Folding the halberd to seal the cold

The plum blossoms are slightly blooming, and the snow is beginning to fall.

Today is the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. It is advisable to enter the house and get married.

The sunlight coming in from the window sprinkled finely on the carved dowry table, and a delicate face was reflected in the bronze mirror.

Tang Li sat quietly in front of the makeup table, looking in the mirror, a little lost in thought.

She raised her hand to caress the delicate flowers between her eyebrows, and was attracted by the bright Koudan on her nails.

The person in the mirror seemed to have known him before, but he had never seen him before.She was dressed in a luxurious green dress, with golden threads outlining the beautiful patterns of colorful flowers, layer upon layer, so beautiful that it was unreal.

It turned out that she looked like this in her wedding dress.

I am used to a simple and convenient dark outfit, and I have worn a mask for a long time to hide my true face. How long has it been since I have dressed like my daughter?

Tang Li couldn't remember clearly.

Since she was eight years old, the family of the Tang family was revenged and killed by traitors. She changed from a pampered and innocent young lady to a beggar on the street. Later, she was adopted by others to practice martial arts and trained as a qualified assassin Wei, never wore such luxurious clothes again.

After more than ten years of eating and sleeping in the open, she has gone through it like this. Now that she has settled down to marry someone else's wife, it feels like a dream.

Although early in the morning, the maids carefully groomed her and put layers of wedding clothes on her body, Tang Li didn't need to do anything, she felt uncomfortable in everything.

After finally waiting for the bun to be tied up, she couldn't help asking everyone out and leaving the rest by herself.The maids looked at each other in blank dismay, they had never served such a master before, and even though there were still a few hairpins that had not been properly tied, they were still shocked by Tang Li's cold voice, and retreated carefully.

After they closed the door and she was the only one left in the huge boudoir, Tang Li breathed a sigh of relief and looked at herself in the mirror.

Is that really the case... did you marry him?

Tang Li's eyes shifted to the pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants lined up side by side in the brocade box. They were tied together by a concentric knot, giving off the warm luster of jade.

However, if you look closely, you can still find that although the two jade pendants come from the same piece of jade, one of them has traces of slight repairs.It's just that the method of repairing is extremely clever, using gold thread to embed faint lines, if you don't look carefully, it is easy to be regarded as the finishing touch of gold inlaid with jade.

Looking at it, Tang Li blushed slightly.

Carefully picked it up and held it tightly, as if he could still feel the warm palm that he pulled his hand away that day, wrapped together with the jade pendant.

"The jade has been recovered, and the flaws can't hide the goodness. Now you can abide by the promises made by the elders... Marry me?"

Astonishment and surprise spread out in her eyes in an instant, and the sour happiness in her heart spread in every corner.

It turned out that he really cherished himself, so with his indifferent temperament, he could spare no effort to repair this piece of broken jade and prove it to her.

The jade has been recovered, the flaws cannot hide the beauty, the predestined covenant... no matter how many twists and turns and ups and downs it has experienced, it will continue.

At that moment, Tang Li suddenly found that she could cry again.She tried her best to wipe away the tears welling up in her eyes, while she stubbornly turned her head away, not wanting to be seen by him.

It was Shen Luzhi who sighed softly, and stretched out his arms a little stiffly to wrap her in his arms.

He has never been good at currying favor with girls, but his movements are extremely gentle, and his deep voice is full of caution: "From now on... let me accompany you. Don't be anyone's shadow anymore, and don't hide behind me... hide Where you can't see... you can stand beside me in an upright manner and be Mrs. Shen."

He understands all his unease and inferiority complex, and treats her feelings equally, not just to fulfill the marriage contract and promise.

That was the first time Tang Li cried out all the grievances and sadness that had been accumulated in her heart for a long time.From the tragic and bloody night of the Tang family when she was eight years old; from the dark guard who licked blood with the tip of a knife all these years; from the time when she knew that her family was in decline and her marriage with him was broken. from the moment she clearly stopped thinking about it, but received the task entrusted by the Shen family to guard him by accident... For so many days when she lived as a shadow, Tang Li wore a cold mask like this, always just Being able to hide in a corner where he can't see... I forced myself time and time again to stay as far away as possible when he was safe.

If it hadn't been for the Anshi Rebellion, he was ordered to leave the Haoqi League at a critical moment and become the commander-in-chief who bears the brunt, Tang Li might never have the opportunity to be entrusted by the Shen family to approach him as a secret guard, let alone save him at a critical moment , was recognized by him.

After all, everyone thought that everyone in the Tang family was dead... No one thought that there would be another her in the world.

Because wearing the jade pendant used as a keepsake by the Tang and Shen families, blocked an arrow in the chest for Tang Li, hindered the strength of the arrow, and failed to penetrate the heart and lungs... This saved her life.

But also because she woke up and faced a sea of ​​tragic corpses, she wished she could die too, so that she would not be left alone to face the terrifying scene in front of her.

But holding the broken jade in her hand, she remembered what her mother had told her before she was taken away unsuccessfully: If she is lucky enough to save her life, she must go to the Qiandaohu Shen family for help... They have an alliance of in-laws, and they will treat her kindly. "Li'er, live a good life... Don't get involved in the grievances and grievances of the rivers and lakes, just be an ordinary girl and live a stable life."

In the end, what her mother told her was still wiped out in the smoke and dust along with the fire that burned the Tang family for three days and three nights that day.

The little Tang Li stumbled and escaped, and lived on the street.She waited for several days...waiting for the little brother of the Shen family to come and pick her up.Just like in the previous spring, when their family went to Hangzhou, he stood on the ferry full of trees and flowers, with a straight figure, like a little old man who greeted her with the elders of the Shen family... the one who had a high fever and passed out at the corner of the alley Tang Li, the little brother who had been waiting for her in her dream reached out to her again and took her home.

But when Tang Li finally died, she didn't wait for anyone from the Shen family to come... Fortunately, God has eyes, she was picked up by a mysterious man and saved her life.

And the rivers and lakes organization where the mysterious person belongs to takes her in as a killer on the one hand and on the other hand to cultivate hidden guards.

From then on, in Tang Li's life, there was no more Lingluo hairpin ring with stars holding the moon, nor the little brother who was so serious as a little old man in Lianhua Wuzhong of Qiandao Lake back then, but could gently extend his hand to her.

The memory before the age of eight, together with the broken jade pendant, was carefully wrapped and sealed in the heart by Tang Li.

She read them, treasured them, and buried them in her heart, but she also knew that this life had nothing to do with her.

Later, she walked in the rivers and lakes to perform tasks, and heard about him.

Knowing that he became the commander of the Tianquan Altar of the Haoqi League at a young age, and heard others talk about the Shen family's extremely important family status, and the in-laws of the Tang family in central Shu ended tragically many years ago. Although it is a pity, it can only be done. Blame that girl from the Tang family for having no luck in her life, she was too vicious, so she had no choice but to give up.Now that the young master of the Shen family is so outstanding, he must choose another good match to marry him by marriage.At that time, I don't know which lady among the four great families is worthy of the commander of the Tianquan Altar.

At that time, Tang Li had just ended up with the owner of the shopkeeper who was paid for doing too many evils. He jumped down from the window of the restaurant pretending to be nonchalant, and heard the comments of the guests after they were full of wine and food.

Tang Li didn't look back, just pretending that it had nothing to do with her.

Because she is a hidden killer who can only walk in the dark and always hide herself with a mask and bamboo hat... Drifting in the wind, her life is as thin as paper.Even though she kept the jade pendant in her heart, it was broken into pieces.

How could he think about his life and interact with her?

Since then, I love Liang Ye without a heart, and let him go down to the west building with a bright moon.

Such Tang Li is no longer worthy of Shen Luzhi.

But Tang Li didn't expect that she would receive an entrustment from the Shen family later.Originally, she could refuse to push it to others, but... still worried.Instead of always worrying about his safety intentionally or unintentionally, it is better to accompany him in the dark.Tang Li has long been used to putting herself in danger all these years.So what's the difference between being his secret guard and being someone else's secret guard.

Tang Liqiang suppressed the throbbing in her heart, she disguised herself very well and conscientiously, no one in the Shen family recognized her... Perhaps Shen Luzhi only knew of her existence, but not her true face.

Just like the children of every aristocratic family actually have hidden guards to protect their master at all times, Shen Luzhi doesn't even need to know her name.The existence of the dark guard is humble and insignificant, and no one needs to know and remember it.

Even if he just obediently watched like a shadow from a distance where he couldn't see, Tang Li still couldn't help but gradually let his heart fall back on him.

The proud Shen Luzhi, the calm Shen Luzhi, the wise Shen Luzhi, the lonely Shen Luzhi...the Shen Luzhi who bears so many responsibilities on his own will burn the lamp all night until dawn.

Always accompanying him silently like this, Tang Li seemed to be able to read his heart.

If it hadn't been for the fact that there were spies in the Japanese army, which caused Spike's Fang to attack Shen Lvzhi, who was caught off guard and almost seriously injured, Tang Li might never have appeared in front of him.

"The Shen family secretly sent someone to protect me. I have always known about it, but I declined it when I set foot on the road to Changshan. But you have been quietly following me, even protecting each other with your life. You... ...Who the hell is that?"

This was the first sentence he said to himself.

That day, after Tang Li rescued him, he covered the wound on his shoulder and wanted to hide in embarrassment, but he was stopped by him in the heavy snow, with nowhere to hide.

Shen Luzhi is so sensitive and smart, he can see through her at a glance.

He was right, in the tasks assigned by the superiors, the secret guards against Shen Luzhi had already been revoked.The task should have been completed, and he has nothing to do with it... But Tang Li, after all, it was for her own selfishness.

So even if he recognized him later, Tang Li never thought about his fate with Shen Luzhi.

It was beyond Tang Li's expectation that he could remember her and recognize her.

It's just that he didn't expect that Shen Luzhi's eyes seemed to light up instantly. He said that if he had known that Tang Li was still alive, he would not have given up.

Tang Li tried her best to hold back her emotions, and told him indifferently that she had already forgotten all about the past.

At that time, Tang Li only thought that his surprise was reuniting with an old friend who had come back to life after a long absence, but he didn't know that Shen Lvzhi always remembered her.

He never wore the jade pendant of the marriage contract, because after the Tang family was burned to ashes, he sealed the jade pendant in the hidden compartment of the portable piano, and never had the heart to open it again, not because he had forgotten her long ago.

Tang Li didn't know these things until later.

But later, wars broke out and the world was precarious, and those children's love was scattered in the distant future.

And Tang Li was used to going forward and retreating with him, even if it had nothing to do with Fengyue.

So she never thought that after Chang'an was restored, the first thing Shen Luzhi did was to open the hidden compartment of the guqin, solemnly took out the jade pendant, and asked her if she still remembered their marriage contract.

engagement……

If she hadn't experienced so many twists and turns, Tang Li would have been moved by him almost.

But she was destined for a terrible fate, and she was alone... Those people were right. The former glory of the Tang family is long gone. The Shen family is one of the four great families, so it is necessary to choose a famous lady to be the right one. ...How could she be worthy of Shen Luzhi with her status.

"Our marriage contract has long since ceased to count. You don't have to feel indebted... I don't need any compensation. Besides, the jade pendant has been destroyed and is no longer the same. I will return it to you, and we... will settle the matter."

Tang Li turned around, not wanting to look at Shen Luzhi's expression again.She knew that he was an extremely trustworthy person, but Tang Li now...doesn't want any sympathetic compensation.Her appearance to Shen Luzhi was already an extremely humble gesture. The life of the Tang family was full of pride, and she would never need anyone's pity.She was worried about Shen Luzhi, so she was willing to be his shadow, but this kind of intention... never expected him to respond with sympathy and agreement.

"Tang Li, I couldn't make up for the regret that I didn't find you one step too late. But why are you so sure... that I want to be with you just to make up for it? You said that no one in the Tang family has come to recognize this accusation. I have a marriage contract, so...you plan to let it go, don't you? Then, I accept this piece of broken jade, because it will prove itself to us."

That day, Shen Lvzhi said every word, behind her back, very seriously.This was the first time Tang Li heard him questioning her in such a firm tone, which made her a little flustered in her already made up mind.But she was not as confident as Shen Luzhi, and she never stopped.

Unexpectedly, he actually recovered the jade...and solemnly placed it in her palm.

"There are trees in the south, I can't stop thinking about it. And Tangli...it's what I want. If you want to measure whether it's compatible, it's because I'm not good enough for you."

"Now that the war is over, fortunately we have finally waited for this day. Tang Li, follow me back to Qiandao Lake."

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