The rooster had crowed three times. Musa, who was tired of huddling in Gao Chong's arms, closed her eyes tightly. Her breathing was gentle and calm, and her slender little hands were wrapped around her chest, like a little girl who was frightened and needed protection. Musa was so different from when she was awake. She felt a sense of happiness that would deliver all of her body and mind to each other and her heart surged into Gao Chong's heart.

Gao Chong couldn't help but hug Musa back, and gently stroked his strong arms across his smooth skin, where the lips were still marked last night.

He reluctantly broke away from Musa's wrapped slender hands, Gao Chong got up in his clothes, and then stepped back and left the door while standing on tiptoe. Just as he turned around, he heard someone laughing behind his back: "Brother-in-law, why did he get up so early? Are you not afraid that Sister Musa will blame him?"

Gao Chong looked back and looked closely when he heard the sound. However, Lu Xun took off the armor of the general and changed into a new outfit of a young man from a noble family, standing behind him as if he was smiling.

"Boyan, where are you going to dress up?" Gao Chong's face turned red and he said with a break.

"Haha, the Lantern Festival is coming soon. I heard that the streets are very lively. I was about to invite my brother-in-law to go for a walk together?" Lu Xun said happily, with a kind of playfulness in his words.

Gao Chong was stunned. A year passed in a blink of an eye. Last year's Lantern Festival was held at Lu Mansion in Wujun. Looking back, his injuries were not healed at that time and it was inconvenient to walk. Lu Ti, Lu Xun and Lu Ji proposed to take a boat trip. The location was at the foot of Yushan Mountain in the north of Wujun. He walked around the seven streams and flowed waters, loved Yanzi's hometown, and looked at the scenic scenery of Shanghu in the distance.

The name of Shanghu originated from the Jiang Shang and Jiang Ziya who helped Zhou defeat Zhou. Many years ago, in order to avoid the tyranny of Zhou, he left his posts and lived here in seclusion, hoping to obtain purity and peace.

And that time, Gao Chong was still an unknown young man.

Now, the name of Gao Chong has long been known to everyone in Yuzhang. It is unlikely that the fun of going out for a trip like ordinary people is to enjoy the lanterns. If you really want to go to the streets of Yuzhang, you must disguise yourself as well as Lu Xun.

In the spring of the first lunar month of the third year of Jian'an, the annual Lantern Festival is coming soon.

Yuzhang City is full of joy. After several war washes, Yuzhang County finally ushered in a peaceful and prosperous year. For those at the bottom of the people who are always asking for how to survive tomorrow, such days are not something you would expect.

What's more, now is an era of intertwined blood and fire in troubled times.

The military parade ground in the east of the city has now become a brightly lit night market.

This night market is decorated with countless lanterns and torches like daytime. People laugh and talk, singing and dancing for the peace that they finally got. Next to the adults, there are groups of children joking with each other. On their carefree faces, there are no traces of war left by the war.

Gao Chong was mixed in the crowd, watching all this intently, and a stone in his heart was finally moved away. He knew that after sacrificing the lives of so many passionate men, it was worth it to exchange for it.

Every moment of laughter left in the hearts of these children is the determination to give everything for this peace.

Gao Chong and Lu Xun avoided the crowded crowd and came to a corner of the night market. The hawkers selling nearby were shouting vigorously, as if they wanted to send out all the accumulated strength for many days at this moment.

"Two young men, let's have a bowl of good rice noodles!" Not far from where Gao Chong and Lu Xun stood, a young woman with an apron around her waist shouted.

Gao Chong stopped in front of this inconspicuous stall. He saw the young woman holding a half-year-old child in her arms. The child was crying and shouting when he was hungry and wanted to breastfeed, while his mother was busy doing business and had no time to take care of him. This scene made people feel a little unbearable.

"Oh, I'm sorry for this young son who has a posthumous heart!" The aunt in the neighboring stall couldn't bear it, so she took the child from the woman's arms and fed a spoonful of rice soup.

Lu Xun leaned over and saw that the rice noodles were pretty clean, so he said to Gao Chong: "I'm hungry, just have a bowl here!"

Gao Chong was about to answer, but Lu Xun had already sat down first. After a while, the quick female stall owner brought out two bowls of rice noodles. The rice noodles looked white and chubby, and the sword looked good. The female stall owner then mixed the rice noodles with sauce wine and sesame oil, sprinkled with some chopped chopped green onion, and mixed them with chopsticks, and smelled a fragrant smell.

Just as Gao Chong and Lu Xun were about to eat, the stall owner brought out a small steamed clay pot. After lifting the lid of the can, there were some oily pork bone soup inside. There were also a few wolfberry on the soup. The hostess carefully put the soup on the table with Ji Ji, then put it out a little in a small spoon and poured it on the rice noodles. With a "hiss", a fragrance suddenly spread. Once it was eaten into her mouth, the rice noodles were very tough and were tightly resistant; but the broth was thick and full of meaty smell.

"This broth is really good. The taste will be completely different when poured on the rice noodles!" Lu Xun couldn't help but praise.

The female stall owner took the gap and went to the neighboring stall to pick up the child. While feeding her, she replied: "This is the old bone soup from Yangxian, our hometown, so it is of course good."

Yangxian and Gao Chong's heart moved. Zhou Feng's ancestral home was also in Yangxian, Wujun. This woman and his fellow countrymen may know the news about the woman Zhou Feng entrusted to him when she was dying. Since returning to Changsha, Gao Chong has also inquired about the news about the woman Zhou Feng said on his deathbed, but he still couldn't find any exact news when he was traveling to Zhou Feng's previous residence.

Yuzhang and Yangxian are hundreds of miles away. There are not many people coming from Yangxian to Yuzhang in this chaotic world. Perhaps some news will be found from this female stall owner.

"Is the stall owner from Yangxian?"

"Yes--." The young woman gently lifted up a strand of her hair. Gao Chong accidentally saw that several shallow crow's feet had hit the tips of her eyes.

"Then——, the stall owner can recognize a man named Zhou Feng."

The woman was stunned when she heard this, and the spoon in her hand fell to the ground. She looked pale and she came to her senses for a while. She rushed forward and grabbed Gao Chong's sleeve, and asked repeatedly: "He——, where is he, is he okay?"

At this moment, Gao Chong suddenly understood that the person the woman mentioned was Zhou Feng, and the beautiful woman in front of him was the person Zhou Feng Tuo was looking for.

Gao Chong stopped chopsticks, stood up slowly, and solemnly took out the slightly washed muffin squid from his arms. The red blood that had flowed through the veins last week was still there.

Gao Chong handed the blood-stained muffin hand to the woman: "This is left by Zhou Feng--!"

The woman received the golden hand, but her hands kept trembling. After a long time, she spoke out: "What did he say in the end?"

"When Zhou Feng left, he asked me to hand over this brocade parfait to you. Before leaving, he said that the only thing he couldn't rest assured was you and the child in his womb." Gao Chong's tone was heavy, and Gao Chong felt indelible guilt for Zhou Feng who had given up his life in order to save himself.

The woman could no longer hold back her tears. She covered her face with her shoulders and twitched.

Yi Ah Xueyu's breasts in his arms may have heard his mother's crying, and kept struggling, and vaguely called "Mom--" from his mouth. Gao Chong thought he was already used to death and parting, but he couldn't help but feel sad when facing the desolation of the scene in front of him.

"This child is Zhou Feng's orphan!" Before he knew it, Gao Chong's eyes also turned red.

The woman wiped her tears and said, "This is the place! She is exactly eight months old, but unfortunately she doesn't even know what her father looks like!"

Gao Chong hugged the child from the woman's arms. The delicate skin of the little life in his hands was milky white, and the little hands and feet were gently moved, rubbing and fragile, which was the continuation of Zhou Feng's life.

"Zhou Bing has a life-saving grace to me, and his child is my child. Don't worry, as long as I, Gao Chong, are there in one breath, you will definitely not lose money to you, mother and son." Gao Chong said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, the woman cast a grateful look at Gao Chong, but Gao Chong felt a sense of shameless sadness. A real man should have a clear distinction between gratitude and grudge. Zhou Feng paid a life, even if he gave them more than he could.

Gao Chong returned to the mansion in a heavy mood. The shock caused by meeting Zhou Feng and his son was so great. He thought that what he had brought to the people of Yuzhang this year was happiness and peace, but now, he saw the price of getting all this. Countless families like Zhou Feng were on the verge of disintegration due to the loss of the male owner. While people were victorious, they also lost a lot.

When passing by the yard, the lights were all gone. Gao Chong was waiting to go back to the room to rest, but he saw a simple white figure standing under the moonlight. Gao Chong looked carefully and it was Lu Ti.

Lu Ti changed into plain white clothes, and was so coordinated on a night where only black and white colors were left. She quietly looked up at the bright moon in the sky, thinking about something.

"Well——, is Miss Lu waiting for me?" Gao Chong asked nervously.

The ten days of getting along with each other gradually faded in Gao Chong's heart, but the reluctance condensed in Gao Chong's heart was still there.

Lu Ti slowly lowered his head, looking calm: "I am here to say goodbye to the general and Princess Musa."

Gao Chong was shocked and said, "Miss hasn't been here for a long time, so why are you leaving again!"

"The princess's condition has basically been cured, and it is not important for me to stay here again. The master sent a message from Kuaiji and asked me to go there immediately, so I came and resigned!"

Seeing Lu Ti's tone firm, Gao Chong responded speechlessly for a moment and had to stammer: "Miss has just arrived in Yuzhang City, so it's better to stay for a few more days. It's not too late to leave after the Lantern Festival. Let the princess accompany her to see the beautiful scenery of the city!"

After hearing this, Lu Ti smiled in a silence and said, "As long as the general can follow the public's will, compassionate with the people, act within his ability, not cause the people to suffer for their own selfish interests, and not take measures to rush into military force, this will be a blessing for the people of Yuzhang. If this is true, it will be not too late for me to come to Yuzhang City to see the scenery next year on the Lantern Festival!"

"The girl saved me before, but now she saved the princess again. Such kindness and favor are unforgettable!" Gao Chong, who married Musha, was no longer qualified to say anything else.

When Lu Ti heard the words, he smiled indifferently: "How can I repay you with just a little effort? Over the past few days, the general has treated my Lu family like a relative. Yi'er and Ji'er stayed in Yuzhang. I believe that I will make a difference and I am at ease."

"In Chong's eyes, Bo Yan and Xiao Ji are like their own brothers, so girls don't have to worry about it." Gao Chong said.

Having said this, both of them stopped. Are these polite words from their hearts? No.

But, if you don’t say this, what can you say?

After a long time, Lu Ti took out a small jade bottle and said, "This is the princess's medicine for the last few days. The general has given it to me. Lu Ti said goodbye here. It was cold at night. There was something inconvenient to the princess. I hope the general will tell you."

Seeing Gao Chong's expression solemn, Lu Tixiang saw through Gao Chong's thoughts and said, "Just just heard from Yi'er that the general met the orphan of an old friend in the night market. Seeing the general's current expression, he must be regretting his previous actions. In fact, what the general needs to do now is not to be entangled in the gains and losses of the past, but to relax his mind and see clearly the troubled trend of the world."

After a moment of pause, Lu Ti said again: "As long as there is no one who will die in war, the general should take care of it. Now the heroes are in conflict and the people are out of suffering. There is no place for this Han family to have no struggle? The general is just a mere body. It is extremely difficult to create the peace of Yuzhang with one's own strength. If there were no general's northern expedition, the tens of thousands of people in the Lianghuai River would not know how many displaced and died in the wilderness last year. All of these are the general's merits. I hope the general will remember it."

Lu Ti's words penetrated Gao Chong's heart. In this chaotic world, there is no land that is uncontested. What Gao Chong can do now is to try to retain more refugees to serve as a way to suppress food. It is not easy to do all this.

Lu Ti said that she would relax her mind and see clearly this troubled world. Is these mysterious words reminding herself? Gao Chong couldn't help but ask herself secretly.

After Lu Ti said that, Shi Shiran drifted away, just like the previous departure. This time she was still in a hurry. In addition to being sad, she also had an indescribable concern.

As far as Lu Ti is born outside of her life, she always acts so differently. For Gao Chong, she is always a mystery.
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