Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 127 The Wind and Snow Travel Together (2)
"That's different. After all, swords have no eyes. In case there is a bump... Sister Duanmu, there is nothing serious on the way, so don't interfere too much, just go find Big Brother Zhan along the way."

"Understood." Duanmucui smiled sweetly, turned his horse's head and left.

Behind him, Zhang Long suddenly remembered something, put his hands around his mouth and shouted to her: "Sister Duanmu, I found Brother Zhan, I'll come back earlier, when you come back, let's have a meal together!"

Duanmucui's voice floated back from afar: "Know-know-la-"

It was another day of non-stop snow. When Li Xiaohan entered the house, he stomped his feet repeatedly to remove the fresh snow from the soap boots: "It should be warmer, it shouldn't be a snowy day."

Li Qinshi sympathetically helped him take off the cloak: "Accounting for it, it will be cold these days, maybe it will be the last snow."

"That's right." Li Xiaohan put his hands around his mouth and breathed out, suddenly remembered something, "Where is Master Zhan?"

"I went out early in the morning and said I would not come back today."

"No return?"

"Did you forget the letter received by Zhan's guards two days ago?" Li Qinshi reminded him, "What kind of friend of his, didn't he arrive in two days?"

"So?" Li Xiaohan thought it was funny, "Is he going... to meet? Wait? It's getting dark, and the city gates are about to be closed. Besides, which of the four city gates in Yanzhou will he guard? ? Are you afraid of going astray?"

"Maybe it's only after dark." Li Qinshi was very careful, "If his friend came at night and the guards wouldn't open the door, Mr. Zhan is there, so he can take care of him, right?"

"That's true." Li Xiaohan smiled, "Where's Luoshui?"

"In the room."

"Go, talk to the girl for a while." Li Xiaohan took two steps, then looked back at Li Qinshi, "Will you come with me?"

"Vice Tong's son?" Li Luoshui was startled, and subconsciously clenched the corner of his clothes.

Li Xiaohan didn't notice the strange expression on his daughter's face, so he laughed and said, "No, today I asked Captain Jin to tell me. Chen Futong's son is now in Kaifeng. He is not a military officer. He works in the Imperial Academy. Pretty much. If Luoshui followed him, he wouldn't have to stay in Yanzhou..." He turned to look at Li Qinshi, "At that time, you will bring Luo Min and follow him, and stay in Kaifeng first. This Yanzhou is the front line after all, It's hard to say what the war is going to be like, but I'm relieved when you go back."

"I don't want to marry!" Li Luoshui stood up vigorously, his originally delicate face turned ashen.

"This girl, what are you talking about?" Li Xiaohan's face sank, "I was discussing with you in a good voice, what kind of face are you showing? You don't want to marry? Which girl's marriage is not the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker?"

"In short, I just don't want to marry!" Li Luoshui said harshly.

"Ridiculous!" Li Xiaohan was also angry, and slapped the table heavily, "How did you talk to your parents?"

Li Luoshui gritted his teeth, turned around suddenly, and ran out the door.

"Come back to me!" Li Xiaohan became even more angry, "Who did you learn to be so angry..."

"Hey, hey, the head of the house." Li Qinshi panicked, and quickly reached out to stop her, "Luoshui is a child, don't get angry with her..."

She was busy trying to stop Li Xiaohan, but Li Luoshui on the other side rushed to open the door angrily, and as soon as he rushed out of the door, he bumped into a girl.The girl let out an ouch and gasped in pain.Li Luoshui originally wanted to stop and apologize, but suddenly he heard Li Xiaohan scolding behind him, his expression turned cold, and he left quickly, regardless of what happened to the girl.

Li Xiaohan was so angry that he pointed at the half-covered door and cursed: "If you have the ability, don't come back when you leave!"

He was burning with anger, and suddenly a girl's head cautiously poked out from the half door.

"That..." She bent down and rubbed her hands on her knees, her dark eyes turned around, and her eyes wandered around the small courtyard, "Is Zhan Zhao here?"

The city gate slowly closed.

Seeing the gap between the two gates getting smaller and smaller, Zhan Zhao sighed almost inaudibly.

When he turned around and was about to leave, a fiery red figure passed by his side like the wind.

"Let me out!" Li Luoshui stretched out his hand and slammed on the door, "Let me out!"

"Miss Li..." The guard guarding the city knew that she was the daughter of Vice Commander Li Xiaohan, with a bit of difficulty in his words, "The gate of the city has been closed."

"So what, do you know who I am?" Li Luoshui pulled out the sword hanging from his waist an inch, "Do you want to fight with me?" The next moment, there was a sudden pain in Li Luoshui's wrist. With a cry of pain, the blade slid back into the scabbard again, and when he looked back, it was Zhan Zhao.

"You..." Li Luoshui was ashamed and angry.

"Miss Li, don't go too far." Zhan Zhao's face was frosty, and his words were merciless, "It is Yanzhou military order to close the city gate at dusk, no matter who you are, you must not violate the order. You are unreasonable first , scolding the guard behind, who do you think you are? Even if Li Xiaohan came, he would not dare to be so presumptuous!"

Li Luoshui's heart skipped a beat when he heard him call his father's name directly.

It wasn't until this moment that she realized that this Mr. Zhan was not a talkative ordinary guest staying in her home, not only did he have an official position, but his official rank was even higher than her own father's.He didn't pamper her because she was young; nor did he hang on to everything like he met that morning.

She suddenly realized that she had made a mistake, and she couldn't help being afraid of Zhan Zhao in front of her.

"Miss Li, please go back, don't stay here any longer."

Li Luoshui gritted his teeth, turned around suddenly, and ran away.The guard next to him expressed his caution to Zhan Zhao: "Lord Zhan, don't be too angry, Miss Li is young and her family spoils her, so it's inevitable to be arrogant."

Zhan Zhao hummed, showing no expression.

"It's just..." The soldier stood on tiptoe to look in the direction where Li Luoshui disappeared, "Vice Commander Li's house is not that way...Miss Li is very angry today, maybe something happened?"

Zhan Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and what happened that morning quickly flashed before his eyes.

He hesitated.

"I'll go see her."

"Aren't there again?" Facing the answer from the city guard, Duanmucui was so anxious that he almost cried.

The military guard looked at Duanmucui and then at Li Xiaohan, but he couldn't tell what happened about Li Luoshui's disturbance at the gate of the city, he just vaguely said: "I was here at first, but... something happened later, so I left."

"Then, Miss Duanmu," Li Xiaohan said nothing, "Either way, let's go back and wait slowly, Mr. Zhan will always come home."

When Zhan Zhao caught up with Li Luoshui, she found a secluded corner and was crying on the wall.

Zhan Zhao sighed, and stood quietly aside with his sword in his arms - there may be many reasons for a girl's family to be so sad.If she didn't tell, he really didn't want to take the initiative to find out.

Li Luoshui stopped crying when she cried, she raised her head and looked at Zhan Zhao through her tearful eyes.If another man of the same age was by her side, she would have cried and made a fuss long ago, or relied on the unique rights of a beautiful woman to be arrogant, but to Zhan Zhao, she was so arrogant and angry on weekdays Can't make any moves.Out of female intuition, she felt that Zhan Zhao didn't want to get close to her.He came over, not to comfort her or coax her, but just afraid that something would happen to her.

This made Li Luoshui a little frustrated.

Zhan Zhao looked at her quietly: "Go back, it's night, you are a girl living outside, your parents will be worried."

"I won't go back." It's okay not to mention it, but when the word "father and mother" was mentioned, Li Luoshui couldn't hold back his anger, "I will never go back again."

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Why, is there still a hurdle between parents and children?"

"You don't understand!" Li Luoshui wailed as soon as he opened his mouth, "My father wants to marry me to someone I don't like, and I won't marry if I die, and I won't die."

"You're so young, how can you say dead words?" Zhan Zhao's complexion slowly darkened, "Did your father force you?"

Li Luoshui froze for a moment.

Thinking back to the conversation with Dad just now, it seems that there was nothing fierce in the words.Li Xiaohan just didn't like her attitude, so he scolded her a few times, did father force her?It seems not.Did father say that she must not let her marry the person he likes?It seems not.

only……

It's just that she was young, always arrogant, and always happy, and suddenly she felt a little bit dissatisfied, and suddenly felt that the whole world was her enemy, and clamored to the whole world: Don't force me, force me to die.

"Have you tried talking to your dad?"

Li Luoshui was silent, then shook his head.

"There are no parents in the world who don't love their children. Try to talk to your father. Your father is a sensible person. I think he will understand your intentions."

"What if..." Li Luoshui bit his lip, "What if my father still doesn't agree?"

"Then you're going to die?" Zhan Zhao laughed, "If you die, what will happen to the person you like, won't he be sad?"

Li Luoshui stopped talking.

"You never told your father that you have someone you like. How did your father know your intentions? He talked to you about your marriage, and you became angry without explaining, and even killed him. Forced. Miss Li, isn’t this too much of a fuss?”

Li Luoshui only felt that Zhan Zhao's words were peaceful, but every word was reasonable, and he couldn't refute it, but because of his proud temper, he didn't want to admit defeat like this, so he stomped his feet and said forcefully: "If you don't understand, if you can't like yourself What's the point of living with people like you?"

Zhan Zhao only felt it was funny, but besides being funny, there was also a sour feeling in his heart: "Miss Li, you are still young now. If you think about it after a few years, you won't say that again. .”

Li Luoshui gritted his teeth: "It doesn't make sense to tell you, you won't understand."

Zhan Zhao suppressed his smile, and his voice was very calm: "There are many reasons why men and women who fall in love in this world can't be together. Some are because of the great difference in family background, some are because of the entanglement of the previous generation, and there are some accidents. Ms. Li, you believe in a certain sentence, your matter is not a major issue that cannot be resolved. After you go back, talk to your father carefully, I think your father will understand. If it doesn't work out, Zhan doesn't mind helping Go and persuade your father."

Li Luoshui only listened to his last words.

She suddenly raised her head, surprised and delighted: "Master Zhan, seriously, will you help me persuade my father?"

Zhan Zhao nodded slightly.

Li Luoshui was overjoyed: "That's great, Mr. Zhan, you are older than my father's official son, he will definitely listen to what you say."

It was only at this time that Li Luoshui felt that it was a good thing for the official to crush someone to death.

"Unexpectedly, you are still a good person."

Hearing such a compliment, Zhan Zhao really couldn't laugh or cry.

"Hey, Mr. Zhan, why are you willing to help me?" Li Luoshui suddenly thought of something, and his face was a little embarrassed, "These days you've been in our house...I haven't been...very nice to you..."

Zhan Zhao smiled lightly.

"It's not easy for people who love each other to stay together. Zhan Mou is happy... let's go."

"Okay." Li Luoshui smiled and followed quickly.

When he was about to reach the alley of Li Xiaohan's house, someone behind him suddenly called him: "Master Zhan, Master Zhan!"

Zhan Zhao stopped and looked back suspiciously at the orderly who hurried over behind him.

"The young one has invited Vice-Tong Li's house several times, but the Vice-Tong only said that Mr. Zhan hasn't returned yet." The orderly was panting, "Mr. Zhan, Mr. Fan has invited you."

Fan Yong?

Zhan Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look at Li Luoshui: "Miss Li, you go back first."

"Oh, good." Fan Yong is the magistrate of Yanzhou and the governor of the Zhenwu Army. He heard that the people followed his orders. Li Luoshui also knew that it was important, so he nodded and went back.

"So, Mr. Zhan originally... came back with you?" Li Xiaohan was originally planning to scold Li Luoshui, but when he heard her talk about the situation just now, he suddenly changed the subject.

"Yes." Li Luoshui nodded, and looked curiously at the disappointed girl behind Li Xiaohan—is there another guest at home?

"And then?" Li Xiaohan asked.

"Then Master Fan sent someone to invite, and Master Zhan followed the messenger and left when he just arrived at the door." Li Luoshui pointed out.

"That's it..." Li Xiaohan looked apologetic, and looked back at the girl, "Miss Duanmu, why don't you rest first, don't wait."

"I knew it would happen." Duanmucui bit his lip, "Every time I miss it, I miss it all the way, I will never look for him again."

When Li Xiaohan was about to say something, Duanmucui stood up and went back to the room with an unhappy face.

"Father, who is she?" Li Luoshui was curious.

"Talking." Li Xiaohan glanced at her sullenly, "I said a few words to you just now, but I just let my temper run away like that, is there any rules?"

Li Luoshui twisted his clothes with his hands, and secretly looked at Li Xiaohan's expression: "Father?"

"Huh?" Li Xiaohan's anger still persisted.

"I want to tell you something."

Zhan Zhao took the heavy letter from Fan Yong.

"If Li Yuanhao didn't take the initiative to withdraw his troops this time, Yanzhou would be in danger. But as the commander in chief, I lost Saimen, Jinming Second Village, Sanchuankou, and lost troops and generals. Alas..."

Zhan Zhao also knew that when Fan Yong said this, he didn't mean to confide in himself, it was just a momentary sigh, he didn't say much at the moment, he took the letter and immediately left.

Later, Fan Yongguo was dismissed from the post of Jiedu Envoy of the Zhenwu Army, but this is all for later.

When I returned to Li Xiaohan's house, it was already midnight.Zhan Zhaofang walked to the door, and suddenly thought that Li Xiaohan's family should have fallen asleep, thinking about not being disturbed, and when he turned to leave, the door behind him suddenly opened.

"Master Zhan." Li Luoshui lowered his voice.

Zhan Zhao was surprised: "Haven't slept yet?"

"I was afraid that you would come back, so I stayed by the door and told you." Li Luoshui blushed, "I told my father about that, but my father was not angry, and said that we would meet someday... My lord, you don't need to tell my father, if my father finds out that I'm talking about these things, he will be angry again."

So that's the case, Zhan Zhao smiled: "Understood."

Li Luoshui turned his body sideways to let him in: "It's good that you come back, there is a girl who has been waiting for you for a long time."

Zhan Zhao suddenly froze.

Li Luoshui looked at him strangely.Zhan Zhao heard his own voice, it was as strange as another person: "Is there a girl?"

"Yes, in your room."

Li Luoshui stretched out a finger, and following the direction of her finger, Zhan Zhao saw a faint yellow light in his room.

"What kind of girl?" His voice trembled.

"She's just a good-looking girl." Li Luoshui thought for a while, "I heard Dad call her Miss Duanmu, but if I asked more, Dad didn't say anything, and only said that she was a friend of Mr. Zhan."

After a pause, she said again: "You will know if you go and have a look?"

"That's right, then, Miss Li, go to bed early."

Li Luoshui hummed, and walked briskly back to the room.Zhan Zhao reached out to support the side wall, but couldn't move anymore.

He looked up at the faint light.

The door is closed.

What happens if you push it away?
Zhan Zhao took a deep breath and walked towards the house.

This section of the road suddenly felt very long to him, and suddenly felt very short. He seemed to be looking forward to it, but before he could react, he arrived at the door.Several times I stretched out my hand to push the door, several times I withdrew my hand again, and the last time, I didn't know where the strength came from, and pushed the door open with a bang.

The cold air from behind followed the trend, and the candle flame on the table flickered a few times.Zhan Zhao's heart seemed to suddenly fall from the top of the highest mountain, and it was not enough to fall to the surface of the lake, and it continued to sink to the deepest point.

There is no one in the house.

Zhan Zhao walked a few steps into the room in a daze, looked at the flickering candle flames, at the neatly folded beds, at the dark brown inner walls, at his own clothes hanging on the bed, and his eardrums began to buzz ring.

He suddenly felt the feeling that the hope that was full of hope turned into bubbles in an instant.

An indescribable sour feeling welled up in my heart, my throat suddenly felt fishy, ​​and blood overflowed from my lips.

Duanmucui's voice came from behind him at this time.

"Ha, Zhan Zhao." She was triumphant, "I've been called four times in a row, and you've been called once."

Zhan Zhao was shocked and turned around slowly.

(End of this chapter)