They say it's sick

At dawn, there were no people on the streets, it was quiet and desolate.

Yun Zhi leaned on the carriage, looking at the gate of Huai'an Palace across the street, while talking to the coachman without saying a word.

The morning breeze was slightly cool, blowing on his face, making the coachman shudder uncontrollably. He glanced at the gray sky above his head, and was about to persuade Yun Zhi to wait in the car, when the gate of the palace suddenly opened from the inside, almost At the same time, the person who was lazily leaning beside him just now had already arrived at the gate of the palace.

Li Yan didn't expect this person to wait directly at the gate of the palace, so he hurried out: "Why don't you wait in the car?"

Seeing his appearance, Yun Zhi frowned, smiled and said, "No hurry, I have plenty of clothes."

He folded his hands in the fox fur, with a hood on his head, only half of his face was exposed, his eyes were clear and bright, just like the first time he saw him.

It's just that the young master Yun at that time brought a little dignity that people couldn't get close to, but now he is still noble, but he is the person closest to him in this world.

Li Yan was dazed for a moment, then bent his lips and smiled.

Seeing his footsteps pause slightly, Yun Zhi was a little surprised, tilted her head to look at him, although she didn't know why his eyes were smiling, she also laughed along with her: "What's wrong?"

Li Yan shook his head lightly, and walked up to Yun Zhi in a few steps: "I've been waiting for a long time!"

"Fortunately, it's not too long..." Yun Zhi stretched out a hand, reached under Li Yanhu fur and hooked his hand very naturally, "It's cold outside, get in the carriage first."

Li Yan held his fidgeting fingers in his palm: "Okay..."

The carriage was still the one that went to Pingzhou before, and the numerous books before were removed, making it more spacious and comfortable.

As soon as Li Yan sat down, there was an extra quilt on his lap, and a sleeve stove was stuffed in his arms.

Holding the sleeve stove, he was a bit dumbfounded, but he didn't say anything more when he saw Shang Yunzhi's gaze, he just pulled him to the side and sat down: "Let's go?"

"Hmm..." Yun Zhi gave instructions to the outside of the car, leaned against Li Yan, and yawned lazily, "It's been a long time since I woke up so early."

Li Yan sat a little lower, untied the fox fur and held him in his arms: "Then why don't you come back later?"

"Because I want..." Yun Zhi turned her head and looked at Li Yan with a smile, "I want you to stay with me from morning to night on your birthday!"

Li Yan took his hand and nodded earnestly: "Okay, not only on birthdays, but also every day from now on."

"Although it's hard to do, but I'm serious..." Yun Zhi covered her lips and yawned again, then rested her pillow on Li Yan's shoulder again, "I'll sleep for a while, call me when I arrive."

As a rule, Li Yan didn't ask Yunzhi where he was going that day, but based on the time he set for departure, it probably wasn't a nearby place, at least not in the city.

Sure enough, the carriage left the palace and ran for a while on the main road in the city before arriving at the south gate. With the sign of the palace, it went out of the city smoothly without saying a word, and headed south along the official road.

But it was not as far as expected, and it didn't even deviate from the official road. After driving smoothly for half an hour, the bumpy carriage stopped, and the person who had been sleeping peacefully on Li Yan's shoulder opened his eyes, and the voice With residual drowsiness: "Are you there?"

The coachman's voice sounded from outside: "My lord, the carriage in front can't get on, so you and Mr. Li have to walk."

Yun Zhi replied: "Okay, let's walk, I heard people say that this is the only way to show sincerity."

"Xincheng?" Li Yan was slightly startled, and opened the curtain to look out, only to find that there was a Taoist temple outside the car, "This is..."

"Qingyun Temple..." Yun Zhi straightened up, and fastened the fox fur for Li Yan, "I heard that it is the place with the most incense around the capital."

"I know..." Li Yan looked at him with slight hesitation, "I mean, why did you come here?"

"Brother Li heard people say that this place is very spiritual. If you come here to burn incense on your birthday, you will be safe and sound for the next year..." Yun Zhi said, and she had already lifted the curtain of the car and leaned out more than half of her body, "I just want to Just come over and say goodbye, just to make a good fortune at that time."

Li Yan pursed his lips and did not answer.

Yun Zhi never believed in ghosts and gods, even when they lived on the mountain in summer, he went to listen to scriptures when he was bored, and never thought of going to the main hall to burn incense for Sanqing. But I made a special trip to get up early today, just for the phrase "peace and safety".

Yun Zhiren arrived outside the car but didn't see Li Yan coming down for a long time, and asked with some doubts: "Xuan Zhi?"

Li Yan lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the hand reaching out to the side of the carriage, smiled slightly, and covered it: "Here we come..."

This Taoist temple is incensed by the people in the capital, and there are various gifts from dignitaries on weekdays, so it is much more spacious and rich than the unnamed small Taoist temple in the mountain before.

Just from the mountain gate to the main hall, you have to walk through several long stone steps. Even so, there are still many pilgrims in the temple.

Yun Zhi thought that he had gone out early enough, but after entering the mountain gate, he found that many people who had burned incense had turned back from the top of the mountain. Laughing at himself for not being sincere enough, he dragged Li Yan up the mountain along the stone steps.

The weather is beautiful, it is a rare sunny day, the sun rises higher and higher, and the more beautiful it is, although it still can't dispel the chill, it matches the blue sky and white clouds around, making people feel good just by looking at it.

The weather was still slightly cold, but Yun Zhi and Li Yan were both wrapped in thick fox fur, especially Li Yan was wearing a sleeve stove in his arms, walking slowly all the way, he didn't feel how cold it was.

Compared with the pilgrims who came and went in a hurry or were full of thoughts, the two of them seemed very leisurely. They talked without saying a word while walking. It took nearly half the time to reach the top of the mountain than others.

Sanqing Hall, the main hall of Qingyun Temple, stands on the top of this mountain. In winter, the common people are more relaxed, and more people come to offer incense.Yun Zhi and Li Yan walked around outside the gate of the hall, and waited for the people in the hall to come out before entering together.

The hall is very quiet, the Sanqing is enshrined in the center, and it looks solemn and mysterious in the fragrant mist.

Yun Zhi slightly raised his head and stared at the tall god statue. After a long time, he turned his gaze to look at the quiet Li Yan beside him, and then knelt down on the soft cushion in front of him.

He still doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas, but he also knows that there are many things in this world that cannot be changed by himself, such as life and death.That being the case, why not pray and ask for hope?

With that in mind, he closed his eyes and folded his hands in front of his chest.

There are always many desires in life, but for Yun Zhi at the moment, the most urgent wish is still only one—hope that the person beside him can be safe and healthy.

Li Yan looked at Yunzhi without blinking for a while, then knelt down on the soft cushion beside him, and then closed his eyes.

The two made good wishes one after the other, got up, offered incense and left the palace gate together.

Yun Zhi pulled Li Yan's hand, felt the warm palm and nodded in satisfaction: "What wish did you make?"

"It's the same as the previous time on the mountain..." Li Yan turned his head to look at Yun Zhi, "What about you?"

"What a coincidence..." Yun Zhi laughed, "Me too."

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that they were all the same, and they had already regarded each other as their greatest concern before they could see through their own thoughts.

Because they got up early enough and there was still plenty of time to finish the incense, the two simply decided to have a fast meal in the temple before returning.

After all, Qingyun Temple is still in the world, and it always has to receive some dignitaries who come to worship, so it can't be as extraordinary and refined as the Taoist priests in the mountains. The dishes can also be prepared with excellent color and taste, which makes it difficult for Yun Zhi, who is always picky about food, to be satisfied. He and Li Yan walked around in the temple again before getting on the carriage back to the city.

On a rare sunny day, there are far more pedestrians in the market than usual, and the noise of vendors coming and going is endless, and the bustle outside can be felt through the carriage.

Yun Zhi asked the coachman to find a place to stop, and pulled Li Yan, who was so tightly wrapped that even the hood was on his head, with only half of his face exposed, out of the carriage.

Since returning to the capital, Li Ji rarely even went out of his room, and never even went out of the gate of the palace. He didn't find it disturbing to see the bustling street market all of a sudden, but found it interesting.

Maybe it's because I've been with Yunzhi for a long time, and I can understand more and more how precious it is for the common people to live in peace like this.

While he was thinking about it, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder from behind. Li Yan turned his head subconsciously, and was facing a bunch of red candied haws.

"Just now you looked over there..." Yun Zhi pointed to the hawker selling candied haws not far away, "I just wanted to buy it to make you happy."

Li Yan looked at him, then looked down at the candied haws in his hand.

In fact, he has never eaten this kind of thing until now, and he has never shown the slightest interest in this kind of thing.

Even when I was young, I went to the town by chance and saw someone hawking on the street, and I would not take a second look—why bother to think about what I can’t get.

But now, because of how unintentionally he glanced at it, someone made a special trip to buy it just to make him happy.

Li Yan lowered his head and took a bite of the candied haws. The sweet and sour taste spread in his mouth. He bent his eyes and handed the candied haws to Yun Zhi's mouth: "Let's eat together..."

Yun Zhi lowered her head and took a bite too.

After all, the capital city is not as cold as Liaobei. The rock candy on the candied haws is not completely frozen, and the entrance is a bit sticky, which is fine for Li Yan, but it is difficult to satisfy the always picky Young Master Yun.

He swallowed the hawthorn in his mouth, and commented unceremoniously: "The candied haws in Youzhou are the best!"

His tone was slightly raised, with an undisguised dislike for the candied haws in front of him. Li Yan heard it funny, and asked deliberately: "How delicious?"

"Hmm..." Yunzhi thought for a while, "The hawthorns are bigger than this one, and they are all bright red and plump. Dig out the core of the fruit inside, wrap it in a thin and even circle in boiled golden syrup, and put it outside. Cool, crispy to the bite, sweet and sour in the mouth, with a bit of icy teeth."

He said that his thoughts were a little wandering, and many old memories slowly came to mind, "I like to stay in bed since I was a child, especially when the weather is cold in winter. I served a piece of candied haws and asked him to stand beside my bed to eat, and intentionally bit it into a crunchy shape. I was young and didn’t have much concentration, and I couldn’t help but crawl after a while.

After getting up, he reluctantly went to practice, and then went to his eldest brother to ask for a bunch of candied haws that he had prepared long ago.

Later, my mother found out that eating too much of this food was not beneficial, and ordered the mansion not to buy it again except for the New Year's Day, so I gradually ate less. "

When Yun Zhi was talking, Li Yan embraced his shoulder very naturally, and patted him lightly as if comforting: "After that, I will go to Youzhou, and you will take me to eat."

"It doesn't matter to me, but mother may not agree, she will definitely say that you are weak, and eating too much of these will hurt your health..." Yunzhi looked at him with a smile, "But she should be able to let go during the New Year's Eve , when the time comes, I will take you and Shu'er to the street to eat slowly."

"Okay..." Li Yan didn't mind if he deliberately put himself and Yun Shu together, "As long as Yun Shu doesn't deliberately eat beside my bed, I'm afraid I can't help but get up and grab it."

Yun Zhi subconsciously thought of that scene, and then couldn't help laughing. Li Yan was not in a hurry, and waited quietly while eating candied haws slowly.

When Yun Zhi finally stopped laughing, Li Yan had just finished eating a hawthorn, and fed the candied haws to Yun Zhi's mouth: "Although it's not as delicious as the one in Youzhou, but it's okay, let's eat some more?"

"Okay..." Yunzhi bit a hawthorn very eloquently, pointed to the front and said vaguely, "Go ahead."

Li Yan still held Yunzhi's shoulders, and nodded slightly: "Okay..."

They had wandered around the streets and alleys of the capital together before, but they had just been together at that time, and they were so focused on each other that they had no time to pay attention to the surroundings.

It's different now, I still care about each other, but I know how to enjoy all the things I have experienced with each other.

The streets in the capital city are busier than those in Youzhou and Pingzhou. There are all kinds of restaurants, teahouses, antiques and miscellaneous goods, and there are all kinds of stalls along the street.

The two of them had nothing to do, so they wandered one by one, and soon Li Yan found out.Whenever he looked at the things twice more, when he turned his head, they would appear in Yunzhi's hands. Although they were all small objects, they were quite rewarding when accumulated. Li Yan couldn't laugh or cry. When he touched the lantern by accident, he finally couldn't help but say something to stop him: "Isn't it just a random stroll, why do you buy so many things?"

"I've been thinking about what to give you as a birthday gift for the past few days..." Yun Zhi paid the money and took the lantern and put it in Li Yan's hand, "I know you don't need anything now, and you didn't lack anything in the past." It can’t make up for it. But I still think that as long as I buy one more, when you see this thing again in the future, you will not think of the embarrassment when you were a child, but think of me.”

Li Yan held the lantern tightly in his palm, and intertwined Yun Zhi's fingers with the other hand: "From the day I met you, I will never think of those again."

"That's good..." Yun Zhi shook the hands they held, "Look at the front."

So they continued to shop and buy, and Li Yan didn't stop him anymore, so that when the two of them returned home, all kinds of trivial things almost filled up half the carriage. Chen Jin heard the movement, and saw this picture was silent It took a long time before he spoke: "Which store did you evacuate?"

"Which store can have so many things?" Yun Zhi jumped out of the carriage first, helped Li Yan out of the carriage, and then directed to the driver, "Don't unload the cart, just send it to the palace."

Chen Jin looked at the carriage, then at Li Yan, and finally turned to Yun Zhi and couldn't help clapping his hands to show his admiration.

It was just getting dark, and the house was lit with candles, and the lights were brightly lit.

Chen Jin was the most knowledgeable about current affairs and knew that this day was special, so he sent the two of them back to the room after chatting for a few words, and asked Yun Li to bring the food and drinks that he had prepared earlier, and closed the room from the outside Door.

Compared with the last time I came here, a lot of changes have taken place in Yunzhi's room.The books that had been piled all over the floor before had been reorganized and neatly stacked on the shelves.

There are a few separate books on the desk, which seem to be the ones that Yun Zhi is reading recently, and some books are being spread out, as if they were read last night.

Li Yan picked up the book casually and flipped through it, and found that it was the Art of War, and asked casually, "How did you clean it up?"

Yun Zhi changed out of the robe she had been wearing all day but was wrapped in fox fur without even a speck of dust on it, turned around and took a look: "Because I finally figured out that remembering that a person doesn't necessarily need these things will disappear sooner or later." traces, but by..."

He raised his hand and tapped his head lightly with his index finger, "Here..."

Li Yan looked at him for a while, then nodded slightly.

Someone knocked on the door of the room between the two of them talking, and Yun Li led someone to bring over the food and drinks.

The menu was drawn up by Yunzhi early on. It was gradually discovered during the months of getting along with Li Yan, who is hardly picky eaters, that he prefers a few dishes, plus some delicious pastries, a well-made soup, and an extra mud The stove is used to warm the wine.

Li Yan sat down in front of the table and watched Yun Zhi pick up the jug on the clay stove and pour a cup of wine, handed it to him but didn't reach out to take it.

Yun Zhi was slightly surprised: "Is it okay to just drink this one?"

"No..." Li Yan reached out to take the wine cup, "Just looking at this clay stove, I suddenly remembered the night we drank together in the Hou Mansion."

Yun Zhi looked up at Li Yan, also in a daze for a moment.

Indeed, there are similarities, the same winter night, the same clay oven, the same just the two of them, but completely different moods.

At that time, one of them was uncertain about the future, and the other was in a trance. They didn't even say a few words, let alone expect that the person sitting opposite would one day become an indispensable part of their lives.

"It's a bit similar, but it's completely different, because today is a rare good day..." Yun Zhi also poured a glass of wine for herself, her brows and eyes slightly curved, "I wish my Xuan Zhi a happy birthday and a good year. "

Others want to thank you when they receive blessings, but Li Yan doesn't. He looks at Yunzhi without blinking, listens to him finish his sentence, and then nods his head solemnly: "Okay..."

It was as if a promise had been made with Yun Zhi.

The two wine cups collided together and made a light sound, and then each went into their throats.

Li Yan didn't drink for a long time, for a moment he forgot the spicy taste of the drink, couldn't help coughing twice, immediately took his wine cup with one hand, and then pushed a bowl of soup to him.

Yun Zhi drank Li Yan's remaining half of the wine without any hassle, and said as a matter of course, "It's just this one."

Li Yan didn't mind either, and nodded, picked up the soup bowl and started drinking.

They ate a lot in the market in the afternoon, and they were not very hungry. One drank soup, the other drank wine, ate vegetables slowly, and then talked.

There is a charcoal basin in the room, and the warmth is everywhere, and the wine and hot soup enter the throat, which makes people feel hotter.

Yun Zhi drank another glass of wine, looked up and saw a thin layer of sweat dripping from Li Yan's forehead, and couldn't help but said, "It's hot in this room, why are you still wrapped in a cotton robe?"

Li Yan touched his nose uncomfortably, as if hesitating for a while, finally took off the cotton robe on his body, revealing the high-quality wide-sleeved robe on his body.

Yun Zhi was surprised for a moment, and then a smile appeared in his eyes, but he pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Your clothes are not summer clothes, why are you wearing them at this time?"

Li Yan was silent for a while, but he didn't explain. He just raised his eyes and looked at Yunzhi without blinking. He couldn't bear it anymore, and the smile spread from the bottom of his eyes to his face: "I know, this is our promise." The one you wore that day."

As he spoke, he couldn't help tracing his gaze over Li Yan.

The tonics that he took all day are still somewhat useful. Although the roots cannot be removed, the changes in Li Yan are that the sickness accumulated over the years has dissipated a lot, and the originally pale face has gradually turned red. , this person's facial features are already outstanding, and the red lips and white teeth make his face even more delicate.

And I don't know if it's Yunzhi's illusion, but I always feel that Li Yan has some flesh on his body.Although she is still thin, her shoulders are wider and straighter than before. With this complicated and wide sleeves, she loses a bit of her youthful look and makes people unable to look away.

Then simply don't move away, instead of moving away, Yun Zhi simply got up and sat down next to Li Yan.

"On weekdays, I also think you are good-looking, but when I saw you walking towards me in this dress that day, I couldn't help but think in my heart, it's a bit cumbersome. No wonder you don't wear it on weekdays. If you can wear it all the time. I think it will be fine..." He tugged on the wide cuffs and shook them lightly, "It's come true now."

"If you want to see..." Li Yan let him sway, "You can wear it all day long."

"is it?"

Yun Zhi tilted her head, her fingers stretched in along the cuff at some point, and slowly poked inward along Li Yan's arm.

The material of the summer clothes is thin, and the inner clothes are even softer.Even though there is a layer of fabric separated, you can still feel the warmth of the opponent's fingertips.

Li Yan's throat moved slightly, and he lowered his head slightly to meet Shang Yunzhi's eyes.

Those eyes were still bright and clear, but there was a little... longing...

He obviously only drank half a glass of wine, but Li Yan felt stupefied. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether the longing was from Yun Zhi's eyes or from his own heart, but before he had time to think about it, he leaned over and kissed Yun Zhi's lips.