"Abandon Crouching Tiger Village?"

Shen Xiaokun finished this sentence stiffly, then turned to look at me for a while, then suddenly sneered and said coldly: "Huh, Yue Qingying, you really did everything for Pei Yuanxiu."

I looked at him: "What do you mean?"

"You want me to give up Crouching Tiger Stronghold!" He gritted his teeth and smiled, his white teeth showing a bit of ferocity, and said slowly: "You clearly know that Crouching Tiger Stronghold is my only support. If I lose it,

Here, there is nothing left, and you actually asked me to give up! Huh, your move is really powerful, you can subdue an enemy without a fight. You must be trying to help him completely eliminate me!"

I frowned and didn't speak for a while.

To say I'm angry, I'm not too angry. Shen Xiaokun and I are a bit like "a scholar meets a soldier, and he can't explain why." There's no need to argue with a reckless young man. It's just that I was so unjustly accused.

I didn't have a good temper. I just raised my head and looked at his young face. Compared with the arrogance in the past, it still had some traces of vicissitudes. I calmed down and said: "Do you think I want to harm you?"

"?"

"..." He stared at me but said nothing.

I took a deep breath and said patiently: "Shen Xiaokun, I don't care what you think of me, but since you have opened your mouth, I will naturally tell you my thoughts and my reasons. I don't want anything to happen between you and Pei Yuanxiu.

Someone was harmed because he saved my daughter and educated her for so many years. But you, despite having old grudges with me, could repay grudges with kindness and never let my daughter be wronged. I am really very grateful to you.

."

"..."

"You are both my benefactors and my friends in my heart. I don't want to stand on the opposite side of you two, nor do I want to see any of you go to a dead end and be destroyed."

"..."

"I also know that the grudge between you and him cannot be resolved by me in a few words. I only have one sentence to say to you."

He raised his head and looked at me: "You said."

"It's not easy for you to survive in the Juma Valley. You should cherish your life more than others."

He stopped talking, but his eyes became very, very deep.

"This Crouching Tiger Village," I turned my head and looked at the large camp outside the gate, as well as the big men who were still patrolling the camp. It is indeed not easy to run a bandit den into the situation it is today, but -

"I know it's not easy for you to manage like this, but now it is a drag on you. If you stay here, you can only wait for the day to be wiped out. And you and Pei Yuanxiu are very different in strength, and you yourself are very aware of it. In this case

,Why can't you let go?"

He gritted his teeth and still didn't speak. He just squeezed the back of the chair next to him with one hand, making a crunching sound, almost crushing the wood into powder.

After a long time, he said with difficulty: "I can only give up here?"

"Yes."

"Don't I have any other choice?"

I smiled faintly: "Shen Xiaokun, you have read the Art of War no less than me, but you come to ask me for a way out. Do you know the reason? Because you know it yourself, you can only have a chance of survival by giving up here, but you don't

You will ask me only if you are willing to accept this fact. And what I tell you is the cruelest fact that you must face!"

He gritted his teeth so hard that I could almost hear the sound of his teeth grinding.

After an unknown amount of time, the tense expression on his face finally relaxed and he let out a long breath.

I understood that he had figured it out. Just when I was about to talk to him, I saw him turn his head again and look at me with a strange look: "What about you?"

"Me?"

"What will you do after leaving Crouching Tiger Village?"

I was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously: "What do I want?"

Shen Xiaokun raised the corner of his mouth and looked at me with a cold look: "Are you going back with Pei Yuanxiu?"

"..."

Shen Xiaokun sneered again: "I'm not wrong? Now that you have arrived in Jiangnan, and your daughter was raised by him, it seems that it is just right for you? What about the others?"

"..."

"What should I do with that mud-legged guy in Beijing?"

I frowned slightly and raised my head to look at him.

I don’t know what purpose he had in saying these words to me. He mentioned Qinghan in front of me. The situation in front of me was already chaotic enough. When he mentioned Qinghan and me, it would only make people feel sad.

Even more chaotic.

However, this time, my heart and my face were calm and unchanged, without even a trace of fluctuation. I just looked at him lightly and said with a little coldness in my voice: "This doesn't seem to be something you care about.

Right?"

Shen Xiaokun slightly squinted his eyes and looked at me.

Then, he suddenly sneered and said: "You are right, the matter between you and that mud-legged guy has nothing to do with me at all. It was just the way I saw the two of you in the valley, tsk tsk, life and death, inseparable.

I didn’t expect—hum, it turns out your relationship is nothing more than this.”

My face was hidden by the white gauze, so I couldn't see any changes. Only I knew it, and my heart beat wildly.

He mentioned that at the bottom of the valley, that period was when I was full of hope and looking forward to the feeling of happiness that made people happier than happiness. But at that time, I never imagined that the road between me and Qinghan would lead to where we are today.

We will be reminded by Shen Xiaokun, who once fought with us to death.

Is it really just that, between him and me?

My mouth tightened into a tight line, and I slowly walked out while holding on to the table.

Shen Xiaokun had been standing behind me and looking at me, and suddenly said: "Although I don't care about your affairs, there is news that I think it would be better to let you know."

News?

I was stunned for a moment and turned to look at him: "What news?"

Shen Xiaokun said: "A group of my men came back from Changde. They met a few fleeing bhikkhunis there. I thought before that the Buddha was going to be exterminated somewhere. After asking carefully, I found out that there was something on the border of Shu.

A temple caught fire, many people died, the temple was destroyed, and the remaining people escaped."

I frowned slightly and said, "Yes, what temple?"

"Huangze Temple."

"...!"

I just felt my chest sinking, as if a huge stone suddenly pressed down, and even my breathing was suffocated. After an unknown amount of time, I managed to find my voice, and said in disbelief, "Huangze Temple?"

"Yes."

"Huangze Temple?!"

"That's right, it's Huangze Temple."

Huangze Temple, Huangze Temple!

This is where the mother of the eldest princess Pei Yuanzhen and Zhao Shuyuan became a monk!

There was a buzz in my head, and I lost consciousness for a while. I don’t know how long it took, but my mind was still a mess. I just said blankly: "Where is the mother of the eldest princess?"

Shen Xiaokun said: "They were not familiar with that place, so they didn't ask. But the news they got back was that many people died, and only a few young and strong people escaped. She -" He looked at me: "It should be

He is dead."

He must have died. Zhao Shuyuan - is she already dead?

How could this happen?

I just feel so confused. Just a while ago, I just met the real Yue Qingying and found out that she really became a monk in Huangze Temple and had a friendship with Zhao Shuyuan. Through her, I also learned about Zhao Shuyuan over the years.

Suffering. Although she is a noble lady and enjoys all the glory in the world, but now it seems that she has hardly lived a comfortable life. Even her own children are missing, and this matter has just become known to me.

, before she even had time to figure it out, suddenly, Huangze Temple caught fire and she died.

I can't really like Pei Yuanzhen too much. After all, she and I are love rivals, but I am also very clear about her situation. Although she was born in a royal family and surrounded by flowers, her only real family member is her mother.

Now, even my mother is gone.

I know that for a daughter, this is a devastating blow.

What is left beside her?

It seems that she was born in Qiluocong, with such scenery on the surface, but in fact, all the scenery is like wind and frost swords. It is difficult to have true friends in the imperial city. As the eldest princess, her actions over the years are more like

Walking on the edge of a knife.

Who else is beside her?

Who else...?

My heart was twitching, and even my fingers were trembling. I pinched the edge of the table tightly, not knowing whether I wanted to support myself or crush something. Even Shen Xiaokun frowned and subconsciously

He walked up to me and lowered his voice: "Hey, Yue Qingying, what's wrong with you?"

"..."

"What's wrong with you? You're not sick, are you?"

"..."
To be continued...