Haiyan

When Li Huai and Li Su came out of the Wuji Hall, the snow had already fallen heavily.

The servant of the Taiwei's Mansion held an umbrella and waited quietly under the stone steps, his cotton-padded clothes were soaked by the snow, but he remained motionless as if he didn't realize it.

The lights in the palace are always the brightest, and the guards on patrol are shuttling and rustling in the corridor, the night attendant brought two hand stoves and handed them to the two brothers, Li Huai took it and said Thank you, Li Su waved his hand to signal no.

"General, it's late at night, and there is still a long way to go back to the house. It's freezing cold, so take it."

Li Su thanked him for his kindness, and when the attendant left, the two walked down. Li Huai asked him, "Why didn't you say anything when His Highness Fifth Highness mentioned Beilu Yin's just now?"

Li Su said lightly: "What do you think I should say?"

Li Huai frowned and said: "Although the mastermind over there in Chishui is still not sure that he is from Yebei, the result should be close to ten. If this matter is confirmed, the first person to be unlucky will be the Duke of the Kingdom. , Liang Xiao has gone to Yuezhou now, and it shouldn't be a problem if he won't come back for a while, but Liang Guoying...did you see the face of the third prince just now? I have never seen him so shocked. "

Li Su said: "Back then, it was Emperor Ai who was unkind and attacked Yebei on the pretext of Beilu's son's disappearance. The two children of the Yin family were just lucky to survive. Now it is not unusual for them to come back to seek revenge from the Zhao family. "

Li Huai was taken aback by his words, hurriedly pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "Be careful what you say, this is in the palace, you talk about Mrs Zhao one by one, if someone overhears you, what happened?" How about trouble."

Li Su didn't seem to want to say more, so he said flatly: "This matter is a foregone conclusion, there is nothing to reverse, it's getting late, I'll go back first."

Li Huai asked him: "Why do you always live in your other courtyard recently, and don't come to the house for ten days and a half months? I heard that when the imperial guards patrolled at night a few days ago, they saw you with a woman in the car. You even killed a centurion, what happened? Don’t you know the curfew rules in the capital?”

Li Su said casually, "It's not a woman."

Li Huai asked: "What is not a woman? Second brother, I didn't mean you. Didn't you never like to go to that kind of place before? What's going on recently? I heard people say that you have a woman in your house now, right? Yes Is that the one you brought back from Hualou that night? That kind of prodigal person, it’s fine to play once or twice. Seeing you like this, do you still want to take her into a concubine? Our family is not the kind of casual If my father knew about it, he would definitely not agree to it, even if he was only a maid... Hey, fortunately, the Fifth Highness didn't pursue you for killing the centurion last time, but you There must be a limit to doting on concubines."

Li Su's eyes were like deep ancient wells, he glanced deeply at Li Huai's face, and said, "I've already said that he is not a woman."

Before Li Huai could react, he just said: "Don't explain, don't worry, I won't tell my father about this, but can you... What do you mean he is not a woman?!"

Li Su said lightly: "That's what you think."

After he finished speaking, he walked down the stone steps, and Li Huai was so shocked that he stood there for a long time without making a sound. By the time he realized it, Li Su's carriage had already gone a long way.

The boy hurriedly held up an umbrella and hit Li Huai on the head, saying, "Master, we should go too."

Li Huai squinted his eyes at the carriage that gradually disappeared into the night, and asked him: "If a person is not a woman, then who is she?"

The boy was stunned, and after thinking for a long time, he carefully said: "If it's not a woman, isn't it a man?...Grandpa, is that what you mean?"

As if a thunderbolt split above Li Huai's head, he was almost so frightened that he couldn't stand still, the servant hurriedly freed a hand to support him, and asked, "Master...Master, are you alright?" Bar."

Li Huai trembled all over, and murmured: "What kind of evil is this..."

The room was so hot that it made people uncomfortable. Chang Sheng always liked to sleep upside down. When Li Su was about to go to bed, Chang Sheng's head, which was originally resting on the head of the bed, was tilted to the end of the bed. Li Su spent a long time struggling Only then did he move him to the correct position, and he was worried about waking him up, so as soon as he passed it, his forehead was already hot and sweaty.

He was really tired, took off his coat, lifted the quilt, hugged Chang Sheng into his arms, and soon fell asleep.

However, it didn't take long before he was awakened by a few soft whispers. Chang Sheng closed his eyes and frowned, as if he was sleeping extremely unsteadily, muttering something vaguely, and Li Su patted him with his hands. His back was comforted like coaxing a child, but Chang Sheng not only showed no signs of calming down, but became more and more restless.

The person in his arms trembled slightly, and Li Su lost his sleepiness, so he quickly called him a few times, Chang Sheng shook violently, woke up with a start, and stared at Li Su for a long time with a little distracted eyes, as if Only then did he react, and the whole person slammed into his arms at once, hugging his waist tightly, trembling uncontrollably.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Li Su asked him, raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his brow.

Changsheng was stuffy in his arms for a long time before he gradually calmed down and said in a low voice, "En."

Li Su: "What did you dream about?"

Chang Sheng: "I dreamed of Wei Shuyou..."

When Li Su heard it, his face subconsciously showed displeasure. Even though he knew it was a nightmare, Wei Shuyou definitely had no good end in the dream, but Li Su still felt a little concerned about appearing in Changsheng's dream so grandiosely.

He whispered: "What happened to him in the dream?"

Chang Sheng was out of breath for a long time, and the clothes on his body were already soaked with sweat. He didn't know whether it was the heat or the fright.

Li Su didn't dislike it either, as he pressed against his sweaty body, he seemed to feel that his arms were stuffed to the brim with something, and he was very satisfied.

Chang Sheng pulled his head out bit by bit to breathe, and said in a hoarse voice: "I dreamed that he was wounded on the battlefield and was stabbed into a hedgehog by the enemy with knives and guns. I stood not far from him, watching him After bleeding so much, I wanted to save him, but my legs seemed to be filled with lead, and I couldn't move..."

Li Su chuckled and comforted him: "Dreams are always reversed. You are too worried about him. Prince Wei is brave and fearless. There are few opponents in this world, and he is also a brave and resourceful person. He is the only one who can tie others to death." He became a hedgehog, I don't think it's his turn."

Chang Sheng sighed: "I know, but the scene in the dream is too real, as long as I think about it, I still feel scared."

Li Su gathered the quilt around his shoulders and said, "If you're too worried, I'll send someone to go to Yandu Gate to investigate quietly tomorrow, okay?"

Chang Sheng nodded, then closed his eyes and continued to prepare for sleep.

Li Su asked in a low voice: "The clothes are all wet, do you want to take them off? Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to sleep wearing them like this?"

Chang Sheng was really sleepy, and muttered: "Anything is fine..."

Li Su smiled, and immediately took off all the clothes on his body, and then looked at his inner clothes that were soaked by Changsheng. After thinking about it, it would be better to change.

When he fell asleep again, he felt that the naked Changsheng was actually softer than usual. He didn't have any strange and sinful thoughts at first, but he couldn't bear Changsheng's disorderly and twisted habits. Yes, rubbing him hard all over his body a few times really made his scalp numb.

Simply use hands and feet to kick Chang Sheng to the innermost side, cover him with the quilt, move out by yourself, try to stay away from him as much as possible, only half of your body on the edge of the bed, and then feel at ease.

Naturally, both of them didn't sleep well, but Li Su was an extremely self-disciplined person, and he would talk about it when the time came.

It was still dark, and Chang Sheng was dragged out of bed by him from his sleep, cursing and saying: "What kind of demon are you doing in the morning, why don't you let people sleep?!"

This tone is so powerful that it completely lost the frightened little daughter-in-law last night, which made Li Su want to laugh, and said: "Didn't I tell you to take you somewhere this morning? Hurry up and get dressed, we have to go out."

Chang Sheng rubbed his swollen eyelids dissatisfied, and asked: "Where do you have to go in the dark? Are you trying to deceive me again?"

Seeing him sitting on the edge of the bed without moving, Li Su grabbed his clothes and put them on him, but he had never done this kind of thing before. After a long time of fiddling, all the buttons were buttoned wrongly. He felt a sense of frustration in vain, so he had no choice but to say : "If you don't hurry up, just dress like this and go with me."

Chang Sheng rolled his eyes at him several times angrily, buttoned those buttons neatly, and then followed him out the door with vain footsteps.

The road to the West Mountain is rugged, the mountains on both sides are steep, and the top of the mountain is even more steep.

For hundreds of years, countless people wanted to climb to the top of the mountain, but because of too much effort, most of them gave up when they reached the mountainside.

When Emperor Gaozu was young, he climbed the West Mountain five times. Every time he would climb to the top to overlook the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers under his feet. After returning, he worked harder to govern the country step by step. Come again, but every time he stood in the Hall of Eternal Life and looked up at the mountain, Gaozu would say something with emotion.

Maybe it's those years that never come back.

Li Su and Chang Sheng threw the horse halfway, and when they reached the top of the mountain, it took a lot of effort.

Xishan has not yet reached the point where it is unattainable, but the world is reluctant to continue because of its difficulty. If it is really winding all the way up, it will not take much time at all.

Chang Sheng's physical strength was not as strong as Li Su's. The latter stood aside as naturally as if he had just finished eating, while he propped his hands on his knees and panted for a long time, and said, "What did you bring me here for?" ?”

The strong wind howled on the top of the mountain, blowing his voice into fragments, and the faint red in the skyline was looming. Li Su looked up at that place for a while, and then said: "In those ten years, my favorite place to come is here."

Ten years ago, Li Su had just returned to the Western Han Dynasty from Yebei, and he lived a life that seemed to be calm and breezy all day long, but in fact, life was worse than death. Spent on the top of Xishan Mountain.

Only here, when overlooking the vast land, can he have a rare solace for his heart that has nowhere to rest. At that time, he was not afraid that Changsheng was dead more than once, but every time he stood on the top of the mountain to watch the sunrise At sunset, he firmly told himself that Chang Sheng was still alive.

If it is said that Wei Shuyou gave Changsheng a second life, then the thousands of clouds and setting sun in the west mountain are Li Su's hope for living these years.

Changsheng is his hope.

The road under his feet was not very smooth, the dead branches were creaked by the strong wind, Chang Sheng walked up to him, and very naturally lifted half of his cloak to cover himself, just like they sat together in Shuofangyuan when they were young It is so natural to watch cattle and sheep passing by in groups together.

It's really too cold, Chang Sheng thought.

Besides, all he could think about now was going back to sleep.

"The wind is too strong, have you always stood here by yourself all these years?" Chang Sheng asked him, shrank his whole body under Li Su's arms, and used most of his body to make a windshield of human flesh.

"Well," Li Su said, looking at the gradually rising sun on the skyline with his eyes, he said softly, "In those years, those who got used to seeing the changes of the four seasons, and then looked at other things, felt that there was nothing in this world that could not be let go."

Chang Sheng frowned and said, "Why are you so serious?"

Li Su chuckled lightly, pulled Chang Sheng out from under his arm with his back collar, and said, "I brought you here just to let you see this scene and experience my feelings back then."

Chang Sheng: "Were you as afraid of the cold as I was back then and wanted to sleep?"

Li Su: "...you don't have any other ideas?"

Chang Sheng yawned: "If you have something to say, just say it clearly, I can't figure out what is hidden."

Li Su: "...Some things have to be experienced by yourself to understand. You...don't have anything to say?"

The sun has gradually revealed its head, and the skyline is full of red light, like the holy light of Hokuriku that will never be annihilated.

Chang Sheng looked at the distance in a daze for a while, how could he not understand what he meant——

Years go on and reincarnation goes on, and the memories of the past will eventually rippling on the annual rings with the passage of time, so that new life can be reborn through the withering and decaying.

But how could he not understand those so-called life experiences?Knowing it is one thing, but being willing to do it is another.

Just pretending not to understand, Chang Sheng said: "What can I say? The sunrise was so beautiful that I was reluctant to leave? That won't work, it's too cold, and I want to go back and sleep for a while."

Li Su sighed, sure enough, he knew this was the result.

The two of them stood on the top stupidly and blew the wind for half an hour. When the sun finally broke through the clouds, Li Su walked back with Changsheng.

Originally, there was nothing to say all the way, until at the foot of the mountain, Li Su stopped the horse under Chang Sheng's crotch.

The wind blew his hair a little messy, Li Su stretched out his hand to brush the loose strands of Chang Sheng's hair, and said softly: "Chang Sheng, actually what I want to tell you is that Yin Ping is still alive... "