Kaifeng Bistro

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the rows of high-hanging palace lanterns gave off a festive and warm red light, illuminating the green cottage in front of the palace prepared for the wedding of the couple. The guards were guarding not far away, and the wedding banquet had already started. At this time, the dullness and silence of the past returned to the palace.

To people's surprise, it was still dark, and the thick curtains of the Qinglu were lifted, as if someone had come out from inside. When people thought it was the couple coming out hand in hand to admire the moon, they noticed that the person standing there There was only one tall and thin figure.

"Go, don't you always want to see him and spend time with him in this world?" The same deep and seductive voice rang in Tan Zhifeng's ears: "I am willing to help you, this is what I found for you." He has seen you, he remembers you, no one will forget what you look like, no matter how beautiful his bride is, she is just a mortal. She doesn't have the heart-pounding aura of your soul. Go... ..."

"No, I don't want to change his life!" Tan Zhifeng heard his fierce objection, "I just want to be with him, no matter whether he can see me or not. He has a noble status, and I can't bring him anything... ..."

"But you still accepted my proposal." Bo leaned over and smiled slightly, "This shows that your heart is not as firm as you said. Let me tell you...that noble person you call, he He is just a poor kid, he will soon encounter a series of troubles, maybe everything he owns will be taken away, maybe his life will be worse than death, if you are still floating in the air that he can't see , how can you help him better?"

"Listen to me... I've lived so long that I know a lot more than you do. Let him meet you and he'll make you his confidant in no time, you'll be his best friend, you'll Give him warmth and make his misfortune less terrible. Go ahead...the only thing you lack is courage..."

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Tan Zhifeng's vision became blurred as black mist hit him. He opened his eyes anxiously, but he couldn't see anything. He could only hear Bo whispering in his ear.However, when Bo's rustling voice became more and more clear, and when Tan Zhifeng really felt that Bo approached him and grabbed his wrist, he also felt that the silent dragon soul in Xu Gan's body violently Vibrated, as if sending out an angry roar.

Although Tan Zhifeng still didn't see Qing Bo's appearance, his heart suddenly cleared up, as clear as the clear sky after the rain, and he concentrated all his strength on the copper thorn in his hand.The moment Bo grabbed him tightly, through the fog, Tan Zhifeng replied without hesitation: "I, I won't be fooled by you again! Even if Yinglong resents me, that's what I should face. I will never go with you..."

Before he finished speaking, the copper thorn in his hand pierced Bo's chest accurately.Bo raised his hand to block, and with a bang, the copper spikes grazed the thick iron wristband worn by Bo, sparking a series of sparks.Although no blood was seen, the powerful spiritual power caused Bo's whole arm to tremble violently. Tan Zhifeng immediately leaned over and stabbed him in the waist again—this time, the black mist dispersed, and Tan Zhifeng saw only the purple-shirted man's body. His body trembled, and he fell off the elephant's back.

Tan Zhifeng also felt dizzy for a while, but he didn't have time to recover. Instead, he tried his best to stabilize his mind, jumped off the back of the elephant, and walked quickly over to check the body of the Zishan man who had fainted on the ground.A blood hole was punctured on the waist of the purple-shirted man, and the blood was flowing, but when Tan Zhifeng lifted the veil of the man, he found that it was a very ordinary Han face.

He hurriedly looked back for the yellow snake on the ground, only to find that the yellow snake with one head missing was gone, only the other head that had been trampled to death was still bleeding black and remained in the soil.

More and more people gathered around, Tan Zhifeng vaguely saw Yi Yi and Zhuo Zhuo pushing away the guards, and running towards this side with the two children.He walked towards the bridge, and said to Yi Yi who was catching up, "Hold me."

Yi Yi glared at him angrily.Ling'er seemed to recognize his voice: "Zhifeng."

Tan Zhifeng gave Ling'er a "hush", and then quietly backed out of Xu Gan's body.Xu Yan's legs went limp, and he was immediately supported by Yi Yi and Zhuo Zhuo.

A ray of white light passed through the morning glow in the early morning dawn, flickering with the unfrozen river water, behind the willow trees on the river bank that had not been hit by elephants, Tan Zhifeng walked over in shock.

"Where did you go?" Ling'er touched his face wonderingly, "Just now, you were still..."

"Hush..." Tan Zhifeng said again.Ling'er smiled, fumbled to remove the water droplet from her neck, and wanted to bring it to Tan Zhifeng herself.Tan Zhifeng held his little hand: "I'll do it."

Xu Gan also woke up soon.He seemed to have had another long dream. In the beginning, the slender young man appeared again in the dream.He stood at the bottom of the steps and walked towards him step by step in the night. His face was astonishingly beautiful, but on the contrary, people completely forgot what his facial features looked like. When Xu Gan saw him for the first time, His heart beat violently.This young man is like a morning star, like a rising sun, like the rays of light spreading across the sky, with a reassuring warmth, but also with a thriving vitality!

Xu Gan stared at this strange yet familiar young man, the beautiful face became more and more blurred, only the gentle, familiar eyes with a smile shone with a clear and bright light that he would never forget in his heart!

Everything in the dream turned into a phantom, and the cheers of Kaifeng people behind him made Xu Gan gradually return to reality: "Chang Yushan! It's him! Saved us."

The people and scenery in front of Xu Gan gradually became clear.He took a deep breath, touched the mask on his face, found that it was still there, then looked around, and asked Yi Yi, "Where is Zhifeng?"

"Over there." Yi Yi raised his hand angrily and pointed.It turned out that Tan Zhifeng took advantage of everyone's attention to Xu Gan and came behind the elephant with Changshang.The two knelt at the elephant's feet, Tan Zhifeng took Changshang's hand and put it on the tendon that the elephant had just cut off, and said to Changshang, "Come on, have a try."

Changshang closed his eyes, and a little bit of light brown warm fluorescent light flickered, covering the elephant's wound gently. Tan Zhifeng watched the wound gradually heal, and the elephant finally stopped crying.It used its other hind leg to support its body, and worked hard to stand up slowly again.

Just as Xu Gan was about to walk towards Tan Zhifeng, a tall, tall, bronze-skinned young man suddenly ran out from the crowd. He stepped forward and held Xu Gan tightly, and said anxiously: "Brother Xu, it's you, isn't it?! I It's Yuan..."

Xu Gan turned his head to look at him for a while, then slowly pulled his hand off his arm. "You've got the wrong person." He whispered.

"But..." The young man wanted to reach out to pull Xu Gan, but was stopped by several other people in the crowd: "A Yuan, what are you doing?"

Xu Gan paused, then quickened his pace and walked towards Tan Zhifeng.Tan Zhifeng stood up a little tired, and saw not far away, Xu Gan ignored the cheers of the crowd, and was walking towards him step by step facing the rising sun.When he got closer, he stared at him with his dark eyes without blinking for a while, then he raised his arms and put his arms around his shoulders. The two of them stood side by side with their backs to the cheering, reveling crowd. for a while.

Tan Zhifeng's heart beat like a drum, he didn't dare to think about whether Xu Gan had a dream after he fainted this time, and he didn't dare to guess whether Xu Gan had noticed anything, but he found that his feelings towards Xu Gan were changing little by little.He doesn't know how long he can maintain this lie, but, at least for now, he still wants to maintain this lie.

Not far away, Zhan Zhao and several other injured people were supported by the officers and soldiers to stand up. The doctor carrying the medicine box seemed to have been waiting nearby for a long time, and began to treat their wounds in an orderly manner, cleaning and bandaging them.

Across the Royal Street, Zhan Zhao raised his hand and hugged Xu Gan with difficulty, thanking him for his help just now.Xu Gan just nodded slightly in response.Tan Zhifeng wanted to go over to check on Zhan Zhao's injury, to see if it was necessary for Shangshang to heal him, but Xu Gan seemed to have sensed his intentions, and held Tan Zhifeng's hand tighter, Tan Zhifeng knew that Xu Gan was not Wishing to let myself go away, I had to give up the idea.

At this time, someone shouted from the side: "Quick, master Wen Hui is here!" Tan Zhifeng couldn't help but slander, why did the famous Wen Hui go somewhere when they almost died just now, and now Bodu has escaped without a trace Without a trace, he appeared in front of everyone?

However, Tan Zhifeng was still very curious and wanted to see what this "master" looked like.He looked in the direction the people were pointing at, and upon seeing it, he was taken aback.A monk wearing a blue robe and holding a Buddhist staff led several disciples to the side of the severed head of the yellow snake. He was not as old as Tan Zhifeng imagined, but very young.He was not in a hurry to check the yellow snake, but raised his head to look in the direction of Xu Gan and Tan Zhifeng, looking at them with interest.Only then did Tan Zhifeng realize that this monk was very handsome and upright, blinking his phoenix eyes slyly, clasped his hands together, and bowed slightly to signal them.

Tan Zhifeng was wondering, but saw a leader of the forbidden army running over, looked at Xu Gan, then at Tan Zhifeng, and then said to Xu Gan, "Chang... Yushan?"

Xu Gan stood there indifferently, neither saying yes nor no.The man seemed to be convinced of this, and he said politely: "The officials heard that you killed the evil snake of the Xixia spies, and tamed the white elephant. Longyan was very happy. I ordered you to replace the white elephant's mahout, and bring Follow the elephant team, lead the holy driver to the outskirts to sacrifice, are you... willing to take the order?"

Xu Yan was still silent, but Tan Zhifeng asked curiously: "The officials? Do the officials know about it? After this happened, do you still want to move forward?"

The leader of the forbidden army smiled and said: "The official family is the real dragon emperor, how can they be afraid of these little thieves?! Those Xixia spies have also been captured by our forbidden army. Naturally, the official family will continue to go to the Taimiao to sacrifice. Otherwise, how can the people of Kaifeng feel at ease? Woolen cloth."

Tan Zhifeng looked at Xu Gan, the mask covered his face, Tan Zhifeng couldn't see his expression, but with Xu Gan's personality, he might refuse, Tan Zhifeng didn't want him to disobey the imperial decree and cause trouble, so he said: "Go Come on. How majestic it is to sit on top of a white elephant."

"Do you want to sit? Okay, brother will take you to sit." Xu Gan said, taking Tan Zhifeng with one hand and walking towards Bai Xiang.Tan Zhifeng didn't want himself to sit on the lotus throne that everyone was looking forward to, so he quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, the officials didn't let me sit, so you should sit alone. Besides, I don't know how to tame an elephant, so I might be scared Fall down……"

Before he finished speaking, the elephant made a low and gentle sound, and knelt down with its front hooves bent.Xu Yan embraced Tan Zhifeng, helped him climb up to the golden lotus throne, and then turned himself over and sat behind Tan Zhifeng.He took out the thin mask of the purple-shirted man from behind like a magic trick, and said to Tan Zhifeng, "What are you afraid of? I'm here with you. If you don't want others to see..."

Xu Gan turned his head and said to the leader of the forbidden army, "Can I borrow your helmet?"

Although Tan Zhifeng doesn't like to grab other people's helmets, under the eyes of everyone, he feels that the more tightly he covers, the better.He thanked him, and just put the helmet handed over by the man on his head, when he heard the neighing of the elephant under him, it raised its front hoof steadily, and led the two of them to stand up.

The thin clouds in the sky dissipate like light smoke, and as the morning sun rises, beams of sunlight shine on the tens of thousands of roof tiles in Kaifeng. The gorgeous colorful door in front, the wide and empty corner of Sangjiawazi; the inconspicuous tavern and the slightly narrow courtyard at the end of the narrow and winding wheat straw alley, all bathed in the brand new, warm winter solstice in the sun.

The morning glow is overwhelming, and the whole Kaifeng is like a sea of ​​gold, shimmering with sparkling waves.This unspeakable scenery made Tan Zhifeng feel extremely shocked. He leaned against Xu Gan's broad chest, feeling the slight warmth in the air after the sun rose, and also feeling Xu Gan's fiery, long breath behind him.He murmured: "Look, the morning sun shines in the king's palace and in the alleys of the poor, equally brilliant. The snow in front of the gate will also melt in early spring..."

Xu Gan held the copper hammer in his hand, but stretched out his other hand to hug him tightly. "Well said." He whispered: "Go, let's go home."

Tan Zhifeng smiled sideways, the morning breeze raised the veil on his face, the golden light reflected his outline softly and dazzlingly, Xu Gan almost stopped breathing.

"Okay." Tan Zhifeng said softly, he turned his head, and the figures of the two faced the rising sun, swayed on the elephant, and disappeared into the Suzaku Gate...