Looking at the mountains and rivers

Wei Changxuan never knew that the road from Qing'an Hall to the southwest courtyard corner was so long, and the weight in his arms was getting heavier and heavier, which was a sign that Yang Yan was about to lose his hold.Although he didn't know what happened to Yang Yan in the palace just now, he could also predict that the situation was extraordinary. Seeing Yang Yan being injured like this, he felt angry and desperate, and there was nowhere to vent his hatred.At that moment just now, he almost wanted to pull out his knife and rush into the dark hall, but he couldn't do so, he could only grit his teeth as hard as he could, and supported Yang Yan to walk forward alone in the dark night road .

Yang Yan noticed that the hand he was holding on to her was clenched tighter and tighter, and he was trembling with force, he coughed and said softly: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

When he returned to the yard, Yang Yan had almost fallen into a coma. Wei Changxuan half hugged him and pushed open the door with one hand.

"Young Master, Brother Wei, you are back. I have made the bedding, and there is still charcoal..." Fang Ming had just finished his busy work, when he turned his head and saw the half-dead Yang Yan in Wei Changxuan's hands, his eyes popped out in fright. "What's wrong, sir?"

Wei Changxuan said with a cold face: "Don't ask too many questions, go and lock the courtyard door. Also, you don't need to wait on me tonight, so don't come in."

Fang Ming looked confused, but he could only walk out in a low voice.

Wei Changxuan carefully put Yang Yan on the bed, and then he went to see his wound. He saw that the wound had been bandaged, and the white cloth belt was slightly bloody, which was quite scary.

Yang Yan's eyelids moved slightly, and he asked in a whisper, "Wei Changxuan, are we back?"

"Yes, I'm back." Wei Changxuan hurriedly shook his hand.

Yang Yan coughed twice, and frowned as if unable to bear the pain in the wound: "I thought just now that I would never come back..."

Wei Changxuan's heart ached from what he said, and he said in a low voice, "What's the matter with your chest wound? Is your elder brother crazy, dare to use a knife on you?"

"This... I injured myself." Yang Yan coughed twice, and slowly said what happened just now, but concealed the words that Yang Dai threatened Wei Changxuan's life.

Hearing these words, Wei Changxuan was even more at a loss besides being angry: "You are not the third son, and you have never offended him, why should he be so suspicious of you?" He thought for a while, "Besides, you and his mother are still of the same clan. , shouldn’t logic be closer than other brothers, it’s really cold-blooded and ruthless for him to treat you like this.”

Yang Yan looked very sad and did not speak.

Wei Changxuan touched his face, and said again: "You, how could you treat yourself so hard, don't do it again in the future." After he finished speaking, he sighed again, secretly thinking that if he hadn't given himself One knife, his elder brother probably wouldn't let him go so easily.

It snowed again that night, and the snow particles were blown by the wind and rustled on the window. Yang Yan was injured, and his body was colder than usual.Wei Changxuan flicked the charcoal in the charcoal basin back and forth, trying to make the charcoal fire burn more vigorously, but it was in vain.

In the darkness, Yang Yan suddenly said softly, "Wei Changxuan, are you still awake?"

Wei Changxuan dropped the copper chopsticks in his hand, turned around and glanced at him: "Well, I was thinking about something."

"What are you thinking?"

"I think there is no way for us to stay in the mansion like this. Your eldest brother is a deep-minded person. Although today's incident is over, if one day he wants to trouble you again, don't you want to stab yourself again? ?" Wei Changxuan asked with some concern.

Yang Yan sighed softly, he was naturally aware of this.

"Yexi, doesn't your grandfather have a lot of background, isn't it because of him that your elder brother is so jealous of you?" Wei Changxuan leaned into his ear and whispered, "We asked him to pick you up, how about it?" ?”

Yang Yan was stunned, and said softly: "My grandfather is far away."

"I know that the Tuoba family has guarded the three major towns of Hexi, Anyang, and Guanyou for generations. I heard that it is thousands of miles away from Jian'an, and it takes several months to ride a fast horse back and forth." Wei Changxuan obviously considered After waiting for a long time, he said slowly, "But it's okay, I'll go find a friend in the imperial army tomorrow to borrow a fast horse."

"Are you going to find my grandfather?" Yang Yan asked hesitantly.

Wei Changxuan nodded: "There is no one else we can trust, so I can go." He estimated in his heart that when he saw the head of the Tuoba family, he would tell him all about Yang Yan's current situation. He will definitely send someone to take Yang Yan away immediately, then he won't have to suffer so much.

To his surprise, Yang Yan shook his head and said in a low voice: "Actually, I have never seen my grandfather since I was born. People say that I am very important to him, but that is only because of my grandma." She is his only daughter, and I don't know what he thinks of me." He paused, "You said to ask my grandfather for help, have you ever thought about what to do if he refuses? ?”

"How come..." Wei Changxuan said in surprise, "He is your grandpa."

He suddenly felt that he didn't understand anything about Yang Yan's family. In the past, his foster father Tian Wenli was the only family member in his family. Although they were not related by blood, this father was the one who really loved and loved him.He thought that relatives all over the world love each other like that, and would worry about each other's safety.However, in Yang Yan's family, the father refused to get close to his son, the elder brother would force the younger brother to draw a knife to commit suicide, and the grandfather would put his only grandson's life and death at risk.

why?He yelled silently in his heart.

"Beginning with my father, the two marriages between the Tuoba family and the Prince Mu's Mansion are already close to each other, and the stakes are even more intertwined. So whether Grandpa will turn against the current owner of the Prince Mu's Mansion for my blind grandson? I can’t guess.” Yang Yan smiled bitterly, “You’re right, elder brother didn’t kill me, he was just afraid of my grandfather’s influence. So, once I am abandoned by grandpa, then elder brother has nothing to worry about Now, when the time comes, I may die without a burial place."

Wei Changxuan was startled by what he said, and subconsciously grabbed his hand.

But Yang Yan put away his wry smile again, and said softly: "Actually, it's fine now, I'm still Tuobaxin's grandson, big brother doesn't dare to provoke grandpa rashly, they guess each other like this, so they won't act rashly, I can To survive in this gap."

His voice was a little hoarse, and he didn't sound like a child in this dark night. Wei Changxuan suddenly felt that he had grown up after King Mu passed away. His little head was filled with so many things, and he was careful and cautious. But all just to survive.

"What's the matter with you?" Yang Yan suddenly noticed that something was wrong with Wei Changxuan beside him, and asked softly.

Wei Changxuan shook his head lightly, he suddenly realized that Yang Yan couldn't see, and said again: "I'm fine."

"I think you seem to be sad." Yang Yan stretched out his hand worriedly, groped Wei Changxuan's face, and suddenly found that his eyelashes were wet, and his palms felt a little cold.

Wei Changxuan shook his head slowly, and said in a low voice: "I just feel that I am useless. I promised to protect you before, but seeing you suffer, I can't do anything. In the barracks before, I always felt that as long as I If the fist is hard enough, no one can bully me. When I was besieged by those companions in this palace, I also thought that as long as I scared them, they would not dare to look down on me. But I was wrong, your father and your elder brother You are right, I am just an ant in their eyes, you almost died today, but I dare not even pull out the knife."

Yang Yan felt the wetness in the palm of his hand getting heavier and heavier. He wanted to say something, but he was afraid that his tears would also fall when he opened his mouth. He could only bite his lips hard and shook his head back and forth.

"I can't even protect my master, I'm not qualified to be a companion at all," Wei Changxuan was obviously very frustrated, "I wanted to stay in the mansion, and I could always think of ways to help you, but in the end it was useless up, like a piece of trash."

"No," Yang Yan said dryly after a lot of effort, "Wei Changxuan, how could you say that, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't know how I would have lived in this prison-like courtyard day after day The king is dead, and Lorraine is gone, you are my dearest person now, if you are not by my side, I may...not even have the courage to live."

Wei Changxuan stared at him blankly, with sour warmth rolling in his chest, he silently stroked Yang Yan's head.

Yang Yan was quiet for a moment, then said softly: "Wei Changxuan, don't say that kind of thing again, it doesn't matter if we live harder, as long as we can live, other things are not important.

After getting up in the morning of the second day, Wei Changxuan opened the door and saw Fang Ming outside who was resting his cheeks in a daze. He ordered: "Young Master is about to wake up, go in and wait." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked outside. In a vast white courtyard, he said again, "It's getting cold again, add more charcoal tonight."

Fang Ming raised his head with a frowning expression, and then he said eagerly: "Brother Wei, I just went to get charcoal from the steward this morning, but they said that winter is over this year, and the charcoal supply from other hospitals is no longer available."

Wei Changxuan was surprised: "It's still snowing, they don't offer charcoal, are they trying to freeze everyone to death?"

Fang Ming said at a loss, "I... I said the same thing, but the manager scolded me. I have no choice but to come back."

This really made Wei Changxuan dumbfounded. Although the beginning of spring has been mentioned, this cold spring is no better than the cold winter. It seems that it will take more than a month for the weather to warm up. How can we live without charcoal for this month.

He was about to ask the person in charge right away, but Fang Ming said again: "Also, I just brought the young master's breakfast, but...but..."

Hearing his stammering, Wei Changxuan simply took off the lacquer box to have a look. Inside the box was a bowl of translucent porridge, which was half cold, and scattered dishes of rough side dishes. The meals of the servants are not as good.

"I... I thought I got it wrong at first, so I asked them several times, but they said that's all..." Fang Ming's eyes were red as he spoke, obviously he had suffered a lot this morning.

Seeing this, Wei Changxuan was slightly taken aback, giving up the idea of ​​going to argue, he looked at Fang Ming: "By the way, isn't your father in charge, can you ask him to quietly send some food and clothing?"

Fang Ming sighed and said: "Brother Wei, my father is no longer the chief steward. He resigned from the steward a few days ago and went home. My mother asked him why, but he refused to say. I guess it is probably in the mansion. Being excluded, now all the stewards in the mansion are the same people who the Eldest Prince was in the outer house before, so it's hard to get along with him."

Hearing what he said, Wei Changxuan had no choice but to wave his hands: "I see, you go and wait for the young master to wash up."

When Yang Yan learned of all this, his expression was still calm, and he just asked Wei Changxuan, "You didn't go to trouble the manager in a fit of anger, did you?"

Wei Changxuan immediately shook his head and said: "Look at the breakfast they brought, it's clear that they want to provoke trouble, causing us to argue with the mansion manager, so that he can get a handle on me, so I won't go to this place." Seed."

Yang Yan smiled softly: "Fortunately, you can consider this. We don't want to fight for anything right now. I'll just eat whatever he brings. He can't really starve me to death." "Bring me that bowl of porridge."

"The porridge is completely cold. You have a weak spleen and stomach, and you have injuries on your body. If you drink that stuff, you may get sick again!" Wei Changxuan said unhappily, and after a while he breathed a sigh of relief, "I let Fang Ming Quietly go to the back mountain to pick up some branches, it's freezing cold, there must be something to keep warm."

Fang Ming quickly picked up a pack of pine branches and came back, but after lighting it up, he realized that the pine branches burned with small flames and smoke, making it impossible to keep warm.It took them a lot of effort to heat the bowl of thin porridge halfway through, and they both burst into tears from the smoke. For the first time, Wei Changxuan was glad that Yang Yan couldn't see him, so he didn't know anything about his embarrassment.

It's not bad during the day, but it's really hard at night. Wei Changxuan piled up all the bedding he could find on the bed, and put a squirrel fur cloak on top, but these still don't seem to be enough to withstand the wind and snow severe cold.He was very worried that this situation would cause Yang Yan's cough to recur, because once he coughed, the wound on his chest would probably open, which would be really bad.

In the middle of the night, Yang Yan coughed lightly, Wei Changxuan opened his eyes almost immediately, and said nervously, "What's the matter, are you cold?"

"I'm fine." Yang Yan replied softly, but his hands and feet were cold, but he couldn't deceive anyone.

Wei Changxuan had no choice but to hug him tightly from behind, using his own body temperature to keep him warm. Yang Yan also shrank into his arms according to the warmth. He was sleepy and his nasal voice was very heavy: "Wei Changxuan, hello warm."

Wei Changxuan gave a soft "um", held his hands in his palms, and said in a low voice, "Go to sleep." But he himself opened his bright eyes in the dark, and thought of an idea in his mind.