Qingqiu is difficult

The wind tickled people's faces, so Lu Xinyi specially made a large table of delicious food. Over the years, she has learned a lot of crafts from the young and old people around Chushan, whether it is ordinary home-cooked dishes, street snacks, or even I also learned a few unique secrets from famous chefs. This time, she borrowed the palace kitchen and specially cooked some side dishes.

Tu Shansong finished his work and came to try her handiwork.

"What is this yellow one? It's soft and waxy, sweet and refreshing."

Lu Xinyi smiled and said: "It is a special snack of Huanchu Mountain. It is a pastry made of corn, with honey, osmanthus, and a kind of mountain grass juice. Unfortunately, there is no spring water from Huanchu Mountain here, otherwise, the taste will be even worse." Tastier!"

After hearing about Chushan, Tu Shansong stopped holding the chopsticks in his hand and his expression changed slightly.

"What's the matter? Doesn't this sound right?"

She naturally took the rice cake with a small bite on his chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth before Song could stop him.

"The taste hasn't changed, it's not particularly sweet or salty -" She looked at Song while chewing.

Blushing, Song retracted the hand he had just stretched out to stop him, lowered his head, rubbed his index finger with his thumb, and looked at the ground with slight embarrassment.

"No, no, I just thought of an old incident, so I stopped eating."

"What's the matter?" She stared at him with her eyes widened and her head tilted, her face close to the table.

Tu Shansong stepped back, rubbing his hands more and more frequently, and his face turned red to the root of his neck.

"Lu, Miss Lu, I have eaten that pastry just now..."

"I know."

"Although we are a couple in name only, we are just...not because you are trying to save your daughter, I..."

"What are you?" A trace of disappointment flashed in Lu Xinyi's heart. Did he only regard her as a contracted couple?
Yes, I have been single for so many years, and there are so many beauties in Qingqiu, but I haven't chosen one for three years. How could she just come and fall in love so deeply all of a sudden?

She thought: Although I have known you for many years, you have only known me for a short time. I was too quick and reckless. Hey, it’s all my fault. But Song, it's too difficult to control yourself, especially your emotions.

Her body began to shrink back a little, and suddenly, a hand grabbed her forearm, and he suddenly said:

"Miss Lu, after you save your daughter, are you going to leave?"

Lu Xinyi looked at him with great reluctance, but also wanted to test Tu Shansong's feelings, so he did it on purpose:

"Yes, seeing that Yanyu's health is getting better day by day, we don't have a home here, so of course we have to go back to our own home."

"Do you have any relatives at home?"

"There are some good neighbors who have blind dates and relatives. There are some in Yuecheng."

Tu Shansong paused, his eyes slowly moving from the ground to the table, and then he looked at Lu Xinyi as if he had just made up his mind, hesitated for a long time, and said with difficulty: "If you are willing, just stay here with Yanyu, Okay? As for your relatives, if they are willing, I will find someone to pick them up after you are settled."

His eyes were sincere, as if a young man was making a lifelong promise to his lover for the first time.

Lu Xinyi's heart felt as if it had been hit hard by something. The heavy falling heartbeat was the reassurance that all the heartbeats fell into the stomach, and it was a tremor that shocked the soul.

Her whole body was numb and her heart was beating wildly.

But this may be the case with women, she is happy, she is happy, but she pretends to be indifferent or even angry, maybe because she is afraid that men will be too proud?
She turned around and said angrily: "Who is willing?" Tu Shansong is a smart man, or maybe his clumsiness is a disguise for men to hunt. He took advantage of the situation and took Lu Xinyi's hand, looked into her eyes closely, and the corners of his mouth were curved , obviously seems to be filled with thick honey, where is the slightest hint of unwillingness?
Song narrowed his eyes and sat back: "I don't want to...but...you are already my wife in name, Tu Shansong."

He approached proudly, like a beast guarding its prey. Even if he was full, he would never allow others to get their hands on it, let alone let the beast escape.

He pretended to be aggrieved and said: "Even if I are willing to let you go, the entire Qingqiu, even the Chu and Yue Kingdoms, they will send you back obediently. How should I explain to them then?"

Lu Xinyi turned around and looked at his harmless face. He was obviously saying some stupid things, but it made people hate him no matter what.

She knew that if she let him go on like this, she would not be his match at all, so she changed the subject:

"Okay, you just said that it reminded you of something from the past. What was it?"

Song then let go of her hand, sat upright again, and said seriously:

"It's a close shadow of mine. It's a long story, but it does have something to do with Chushan Mountain."

"Then just speak slowly. There is plenty of time today anyway. I like to listen to you talk."

Song smiled softly and nodded:

"Many years ago, I was hampered everywhere in Qingqiu. In desperation, I went to Yue Kingdom to join my cousin Tu Shansui.

At that time, there was only a team of shadows around, the personal soldiers left to me by my grandmother. The leader of the shadows is as close as a brother to me, and I consider him a confidant.

But he was a simple man. I once interrogated a criminal who had committed a heinous crime together with him. At that time, I only wanted the truth and thought I was not qualified to do justice for heaven, so I just let the criminal drag his sick body back to his territory.

Criminals are talented people. Although they did some wrong things when they were young, they can't hide their talents, which are similar to my shadow interests. At that time, I only thought that the criminal's life was short, and Shadow wanted to see his retribution, so I allowed him to follow the criminal.

Unexpectedly, he actually regarded the criminal as his brother, and was finally buried in Huanchu Mountain under the criminal's sweet words.

This is the biggest failure I have made in many years. I didn't recognize people well and used people unwisely, causing him to lose his life in vain. Therefore, every time I think of this place, I will think of him. "

There are many soldiers and gangsters around Chushan, and there is nothing wrong with a few being treated as criminals occasionally.

Lu Xinyi reached out and patted his arm, comforting:

"It's okay, Song. After I came to Qingqiu, I discovered our shadows. They rarely go out of the palace. Even if they go out, they can only hide in the dark. They often walk alone, like people abandoned by the whole world. .

I also heard that the shadow of every member of the royal family is chosen at birth, so there are many royal families who die young, and their shadows will also disappear from the world. I think that in their lives, they at least long for light and love. "

Tu Shansong added: "Yes, they were taken away from their families when they were very young, so they had almost no love from their families. They were connected to the lives of the crows in the palace through spells in exchange for spiritual foundations, but It also ended up being short-lived.”

"Yes, Song. I think that your shadow, at least at the end of his life, he knew what friendship was, met someone he truly appreciated, and gained his own freedom. Even if he Unfortunately, he was let down in the end, but I also believe that his life was complete and satisfactory."

Tu Shansong was startled. He raised his eyes and met Lu Xinyi's eyes. Yes, a complete life is destined to have joys, sorrows and joys. It is destined to taste the happiness and hardship, hope and loss in this world. No matter what the outcome is, but after experiencing it, After hard work and practice, it is a complete life.

The Qingqiu royal family cultivated the shadows and prevented them from having normal human feelings because they were afraid that they would be out of control. But how can a person's life be judged by its length? Not to mention a life of numbness.

Rather than living a long life as a tool, it is better to live a free but short life happily!
He looked into her eyes, and he couldn't help but laugh.