That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 693 Princess Zhang and Princess Xiao

Amidst the rustling rain, the Liuli Pavilion was deserted, Zhang Yun led Xiao Zhinan to the door of the Liuli Pavilion and stopped, asking Xiao Zhinan to go in alone.

Xiao Zhinan walked into the Liuli Pavilion, took off his shoes, and walked on the translucent ground wearing only socks. He could see the blue water of the lake under his feet, and even fish swimming.Sitting near the lake in the depths of the Liuli Pavilion is Zhang Xueyao, dignified and elegant, still playing with her favorite black glaze tea set.

Both women were dressed in plain clothes, one because of their mother and the other because of their husband.

Xiao Zhinan slowly walked across to Zhang Xueyao, and said softly, "Teacher."

Zhang Xueyao said with a light smile, "Your Highness, please sit down."

"Don't dare." Xiao Zhinan shook his head after sitting down, "Just call me Zhinan."

Zhang Xueyao did not reject people thousands of miles away, nodded, and said in a kind manner: "Zhinan, Xiao Zhinan, Princess Qiyang of Daqi, is also the fourth princess of Daqi, Xiao Yu's eldest granddaughter, she looks like Lin Yinping, I say that right?"

"That's right." Xiao Zhinan's expression was calm, neither humble nor overbearing.

Zhang Xueyao said slowly: "I came to you today because I want to say something to you."

Xiao Zhinan nodded slightly.

"Nangui him...Although there are some strange things in his life experience, maybe he is not as simple as an ordinary person, but his first 20 years were no different from an ordinary person." Zhang Xueyao's tone became more and more calm, and the straightforward narration was like a pool of stagnant water. "Now you look like a good family, but in the first 20 years, what were you doing? What was he doing? You have been rich and well-clothed since you were young, and you have never suffered from the slightest bit of firewood, rice, oil and salt, but he, in the first 20 years , almost struggling with the two words of food and clothing. When Nangui was alive, his master often said that the same world is not necessarily the same world. Only a small group of people can enjoy the colorful world. The two of you are the same people of the world?"

Xiao Zhinan just listened patiently, without explaining or defending anything.

"In my opinion, you are not." Zhang Xueyao said like a thunderbolt, "Xia Chong is indescribable, he is experiencing your world now, have you ever experienced his world? Nangui has a big heart, so it's good No, the good thing is that a man should be self-improving, and a man should aim at the world. This is true. The bad thing is that if you have a big heart, you will inevitably forget your original intention. "

Zhang Xueyao seemed to be in a trance recalling, "I watched Nangui walk over step by step. The immature young man who had just entered Jiangdu only had a sword in his hand and a sword case on his back, but after today, he no longer only has a sword in his hand. There is no longer just a sword case on his back, so he will go to the imperial capital to marry you."

Zhang Xueyao looked directly at Xiao Zhinan, "Zhinan, ask yourself, how much so-called relationship is there between the two of you? It's only been two years, how can there be so many unforgettable memories? I'm also someone who has experienced it. It is one, more depends on how two young people get along with each other, this kind of thing like drinking water is warm and cold, those of us who are elders naturally don’t have much to say, I just want to tell you, if you just want to If you take advantage of Nangui, then you will definitely taste the bitter fruit in the end, but if you really like him, then today’s me is a lesson from the past, these are my words from the bottom of my heart, it’s up to you to believe it or not.”

Xiao Zhinan, who had been silent all this time, finally opened his mouth and said: "Master's wife is talking about the matter of Master leaving Jiangdu back then."

Zhang Xueyao sighed slightly: "He is a competent sword sect master and a competent master, but he is not a competent husband. Since I married him, the husband and wife have always been together less and more often. In the past ten years, it was inevitable to worry about him, but in the end, he still took the first step."

Xiao Zhinan sighed heavily.

Zhang Xueyao personally poured her a cup of tea, and said softly, "Nan Gui is very much like his master."

Xiao Zhinan nodded slightly.

Zhang Xueyao couldn't help but sigh, remembering what happened when she was young, Xu Beiyou was very similar to Gongsun Zhongmou, but she and Xiao Zhinan were not at all alike. Back then, I was high-spirited and always showed my sharpness, until I was in East Lake. After the court was captured by Xiao Yu, he restrained himself. It was precisely because of his temper that the gap between the husband and wife had been separated for decades, and it was not resolved until Gongsun Zhongmou died. With Xiao Zhinan's temperament, maybe he won't leave so many regrets.

Zhang Xueyao has been living in Jiangdu for decades, and has figured out many truths that she didn't have time to think about before, but some truths can be made up for, and some truths have no chance to make up for, after realizing Xiao Zhinan's faint temptation , she did not confront each other like she did when she was young, but she just laughed it off, took out a small sword case from behind and put it in front of Xiao Zhinan, and said with a smile: "I have told you so much, I just hope that you two will be together well in the future." , This sword box contains Wu Lezhi's Five Poison Sword, which Nangui has been looking for for a long time, so you will hand it over to him this time."

Xiao Zhinan lowered her head and stroked the sword box lightly, her hands were slightly cool, and the chill penetrated into her skin, she raised her head and asked, "Why didn't Master give it to Nan Gui herself?"

Zhang Xueyao didn't answer, her face became calm and peaceful, and she said in a flat tone: "Zhinan, back then, the four of us were put together by many good people, and there were many incomprehensible grievances and hatreds between us, but up to now , We are all old people after all, and the grievances are almost over, if you young people stand on the stage in the future, do you understand what I mean?"

Xiao Zhinan nodded slightly, without saying a word.

Zhang Xueyao picked up the teacup in her hand.

see a visitor out.

Xiao Zhinan reached out to pick up the sword box, held it in his arms, saluted Zhang Xueyao respectfully, and then slowly exited the Liuli Pavilion.

After Xiao Zhinan left, Qin Mumian turned out from behind a screen not far away, and said, "I thought you would show off the air of a wicked mother-in-law and make things difficult for this girl, but I didn't expect you to let her go so easily gone."

Zhang Xueyao smiled calmly, and said slowly: "It's fine if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don't get along, after all, I'm just Nangui's teacher's wife, not a serious mother-in-law. If I just play tricks, it will inevitably be disgusting, and Xiao Zhinan is very smart. I have to worry about it myself, so I don't need to be that wicked mother-in-law to make a bad face."

Qin Mumian smiled and said, "This is a matter between you, and has nothing to do with me, an outsider."

Zhang Xueyao rolled her eyes, "Then what are you doing here?"

Qin Mumian straightened his expression, and said softly, "I just received the news that not long after Qiu Ye left the customs, Chen Ye also left the customs. Our previous guesses are likely to come true."

Zhang Xueyao's face changed slightly when she heard the words, "Is this news true?"

Qin Mumian said in a low voice, "It was said by a Daoist Daoist."

Zhang Xueyao closed her eyes and said softly, "I see."

(End of this chapter)