Li Jinglong stared at Hongjun in a daze, snowflakes were flying, Xiao Hongjun was dressed in single clothes, and looked at him quietly, with doubts in his eyes.
"Go back quickly." Li Jinglong immediately stepped forward and pulled, "Don't catch a cold."
"Who's here?" Xiao Hongjun asked.
"My father." Li Jinglong judged the situation of the night in just a few moments, and replied.
Previously, the Li family and the Kong family celebrated the New Year together, and it was reasonable for Li's father to drink with Kong Xuan. Xiao Hongjun no longer doubted that there were many children outside watching the New Year's Eve.
"Go back to sleep." Li Jinglong hugged Hongjun and sent him to the room. Xiao Hongjun kept struggling and said, "I can't sleep!"
Li Jinglong listened to the sound of firecrackers from a distance, and said, "Hush, the Nian beast is coming."
"I haven't seen it yet, what does the Nian beast look like?"
On a whim, Li Jinglong said, "Come on, I'll take you outside to play."
Li Jinglong first took Xiao Hongjun back to his home. His father had already fallen asleep, so Li Jinglong found out the clothes from two years ago and asked Hongjun to change into them. Then drag Hong Jun up.
"I haven't ridden a horse yet!"
Hong Jun hugged Li Jinglong behind him, and Li Jinglong smiled and said, "I've only learned it for a while!"
Hongjun: "..."
Li Jinglong took him to De Ximing Temple and opened the door. The monks in the temple were preparing to pray for the New Year and welcome the Chang'an people who came to worship. The two sneaked into the backyard and went to a wooden ladder. This wooden ladder is The monks hung the golden banners for blessing, but before they were taken down for a while, Li Jinglong and Xiao Hongjun climbed to the top of the temple and looked east. Chang'an, which was watching the year in the dark, was still lit with lights.
"Look." Li Jinglong pointed to Chang'an City when he was young.
"Wow." Xiao Hongjun was sitting on the golden banner on the roof, and Li Jinglong kissed him lightly on the side of his face while he was not paying attention.
Hongjun: "..."
At this time, Hong Jun still thought that the nine-year-old Li Jinglong in front of him was still the same Li Jinglong back then, so he couldn't hold back for a while, leaned forward and kissed his lips.
Li Jinglong's face flushed immediately, and Xiao Hongjun parted from his lips with a smile.
"I'm moving soon." Xiao Hongjun said seriously, "Do you believe that we will meet again in the future?"
"Yes." Li Jinglong replied almost without hesitation, "I'll wait for you, I know you will definitely return to Chang'an."
Xiao Hongjun was startled suddenly, and he looked at Li Jinglong in a daze.
"Maybe I won't come back again." Hong Jun's heart was ups and downs, and he said suddenly, "That monster will eat me one day, and then..."
Li Jinglong: "No."
"...This is my life." Hong Jun hugged his knees, looked at Chang'an in a trance, and said, "The hostile energy of the world should have been attracted by the demon seed, making me a demon. If it is taken away by the prison, it will be more dangerous. Jing Long, promise me, if I become a demon..."
"I said, no." Li Jinglong said seriously, Hong Jun was startled, and turned to look at Li Jinglong.
"Don't be afraid, no matter when, no matter where, I will not let the monster come out. Wait for me, Hong Jun, I will learn spells well, one day..."
When Hong Jun heard Li Jinglong say "Hong Jun", he suddenly realized something—how did he know my name was Hong Jun? And at this moment, the nine-year-old Li Jinglong pressed the shoulder of the seven-year-old Hongjun, bowed his head and kissed him.
Hong Jun's dream was rapidly turbulent. With a gust of wind, the world expanded to infinity with a "swish", and the bodies of Hong Jun and Li Jinglong couldn't stop growing.
Hong Jun opened his eyes and woke up in Li Jinglong's arms. Li Jinglong frowned deeply and looked down at Hong Jun.
Inside the Lanling Amber, when he woke up from the dream, Hong Jun found that the person beside him had changed, subconsciously leaned back, and looked at Li Jinglong in surprise.
Li Jinglong looked at that surprised gaze, and murmured: "I... We knew each other before? Hong Jun, what happened, I... I actually forgot you?"
Hong Jun shook his head slowly, without saying anything, Li Jinglong said: "That's your past? Hong Jun! Tell me!"
Hong Jun pushed Li Jinglong away, and Li Jinglong said urgently: "Hong Jun!"
Outside Lanling amber, the fragrance of magnolia flowers floats in the breeze on an early summer night.
Lu Xu had all kinds of feelings in his heart, and walked out to the terrace on the second floor of the restaurant. The west market had stopped, and the sound of the evening drum followed. Mo Zhigen was squatting on the terrace, like a wolf watching the sunset.
When he heard footsteps, he knew it was Lu Xu without asking.
"Did you help Hongjun fall asleep?" Mo Rigen asked, "I'm planning to wake you two up."
Lu Xu said "um". Since the quarrel that day, he seldom talked to Mo Zhigen, and immediately came to the fence, half lying on the fence, and looked into the distance with Mo Zhigen.
"What did you see?" Mo Zhigen asked again.
Lu Xu replied, "What's none of your business?"
"Just treat him as my younger brother." Mo Zhigen said to himself.
Lu Xu originally wanted to laugh at Mo Zhigen, but he gave up the idea. After a long silence, he finally replied: "I saw a child who was very lonely when I was young..." Lu Xu said in a daze, and looked at the market under the sunset , and then stared intently at Mo Zhigen's figure squatting on the eaves.
When he saw Hongjun and Li Jinglong when he was young, he suddenly felt a different feeling in his heart, half envious, half melancholy. He used to be lonelier than Hongjun. To the guard... At that time, he was just a disheveled fool who was teased and bullied everywhere.
"How did you live when you were a child?" Mo Zhigen asked suddenly when he heard Lu Xu talking about Hong Jun's childhood.
Lu Xu didn't answer, but he remembered the scene where he opened his eyes wide and saw Mo Zhigen's palm shining on his forehead in the snowy night under Guancheng.
"Hey, idiot, where do you want to go?"
"This idiot can't do anything else, but he runs pretty fast."
"Have you ever thought about where you are going?"
In his fuzzy world, there is only a vast expanse of whiteness, and he always runs in this whiteness. The world has no end, and neither can he.
But he was still running, as if there was someone waiting for him in this boundless world. Since he didn't come, why not go by yourself? But he ran all over Hexi, but he never stopped for any reason, and he didn't know what he was looking for
Mo Rigen turned his head and suddenly said to Lu Xu, "I'm sorry, Lu Xu."
Lu Xu frowned, then raised his eyebrows again, signaling him to speak up if he had something to say.
"I couldn't figure it out before." Mo Zhigen said, "I... I'm not like Chang Shi, I thought I... but I... actually blamed me, don't be angry..."
Lu Xu: "???"
Mo Zhigen thought about it, and said again: "I thought that the wolf and the white deer were all...but..."
"Just speak up if you have something to say." Lu Xu said impatiently.
Mo Zhigen thought for a moment, but still did not turn around, turned his back to Lu Xu, and said: "Hongjun is right, if you can't be treated...well, just be a brother."
"He and I were good brothers." Lu Xu said, "You think too much, stupid wolf!"
Mo Zhigen turned sideways, gestured with his fingers, and said awkwardly: "I mean...you and me."
Lu Xu: "..."
Seeing that Lu Xu was silent, Mo Zhigen hurriedly explained: "Before I thought that the wolf and the white deer should be husband and wife, so... just... don't blame me for taking the liberty..." As he spoke, he didn't dare to look directly into Lu Xu's eyes, and then Turning her head away, she said to herself, "It's all my fault..."
"That's natural." Lu Xu said, "I didn't like you either."
When Mo Zhigen heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, Lu Xu, I don't have any unreasonable thoughts about you."
Lu Xu mocked: "It's just inexplicable."
Mo Zhigen scratched his head, and when he wanted to say something more, Lu Xu turned around and left. Mo Zhigen was startled, turned his head to look, and wanted to chase Lu Xu, but Lu Xu's figure had disappeared in front of the stairs, but at this moment, Mo Zhigen felt some melancholy and guilt for no reason, as if he had hurt Lu Xu.
The sound of conversation came from downstairs, the evening drum had already stopped, and Hong Jun left the wine shop first.
"Don't ask." Hong Jun said, "I won't tell you!"
Li Jinglong followed behind, but Lu Xu came down in a gust of wind and asked, "Have you left?"
Lu Xu carried Hong Jun's luggage and threw it at him casually. Hong Jun took it and put it on the saddle. Li Jinglong looked around and said to Lu Xu: "There is no need to inform them, we will leave the city now."
"Be careful." Lu Xu said to Hongjun.
Hong Jun nodded and got on his horse. Mo Zhigen stood at the eaves of the second floor and whistled downward. Li Jinglong said, "Chang'an is left to you, Yu!"
Mo Zhigen waved his sword finger far away, Hong Jun was in front, and Li Jinglong followed.
The carp demon ran out, holding a spatula in his hand, and shouted, "You haven't eaten dinner yet!"
"You're always like this." Li Jinglong chased after him and shouted, "Can you stop running?"
Hong Jun slowed down, turned to look at Li Jinglong, and said, "If you promise me not to ask, I won't run away."
Li Jinglong gave in and said: "Okay, I won't ask, unless you tell me, I won't ask any more."
Only then did Hong Jun slow down the speed of his horse. At this moment, Chang'an has begun a curfew, and the whole city is under martial law, but there is no arrest warrant for Li Jinglong. Perhaps under Yang Guozhong's persuasion, Li Longji still kept his hand. Change your mouth.
Li Jinglong walked to the east city, showed his waist card, and then made the city guards sneezed with Lihun pollen, then opened the door, and went out of the city with Hong Jun. Arriving in the wilderness, Fang gradually slowed down, with Hong Jun in front and Li Jinglong behind, and the two riders walked one forward and one behind.
Hong Jun looked back at Li Jinglong from time to time, and couldn't help but think of the snowy night when he left Dunhuang.
It was a bright moon in the sky, and the green fields beside the road were rustling. After Li Jinglong left the city, he didn't catch up again. Hong Jun stopped at the front and waited for him, but Li Jinglong stood still.
"What's the matter with you?" Hong Jun asked from afar.
"What do you think?" Li Jinglong said.
Hong Jun remained silent, and said, "Let's go."
Li Jinglong's eyes were full of anger. Hong Jun knew that he was angry, but he still had his own persistence. He was afraid that if Li Jinglong knew about some things, it would only increase his troubles.
"I don't want to say it's…"
"Stop talking." Li Jinglong replied, "I promised you not to ask."
"Then let's go." Hong Jun turned his horse's head and said.
The two rode for a while, and Hong Jun was a little sleepy. It was not easy to get caught when he went out of the city at night, but it was still too much to drive through the night, and Li Jinglong did not keep pace with him.
"Let's find a place to rest overnight." Hong Jun said again, "I'm sleepy."
Li Jinglong still didn't speak, Hong Jun said: "What do you think of the village in front of you?"
Hong Jun looked at Li Jinglong pitifully, wanting to make amends, but didn't know how to speak.
"You said, I won't tell you anything." Li Jinglong said, "Aren't you too? Have you ever thought about my mood?"
Hong Jun said, "That's different."
Li Jinglong: "Why is it different?"
Hong Jun: "You said you would never ask again."
Li Jinglong: "I didn't ask, we're talking about another thing, aren't we?"
The two looked at each other, Li Jinglong frowned slightly, as if he was still angry, Hong Jun took his hand and said, "Don't be angry."
Hong Jun doesn't know how to coax people, so he always has to tell the truth. Li Jinglong said: "Then what are you going to do?"
Hong Jun looked at him and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Li Jinglong said: "When no one is around later, just make out with me."
Hong Jun nodded and said, "Okay."
After running with his head buried for a while, Li Jinglong got closer, Hong Jun turned to look at him, Li Jinglong's face softened a little, Hong Jun said: "There is no one here."
Li Jinglong replied: "It's not good in the wilderness."
A little further ahead, we stopped in front of a village, and there was a pier behind the village. When it was approaching dawn, many people gathered on the pier.
"Why don't you ride a horse?" Hong Jun said, "Isn't it faster to go out along Hangu Road?"
Li Jinglong said: "Going to Hangu Pass, the four post stations are Anlu Mountain and Yang Guozhong's eyes and ears, so it is easy to be found."
Li Jinglong signaled Hong Jun to wait first, and talked to the owner of the ship in front of the cargo ship. At that time, the ships along the Weishui River and the Yellow River did not carry passengers, but only transported goods. Li Jinglong looked around, bought something, put it in his pocket, spent some money, and asked Hong Jun to go over and lead the horse into the boat, and told him not to talk too much.
The boss of the boat got the money, took them to the stern, and said: "Our water route is not faster than the land route, but it is also smooth. Let the two officials rest first. As soon as there is something to do, you can give orders at any time. You two go along the cabin. , the very inside is."
It was the first time for Hong Jun to take a boat, and he was immediately full of curiosity. This boat carried a lot of cargo, but it was changed from the dragon boat of Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty. , was blocked by Wei Zheng and turned into a cargo ship to transport materials. During the construction, the power of craftsmen from all over the country was gathered, and it was made of top-quality wood. During the repairs, it has not been rotted for more than a hundred years, and it can still travel in the Yellow River.
The big ship is divided into six floors, full of food, wine, porcelain and other things that are not suitable for rough land travel. The stern cabin has a spacious room with six windows on the wall and a big couch against the wall. On the ground, there is a blanket outside, as well as a table and an incense burner, presumably for the North Korean Central Supervisor to live in when he boards the ship and goods from time to time.
"This room is quite..." Hong Jun had just entered, and in the middle of speaking, he was hugged by Li Jinglong and kissed.
"Let me see first!" Hong Jun hurriedly said, Li Jinglong let him go, Hong Jun went to the couch, opened the windows one by one, only to see that the sky was bright, and the goods were still being loaded. There are screens on the windows, and when they are pulled down, there is a cool breeze.
Li Jinglong turned around and locked the latch on the door, removed his outer robe, untied his martial sleeves, and got on the couch. He couldn't wait for a moment, pressed Hongjun down, and said in a low voice: "Quick, I miss me so much."
Hongjun: "..."
Li Jinglong hugged Hongjun and said, "I'm still angry, how are you going to coax me?"
Hong Jun laughed, put one hand on Li Jinglong's side face, and kissed him proactively. Li Jinglong's voice stopped abruptly, his eyes widened, and his breath suddenly became rapid. Hong Jun focused on kissing his lips. The move was very clumsy. Li Jinglong couldn't help his blood rushing up, dizzy for a while, leaned down, pressed Hong Jun on the couch, bowed his head and kissed.