Everlasting prosperity

Ever since Yu Linmuqing met Xiao Yizhi, she sent secret guards to investigate him.

When he saw Xiao Yizhi at a glance, the ecstasy in his heart really made him almost unable to sit still, but he also knew that a hasty recognition would only waste his years of hard work.

Therefore, he had to endure the impulse in his heart and send Shadow to confirm his identity.

This time when they entered the palace to face the Lord, Ji Anjun and Xiao Yizhi were regarded as honored guests and placed in the Shangzun Tower.

According to Xiao Yizhi's habit, he would regularly practice his sword skills before going to bed, one is to prevent the sword skills from becoming unfamiliar, and the other is to make it less cold when he falls asleep.

Normally, Ji Anjun would stand aside, watching him practice his sword, and occasionally make a few moves.

Ever since the heart-to-heart was revealed one night, Ji Anjun felt that he and Yizhi had taken a big step forward, and he couldn't become a fat man with one bite. Since he agreed to stay by his side, the meat would be eaten by his mouth sooner or later. of.

This night, Ji Anjun was not as usual, he practiced sword with Xiao Yizhi, and he didn't know where he went.

"Who!" Xiao Yizhi felt a fiery gaze behind him, quickly took out a throwing knife from his arms, and shot in the direction of the gaze.

Immediately, I saw the leaves not far away fluttering and making a rustling sound.Then, a black shadow landed on the ground.

Seeing the black shadow, Xiao Yizhi hurriedly jumped to chase after it.

The black figure spread out his arms and was about to escape over the wall when he was suddenly grabbed by the shoulders and could no longer break free.After thinking about it, the man in black bent forward and turned in the opposite direction, but unexpectedly, Xiao Yizhi saw the flaw, lifted his legs up, and hit the man in black's abdomen with his knee.

The man in black felt the pain and stretched out his hand to cover his abdomen, but he did not escape.

And Xiao Yizhi held him by the back of the neck and reached out to take off his mask.

"Say, who sent you here!" Xiao Yizhi looked at him fiercely and asked coldly.

The man in black glanced at him, forced a smile, and replied, "Second Prince, good work."

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi narrowed his eyes, staring at the man in black like a very poisonous snake, extremely dangerous.

"I'm not the second prince, you go." Xiao Yizhi suddenly let go of his hand, put the long sword back into the scabbard, turned around and left a sentence, saying that he wanted to leave.

"Your martial arts come from the top of the list in the Ghost Shadow Hall, and Chi is the number one shadow of the lord. Except for the Second Prince, no one will learn from the hands of Chi, who has been missing for many years." The man in black said quickly, intending to stop you. Xiao Yizhi.

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi turned his head, looked at him indifferently, and asked, "What do you want?"

"The lord just sent me to confirm the identity of His Highness. Now that the task is completed, I can reply to the lord." The man in black replied.

"Hmph," Xiao Yizhi snorted coldly, then turned his head and thought for a while, and said, "You tell him, I will find a chance to meet him."

Hearing these words, the man in black didn't respond, he turned sideways and disappeared.

Did you send someone to test it so soon?At the banquet, that person really had good eyesight.

Xiao Yizhi calculated the time, half a month has passed since the Winter Clothes Festival, and a few days later will be the frost of the year, such a time, I don't know how to spend it in Gao'an.

He suddenly remembered the scene of meeting Ji Anjun for the second time, that time was Shuangjiang, and it had been a year since then.

Frost's descent at that time was the time when he lost everything, but he also gained the most precious person.

An extremely handsome Xiao Yi's face gradually appeared in Xiao Yizhi's mind, with sword eyebrows drawn into the temples, green eyes, high nose and moist lips, and bones carved like knives. His eyes looked like stars in the sky, and time stood still in the world. , My ears are completely silent.

I want to hold hands with this person for ten thousand years, no longer caring about the disturbances in this world.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and his eyes were as gentle as water, full of affection.

He took a deep breath, reached out and applied the sackcloth to his face, closed his eyes, and felt a moment of emptiness.

I don't know how long it took, but the soaking water gradually became cold, he took off the sackcloth, then stood up, walked out of the bucket, put on a thin undershirt, let his hair loose, and walked out of the room.

At this time, he felt an inexplicable impulse in his heart.

"Yizhi?" Ji Anjun looked at Xiao Yizhi who had just come out of the bath, with some doubts.

Ji Anjun looked at Xiao Yizhi, who was a bit unusual tonight, and his heart beat wildly for no reason.The Xiao Yizhi in front of his eyes is really extremely attractive, his body that has not been wiped dry, under the tight fit of his underwear, is faintly visible, and outlines excellent lines.

The indifference in his eyes is also full of warmth.

Seeing Ji Anjun's surprised expression, Xiao Yizhi stared at him blankly, and moved forward slowly step by step.

"I bought you Tang Pozi, it shouldn't be cold at night." Ji Anjun said softly, while reaching out to hand a golden Tang Pozi in front of him.

But Xiao Yizhi stopped Mrs. Tang with one hand and put it on the table, then he leaned close to Ji Anjun and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Yuan Qian, I want you."

These words, like a raging fire, instantly ignited in Ji Anjun's heart, and then quickly spread through the blood along his body, like a poison.

As soon as the words fell, in the blink of an eye, Xiao Yizhi felt the world spinning for a while, and the whole person was carried on his shoulders.

"Don't regret it." Ji Anjun looked into his eyes and said seriously.

"It's you, so I don't regret it." Xiao Yizhi responded equally seriously.

For you, I will never regret it.

October 25, after the frost—

In Xiao Yizhi's memory, meeting Yuan Qian at the Frost's Descent a year ago was because Bei Li's Frost's Descent was celebrated with hunting sacrifices, so he happened to meet Yuan Qian who was preparing a hunting ground for Bei Li.

And this Gao An's Frost's Landing is quite different from Bei Li's.

During the Frost's Descent season in Gao'an State, the common people took advantage of their free time to gather some cattle, sheep and livestock, and store grain to prepare for the winter. Neighbors in the village went up the mountain to play together.

That's why, in Gao'an Country, the time for this Frost's Fall to take a rest is one day longer than the usual one, a total of four days.

Xiao Yizhi and Ji Anjun had just arrived here, so they didn't know about these festival arrangements about Gao'an, so they had to wander around Taiyuan City at will.Fortunately, this is the royal city after all, and it is not because of Xiu Mu that there are fewer people on the street.

The winter had to be passed, and the food had to be stored, but this business had to be done.

Ever since, Ji Anjun and Xiao Yizhi strolled leisurely in Taiyuan City, looking at the busy people, each pushing a single-wheeled cart, full of grain granaries in sacks, carrying a pole on their shoulders, and hanging poles at both ends. Beef, sheep and meat, with a satisfied smile on their faces, rush back and forth between the streets.

And those innocent children are holding candied haws in their hands, stepping on the golden valley and running around laughing and singing nursery rhymes incessantly.

In a blink of an eye, when it was frost again, the weather was getting colder and the temperature dropped.

In the evening of autumn, the dark clouds and the moon are bright, and the water vapor condenses and thickens the frost.

There are frosts and sunny days in three dynasties, and there are frosts and sunny days in one day but not long.

The rice is fragrant for thousands of miles, and the glutinous rice is busy harvesting at this time.

In the three autumn seasons, I don't know how to be idle, and I add repair tools to the stage.

Collect carefully and store carefully, and accumulate a little to make a lot of food.

Looking at everything in front of him, Ji Anjun sighed in his heart. After all, this is the land of fragrant rice. The scattered grains alone can feed a family of six for one month.

Looking at the situation, Xiao Yizhi on the side felt a little admiration for King Gao An in his heart.

"After the festival, is there any place Yizhi wants to go?" Ji Anjun asked.

Xiao Yizhi pondered for a moment, then replied, "At the banquet, King Gao An has already recognized me, I think he will use this day of frost to meet me."

Hearing this, Ji An Junguo felt a little disappointed, so he frowned and said, "If he takes this opportunity to approach you, have you thought about how to deal with it?"

"Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover." Xiao Yizhi replied with the corners of his mouth curled up.

Sure enough, this matter really did not go beyond Xiao Yizhi's expectation.The next day, Gao'an Wang Yulin Muqing sent his servants and sent them an invitation to travel on the River of No Return.

The River of No Return flows from east to south, originating from the Tianyue River in the east of Gao'an Country, and straddling the two states of Gao'an Country, it can be described as a thousand-mile long river.

The river is not yet turbulent, but trickling, and the river is wide and far away. At a glance, the waves are strong and powerful, which makes people open-minded.

On the first day after frost, the last day of rest, the sky was clear, the sun was high, and the sun was shining directly on the river.

On the riverside, there is a group of powerful people.

At the head is a group of people dressed in yellow and white brocade suits, followed by a line of servants and maids who are bending over and wearing sunshade tables.And behind them are two rows of soldiers holding swords, guarding the princes and nobles walking in front of them watching the River of No Return.

Ji Anjun followed behind Yu Linyuan, looking sideways at the wide river, his eyes far away.

Xiao Yizhi, who was following him, was also looking at the River of No Return, admiring the surface of the river under the golden light, quietly flowing with gold, floating with the wind, extremely gorgeous.

When Ji Anjun turned his head to look at Xiao Yi, what he saw was a person as gentle as a jade.Under the warm sun, her brows were clear and bright, and the tenderness in her eyes was like a cup of warm water in winter, warming her heart.The smile formed by the corners of the lips seems to be able to blow away the long snow in the cold winter.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yizhi felt a scorching gaze resting on his face, turned his head and asked.

Ji Anjun leaned into his ear and replied softly, "This is really the first time I've seen you like this."

Xiao Yizhi, who was inexplicably teased, glared at Ji Anjun, snorted coldly, and passed by sideways, not wanting to respond to this thick-skinned person.

Seeing Xiao Yizhi walk away, Ji Anjun raised the corners of his lips slightly and smiled triumphantly.

"Your Majesty has ordered you to rest where you are." The servant eunuch suddenly turned around and shouted to the group of people behind him.

Immediately afterwards, two rows of soldiers could be seen sitting down neatly against the trees.

The princes and nobles in front ordered the servants to spread pillows on the ground, served some cakes and tea, and then sat down.

Yu Linmuqing, who ordered to take a rest, walked to the Wugui River alone with a servant, raised his eyes to look at the magnificent Wugui River, and looked at the faintly visible mountains on the opposite side.

He knew that opposite the Wugui River in Taiyuan City is the endless green and endless Anyang Mountain, and that opposite the Wugui River in Dongyang Prefecture is Fengming and Bainiao Mountains in Beili Kingdom.

Twenty years ago, he had no choice but to send someone to protect Yuzhi to leave Gao'an, go to another country, and hide in Fengming Mountain.

I don't know how she is now.

"Your Majesty." Xiao Yizhi called out respectfully, but he didn't make any salute, and looked into the distance just like Yu Linmuqing.

"Your mother kissed her, are you okay?" Yu Linmuqing asked.

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi turned to look at him, paused for a moment, then spoke again before replying, "She's not good."

"Not good?" Yu Linmuqing frowned, looked at Xiao Yizhi, and repeated.

Xiao Yizhi looked into his eyes and said in a daze, "There is no one to restrain the desolate corpses on the cliffs. Heaven and earth are tombs, and dead bones are monuments."

Hearing these words, Yu Linmuqing's eyes were full of pain, her eyes were red instantly, her lips trembled, she stretched out her hands to grab Xiao Yizhi's arm, and said with a sob, "You...what did you say?"

Xiao Yizhi looked at the man in front of him, his temples were stained with frost, his brows and eyes were lined with fine lines, and his face was full of vicissitudes. This man who has been caught between the throne and the world for 20 years and was controlled by his ministers, at this moment He was full of grief, looking at himself with red eyes.

"She's not doing well at all. She has no cover and is alone on the cliff of Fengming Mountain. You ask me if she's okay, she's really, not at all." Xiao Yizhi stared at him and said As he spoke, his eyes got wet.

Hearing Xiao Yizhi's words, Yu Linmuqing slowly let go of her hands, kept taking a few steps back, looked at Xiao Yizhi in disbelief, shook her head as if deceiving herself, slowly raised one hand, and covered her heart .

This place hurt so badly that it was hard for him to breathe, and it took him half a day to catch his breath.

"What's going on here?" Yu Linmuqing choked up and said, as if she was asking herself.

Looking at his appearance, Xiao Yizhi couldn't help but think of his mother's dying words and the appearance of dying to protect him. He took a deep breath and forced back the tears.

"What's going on? I also want to know what's going on." Xiao Yizhi laughed at himself, frowning and red eyes.

Seeing Xiao Yizhi's sad expression from a distance, Ji Anjun suddenly stood up, and began to worry in his heart, and he didn't know why he was worried, but his heart twitched, and he couldn't see the sad look of that person.

"Yizhi...my lord..." Yu Linmuqing looked at Xiao Yizhi and called softly, but she didn't know how to speak or what to say.

He stretched out his hand to grab Xiao Yizhi, but he avoided it.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will not come back. I have no interest in the throne either." Xiao Yizhi turned his eyes away, stopped looking at Yu Linmuqing, and said in a deep voice.

Immediately, in a blink of an eye, he saw Ji Anjun who was frowning and looking at him, and said again, "I have found what I have been looking for in my life, and I just can't put anything else in my heart."

Hearing this, Yu Lin Muqing stretched out his hand to silently wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, took a deep breath, and waited for a long time, until his eyes slowly returned to clarity, and the grief no longer appeared on his face, he slowly opened his mouth and said , "That's very good, Yuzhi also wishes you a safe life, that's luck."

"Yes, I will be safe for the rest of my life." Xiao Yizhi suddenly looked at him coldly, responded in a bad tone, then turned his head and walked away without stopping.

Looking at the back of Xiao Yizhi's sudden departure, Yu Linmuqing felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

Love died in vain, loved ones refused.

Really sad.

So what if he is the king of a country, he can't protect anyone, and he can't keep anyone.

After returning home from the trip, Xiao Yizhi was silent all the way, and Ji Anjun, who saw it in his eyes, didn't know whether to ask or not.

He felt sorry for Yizhi who buried the matter deeply in his heart and endured it alone. He wanted to ask, but he was afraid that once he asked, this person would lose all his strength in an instant and could no longer hold on.

In fact, when facing Yu Linmuqing, the biological father, Xiao Yizhi's heart began to collapse, but he couldn't show any extra emotions in front of him. How could he not know the biological father's affection for his mother, that's it, so he You can't stay, and you can't have any greed.

He really wanted to call his father, he really wanted to kneel on his knees and cry, he really wanted to talk to him about everything he had with his mother these years, and he really wanted to complain to him.But he can't.

If people are too greedy, they will regret it.

"Yizhi." Standing at Xiao Yizhi's door, Ji Anjun called softly.

Hearing the sound from outside, Xiao Yizhi didn't reach out to open the door, but leaned against the door frame, covered his mouth with his hands, trying not to let himself cry out.

"Yizhi, if you don't want to talk, then I will always be with you." Ji Anjun put his hands on the door frame and said to the people inside.

Hearing this, Xiao Yizhi still didn't reply, only a whimper escaped from his mouth.

"If you want to cry, just cry, I'm here." Ji Anjun said, but still didn't open the door.

It's not that he didn't want to push it away, it's just that he was afraid that seeing Xiao Yi alone, he would feel distressed.What's more, Yizhi should be unwilling to meet with anyone now, including him.

For a long time, there was still no movement inside, no crying, no speaking, not even a slight movement.

But at this moment, Xiao Yizhi couldn't bear it any longer and sat down on the ground, with his back against the door frame, curled up with his arms around his knees, and buried his head deeply.

He wants to bury himself in the dust as much as possible, wants to go away, wants to leave this world forever.

He didn't want to hold on any longer, he didn't want to think of those memories about his mother and uncle, he didn't want to think of his biological father's red eyes full of grief and despair, he didn't want anything, he didn't want anything.

Just want to get away from it all.

Suddenly, the door opened.

He felt a pair of warm hands covering his face.He raised his head to look at the person coming, but he couldn't see clearly.There were tears in the eyes, and it was impossible to tell who the other party was.But he just knew that this person was Yuan Qian.

Looking at the man with tears in his eyes, Ji Anjun frowned tightly, his heart throbbing with pain.

"Yuan Qian, I don't want to continue anymore, I want to escape." Xiao Yizhi choked up and begged softly.

"If you just leave, what do you want me to do?" Ji Anjun looked at him and asked back.

"I... I'm sorry..." Xiao Yizhi looked at him, momentarily at a loss for words.

Ji Anjun took a deep breath, pressed his forehead against Xiao Yizhi's, and said softly, "I beg you, just stay here for me, okay?"

Xiao Yizhi closed his eyes, let the tears flow down, and finally said something.

"Okay, I'll follow you."