing to wait." Hou Lizhi coughed again, lowered his voice, and lowered his head, "But, the doctor said that my body is not suitable for intercourse, can you accept it? However, I don't care if you want to marry a few more in the future." It won't stop."

"I don't mind. Besides, I will never marry again in this life." After a pause, "the woman next to me." Fan Qing asked himself, what is he keeping, is it possible for him to marry his Mu Chuan again in this life? Master?

Hou Lizhi went in without knowing it, and was completely moved, with tears in his eyes, he asked softly, "Can you hug me?"

"Sorry, my hands are not very convenient now." Fan Qing said with a little embarrassment.

"I almost forgot." Hou Lizhi laughed in a low voice.

Soon, it was the day of Fan Qing and Hou Lizhi's wedding.Hou Xiaoxian naturally admired this marriage very much. In the future, if Fan Qing returns to the country, he will be the supreme lord of the country, and this marriage will only make money but not lose money.As for Mrs. Hou, she was also very happy that her daughter, who had never been able to get married, had a good home.Seeing that the marriage was over, Xu Zeqing felt relieved about the rear, and thought that he could leave.Throughout the whole day, the whole of the Hou Mansion and the entire Xiling were filled with joy, even more lively than the New Year's Eve.

However, there are only two of them, each with their own concerns, and their mood is especially sad in this bustling environment.

After the gong sounded, Fan Qing knelt down together with Hou Lizhi.They worshiped the ancestors of the Fan family, and also worshiped heaven and earth.

That day, Fan Qing's bright red wedding dress shuttled among the crowd at the banquet, catching Zhongli Muchuan's eyes.His eyes were dazzled, as if it was drizzling.He really wanted to say to Fancheng happily, look, your child is grown up and married, but he can't be happy, instead his heart seems to be blocked and he can't beat freely.

Fan Qing wore a bright red wedding gown and shuttled through the banquet. He thought that in his life he would only wear the wedding gown for his Master Mu Chuan, and would only worship the heaven and earth and father with his Master Mu Chuan, but now.He thought of many things in the past, of his Master Mu Chuan picking him up with a small lantern, of him kissing Master Mu Chuan's neck, of him pulling Master Mu Chuan to pray to heaven and earth.

Everything between them ended like this, just because his master Mu Chuan didn't love him.How lucky he would be if he could have the love of his master Mu Chuan.

Although he wanted to drink impulsively, his rationality suppressed himself.He is a person who gets drunk after two bowls, and he can't let himself get drunk.He was afraid that if he was drunk and couldn't restrain himself from looking for his Master Mu Chuan, he should give up those thoughts.In the past, Fan Qing could only act coquettishly and play tricks to win Master Mu Chuan's attention, but at this point, many things had to be changed.

At the banquet, Fan Qing never looked at Zhongli Muchuan, Zhongli Muchuan sat blankly at the wine table, stared at Fan Qing, and kept drinking.He even had an impulse, "I am willing, I am willing to say anything you say, as long as you are by my side, as long as you still love me, I am willing to do anything." Zhong was held by Fancheng, so he could not betray Fancheng.

The banquet is over, and the noisy night suddenly quiets down. What kind of scene is the Spring Festival with red candles?Zhongli Muchuan's lonely figure stood in Fan Qing's yard, he imagined Fan Qing picking up his hijab, and imagined Fan Qing kissing him like he did in the cave before, but the candle suddenly went out.Gone, his light was gone, his only illusion was shattered.

Zhongli Muchuan collapsed suddenly, his face was ferocious, he squatted down and hugged his legs and started to cry, but he didn't dare to cry, so he could only open his mouth and bite his arm fiercely.

The darkness of night tightly surrounded Zhongli Muchuan, his face was already wet and mushy, his eyes were swollen and he couldn't open them.

Drunken, hallucinations appeared in front of my eyes, or maybe it was just a dream.

"You neither want nor love, why are you crying like this now?"

Zhongli Muchuan raised his head, tears fell like rain, and sobbed with great difficulty, "I love you, Qing'er, I am willing. Call me Master Muchuan again, please don't ignore me."

Fan Qing approached Zhongli Muchuan, squatted in front of him, gently stroked his face with his hand, slightly lifted Zhongli Muchuan's chin with his hand, and brought his lips closer together.

Tears streamed from the corners of Zhongli Muchuan's eyes, and he frantically responded to Fan Qing, his lips and tongue blended together and he did not forget to put his hands on the back of Fan Qing's neck.

……

Like a real spring dream, when he woke up again, he felt a little dizzy.

He stumbled out, just in time to meet Master Yang in the yard holding a bowl of hangover soup, "Master Mu Chuan, my lord asked me to prepare the hangover soup for you, drink it."

Zhongli Muchuan frowned, his head was indeed still hurting, he took the hangover soup and drank it down in one gulp.

Seeing Zhongli Muchuan handing him the empty bowl, Master Yang said, "My lord is going to Zhongtu today, and it's already outside the gate, why don't you go and have a look?"

"What did you say?" Before Master Yang could answer, Zhongli Muchuan ran out of the gate.

When he arrived, he saw only a group of people lining up outside the door, and Fan Qing was standing in front of them.

"Qing'er, I'm going to Zhongtu too." Zhongli Muchuan rushed over, his hair still a little messy.

Fan Qing was saying goodbye to Hou Lizhi before, when he heard Mu Chuan's words, he immediately looked at him and said sharply, "No."

To ease the embarrassment, Hou Lizhi said, "Master Mu Chuan has taken care of you for so many years, I can't follow you this time, it's fine if he follows."

"I said no and no."

"Qinger,"

"Go!" Fan Qing turned and stepped on the horse.

After Zhongli Muchuan called him, tears fell instantly, so he had to turn sideways and wipe away tears with his sleeves.

Seeing his Master Mu Chuan covering his tears, Fan Qing couldn't help but his eyes were red, but he couldn't let his Master Mu Chuan follow him to take risks.He had figured it out from the moment he married Hou Lizhi, he and his master Mu Chuan would never be possible again in this life, so why bother him.

Zhongli Muchuan stared at Fan Qing's leaving back, feeling very desolate in his heart.His Qing'er has been separated from him by mountains and rivers since then, and he doesn't want to be with him anymore.