Chapter 255: Being young is good, it’s easy to be deceived
A trace of grief flashed in Chang Jiu's eyes, and he said solemnly: "He is dead."
The field mouse blurted out, "How old are you? Is your grandfather fifty years old?"
Realizing that what he said was inappropriate, he said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, little brother, I spoke too quickly, please accept my condolences."
He asked, "I'm Vole. You can just call me Brother Tian. What's your name?"
Changjiu gave his name.
"Chang?" The field mouse smacked his lips. "It's a rare surname in this border town. If I'm still alive after this, I'll definitely find a chance to have a drink with you."
As if he had thought of something, he smiled self-deprecatingly, walked over, patted Changjiu on the shoulder, and asked, "Little brother, can you promise me one thing?"
"Brother Tian, you might as well speak frankly."
Neither refused nor agreed.
The field mouse gnashed his teeth in anger. "You educated people are so cunning in your words. You really are not likable."
Even though he was disgusted, he still stated what he wanted.
He said, "If I die someday, please do your best to collect my remains. If you can't find them, even my clothes will do.
Just bury him under the big willow tree not far from the mass grave. The old man is buried there too. I've erected a blank tombstone so it's easy to find."
Chang Jiu thought he was worried about the epidemic and said hurriedly, "Brother Tian, don't say such depressing words. With the princess here, she will definitely be able to cure your illness."
Even though he couldn't see their faces clearly, the vole could see the expectation for a better life in the future from those energetic eyes.
Or rather, I believe it firmly.
This trust is something that the field mouse, who has been making a living on swords for so many years, can never have.
Even though he has revealed all his cards, he still doesn't trust Song Yanxi.
I never thought that one day I would be able to walk out of this city alive.
Vole rubbed Changjiu's head and sighed, "That's the good thing about being young. It's easy to be deceived."
Seeing that Chang Jiu was getting anxious, he smiled and said, "I, your brother, know that Mr. Liu has buried several jars of the finest daughter's red wine in the southwest corner of his backyard, and I'm waiting to dig them out when she gets married.
When the plague in the city is over, I will go and ask to marry his daughter. On the wedding day, I will dig out those jars of wine, call Doctor Song and that big guy, and we will drink together until we are drunk."
Vole said, flicking Changjiu's forehead with his finger, "Look at the look in your eyes, do you think I'm going to be a thief?"
Chang Jiu nodded honestly, his eyes expressing something indescribable.
Although it is not good to be a knight in shining armor, it is even more presumptuous to ask for someone's daughter's hand in marriage just for a few jars of wine, right?
The field mouse tutted his mouth and said disdainfully, "I can tell from your stupidity that you don't know anything. You don't even have a girl you like, do you?"
"Who said that?" Chang Jiu retorted subconsciously, and suddenly felt embarrassed when he thought of something.
He first glanced at the direction Song Yanxi left, then quickly looked away, lowered his head to stare at his feet and said, "No."
Liu Goudan said vaguely, "He lied."
He opened his mouth and saliva mixed with blood flowed out.
An Yi threw the person to the ground in disgust, wishing he could get eight feet away from him.
He turned around and was about to leave when he heard the mocking voice of the field mouse. "Little brother, don't blame me for speaking harshly. You can't conquer this woman. You'd better give up on her as soon as possible."
"Why?" Chang Jiu suddenly raised his head and looked at him with dissatisfaction in his eyes.
The field mouse choked and turned the words around, saying only: "You are too young, you two are not suitable."
The custom in Da'an is that it is best for the man to be four or five years older than the woman, seven, eight or nine years is very suitable, and a difference of more than ten years between the older man and the younger wife is also acceptable.
Even if they are childhood sweethearts, they are of similar age, with the boy being one and a half years older than the girl.
It is rare for a woman to be older than a man, even among ordinary people who don't pay attention to those messy rules. Occasionally, a family that does have one will be talked about and ridiculed.
The field mouse was about to quote some classics when he heard Chang Jiu snort and say, "I'm not young anymore. I'll be an adult in a few years."
"You little brat, why are you so evil?"
"Why am I so evil?"
The field mouse lowered his voice and said, "That's a woman. You're a scholar, but you don't even understand this?"
Chang Jiu said indifferently, "It won't be that way for long."
"Hey, you don't understand what people say, do you?"
Glancing at An Yi, who was listening coldly to the noise, Vole winked at him and said, "If you want to save your life, don't say such nonsense in the future. Don't be wishful thinking."
Without waiting for Changjiu to speak, he dragged him away.
When they were a little further away, he lowered his voice and asked, "Are you really stupid or just pretending? That big guy is obviously not an ordinary person. Why do you think he, a military commander, would stay with a female doctor all the time?"
Chang Jiu retorted, "Brother An is following the Emperor's orders to protect the princess."
The field mouse rolled his eyes and asked, "Who is the emperor? What is his status? He is busy reviewing memorials and favoring his concubines every day. How can he have time to care about such trivial matters?"
The princess calls herself a princess, but she's not really a royal relative. She's just pretending to give her a title to silence her because she's afraid the Yan family will make trouble."
Seeing that Chang Jiu wanted to say something, he asked again, "Don't tell me that you knew there would be an epidemic in the border town before you came."
"But……"
"Stop talking nonsense to me. Look back first and see the look in that big guy's eyes that looks like he wants to eat you up. Then tell me what's going on."
Chang Jiu looked back and saw An Yi standing there motionlessly looking at them. Even from a distance, he could see that he looked unhappy.
Thinking of something, he asked Tian Shu, "Brother Tian, do people who practice martial arts always have good hearing?"
The field mouse nodded and was about to ask him if he also wanted to learn martial arts when he suddenly thought of something.
Such a short distance...
Damn it, the big guy must have heard what he just said!
Pulling Chang Jiu forward without a word, he couldn't help but think to himself that he was indeed useless.
In the past three years, he has become accustomed to the comfortable life of eating and sleeping every day, and his vigilance is not as good as before.
The way he is now, let alone meeting his enemies one day, even two random thugs can kill him.
Not far away, An Yi stared coldly at the backs of the two men, recalling what Tian Shu had just said, and felt that he needed to remind Miss Song to be wary of this man.
And that Changjiu...
He looks like an honest child on weekdays, but I didn't expect that at such a young age, he would have such thoughts.
No, he would have to tell the prince about this when he came back, and ask him to marry Miss Song home as soon as possible to stop other people from having any inappropriate thoughts about her.
If that Lin brother doesn't agree to divorce, they brothers will have ways to deal with him!
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"Princess, it's not that I don't want to tell the truth, it was very dark that morning and it was drizzling.
From a distance, Laoguai and I only saw that the armor those people were wearing looked like that of border troops, but we didn’t see anything else.”
Afraid that Song Yanxi wouldn't believe him, Old Man Liu raised his hand and said, "If I tell even a single lie, I'll be damned, and the Liu family will be extinct..."
"You don't have to do this, old man. I believe you."
Song Yanxi pulled a piece of paper from her sleeve, unfolded it, and handed it to Old Man Liu. She asked, "Old man, take a closer look. Can you recognize the pattern on it?"
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