Qizhou

Before midnight, the He Mansion, which had been quiet for a long time, was brightly lit.

He Qizhou held up Ci Nian and asked him to take the last lantern under the eaves out of his hands. The little fox lit up the lantern in his hand and hung it back solemnly. Only the inside and outside of this place can be regarded as truly bright.

It was snowing outside the house, and Bi Nian's hands were red from the cold. The two hung up the lanterns and immediately entered the house. The kitchen hadn't been turned on for a long time, and there were no ingredients available.He Qizhou set up a stove in the house to boil water to make tea. The two searched the house for a long time, but they only found a few packets of candied fruit.

Ci Nian removed the oil paper seal, poured two dried apricots into his hands, and threw them into his mouth.

He Qizhou poured tea for him, put it aside as usual, let it cool for seven minutes, and then handed it to him.

Ci Nian swallowed the preserved fruit in his mouth, rolled his eyes, and looked around the house: "Is this your home?"

He Qizhou smiled and said, "You found me here, and you didn't say come in and take a look?"

"Of course it's more important to see you first." He said this so naturally that he didn't even need to think about it. He took a small plate, poured all the candied fruit on the table into it, and stacked them one by one until they formed a pile. small mountain.

He Qizhou wanted to ask him a lot of questions, but he didn't know where to ask them. The two of them stared at the candied fruit mountain for a long time before raising their heads and looking at the person opposite: "Why don't you ask me. "

He Qizhou smiled slightly, propped his chin with both hands, and breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm afraid you will be angry with me because you only have candied fruit to eat. And..."

"If you can come to me, I have nothing to ask."

Ci Nian's hands shaking the candied fruit, the last one was crooked, and the mountain of candied fruit that was well piled up suddenly collapsed in half. He curled his lips, stuffed the troublesome candied fruit into his mouth, stood up suddenly, and lifted the stool , moved in front of He Qizhou.Now, they were facing each other, knee to knee.He Qizhou looked at those eyes with stars, and couldn't laugh or cry: "You don't blame me for the collapse of your mountain. Could it be that you still have to settle accounts with me for this matter?"

"Comb your hair." Ci Nian kicked his legs, turned his body around, turned his back to He Qizhou, and scratched his hair, "Help me."

He Qizhou was taken aback for a moment, and replied, "Okay."

Ci Nian's hair was a little wet, perhaps because the snowflakes fell on his head and melted quietly, adding a layer of tenderness to the soft hair.Before he had time to pick up the comb, He Qizhou used his hands instead, running his fingertips through the cold black hair, occasionally rubbing against the two snow-white ears on Ci Nian's head, he combed, and enjoyed it, waiting for the high ponytail to be tied up, Both of them let out a long sigh of relief.

He Qizhou smiled and said, "I'll comb your hair for you. Is it still tiring for you?"

Ci Nian said: "It took me two days to come here from Sichuan."

He Qizhou said: "What are you in such a hurry for? Isn't the incense in Zhuxi Village bad?"

"Because I know you are in danger." Ci Nian turned around, and became face to face with him again, "If you don't ask, then I will tell you myself! Listen carefully!"

He Qizhou smiled: "Yes, I listened."

"I have cleaned up the evil spirit in the back mountain. I walked in a hurry, maybe I didn't work very meticulously, but the remaining Zhuqing has been educated by me, and I won't go down the mountain to bully the villagers again."

"Can you still teach Zhuqing?"

Resignation was interrupted, a little dissatisfied, he widened his eyes and raised his fist: "Convince people with virtue."

He Qizhou quickly shut up: "Okay, convince people with virtue, you continue."

"Every half a month, you will send me a letter from Chang'an. After I receive it, I will write back to you. You told me that this pigeon is very powerful and can go back and forth within a day, so every time I receive , will write a reply letter as quickly as possible, and then let it fly back. Until I receive the last letter you sent me." Ci Nian said, "Whether it is from the handwriting or the tone of the letter, I can't read it. There is nothing wrong with it, but when I received it, I still felt that something was wrong."

He Qizhou said: "What's wrong?"

"In your last reply, you said that as soon as it snowed in Chang'an, you would draw me a picture, but when the pigeons flew over that day, the letterbox was cold and water-stained, but you didn't draw me a snow scene. "Ci Nian said, "If you can write me a letter, why can't you draw a picture for me? I unfolded the letters you sent and compared them one by one, only to find that not only the pictures, but also the subtleties of some words changed."

"It's amazing, little fairy."

"I thought at the time, you must have encountered some kind of trouble, which prevented you from getting out and painting for me." Ci Nian fiddled with the corner of his clothes, "When I thought about this, I began to worry, if you are so powerful Everyone is trapped, it must be something big, you are afraid that I will be frightened because I can't receive your letter, so let me write a letter to report my safety."

Ci Nian suddenly frowned, and said seriously: "But I won't feel safe in this way."

He Qizhou nodded obediently, and admitted: "I really have such thoughts, but I am not in danger."

"When I received the letter, I immediately went up the mountain with my sword in hand, cleaned up the evil spirit, beat up the bamboo greens, and forced them to make a promise... Then, I took the pigeon you sent, cleaned it up Packed things, and walked all the way to Chang'an."

He Qizhou asked: "When you set off, did you bring money for the carriage?"

Ci Nian shook his head: "I didn't take a carriage, the carriage was too slow. I let the pigeons fly in front, and I ran with it. Human legs run too slowly, so I ran on four legs..." Before Ci Nian finished speaking, His hand was grabbed by He Qizhou, and the man squeezed his thin wrist, with a look of worry in his eyes: "Running so far...are you hurt?"

"A little bit, I found a place to sleep for a day, and it's much better." Ci Nianyi grinned, but didn't take back his hand, "After I arrived in Chang'an, I followed the pigeon all the way and found a yard. But the plaque at the gate of the courtyard said General’s Mansion. I thought to myself that if your official is not called General, it should not be your home. I just wanted to leave, but I didn’t know where to go. I thought about it, and I could only ask They all asked the pigeons."

Upon hearing this, He Qizhou was overjoyed, and he said, "How else can you ask the pigeon?"

Ci Nian immediately said: "I quarreled with chickens in your yard, you forgot!"

He Qizhou hurriedly said: "I have never forgotten, I dare not forget!"

"I inquired a lot before I found out the whole story. The pigeons told me that you were locked up because you were bullied by an official called... the prime minister, but I asked them that you were locked up. Where, they said they didn’t know. But they knew where the person who oppressed you lived, and I thought to myself, I must catch that image and convince people with virtue!” When Ci Nian said this, he raised his hand again. His fist, He Qizhou's eyes were bent with a smile, he quickly covered Ci Nian's fist with both hands, and responded in a voice: "Yes, then what?"

"When I got to that prime minister's mansion, I found that there were too many people in this place, so many people were staring at him, wouldn't it be too conspicuous if I rushed in and beat him up! Besides, he just bullied you, I'll beat him up, he will definitely think that I stand up for you, and I can't see you again, what if he secretly hates you and trips you up again!" Ci Nian analyzed seriously , halfway through the analysis, I still didn't forget to grab a candied fruit from the table and stuff it into my mouth, "Well, so I asked the bird under the eaves of Xiangfu for news."

It turns out that these ins and outs are all found out from the beaks of birds one after another... People always feel that they are the master of all things. In the eyes of the creatures of heaven and earth, it cannot be pushed away or taken off.When He Qizhou heard this, he admired Ci Nian's intelligence from the bottom of his heart.

"After I inquired clearly, I realized that this man has a big secret, which is hidden in his pillow. And in the backyard, there is an underground treasure house, and the birds can look at it every day. Something was shipped in. I thought to myself, you are also an official, why don’t you have so many things? If so, then his things must have come from a wrong way.” Ci Nian analyzed it clearly, “They are all officials, I must be most afraid of the emperor! Then I will dig out all his things and go to the palace, let the emperor see what big treasures are in his treasure house, and see what important secrets are hidden in his pillow !"

Speaking of this, Ci Nian wondered: "So what secret is hidden in that pillow?"

After working together for a long time, the little fox didn't know what was hidden in the pillow. He just analyzed step by step in order to get his breath out, and finally came up with a plan to throw all these things into the palace. Spirits and monsters are good at hiding, not to mention that they have been laying the groundwork in the palace for a long time, and the prime minister has long been flattered that he is so carried away that he doesn't know things.

The right time, place and people are harmonious, oh no, the fox is harmonious.He Qizhou thought about it, but actually laughed: "Those things are trivial."

"How can it be a trivial matter!" Ci Nian said, "You are locked up, I can't see you, this is a big matter. When I was in the village, I thought about countless things to do after seeing you. You said that Chang'an Daddy, then you must take me to the market, treat me to drink good tea and eat delicious food, and the clothes in Chang'an must be very beautiful, so you must take me to buy them! But I came here in such a hurry, not only what None, even the New Year's Eve dinner is only this..."

When Ci Nian said this, his tone was a little bit aggrieved. He spread his hands and let He Qizhou look at the small dried apricot in his palm.He Qizhou took his hand and gently kissed away the red dried apricot. His soft lips brushed against the palm lines, and he shivered, but his face was hotter than his palm: "Why are you... just say it if you can't say it." But don't be so scary."

"I'm happy." He Qizhou said softly. He took up that white hand and put it on his cheek. After all, the palm of his hand is a palm, and it can't be compared with the delicate cheek, but the slightly trembling hand is still here. In the cold winter night, he warmed up the restless heart in his chest, "I am happy to see you in Chang'an. I am very happy to be with you on New Year's Eve."

Ci Nian didn't know whether he should withdraw his hand. He leaned forward and looked at He Qizhou's face. There was light in the man's eyes, which even the smooth eyelashes could not block. The little fox moved his fingers and suddenly felt The air between the two was too sticky, and he was stuck here, unable to move.

My palms were almost sweating.

Ci Nian gritted his teeth, and withdrew the hand that was held in that man's arms.He spread out his arms and hugged the person in front of him forcefully, like the last hug they had when they parted in Zhuxi Village.Ci Nian described the experience of these two days in detail, but forgot to say the most important sentence hidden in the gap.

He buried his head on He Qizhou's shoulder, choked for a long time, and finally murmured as if complaining: "Master Dao, I miss you so much."