outside the imperial city

"Oh," Jing Lingshuo suddenly looked away, "I almost believed you."

"Ah? What?" Yao Fanglan didn't understand why, "Why do you believe me?"

"Believe in you, you really believe in me." Jing Shuo turned around and walked out, "I promise you. But, I am very unhappy, Yao Fanglan."

Until he disappeared outside the door, Yao Fanglan was still at a loss.The crisp birdsong told him the answer, the corners of Yao Zanglan's eyes twitched unnaturally, and he turned and flew out of the window.

"I almost succeeded just now," he stared indifferently at the person kneeling in front of him, "tell me, what's the matter?"

The visitor said: "His Royal Highness Li Wang sent a message, but have you read the letter?"

"I've seen it." Yao Zanglan's face was full of coldness and seriousness that was different from Jing Lingshuo's conversation, and with his back to the window, he said with his lips, "I have understood the whole story of the death of the former King Jinyuan and his wife, and then what? "

The person who came also responded with lip language: "His Royal Highness Li Wang said, as long as you hand over the letter to Jing Shuo, even if he will not become one of us, at least he will not help Bei Qianxiang."

"No, even if I give it to him, he might not believe it." Yao Fanglan refused without thinking.

The visitor said: "The letter was written by Jing Lingshuo's uncle himself. Even if he is a member of the Li Wang Party, Jing Lingshuo will believe it, because he will never make fun of his sister."

"No, I..."

"What are you resisting?"

The visitor raised his head, although his eyes were not indifferent, they were so severe that no one dared to refuse.Yao Fanglan was dazed, thinking that it was Bei Qianling who was looking at her.He calmed down and said, "Qianling, I'm sorry. But I don't want to let others suffer the same pain as me. If I can convince him, believe me."

"Master Yao, this is not something you would do." The visitor shook his head and changed his way of speaking, "I will bring your words to His Royal Highness Li Wang."

"Okay. Thank you for your hard work."

"One more thing," the visitor handed over a long bundle with both hands, "The Queen will arrive in Jiuge within ten days. There are things you may need here. Take care."

Yao Fanglan took the burden, in addition to some commonly used supplies of medicinal materials, there was also a long box made of sandalwood.No need to open it, Yao Fanglan knew that what was inside was his bow and arrow.

"Thank you Lord Li for me."

The visitor responded and left like a gust of wind.

The three of them stayed for two more days, and when Jing Junxi fully recovered, they set out on the road.

Because Yao Zanglan's horse was not as good as Jing Yanshuo's, there were three people in the party, and only one horse was left to ride.Jing Junshuo sat in front, Jing Junxi in second, and Yao Fanglan in third.Although there is one person between Jing and Yao, Jing Junxi is too young to support Yao Fanglan, so, inevitably, Yao Fanglan can only put his hands on Jing Shuo's waist, protecting him one by one. Jing Junxi.

Jing Lishuo gritted his teeth: "Yao Fanglan, if I can, I really want to throw you down." This feeling is so different from being attacked!

"Quiet your anger, my lord, calm down." Yao Zanglan cried in her heart.I'm not used to this either.

The air gradually became humid, and Jing Junxi, who completely ignored the childish quarrel between the two adults, murmured, "It's going to rain."

"So..." Yao Zanglan tugged at Jing Shuo's clothes, "My lord, let's stop here today. Let's find a place to stay first."

Jing Lingshuo was almost dragged off his horse by his tugging. He restrained his voice as much as possible, and said angrily, "Speak well, don't tug!"

"Sorry, it's full."

"I'm really sorry, please move to another inn."

"Sorry, sorry, full, full, excuse me."

"..." Yao Fanglan said helplessly, "It seems that it's going to rain and everyone is anxious to find a place to stay. What should I do?"

The emperor paid off, and the three finally found an inn with barely enough beds.

"Sorry, there are only two rooms left." The shop owner is an honest man, and he didn't intend to force them to stay for the sake of making money. "It might be crowded for three people. How about it? Do you want to stay?"

I don't know if there are any vacancies any further, and the heavy rain seems to be coming soon.Jing Jun Xi Fu recovered, afraid that he could not bear the cold, so Jing Shuo took out the money and said, "Stay."

In the process of going upstairs, Yao Fanglan patted Jing Junxi on the head: "Then, Junxi, I will trouble you to share a bed with your master."

"No," Jing Shuo said, "Jun Xi, you share a room with yourself, Yao Zanglan, you share a room with me."

Yao Fanglan and Jing Junxi said in unison: "Huh?"

"No, Master," Jing Junxi said, "If you sleep alone at night, you will..."

You will dream of your loved one dying in front of you.

"Junxi, didn't you say that you want to learn from me and become stronger?" Jing Shuo knelt down and touched Jing Junxi's face, "I have been sleeping by myself since I was six years old. Besides, this is the one I gave Your first class."

Jing Shuo stood up and opened the door for Jing Junxi: "There is some pain, I have to walk through it by myself. Otherwise, the injury will never heal."

Jing Junxi stepped into the door with one foot, then looked back at Yao Fanglan begging for help.

Yao Zanglan was extremely opposed to such a room arrangement at first, but after hearing Jing Lishuo's reasons, he was extremely in favor of such an arrangement.

He hooked the corner of his mouth: "We are next door, if there is danger, we will definitely save you."

Jing Junxi pouted in disappointment, entered the room reluctantly, and closed the door.

"After all, it's just a nine-year-old child." Seeing Jing Lingshuo's kind eyes, Yao Zanglan also smiled.Jing Lishuo looked like a child who had done something bad and was discovered by him, his face flushed slightly.

"What should we do?" Jing Shuo took off his outer shirt and sat on the edge of the bed, "Squeeze together?"

Yao Fanglan pretended to be surprised: "I thought you would let me sleep on the floor, my lord."

Jing Lingshuo asked back, "Would you know it?"

Yao Fanglan sat down on the table and chair by the window: "You sleep alone, I can just sit like this, and I can rest for a while."

Jing Ling Shuo Ruifeng picked it up: "What do you want to do while I'm asleep?"

"I'm wronged, my lord," Yao Fanglan made an exaggerated gesture, almost throwing himself to the ground, "Didn't I just do that twice in the past three or four months?"

Jing Lingshuo looked at him for a long time, then lay down, with his back turned to him: "It's up to you."

Looking at his back, Yao Fanglan's eyes softened quietly: "Ah Jing, thank you. I didn't tell the emperor about those two incidents."

Jing Shuo's back seemed to tremble: "How do you know I didn't tell?"

"I just know." Yao Fanglan's voice was soft, like a lullaby.

"I," Jing Yanshuo turned around, "I finished writing the report and sent it back to Jingyang without showing it to you."

Yao Fanglan said, "I know."

"then you……"

"I believe you won't invent it." Yao Zanglan blew out the candle, "I said before, you are kind. Go to sleep."

Jing Lingshuo turned sideways: "Hmph, this is another trick of yours to buy people's hearts."

You are not quite right.Yao Fanglan recited silently in her heart.

boom--

Torrential rain poured down.

"Mother," Xiaojing Yanshuo stretched out his hand and grabbed Jingyang's long hair, "When will Daddy come back?"

The continuous days of rain made Xiao Jing Shuo's voice sound weak: "It's so boring, I want to go out and play."

"Daddy has gone to see the emperor, shall we go to Qingshui Temple when he comes back?" Jing Yang fiddled with his little hands.

"Kiyomizu Temple? What are you doing at Kiyomizu Temple?"

"Go to Qingshui Temple and pray for the whole family, especially Shuo'er." Jingyang put Xiaojing Shuo's hand to his lips and kissed, "Pray that Shuo'er can do what he wants to do in the future, and everything goes smoothly. Also, you can find someone you love and love yourself.”

"What is love?" Xiaojing Lisuo opened her beautiful eyes wide.

"Do you love?" Jingyang said, "Love is when you are facing someone, your heart is pounding, you can't calm down, and you want to touch the other person more. When you are with the person you love, whether it is No matter how boring things are, you will feel extremely happy. When you fall in love with someone, you will be willing to give up everything for that person. Even, even if the world is destroyed, you will not hesitate. Maybe so, I can’t tell .In short, you will meet one day. When you meet, don’t run away from it. Because that is the best gift that God bestows on you.”

A sweet smile appeared on Jingyang's face, and she began to chant in a low voice: "When I Xu Jun with a heart, I can't forget this intention. Nothing in life is more affectionate, and the river is not as deep as the mountains, nor is it heavy."

Xiaojing Shuo couldn't understand the word, so he asked in a daze, "Does Mother love Daddy? How much do you love?"

Jingyang put her forehead against Xiao Jing Shuo's forehead: "Love. To what extent... I love him so much. If he dies, I will definitely go with him regardless."

Xiao Jing Shuo's eyes widened.Hearing that his parents would die, he burst into tears.Only then did Jingyang realize that he shouldn't have said these things to the child, touched his face, and said anxiously: "Suo'er, don't cry. Mother is wrong, okay?"

Jing Shuo had already seen what happened after that.

A dying father, a resolute mother, a mysterious drug...Jing Shuo was forced to go through the same thing again, until the moment Xiao Jing Shuo swallowed the drug.

boom--

There was another loud thunder.Jing Lingshuo sat up suddenly from the bed, looking around in shock.Yao Fanglan had been sitting in the corner watching him toss and turn for quite a while.Seeing that he woke up now, he said, "Have you had a nightmare?"

He seemed to lower his voice on purpose, this greeting sounded extra soft and reassuring.

"It's okay." Jing Lingshuo took a deep breath to calm down his heart.

Yao Zanglan stood up, added some inexplicable things to the incense burner on the table, and then lit the incense burner: "This is my homemade incense for calming the nerves. You are frightened, this thing is good for resting the mind." After speaking, she walked to the bed again , brought a glass of warm water, and handed it to Jing Shuo, "Take a sip, to calm down the shock."

Jing Lishuo glanced at Yao Fanglan, hesitated for a moment, then took the cup, and said solemnly, "Thank you, thank you." After speaking, he took a few sips.Warm water flowed into the abdomen, taking away the feeling that all internal organs had turned to ice.

"Okay." Yao Fanglan didn't let him drink too much, took a few sips, and took back the cup.He walked back to the table step by step, put down the water glass, fetched a handkerchief, and stretched it out in front of Jing Lingshuo: "Wipe off your sweat, be careful not to catch a cold."

Jing Lingshuo was still a little dizzy, he waved his hands and said, "Thank you, I'll do it myself."

Yao Zanglan sighed inaudibly, and regardless of Jing Lishuo's refusal, carefully wiped off the tiny beads of sweat on Jing Lishuo's face with a handkerchief.

It is true that the two of them did not get along with each other, but Yao Fanglan's actions tonight were really too enthusiastic.

Jing Lingshuo asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"

"I've had it too." Yao Fanglan said calmly, wiping his sweaty hands.

"What was there?"

"Cold rain, nightmare." Yao Fanglan put the veil aside, reached out and touched Jing Shuo's cheek, "Parents who died early."

Is he imitating his mother?Jing Lingshuo felt a warm current seep into his skin from the palm of his hand, and then into the bottom of his heart.It didn't even occur to him to push him away.

"Did your parents die young too?"

"Ah." Yao Zanglan took off her outer shirt, squeezed onto the bed, and squeezed into Jing Lingshuo's quilt.The two faced each other, and they almost hugged each other, but no one thought that they were on the opposite side of the line, and they should be sworn enemies.

On this cold rainy night, two children who lost their parents cuddled together.

"When I was eight years old, someone came to my house and killed my father. The whole family, except my mother, me, and my sister, from the previous generation of patriarchs to the servants and servants, was not spared. My mother ran out, three days and three days. He didn't sleep all night, sent me to Jingyang, handed me over to today's Li Wang Beiqianling, and then rushed home to save my sister, and finally died of exhaustion."

Jing Lingshuo's body trembled.There are similarities between the experiences of the two.Perhaps it should not be said to be an experience, it was just a dream.

"My younger sister was protected from death under her own corpse by my father, and then handed over to the neighbors by my mother, and barely survived." Yao Zanglan's tone was as calm as if she was telling someone else's story, "Jishuo, Jiuge, that's my hometown."

Jing Lishuo was startled, and suddenly felt a soft object stuck to his forehead.

It was Yao Fanglan who kissed him, just like a mother comforting her child. "Go to sleep."

A faint herbal fragrance wafted over, whether it was sandalwood or Yao Zanglan's body fragrance, Jing Lishuo closed his eyes in peace.It's like, in the dark, someone gently holds your hand and says softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here too."

Seeing that he was fast asleep, Yao Fanglan got up again and put on his outer shirt again.

The letter in his arms began to heat up, causing him pain.

Another sleepless night.