Twilight Rain in the Mountains

During the days when my grandfather was rambling on with great earnestness, I inexplicably had a good impression of this person.

"Hahaha, you look like my grandpa in charge. ’ Min Jue was overjoyed, and joked bluntly, ‘Hey, what’s your name? 』

After hearing this, Baozi's face touched the tip of his nose, dumbfounded: "My name is Qin Chen. 』

"Deep love? ’ Minjue’er said with a smile, ‘What a strange name. 』

"Chen...not Shen...hey. 』Qin Chen thought that this six-year-old book boy might not know how to write this word, so he shut up and let him call.

Min Jue'er felt even more amusing watching him deflated, and snickered beside him.Except for his old man's temperament, he is very good. If he is still the son of the prince, he must be taken as his school boy.

【5】

The leisurely days passed for a while, and after the entrance ceremony, the young masters officially started their classes, and Min Jue'er followed Xiao Zuofan, and he dozed off beside the young masters attending class.

These days, Fan Hongxuan's skipping classes became more and more serious, Xiao Zuofan couldn't see it, so he arrested him angrily, and brought him to his husband in the afternoon, Fan Hongxuan was severely reprimanded by him, and he seemed to walk away aggressively with red eyes.

Later, I heard that he threw all Xiao Zuofan's books into the river, so Xiao Zuofan went to him to argue. All of a sudden, the students in the school were booing and watching the excitement in groups. In the evening, there were not many people in the cafeteria, which should have been the loudest. .

Min Jue'er had an idea, thinking that this was a good opportunity to escape, so she ran to the wall of the back mountain while no one noticed, planning to climb over the wall and get out.

Unexpectedly, as soon as one foot stepped onto the wall, a seasoned voice shouted: "Young Master Mo Tong? 』

Min Jue'er was so anxious that she didn't respond, and tried to straddle the other leg towards the wall.

"...Mr. Motong, what are you doing? 』

Min Jue'er heard the person's voice was a little louder, worried that it would attract other people, and wanted to look up at that person, but saw Qin Chen looking at him with his hands up and down, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.Min Jue'er lost her grip as soon as she was dazed, and was about to fall off the wall.

Qin Chen's eyes were quick and his hands were quick. He stepped over in two or three steps, and reached out to catch him firmly.

"……Thanks. 』Min Jue'er was gently put down by Qin Chen, and she reached out to wipe the ashes on her face, but she didn't realize that she had wiped off the powder covering the tear mole under the corner of her right eye.

Qin Chen looked at him suddenly with some surprise.

Min Jue'er thought about it, after getting along these days, she found that this person is stable, friendly, and very secretive, maybe he can help her, so she ventured to say: "Actually, my name is not Mo Tong, my real name is It's Min Jue'er, the eldest son of the palace, I was kidnapped by the Xiao family. 』

Min Jue...?Qin Chen's expression became even more strange after hearing the name. Min Jue'er thought that it is impossible for ordinary people to believe this immediately, and was anxious to say something to convince him, but he suddenly asked: " Did you escape from the palace last year, and then gave a jade pendant to a beggar on the side of the road? 』

"……yes. ’ Min Jue’er said to herself, and responded casually, ignoring his interruption, and quickly added, ‘I’ve been kidnapped for a long time, the prince must be very worried, I want to escape back to the palace, can you help me? 』

"……good. ”Qin Chen hesitated for a while, but quickly nodded in agreement, and then reached out to wipe the ashes on Min Jue’er’s face, “This mole of tears, first block it. 』

"……Um?oh. 』This man really looks like the grandpa in charge... Min Jue pursed his lips and didn't think much about it. Hearing that Qin Chen agreed to help him, he said happily, "It's not too late, let's go." 』

☆, extra episode two (five)

【6】

Min Jue Er said that she was going to continue to climb up the wall.

Qin Chen held back his smile, stretched out his hands and hugged the petite man down, and said, "There's no need to climb the wall, let's go through the front door." 』

"There are guards from the private school at the front door..." Min Jue'er struggled a few times, but she couldn't resist being put on the ground.

"We are schoolboys, and it's only natural for us to go out to do things for our master. Why don't the guards let us go?" ”Qin Chen felt very interesting watching this little man tossing around, “Besides, this private school is far away from the palace, even if you successfully climbed the wall to get out, how will you get to the palace?How many days to go? 』

"..." Tsk, what was the reason for climbing the wall so hard just now... Min Jue'er covered her face.

Sure enough, Qin Chen took him to show the token of the Fan family's book boy, successfully led the groom, and drove the Fan family's carriage down the mountain.The carriage drove back from the suburbs to the city along the field ridge, and stopped at an inn less than a mile away from the palace.

Qin Chen took out a handkerchief to cover Min Jue'er's face, and then helped him out of the car.Min Jue'er was a little puzzled, and was about to ask why he didn't drive directly to the palace, but was stopped by Qin Chen's eyes.

"We went to the market to buy calligraphy for the young masters. You are now resting in this inn. Wait for us to come back." After Qin Chen said politely to the groom, he took out some broken silver and handed it to the groom. The groom nodded and happily led the horse into the back door of the inn.

Only then did Min Jue'er realize that Qin Chen didn't want the groom to know about his affairs, and thought it was the right thing to bring this person here.

"Let's go, this way!" 』Min Jue'er was eager to go home, and she pulled Qin Chen to go to the main road, but unexpectedly, she was held back by Qin Chen.

"Hold on. ”Qin Chen’s tone was gentle, but the movements of his hands were very strong. He seemed to hesitate for a moment, but he still said, “Let me show you something first. After saying that, he dragged Min Jue'er involuntarily, walking around in the dark and complicated alleyway.

When she came to the bright place again, Min Jue'er found that he led her to the bulletin board in the market.

"What is this for? ’ Min Jueer asked.

"Look at the wanted notice on the bulletin board. 』

Min Jue'er put her attention on the bulletin board, there was a page on the top of which was yellowed by the sun, the words "Wanted Order" were bright red, and most of the words on it were unknown to Min Jue'er. , but can clearly recognize the portrait of the face under the text.

Childish round face, big eyes and small mouth, a tear mole on the corner of the right eye, which is extremely dazzling.

【7】

Min Jue'er turned her back to Qin Chen without saying a word, she couldn't see any expression on her face, but the hand holding Qin Chen began to tremble.

"Are you still going to... the palace?" Qin Chen couldn't bear it, and asked softly.

"……go. 』Min Jue'er paused for a long time before answering slowly.

"……good. ”Qin Chen forcefully pulled the man back into the dark alley, supported Min Jue’er’s shoulders so that he could look directly into his eyes, “Now it is estimated that only the front door is guarded by guards, and the inside should be empty.Later, we will enter through the back door of the palace, don't make noise, don't walk around... After seeing us, then...』

As Qin Chen was speaking, he suddenly saw the expression on the other party's face that was about to cry, so he stopped his voice immediately, and swallowed the sentence "we'll go back to the school after reading it".

"...Let's go. 』

【8】

It turned out that Qin Chen was overly cautious.The front and back of the palace was completely empty, except for layer after layer of seals, there were no guards to handle it.The two walked in easily.

The backyard of the Wang Mansion was in a mess, pieces of porcelain and sawdust covered the ground, the pond had dried up, and the flower beds were completely withered wood.There are still a few food residues on the gazebo in the corner of the yard, probably left by beggars from nearby breaking in to look for food.

Min Jue'er obviously didn't listen to Qin Chen's "no running around" just now, and she let go of Qin Chen's hand as soon as she entered the palace, and broke in from room to room, as if eager to find him. a living person.

Qin Chen was a little surprised to find that even in this situation, Min Jue'er didn't make a sound, maybe he was really frightened by the arrest warrant.

Qin Chen looked at the depression in his eyes, and couldn't bear it in his heart.But he still patiently stood in the middle of the courtyard, waiting for Min Jue'er to confirm with his own eyes the fact that the palace had been destroyed.

After about two sticks of incense, Min Jue'er finally staggered back to the yard, saw Qin Chen standing, with a smile on his face—a smile that seemed a little happy because he found the first living person .

Qin Chen looked at it but felt that the smile was bleak and scary.

"...that pond," Min Jue'er walked towards Qin Chen step by step, pointing to the dry pond, "Sister Wangfei raised more than a dozen koi in it.In summer, the lotus leaves grow and cover the surface of the pool. From time to time, you can see them looking up to breathe in the gaps, opening and closing their mouths, which is very cute. 』

"Mr. Motong..." Qin Chen didn't see tears on his face, but felt that he was more uncomfortable than crying.

"That gazebo," Min Jue'er turned a deaf ear and pointed in another direction, "My lord will take me there to play chess. We played half of our chess last time. Suddenly someone sent an urgent letter, so the lord stopped the chess game first." Keep it as it is and save it for next time.I was at a disadvantage, so I made a sneaky move while he was away, thinking that I would win the next time if I didn't keep it all, but I didn't wait until the next time. 』

"..." Qin Chen took two steps, not knowing how to comfort him, thought for a while and called out softly, "Minjueer..."

"This flower bed," Min Jue'er touched the withered flower bed beside her, "The grandpa in charge planted it for a month, and then revitalized the precious orchid, and some buds just emerged.Grandpa said that in another month, you will be able to see strings of orchids of various colors, just like candied haws sprinkled with honey juice of different colors, sweet and attractive. 』

Qin Chen couldn't take it anymore, strode over, hugged him in his arms, and buried his face in his chest: "...Cry. 』

"Why am I crying? ’ Min Jue’er raised her head from his embrace, the dust from the corners of her eyes was wiped away again, and the mole exposed was like dry tears on her face, ‘Did you take me to the wrong place?Ponds, gazebos, flower beds, nothing familiar to me.Not to mention people...」

"Prince Yu's mansion has been ransacked, the mansion has also been seized, and all items have been confiscated. 』Qin Chen hugged him hard, couldn't bear to look at his hopeful eyes, and pressed his face to his chest again.

Min Jue'er suddenly grasped his hand tremblingly.

"Recognize the facts... From now on, you will be Mo Tong... From now on, you will be a member of the Xiao family... From now on, you will still have us. 』