The River Flows East to the Whistle

In the green pagoda, a child's cry came from the dark corridor: "Sister Hongyin, where are you? Is it time? The basin is so heavy, I can hardly lift it, sister Hongyin!"

Hongyin sat on the windowsill of an empty room, hid behind the curtains, looked down from the window, looked down at the tower, the patrolling guards, and the female officers walking around, the small ones were as ridiculous as toys.

She had been locked in this living coffin for three years, and she almost forgot what it was like to be outside.There is only myself and the frail prince here all day long, and there is a guard Lan Lin who is expressionless and rarely speaks, and even the maids who bring meals in and out are silent.

If she stayed any longer, she would definitely go crazy, Hong Yin took out a cigarette from her pocket and lit it, looking out the window.Wait here until dark, then break the glass and climb down the drain.She wanted to go home and have a look. She didn't know what happened to the family in the past three years, the parents who ran a small restaurant, and her younger siblings.

Suddenly the curtains were pulled open, and Hong Yin turned her head in a jerk, only to see the tall Lan Lin looking down at her.

"What are you doing?" There was a frightening depression in the cold voice.

Hong Yin didn't show any weakness, she stared straight into Lan Lin's eyes, and the two of them were in a stalemate for a long time.

Yao's cry came again from the corridor: "Sister Hongyin, I was wrong, I was wrong, don't leave me behind, I beg you to come back."

Hongyin frowned, looked away, raised her hand to smoke, and spat out, "I want to leave."

Lan Lin shook her head calmly, "No."

With nameless anger in her heart, Hong Yin threw down the cigarette butt, and said viciously: "He is not even a sentinel, why did you let me take him? Find a kind-hearted little aunt, the kind of sissy who cries all day long, I can't take him, I'm not in the mood!"

Indeed, in the past three years, she tried every means to bully and abuse the sick child, only hoping that one day the child couldn't bear it and kicked herself out.But to her surprise, no matter how much she did, this five-year-old child still persisted. During her insults and even beatings, the child would only keep apologizing: "Xiaoyao did something wrong. Xiaoyao made sister Hongyin angry, Xiaoyao apologizes, can sister Hongyin forgive me?"

Once he is tired from beating and scolding, or if there is a trace of unbearable in his heart, and a flat attitude is revealed, the child will immediately smile through his tears, and hug his leg tremblingly, "Is sister Hongyin not leaving? Xiaoyao will Be a good boy."

After three full years, the child has grown to 8 years old, and the excessive obedience and attachment have not changed.

"If you dare to leave, I'll kill you." Suddenly, Lan Lin's voice was like a sharp knife out of its sheath, slashing at Hong Yin, who looked up at Lan Lin unexpectedly.

In the past three years, this seemed to be the first time she had looked at this man seriously, the first time she realized how terrifying this man was, his cold blue eyes were hidden in the deep sunken eye sockets, the cold killing intent was not hidden, and the red tone The scalp tingled instinctively, what this man said was true.

Suddenly there was the sound of a water basin falling to the ground in the corridor, accompanied by the cry of a child.Lan Lin turned her head and was quiet for a while, and when she turned back again, she had already returned to her usual expression: "Do you know why he did this?" He raised his finger and pointed to the window behind Hongyin, "Four years ago, Xiaoyao's mother , jumped from this window."

Hongyin collected herself, hid her fear, turned her head to look at the height of the five-story building outside the window, "Princess Ying committed suicide, is it true?"

"In front of Xiaoyao."

"You think Yao has the privileges of the royal family?" Lan Lin's voice was cold, "In fact, he lived a miserable life than an ordinary person. You know that Ying is the princess of Huoxun Kingdom. After Huoxun Kingdom was destroyed, Princess Ying died. After the death, Yao was the last person of the Huoxun royal bloodline. If he didn’t have the bloodline of the Tang royal family, he would have been killed a long time ago. Now everyone in the royal family hopes that he will die silently, and even sent you here. Because you were famous for your bad temper in the guide school, I hope you can torture him to death."

Hong Yin frowned.

"He clings to you because he regards you as Ying's substitute in his heart." Lan Lin looked outside the door worriedly, listening to the cries in the corridor, "When he was very young, Ying's mental state was very unstable. He also often beat and scolded him. Later, when he heard the news that Huoxunguo was destroyed, he had a nervous breakdown and jumped off the building in front of Yao. Yao always thought that it was his fault and that he was not good enough. After Ying left, no one followed him. He talks, and I'm not a gentle person. Although I don't want to say it, but even if you treat him like this, you are the best person in his life, and if you leave him again, he will definitely collapse. I am I swore in front of God that I will take good care of their mother and child, but now, I beg you, stay, as long as he turns 16, he can move out of the palace and be independent, then you will be free, and I have a lot of property , I can give it to you. I beg you, even if there is only a little kindness, he is just an ordinary child. "

It was the first time Hong Yin saw such a sad expression on Lan Lin's face.

At this time, the old female officer's rough lecture suddenly came from the corridor: "Prince Yao, how can you stand here so drenched? Is it so uneducated? Did Hongyin ask you to do this again? Find She comes out, I want to talk to her!"

It was that annoying female officer again, who would come here every few days to drink, Hong Yin frowned in disgust, suddenly, to her surprise, there was a sound of a trembling young man from the corridor, crying because his whole body was soaked. A cold and trembling voice: "It's not sister Hongyin...it's me...it's my fault that I want to exercise."

This child... Hong Yin's heart trembled slightly, and she turned her head to see Lan Lin looking at her.

"Alas, XXX" Hongyin cursed, jumped off the window sill, pushed the door open and walked out amidst the female officer's harsh scolding.

She saw the skinny boy standing in the cold corridor tremblingly, soaked all over his body, his pair of oversized eyes shone with happiness the moment he saw her.

Hongyin sighed silently, walked over and hugged Yao, Yao's thin hands tightly grasped the clothes on Hongyin's shoulders.

"What's wrong with exercising!" Hong Yin turned to the rough female officer, retorting in an even ruder tone, "Stop pointing fingers at us! Go on a date with that little wolf dog of your patrol team when you have free time! The two of you touch each other at the door in the middle of the night every day Erase it, we can see it clearly upstairs, if you talk nonsense again, I will let every maid here know about it! Get out, don't delay my dinner with Xiaoyao!"

After saying this, Hongyin hugged Prince Yao, dropped the female officer whose face turned red and turned white, and turned to leave.

I just felt a pair of thin arms on my neck, hugging them tightly, and a soft voice rang in my ears: "Sister, is Xiaoyao good today? You won't go, right?"

At that time, for the first time, Hongyin felt worried. She hugged her hands tighter and sighed, "Good boy, I won't leave today."

Raising his head, Lan Lin stood at the door just now, casting a meaningful look at himself.Hong Yin hugged Yao tightly, scolded Lan Lin, and continued walking forward.