The Mask of the Lord

Five days later, the weather was clear and cloudless. Taking advantage of the good weather, they left Yichang, bypassed Jiuxiu Villa and entered Anqing City.Originally planned to arrive in Anqing City to participate in the temple fair at the beginning of winter on September [-]th, but Liu Yunniang's incident insisted on delaying Shan Liuli's planned itinerary, so that when they arrived in Anqing City, the temple fair was coming to an end, the last day.

After visiting the temple fair on the last day, Shan Liuli planned to leave the next day. The Taoist family had an urgent matter to go back, and she would come back to see them again when her affairs were settled.

Hua Wuque planned to go with her, but was declined by Shan Liuli.Her so-called family matter is that the war situation in that world is urgent. Hua Wuque does not belong to that world. The last time he was involved in the battle of Tiance Mansion, I felt sorry for him, so naturally I can't pull him into that world now. The flames of war are raging, he should stay in this world, and achieve his own name as a hero.

The winter days and nights are long, and it will be night soon.Hua Wuque found Dan Liuli in the yard of the inn with a jug of wine.The girl was dressed neatly and cleanly, but she looked a bit flimsy. Seeing this, Hua Wuque put the white fox fur cloak she was wearing behind her.

Feeling warm all of a sudden, Shan Liuli looked sideways and saw Hua Wuque standing next to her holding a jug of wine. "It's boring to drink alone, I'll accompany you."

Shan Liuli looked at him and said with a smile: "Don't you like to drink a lot?"

Hua Wuque put the wine in his hand in front of her, and said, "So, you drink, I'll just watch."

Shan Liuli: "..."

Should she call him considerate? ?

Hua Wuque stared at the celadon wine glass in her hand, and said with a smile, "It's rare to see you drinking from a wine glass when drinking alone."

Shan Liuli shook the celadon wine glass and said, "Is it strange?"

Hua Wuque shook his head and said, "No."

Putting the jug in his hand on Dan Liuli's hand, Hua Wuque sat down next to her. "This time, I don't know... when we will meet again."

Shan Liuli tilted her head, and said indifferently: "Who knows? It's been two years since this battle, and I don't know when it will be big." One cultivated loess.

Hua Wuque looked up at the sky, and after a while, said, "Liuli, can you play the piano?"

Shan Liuli glanced at him in surprise, but didn't say anything, just lowered his head and took a sip of the wine, and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"

Hua Wuque said: "Then play me a piece."

Shan Liuli thought for a while, put down the celadon cup, and said, "Why do you think I can play the piano?"

Hua Wuque smiled and said, "Because Liuli has a pair of good-looking hands, I guess you should be able to play the piano."

Shan Liuli said: "Then what do you want to hear?"

Hua Wuque said, "You know how to play."

Shan Liuli nodded, and said, "Okay, but...should I find a qin and talk about it?"

Hua Wuque: "..."

These days, as long as there is money, even if people go down the mountain of swords and fire, someone will still do it.However, just looking for a qin and giving them a silver coin, Xiao Er went outside and got them a good qin.Putting Qin in a gazebo near the rockery in the courtyard of the inn, Xiao Er thoughtfully prepared some snacks for them and left.

Trees of different varieties were planted around the gazebo. At this time, bright yellow wintersweet flowers were blooming everywhere. She was sitting in the pavilion, and a bunch of wintersweet flowers tremblingly poked into the pavilion, opening obliquely beside her. superior.The slender fingers rest on the strings and fiddle with them, the sound of the piano is like a gurgling stream, long and pleasant.

Shan Liuli was concentrating and put all her attention on the piano, naturally she didn't notice Hua Wuque sitting next to her, concentrating on her.

The sound of the piano curled up, it was a tune that Hua Wuque had heard before, this tune was so simple that anyone who could play the piano would know it, and his second master also played this tune for a long time when playing the piano.

Hua Wuque stared at her pretty profile, and asked, "Liuli, since you are twenty, you should have been married before."

Qin Yin paused, she tilted her head, and said: "No, a wild girl like me, who would come to propose marriage? I was so scared to death. At the beginning, the eldest brother and the second brother also met people for me, but every time Once, the other party only saw me once, and was too scared to propose marriage again."

Hua Wuque asked, "Why?"

Shan Liuli stopped plucking the strings, pointed at herself, and said, "Look at me, how does my whole body look like a girl's house?"

Hua Wuque: "..."

Shan Liuli pursed her lips and said: "In the Beggars' Clan, there are quite a lot of people who come to propose marriage. It can be said that there is an endless stream, but they all fell in love with my sister Xiao He, not me. Although there are elder brothers and second elder brothers Help me to see, but you also know that I am used to walking around, it really makes me get married and settle down, which is rather awkward. I like to walk around and look around, the world is so big, there are so many strange things, just stay in one place Wouldn’t it be boring to be in a place? People, it’s only a hundred years, if you’re bound by this or that, wouldn’t it be boring? So, compared to having a husband and raising a child, I still like my current life.”

After Hua Wuque listened, he said with a smile, "If you live a hundred years, just be happy."

Shan Liuli nodded, raised her hand to pluck the strings again, and said, "Yes, yes, as long as you are happy."

Hua Wuque turned his head and looked out of the pavilion. Under the bright moonlight, the flowers on the wintersweet tree seemed to be coated with a light halo, so beautiful.

He bent his mouth and asked again: "If someone in this world wants to walk with you, Liuli, would you be willing to accompany him hand in hand until old age?"

Shan Liuli tilted her head, looked at him for a while, and said: "Yes, it's not easy to meet someone who is willing to walk the world with me, so naturally I can't let it go easily." After finishing speaking, she bowed her head, He continued to play the piano again.

Hua Wuque stared at her for a while, then murmured: "Then what if I want to?"

The voice was too soft, like a lover whispering, so Shan Liuli couldn't hear clearly.

"What?" She still plucked the strings, but asked with a tilted head.

Hua Wuque said: "It's nothing, I just think Liuli playing the piano is really good."

Shan Liuli smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll play it for you when I come back."

Hua Wuque said softly: "Okay."

That night, Shan Liuli played the piano for half an hour, and listened to Hua Wuque's talk about many things, so she fell asleep at some point.When she woke up, the sky had turned white, and the bright red sun was showing a corner, and the valley was rising, illuminating the whole earth.

Hua Wuque, who didn't disturb her rest, and Shan Liuli only said goodbye to He Lu, who got up early, before leaving.

Mounting her horse, she left the inn.

******

Three days later, a horse hurriedly galloped through Fenglin, headed for Wuyanggang, and entered Chang'an.

Near the execution platform, just ahead, across the Luoyue River, is the Imperial Palace.

Shan Liuli went straight through the execution platform and went to the nearby Wude Camp to join the brothers of the Beggar Gang.

It has been half a year since the last time we parted in the Valley of the Wicked, and the battle between the Tiance Mansion and the Spike Army is imminent.An Qingxu, who was originally captured by them, was robbed by Linghu Shang's subordinates on the way to Mawei Station three months ago.The bargaining chip that could have restrained them was gone at once. In less than half a month, the Spike Army launched an attack on the Tiance Mansion, but something evil happened, and the Spike Army was rushing to the Tiance Mansion. On the way, he caught a strange plague, so that the Spike Army lost a lot of troops before they reached Tiance Mansion to fight against it.

Putting on the attire of a beggar gang disciple, Shan Liuli went directly to the camp to find Guo Yan.

Guo Yan told her that he and his brothers decided to take the lead, and as for the rear work, Yin Fang will handle it.After Shan Liuli heard this, she just nodded and said that she would go with her, but Guo Yan didn't agree.This time, apart from their beggar gang, people from other sects also basically came.

For example, the three owners of Cangjian Villa, Ye Zhiqing of Qixiufang, Sun Simiao of Wanhua Valley, Qi Jin of Chunyang and other famous figures.

Shan Liuli stood at the door of the camp with her chest folded, listening to their plan, frowning tightly.

This time, the people from Tiance Mansion did not come, because the last batch of soldiers went to guard Tiance Mansion.

Shan Liuli thought, probably before long, she should burn paper money to the soldiers of Tiance Mansion.

It can't be blamed for her vicious thinking, but the facts are in front of her eyes. Under such severe conditions, unless a miracle happens from heaven, the battle of Tiance Mansion will definitely be doomed.

Listening to Ye Zhiqing's last speech, Shan Liuli sighed inwardly.

When the country is in crisis, it really is everyone's responsibility.

Ye Zhiqing seemed to have set Qixiufang on fire. The sisters in Qixiufang basically left if they wanted to marry their husbands and children to a good family. During World War I, those who dedicated their strength to Datang all came here.

In fact, Shan Liuli admired Ye Zhiqing quite a bit, she could be said to be one of the heroines in the world.

Bowing his head and playing with the sound of the dragon in his neck, Shan Liuli puffed his mouth, waiting for everyone to disperse from the tent, Guo Yan looked at her and said: "Don't make a bitter face, isn't it just to let you stay in the tent? willing."

Shan Liuli pursed her lips and said, "I'm very unwilling, you all went to battle to kill the enemy, but I can only stay in the camp and wait for your news."

Guo Yan shook his head and said, "Xiao Li, it's very dangerous to go this time, brother doesn't want you to lose your life because of it."

Shan Liuli said: "Brother, do you think that going to the battlefield is to die?"

Guo Yan stared at her, speechless for a while.

Shan Liuli said: "The country is gone, why should we call it home? It's better to go to the battlefield and have a good time. Even if I don't go now, I will go one day. Whoever comes here doesn't have the determination to die. Brother, don’t you look down on me too much?”

After hearing this, Guo Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Brother doesn't look down on you, isn't he worried about you? You are my sister, and it's not normal for my brother to worry about my sister? What's more, your second brother doesn't agree, so you go to the front to kill the enemy."

Shan Liuli raised her eyebrows, with a smile in her eyes, and said: "If the second brother agrees, will you agree that I will go with you tomorrow?"

Guo Yan said: "If your second brother agrees, I will agree."

Shan Liuli smiled and said, "Then we will make a deal and we will not go back on our word."

Guo Yan nodded, stretched out his hand, and said, "Let's high-five as an oath!"

"Okay!" Raising her palm and clapping it, Shan Liuli smiled like a cat stealing the moon and stars.

After clapping his hands, Guo Yan realized that something was wrong. He looked at Shan Liuli, shook his head and said, "You old girl, I know you did it on purpose!"

Shan Liuli stuck out her tongue and said, "Hey, big brother, you can't go back on your word now, because the second brother promised me just now."

After speaking, he opened the curtain and ran out.

Guo Yan, on the other hand, looked at Shan Liuli happily running out with a dark face.

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