It's another bright morning.

Xiao Zhuo looked at the crowd of people rushing to enter Chang'an City in front of the inn, and went into the room to wake up Jin Ruo. He promised Jin Ruo to take her to Chang'an City. Now that he was at the foot of Chang'an City, how could he not go in? As for tomorrow

After much thought, he had no reason to stop it. He could only spend this last day with Jin Ruo.

"Chang'an City is really lively!"

After stepping through the city gate, Jin Ruo turned around and looked at the towering city wall, which was majestic and majestic. The mottled marks on the wall bear witness to the long history of this thousand-year-old ancient capital.

Jin Ruo turned around and was about to go forward with Xiao Zhuo when she saw a man in blue shirt striding towards them across the street. He walked up to them and grabbed Xiao Zhuo.

"Oops! Fourth brother, you're finally here! It's been a long wait for me these three days! My eldest brother finally doesn't have to kneel in the ancestral hall anymore!"

Jin Ruo heard what the man in blue shirt said and took a closer look at his appearance. He was really similar to Xiao Zhuo. He also guessed in his heart that this person was either Xiao Kai or Xiao Yan. Sure enough, Xiao Zhuo saw Jin Ruo approaching.

, and quickly introduced it to her.

"Jin Ruo, this is my third brother Xiao Yan, third brother, this is Jin Ruo."

"Hello, Mr. Xiao!" Jin Ruo bowed slightly to salute, but saw Xiao Yi looking at her for a long time, then he held his hand and saluted and replied: "Hello, Miss Jin Ruo!"

"Third brother, why are you here?" Xiao Zhuo didn't pay much attention to Xiao Yan's rudeness. Xiao Yan had always had a cheerful personality. He was the only one among their brothers who got along with him and loved beauty.

It's all there, it's okay to be gaffe-like, and the Xiao family has a strict family tradition, so he will never have any other ideas.

"You still have the nerve to say that my eldest brother came back from Yingbo Town and didn't know what he said to his father. As a result, his angry father slapped the table and said, 'It's ridiculous! You've only been there for a few days, how can you learn this?

He's so arrogant, doesn't he just not want to marry Yingying! If he doesn't want to marry, he won't marry. If your uncle hadn't called him by name, I wouldn't have planned to let him marry Yingying!' Then when the eldest brother knelt down as a punishment, he told

I'll wait for you here!" Xiao Yan imitated his father's tone and gestured to Xiao Zhuo based on his own imaginary situation. As for whether the gesture was correct or not, Xiao Zhuo probably wasn't right after thinking about how his father usually taught him.

Not much.

"I'm talking about fourth brother, what's going on? The eldest brother was punished to kneel down in the ancestral hall, and the next day my father sent the second brother to Yingbo Town again. My mother said that it seemed that my cousin Yanying was betrothed to the second brother again!

ah?"

Xiao Zhuo did not comment, and promised Yan Ying to Xiao Kai. He had already discussed it with the Yan family in Yingbo Town. After all, Xiao Rui went to the Yan family to hire him with great fanfare at that time, so he couldn't just let it go. Moreover, he

His father is a person who values ​​his reputation very much. Since Xiao Rui has been hired, in the eyes of outsiders, the Xiao Yan family is getting married, and he will never tolerate his family regretting the marriage.

"Xiao Zhuo, why don't we go back to Xiao's house first?" Jin Ruo saw that Xiao Zhuo was hesitant and stepped forward to suggest. But Xiao Zhuo looked at her, then turned to Xiao Yi and said, "Third brother, I still

I can’t go back with you, just give me one more day, and I will definitely go back to Xiao’s house to collect my punishment tomorrow.”

After Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, he pulled Jin Ruo and headed in another direction. Xiao Yi originally wanted to chase him, but in the end he stopped and sighed: "It's this kind of nonsense again!"

Instead of walking back in the direction he came from, he ran towards the nearby wine shop.

Dance music pavilion, Mingjing Lake, play along the three-foot screen.

Taking the oar to cross Wei and Jing again, I saw smoke and willows covering the imperial capital.

After a day of hustle and bustle, in Xiao Zhuo's eyes, the city of Chang'an no longer had the bustle and bustle of the past. He could only feel the cool breeze blowing against his body, which was biting and biting.

But this is obviously July! A few days ago, he and Jin Ruo spent the Chinese Valentine's Day, and he didn't expect to say goodbye so soon like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl!

Xiao Zhuo was still immersed in sadness. A pair of arms behind him slowly stretched out and wrapped around his waist, and Jin Ruo's body slowly moved closer.

"Xiao Zhuo, do you know?"

Jinruo's voice echoed in his ears, and his strong inner wall gradually collapsed, but he still forced himself to explain, "No, I don't know anything!"

Jinruo hugged him tighter.

"I'm not very good at lying, so I don't dare to tell you, but you're not good at lying either." After Jin Ruo said this, Xiao Zhuo realized that what he said was indeed a little too much. However,

Just when he was about to say something more, Jin Ruo reached out her hand to cover his lips, but Jin Ruo was always behind him, so he couldn't tell whether Jin Ruo was sad or happy at this time.

"Actually, I knew you knew this morning. How could I not know what kind of alcohol you smell like? And today you insist on staying with me for the whole day. Besides, have I ever gone to bed before you in these days?

?Sister Mingxin should have been here last night, right?"

"Jinruo!"

Xiao Zhuo couldn't restrain himself anymore, turned around and hugged Jin Ruo tightly in his arms. He didn't know what else he could do besides holding Jin Ruo at this moment. Apart from giving her the last support, he couldn't do anything else.

can not do this!

"Xiao Zhuo, I want to give myself to you, don't refuse me! Let me go without regrets, okay?" Jinruo's head, which was close to Xiao Zhuo's chest, slowly raised, and a pool of autumn water turned into tender honey.

I mean, the words I spoke also contained a hint of hope, but more importantly, they were determined!

The moon is setting and the stars are getting thinner, and the morning glow is falling.

Yesterday is gone, who can rely on today?

Jinruo looked at Xiao Zhuo who had fallen asleep under her spell, but couldn't help but reach out and touch his face again. The road she had to go was long and dangerous, and it was unknown whether she could come back, leaving Xiao Zhuo with hope.

, is it considered good or bad?

Maybe we will never see each other again in this life! Jinruo thought to himself, turned around resolutely, took back the note on the table that said "Don't come back for five years, forget me" and walked out of the house. Outside the house, on a small boat,

Dressed in green, he stood quietly, and when he saw Jin Ruo coming out, he gradually showed a smile.

"Do you hate me for telling him?" After Jinruo got on the boat, Mingxin saw that she was still looking at the house and asked anyway.

"If my sister hadn't told him, I'm afraid he would still stick to etiquette and not have the courage to spend the night with me. If I don't come back, wouldn't it be a bigger regret? Sister, let's go!"

Mingxin smiled reassuringly after hearing what Jinruo said, and then waved her jade hand, and the boat gradually moved away, and finally at the end of the Weishui River, two rays of green and gold were slowly drawn and disappeared into the sky.

In the house, the sleeping Xiao Zhuo finally woke up at three o'clock in the morning. There was no sadness, no loss, and no tears. After lying on the bed for a long time, he turned over and picked up the ancient sword, then left the inn and walked towards Xiao's house.

go.

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"You traitor! What are you talking about? In the past, you just read those monstrous rumors every day, but now you want to become a monk. Are you worthy of your ancestors?"

Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Zhuo kneeling in front of him, feeling sad and regretful in his heart. How could he not know how smart Xiao Zhuo was? He thought he could follow the example of the ancient sages and help him support the Xiao family, but he failed halfway.

He had entered a fork in the road and couldn't extricate himself. Now he was abandoning the foundation of the Xiao family for those illusory things. How could he not be angry?

"Please forgive me, father. Zhuo'er has made up his mind. When he came back today, he just thought about the wrong things he had committed. I also asked father not to embarrass my elder brother again." After Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, he kowtowed to Xiao Yu to apologize.

"You've become like this. As an elder brother, he also has lax supervision. Why should I forgive him?" Xiao Yu was furious and kicked Xiao Zhuo to the ground. Fortunately, he was just a scholar and didn't have much.

Dali said.

"Zhuo'er is unfilial and goes against the ancestral precepts of the Xiao family. Zhuo'er will go and plead guilty in front of his ancestors. Father, please take care of me!" Xiao Zhuo knelt down again and knelt down to his father three times. He no longer cared about whether his father agreed or not and stood up and walked out.

Hall.

"The traitor!"

Xiao Yu's scolding echoed out of the house. Seeing Xiao Zhuo finally come out, Xiao Rui hurriedly walked up.

"Fourth brother, what's going on? Why do you want to become a monk? Where is Miss Jinruo? If you call her over, won't my father believe you?"

Xiao Rui was still working in his government office. When he heard Xiao Yi running over to him and telling him about Xiao Zhuo's situation after his return, he hurried back and saw that Xiao Zhuo was so decisive and Jin Ruo was nowhere to be seen around him.

, I am afraid that I have suffered some kind of blow and have reached the point where I want to become a monk.

"It's the fourth brother's fault that the eldest brother was punished for the Yan family's incident. The fourth brother apologizes to the eldest brother. Please forgive me!"

Xiao Zhuo said that he was about to bend down and salute again, but Xiao Rui pulled him up, "Why should you apologize? You didn't do anything wrong, what happened?"

Xiao Zhuo saw that Xiao Rui insisted on wanting to know and that he was also a person involved, so he stopped hiding it and told him the general story while walking towards the back hall. He wanted to become a monk, and his father had already left.

Mother always needs an explanation.

"Brother! Please keep your mouth shut about Jin Ruo. From now on, even if you are your father, don't mention it again. My fourth brother would like to thank you!"

Xiao Zhuo bowed sincerely, and after seeing Xiao Rui nodding in agreement, he turned and walked towards his mother's house. Xiao Rui looked at his back for a long time, then heaved a sigh of relief and turned back to the government office.

I originally thought I could finish it in one chapter, but it still didn’t work, so I had to write another chapter!
Chapter completed!