Desire for shadows

When the three came down from Cenling Mountain, the people down the mountain were very surprised. Why did two people go up the mountain, but now three people went down the mountain, and even two of them have never seen it before. What about the man who looks like a weak scholar?However, no matter what it is like, it's none of my business.Do things well, take care of yourself.Although they were puzzled, the residents at the foot of the mountain still did their own thing.Don't worry about asking, this is the law of life for these people living at the bottom of society.

"Father, where are we going next?" The address at the corner of his mouth turned abruptly and changed to father.

"Master——" the ink-colored lapel of Emperor's clothes looked at Emperor and turned his head, "It's inappropriate for you to address Master like this in front of people."

"Call me—Father Shang!" Shang said lightly.

"Yes—Shangfu!" The emperor half bent down and applied for respect. Father, fu, if you don't directly mention it, it is difficult for ordinary people to think of it as "father". Generally, they will only think of "fu", "fu", "fu" and so on. wait wait wait.

"Master—" Seeing Di Ban bend over, Mo Se also knelt on the ground, like a new servant visiting his master.

"Let's go—" Shang took the lead and walked in front. Shang didn't know where to go, but Shang knew that he was no longer in the calm mood when he came out, and his steps were much easier.

Although Di and Mo Se didn't know where Shang was going, they followed Shang without any doubt.

Finally, the three of them arrived at a nearby town, and instead of staying in an inn, they bought an ordinary house in the town.The three of them began to live in seclusion in the small town of Beihan. Beihan's whole country is in winter for most of the seasons, and the snowing time is even longer. Because of the cold weather all year round, Beihan's food is not very abundant. Most of the people in the cold country are also sturdy.The monarch of the Northern Cold Country is Han Dianyi known as "Emperor Han".Although he is known as Emperor Han, Han Dianyi has entered middle age, no longer the ruthlessness he had when he was young, on the contrary, he has gradually become more stable due to the relationship of time.

One day, Shang and Di were lying in hammocks tied to a tree, their eyes slightly squinted, and they were slowly shaking.The rare sunshine in Beihan shone on the two of them sparsely, making them very comfortable.

"Si'er, I'm going back to Duanmu tonight!" The days passed day by day, and soon half a month passed, and it was the day that Shang and Duanmu had agreed on.

"Tomorrow? Duanmu Dynasty?" You are in Beihan now, why do you suddenly want to go to Duanmu Dynasty?It is not possible to get to Duanmu here in ten days and half a month, oh, I was wrong again, and I forgot the spell again, "Father! Are you going alone? How many days?"

"Yes, I'm alone. Two days." Shang answered concisely.

After finishing speaking, the two fell into silence again, closed their eyes lazily, and fell into a light sleep.

"Your Majesty! Which empress do I need to invite to bed tonight?" After dark, in the Qiankun Palace, Duanmuxi was writing the memorial letter by letter under the light of candlelight.

Eunuch Li looked at His Majesty Duanmu of the Duanmu Dynasty who was always approving memorials in the Qiankun Palace for a few days and didn't know what was going on, but at night he just rested directly in the bedroom of the Qiankun Palace.After usually going to court, Duanmu has been staying in the Qiankun Palace, and has been looking at the palace gate from time to time, as if waiting for someone.Who are you waiting for?Eunuch Li kept slandering in his heart.

"Xiao Lizi, which empress in the harem did you take money from again?" Duanmu asked without raising his head.

"Your Majesty—the slave is just—" Eunuch Li lowered his head and turned his eyes upwards, secretly looking up at Duanmu's expression. Unfortunately, Duanmu's head was kept lowered and he couldn't see anything at all.

"Okay, okay!" Duanmuxi didn't care about this issue at all.

Eunuch Li, as Duanmu's personal eunuch, is the object of courteousness in the palace. Since half a month ago, Duanmu has been like a monk. He didn't step into the confines of the harem at all, as if avoiding suspicion. Even if he ran into a concubine who wanted to meet by chance on the road, he would turn his head and leave without even looking at it.Now the whole harem is full of dissatisfied wives, but it has temporarily calmed the whole harem. There is no way. In the past, all the palaces fought to win Duanmu's favor, but now Duanmu What's the point of fighting if you don't enter the harem anymore?

"Ah——" All of a sudden, all the candles on the imperial case were extinguished, and Eunuch Li screamed in fright.

"Escort! Escort!" Hearing Eunuch Li's cry outside, a large number of Imperial Forest Army rushed in.

"Leave them all out!" But Duanmuxi didn't have a trace of panic, and there was even a faint hint of excitement.

"Yes—" The uniform, sonorous and forceful Yulin Army knelt on one knee, and then exited Qiankun Palace in a well-trained manner.

"Your Majesty—" Eunuch Li moved forward in the dark, ready to relight the candle.

"You go out too—" Duanmu's voice was loud and powerful, a little impatient and eager.

"Slave complies with the order!" Then "Bang!" All of a sudden, I knew that it was Eunuch Li who bumped into the door frame because he was walking backwards and because he was in the dark, and there was a faint "Ouch!" sound covered by his hands.

When all the idlers in Qiankun Palace retreated completely, in the darkness, "Shang—is that you? Shang!" Duanmu's voice contained a bit of restrained excitement.

All of a sudden, the candle ignited by itself.A figure slowly stepped out from behind Duanmuxi.

Seeing that the lit candles illuminated the hall without a single blind spot, Duanmuxi, who hadn't seen a single figure, felt a little lost, "Could it be that I've been hallucinating urgently these days?" Duanmuxi was originally excited. At the end of standing up, he fell back into the imperial chair in frustration.

However, in a short while, Duanmuxi seemed to hear Shang's voice again, "Xiaoxiu—" I really felt that I was hallucinating.

"Xiao Chen—" Duanmu Chen felt that this illusion was becoming more and more real.

Seeing Duanmuxi shaking his head and rubbing his temples, Shang felt that this thirty-year-old man was a little cute now.

"Little man!" Shang walked directly to the man's side, and gently massaged the man's hands instead.

Feeling the temperature on his head that didn't belong to him, Duanmuxi felt that Shang had really appeared.Turning around in surprise, "Shang!—" Tightly, Duanmu squeezed Shang's slender waist, trying to crumble Shang into pieces and put it into his arms.

Looking at the man with his face pressed against his chest, Shang took down his hands that could not continue massaging, and stroked Duanmu's back. However, considering the posture and the length of his hands, Shang only reached the back of his shoulders. Duanmu's mood calmed down.

"I thought you forgot." The man who had been waiting for half a month felt that the time was extremely long, so long that he almost thought that the other party had completely forgotten the agreement this time.

"How come?" Shang gently pushed Duanmuyan away, bent his knees, looked into Duanmuyan's eyes, "I will never forget it!"

Looking into Shang's eyes, they were deep and distant. Although he knew that Shang was referring to this agreement, Duanmu had another feeling, as if Shang had promised himself to the future.

"Me too!" Like some kind of ceremony, Duanmuxi replied very carefully.Secretly, Duanmu said to himself in his heart, Shang, even if you don't remember it in the future, I will remember it forever.Unfortunately, in the end, it was Duanmu himself who broke his promise and gained weight.

"Shang, have you eaten?" Looking at Shang who appeared in the dark, Duanmu didn't know if Shang had already eaten, "I haven't eaten yet!" Like a child coquettishly asking parents to accompany him, Duanmu looked up. She lowered her head, pursed her lips, and looked at Shang expectantly.

Watching the 30-year-old man actually make such a childish action, Shang couldn't help but laugh.Even in the Void Land, he was not so close to him before?But I don't know if he will persist like this after he awakens, or will he—give up?There was a touch of melancholy in Shang's eyes.Having been abandoned twice, he really doesn't have much confidence, which has nothing to do with his status and ability.A few lives ago, the four of them abandoned themselves at the same time because of the so-called true love, and I didn't feel much at that time.Five years ago, I sacrificed myself because of my cherished son. I was really sad, but I was awakened because of it. Although I said it was voluntary, I still couldn't completely let go of it in my heart.But Duanmu Ze's previous reaction completely exposed Shang's worries.He didn't know whether a person who said "love" in the last second would regard himself as a scourge in the next second.He has no confidence.I have no confidence in Duanmu, and I have no confidence in myself.

"Okay!" If he can persist for a while, it is for a while, even if he regrets it later, he will not regret it.

"Little Lizi—" Duanmuxi called out loudly.

"The slave is here!" Eunuch Li didn't get Duanmu's order to go in, so he just waited outside the door and didn't dare to move rashly.But when he watched the candlelight rekindle, there was a low voice coming from inside, and he knew in his heart that there must be someone very important to His Majesty inside.However, he didn't dare to spread this kind of thing to the outside world. The more he knew about this kind of thing, the faster he would die. If he didn't know how to measure it, he would be courting death.And Eunuch Li himself cherishes his life very much.With his status in the palace, he lived a very leisurely life.

"Preparing for supper—" "The slave obeys the order—"

After a while, Eunuch Li brought all the young eunuchs to the door.After a while of humming, Eunuch Li pushed the door open and entered, with his head down, holding a plate of pastries, slowly put it on the imperial case, then backed out of the door, and then came in with another small plate, put it away, It goes on and on again and again.