long friend

In Jinling during the Ching Ming Festival, singing and dancing are peaceful, graceful and restrained, forming a landscape of its own.The willows sway gracefully in the lingering drizzle.On rainy days, there are fewer pedestrians than usual, and water drops drip from the eaves. It is almost impossible to walk on the road without stone slabs, with three steps and a pit.

In the tranquility, the galloping carriage obviously ruined the atmosphere too much.It made tinkling noises all the way, and stopped at the door of a certain mansion with a neigh.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and a person jumped out impatiently.He was still wearing court clothes, the color of which was incompatible with the blue tiles and white walls of the whole street.The place where the carriage stopped was still some distance away from the eaves of the mansion. This young man who seemed to be of high status was impatient to wait for the entourage to get the umbrella, so he covered his head and ran over.

"Your Highness, be careful of the rain!" Tian Hui opened an umbrella, and when she was about to go over, she saw Xiao Qichen was already standing at the gate of the Hou Mansion. He retracted what he wanted to say later, feeling more and more that His Highness was fascinated.

Xiao Qichen didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned around and patted the door.

He almost quarreled with Xiao Qiyu at the court meeting just now.The war in the northern border broke out again, Xiao Qiyu advocated going out to meet the enemy, and took the opportunity to beat the Turks back to their lair before summer.However, Xiao Qichen believed that there would be heavy snowfall in the north from time to time, which would not be conducive to combat. He should stick to Yanmen Pass and wait for an opportunity to attack.

The two confronted each other tit for tat, and finally Xiao Qichen gave in, stood back to his position and did not speak.

Xiao Yan seemed to be more inclined towards Xiao Qichen, about before Zhong Mi mentioned it, and he brought up the matter of becoming king again.Xiao Qichen didn't insist this time, but he was in a bad mood and had a rare cold face.

"Xiao Liu can't stand setbacks." Xiao Yan made a conclusion for him and advised him to hone his mind more.

Because of this matter, he was extremely depressed, but just as soon as he came to the court, Tianhui suddenly came out from nowhere, and leaned into his ear and said why Xiao Qiwei sent the battle report to Beijing uncharacteristically this time for the emperor to decide-Su Yan was assassinated.

The head coach was assassinated by a Turkic scout in disguise, and the dagger was inserted into the gap between the armor. It seemed that he had practiced many times. The wound was so deep that he almost died. No matter what, the news should not be leaked, and it is best that even his own people have no idea.

The experienced Jin Yi made a prompt decision, and first sent someone to send a letter to Shen Chengjun, ordering him to secretly rush back to Guangwu City from Yunmen Pass to take charge of the overall situation, and then asked Fang Zhi to send Su Yan back to the nearest big city, Jinyang, to heal his injuries.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Jinyang day and night, Su Yan's injury suddenly deteriorated. In desperation, Fang Zhi asked a friend from the rivers and lakes for help to stop his bleeding.But such a serious injury required rest, so he had to be taken back to Jinling.

When Xiao Qichen heard it, he couldn't sit still on the spot like firecrackers during the Chinese New Year.He didn't care about returning to Chenglan Palace, and after receiving the news that Su Yan had returned to the palace, he left the palace in the rain.

Since people have returned to Jinling safely, there must be no serious problems.Xiao Qichen understood the truth, but he couldn't hold back, he had to see Su Yanquan appearing in front of his eyes with his whole legs in order to be completely at ease.He patted on the door again irritably, his usual courteous and considerate attitude towards the Hou family was gone, and he wished he could kick him.

Just as Xiao Qichen was thinking about kicking up directly, the door was opened.When he raised his head, Su Zhi looked at him solemnly.

"Lord Hou." Xiao Qichen hurriedly saluted, Su Zhi was an elder, so etiquette should not be lost.

Su Zhi said: "But I don't know if His Highness is here to visit...to visit Yan'er?"

Xiao Qichen nodded and said, "Is Ayan alright?"

He got an affirmative answer, but he didn't feel any better.Su Zhi's expression was too painful, Xiao Qichen followed him into the Hou Mansion, blinking nervously as if he had a rabbit in his arms.

Su Zhi led him to the East Chamber, and said: "Yan'er is recuperating in there, if Your Highness wants to see him, then go."

His attitude was cold, but fortunately Xiao Qichen knew that Su Zhi had always been like this, and he didn't give anyone face in the court, so it must have gotten worse in private.He thanked him repeatedly, and after pushing the door open, he thought regretfully, "Did I just knock on the door?"

However, he couldn't allow him to quit and start over, Su Yan, who was crooked on the couch, was already looking in the direction of the door.

Xiao Qichen thought that he was already used to their parting - he and Su Yan always get together less often, so that time when Xie Hui teased them as "childhood sweethearts", Xiao Qichen couldn't justly accept it.

Their distance was from Jinling to Xuzhou, and then to Yunmenguan and Yanmenguan... Su Yan went farther and farther, and came back less and less often. Every time they met, they were more restrained than excited.As Su Yan said, they are not like close friends who confide in each other, but they are also not like casual acquaintances, awkward and weird.

One step forward is not willing, one step back is not willing.

If Xiao Qichen had been a little more affectionate, or if Su Yan had been more knowledgeable about the world, they should have known.

Xiao Qichen clenched his hands tightly, adjusted his expression, smiled at him again, and said politely: "I just heard, are you okay? Has the assassin been caught?"

Su Yan didn't seem to be surprised by his sudden visit. He sat up on his back, stuffed a pillow behind his back, barely supported himself, and then said softly: "I didn't watch me die, I was afraid that I would be arrested and tortured." Tortured and committed suicide."

"It's too dangerous." Xiao Qichen caught a glimpse of the tea on the desk and it was still warm to the touch, so he simply poured two cups, sat down beside his couch, and tried not to press Su Yan's clothes, "Where does it hurt?"

Su Yan lifted off a thin blanket, and his jacket was open, from the collarbone to the lower abdomen.

Xiao Qichen looked away uncomfortably, it seemed that he had never seen Su Yan's clothes disheveled in all these years.He is a physique trained on the school grounds, although he is still weaker than those muscular burly men, he can't be seen wrapped in the long sleeves of the toga, and Xiao Qichen has seen the appearance of wearing a Hu suit before, with straight shoulders and a straight back , It's really beautiful.

But he didn't expect to look better without it.The shape of the chest and abdomen muscles is beautiful, and the collarbone protrudes very obviously because of the half-lying posture at this time.Su Yan has a very well-proportioned body, which makes people want to stare at him intently—if you ignore the sporadic scars, which are deep and shallow, they have become the brand of his charge.

Abrasions, knife wounds, arrow wounds, most of them have healed.The most dangerous one was under the chest, it was not long, and there were obvious stitches. Even though Xiao Qichen didn't understand medical principles, he could still tell that the wound was deep.He lowered his head and stared at the crimson spot, and asked abruptly, "...Is it here? Don't you want to bandage it?"

"Just took it off." Su Yan threw a few balls of bandages at the side of the bed and pursed his lips. It's not common for him to be so cheap and shapeless. "I don't like being tied up to affect my movements. I'll deal with it later."

As he said, he covered the blanket again, and Xiao Qichen let out a regretful "Hey".

Su Yan: "What?"

Xiao Qichen said perfunctorily: "It's okay, I thought it was serious, I was scared to death. They said that you... you were out of gas in Guangwu City, and then you were out of gas when you moved to Jinyang. You have to blow out the lamp at any time every day when you stay at home Pull out the wax."

Probably his tone was too worried, Su Yan wanted to laugh, bit the edge of the teacup and endured it back, avoiding to affect the wound: "It's true that I was almost out of breath once, but I won't see Hades."

Xiao Qichen didn't ask anything, but frowned and said, "What happened?"

"The internal organs are damaged." Su Yan explained, "The military doctor didn't care about the seriousness. After suturing me hastily, he put me on a carriage and transported me to Jinyang. When he saw the doctor, he said that the organs were damaged, and the military doctor didn't understand, so he opened the sutured wound again. There was bleeding inside, and the pain was excruciating. This time it was really cured, and I am now Self-consciousness is good, but I dare not get out of bed."

He said it lightly, Xiao Qichen was terrified when he heard it, and couldn't help covering his belly, feeling a little pain in empathy.

"Huyantu is really a fool," Su Yan raised his eyebrows, "Does he think that Yanmen Pass will be like an empty city if I'm not in Xiaoqiwei? Xiaoqiwei's surname is not Su. Now that Shen Chengjun has gone there, they have suffered a crushing defeat."

"It's the first time you've been assassinated, sir." Xiao Qichen teased, and tapped lightly between his brows, "One time at a time, you won't even suffer from this."

He seemed to remember that time in the outskirts of Jinling, Su Yan didn't take his joke, but said straightly: "Didn't you find out later that the assassin was a thug raised by King Zhao? Why didn't you tell me?"

When Xiao Qiyu was mentioned, the relaxed smile on Xiao Qichen's face immediately condensed.He asked back: "So what if you say it?"

Su Yan was speechless: "But..."

Xiao Qichen said: "Brother Ping's incident was brought to light, and then what? Everyone knows that Wan Qing is just a pawn, without Xiao Qiyu's master envoy, how could she enter the East Palace so easily. Brother Ping is blind, so he didn't treat Xiao Qiyu because of it. Substantial punishment - he needs an heir who can convince everyone, the emperor is very clear about this, it is done, he is very cold."

Su Yan frowned and said, "Aren't you going to make His Royal Highness the Seventh?"

Xiao Qichen: "It's hard to say."

He slowly talked about his worries and worries, only omitting the threat he had with Xiao Qiyu, and finally sighed: "Anyway, I don't have a place for me, I should enjoy the glory and wealth, and I have nothing to think about." What country."

Su Yan looked at him with soft eyes.

This picture is similar to when they were 15 years old: the same dimly lit room, the same secret that you know and I know.Times have changed, Xiao Qichen is still willing to believe that Su Yan is still the same as before, just as Su Yan believed in him.

Su Yan moved forward with difficulty, he clutched his wound, and almost pressed it into Xiao Qichen's ear to speak, the hot breath made Xiao Qichen feel distracted, and he almost wanted to turn his face to touch his lips.

"I've been thinking... You always want what you want and don't want at one time, and you're too unconfident in yourself. But Achen, before I... It's not just empty words, I think you are very good."

His voice was a little weak because of the injury, it sounded light and ethereal, and the ending rose again, like a small hook, easily grabbing Xiao Qichen's reason.

Xiao Qichen replied "Yes", and for some unknown reason, he suddenly turned his face and faced Su Yan head-on.

The distance between them is too close, it would be a waste if such ambiguity does not produce some sentimental plot.Xiao Qichen saw a gloomy and unclear emotion flashing in Su Yan's eyes, his long eyelashes blinked, and the emotion of wanting to escape surged up, but the morning he spent with Su Yan in his memory also revived.

He endured and endured, watching Su Yan get married, have a son, go to the battlefield, and get injured... He is a bystander, watching Su Yan's life with viciousness, feeling sad month after month and year after year .

But Xiao Qichen suddenly didn't want to bear it anymore.

With such a close distance, Su Yan did not hide, nor was he in the slightest ignorant or dazed.

"I..." Xiao Qichen refused to let go, his nose almost rubbed against Su Yan's, and he could feel the other's breath every time he said a word, "I went to Huajieyu with Xie Hui before, there was a girl , the singing is very nice. I listened to her singing all night, and only half of the song was too impressive."

Su Yan's eyes drooped, as if he was sleepy and a little lazy: "What song?"

Xiao Qichen seemed to lose consciousness in his hands and feet, he began to have a sore nose and wanted to cry, the feeling of being close to his long-cherished wish being fulfilled was too strong, forcing him to cry again - he is really not a crybaby, only when it comes to Su Yan's matter Out of control again and again.

He trembled and couldn't speak, Su Yan put his hand gently on his shoulder, with a soothing gesture, Xiao Qichen suddenly calmed down: "You really want to know?"

"En." Su Yan said concisely.

Xiao Qichen heard another person's heartbeat besides his own, the frequency was so similar that he almost didn't notice it.Recalling later, Xiao Qichen felt that it was the moment when he was sure that Su Yan was more nervous than him.

The corners of his lips twitched, and he whispered like a Xichuang night talk: "... Yue Renge."

I was so upset that I learned of the prince.

There are wood in the mountains and branches in the wood, and the heart is happy and the king does not know.

The tune echoed melodiously in his mind, and Su Yan stepped back as if suddenly awakened.

His ambiguity and distraction were all back on track at this moment, Xiao Qichen smiled reluctantly, and said in his heart: "This is too bad, it's harder to explain clearly than kissing him before, I have to think of a reason quickly, this kid looks innocent, but his heart is not good." Quite a lot, how to fool him to make him believe that I didn't..."

Just as he was thinking about it, Su Yan suddenly said, "Got it."

It sounded like he was answering his previous question, Xiao Qichen suppressed and opened his eyes wide to look at Su Yan.He never knew that his puzzled expression was actually very innocent, more naive than deliberately pretended, and very deceptive.

Xiao Qichen's pupils are a little lighter than many people's, and you can't find it unless you look carefully. They are perfectly set off by the red tear mole, which adds a bit of tenderness to him.

Su Yan's fingers resting on Xiao Qichen's shoulders gathered and loosened, seeing Xiao Qichen's erratic eyes, and those who glanced up and down didn't dare to look at him, so he suddenly thought it was fun.Ever since he discovered his mind, he had never been very naked|naked. When he was assassinated, he walked through the gate of hell, and Su Yan realized that he was deeper than he thought.

On the line between life and death, when he could only breathe in but not out, the barefoot doctor with black and heavy hands asked him: "General, do you still have hope of living? This is no joke, think about it, otherwise you will die." dying."

At that time, his lower abdomen was in severe pain, the wound was open, and his intestines were about to flow out. He was tortured to the point of death, his consciousness was clear and blurred at times, and he just wanted to sleep well.These words caught his ears, he squeezed the mattress tightly, murmured a few words, and then survived the most dangerous moment in such a half-dream and half-awake state.

After Su Yan completely regained his sanity, he realized that his teeth were hurting and said: "Young Lord, you don't cry for your father and mother at that time, and you don't mutter about your wife and son. You just say 'Achen'—Achen is who?"

"Achen is the most important person in my heart, the one I want to guard for the rest of my life." Su Yan thought at this moment.

Lost without a trace, Su Yan actually tasted a little joy from the helplessness of being tossed and turned thousands of times in his heart.

He seemed to have made great determination, his palm touched Xiao Qichen's shoulder from his neck to the back of his neck, the other party trembled violently, and quickly wanted to take off his hand: "Ayan, listen to me, I just—"

The several excuses that came up on the spur of the moment were useless in the end, because Su Yan pressed a soft kiss on his lips just like he did back then.

But this time Su Yan didn't let go, pinched the back of his neck and kissed him slowly from the corner of his lips.The tip of his tongue wetly licked Xiao Qichen's tightly closed lips, sucked and rolled on his lower lip, and the slight sound of water spread into his ears.

Xiao Qichen was extremely embarrassed, his ears were so hot that he was about to burn, he quickly pushed Su Yan, his mind went blank.

"Before you said that your heart belongs to you...are you referring to me?"

He just asked so bluntly, and the blush spread from Xiao Qichen's ears all the way to his entire face.His eyelids twitched, he suddenly lost his words, felt like a dumb person, and could only nod his head.

Su Yan let him go, but put his hand on the back of his neck and said firmly, "I know now."

All the hairs on the place touched by him stood on end, Xiao Qichen trembled for a while, and opened his mouth slightly in disbelief, as if he couldn't accept what happened to them just now.Su Yan's expression was magnanimous, just looking at him, the smile was hidden in his eyes.

Xiao Qichen touched the corners of his lips, they were still a little moist, he frowned slightly, and suddenly said: "...Rong Niang..."

"You told me that yourself," Su Yan quickly turned over the old account, flinging it far away, "If I marry again, she won't blame me—I won't marry again, but you must understand the reason .”

Xiao Qichen was speechless, his eyes wandered from Su Yan's brows, and he began to belatedly miss the feeling of his kiss just now, his heart was itchy, he couldn't tell how happy he was, he just wanted to laugh .

It may be like this when long-cherished wishes are fulfilled. The ups and downs are too much, but I have no strength to cheer.

He didn't say anything, stood up and quickly said "I'll go to the kitchen to find something to eat" and ran out of the house.

There are a few small and exquisite fruits hanging on the branches of the apricot tree in the courtyard. This year's flowering period ended very early.The continuous drizzle in Jinling suddenly stopped, a golden light leaked from the sky, the plum blossoms fell, and the bamboo shoots emerged from the forest——

When it's sunny, I feel Xia Shen.

The author has something to say: Xiaoliu chooses to put a knife on his head, but Ayan is me. I don't care what you think, I will do it.