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In the most desolate place in the fortress, a town appeared just a hundred miles away.

The first person to discover that something was wrong was Nangong Jue.

This genius known for his wisdom discovered something wrong on the first night when the foreign race completely occupied Rose City - the Beacon Tower.Since ancient times, military newspapers have been one of the important factors that have influenced the situation of the war. The establishment of beacon towers was precisely to make up for the lack of speed in the delivery of military newspapers. military situation.

Thinking of Ye Zhuchen's letter, Nangong Jue's heart was full of alarm bells, and he understood what was going on in an instant.

He reined in his horse and stopped abruptly, "Turn the tiger away from the mountain! Something must have happened to Guicheng! Sister, we can't go anymore, we must go back immediately!"

Nangong Xiao had only thought of going on the road all the way, now he pulled the reins, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, turned around in a circle, shook his head and said: "I'm going to Dongliang."

Zhou Chuze actually married Ye Zhuchen.

She couldn't believe it, and she didn't want to believe it. If she didn't see it with her own eyes, she would never be reconciled.Nangong Xiao is an out-and-out temperamental person. Ever since he understood his feelings for Zhou Chuze, he has already thought about expressing his feelings when they meet next time.

However, Ye Zhuchen's letter was delivered on the day of their marriage, almost telling Nangong to give up with a smile and to give up as soon as possible.

She will never give up, how can she give up?

Nangong Jue has seen all kinds of interests clearly in a short period of time, frowned and said: "Even if you go now, I am afraid that you will be in vain when you arrive in Dongliang! The accident in Guicheng was probably designed by Ye Zhuchen. Now In this case, it is impossible for him not to go to Rose City!"

"I'm looking for Chu Ze."

"Sister, he's already married to Ye Zhuchen!" Nangong Jue was calm since he was a child, and it was the first time he spoke to Nangong in an almost stern tone, "The letter was delivered yesterday, and now it is clear that it is to lure you and me away. Rose City! His goal has been achieved, and now even if you meet Zhou Chuze in the past, what can you change?"

Nangong laughed silently.

Nangong Jue turned his horse's head: "I'm leaving."

His martial arts are only second-rate, worse than Zhou Chuze's, so he seldom walks around the rivers and lakes, seldom shows his edge, and whenever he goes out to do errands, he is always escorted by Nangong Xiao.Now he expected that there would be an accident in Guicheng, and he would go back to face the unknown battlefield between the two countries. He insisted on leaving because he was betting that Nangong Xiao would not let him face the danger alone.

Nangong Xiao stopped where he was, and did not follow for a long time. He just looked at the back of Nangong Jue who was slowly leaving Nangong Jue with a complicated expression.

Nangong Jue gritted his teeth and raised his whip to speed up.

After a while, the sound of horseshoes sounded faster and faster behind him. Nangong Jue settled down, but soon realized that something was wrong. He turned his head and hurried back. As expected, he saw that there was another person beside Nangong Xiao .

Ye Zhuchen.

The person who came was naturally Ye Zhuchen who rushed from Dongliang to Guicheng. He was wearing a plain gown, just after his wedding, and the cuffs and collar were decorated with exquisite patterns of happy characters.

In the middle of the night outside the Great Wall, only the beacon fire in the distance and the starry sky above the head illuminated, Nangong Xiao and Ye Zhuchen met on the road and faced each other, neither of them could see each other's face clearly.

"Where's Chu Ze?"

"at home."

Nangong laughed, and after a long silence, he let out a wry smile: "I didn't know about you at first... Hehe, I thought you were just brothers."

"We've known each other for many years, but this time it's just a matter of course." Ye Zhuchen sighed, "Maybe I shouldn't introduce you to Chu Ze."

Nangong smiled coldly at him, "Lao Ye, how long have we known each other? Three years, four years? More or less? In your eyes, am I just a fool with good martial arts?"

Ye Zhuchen said: "Nangong, you know I don't have many friends."

Nangong's laughing voice suddenly became sharper: "Do you think I have many friends besides you? Ye Zhuchen, I have always regarded you as my best friend! Yes, I am stupid! But I don't Willing to be used by my friends over and over again! You tell me plainly, since you introduced me to Chu Ze, how many times have you used me?"

Nangong Jue rode back to his sister, just in time to hear Nangong Xiao's angry call, he was extremely defensive, when he saw Ye Zhuchen at this moment, his face was cold, as if he was facing an enemy.

Although Nangong Xiao couldn't be said to be extremely smart, he was definitely not stupid either.Nangong Jue, an outsider can quickly understand the matter, how can she not be clear in her heart?

She just didn't want to believe it - being tricked by her most trusted friend.

"Chu Ze's injury was not in my plan. At the beginning, I really only wanted you to protect him." Ye Zhuchen showed rare seriousness and frankness, "As for the battle of Guicheng, you and I are fighting on our own. There is no friendship to speak of."

To sacrifice the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers for a friendship on the battlefield, even if he is as cruel as Ye Zhuchen, he still cannot do such a thing, let alone knowing that there is a better way.

Nangong smiled and turned his eyes away, "You know I like Chu Ze."

"I know." Ye Zhuchen said: "Nangong, I regard you as my own sister. I hope to satisfy you as much as possible. Except for Chu Ze, can I give him a step?"

Tears suddenly fell from Nangong's smile, she choked up, almost like a child, "Enough, you are all married... From the beginning to the end, I was the only one who was stupid... I, Miss Nangong, do you want anything, why should I be so cheap... ..."

It was the first time Nangongjue saw her sister cry, and she was heartbroken for a moment, "Sister..."

Nangong smiled and lowered his head, wiped his face indifferently, and pulled the horse rope, "Let's go."

Ye Zhuchen stayed where he was, knowing that the next three people going on the road together would only increase the embarrassment, so he simply waited for them to go far away before going on the road.The sand table in his heart kept subverting the calculations—he expected that Nangong Xiao would be open-minded by nature, and once he thought about it, he would soon get out of the shadows and face him and Zhou Chuze again.

Even so, the heart is not easy.

He never lied to his friends, and everything he said with a smile to Nangong just now was true.

Ye Zhuchen doesn't have many friends, and Nangong Xiao is the most important one among them. He regards him as his own sister, except for Zhou Chuze, as long as he has, he can share almost everything with this girl.

Ye Zhuchen looked at Nangong Xiao's figure from a distance and smiled wryly. It was only at this time that he understood Zhou Chuze's position in his heart.

That's the sweetheart that Ming Media is marrying, and she can't let it go even a step.

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They separated on the second day of their wedding, what Ye Zhuchen left to Zhou Chuze was a family he was not familiar with, and a little tiger waiting to be fed.

Xueqiu was born smart and cute, clinging to Zhou Chuze all day long, which made his life not boring.Xia He Qiuye listened to Ye Zhuchen's instructions, and stayed by Zhou Chuze's side every day, taking care of his daily necessities carefully.

The Ye family has a lot of business, and Ye's father doesn't spend much time at home every day, he is either busy with the silk shop, or goes fishing early.Zhou Chuze felt a little strange, but Father Ye specially took the time to have a long talk with him, Yan Ming was busy, and it might be difficult to take care of him at ordinary times, and hoped that his daughter-in-law would not mind, Zhou Chuze was relieved.

Even so, the days are not completely peaceful, because there is still a special guest in Ye's house.

The white-haired and black-clothed master smiled and forgot to live.

After Zhou Chuze got up early on weekdays, he went to the small courtyard where Xiao Wangsheng lived alone to make tea for his master and play chess with him.Xiao Wangsheng looked like a deserted person, but he was kind to Zhou Chuze.He took the initiative to ask Zhou Chuze to practice martial arts again, and taught Zhou Chuze how to learn swords in the courtyard one hour before sunset every day.

This moment quickly became the time that Zhou Chuze looked forward to the most every day, retreating from everyone, and in the spare time between practicing martial arts, Xiao Wangsheng occasionally mentioned someone to Zhou Chuze inadvertently.

"Your father used a knife back then."

"He was only eighteen when he debuted, and no one can match a Zanpakuto."

"Where is Master?"

"I, I can't beat him... But he still can't beat me with Zanpakuto."

"Master and father are good friends?"

"We were once brothers."

After a few days, Xiao Wangsheng seemed to have found someone to talk about Zhou Renfeng, and he didn't mind providing Zhou Chuze with information about the former number one swordsman in the world.

"Your father is very good at making tea. Back then, I was arrogant by nature and the most addicted to alcohol. He gradually used the method of making tea to make wine."

Xiao Wangsheng's method of cooking wine is very special, complicated and meticulous, time and time again, it is indeed like cooking a cup of tea.

After practicing martial arts, Zhou Chuze would cook wine under the guidance of Xiao Wangsheng. After trying this a few times, he finally asked his master cautiously, "Compared to the wine my father cooked back then, how does it taste?"

Xiao Wangsheng smiled lightly, and answered in an ordinary way: "It's been 20 years. I've forgotten what the wine your father cooked back then was like."

Zhou Chuze didn't speak.

He inexplicably knows that some tastes will never be forgotten.When we meet again, the body will still remember the feeling of that smell.

It's just that I can't find it anymore, and I will never encounter that taste again.

Even though Zhou Chuze was dull, he gradually understood that what the master told him about his relationship with his father was actually frankly stating that 20 years ago, Xiao Wangsheng had a relationship with Zhou Renfeng.

After ten days like this, Zhou Chuze finally said: "I don't understand." I don't understand why Xiao Wangsheng wanted to tell himself these things, the master is so cold-tempered now, and it is logical that he would not explain his private affairs to others so clearly.

Although Zhou Chuze knew nothing about his mother, he also hoped that his mother would be his father's beloved, not an unimportant footnote between two men's relationship.If Zhou Renfeng's true love back then was Xiao Wangsheng, then what was his existence?

Xiao Wangsheng was not surprised, he just asked Zhou Chuze: "I haven't been down to Bielongfeng for 20 years, but now I come to Dongliang, do you know the reason?"

Zhou Chuze said honestly, "I don't know."

Xiao Wangsheng glanced at him indifferently, his whole body was deserted, and he only said: "Forget it, anyway, you will always know in the future."