wolf inadvertently

So, I fetched my white jade hole flute, and sat down beside the plum tree with him, leaning against the thick trunk.

"What song do you want to hear?" I turned my head to look at him and asked.

"It's fine, as long as it's you who blow it." He closed his eyes gently, as if enjoying the tranquility and comfort of the rest of his life at this moment.

For a moment, I felt that his words were a bit ambiguous. My heart itched suddenly like a kitten scratching its paw. What the hell, I laughed at myself in my heart, telling myself not to think too much.I shook my head slightly, telling myself it was just an illusion.

I brought the moonlight to my lips, exhaled lightly, and caused the air column in the flute body to vibrate up and down, and a string of melodious flute sounds poured out from the hollow of the white jade.

Shen Nianjun seemed to be addicted to it, listening to every note quietly without moving.

While blowing, I couldn't help but think of the stories he told me when he whispered in my ear that night when we slept together in the same bed a month ago.

The tide of memory gradually rose up and engulfed my consciousness. When I recalled what he said, it was as if I was at the scene of those things he had personally experienced, as if I had witnessed those things that were eternally painful to him. Painful past.

He was originally the young master of the prime minister's mansion. His father was under one man and above ten thousand. He had outstanding talents and was deeply loved by the people.

Since he was three years old, he has worshiped Prince Mu Jing, who is both civil and military, as his teacher, and what he has received since he was a child is the same education as princes.I think this is probably the root cause of his different feeling.

The aura around him is noble but not cold. He looks like a bone fairy and is as majestic as a winter plum, but there is still a faint fragrance lingering on his side. It is not like the lifeless frozen snow on the icebergs in the northern wilderness, which are only as hard as cold iron. .

However, because of his friendship with Prince Mu Jing Yang Ke, his father was also convicted for no reason after Mu Jing Wang's class teacher returned to the court and died suddenly. He was only 12 years old at the time and did not know right and wrong in officialdom No.Therefore, he was exiled to the border before even knowing what crime his father was convicted of.

And the story after that, he just told me.

I sorted out his experiences after thinking about it, and my heart seemed to be filled with a lot of sadness all at once.I can't imagine, if the protagonist of all these tragedies is me, what kind of situation I will be in now, but after experiencing all this, he is still working hard to live.

He remembers every kindness, big or small, and repays it bit by bit.

I'll admit, I couldn't help but be struck by his tenacity, he's just incredible.

"Why don't you blow it?" Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted by his words, "What are you thinking?"

Oh my god, did I involuntarily stop playing the flute when I was immersed in his experience?I don't know how long I stopped, has he been waiting for me like this?

I suddenly felt extremely embarrassed, wishing that a hole could be cracked under the tree to swallow me in.

I smiled at him awkwardly and said, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about something, sorry, I was distracted."

He looked at me, his eyes were so deep, as if he wanted to pierce me through.

I was a little uncomfortable being looked at by him, so I lowered my head.

But he didn't intend to look away, he still stared at me and said, "You're thinking about my affairs, aren't you?"

I couldn't help but be amazed, how could he, a mere mortal, have such a mind-reading skill, and be so sharply aware of what I was thinking in my heart?

Such surprise made me blurt out, "Can you read minds?"

But he couldn't help laughing at my question and surprised expression, covered his mouth and smiled and said: "Haha, I guessed it right. Of course I don't know how to read minds. I just said it casually. I didn't expect it to make me think Come on. Why don't you tell me what you're thinking about me?"

I:"……"

How should I answer this question?If you tell the truth, for him, wouldn't it be equivalent to directly exposing his scars and poking his sore spots?

Besides, when he told me about his family, I still heard it in the form of a wolf. If I tell it now, wouldn't I have betrayed myself?

So I could only bite the bullet and make up: "It's nothing, I was just thinking, since the proprietress wants Miao Miao to read and write and go to the imperial city to find her father, then you, why don't you pass the exam and leave this place? I believe it." With your talent, it's not a bad idea to win the first prize. Anyway, you have disappeared for so many years, and people in your court probably don't think that you are still alive here. Isn't it the highest ideal in every scholar's heart to pass the exam? If you go to the imperial city, you can better help the proprietress find her husband."

I talked so much nonsense, Shen Nianjun didn't interrupt me, just listened quietly, on the contrary, I couldn't continue.

In this way, I look like an old lady who is a mother-in-law. After realizing this, my voice gradually became lower and lower, and finally I shut my mouth and stopped asking for trouble.

After a long time, Shen Nianjun broke the awkward silence between us and said, "Do you know why the border gate is so deserted?"

I shook my head, unable to detect his sudden intention of asking this.

He gently shook off the white plum petals that fell on his skirt, and said to me: "Because the country has changed hands."

I subconsciously wondered, "Huh?"

He glanced at me and continued: "The one sitting on the dragon chair today is the third prince, the third younger brother of the former emperor and Lord Mu Jing. The former emperor had his own son, but it may be that he committed crimes. Too many, the sky can't stand it, so the retribution fell on his son. The prince of the East Palace died under the claws of a black bear during a royal hunt, and his body was gnawed to pieces. The former emperor was in a hurry Gongxin is also dead, the court cannot be without a king for a day, after the former emperor and the crown prince left one after another, the courtiers embraced the third prince."

I nodded thoughtfully, and I can see that mortals' pursuit of leadership is passionate and even cruel and bloody, but this is not the case in most monster races. What we pursue is more freedom and happiness. Power is not like mortals can't put it down.

I asked: "So, what is the relationship between this third prince and you?"

Shen Nianjun paused and said: "He is actually only five or six years older than me. I studied with Master when I was young and often lived in Master's house. The third prince always came to play in Prince Mu Jing's mansion. In name, he is also my uncle .So, he should be very familiar with me."

I nodded gently, and said in my heart that it was so.

He also said: "The new emperor has a gentle temper, no more than the stupid tyrant back then. Therefore, he will not be sentenced to severe punishment easily. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, the border has become more and more deserted, and he may not be exiled here all year round. people."

Only then did I understand why the inn's business was so sluggish, and my relationship turned out to be clear.

I thought about it: "Then you really don't want to go back to the Imperial City? Logically speaking, that's your hometown, right? At least, you should go and find out the truth about your father being framed back then?"

Shen Nianjun stared at me suddenly, his eyes were sharp like two arrows flying off the string: "Who do you think is the person who came to Shacheng this time? I only took a glance in the morning and I was sure that he was the one who made up after the accident of Prince Mu Jing. The one who has many unwarranted criminal evidence in our prime minister's mansion."

I couldn't help being taken aback and said: "Then, this old dog actually thought of a way to eliminate dissidents?"

Shen Nianjun sighed and said: "I don't know what to say. After all, I have been exiled for seven years. I have long been ignorant of the political turmoil in the government and the opposition. Your Majesty... maybe he has some difficulties. I don't know what to do now. Know the situation, and don’t jump to conclusions.”

I said a little indignantly: "But no matter what, it's a fact that he ruined your family. Are you going to forgive him just like that?"

However, Shen Nianjun suddenly seemed to be irritated by me. With red eyes, he tried his best to suppress his voice and said to me: "Forgive? Heh, when did I say that I would forgive them? I was only 13 years old, and I watched my teacher be punished with my own eyes. Poisoned to death, father beheaded, mother hanged herself... These things didn't happen to you, so you can understand and judge lightly, but I can't have the slightest impulse, do you understand? Even if I see their Sometimes I can't wait to cramp and peel them, but I can't be impulsive. If I make the slightest mistake, it will directly affect my dear relatives who have passed away, can you understand?"

I was so wronged by his inexplicable temper. I wanted to be annoyed and laugh at the same time. Finally, I breathed a sigh of relief, looked at him and said, "So, you are just afraid that you will miss, right? Don't worry about that." , with me here, none of them can go back alive."

Shen Nianjun dilated his pupils slightly in disbelief, looked at me like a hungry cat catching a glimpse of a mouse, and said, "You...what do you want to do?"

I said: "I'm just telling you how capable I am, and I haven't planned to do anything. Don't you think that those of us who don't study are all brute people with no brains? Now we should find a way to do it. Check this group of people. There are usually conflicts between the escort and the prisoner. Let's go and understand the situation first. You pretend that I have never been to your imperial city. Things affect the whole body, we can also start from the trivial things, maybe we can follow the clues?"

Shen Nianjun looked at me incredulously, and murmured after a long time: "You...why do you take the risk to help me through this muddy water...?"

Without thinking about it, I blurted out almost subconsciously: "First, this is not an adventure. It is an adventure when I see you tangled here alone and not helping you; second, I love you. Pick up places where the water is muddy, the water is too clean to touch fish."

After saying these few words, I suddenly realized something.

When did I care so much about him?