chasing after autumn

If Huolian succeeds in finding the antidote according to the signal, he will go all the way to Chen's house and rush to feed the antidote into Chen Xi's mouth in order to save the dying life.However, without thinking about it, he went back to the General's Mansion, ran into his room and got under the quilt.So this is his home, a place where he can shelter from wind and rain.

Unexpectedly, he failed to obtain the antidote. Not only that, but he was also trapped in a secret cellar in the western suburbs for nearly three days without food or drink.He didn't expect that the old man who claimed to be a doctor who was connected with him actually had martial arts. It was this negligence that the old man disappeared when he turned around.When he came back to his senses, the stone door had already fallen with a "boom", trapping him in the dark and closed cellar.

He thought he had been tricked.Someone was deliberately distracting him, but they didn't kill him, just let him disappear.He remembered that the affairs of the military camp could not be delayed for a day, and he remembered that his parents were still waiting for him to go back to have dinner in the general's mansion.He hated his own stupidity for being tricked so easily, he hurriedly bumped his head against the stone wall, and slid his body down along the stone wall, with his head lowered and deeply buried in his arms.

But he didn't understand.That's a letter from the capital!That kind of strong and powerful handwriting is unique in the world, and he will not admit it.He was puzzled, what was the purpose of that person in the capital, who would act so sinister and ruthless, pretending to help, but ruthlessly deceived him, and even pointed him to a dead end!

It turns out that the real blood connection is nothing more than that!He sighed deeply, without years of years of mutual dependence, even if blood is thicker than water, how can we talk about intimate feelings? !

In the early morning, the sun shines in through the half-opened window, reflecting warmth in the room.Huo Lian stretched out a hand from under the quilt to rub her sleepy eyes, then looked at the sky, and sighed secretly that she had been sleepy for many days, and she had fallen into a drowsy sleep, only waking up at dawn.Huo Lian remembered that every time she slept in the past, her father would kick the door angrily and throw the quilt on the ground. Pacing and waiting for him, waiting for the freezing air to wake him up.Fire Lotus smiled.Somehow, the hardships of the past have also become sweet moments.

I got up and dressed for a while to freshen up, and then saw a bowl of steaming porridge and a plate of fragrant dim sum on the round table.Huo Lian rejoiced in her heart, he was extremely hungry and needed some food to replenish his strength.He picked up a white porcelain spoon and hurriedly scooped up a few mouthfuls of porridge and drank it. The warm breath then poured into his body and spread throughout his limbs, immediately warming his tired body and mind.

There are all kinds of desserts, and Huo Lian couldn't help the aroma, so she randomly grabbed them and stuffed them into her mouth.He knew it was prepared by Qiuniang, because they were all his favorite snacks, and they were stacked in an attractive order from top to bottom.After he wolfed down his meal, he was about to wipe his mouth with his cuff when he saw a clean white cloth towel folded in his hand, so he picked it up and wiped his mouth.He slowed down his movements somewhat in a daze, as if there was still a delicious aroma left between his lips and teeth, with a long aftertaste.He gently put down the towel, a comfortable smile curled up on the corner of his mouth.

Earlier, Zhan Hao met the shadow guard who came out to look for him outside the city, and only then did he learn that Huo Lian had returned home last night.He hurried all the way back to the general's mansion, his mind was in a mess of complicated thoughts, there was a turbulent undercurrent in his heart, and there was also a little pain like a needle prick.When he opened the door and saw Huo Lian sitting at the table eating and drinking, with a peaceful and calm expression on his face, the pain in Zhan Hao's heart instantly turned into raging anger.

"Father!" Huo Lian raised her head and saw her father and the four shadow guard uncles standing behind him, as if reunited with her relatives after a catastrophe, she was so excited that she hurriedly stood up to greet her.Seeing that the young master is in good health, one of the shadow guards couldn't help smiling and said, "We searched all the towns and cities around here, and we didn't expect the young master to come back by himself." Zhan Hao stood at the door without making a sound, his eyebrows frowned Staring at Huo Lian approaching with a smile on her face, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped her across the face, causing Huo Lian to stagger back two steps and hit the side wall.

That loud slap seemed to condense in the air for a long time before gradually dissipating.Then the humming and roaring sound began to fill the ears, and the face was burning with pain.Huo Lian stood up straight and leaned against the wall lightly, his eyelashes drooped, and his hand was covering the sore spot. He moved his jaw slightly, as if he was trying his best to wake up the numb half of his cheek.Father's strikes were still very fierce, merciless, and his strength was solid, without any sign of weakness or fatigue. Presumably, father's body was considered healthy.Huo Lian felt relieved after thinking this way, and her lips curled up in an arc of peace.

"Are you still laughing?!" This faint smile pierced Zhan Hao's heart like a sharp stone, which aroused Zhan Hao's anger. If it wasn't for the shadow guards blocking him, Zhan Hao would have rushed over to give Huolian more He slapped him hard to wake him up.Zhan Hao shouted: "Get out of the way!" A violently throwing off the shadow guard's obstruction, the wide sleeve robe was filled with wind, fluffy and stretched into an umbrella shape, "Whoever blocks my way, I will Immediately cut him off! Let me see who dares?!"

Zhan Hao glared at Huo Lian approaching slowly, Huo Lian raised his eyes to meet the sinister gaze, his heart shrank suddenly, and subconsciously stepped back along the wall step by step.He saw a dark sadness in Zhan Hao's eyes, as if the entanglement that was once closely connected has been cut to pieces.My heart seemed to be suddenly and violently picked up, and an inexplicable sense of despair arose.When he realized it, he couldn't help laughing at himself, it wasn't the first time he had endured his father's anger, so he was afraid of something.

Zhan Hao took a step closer, resentment burst out from between his teeth: "You went out to find the antidote, didn't you?"

A little blood slowly overflowed from the corner of her mouth, Huo Lian raised her sleeve to wipe it away, "...Yes."

Zhan Hao frowned deeply: "Then did you find it?"

Huo Lian rolled her eyes, flashed a trace of desperation and sadness, raised her head and argued: "Father, I didn't go far, I was just tricked into the western suburbs..."

Zhan Hao cut off coldly: "Just tell me, yes or no."

Huolian's eyelashes trembled slightly, and after a while, she lowered her eyes and said, "...No."

"Then why are you coming back?" Zhan Hao said coldly, "I said before, if you search for the antidote by yourself, I will never let you step into the house again! You forgot again, right? You told me If you pass it, will you ignore it?!..."

Huo Lian was suffocated in her heart, and wanted to take a step back, but found that she had been cornered and had no way to retreat.The humming and roaring in my ears gradually died down, and I don't know when it was replaced by boundless silence.It was like being in a tomb, lonely and lonely, and there was no sound at all.Huo Lian raised her eyes to look at Zhan Hao's cloudy face, her lips and teeth kept opening and closing, but she couldn't hear any sound.He raised his hands to cover his ears in panic.That look, like a deaf-mute wanting to regain his lost hearing, or like a child who can no longer stand life and death and doesn't want to hear his father's unfeeling words.

The wrists of both hands were tightly held, and Zhan Hao's roar gradually came from his ears: "...what are you doing, put your hands down!" The blurred eyes gradually became clear, and I felt that two strands of true energy had gathered in the palms of my hands.It was only then that Huo Lian realized that if his father hadn't stopped him in time, he would have destroyed his hearing and hurt himself by destroying his true energy.

"I won't go!" The consciousness suddenly woke up, bursting out some unreasonable and chaotic melancholy, the pain of the past flooded into my heart, Huo Lian suddenly pushed Zhan Hao vigorously, and cried out sadly: "Why?! Why did Daddy never Willing to listen to my explanation?! Ever since I was a child, every time I made a mistake, my father never listened to me to say a word!..." Huo Lian suppressed the choking and trembling in her words, desperately held back her sour tears, and retreated to the corner of the wall weakly.The cold touch spread from the wall to the body, making one's heart twitch.

Zhan Hao was startled for a moment, his expression was hard and cold, and there was a heavy cloud and mist in his eyes. "You don't agree?..." He snorted, and said in a calm tone: "Okay, you can say whatever you want. I'll listen to what you have to say."

Huo Lian suppressed her sorrowful and excited emotions, and it took a long time to recover her steady breathing.He concealed the matter of the letter from the capital, and only told the story of how he got the medicine but was deceived by others and was trapped in the cellar in the western suburbs for several days. Then he looked up at Zhan Hao, with hope in his eyes Mottled bloodshot eyes shrouded in his eyes.

Zhan Hao waited for a while, and asked: "Is it finished?" Huo Lian faltered twice, but did not deny it.Zhan Hao took a deep breath, pointed to the ground and said, "Kneel down."

Sure enough, it was the same as usual, Dad never had the heart to listen to superfluous excuses, even if he explained, it would be a waste of effort.Huolian's expression darkened, and she had no choice but to lift her clothes and kneel in the corner of the wall.He admitted that he made a mistake and fell into a trap, and he was willing to be punished without complaint.As long as dad doesn't say those unfeeling words, don't drive him away again.

Then he saw Zhan Hao's hand open towards him, and a cold voice came down from above his head: "Take out the steel gun." His eyes jumped suddenly, and he froze on the spot, not even daring to look up.A cold air surrounded him from head to toe, forming a dense net, and he couldn't escape.Huo Lian knows that Zhan Hao has always said nothing.However, the severe pain experienced in the past made the fear in my heart still pour out like a flood without any hindrance.He rushed forward and hugged Zhan Hao's waist, raised his head and said softly: "Father, don't..."

Being kicked fiercely on the waist, Huolian curled up and fell into the corner of the wall.Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he pressed his hands on the sore spot on his waist, and it took him a long time to recover.In front of him was Zhan Hao, who was dressed in a silver silk black robe, condescendingly blocking all escape exits.It turned out that it was just a corner, which could easily make him have nowhere to escape.

The half of the steel gun slowly slipped down from the sleeve, and was snatched away by Zhan Hao. Huo Lian subconsciously hugged her head, and her whole body tightened up, preparing to bear the unbearable pain.There was the sound of wind ringing in my ears, as if something heavy was hitting the temple.The temple is a deadly part, and there is no possibility of survival if it is violently struck.Under the threat of her life, Huo Lian's heart tightened, and she reflexively raised her hand to fight.

He exerted force with both palms, pushed away the half of the falling steel spear, and forced Zhan Hao to take two steps back.Huo Lian was shocked, as if a sharp knife had been stabbed deeply into his heart. He was shocked that he had unintentionally resisted his father, and what was even more shocking was that his father had killed him! "Father! Are you going to kill me?..." Huo Lian yelled and hid under the small table near the corner. The cold steel gun followed closely with the sound of the wind, and smashed the wooden table with a "boom". smash.

Scattered sawdust fell on her body, and Huo Lian couldn't help taking a deep breath.If it weren't for the cover of the table, it would be his skull that was crushed at this time.He raised his head to look at Zhan Hao's eyes, there was a thick and deep blackness that he couldn't understand, which isolated the fragile emotions and destroyed all the brilliance.

When the steel gun came down again, Huo Lian held it tightly with both hands.Why is happiness not easy to come by, but it can be shattered suddenly? !He didn't want to die, so he had to find a way to save him. "I don't want to stain the clothes mother made by herself..." Huo Lian said hoarsely, "Father, my son wants to see mother..." The last time.

Zhan Hao's heart was shocked, and he saw that Huo Lian was wearing the white brocade dress with flowing clouds and dark patterns, which was sewn by Qiu Niang one by one, and it was still white and brand new, spotless.Zhan Hao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Take it off."

Is it irretrievable?Just because I was cheated and disappeared for several days, I was about to die at the hands of my father?It turns out that my life is not as valuable as a piece of clothing worthy of my father's treasure!Huolian's eyes were empty, and she slowly supported the belt with both hands, but she couldn't untie it after several times of fiddling, but it tightened even more.He gently tugged at the hem of Zhan Hao's clothes, tears welled up in his eyes, "Father, I haven't seen my mother for a long time, I miss her so much..." Even if I have to die, I still want to take me with me when I leave this world Best memories of this life.

Zhan Hao was not moved at all, leaned over and tore off Huo Lian's belt, took off the Liuyun Jinyi from his body and threw it on the ground behind him.Huo Lian was wearing a thin white tunic and leaned against the corner of the wall, her eyes were sparkling, and there was not a single bit of embarrassment on Zhan Hao's face.Zhan Hao gently pinched his chin with his fingers and raised his face, tears flowed down his cheeks into his palm: "Do you know why I can't see you cry?...Because there are some precious things hidden in tears .If you let it go, you can never find it again."