The guards entered the courtyard and searched the yard carefully, even searching the trees and behind the rockery, but no one was found.
Someone knocked on Yue Nu's door, and after a while, the sound of the door opening was heard.
"Did you see any suspicious people or things?"
"No."
"Excuse me, if you find anything, please notify us immediately."
"good."
The door was closed again.
The guards were still worried and began to search the other empty rooms in the yard one by one.
Shen Shijiu and Pei Zheng stayed in the last room.
The room was very old, filled with unused shelves and sundries, and hung with intricate curtains and draperies.
Shen Shijiu was leaning against a shelf, Pei Zheng was standing in front of him, and their figures were blocked by the curtain.
"grown ups… "
Shen Shijiu called out in a very low voice.
"Um?"
Pei Zheng raised his eyebrows and leaned forward slightly.
"My, my nose is itchy..." Before he could finish his words, Shen Shijiu quickly turned his head and sneezed with a "Aqiu".
The sound is not loud, just like that of a kitten.
When he turned his head, Pei Zheng saw his slender white neck in front of him, which was white, tender and fragrant.
Pei Zheng lowered his head and kissed him on the neck.
Shen Shijiu trembled all over, covered his neck, and looked at Pei Zheng with innocent eyes.
Pei Zheng pulled his hand down, moved closer, and sucked on it gently a few times, making a "slurp" sound of saliva.
Then he raised his head and looked towards the faint moonlight.
Sure enough, a faint red mark was left on the white skin, like a mosquito bite, very conspicuous, and guaranteed to be visible to others at a glance.
Shen Shijiu didn't know what Pei Zheng had done yet. He touched his neck and asked, "Sir, did you bite me just now?"
Pei Zheng smiled and hugged him again.
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the door, and the guards had searched the last room.
The door was pushed open and the light of a torch shone in.
Shen Shijiu was a little frightened and his body was tense. Pei Zheng clasped one hand behind his head and used the other hand to soothe his back up and down.
Pei Zheng was not nervous at all. If he was not shy and afraid of being seen by others, he would even hope to be discovered so that the people in the General's Mansion and Zhao Litang would know that this little guy was not only from the Prime Minister's Mansion, but also from him, Pei Zheng.
Unfortunately, the guards did not search in.
"We've found the person, in the front yard, hurry over there!"
Everyone hurried to the front yard holding torches.
The small courtyard became quiet again.
Shen Shijiu was still being held tightly by someone. He moved and patted Pei Zheng, "My Lord... it seems everyone has left..."
Pei Zheng then let go of him, "What a shame, they're all gone."
"ah?"
Shen Shijiu was puzzled. Why was it such a pity
Pei Zheng took the little guy by the hand and walked out of the room.
There was still bright moonlight outside and the stars were shining brightly.
"My Lord, you are here, so who is the man they caught?"
Shen Shijiu asked softly.
"Want to know? I'll take you to see it."
Pei Zheng put his arm around Shen Shijiu's waist and said, "Hold me."
"Oh." Shen Shijiu obediently crawled into Pei Zheng's arms and put her little hands around his waist.
"Hold tight."
"Oh." The little hands tightened again.
Pei Zheng tapped the ground with his toes, leaped up with the little man, and jumped onto the roof.
After being nursed back by Shen Huan, his body had recovered a lot, so there was no problem with this slight use of internal force.
The two of them jumped onto a tree in the front yard. Pei Zheng stood very steadily on the branch, but Shen Shijiu held his waist tightly, fearing that he would fall down accidentally.
There were many guards surrounding the front yard, including Wu Quan.
A man in black was gathered in the middle of the crowd, the sword in his hand was not unsheathed, but just casually held against his chest.
Wu Quan said, "Who are you? How dare you break into the general's mansion at night? How audacious! Tell me your name now!"
The guards around him pointed their spears and arrows at the man in black.
The man did not hesitate and directly pulled off the black cloth covering his face.
After Shen Shijiu saw the man's face clearly, he was very surprised, "Afeng? Sir, look, it's Afeng!"
Pei Zheng certainly knew who it was.
Wu Quan was also surprised when he saw the person coming, and asked the guards to put down their weapons.
"Guard Feng? Why are you here? What brings you to the General's Mansion in the middle of the night?"
Cheng Feng glanced at the treetops not far away and said slowly, "I am doing things for Master Pei, so I am sorry to hear from you."
He was just an emotionless guard who came to attract the adults' attention, and he really didn't know what the adults were doing here.
Then the treetop moved, and the person who was originally standing on the tree left.
Pei Zheng brought Shen Shijiu to the roof of the tallest attic in the general's mansion and put him down.
The general's mansion has very few staff, and since this place is located in a remote area, no one comes here at all.
Shen Shijiu was standing at such a high place and was still a little scared. He didn't dare to stand up straight or walk to the edge.
"My Lord... I, my legs are weak..."
Shen Shijiu half-knelt on the ground pitifully, grabbing the hem of Pei Zheng's robe and refusing to let go, but in fact this rooftop area was quite large, and was still dozens of steps away from the edge.
"Are you afraid of heights?"
Pei Zheng did not think he was timid, but squatted down, held his hand in his palm, and gave him a sense of security.
“Afraid…” Shen Shijiu pursed his lips, looking like he was extremely scared.
Pei Zheng suddenly felt as if his heart was stabbed hard.
Why is he so afraid of heights? When I took him to the cliff to see the scenery before, he clearly liked it very much...
However, everyone would be afraid of falling from such a high cliff.
Even if you lose your memory, even if you don't remember the pain and bitterness, the fear and terror buried deep in your heart will still be irresistible.
What on earth had I done before? How much pain had I caused him
Pei Zheng's breathing trembled a little. He lowered his eyes and suppressed the overwhelming sadness and depression in his heart.
Shen Shijiu carefully pulled Pei Zheng's robe, "Sir, what's wrong with you? Are you scared too?"
As he said this, he wanted to move a little towards Pei Zheng so that he could be closer to the adults, but because his legs were weak, he fell directly towards Pei Zheng as soon as he moved.
With a scream, Shen Shijiu fell into Pei Zheng's arms.
Pei Zheng didn't hesitate at all. He opened his arms and caught the little guy in his arms, allowing the impact of the little guy to knock him to the ground.
The two figures overlapped and fell on the roof.
Pei Zheng was down there, with the cold roof beneath him. He hugged the little body on top of him tightly, his breath buried in the little guy's neck, feeling hot every time.
Shen Shijiu didn't feel any pain from the fall. His whole body was lying on Pei Zheng's warm body. He wanted to get up, but he was held down and couldn't move at all.
"grown ups… "
Shen Shijiu touched Pei Zheng's hair very gently. He felt that the adult seemed a little sad, and he also felt a little distressed.
"Don't move," Pei Zheng's voice came muffled, "Can you hold me for a while?"
"Okay," Shen Shijiu agreed softly, and lay quietly on Pei Zheng without moving.
The surroundings were quiet, the night wind blew coldly, the moon was clear in the sky, and the stars were hanging high in the sky.
After a long while, Pei Zheng patted the little head of the person on his body.
"Look up there."
Shen Shijiu turned over and lay on his back.
The view here is wide and the starry sky is closer, as if you can pick the stars with your hands.
“Wow, so beautiful!”
Shen Shijiu really stretched out his hand and scooped in the air twice, but all he got was a hand full of cold wind.
Pei Zheng also stretched out his hand, interlocked his fingers with that little hand, and then held it tightly.
"Sir, are you here to watch the stars with me?"
"yes"
"Sir, Master has almost cured General Zhao's poison."
"Um."
"Master and I will be able to go back soon."
"Okay." Pei Zheng kissed his hair.
Shen Shijiu looked at the stars for a while, then turned over and continued to lie on Pei Zheng, so that he could free his hands to hug him.
"Sir, I met a new friend..."
Shen Shijiu said, "His name is Yue Nu, because there is a crescent-shaped mark on his face. He is one year younger than me, so should I call him brother?"
Pei Zheng deliberately asked, "Why should I call you brother?"
"Because he is younger than me."
"I have to call you brother because I'm younger than you?"
Shen Nineteen nodded, "Yes, isn't that the case?"
Pei Zheng said, "Then what should you call me?"
Shen Shijiu blinked his eyes, "Sir..."
"Think about it."
Shen Shijiu frowned. What else should he call him if not sir
An idea suddenly occurred to him, "I see, sir, do you want me to call you brother too?"
Pei Zheng curled the corners of his lips. The little fool can be quite smart sometimes.
"But that's not possible," Shen Shijiu said sternly, "A master is a master, you have to address him with respect, you can't be disrespectful."
Pei Zheng frowned, "Who taught you that?"
Shen Shijiu answered obediently, "Master."
Pei Zheng sighed. Shen Huan had taught him to be polite and well-mannered, but every time he heard him call him "Sir", he always felt very strange.
"However," Shen Shijiu suddenly leaned close to Pei Zheng's ear and whispered, "I can secretly not call you Master when no one is around."
The little guy raised his face and supported himself to hang above Pei Zheng. The corners of his eyes were filled with tears, sparkling in the starlight.
"I'm going to call you... Pei, brother, brother, okay?"
It was just a few gentle words, floating in the air, but it made Pei Zheng's chest feel hot.
All the past events lingered in his mind, and there was always a bright and lovely little person following behind him and calling him.
"Brother Pei, the teacher didn't scold me today."
"Brother Pei, look, this is the little bunny I made. Isn't it cute?"
"Brother Pei, I'm not in pain. I can bear the pain very well, really."
"Brother Pei, you haven't come to see me for a long time, I miss you..."
Brother Pei, please let me go, okay