Xijing Chronicle

There is an old tree in the back garden of the Jin Mansion, which can only be hugged by three people with arms folded. In midsummer, the children of the Jin family always practice martial arts under the tree, looking heroic and full of vigor.

"Snapped!"

The sudden clear sound was so discordant that curious people couldn't help but turn their heads to follow the sound, only to see that it was the youngest son of the old general Jin who accidentally dropped the gun on the ground.

"Concentrate!" Jin Xuanying, who happened to be passing by, couldn't help frowning when she saw this scene, and shouted loudly. The descendants of the Jin family were afraid of the prestige of this young and famous general, and all of them immediately kept their eyes on their noses, their noses, their noses and their hearts, and continued to practice martial arts pretending.

Jin Xuanying's cold and stern gaze passed through the crowd, and finally landed on her younger brother. The child looked at him nervously, and was about to explain something, when the little general withdrew his gaze impatiently, and looked away from the side without looking sideways. walked over.

The two faint syllables landed in the child's ears just right, making him at a loss and his face pale.

"waste."

These two words have been the nightmare of the young Jin Xuenian for a long time. He knew that because of the discord between his biological mother and mistress, his eldest brother has always hated him.I remember that when I was a child, I was seriously ill for a while, and I went to the teaching master to ask for half a month's price. Somehow, this matter was spread, and everyone said that there was a squeamish young master in the Jin family. Since then, the eldest brother I look down on myself a little bit.

Jin Xuenian was gradually aroused with arrogance, gritted his teeth and trained hard, vowing to make his elder brother look at him with admiration one day, or at least see him in the eyes, but he rushed forward desperately, but in the end he couldn't catch up with that Distant back.

The picture seems to have been reversed a lot, and it is blurry. Two teenagers are sitting on a stone bench in the shade of a tree talking, and the kid can only look at this side across a pond. Go out the gate, leaving the child standing behind alone.

Suddenly it snowed in the sky, and it became heavier and heavier. In the blink of an eye, the sunny summer turned into a cold winter. The child was shocked to find that the courtyard, which was clean and tidy just now, was suddenly covered with dust, and the cobwebs were covered with dust and broken. holes, hanging dusty among the dry branches.

He ran out of the gate in fear and fell down. Many pedestrians passed by, but no one helped him. He stood up and followed the flow of people. After a while, he ran to the execution ground in Dongshi in a daze. Realizing what was going to happen next, I wanted to go back like crazy, but my feet seemed to be rooted, and I couldn't move a step.

At this moment, the prison car still appeared, and the common people followed behind the car, and someone shouted: "The Jin family is a group of thieves who betray their master and seek glory!"

As if some switch was pressed, the crowd suddenly boiled up, and everyone threw things at the prison car with righteous indignation, and cursed some inaudible words, but even so, even if they fell into such a situation , the person in the car was still so arrogant and arrogant, Jin Xuenian stood there blankly, when the prison car passed by him, the person in the car suddenly turned his head to look at him, opened his mouth, and said the sentence that bothered him Then the nightmare-like words of the whole life: "Live!"

Jin Xuenian opened his eyes suddenly, dripping with cold sweat, and his chest heaved violently.

It turned out to be just a dream... Panting for breath, he raised his hand to cover his face, and suddenly opened his mouth and laughed silently. A few years ago, Jin Xuanying's words cast a shadow over his childhood. After erasing the darkness, after several years, that person's light words brought him another nightmare for countless hours.

But he doesn't even have the right to hate!No matter who heard this story, I'm afraid they will ask him to be grateful to Dade, after all, he can only live up to now by relying on the last words left by that person...

He laughed more and more intensely, and finally his whole body convulsed.After an unknown amount of time, a warm palm suddenly fell on the back of his hand, and he froze, when he heard Gu Huaisheng worriedly ask him in the dark: "What happened? Are you alright?"

Jin Xuenian's Adam's apple moved, and she tried her best to suppress the feeling of choking so that her voice remained normal: "I'm fine... I had a nightmare, did it disturb you?"

"I heard the movement, and I was a little worried about you, so I came to take a look." Gu Huaisheng groped and sat down beside the bed, patted the back of his hand lightly like coaxing a child, "What did you dream about?"

"...a lot, it's all from the past."

"it's already over."

Jin Xuenian didn't answer, and just when Gu Huaisheng thought he had fallen asleep again, a very low whisper suddenly came from his ear: "Tell me, why does elder brother want me to live... Is it for the heirs of the Jin family? Or just Because he hates me... If it's for the sake of his heirs, then he can't rest in peace, how can I keep a child like this..."

Gu Huaisheng was silent for a long time before he sighed: "Have you ever thought that maybe, he just simply wants his brother to live?"

"No! No!" Jin Xuenian categorically denied it, and she didn't know whether it was to convince Gu Huaisheng or just to convince herself, "How is it possible, he has always looked down on me, never regarded me as a younger brother, how could he..."

His fingers clenched into a ball without realizing it, and he didn't even notice it when he pinched it into his palm.

Gu Huaisheng held his fist in the palm of his hand, thought for a while, and said, "When He Rui told me about the Jin family, he occasionally mentioned you. He said that he was a smart and hardworking kid who had a lot of experience in studying. The talent is no worse than the rest of the Jin family, and he will become a great weapon in the future. He also said with a smile, if you are admitted to the number one scholar when you grow up, then the Jin family is both civil and military, and other families will be envious of you."

Jin Xuenian's attention was indeed diverted: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince thinks so highly of me..."

"I think he's right. You are the strongest person I've ever seen." Gu Huaisheng smoothed out the broken hair on his forehead for him. Seeing that he had calmed down a lot, he smiled lightly and turned onto the bed naturally. , lying beside him.

"You..." Jin Xuenian suddenly became nervous.

"The bed outside is too hard, making it uncomfortable to sleep on," Gu Huaisheng looked at him innocently, "Anyway, it won't be long before dawn, so let me sleep here."

Jin Xuenian opened his mouth. This room belongs to Gu Huaisheng. It is too much for him to occupy the bed and let him sleep on the side couch, and he has already slept here for most of the night. Now it is too hypocritical to propose to go back... ...He was entangled in this for a long time, and turned his head inadvertently, but saw that Gu Huaisheng's eyes were slightly closed, and he had already fallen asleep.

No matter what you look at in the dark night, it seems to be covered with a soft veil, so hazy that it is a little unreal. Gu Huaisheng's eyebrows are stretched, and his facial features are much softer than in the daytime. Maybe the night magnifies people's courage, maybe You don't have to worry about being caught by those sharp and clear eyes. Jin Xuenian held her breath and looked at the person in front of her without any scruples for the first time——

The arch of his eyebrows is very beautiful, and the ends of his eyebrows are slightly raised, looking sharp and unruly. Although his eyes are closed at the moment, Jin Xuenian can easily imagine what they will look like when they are opened: a bit like elongated almonds, The length is just right, and the shape is soft, which just neutralizes the sharpness of the eyebrows.The eyelashes are not curled, but they are very long, the bridge of the nose is not straight, the lips are a bit thin, and the color is very light. It is said that people with such lips are very cold-tempered, but Gu Huaisheng is different. He can come here so long after the death of the second prince Daliang only wants to fulfill his last wish, which shows that he values ​​love and righteousness.

He suddenly remembered those uninterrupted kisses tonight, and his ears felt as hot as burning, but his heart began to cool down.

Just at this moment, the dark clouds covering the moon slowly moved away, and the moonlight, like water and frost, shone into the room through the thin window paper and fell on Gu Huaisheng's face. Such a close distance made everything on Gu Huaisheng's face tremble. With all the fine details, Jin Xuenian unexpectedly noticed the slightly raised corner under Gu Huaisheng's ear. It seemed to be a thin film, as thin as a cicada's wing. Because it was not pasted properly, the edge was a little curled up, but it was not Conspicuous, if it is not so close, it will never be noticed.

Jin Xuenian's eyes widened in horror.