Huang Tianba.

Although there was a pleasant light in his eyes, I could see the gloom and fatigue under the waves at a glance, which could not be covered by any kind of charm and beautiful smile.

Although he stood outside the yard with his hands behind his back and smiled, I frowned slightly unconsciously.

During the days when Liu Saner and I got married, he didn't come much, because even if I didn't ask anything, I knew that once he left home, it proved that the family had something that made him unable to stay. Qian Wu would come to see us from time to time, and I also understand why he came.

After all, Mu Hua has not changed.

What changed was Huang Tianba.

I checked Qian Wu's words. Huang Tianba didn't have much time to leave home. Most of the time, even if Mu Hua had already smashed everything in the house, he just sat quietly in the yard with his eyes closed and waited until Mu Hua was so tired that he couldn't keep making trouble before getting up and cleaned up calmly.

I don’t know why, since the day I got married, facing the official servants who came to collect the capitol tax, Huang Tianba was so peaceful, until now.

I vaguely felt that something was going to happen, but when I looked in his eyes, I couldn't find anything.

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He came today because he asked someone to bring some wine from Yangzhou. When something happened at home, he simply came over to get it himself. Liu Saner happily accompanied him. I was so tired that I couldn't go out. Before leaving, Liu Saner told me to cook two more dishes for dinner and wanted to keep him for dinner.

I smiled and nodded in response.

When the two men left the door, I was about to go to the kitchen, but I saw Queen Yin lying behind the door, looking at Huang Tianba's back with a cautious look.

Her madness did not improve any more because the doctor could not see the disease, but fortunately it did not worsen. Except for the time when the kitchen fire scared her, she was just a bit dull woman and there was no obstacle to interacting with others. But when Huang Tianba came, she would look at him carefully in the corner.

I wasn't afraid. If I were afraid, she would call Liu Saner loudly, but this cautious and almost observant look always made me feel a little uneasy.

I walked over with a smile: "My aunt, what are you looking at?"

She looked at me and whispered: "Where are you going, son?"

"Oh, he went with Mr. Huang to get the wine."

"Get wine?"

She lowered her head and thought for a long time, and suddenly grabbed my hand: "He won't go very far, won't he come back?"

I walked far...? For some reason, this sentence made my heart sink for a moment, and I felt a little dazed and silent for a moment.

After a while, I came to my senses and saw Queen Yin looking at me carefully, so I smiled and said, "No, they just went to get wine, and they will come back in a while. You go into the house to rest, and I will call you after dinner."

"Oh, oh."

She nodded barefootly and then turned back.

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In the following time, my expression was dazed. When I was cooking, I almost poured salt into the rice. I finally prepared the rice. As soon as I put it on the table, I saw Liu Saner coming back from outside.

I went up to me and looked out: "Where is Mr. Huang?"

"Go to the river."

"riverside?"

"He said he didn't want to eat, he just wanted to drink, so he went to the river to relax."

Hearing this, I also understood in my heart. After all, when he was sitting on the treetops, the lonely silhouette impressed me too deeply. I sighed in my heart, and stopped saying anything, and called Aunt Liu and the others out, and the whole family had supper.

Usually, Liu Saner was always the fastest eating person, but today he seemed a little dazed. He had been picking up food halfway through several times and fell on the table, otherwise he would not eat a single bite of food, and there was a little worry between his eyebrows.

Until Aunt Liu and the others finished their meal and got off the table, he was still in a daze.

I picked up a piece of meat and put it into his bowl. Liu Saner woke up and looked up at me, smiling embarrassedly.

I asked, "What do you think so trance?"

After saying this, a hint of joy appeared on his face, and he leaned over and said, "Qingying, I know what the problem is."

I frowned: "What?"

"Just just now, I told you why the emperor's order was actually correct, but the people always don't support him."

"..." My brows frowned even more, staring at him without saying a word.

Liu Saner seemed to feel that my heart was so heavy at this time, and even said happily: "Take the capitation tax for example. Look, there are only two of us who do the job. In addition to paying rent every season, there are also four people. Look at the Wang Man Wai family in Qishan Village. Their family has hundreds of acres of land. It is a big deal to collect rent paid by those people in each season, but their family only has ten people at most. The capitation tax is not worth mentioning to him, but for us, it is completely different."

“…”

"I also heard that there are nearly a thousand acres of land further down to Niangniang Mountain, all of which are from a high-ranking official in the court. Do you think that the thousand acres of land can be collected, but how many people can a family have and how much tax can it be collected?"

“…”

"It's not fair at all."

My heart became tighter and tighter, and I couldn't say a word. I looked at Liu Saner lowering his head and half-thought and said in a daze: "So, it's not the emperor who is wrong, but the method of collecting taxes. If it can be changed-"

"Liu San'er!"

Before he could finish his words, I interrupted him all at once.

Liu San'er was scared and turned around and looked at me in shock. When I looked at him, I felt a little out of control and forced myself to smile, but I could even feel my eyes beating violently.

It seemed that the night outside the house had already filled my body and spread to my body.

Liu San'er looked at me blankly: "Qingying, what's wrong with you?"

"..." I calmed down and made a reluctant smile: "I finished eating, my chest was a little stuffy, and I wanted to go out for a walk."

"Oh, then I'll go with you."

"No, you should eat while it's hot and wash the dishes." I said as I stood up, looked outside, and said, "It just so happened that Mr. Huang was by the river. I went over and asked, and see how he was."

"Oh, OK."

He nodded, lowered his head and ate his mouth, but he seemed to be still a little uneasy and looked up at me.

I didn't say anything, turned around and walked out.

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As night falls, the surroundings are dark, and the fishing fires by the river reflect on the shimmering water surface, trance in front of you, like old memories.

I stood by the river beach and saw the eyes that were more charming than the waves.

It is still full of charm, and the shimmering light inside is like a living light, shining with a quiet wisdom. Although it is not sharp and eye-catching, it has an indescribable sense of charm.

Huang Tianba sat on a big rock by the river, holding a small wine jar in his hand, looking at the night before him.

When I got closer, I saw that there were several wine jars floating in the river, floating in the distance.

Hearing my footsteps, he turned around and looked at me and smiled: "You are here."

"Master Huang."

His eyes moved to my stomach and smiled: "Is the child going to be born?"

“The month is coming soon.”

"oh……"

He looked at my stomach again, but his eyes seemed to be slightly depressed. After all, he didn't say anything, so he raised his head and took another sip of wine.

Not far away, he could already smell the sweet and sweet fragrance of pear blossoms. He drank a lot, but he seemed to be unable to get drunk at all. Under the mist of alcohol, those eyes seemed even more clear and could see through a lot at a glance.

He smiled and said, "You seem to have something to say to me?"

“…”

I thought about it, and finally raised my head and said to him: "Master Huang, you - can you stop talking about those things to Liu Saner?"

He was originally looking up to drink, but when he heard this, he was slightly stunned and looked down at me.

"You mean, what he asked me?"

"yes."

Huang Tianba didn't seem surprised, but just smiled faintly: "Don't you want him to know too much?"

I nodded.

"You didn't tell him about his life."

I nodded. I told Liu Saner about his life experience at the beginning. Huang Tianba was surprised and felt a little guilty. He had stopped Mo Tieyi and the others from taking action several times, but the father and son of the Liu family eventually died under the swords of those people. Therefore, he was not as close to Liu Saner as others. Although he was approachable, he always had a faint indifference. On the contrary, when the two of them were together, they often had a lot to say.

"Why?"

“…”

I was silent for a long time, finally sighed, slowly raised my head to look at him: "Master Huang, have you ever seen Lord Liu Shizhou die?"

Huang Tianba's smile froze.

I said softly: "I haven't seen it before, but I have seen Lord Liu Yi look like when he died."

His smile completely faded, replaced by a bloodless pale whiteness.

"It's very miserable, covered in wounds, and the throat is also on his throat. When he died, he carried on his neck for several months. In order not to let the emperor blame the people in the south, he insisted on kowtowing him and told me a lot of things before he died."

Huang Tianba's voice suddenly became hoarse. After a while, he said, "What did he tell you?"

"He told me to beware of his sister's provocation in front of the emperor and retaliate against the people in the south; he also told me that Hongye Temple had a lot to do with the assassin; he also said that in the past, the water route chief of the three southern provinces was a good man, and if one day he could invite him to the world, he would benefit the people of the south."

His face became paler and paler.

I continued, "He finally told me that if one day I could meet his younger brother, I must not tell him about his life experience, no matter whether he lives well or suffers, let him live like this."

Huang Tianba's eyes trembled slightly and he looked at me.

After a while, he seemed to understand. He picked up his angular lips slightly, as if he was a smile, but he was extremely bitter: "Liu Yi, he is really a good person, a good official, and a good brother."

When I first heard Liu Yi's words, I was full of doubts like him, but when I thought about it, I understood.

When Liu Yi said that, he was afraid that he had known that he would not have lived for too long, and his father might have died more tragic than him. If Liu Saner had known his life experience, what he had received was not family affection, but sudden hatred.

My father and brother died in a bad life, so tragic and so sad.

I said, "And I don't tell him this, there is another reason, the same reason why I don't want you to tell him about those things."
Chapter completed!