Do not kiss the king

"It's over, it's over..."

The door was closed tightly, and a black-haired fairy was holding the cat around.

"Gu Cong called back the demon army...to rebel with Fang Shiyun..."

"The demon world and the human world have always lived independently..."

"But if people and demons really fight, Chi Jinnian has no chance of winning."

He put the cat in his arms on the blanket, with a sad face,

"What I want is peace in the world, and no more dying."

"How did it become like this..."

Sanqing took a deep breath, and his eyes suddenly became firmer.

Then he stood up abruptly, stroked his face with his hand, and turned back into the old man.

"Swipe" to open the door, and the little student just knelt down in front of the door with his food in hand, looking up at him with wide eyes.

"Master, hey, where is Master going—"

The little apprentice turned his head in confusion, watching the old man walking like flying, stretching his hand upwards, attracting a crane, and disappearing at the end of the veranda.

He froze in place, too scared to speak.

After a long time, he suddenly realized.

Master really has some supernatural power on him.

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"Order to go down, all the troops are on alert."

"Send someone to smear the juice of the Bana flower on the weapon, and the soldiers wear the Bana flower sachet."

Chi Jinnian stood in front of the window with a dark face.

The general of the bodyguard flag received the order, but still had a sad expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, Gu Cong summoned the demon army away, and now we don't have a single demon left."

Chi Jinnian didn't look at him, with his hands behind his back, his eyes were cold and piercing,

"He and Fang Shiyun are both demons after all."

"If the demon wants to oppose me, then it will."

"If you can't beat it, you still have to fight."

"Until I, Chi Jinnian, close my eyes, they can't step on my head."

The general of the bodyguard flag lowered his eyes in grief, and retreated.

Chi Jinnian was still standing in front of the window, looking at the sly Yue outside the window.

So far, he is not surprised.

After all, everyone who should leave must leave.

Those who can't stay don't need to stay.

Even if Cruciatus.

Suddenly, a white figure appeared in the sky.

His pupils trembled slightly, watching the fairy riding a white crane getting closer and closer, and finally stopped in front of his window.

"What are you doing."

He was not afraid, and looked directly at the fairy.

The fairy sighed softly.

"I'll help you."

Chi Jinnian's eyes dimmed, and he looked at the fairy,

"Why help me?"

Sanqing averted his eyes a little guilty, stroked the white crane's neck with one hand,

"I won't help you, how can you defeat that evil spirit with just this mortal body?"

"Defend this country for you, not because of you, but because of..."

Sanqing's tone was weak, sounding tired,

"I can't let evil things be emperors, and I can't let them rule the world."

"The demon world and the human world have always been safe and sound. It was you Chi Jinnian who started the demon army to seize the throne."

"That's why Chi Jinnian," Sanqing said with a serious expression, "You have too much evil."

"In this life, it is doomed not to have both."

"Once you get the throne, you can't ask for anything else."

Chi Jinnian took a deep breath and clenched his fingers under his sleeves.

He withdrew his gaze from the fairy's face,

"It's okay."

"That person, I have long lost."

In this life, I will no longer ask for it.

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There is no snow in the desert in winter.

Gu Cong opened the curtain, and saw the small and exquisite young man sitting on a low stone wall with his thin back.

The son is thinner than before, and it seems that it will fall apart if you touch it lightly.

There is no clear light in the young master's eyes, and there is no smile on his face.

Gu Cong's eyes dimmed.

The son's sanity is not very clear.

He understood that the strong string in his heart was finally broken.

"Young Master Ruan."

Gu Cong walked over and sat next to the young master.

The young master didn't look at him, without any expression or movement.

Gu Cong took out the bow and arrow in his hand and put them on his lap,

"Want to try shooting the moon?"

Gu Cong smiled, trying his best to hide his sad gaze whenever he touched the young master's face.

Ruan Yuan lowered his head, his eyelashes trembled suddenly when he saw the bow and arrow.

The moonlight shone on him, and the cold winter wind blew his hair at the temples mercilessly, making his already fair face even paler.

He slowly raised his hand, holding the cold bowstring.

It's cold, and it's still cold after holding it for a long time.

The chill penetrated into my heart, and the memory frozen in my mind was firmly fixed.

"Master Gu."

The son said softly,

"I was raised as a girl since I was a child, and I didn't speak in front of outsiders, and I didn't ride horses and shoot arrows."

"I have never touched a horse, nor have I touched an arrow."

He looked up at the moon hanging high in the desert,

"The moon is so beautiful, why shoot it down?"

"With the moon gone, I can't see anything."

Gu Cong looked at him, his heart suddenly burst.

Unspeakable pain overflowed his whole body with the outflow of blood, and his tears could only be hidden under the darkness of night.

How much he wanted to tell this young man how he used to ride on a horse with his hair tied up, how he hit the bull's-eye with his chin up.

He used to love this desert passionately, how he stood on the sand dunes, looking forward to leaving people and returning.

But he can no longer see those white pigeons, and he can't wait for the prince who disappeared on the edge of the desert.

So his heart died.

All the happiness related to the prince was forgotten by him.

Gu Cong lowered his head and sucked his nose.

Don't think about it if you can.

When he looked up again, there was a smile on his face,

"You don't know how to shoot arrows, I can teach you."

"I think you'll learn quickly."

The little boy looked down again, but finally returned the bow and arrow to Gu Cong.

"Master Gu."

He smiled for a long time, polite but distant,

"I don't want to learn."

"I also... can't pull this bow."

Gu Cong was stunned for a moment, put the bow and arrow aside, shook his head,

"It's okay."

"Are you cold, let's go back."

Ruan Yuan turned his head back and stopped looking at him, his voice was like water and ethereal,

"I don't feel cold anymore."

"I can't feel a lot of things."

"Mr. Gu, this afternoon, I saw two girls playing around the Populus euphratica tree, laughing happily."

"I want to know when I can laugh like this."

The smile on Gu Cong's face became ferocious, his eyes were red,

"Fang Shiyun gave you the medicine to take care of your body, drink it well."

"I will be happy in the future."

Even if he knew, the door of this little boy's heart had been locked long ago.

No one can go in anymore.

No one can make him happy.

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In the spring, the young master's body was not doing well.

The young master was lying on the couch, with blue eye circles and pale lips.

He has not gone out to see the spring in the desert for several days.

After all, the desert has only this little color.

Gu Cong lifted the curtain and came in, helping the young master to sit up straight.

Ruan Yuan never knew where to take out a beautiful hairpin, held it in his hand, smiled,

"I heard from those people outside that we are leaving here."

"Master Gu, are we going to find someone?"

Gu Cong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously tightened his fingers. He didn't speak for a while, but his eyes were glued to the son's thin face.

Ruan Yuan didn't look at him, and continued talking on his own, with a very soft voice,

"My body is exhausted."

"But brother Fang said, let me hold on."

"He said he was going to take me to meet someone."

Ruan Yuan suddenly stretched out his hand and placed the hairpin in Gu Cong's palm,

"I was in a daze and couldn't remember many things."

"But I can feel that this person is very important to me."

"I feel it too..."

His voice paused, and Gu Cong's tears burst into tears.

"I've dragged this body to this day just to see him."

Gu Cong was still speechless, and the small sobs overflowed from his throat uncontrollably.

Ruan Yuan gently grabbed his finger,

"Young Master Gu, I want to ask you one thing."

"Before I leave here, can you find someone to dress me up for me?"

"Since he is an important person, how can I let him see me like this?"

Gu Cong shook his hand back and smiled,

"What nonsense."

"What the hell is running out, you're doing fine."

He gathered the son's black hair and fixed it with pearl hairpins,

"If you want to do your makeup, I'll find someone to do it for you."

"However, you look good in any way."

Ruan Yuan smiled, and let Gu Cong tidy up the broken hair around his ears.

The early spring wind beats the leaves of Populus euphratica, and there is a hidden pigeon singing in the distance, looming.

When the young master left the desert again, his body was as thin as a fallen leaf.

But the smile on his face was calm, and the anticipation accumulated on the corners of his lips finally intensified as they approached Huajing.

He doesn't remember Chi Jinnian anymore.

But that indelible shadow gradually came alive amidst the weak heartbeat.

Just one side can overturn the world, and then completely dry up.

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"what?!"

Li Wuyue widened her eyes, subconsciously hugged the boy in her arms tightly,

"Demon Army?"

She stood up, handed the child to Xiao Luo without thinking, and walked quickly to Qi Chengdian, meeting the emperor's eyes for a long time.

"Your Majesty! Who is the demon army in the northwest?!"

"Fang Shiyun..." Her chest heaved and fell due to excitement, her eyes were full of anxiety, "Or Gu Cong?"

Chi Jinnian put down the brush, without changing his face,

"What's the difference?"

Li Wuyue almost couldn't stand still, suddenly the face of that little boy appeared in front of her eyes, she was speechless.

Chi Jinnian looked away, didn't look at her again, and said in a deep voice,

"If the demon rebels, then the demon will descend."

"After all, they can't move this country."

"Come here, take the queen back."

The maid next to her responded and came over to support Li Wuyue.

Li Wuyue stared blankly at the calm emperor behind the desk, only felt that his pupils were getting darker, and his eyes were colder than ever before.

It was so cold that it could freeze the entire desert in an instant.

It was so cold that the shackles of memory were also severely strangled.

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The author has something to say:

Ruan Yuan: "I'm going to meet someone."

Chi Jinnian: "If you want to see me, you have to see me well. What's the matter?"

Ruan Yuan: "What is a good place?"

Chi Jinnian: "In good health and red makeup, come and be my phoenix."