"Go away, she doesn't like noise." Zhu Qing'an ordered her to leave.

The Imperial Master had anticipated many situations, but he did not expect that Zhu Qing'an would be so indifferent.

In the past, people would be distressed for several days after hearing reports of disasters from various places.

At that time he could see that Zhu Qing'an really had a heart to save the world and the people, but now after hearing such a tragic situation, there was not even a trace of fluctuation in his eyes.

He thought that after a cooling-off period, Zhu Qing'an would naturally come to his senses, so he let him go, even though he couldn't stop him.

Although the emperor did not do anything, he agreed with one sentence.

People spend their lives pursuing fame, wealth, power...these are nothing more than worldly desires.

Otherwise, one could be like him, wholeheartedly devoted to the Tao and the pursuit of immortality.

The only one without desires is the dead.

And right in front of him, there was a living dead person.

It seems that he thought this trip was a bit too simple.

"Since you want to do so, I will not force you. When I came here, I met a man who wanted to see you. His name was very strange. He said his name was Huoyazi. Do you want to meet him?"

The eyes, like the frozen soil beneath his feet, showed a slight fluctuation at this moment.

There are very few people in this world that she is familiar with, and Gapsy Tooth happens to be one of them.

When his eyes fell on the person in the ice coffin, Zhu Qing'an agreed.

The national teacher smiled calmly. Since he was not completely isolated from the world, he still had a chance.

The man with the gap in his teeth in the picture is much thinner than I remembered. His big belly has shrunk and the fat on his face has disappeared. He has a strong and majestic aura and it seems that he has experienced a lot in the past ten years.

"You...you are...Miss Qing'an?" Huoyazi subconsciously used honorifics.

The little girl is still the same little girl, but she is no longer the one in my memory.

In the past, Zhu Qingan was like a sick little cat, the kind that couldn’t even show its claws. Its pink paw pads made it look harmless. When it was bullied, it would only hide and meow softly.

And now it seems to have merged into the surrounding environment and turned into a snowy mountain, which makes people feel frightened and cold. It is like a god in this snowy mountain, which makes him subconsciously feel awe.

"Uncle Hong, long time no see, what do you want to talk to me about?"

She should have been happy to see an old friend, but the so-called old friend seemed so strange to her, and she could only find a hint of familiarity in his voice.

"It's really Miss Qing'an!" So Zhu Qing'an's appearance was not much different from the last time they met, but he didn't dare to be sure until the other party called out that familiar name.

"I've been looking for you for more than ten years."

"Find me?"

"Yes, the gang leader wrote to me ten years ago, asking me to come to Fengcheng to pick you up. By the way, where is the gang leader?"

Zhu Qing'an turned slightly, and Huoyazi saw where the ice coffin was.

Bai Qingge, dressed in red, was extremely eye-catching. Huoyazi's pupils shook suddenly. He knelt down on both knees and performed the ritual of three bows and nine kowtows.

Zhu Qingan watched coldly from the side, "You don't seem surprised."

After performing the ceremony, her eyes were slightly red when she stood up. Huoyazi originally wanted to take a closer look at her face which had changed ten years ago.

Huoyazi didn't look back, so naturally he couldn't see Zhu Qing'an's expression.

He shook his head with a sad expression. "I had expected this. A person like the gang leader would never entrust someone she cares about to a servant like me unless it was a matter of life and death."

When Zhu Qing'an heard Huoyazi saying bad things about Bai Qingge, his eyes became even colder.

"She never regarded you as a slave, but you..." Zhu Qing'an suddenly stopped talking halfway because she found that she had no right to say this.

Huo Yazi did not deny it. He shook his head in self-mockery and said, "You don't understand. Although I am not a slave in her eyes, I am even more pathetic than a slave."

Zhu Qing'an was rarely angry, and it seemed that he had found an outlet for the backlog of emotions he had been pent up for many years.

"Why do you say that? She treated you like family. It was obviously you who betrayed her first. She saved your life, gave you wealth, and allowed you to start a family. How has she ever done anything wrong to you?"

Huoyazi looked strange. She thought that the person whom she had not seen for many years and who made him feel afraid was no longer the naive little girl.

But I never expected that the little girl was still the same little girl, and even though the eagle was dead, it still protected the cub under its wings.

"Oh!" Huoyazi let out a long sigh.

"Sometimes I really envy you. We were bought back together by the gang leader, but in her eyes, there will always be only you."

Zhu Qing'an didn't understand what he said and was about to question him, but Huoyazi continued.

"When I got married, I went to the mountain to invite the gang leader, but she refused."

This annoyed Zhu Qingan.

"If you keep telling lies with your eyes open, I don't mind teaching you a lesson."

Neither of them was absent at the wedding, and the man even gave them a secret recipe for making salt as a wedding gift.

Unexpectedly, this man turned around and denied it. Zhu Qing'an was so angry that he wanted to take down Huoyazi on the spot and kneel in front of Bai Qingge Pavilion to admit his mistake.

Turning around and seeing the angry Zhu Qing'an, this time Huoyazi was not afraid, but laughed out loud.

"It's not what you think. The first time I invited the gang leader, she turned me down. The second time I came to you, the gang leader agreed. Do you know why she rejected me the first time?"

Zhu Qingan's hand, which was about to be violent, froze, and he subconsciously asked, "What?"

"The gang leader said that if she goes down the mountain, she won't be able to eat the food you worked so hard to prepare, so she refused me." At this point, Huoyazi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

That smile is sadness and relief.

Zhu Qing'an was stunned with angry eyes. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Huo Yazi shook his head nonchalantly, "The gang leader was too lazy to even come up with an excuse. However, this is exactly her character. In the end, it was because of you that the gang leader changed her mind."

To be honest, this is indeed a bit too much.

"So that's why you betrayed me?"

Huoyazi shook his head in denial.

"How can I talk about betrayal? If I betrayed you, how could the leader trust you to me?

"To her, you are a family member, and I am just a stranger who can come and go at will, just like those escorts, who can be hired for money.

"If it works, keep using it; if it doesn't, just switch to another one.

"I knew this, so I did everything I could, trying to do everything to the best of my ability, trying not to let her down, not to be abandoned by her."

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