Mu Nihuang walked in with a lunch box and brought out the food in front of Zhou Chen.
"It's just been made, let's eat some."
"Um."
Zhou Chen nodded silently, then picked up the kuaizi and ate it. It was a pretty good meal, but because he was in a bad mood, it was tasteless when he ate it in his mouth.
"Zhou Chen, brother, he..."
Zhou Chen's hand movements paused, and then he said in a solemn voice: "It's just been in the past few days."
Although Mu Nihuang had been mentally prepared for a long time, when she heard Zhou Chen's answer, she still looked sad and couldn't bear the grief.
"Then we want our brother to leave without any regrets."
"Um."
Zhou Chen responded softly, and then ate the food one bite at a time.
Another day later, Mu Nihuang held an imperial edict.
"His Majesty summoned me today and asked me if I was willing to marry you. I agreed, so he issued an edict for us to get married. The edict has been drawn up."
Zhou Chen said: "It should be Xiao Shu's request, otherwise he would not grant us a marriage."
Zhou Chen still knew very well who Jamel Xiao was. Although he was very kind to them, in Xiao Jingyan's eyes, Mu Nihuang was engaged to Lin Shu. He regarded Lin Shu as his closest relative, so he didn't want Mu Nihuang to marry him at all.
give him.
If it hadn't been for Mei Changsu's request, Jamel Xiao would not have agreed.
Mu Nihuang also understood this truth and choked up: "Brother, he has done too much for us."
Zhou Chen said with a serious expression: "So we must not let him down. We must live happily in the future, so that he will feel more at ease."
Now that he has made it clear, he will naturally not push Mu Nihuang away again. He is already interested in Mu Nihuang, but he has been able to restrain himself in the past.
Mu Nihuang agreed to Lin Shu, which meant that she could accept Zhou Chen's current family, as well as Gong Yu and his two children.
"Um."
Mu Nihuang responded softly.
Mu Nihuang didn't stay too long. After Zhou Chen finished eating, she packed up and left. These days, she, like Zhou Chen, lived in the Su residence.
Nie Feng and Xia Dong, who were guarding the northern border, also returned to the capital. Although they did not live in Su's house, they came over every day to check on Mei Changsu's situation.
Ever since Jamel Xiao came to the throne, Mei Changsu had left the court. In the past few years, except for good friends, few people would come to visit Su Mansion.
A few years later, friends such as Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin also got married and started careers, and they all came to Su Mansion to see Mei Changsu.
Another two days passed. On this day, heavy snow started falling outside in the middle of the night. Mei Changsu woke up in the morning and saw the heavy snow outside, with a happy smile on his face.
"It's snowing."
"Well, it's snowing."
"Common people should have a good harvest next year."
The wars in the past few years cost Daliang countless money and food. It was only after Jamel Xiao came to the throne that he slowly recovered.
"It's already this time, and you still care about these things. You are born to be a hard worker."
Mei Changsu smiled and then said: "Xiaochen, help me, I don't want to lie in bed anymore, I want to watch the snow."
Zhou Chen did not hesitate: "Okay."
Then he carried Mei Changsu and the quilt on his back and sat down in front of the window.
Looking at the heavy snow like goose feathers outside, Mei Changsu said softly: "This snow is much bigger than the heavy snow in Meiling."
"Well, after all, it's the first snow of the year, so it's normal for it to be heavy."
"I miss the past so much, maybe I should have died there."
"If you die there, who else can bring justice to the 70,000 loyal souls?"
"Yes, the purpose of my survival was for this goal. But later, you gave me the motivation to live. I owe many people in my life, but the one I owe the most is you, Xiaochen. Thank you.
You have always been by my side."
Zhou Chen's eyes turned red unconsciously, but he said: "What do you want to do suddenly?"
Mei Changsu chuckled and said: "If you don't say it now, there will be no chance in the future. Xiaochen, I'm really glad to have you here. If you weren't there, I probably wouldn't be able to persevere."
"Don't say that. Even without me, you can accomplish all of this, and you may even accomplish it better. I also have my faults for you."
Indeed, without him, according to the original plot, Mei Changsu would have been able to clear the wrongs and finally die on the battlefield he missed most.
But his existence also relieved Mei Changsu from a lot of pain and allowed him to live a few more years. Being able to be accompanied by relatives and friends and enjoy a family life was also very satisfying for Mei Changsu.
"Cough cough, cough cough, cough cough..."
Suddenly, Mei Changsu coughed violently and spurted out a mouthful of blood. His breath suddenly became weak and he could no longer hold on. He leaned against Zhou Chen's body.
"Xiaochen, I, I can't accompany you anymore, I, I have to leave."
Zhou Chen held back his tears and said, "If you feel too tired, then leave. This day will happen to everyone. I believe you won't be afraid, and there is nothing that can scare Lin Shu."
"How is it possible? I'm afraid that if I fall asleep again this time, I won't be able to see you all again. I can't bear to do it."
Even after undergoing the detoxification that penetrated the bone marrow, he did not shed tears, but in the last lesson of his life, his tears could no longer be controlled.
"I know, but for all of us, even if you are gone, you will always live in our hearts."
Mei Changsu's pale and bloodless face revealed a relieved smile.
"With you, I can die in peace. Xiaochen, you and Nihuang are fine, Xin'er, Xin'er..."
Zhou Chen held his hand and said firmly: "I know."
"call……"
Mei Changsu let out a breath, and suddenly there was a trace of blood on his face, and he seemed to have more strength.
"Let's go, Xiaochen. Your character is not in the capital. Let's go and follow Nihuang to the south. Go to the south."
"good."
Zhou Chen agreed to Mei Changsu without thinking at all. For him, it didn't matter where he was, as long as his relatives were there.
"I agreed to accompany Lin Chen on a trip, but he never fulfilled his promise. He must be very angry."
Speaking of Lin Chen, Mei Changsu smiled. This was also a friend he couldn't let go of.
"I'll help you."
"Okay, Fei Liu, if Fei Liu wants to follow you, you can take him with you. If he wants to go to Langya Mountain, you can hand him over to Lin Chen."
"Xiao Chen, after I die, scatter my ashes in Meiling. I want to find my father."
At the end of the sentence, Mei Changsu's eyes slowly became blurred, and his breath quickly weakened.
"good."
"I really want to go back to that day. Father, everyone, I'm sorry."
"Father, mother, brother Jingyu, aunt, have you come to take me?"
"I, I miss you so much, father, mother..."
With the last whisper, Mei Changsu's hand fell weakly, and his whole body lost strength and was about to fall.
Zhou Chen supported his body and let him lean on his shoulders.
"You brat, you are the first friend to leave because of me. You should feel honored. If it weren't for the fact that you have been with me for so many years, I would never have given you this opportunity."
Looking at the front again, I was already in tears.
"Xiao Shu, sit tight and watch the snow with me. This is what you asked for."
The heavy snow continued to fall outside, but there was no sound inside the house. It was not until noon that the sound of mournful cries rang out from Suzhai.
Lin Shu, pseudonym Mei Changsu, thirty-five years old......
Until his death, Mei Changsu did not break his promise and did not restore his real name to Lin Shu. Xiao Jingyan agreed to Mei Changsu and did not give him any canonization, but he did not forget this close friend in his heart, but prepared to wait for Lin Xin.
When you grow up, you will be given them together.
…………
One month later, Zhou Chen and Mu Nihuang teamed up to bid farewell to the people who were seeing them off, and rode horses to the farewell pavilion outside Jinling City.
"It was here that I recognized my brother. In the blink of an eye, several years have passed, and my brother's voice and appearance seem to be still before me."
Mu Nihuang looked at the farewell pavilion not far away and said to Zhou Chen beside him.
Zhou Chen also said with emotion: "I have been to this place many times."
After a pause, he said again: "Let's go."
Afterwards, the two of them rode away and slowly disappeared on the official road.
This time he and Mu Nihuang left the capital with only one purpose, which was to fulfill Mei Changsu's wishes and send Mei Changsu's ashes to Meiling.
Zhou Chen knew Mei Changsu best. Although they escaped from Meiling that time, Mei Changsu's heart did not escape completely. He still remembered there, so he wanted to return to Meiling after his death.
In Mei Changsu's mind, Meiling is the place closest to his father and colleagues, and he is going to accompany them.
Zhou Chen and Mu Nihuang ran all the way and arrived at Meiling in a short time.
After scattering Mei Changsu's ashes in Meiling, at this moment, Mei Changsu turned back into Lin Shu again.
Zhou Chen and Mu Nihuang stood quietly for a long time. The sound of the wind around them seemed like Lin Shu was talking to them and smiling at them.
Finally, Zhou Chen stretched out his hand to Mu Nihuang: "Let's go."
Mu Nihuang put her hand on Zhou Chen's palm.
"Um."
…………
Winter is gone and spring is coming!
Zhou Chen listened to Lin Shu's words, and a year later, his family left the capital and followed Mu Nihuang to the south.
Xiao Jingyan had obviously known about it for a long time and had promised Mei Changsu a long time ago, so he did not stop him. Instead, he announced that Zhou Chen would be transferred to the Southern Territory and become the commander-in-chief of the Southern Territory Army.
As soon as Zhou Chen left, the forces of the Jiangzuo Alliance in the capital naturally followed him.
Mr. Thirteen, Li Gang, Zhen Ping and others also left together. The person they are now guarding has changed from Young Marshal Lin Shu to Young Master Lin Xin.
Naturally, the Jiangzuo Alliance would not fall apart. Zhou Chen inherited the position of the leader of the Jiangzuo Alliance, and everyone in the Jiangzuo Alliance was dissatisfied.
In this year's newly released Langya Ranking, Zhou Chen ranked first in both rankings.
Ranked first in the list of the top ten masters in the world, Daliang Wuchenghou and Zhou Chen;
Number one on the list of the top ten gangs in the world, Jiangzuo League.
Initially, Zhou Chen was worried that the gang list did not count as an individual and did not meet the system's mission requirements, but when he became the leader of the Jiangzuo League, the system prompted that the mission had been completed.
This saves him from continuing to work hard to become the richest man in the world.
Zhou Chen and Mu Nihuang also officially got married, and Mu Nihuang became Zhou Chen's official wife, which was also strongly requested by Gong Yu.
Gong Yu has never thought about this since she started following Zhou Chen. She just wanted to be by Zhou Chen's side. Now not only has her wish come true, she also has two children with Zhou Chen, so she is extremely satisfied and has never expected to be a real wife.
position.
As for the southern border of Daliang, it was already guarded by Yunnan Mu Mansion, and now there is an additional Wuchenghou Zhou Chen, so the southern border seems to be the strongest border of Daliang.
The southern border is still different from the capital city. When Zhou Chen's family first arrived in the southern border, young and old fell ill one after another. Fortunately, Zhou Chen's medical skills were superb, so there were no serious problems. After living for a while, everyone got used to it.
Time flies so fast, thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.
In these thirty years, the situation in the world has changed dramatically.
Three years ago, Xiao Jingyan, a virtuous emperor of a generation, passed away, and the whole country mourned.
Jamel Xiao has been in office for thirty-one years. Under his governance, Daliang has reversed its decline and become stronger and stronger. He has made countless achievements both internally and externally.
Even Zhou Chen, who originally had some opinions about him, had to praise him and confirmed that Lin Shu had not made a wrong choice and that Jamel Xiao had indeed lived up to his expectations.
Zhou Chen knew that there was a second part of Nirvana in Fire, but he had not watched the second part, so he had no idea about the plot of the second part.
Of course, he doesn't care about any of this. He doesn't really care about Daliang's future. All he cares about is his relatives.
However, he has already built the Southern Territory like an iron barrel. Even if something happens to Daliang in the future, with his arrangement, his descendants will be able to cope with it.
More than twenty years ago, the old Pavilion Master Lin returned from a trip to the sea and passed away soon after. Lin Chen and Zhou Chen paid their respects to him by wearing sackcloth and mourning.
More than ten years ago, his mother Xiao Zhihan and nanny Jin Yu also died in the same year. Zhou Chen specially returned to the capital and buried his parents together in one place, and buried his nanny Jin Yu next to his parents' mausoleum.
A few years ago, Meng Zhi also passed away. Not long after, Nie Feng passed away. Xia Dong chose to pass away on the same day. They had no children in their lives. In the end, Zhou Chen buried them in Meiling.
This was also Nie Feng's own request, saying that Lin Shu's choice back then was also his idea.
Wei Zheng is still alive. He resigned and returned to Yaowang Valley a long time ago, and now enjoys his old age in Yaowang Valley.
Zhou Chen is over sixty years old this year, and Mu Nihuang and Gong Yu are also over sixty. However, the three of them are highly skilled in martial arts and their bodies are well maintained, so they are in good condition.
All tasks in the Nirvana in Fire world, including director tasks and side tasks, were completed very early. In these years, he had experienced many wars in the southern border.
Every winter, he would go to Meiling, sometimes with Mu Nihuang, sometimes with Gong Yu...
Many years later, Mu Nihuang's old injury relapsed and he left first. Zhou Chen was heartbroken and mourned for a long time.
Mu Nihuang has been with him for most of his life. The most regrettable thing is that because of his health, the two of them did not have a child. This is Mu Nihuang's regret and Zhou Chen's regret.
In this world, there are very few people he feels sorry for, and Mu Nihuang is definitely one of them.
After Mu Nihuang passed away, Zhou Chen also put down everything, said goodbye to Mu Qing and his eldest son, and took Gong Yu back to Langya Mountain to be with Lin Chen.
In Langya Mountain, he met the young and energetic Xiao Pingjing, Xiao Tingsheng's son, a smart and interesting little guy.