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Xiang Chuchu sat in front of the window, stroking the silk strings with her fingers from time to time, and witnessed the fall of autumn with her own eyes. The sky gradually turned from green blue to yellow, and finally turned into a deep black. Although a few broken notes could be heard lingering back and forth around her, they were never made into a tune.
Her originally full of hope was probably shattered by the incomplete music. She hoped that her husband could return to her as soon as possible, but unfortunately she waited until late at night, and even the little maid who served her fell asleep, but Su Qing was still missing.
This pair of master and servant are used to living under the same roof. They are more like relatives than the closest sisters. The little maid Zichai was resting not far from the pavilion door, surrounded by a wooden hollow screen carved with willows and bamboos to form a small space.
Under this arrangement, if something unexpected happens to Xiang Chuchu, she only needs to shout a few times out of thin air, and Zi Chai will immediately return to her side. More often than not, the only person who really takes care of her and is close to her is such a hardworking, innocent and lovely girl.
Therefore, apart from Su Qing, the only person Xiang Chuchu couldn't let go of was Zi Chai. In order to take care of her troubled sister, Zichai gave up her life. The two wandered around, shared hardships, life and death, and finally got to where they are today, living a stable life for several years.
But now, Xiang Chuchu still wants to die. While outsiders didn't understand it, Zichai must have never expected it either. Therefore, as an unrelated sister, Xiang Chuchu talked in her heart for a long time, wanting to explain something to her beloved sister.
So, facing the night, she picked up an oil lamp and quietly walked into the small area.
At a rough glance, the screen covers two places. Only the windows against the wall and the place for entry and exit are free. Zichai's bed is spread on the open space in the middle.
Xiang Chuchu gently put the oil lamp aside, and then sat down next to him. Just when she was about to bend down to wake up Zi Chai, a strong sadness suddenly came to her heart.
She covered her mouth to prevent others from noticing that she was strange. After pondering for a long time, all that was left was the words "I'm sorry!".
All this was just because she suddenly noticed Zi Chai’s face that looked older than her peers. “Obviously she is similar in age to the little girl from the Zhao family, but she already has gray hair on her temples and a face full of fatigue. If it weren’t for me, ..." Xiangchuchu was just thinking, and suddenly there were a few strange noises outside the door and window next to her bed.
Xiang Chuchu knew that Su Qing must have secretly come to see her, so she immediately put out the oil lamp, hurried to the window and pushed open the latch.
She tried to reduce the noise she made after several actions as much as possible, so as not to alert the guards outside the pavilion, and she was very confident in her weak and weak body, because even when faced with the latch of an ordinary window, she could You have to do your best and even roll up your sleeves to get it done.
I saw Su Qing standing outside the window with cold sweat on his head and panting, as if he had just been through a fierce battle.
In the dim light of the bright moon, they could clearly see each other's faces and whispered greetings to each other, just like a boy and a girl having an affair.
"Master Su?"
"Xiangchuchu!"
Su Qing stretched out one of his hands, wanting to hold the other person's arm and walk together, and said: "Do you know that Mr. Mei didn't let me see you, saying that before I found the body of the 'Desert Golden Sword', You won’t even let me see you! But who in this world can stop me?”
"What do you want to do?" Xiang Chuchu changed his sad and miserable posture, and leaned his face closer to the window, trying to understand clearly what the man in front of him had just done: "Is Mr. Su trying to trick other girls?" , trick me out of here?"
"Yes! Is it possible that you still want to stay in this place of right and wrong?"
"Elope? Ha... Only Mr. Su can think of this method." Xiang Chuchu has long passed the age where one mistake will lead to eternal regret. At least when she looks at the current struggle, she sees it more clearly than Su Qing. Chang Yuan: "Mr. Su, you can't wander around in many places unharmed all your life. Look, how can anyone come home and enter through the window?"
"You don't want to come with me?"
"Why don't we want to? It's just that we can't. We can't abandon Zi Chai. She is my best sister, and I can't let her be sorry. And... Chu Chu's current situation, I really don't want to drag Mr. Su down."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Qing could no longer hold back his temper and jumped directly in through the jumping window. After sealing the door, he returned to Xiang Chuchu, grabbed his hand, and begged: "It was you who wanted to follow me life and death, and it was you who wanted to marry me no matter what, but now, you don't want to follow me." I'm gone? Do you understand? I don't want to be without you when you die, you know? I don't want to..."
"Master Su, please forgive Chu Chu for being willful once." Xiang Chuchu took out a token from his arms and continued: "This is the token that Mr. Su entrusted to me when we parted last time. Now I will give it back to you... Besides, Chu Chu also wants to tell Mr. Su something."
"Isn't this the token I earned from the Shi family in Wandeng Town? What do you mean? This is a token that can be exchanged for countless gold and silver treasures!"
"Husband! I don't want to see the day when you are plotted and died tragically by members of all parties. Although you often claim that you do not want to be loyal to any force, in fact, you have still done a lot for many people and created a lot of resentment. Daddy Tao That’s why you were persecuted, have you forgotten?”
"What does this have to do with you! If you follow me, I will never let you suffer, including Zichai. I will treat her like my own sister. Isn't this always the case?"
"I have given up. If my husband still insists on taking this broken body of mine and traveling far away, then I will have no choice but to kill myself." After saying that, Xiang Chuchu quickly broke away from the other party's hand and wanted to open the window and jump out. .
Because this woman's body was already weak, Su Qing never dared to be too rude to her, so when he held her hand tightly, he didn't notice that the other party would make such a violent move, allowing Xiang Chuchu to break free easily. .
After Xiang Chuchu opened the window, she leaned out and prepared to jump down. Unexpectedly, she happened to see two patrolling soldiers passing by under the pavilion.
One of the soldiers held up a torch and asked with great confusion: "Madam, why are you leaning out at this late night?"
At this moment, Xiang Chuchu was almost stunned by fright. She tried to calm down, pretending to adjust her clothes, and then replied: "It's windy at night, so I'm about to close the doors and windows!" After saying that, she quickly closed the windows, And together with Su Qing, who was also frightened beside her, she pushed the window latch.
Su Qingju, who was still in shock, stayed on the spot, hugged the other party tightly, and said with a trembling voice: "You woman, you are really annoying! I will never let you go in this life. Don't even think about leaving. Even if you die, you will not let me go." You can only die by my side!"
"Husband, then we... still want to go together? But neither Zichai nor I know martial arts, how can we sneak down quietly?"
"I have already set up a ladder outside the window. Otherwise, do you think that with my lightness, I would have to sweat when I climb up to this mere three-story pavilion?"
Xiang Chuchu seemed to have never thought that Su Qing would care about her so much. She smiled and was so moved that she cried. However, she quickly gathered her mood and ran to the small area in front of the door to wake up the little maid. Zichai escaped at night together.
