long friend

Xiao Qichen thought about Su Yan's reaction after hearing the news countless times, but after all, he didn't know how Su Yan and Li Rong got along.Seeing the surprise in Su Yan's eyes at this moment, and thinking of his half-embarrassed and half-helpless "We haven't shared the same bed for a long time", Xiao Qichen couldn't help but also froze himself.

The funny words that Luyi said played back in Xiao Qichen's mind for a long time, his throat was dry and he felt a little bitter, and it took him a long time to make a joke with difficulty: "...Isn't it, you want to play tricks?"

These words seemed to wake Su Yan up suddenly, he swallowed obviously, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and then said: "I didn't... I, I didn't expect it to be so fast, Rong Niang, she—"

Xiao Qichen looked directly into Su Yan's eyes, tried his best to act like a buddy who cared about them, and said, "I went to see her, she is in a good mood, and has grown a lot of flowers in your yard, you really should stay until the beginning of spring." It’s gone, it’s colorful, it’s not the same as before, it’s very beautiful. Also, she is not in good health, so I went to the imperial hospital to get some medicinal herbs for her body..."

Su Yan's gaze gradually calmed down. He lowered his eyelashes, let out an inhalation sound that he didn't know whether it was a sob or something, and then raised his head, with his usual gentle appearance: "Thank you."

"It should be, Brother Zhong Guang said, we all have to take care of Rong Niang when you're not here." Xiao Qichen said in a roundabout way.

After saying this, the military tent fell into a strange silence.Obviously, they didn't know how to continue this topic, and it was embarrassing to mention it.

Su Yan turned over and got out of bed, wrapped his robe quickly, he was not wearing light armor, he only held the long sword in his hand, and pulled Xiao Qichen with the other hand: "It's almost sunset, I'll take you somewhere."

Xiao Qichen didn't know why, so he was dragged all the way through the bustling school grounds and soldiers waiting in line to eat.He heard someone called Su Yan greet him along the way, saying "Hi, little lord", and felt a little joy inexplicably in his heart.

He stared greedily at the back of Su Yan's head. He was in a hurry to go out. Su Yan was too lazy to take care of his hair, so he just tied it up with a hair tie. At this moment, a lot of broken hair was sticking out, and it looked fluffy against the light. cute.His collar was also a little crooked, Xiao Qichen instinctively stretched out his hand to straighten it, Su Yan's footsteps paused, and he didn't look back.

He kept pulling Xiao Qichen to an earthen wall, raised his chin slightly, and motioned Xiao Qichen to climb up.

Xiao Qichen, who loves to roll around since he was a child, hasn't been so presumptuous for many years. After understanding Su Yan's meaning, he felt a little nostalgic, and his rebellious little thoughts came back.Xiao Qichen's movements were unfamiliar, but his movements were very agile. He supported himself with both hands, and then straddled the dirt wall, ready to fall down.

"Don't go down!" Su Yan hurriedly said, "Just sit on the wall."

Hearing what he said, Xiao Qichen quickly hung his legs and put his hands on the dirt wall.The width here was just right, and soon Su Yan sat next to him, with a little distance between them.

Su Yan pointed to the right: "Yanshan."

Pointing to the left again: "Longshan."

Xiao Qichen nodded, his eyes fell on a valley at the foot of Longshan Mountain with his fingers, the sky was getting dark, he couldn't see what was there, and Su Yan said: "That's where the soldiers' bones are buried. Brother Shen and I built an ancestral hall for them last month, and the common people have occasionally gone to worship recently."

Xiao Qichen said: "Is it... the object hurts its kind?"

His analogy was not appropriate. Su Yan couldn't answer for a while, but smiled after a while: "It's a little bit. But Qingshan is lucky enough to bury his loyal bones. It's better for a soldier to die on the battlefield than not to be able to kill the enemy for the country. end."

Xiao Qichen felt his back trembling when he heard this, and said worriedly: "Don't die."

"Death" was originally a heavy word, but in Su Yan's eyes, Xiao Qichen was frowning with serious concerns, and suddenly wanted to laugh.He naturally raised his hand and rubbed the back of Xiao Qichen's head: "I cherish my life, and I'm very powerful, ordinary savages can't beat me, before on a high ground, I singled out several..."

His tone was relaxed, as if he was coaxing someone, but he had never given such tenderness to others.Everyone else knew that Su Yan was polite and polite, but they didn't know that he would sometimes whisper to comfort others.

Is it a bit strange?This thought flashed through Su Yan's mind, and he hurriedly felt that he had caught something by the tail, but it was fleeting, and then he couldn't remember it anymore.

"Ah...so you can see the moonrise here." Xiao Qichen looked into the distance, and the wind wafted the unique dry breath of the north.He squinted his eyes, and the first-quarter moon was emerging from the blurred mountain peak over there.

Su Yan: "There is a star on the northwest side of the moon, and it will reach the southeast side in the middle of the night. I come here to sit for a while every night when I have nothing to do, and sometimes I run out after three o'clock. The stars are beautiful even when there is no moon. But today probably... the moon and stars are scarce, you can stay for a few more days, wait and see if you can look at the Milky Way."

Xiao Qichen heard that he was so precious, and couldn't help wanting to pinch Su Yan, but he finally held back, quietly waiting for Su Yan to tell the stars, and said: "Before you come, Rong Niang, please ask me something."

"what?"

"You can't go back these days, she wants you to name the child." Xiao Qichen crossed his hands unnaturally, "I think it's better for boys and girls to have one each."

Su Yan said that he was not used to these things yet, Xiao Qichen carefully observed Su Yan's expression, knowing that the news had too much impact on him, so he shut his mouth, just waiting for his response.He looked ahead, raised his head slightly, and began to count the scattered stars in the blue night without distraction.

When Xiao Qichen counted No. 20 stars, Su Yan said deeply: "When I was young, my father read poems to me. It was about the scene where the emperor performed military and political brigades to frighten the Jing barbarians... It said, 'Zhu Fu Si Huang , there is Congheng.'Whether it's a man or a woman, everyone should be called Su Heng. What do you think of the jade on the pendant?"

Xiao Qichen only smiled and said, "Very good."

They didn't stay for long that day, because Shen Chengjun couldn't find anyone everywhere, and finally searched all the way to the edge of Guangwu City, and carried Su Yan back from the abandoned earthen wall.Xiao Qichen sat for a while and returned to the camp.

He originally planned to live in the inn in Guangwu City, but Su Yan refused, saying that there must be Turkic spies in the city now, and they knew that Xiao Qichen would be in danger, so they couldn't help but build a simple bed in the Chinese army tent, and asked Xiao Qichen to within sight.Shen Chengjun didn't have any attitude towards this, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

Xiao Qichen's original intention was to take a turn around, and then go south from Jinyang to Chang'an, then cross the Weishui River and Qinling Mountains, feel the gold and jade of Bashu, and come out of the Three Gorges to Jingchu. At that time, the lotus in Yunmengze blooms, the scene should be beautiful .Playing around so leisurely and returning to Jinling can still escape the scorching July.

Unexpectedly, when he finished visiting Yanmen Pass and was just about to leave, the Turks came calling without warning.

"These grandsons dare to come!" Su Yan gritted his teeth, raised his longbow and got on his horse. Before he could give Xiao Qichen any instructions, Jing Fan left in the dust.

Leaving Xiao Qichen, who heard him say some foul words for the first time, stay where he was, really didn't know what expression to change.Tianhui stood aside, holding back her laughter.He pulled Xiao Qichen back to the tent of the Chinese army, but the other party refused and insisted on going to the tower.

Su Yan mentioned many things about the battlefield before, and Xiao Qichen had also seen countless scenes of martial arts performances in the Nanyuan camp, but compared with the real battlefield, it still seemed too vague and childish.He stood on the tower in fear, protected by Tianhui to avoid those stray arrows. Not far away, he saw the cavalry of the two armies charging into battle, and they twisted together in a blink of an eye.

Su Yan's horse was too conspicuous, he was dressed in red and silver armor, he was like a moving target in the sky full of yellow sand.

But he didn't panic at all, and he easily detoured with the enemy. Behind him, the cavalry guards formed a formation, which was especially obvious from a height.Like a sharp sword, they pierced through the Turkic defense line. Su Yan had archers and spearmen on both sides. They cooperated with each other tacitly.

This conflict didn't last long, but Xiao Qichen almost stood like a statue in the corner of the city wall with cold hands and feet.

This is not the first time for Su Yan to lead an army, and he is not afraid of death. He can maintain his composure in the midst of thousands of troops, and organizes an orderly attack after another. formation.

Xiao Qichen asked Tianhui in a low voice: "Did I underestimate him before?"

Tianhui didn't know what he was referring to, she just smiled without saying a word.Xiao Qichen said thoughtfully: "He was born for the battlefield, I actually thought about it later... I can't trap him."

When the mountains and rivers are stable, Su Yan can stay in Jinling forever, by his side.

Xiao Qichen thought so at the time, but now that he saw Su Yan's high spirits that he had never seen before, he reluctantly admitted that Su Yan belonged to the border and belonged to the battlefield, and was destined not to stay in the ten-mile fireworks field by the Qinhuai River.

But he still refused to let go.

After that battle, Su Yan's armor was half dyed red, and his clothes were even more bloody.He changed his clothes and washed them roughly before coming to see Xiao Qichen.

This time Su Yan's expression became more serious: "Achen, you should leave first, the sooner the better."

"This time the army is led by Huyantu's cronies." Yan Nandu added nonchalantly from the side, "Summer is coming soon, and the grass and horses outside the Great Wall are strong, and it will soon be time for a large-scale invasion. Last year they were forced to It is self-evident what he is thinking about asking for peace but not being a minister. Your Highness has a noble status and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time."

Xiao Qichen felt that Yan Nandu had some skills, and every word he said made people want to beat him up, but what he said was all the truth, so Xiao Qichen had to compromise and said: "Leave early tomorrow morning."

On the last night, he and Su Yan finally waited until the sky was full of stars and there was no moon.

There was no fireworks outside the Great Wall, this time Su Yan took Xiao Qichen up to the Yanmen Pass, the soldiers on guard at night didn't seem to see the two of them, they still dutifully stood upright.Su Yan and him stood in the corner, the silver men were far apart, shining thousands of miles away.

But none of them spoke. Being in this place, they can understand the vastness of the universe and how insignificant human beings are.There may be a great wilderness beyond Beiming, and a series of mountain ranges at the end of the East China Sea. These are all variables.

Xiao Qichen suddenly thought: "If there is a chance in the future, I will go further."

Before he and Tianhui left the next day, Su Yan sent them ten miles outside Guangwu City.He seemed to be reluctant, but Su Yan didn't show it, and just repeated: "Su Heng."

"Got it." Xiao Qichen thought for a while and said, "Come back and have a look when you have time."

Su Yan said nothing, neither nodded nor refused.Xiao Qichen got into the car, Tianyou whistled, and the carriage bumped back and forth on the road again.If you walk a little further inside Yanmen Pass, you will see green grass and trees.

He kept watching until there were only horseshoe marks left on the road.During this brief encounter, Su Yan felt a little empty in his heart, as if a piece had been taken away by Xiao Qichen. He felt uncomfortable in every way, but it was definitely not because of the name given to his child.

Su Yan got on his horse, and just as Jing Fan took a few steps, his eyelids suddenly turned cold.

Spreading his hand, a piece of snow fell on his palm, and it melted clean in a short time, leaving a little bit of moisture.Su Yan raised his head, surrounded by yellow clouds, the sun quietly exited the scene, and a snow fell silently.

It also snows in May.

Su Yan thought regretfully: "Xiao Qichen should have left a little later."

Xiao Qichen couldn't hear his voice. After he witnessed the battle, he no longer wanted to travel around.When Tianhui asked him if he had originally planned to cross the Wei River, Xiao Qichen shook his head and said weakly, "Go back to Jinling."

It was early summer when he left, and the flowers in Jinling City were still in bud. When he returned, the flowers were in full bloom, and the Qinhuai River was still full of music and music, as if nothing had happened.

"Do these people who have softened their bones in the brocade bushes know that there are countless soldiers in the north who are throwing their heads and blood?" Thinking of this, Xiao Qichen was almost filled with righteous indignation.

He went back to the palace to meet the saint, and then pretended to greet the queen and visit his younger brother in his generation.The boy Xiao Qiming's facial features were still wrinkled together, he really couldn't see the beauty or ugliness, Xiao Qichen didn't dare to tease him, for fear that he would be blamed for the other party's mistakes, so he asked a few symbolic words and hurried away.

When leaving Mingfu Palace, Xiao Qichen passed by a person, he turned around with a frown, and called out uncertainly: "...Brother Huang?"

After the man heard the words and looked back, he was also taken aback when he saw Xiao Qichen, and then forced a smile: "Qichen? You went back to Jinling? I just came back not long ago, Father wants us to get closer to Qiming."

I haven't seen each other for some time, Xiao Qiyu in my memory once disliked everyone, with a proud look that only he was right and proper.Now that Xiao Qichen saw him, he inexplicably felt that he had become a little... decadent, his complexion was not very good, and he lost a lot of weight. When did His Highness King Zhao, who was in full bloom, ever be so downcast?

Xiao Qichen greeted politely: "Brother Huang, are you here all right?"

But Xiao Qiyu snorted coldly: "No harm? This king was punished in the fief to think about his mistakes, and when he came back during the New Year's Eve, his father didn't even look at him, and all the errands in his hands were handed over to others—do you think I'm safe? "

Xiao Qichen completely ignored the gun and stick in his words, and said indifferently: "Brother Huang, you are serious."

"Huh," Xiao Qiyu took two steps in his direction, lowered his voice, and his words were still sharp, "Qichen, you and I are on the same boat. Xiao Qiping is the son of the eldest son. Now Xiao Qiping Qiming is also a legitimate son, as long as they are around, we will never be noticed, I don't believe you don't understand this truth."

Xiao Qichen smiled very measuredly: "Brother Huang, what you said... everyone is siblings."

Poking his heart with his fingers, Xiao Qiyu played with taste: "At this time, there are no siblings, only conflicts of interest. Don't think I don't know what you want to do when you rush to Qingguang County? But does Emperor Father take you to heart?"

Xiao Qichen remained silent, his eyes fixed on the shadow of him and Xiao Qiyu together.

Thinking that he was moved, Xiao Qiyu continued: "Qichen, you've been smart since you were a child, and it's useless to cover it up. You see that it's my assassin, but you never say it out, and you don't add insult to injury. I know you're not. He will stick to the immediate interests. Right now, only you and I can join hands to let the person on the dragon chair know that his son-in-law is actually no more promising than his son-in-law."

Xiao Qichen never said a word, Xiao Qiyu patted him on the shoulder: "If you think about it, come to my house and wait for you anytime."

After he walked far away, Xiao Qichen slowly walked towards Chenglan Hall.Tianhui followed closely, and said worriedly: "Your Highness won't be really moved by King Zhao, right? It's not a good idea for a humble job to see King Zhao..."

"No." Xiao Qichen said firmly.

Tianhui was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Xiao Qichen suddenly smiled coldly, his voice was so soft that it was just enough for Tianhui to hear, and I don't know if he made a special trip to tell him——

"Joining forces...? Xiao Qiyu, is he worthy too?"