It's better to fall in love than seize the heir

The white snow falls like poplar flowers, and rides the new wind to stop smoothly at the corner of the eaves of Lingge.

Liang Yan's room was just like his own, without any complicated and exquisite decorations, it was simple and unadorned, exuding a tough atmosphere.

Shen Jinghe was led by him to step through the door, and looked curiously at this simple house.The Bogu shelf is filled with all kinds of military books and the scenery of the four directions, which may be souvenirs brought back by him during the Southern and Northern Wars in his early years.There is a half-open book on the desk, and there is half a cup of cold tea in the teacup beside it.

Liang Yan leaned halfway beside the bookshelf, watching Shen Jinghe turn his head around to admire, and tilted his head, "My room is too late to tidy up, it's very messy, don't take offense."

Shen Jinghe looked at the neat and orderly decorations around him, and heard Liang Yan say that the place was "messy" in a serious manner, so he couldn't help but smile and raise his eyebrows at him, "Got it! You can't even clean up a guest room. It’s not easy to clean up the General’s Mansion like this, and General Liang doesn’t have to blame himself any more.”

Liang Yan looked at him with a funny face, stood up straight, walked past him, and took him to the desk.

"Look, that's Zhanliu."

Shen Jinghe looked up in the direction indicated by his eyes, and saw a three-foot long sword hanging on the white wall above the desk, and the simple and simple scabbard wrapped it tightly without revealing any cold light.

"Do you want to take a look?" Liang Yan turned his head and saw Shen Jinghe's bright eyes, as well as the expression on his face eager to try.He raised his hand and effortlessly removed the scabbard from the wall, while holding the hilt with the other hand, he slowly pulled it out.

Accompanied by the sound of "嗡", a long sword with a sharp silver blade and a width of more than half a foot appeared in response.On the thin sword body, there are faint silver streaks flowing under the light, as if freezing the deep and stagnant autumn water.

"The stars in the box are moving, and the shadow of the moon around the ring..." Shen Jinghe lightly touched the ice-like blade of the sword, the long sword seemed to be extremely beneficial to his caress, trembling slightly under his fingertips with.

"The sword also has spirituality. Zhan Liu seems to like you very much." Liang Yan stood still holding the sword, his eyes darting back and forth between Shen Jinghe and the long sword, with a faint smile on his lips.

"Really?" Shen Jinghe moved his fingertips away, raised his eyelids and glanced at Liang Yan from bottom to top, and couldn't help but smile, "Then you can thank him for me."

"Yeah." Liang Yan said solemnly, "It said that there is no need to be polite, this is what it should do."

The two looked at each other, couldn't help but shook their heads with a smile and sighed, and looked away.Looking at his love and longing for Zhan Liu, Liang Yan couldn't help but think of the longing that flashed across the young man's face when Shi Tingzhong talked about martial arts, but could not be mistaken.

Liang Yan lowered his eyes, thinking deeply.At that time, he wanted to protect him wholeheartedly, and only hoped that he could stay away from all possible dangers on the road ahead.But now...

"Do you want to practice martial arts?"

Liang Yan looked at his slightly enlarged eyes due to astonishment, but his focused expression remained unchanged.

Shen Jinghe hadn't recovered from the sudden thunderous words when he heard Liang Yan's steady voice again.

"Come on, I can teach you."

After all, without waiting for him to react, Liang Yan weighed Zhanliu, grabbed his hand and strode towards the open space outside the courtyard.Shen Jinghe was led forward two steps involuntarily, only then was healed from the huge surprise.

"You...are you really willing to teach me martial arts?" Shen Jinghe looked at him expectantly, but soon frowned a little unconfidently, "But I'm already sixteen, and my muscles and bones are fully formed..."

"It's okay." Finally reaching the open space, Liang Yan let go of his hand and squeezed his shoulders and arms lightly back and forth, "Your muscles and bones are flexible, and you are still a young man. If you don't point out that you want to practice well, you can be as good as a hundred." It's not difficult to do ordinary physical self-defense."

Liang Yan then explained to him in detail how to exercise his body on weekdays, and taught him the most basic basic skills.Shen Jinghe raised his head and listened carefully to write down, planning to get up half an hour early every day to exercise after returning home.

"These are all basic skills, you should practice first. I will teach you new ones one by one when you grow taller in the future." Liang Yan looked at Shen Jinghe's eyes, and pointed Nodding, there was another slight sigh in my heart.

Thinking of the hardships he would have to endure in practicing martial arts in the future, he couldn't help but feel unbearable and pity.However, seeing Shen Jinghe's eyes filled with expectations and joy for the future, he was reluctant to block the young man's tenacious growth because of his own selfishness.

Forget it, since he doesn't like being in front of him to protect him blindly, then he will face the wind and frost all the way and join hands with him.

Liang Yan flicked Zhan Liu's sword, and Zhan Liu seemed to feel the clarity of his master's state of mind in a very human way, and responded with a slight buzz of joy.

"I happened to be carrying Zhanliu today, so why don't I teach you some common sword moves first?" Liang Yan thought for a while and said.

Shen Jinghe nodded happily.Liang Yan then took a step forward and walked to his side, and took his hand to cover the coldly shining sword, making him close his eyes and feel the breath of the sword under his hand.

"To practice the sword, you must first establish a tacit understanding with the sword. You don't have to be afraid that the sharp edge of the sword will hurt you. As long as it is in your hands, it will only wholeheartedly recognize you as the master, and your breathing and actions are all under your command." Liang Yan watched Shen Jinghe's expression carefully, and pointed out carefully.

Under Shen Jinghe's hand was the cold sword blade, he held his breath and felt it attentively, as if he really felt that Zhanliu had become a part of his body.He opened his eyes suddenly, and looked up at Liang Yan with a smile.

"Is that how you feel it? You really are very spiritual." Liang Yan's praise made Shen Jinghe's lips curl up slightly, looking at his smiling eyes, Liang Yan's eyes flickered slightly One or two points.

"Next, let's learn some basic sword moves. Follow the movements in my hand and observe the trajectory of the sword."

Liang Yan let go of his hand, walked around behind him, but covered him from behind with a posture like embracing him.One hand was folded on his hand to hold the sword hilt tightly, and the other hand was resting on Shen Jinghe's waist, so as to lead him to learn how to use the strength of the whole body to exert force.

Shen Jinghe's body froze slightly.Even though he was wearing a thick winter robe, he seemed powerless to resist the heat from behind him penetrating into his skin.The familiar aura enveloped him again, and the coldness that carried the northern battlefield was like a docile three-foot long sword in his hand at this moment, turning into an indomitable and loyal gentleness.

Liang Yan's voice, as calm as wine, sounded behind him again, and the vibration in his chest was clearly transmitted to his back, and the climbing spread to his limbs and bones.Shen Jinghe bit the tip of his tongue in an attempt to calm himself down, and the powerful heartbeats behind him seemed to make his heart tremble with anxiety.

"The first move is to stab."

Liang Yan held his hand and led him to bend his elbows while holding the sword, lift it up to his waist and abdomen, and then stab forward suddenly with the momentum of a flat sword.The sword light is like a dragon coming out of the water, and it flies forward quickly with Liguang, startling the swaying Qiongshuang and Feixue.

"Second trick, click."

Liang Yanzheng was about to continue guiding him, but found that half of Shen Jinghe's body was tensely tense.He smiled and patted Shen Jinghe's right wrist, and the magnetic words were close to his ears, "Relax, how do you practice like this?"

Shen Jinghe took a deep breath for a moment, but still couldn't help turning his head and secretly flew a glance at him.

This person also said that he didn't even look at who made him so nervous...

Inexplicably, Shen Jinghe rolled his eyes, and Liang Yan couldn't figure it out for a moment.After thinking about it, he felt that maybe he was too strict just now, so he deliberately relaxed his movements a little more.

"Come on, let's continue. The wrist raising of the sword should be short and powerful." Liang Yan clenched his wrist and lifted it upwards, and then used his accumulated strength to reach the lower edge of the sword tip, and suddenly fell sharply. Pecking, there was a faint sound of piercing the sky around, and cold stars splashed everywhere.

"Very well, let's learn the third trick..."

Shen Jinghe gritted his teeth and struggled again and again, but still resigned himself to his fate and spoke in discouragement, his voice trembling imperceptibly.

"Liang Yan, can you...can you step back and let me do it myself."

"What's the matter?" Liang Yan was still holding him halfway, and lowered his head to follow his gaze in surprise.Shen Jinghe turned his head away from looking at him, the tips of his ears protruding from his black hair were slightly red.

He collected himself, obviously decided to express his emotions frankly, but he was still a little embarrassed when he got to his lips.

"As soon as you get close to me...my head feels like it's filled with paste. I've tried hard to remember, but I can't remember anything..."

After he finished speaking, he also felt that his words were completely weird, so he hurriedly lowered his head and covered his ears.

Liang Yan was stunned for a full moment behind him, and then chuckled softly.At the beginning, there were just a few muffled laughs inadvertently overflowing from the corners of his tightly closed lips, but in the end, he hugged him even tighter as if he couldn't bear it any longer, and buried his whole face in the socket of his black hair. In the middle, Yang Sheng laughed loudly.

"You, what are you laughing at..." Shen Jinghe only felt that even his hands were so stiff that he didn't know where to put them.Liang Yan's scorching breath brushed against his fragile neck through his collar, causing his fair skin to turn reddish in bewilderment.He originally wanted Liang Yan to listen to his words and let him go, but Liang Yan held him even closer, without leaving a single crack, as if he wanted to squeeze out all the air between his back and chest.

The vibration in his chest became clearer and clearer as Lang Che laughed. When Shen Jinghe was dizzy, he couldn't tell whether the beating heartbeat like a drum belonged to someone between them, or whether the sound was at all. It's time to be consistent.

"I laugh because I'm happy."

After an unknown amount of time, Liang Yan was finally willing to let him go, and gently turned him around while pressing his shoulders, as if he was treating a rare treasure in the world with his cautious movements.He looked down with lowered eyes, and there was still an indissoluble smile on his lips.

Shen Jinghe looked at his gentle gaze, and was a little dazed for a moment.

He seemed to have never seen Liang Yan smile so happily?

"Just laugh." He turned his eyes away as if discouraged, "Anyway, it's not like I haven't lost face in front of you before."

Liang Yan just smiled and said nothing. After a long while, he gently pulled his hand again, and his fingertips hooked slightly in his palm.

"Practice again?"

"……Um."

……

The sky gradually darkened, the evening clouds hung low, and the north wind blew towards the face with icy shards of snow, and bits and pieces of frost covered the corners of the clothes and hair.

The carriage with the blue satin curtains had already parked firmly on the avenue, and the horseshoes were stepping left and right, leaving light marks one after another on the stone street covered with a thin layer of falling snow.

"Really leaving?"

Liang Yan accompanied Shen Jinghe to the gate of the General's Mansion slowly, seeing his handsome features wrapped in a white crane cloak and looking forward to the sky, his heart seemed to soften into a puddle of water, full of reluctance.

"Well, the snow has finally stopped, and if the wind picks up again later, I'm afraid the road will be difficult." Shen Jinghe's steps along the way were also a lot slower than usual.However, the Fuzhong looked like a long road, but actually it was extremely short.He only felt that before he had spoken a few words to Liang Yan, he was already outside the gate of the mansion in a blink of an eye.

Liang Yan didn't speak when he heard the words, but raised his head to look at the half-dark sky.

"What's wrong?" Shen Jinghe also raised his eyes.The tired birds returning to their nests whirled across the sky, nothing special about them.

Liang Yan looked at him steadfastly, and after a while, a very shallow smile appeared on his face.

"But I hope the wind and snow will come."

stay here.

Shen Jinghe's breath was suffocated for a moment, Liang Yan's smile made his eyes flicker slightly, and he felt that there was a place in his heart that was slightly scratched.

"I, I really should go..."

He took a step back, but Liang Yan stretched out his hand, and under the cover of layered sleeves, he grabbed his hand and held it firmly.

Shen Jinghe looked down, the winter sleeves covered their connected hands, but he knew how warm and dry Liang Yan's palm was pressing against him.

"Uncle Zhang has tidied things up neatly. There is another guest room in my mansion available for occupants." Liang Yan refused to let him go, his eyes traced his eyebrows and eyes carefully without blinking.

Shen Jinghe couldn't help laughing because of his rascal, "I said it earlier, I'm not that easy to lie."

Liang Yan bowed his head in thought and remained silent. After a while, he raised his eyes, "Wait for me for a while."

He let go of his hand and strode towards the other side of the General's Mansion. Shen Jinghe watched his figure disappearing in a daze, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After waiting for a while, Liang Yan was still nowhere to be seen.Cheng Mo, who had been waiting in the car for a long time, looked at the sky, but couldn't help but say, "Master, the snow seems to be getting heavier again, look...?"

Shen Jinghe finally glanced in the direction where he was leaving, and sighed softly, "Okay, then let's set off."

He gave instructions to the doorman at the side, ordering him to confess to Liang Yan on his behalf.Shen Jinghe turned around, took two steps forward, and was about to step into the carriage.

Suddenly a horse neighed from a distance, and in the next second, a gust of wind mixed with startled snow brushed across his face.

Shen Jinghe turned his head to look in amazement, a snow-white horse was galloping towards this place vigorously.After a few breaths, the horse's hooves were raised high, and it stopped precisely in front of him. The young man in a black cloak on the horse's back was looking sideways at him.

His strong arms gripped the reins, and his angular face was radiant with the bitter cold.The cloak fluttered up and down in the wind and snow, and his tall figure faced the thin twilight with a majestic aura, as if the god of war was in person.

The white horse paced back and forth.The young man's resolute eyebrows and eyes are now full of tenderness, and his figure is reflected in his star-like eyes with a smile.

As the twilight fell, he faced the light, leaned down, and stretched out a hand steadily to himself.

"Come."

He said.With a slight smile.

Without hesitation or thinking, Shen Jinghe firmly placed his hand on his palm, as if the two hands were born to fit like this.

In the next second, Shen Jinghe used his strength to vacate into the air and sit firmly on the horse's back.Liang Yan gathered his robe carefully, and wrapped his hands around him to hold the rein, "I'll ride the horse to see you off."

"That carriage..." Shen Jinghe looked up, the tall figure behind him cut off all the cold wind, as if opening up a warm world for him.

Liang Yan raised his eyebrows at him, "Let it chase after us."

The white horse couldn't wait to gallop again, Liang Yan put his legs between the horse's belly, smiled lightly and lowered his eyes to look at Shen Jinghe, "Can you sit still?"

After receiving Shen Jinghe's affirmative nod, he turned his eyes back to the road ahead, and his tone was full of vigor, "Let's go!"

With a flick of the rein, the steed that received the command galloped forward in the next second, like a shooting star chasing the moon.Shen Jinghe didn't expect it to be so fast, he was caught off guard for a while, and suddenly fell backwards, but fell steadily into a warm chest.

Liang Yan saw him leaning against his chest with his eyes wide open, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up unobtrusively, and with one hand, he pulled his wind-blown hair behind his ears.

"Don't be afraid, I'm always behind you."

After getting used to the speed of the steed, Shen Jinghe could gradually relax his body, admiring the rapidly receding street scene on both sides.The familiar Loufang pavilions and wine flags with heavy curtains are now covered with a layer of silver in the flying snow all over the sky, and they quickly slipped out of my sight with the whistling wind.

The wind of a thousand li bliss seems to be able to blow away all the annoyance of a person. Sitting on the undulating horseback, watching the figures in the distance gradually dissipate into tiny stars, Shen Jinghe only feels that he is unprecedentedly happy and free .As if the sky and the earth were white, the little snow fluttering and flying down also looked joyful and gentle.

"are you happy?"

The sound of the wind rolled past his ears, Liang Yan had to raise his smiling voice so that Shen Jinghe in his arms could hear more clearly.

"Ok!"

Shen Jinghe also responded to him with a loud smile, as if afraid that he might not hear clearly, and nodded vigorously.

The sky and the earth are bright, the wind swirls, and the slanted snow falls one after another, one piece of which falls gently on Shen Jinghe's eyelashes.

Liang Yan looked at the whiteness, but couldn't recover for a long time.In an instant, he had the urge to lean over and lick and kiss the falling snow on his eyelashes, letting it tremble and melt with the person in front of him.

The palace gate was already visible in the distance, Liang Yan slowed down and stopped the white horse under a tree at the corner.He jumped off the horse first, and then stretched out his hand to support Shen Jinghe, letting him jump off with his strength.

After both of them set foot on the soft snow again, they hesitated at the same time and had nothing to say, they just stood and looked at each other stupidly.They obviously didn't know what to say, but they stubbornly refused to move their eyes away.

Liang Yan felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had known that the distance from the mansion to the palace was so short, he should have ridden the horse more slowly.

"you--"

"I just……"

The two spoke at the same time, but they were both startled, and looked away with a little discomfort on their faces.

"After returning to the palace later, don't come out if you have nothing to do. It's cold outside, take care of your body." Liang Yan coughed lightly, turned his gaze back, looked at Shen Jinghe's face and spoke quietly.

"Well, you too." Shen Jinghe lowered his eyes and replied.

After saying these two words, the surroundings returned to the quietness just now.Obviously there are a lot of things to say, but when the words come to their lips, they feel that it is good to look at each other like this.

The familiar sound of a carriage came faintly in the distance, Liang Yan didn't turn his head, he reached out to caress the white horse that kept shaking its head, and lowered his eyes to look deeply at Shen Jinghe.

"I am leaving."

"……Um."

The voice fell for a long time, but no one moved at all.

After a while, the shadow of the carriage could be seen at the end of the street.Liang Yan looked at the sky that had completely darkened, sighed lightly, and took a step back after leading the horse.

Shen Jinghe suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed one of his sleeves, raised his head and looked at him seriously.

"I...send you?" He pursed his lips, with some hesitation.

Liang Yan glanced at him, and after a while, smiled again.

He seems to be smiling a lot today.

In the chaotic and unclear thoughts, Shen Jinghe thought this way.

Liang Yan let go of the rein, took two steps forward and approached him, his voice became a little softer, "Send me? Then, I'll send you back?"

He lowered his eyes, vaguely as if chuckling.

Liang Yan sighed and pulled him into his arms, gently stroking the back of Shen Jinghe's head, looking down helplessly and indulgently.

"Silly Crane, we can see each other again tomorrow."

Shen Jinghe pressed his forehead firmly against his chest, tightly clutching Liang Yan's front with one hand, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Liang Yan... I, I don't know what's wrong with me. Let me think about it, let me think about it..."

He seemed to feel a warm hand passing through his hair.He didn't raise his head, only heard a calm and soft voice sighing in his ears in the snowy sky.

"I said, no matter how long, I will wait for you."

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Thank you Mu Qingwan and Xue Chuimo for throwing mines and grenades~

Thanks for the nutrient solution irrigated by Zaini's dumplings!