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In a forest outside Sima Tuo's Diaojiao Building, a tall and handsome young man was dancing with a sword. There were fallen leaves, and the shadow of the sword was sharp.

Sima Tuo stared with his hands behind his back for a while before walking into the forest and applauding, "Good skill."

Fu Peibai was startled, he didn't notice anyone approaching just now, it seems that Sima Tuo, the patriarch of the Miao Village, knows martial arts, and his martial arts is not bad.

She put away her sword and cupped her fists as a salute, "I have met the patriarch."

"I heard from He Gu that you successfully obtained Ling Xiaohua during the day?"

"Yes."

Sima Tuo stroked his beard appreciatively, "When I saw you at first, I thought you were just a brat who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, but now I was wrong. Weathered Dragon."

"The patriarch is overrated."

Sima Tuo sighed, looked at the shadowy forest, and changed the subject, "Young Master Fu, you should pack up and salute as soon as possible and leave the Southwest within the next two days."

Fu Peibai was slightly startled, "Patriarch, is there something wrong?"

"The spies have come to report that the imperial court is organizing troops to send troops to the southwest, and there will soon be unrest here."

"So suddenly? The Southwest has long been unable to pose a threat to the Central Plains. Why is the court refusing to let the Southwest go?"

Sima Tuo smiled, with bitterness hidden in his smile, "The feud between the Southwest and the Central Plains, the secret of which few people know today, let me tell you about it today."

"My grandfather was a general who accompanied Tai. Zu to conquer the world. He opened up territories for Tai. Zu and went through life and death. Before Tai. Zu became emperor, the two of them became brothers of the opposite sex. Afterwards, he became a marquis and worshiped a noble, and he was in the limelight, and he was said to be under one person and above ten thousand people for a while.

But you also know that when the moon is full, it loses, and when the water is full, it overflows. The founding heroes, throughout the ages, few people can escape the suspicion of the emperor. A feud, but not the power struggle you'd think. "

Sima Tuo's voice became more and more serious, "Grandfather is a straightforward and passionate person. He is loyal to the emperor and the country, and has his own ideals in life. The reason why he followed Taizu to fight in the north and south is just to end the troubled times and restore peace to the world. It was the same with Tai Zu at that time, the two were like-minded, and finally determined the troubled times.

But people's hearts are changeable. After Tai Zu proclaimed himself emperor and succeeded to the throne, he and his grandfather had a disagreement on the concept of governing the country. Tai Zu gradually revealed his murderous side, regardless of the reality of people's livelihood dying and waiting for prosperity. , chose to continue to invade and fight abroad, while my grandfather wanted to rest and develop people's livelihood. "

"The conflict between the two grew bigger and bigger. In the year of the Great Southwest Rebellion, Tai Zu ordered my grandfather to send troops south and slaughter all the tribes in the Southwest. My grandfather couldn't bear it, and finally led the Sima family to rebel. Leaving the Central Plains and escaping to the southwest, my grandfather brought the advanced culture and technology of the Central Plains here, which promoted the development of this southern barbarian land. The people here are grateful for the dedication of their grandfather. After the death of the old Miao King, they spontaneously respected him as the patriarch. After my grandfather passed away, the patriarch passed on to me."

"As for your question of why the imperial court has refused to let the Southwest go for decades, that's because Tai Zu issued an imperial decree at the time of his funeral. The future emperors of Dashuo should take the task of recovering the Southwest and never forget it. , It is precisely because of this decree that after the death of Tai Zu, the new emperor took the throne, and the first thing he did was to send troops to the southwest, and my grandfather had to lead the Miao people to migrate deeper into the hinterland, and finally stationed here."

"At the beginning, I thought that Tai Zu just wanted to expand the territory and completely conquer the southwest, but when my grandfather was dying, he revealed to me some past events in vague words. What he said was that Tai Zu was not The decree was issued for the purpose of recovering the Southwest, but for the complete annihilation of our Sima family."

Sima Tuo paused, and continued: "No matter how many things there are, my grandfather never told me about them, but when I accidentally bumped into my grandfather and brought a large number of craftsmen to frequently enter and leave the imperial mausoleum of the former dynasty, I thought about it, and it must be true. It is very important, and there is even hidden behind it the reason why the Sima family should be exterminated."

He let out a deep breath, "The most ruthless emperor's heart, once people get what they want, they will inflate even greater desires. The most difficult thing in the world is to keep the original intention unchanged."

After hearing this, Fu Peibai's face became solemn, she pondered for a moment and said: "I'll stay, maybe I can help the village a little."

Sima Tuo smiled, and the heaviness between his brows dissipated. He patted Fu Peibai's shoulder, "I have a heart, but it's useless if you stay. Two fists are hard to beat four hands. Before the absolute number of people suppresses, even the number one martial artist in the world One also does not help.

What's more, I heard that Emperor Dashuo sent an army with the strongest combat capability this time. Don't worry, for so many years, we have relied on the natural danger here to mediate with the Central Plains Army, and we haven't let them get any sweetness. There won't be any problems, but after the Central Plains marches and the Southwest is under martial law, it won't be easy for you to go out, so I asked you to leave as soon as possible in the past two days. "

"But......"

Sima Tuo looked at Fu Peibai with gentle eyes, "Just listen to the old man, Mr. Fu, my grandfather asked me to guard this stockade before he died. Since I promised him, I should take this responsibility. The Sima family will never be cowardly." generation."

Wars, plots, fights, killings, and mourning are everywhere. Only during this trip to the southwest, Fu Peibai seems to have really seen the current world clearly.In this precarious world, the poor are powerless and the powerful are indifferent. This is the reality.

"Okay, after I go to Zhongli Mountain tomorrow to pick Zhongli flowers, I will take them out of the southwest." Fu Peibai was silent for a long time, and slowly uttered these words.

"Well, let's go, the village has prepared a long table banquet tonight to celebrate the autumn harvest."

Fu Peibai nodded, and the two left the forest and walked towards the brightly lit stockade.

When we arrived, the long-table banquet had been neatly set up, and the several-foot-long tables were spliced ​​together, like a long dragon stretching to the entrance of the village.

The people of the tribe took their seats in an orderly manner according to the customs of the Miao nationality. They did not move their chopsticks. After Sima Tuo was seated as the chief seat, they spontaneously hummed the melodious ancient songs of the Miao nationality. In the wake of war, such a peaceful and leisurely life may never be available again.

Fu Peibai sat next to Shiqi with a heavy heart, while Lu Qingwan and Sang Yunshi sat opposite her.

He Gu brought a bowl of glutinous rice wine, his cheeks were slightly flushed from excitement, "Brother Fu, I respect you."

Fu Peibai took it readily, and drank it all in one gulp. After sitting down, Shi Qi leaned into her ear and whispered, "Miss Fu, drinking alcohol is harmful to your health, drink less."

Fu Peibai nodded unnaturally, and suddenly met Lu Qingwan's throwing knife-like eyes and Sang Yunshi's playful eyes.

She was a little guilty, she looked away, looked at the rich food on the table, and because of her heavy heart, she had no appetite.

Shi Qi put a piece of rabbit meat into her bowl, and asked, "Why don't you eat it? Have a bad appetite?"

Fu Peibai shook his head, picked up the meat and ate it.

He Gu on the opposite side brought a bowl of shaved soup to Lu Qingwan, with a shy smile on his face, "Miss Lu, this is a good time."

Lu Qingwan stared at the bowl of black soup and water, curled her lips in disgust, "What is this? Can I eat it?"

"Yes, of course I can, very good time." He Gu took a big sip of the soup and then handed it to Lu Qingwan, "Look, it can be done."

Lu Qingwan stared at He Gu's honest and simple face, and couldn't help laughing, "You've already drank it, how can I eat it?"

He Gu slapped his forehead, "Ah, yes, I'll make you a bowl again." After speaking, he took the empty bowl and ran to fill the soup.

Sang Yunshi stared at He Gu's running away figure, then glanced at Lu Qingwan again, a strange look flashed in her eyes, but she quickly hid it, she chuckled and said, "Second Miss, do you think He Gu is a little girl?" How is brother?"

Lu Qingwan didn't look at her directly, and said casually, "What's the matter?"

"That's him."

"It's okay, she's quite honest, and she looks upright. It should be good to tidy up."

Sang Yunshi smiled even more, "I think so too, I've fallen in love with him."

Lu Qingwan choked on a mouthful of food, couldn't get up, and then coughed violently. She blushed and glared at Sang Yunshi, "You, you, you..."

Sang Yunshi held her chin and blinked, "How about me?"

After Lu Qingwan passed her anger, her complexion gradually returned to normal, her tone was full of contempt, "Spiritual, love each other when you see one."

Sang Yunshi teased her relentlessly, "Which one do I love? Mr. Fu has his own heart, so I naturally don't want to pester him, and there are only two brothers, Hegu, who else is there?"

Lu Qingwan frowned, she opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but she closed it in the end, letting Sang Yunshi babble in her ears and stopped speaking.

A banquet lasted until late at night, and Fu Peibai was drunk by many people. The wine here is fine brewed, and the alcohol content is not low. Helped go back to the room.

Brother He Gu slapped his chest, saying that he could carry Brother Fu back, but Shiqi refused immediately, and then helped Fu Peibai up the mountainside.

Tonight is a starry night, the people in the village went back to their homes, gradually turned off the lights and went to sleep, the bustling and bustling village became quiet at this moment, but Fu Peibai, who had been muttering all the time, was very noisy.

With a smile on the corner of Shiqi's mouth, he kept agreeing with her all the time.

Not long after, she took Fu Peibai back to the room, put him on the couch, took off her shoes and socks, covered her with a soft bedding, and went to get a wet towel to wipe her face.

Fu Peibai was still chanting vaguely, as if in a dream, she sat up suddenly, her eyelids were half opened, her eyes were out of focus.

Shi Qi felt a little funny, so he simply sat on the edge of the couch, raised his hand and waved her face, "Can you still see clearly?"

Unexpectedly, the wrist was caught by the opponent the next moment.

Fu Pei came over, blinked in confusion, sniffed again, and asked uncertainly, "Peak Master?"

Shi Qi didn't say a word, Fu Peibai acquiesced, with an aggrieved expression on her face, and whispered: "I miss you so much."

Shi Qi stretched out his hand, touched her head, and said softly, "I miss you too."

But Fu Peibai suddenly lost her temper. She looked angry and said, "You don't want me, and you don't even want to see me off when I go down the mountain."

Shi Qi smiled, "It's obvious that you have been avoiding me for days, isn't it?"

Fu Peibai's expression became sluggish. She lowered her head and whispered, "I'm sorry...I didn't mean it, I..."

"Okay, I understand, I didn't take it to heart, you drank too much, go to sleep."

Hearing this, Fu Peibai suddenly raised his head, grabbed Shiqi's wrist with both hands, and shook it slightly, "Don't go, I can't bear you."

Shi Qi couldn't help laughing, the laughter carried a different meaning, "If you don't go, do you want to sleep with you?"

Fu Peibai also had the courage to drink alcohol, if she was sober, she would not dare to be so presumptuous even if she had a hundred courage.

She blinked and replied: "Okay, this bed is big, it can sleep two people." After finishing speaking, she patted the bed seriously.

The drunk Fu Peibai was really cute, Shi Qi pinched her face with a smile, "I'm talking about sleeping, not the sleeping you mentioned."

Fu Peibai looked confused, his mind was so muddy that he couldn't think.

"Okay, it's really time to rest, don't you have to go up the mountain tomorrow?"

"Ah, yes."

"Sleep, I'll leave when you fall asleep."

Fu Peibai lay down contentedly, but he was still a little afraid that the other party would leave, so he stared at the other party closely, but after watching for a while, he couldn't hold back his drowsiness, his eyelids opened and closed.

"Peak Master..."

"Ok?"

"Peak Master..."

Shi Qi felt helpless, this man was really a child when he was drunk.

"what happened?"

Fu Peibai's eyelids were completely closed, and regular breathing sounded in the quiet and dark room.

"Ape."

Shi Qi called out softly, but got no response, and seemed to be asleep.

She squatted down, carefully looked at Fu Peibai's eyebrows and eyes by the moonlight, then couldn't hold back, stretched out her hand, and slowly traced the features on her face with her fingertips.

If Ah Pei painted her eyebrows and put on makeup, she would definitely not lose her charm, but she had to pretend to be a man, not to mention the hardships, the sun and the wind every day, practicing martial arts hard, and she also had to pretend to be strong like a man, so that she would not show it easily own concerns and fragility.

"A good daughter's family, why do you have to live so hard."

Shi Qi murmured, looking at Fu Peibai with affectionate and gentle eyes, but then a strange animal cry outside the window made the tenderness on her face froze immediately.

She withdrew her hand, her expression returned to her coolness, she tucked the quilt for Fu Peibai, got up and was about to leave, but when she opened the door, she heard soft murmurs behind her as if in a dream.

"Seventeen..."

Seventeen paused in his footsteps, looking back, the people in the darkness were fast asleep.

She closed the door gently, turned down the stilted building, and came to the dense forest.

Empty and weird laughter resounded in the quiet forest.

"Come out." Seventeen said coldly.

As her voice fell to the ground, a thin man floated down. The man's face was indistinguishable from male and female, and his pair of peach blossom eyes were even more charming.

"Xiao Shiqi, you are still so boring."

"Speak the truth."

The man smiled and leaned closer to Shiqi's ear...