The man opened his eyes wide in astonishment and looked at us. Then he moved his eyes downwards in surprise and saw my bulging belly. His face was immediately filled with an expression of disbelief.

Suddenly, his long sword, which was as powerful as a thunderbolt, completely lost its strength at this moment.

Huang Tianba's eyes sank and he looked at me. At this moment, there was a sudden pain in my stomach, and I immediately bent over.

"Ah——"

This low cry shocked the two men. The man raised his wrist and raised his sword immediately - this was the stopping gesture used by the students of Xishan Academy when practicing sword training. Huang Tianba immediately raised his sword.

Then I understood, and hurriedly put away my hand and came back to support me: "What's wrong with you?"

"My... belly..."

I gritted my teeth and said these words, and cold sweat was already dripping from my forehead.

Huang Tianba must have experienced a lot of big scenes in his life, and he has probably never experienced anything like this. He suddenly panicked, and hurriedly held my shoulders and said, "What's wrong? Is it a child? I'll take you."

Go to the doctor!"

After saying that, he half supported and half hugged me. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he looked up and saw the student. The two looked at each other and seemed to be stunned for a moment.

The student looked at us with a very strange expression on his face.

The atmosphere was a little tense, but for a moment, he didn't say a word. He slowly put the sword back and turned aside.

Huang Tianba said: "Thank you very much."

The man looked at me again and said, "No need to thank me. Your debt will always be settled."

Huang Tianba's eyes were still as dark as the night, and without saying a word, he helped me walk past that person.

When we passed each other, I kept bending over and looking at my bulging belly, but even so, I could still feel that person's eyes, as sharp as a knife carved on my face, which hurt a little.

.

Huang Tianba carefully protected me all the way, walking along the river to the entrance of the village. The dim lights of thousands of houses in front of me, the orange-red light shone on the pale face of the person, and seemed to be able to catch a little warmth, no matter how cold and ruthless the person was.

, will also be softened and softened by home.

My bent waist slowly straightened up and I breathed out gently.

Huang Tianba turned to look at me, his eyebrows slightly furrowed: "Qingying, you——"

"Much better," I smiled reluctantly, wiped the cold sweat on my forehead with my sleeves, looked at his puzzled eyes, and said with a smile: "At this month, fetal movement is normal, but just now, it really happened.

I was scared."

Huang Tianba looked at me with twinkling eyes: "Qingying, you... seem to know that person?"

My heart beat secretly, but the expression on my face remained unchanged. I nodded calmly and said, "I have seen him."

"Where?"

"In the brothel in the town, this man has been preaching, saying all kinds of things that are against the imperial court and treasonous. Liu San'er will also go and listen."

Huang Tianba frowned: "Are many people listening?"

I nodded: "Many of the students who were unable to take part in the imperial examination due to this fraud are here."

Huang Tianba's brows furrowed even more tightly. He pondered for a while and then said to me: "You'd better take care of Liu San'er and don't let him go to that place again during this period."

I was a little surprised. He just said that a man has to walk his own path. Why do you want me to take care of Liu Saner now? I was about to ask, but he seemed to have seen what I was thinking and said: "This

A person's background is not simple, and his appearance is not just for him. In the south, I'm afraid there will be another chaos."

I was slightly startled and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Although the news from the north has not yet come down, I believe that he will be able to survive this time. Once winter comes and Shengjing retreats, the emperor will definitely take advantage of this winter to govern the three southern provinces and completely stabilize this area, otherwise

In the spring of next year, once Victory Beijing sends troops again, if the south is still unstable, he will really have no way out."

"You mean - Pei Yuanhao will clean up these students?"

Huang Tianba nodded silently.

I don't know if my face looked pale under the light, but at this moment, I still felt a little trembling in my heart. After a while, I nodded gently and said: "I understand. Mr. Huang, you have to be careful yourself, they -

—"

Huang Tianba waved his hand to stop me from continuing and said, "Go back quickly."

I didn't say anything else, nodded and turned around to walk back. But just after taking two steps, I heard Huang Tianba's voice from behind - "Qingying."

I looked back at him.

The night was gloomy, but his charming eyes were still sparkling in the night. Although they were not tired, they were so refined that they could not be ignored. He looked at me and said thoughtfully: "You... also want to

Be careful."

I smiled faintly, turned around and continued walking home.

After returning home that night, although it seemed that nothing had happened, my pale face and frequent cold sweats shocked Liu Saner. He called for a doctor and only said that my month was approaching.

You need to rest more for a while, and you can’t leave the house unattended.

Although there were usually many people at home, no one could use it. As a result, Liu Saner stayed at home with me and never left.

Just like that, another half month passed peacefully.

Although the days are dull, they are also interesting. After getting up every day, Liu Saner will help me walk a few times in the yard. Occasionally, a neighbor will come to deliver some egg supplements. During lunch and dinner, he will not make me tired.

, so I volunteered to take charge of the kitchen, but when I thought of the incident when I almost burned down the house, I didn’t dare to relax, so I simply moved a chair and sat at the door of the kitchen to direct him.

Unfortunately, this man can't get into the fumes of oil, and when he stir-fries, the oil will splash everywhere and make him scream, wishing I could hit him with a spatula.

On this day, when smoke was everywhere from the kitchen, Liu Saner was busy in the kitchen, but found that there was no rice in the rice vat. There was nothing he could do if he couldn't open the pot, so he immediately took some money and went out to buy rice, and told me

Don't go into the kitchen and wait until he comes back to cook.

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I was sitting in the room when I heard him close the courtyard door. Aunt Liu asked in the back room. I agreed to her, then slowly walked to the kitchen door, looked at the half-cut radish he had cut, sighed, and left.

Go in and pick up the kitchen knife and start cutting.

After two cuts, the courtyard door was opened.

I was still chopping radishes eagerly, and after a while, I felt a figure appear at the door of the kitchen, blocking all the light outside.

I frowned slightly, but said nothing. It was not until I finished the last cut that I slowly turned my head.

There seemed to be a fog in front of my eyes.

For a moment, I seemed a little confused, as if I saw the towering Western Mountain, tall and green, standing on the vast land of Western Sichuan, and the warm and humid weather brought milky white clouds and mist, like a piece of clothing.

, shrouded in the West Mountain, lingering for years, it seems that the mountain is a person, the fog is a piece of clothing, like a fairy or an illusion, making people unable to distinguish between reality and dreams.

At this moment, I seem to have returned to that time, standing at the foot of the mountain, looking up at the scenery of the mist surrounding the mountain.

"Miss."

A deep voice sounded in my ears, bringing me back to my senses.

My eyes froze, and I saw clearly that the man in front of me was the man who preached and clarified doubts in the Xiangyuan, and was the man who killed Huang Tianba with a sharp sword that night.

I frowned slightly.

He dusted his sleeves, cupped his hands, bowed his body towards me, and performed an ancient ritual.

These ancient rituals have been abolished one by one since the royal family came to rule the Central Plains from the north. Nowadays, there are very few people who can still practice them. Only those who still retain the old system and are unwilling to submit to the imperial court will perform such rituals.

I still stood still and looked at him calmly.

"I didn't expect to meet the lady here. I apologize for frightening the lady that night."

"I don't know you."

"When Miss traveled to Xishan, there were tens of thousands of students, and it was not surprising that Miss didn't recognize them."

"I have never been to Xishan either."

"Miss, there is no need to hide anything. Although we have not seen each other for several years, my appearance has not changed, my demeanor has not changed, and I can still recognize her."

"I'm not the young lady you're talking about, I'm just a village woman."

The man still said respectfully: "If she were just an ordinary village woman, she would not be able to get to know someone like Huang Tianba. Miss, there is no need to hide it. Miss has kept her husband at home these days, and she must have done it intentionally.

Because of him, he was unable to show up to meet the lady."

When I mentioned Liu Saner, my brows suddenly tightened.

"I won't say much about the young lady's marriage, but -" The man looked at my face, then looked at my belly, and said: "I have already sent back the news. The young master knows that the young lady is still alive, so he must

I will be very happy, I think I will soon——"

Before he finished speaking, my eyes suddenly went dark.

That kind of blackness is a kind of blackness that goes deep into the soul, like a black hand of fate, tightly strangling everyone's throat. No matter how hard you struggle or how painful you are, you can't get rid of its shackles until you die!
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At this moment, I felt a sharp pain in my hand.

Because of this pain, I woke up suddenly. When I looked down, I saw that I accidentally cut my finger with the kitchen knife. The bright red blood immediately flowed out and soaked into the snow-white radish shreds on the chopping board. The red and white colors looked so...

Dazzling.

The man also saw the blood on my hands, and was a little flustered for a moment. He seemed to want to come over, but looking at my face, he did not dare to take a step forward rashly. He looked around, frowned and said, "Miss Yi

With my identity, I really shouldn’t have to suffer in such a place. Although Liu Saner is a pretty good person, in the end——”

I suddenly turned my head and stared at him.

The man's unspoken words were glared at by me, and he swallowed them hard. He seemed to take a step back involuntarily. I slowly stepped forward, looked into his eyes, and said word by word: "I

I'm not a young lady, and I don't know what you're talking about. Please listen to one thing clearly."

"..."

"Liu San'er is my husband, and I don't allow anyone to have any ideas about him, not even a penny or a centimeter."

"..."
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