end of days

After an unknown amount of time, Xuanyuanhen suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Look, our destination is ahead."

The road into the mountain is covered by a large layer of green, leaving only a small path. Looking inside, the entire field of vision is occupied by emerald green, and the depth of the path is shrouded in a vast white mist, which looks more and more mysterious.

It was only when they approached that they found a stele erected at the intersection, and the three characters of "Hidden Fog Valley" were entrenched on the stele, which attracted the two of them to become more and more interested.

"The vines and branches are intertwined here, and it is inconvenient to ride a horse. It seems that you can only walk forward."

"It's about, I don't know if there is a tea shed station nearby, so that the two of us can leave the horses." Looking around, he was suddenly attracted by a wooden sign.

"It turned out that there was someone looking after the horses not far away, and it was thoughtful." It seems that the nearby people wanted to make money, and they really helped many people.

When everything was settled properly, it was already night, and the two walked to the depths of the mountain forest and sat on the ground.

At this time, the bright moon is in the sky, and it is peaceful and peaceful. The fog that originally permeated the place dissipates with the twilight, and the surroundings are clear. The occasional chirping of birds and insects makes people feel calm all the time.

"It's really comfortable." Lying on his back on the grass slope, Xuanyuan Hen couldn't help taking a deep breath, "It's been a long time since I felt so relaxed."

"Yeah..." After being entangled in government affairs, wars and even the common people for a long time, Zhuo Ran seems to have forgotten the unfettered life he once lived in. Even in the past ten years of freedom, under the heavy mental bondage, he still Didn't pay attention to the surrounding scenery.

Now that everything is over, he is gradually freed from the shackles he imposed on himself. Looking at the night as usual, he feels that there seems to be a layer of flowing vitality, the soft moonlight pours down, and the trees covered with dead leaves The mottled tree shadows swaying gently on the grass, everything is so attractive.

"I always feel that everything around here seems to be alive now..." The shadows of the trees are dancing, the clouds are playing with the moon, and everything in the world seems to have become a part of themselves, or they have already merged into the boundless night. among...

As the night deepened, the thicker clouds covered the moonlight invisible, so the surrounding stars suddenly became brighter.

The moon and stars are sparse, and when the moon is in the sky, it is difficult to see the stars all over the sky.

Like colored glaze splashed in the deep blue lake water, it refracts various colors of light, the most of which is of course close to transparent white.

"It's so beautiful..." As if being mesmerized, Zhuo Ran couldn't take his eyes off the wonderful starry sky.

"I don't know if the dead person will really become a star king in the sky, silently looking at the people on the ground." After a long time, Xuanyuanhen suddenly sighed.

"Why, is there someone you miss in the sky?" Very surprised that the people beside him were thinking the same thing as him, Zhuo Ran couldn't help asking, but when he said the words, he felt a little ridiculous, Xuanyuanhen... Naturally, he also has thoughts of people.

"My mother...is an amazing woman. I used to feel that she didn't regard me as her own son. Since I can remember, I have been facing heavy schoolwork every day. I don't even know why I have to learn these things. A son who does not pay attention to the emperor, even if he is full of knowledge and familiar with the way of the emperor..." Xuanyuan Hen's eyes gradually became darker, as if thinking of the distant past, "A strict mother, trust any child It was unbearable, and I don't even have any memory of having fun, because of such injustice, my hatred for her continued even after I took the throne."

"Do you still hate her now?" Although Dugu Qi had already told him about Xuanyuan Hen's childhood life, but now hearing him tell it himself, Zhuo Ran had a different feeling.He could feel that Xuanyuanhen had long since stopped blaming his mother, and asking such a question was just to let him express the depression hidden deep in his heart.

"Actually, I already knew that she was kind to me. If it weren't for this, I don't know how many times I would have died." A prince without strategy, even if he is not favored at all, in the intricate harem, sometimes he would inevitably die. "My mother protected her son in the cruelest but most effective way..."

The night said whether it would be long or not, and when Xuanyuanhen finally finished speaking the words in his heart bit by bit, the sky had already turned pale, and the stars all over the sky had already disappeared, leaving only a few to signal the dawn.

The mist gradually diffuses as the sky turns brighter. Everything around is mysterious and eye-popping, a kind of beauty that has never been seen before—it seems that you can’t see anything clearly, and it seems that everything is already in your mind. middle……

"It's so beautiful... I almost missed this scene." Zhuo Ran looked obsessively at the trees and stones wrapped in the mist and the mountains and rivers that could be discerned in the distance, feeling deeply moved from the bottom of his heart.

The fog gradually thickened, and it didn't take long for the two of them to have the feeling of being in the clouds, floating like a fairy but with a sense of reality.

"I thought it was just a foggy scene, and there probably wasn't much to see. I didn't expect this valley to be so magical." Unlike the thin fog that we usually see—the endless white fog almost occupied their entire field of vision. Only close to each other.

Zhuo Ran suddenly felt Xuanyuanhen's scorching breath, raised his head in surprise, but suddenly fell into a depth like water.

Xuanyuanhen was a little embarrassed, the sudden passion made him feel embarrassed, he couldn't help but secretly cursed at his lack of concentration, but his beloved was by his side, originally it was a normal phenomenon in the morning, but now it became Inflicted the greatest torture on Xuanyuanhen.

"you……"

"It's okay, it'll be fine in a while." Of course he didn't want to be laughed at, but Xuanyuan Hen said eagerly but couldn't hide his strange look, the impatience on his face made Zhuo Ran a little moved, he is also a man, of course he can understand Xuanyuan Hen feelings at this time.

"...You..." He couldn't help but sighed, looking at Xuanyuanhen's eyes with a trace of pity.

"Don't look at me like that!" Xuanyuanhen was suddenly agitated, he didn't know why the man in front of him suddenly looked at him with such eyes, if it meant "poor", then it would be better to be laughed at by the man .

Hugging Zhuo Ran violently, and sealing the other party's words with his lips, Zhuo Ran once again felt the strong emotion that was suppressed in Xuanyuan Hen's heart... This is the most restless age, but he always suppresses himself during this time, Zhuo Ran has fully Understand Xuanyuanhen's respect and serious feelings for him.

After the initial struggle was fruitless, Zhuo Ran hugged the young emperor slightly as if giving up, his movements were small but accurately conveyed to the emperor's heart, and the unconcealable ecstasy suddenly surfaced on his cheeks, this may be - Zhuo Ran This is the first time that I have responded to myself so clearly!

"Is it okay?" Xuanyuanhen's voice trembled as his cheeks touched.

Zhuo Ran didn't speak, just nodded slightly, which made the man in front of him ecstatic.

Clothes left each other's bodies one by one, and fell to the ground one after another until the two faced each other naked.

Everything is invisible in the dense fog, and the only thing that can be clearly perceived is each other's body temperature.They frantically searched for each other's body, and the moment their skins touched, they both felt a sense of reality, like a newborn, and their hearts immediately opened up.

The mist that filled the valley seemed to be able to feel Zhuoran's natural shyness, enveloping the two men who were intertwined with each other more and more thickly. Even so, the occasional sound that leaked out could make people think about it. Fortunately, few people came here. It also reduced a lot of scruples.

I don't know how long it has passed, the shower has just stopped, and for a while, the surroundings are too quiet, only the breathing of the two of them is left.

Xu Shi hasn't experienced such love for a long time, Zhuo Ran is a little tired, but still can't help but open his eyes, quietly looking at the people beside him, in the mist, only each other in front of him feels so beautiful, worry-free No worries, no worries.It would be a good life to live like this all the time.

It seems that there are only the two of them in this world, there is no trouble of common affairs, no government affairs, no rivers and lakes... only talk about love and romance, if this is really possible, how great it would be!

But Zhuo Ran knew that this was impossible, the dream would wake up eventually, and Xuanyuanhen couldn't give up the world just for Zhuo Ran, himself - and he would not allow him to be so selfish and willful.

Such two people, who is torturing whom... The pain in Zhuo Ran's heart inadvertently revealed from his tightly tightened eyebrows...

When he finally couldn't bear the exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep, Xuanyuanhen opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were full of clarity, he could feel Zhuo Ran's pain, the unspoken struggle in those eyes so vividly appeared in Xuanyuanhen's eyes In front of—

"Feiqing... Since you want to be free, then I will do as you wish..." Suppressing the unwillingness and bitterness in his heart, Xuanyuanhen silently made the promise.

The mist in the valley dissipated slightly with the rising of the sun, and the faintly discernible mountains reappeared in front of his eyes. Different from the previous stunning, Xuanyuanhen at this time could only feel the boundless emptiness and loss in his heart.

Xu Shi felt the glare of the sun, Zhuo Ran turned over anxiously, and opened his eyes in the next moment.

"Are you awake now? Don't sleep any longer?" Xuanyuanhen suddenly wished that time would stop just like that, and the two of them depended on each other in this valley. Even just looking at Zhuo Ran's sleeping face is indescribable happiness.

"No, it's getting late, we should go." It's not too short a time to come out, and I don't know if the guards in the other courtyard will be in a mess. Thinking of this, Zhuo Ran couldn't help smiling, the two of them are not young, Being self-willed will still cause a lot of trouble for people.

"Yeah...it's time to go..." With a long sigh, Xuanyuanhen got up from the ground, swept away the previous depression and gloom, and seemed to be cheerful in an instant.

"Let's go!"

Going back on horseback, as expected, he saw De Yu hovering at the gate of the other courtyard from afar, the worry and anxiety in his eyes disappeared instantly when he saw two people not far away, as if he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, you don't tell your subordinates when you go out. If something happens, how do you tell your subordinates to deal with it!" Although he knew that Xuanyuanhen had Zhuoran by his side, nothing major would happen, but as the guardian of the emperor's safety, No .1, Deyu must inevitably worry.

"It's nothing, but you go out with Feiqing, this little courtyard is really going to kill me, what's the matter with you in such a hurry?"

"When does the master plan to return to Beijing? It's bitterly cold outside the Great Wall, and the snow season is approaching at this time, and the mountain may be closed at any time. Naturally, it's not a place to stay for a long time. Since the master's injury has recovered, it's better to arrange it early to avoid any accidents."

"..." Xuanyuanhen suddenly didn't know what to say, his rationality told him that leaving as soon as possible was the best choice, but—leaving meant parting from Zhuo Ran, so how should he choose!

"Master..." Sensing Xuanyuanhen's abnormality, De Yu couldn't help opening his mouth tentatively.

"Forget it, pass on the order, and leave for Beijing tomorrow!" What should come will always come, blindly avoiding it, and in the end it's just a loss, it's better to face the reality earlier.

"My subordinates know."

The wheel axle of the carriage ran over the path paved with bluestone, making a "crackling" sound, as if expressing farewell, with a sense of lingering.

"This...doesn't seem to be the way back to Beijing." The road in front of him was a bit familiar, but Zhuo Ran was a little confused. The road leading to the capital didn't seem to be this one in his impression.

"I promised you that I will let you leave on your own when you return from victory. I thought about it and decided to go to Linfeng County first."

"You—" Zhuo Ran was in a daze, speechless for a while, Xuanyuan Hen's anomaly in the past two days had made him aware, and he was mentally prepared before leaving, this time, the sky is high and the earth is far away, and the two may never see each other again When I saw it... I never thought that Xuanyuanhen would pick such a place.

Linfeng County, the place where he hid after leaving the palace, was the beginning of his journey again, and it was also the beginning of... Xuanyuanhen found him and put the two of them in a deadlock.

"You don't have to think too much. I just think that if we had thought more about it before taking action, would we be different now? The Linfeng County incident... I really mind the impulse at the time."

While talking, Zhuo Ran saw the familiar street from the car window, the past was vivid in his memory, but he didn't know how to care about it.

"you……"

"You..." Sitting next to the bed in the restaurant, the two of them spoke at the same time, but they didn't know what to say. Xuanyuanhen was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "No matter what, I won't give up just now, leave now, and It doesn't mean the end, I... want to have a new beginning..." The words became more sonorous and forceful, and Xuanyuanhen's eyes became firmer.

"If I find a suitable person to take charge of the country in the future, I will come to find you. Are you... willing to wait for me?" At the end, they were extremely anxious. Zhuo Ran may not wait forever for a promise.

Staring at Xuanyuanhen with complicated eyes for a long time, Zhuo Ran finally nodded slightly, although the movement range was small, it was no different from a big surprise to Xuanyuanhen.

"It's so good! Before that - I hope Feiqing will take my place to see the world!"

"Okay!" With a crisp sound of "ding", the wine cups hit each other, and they drank the liquid in the glass in one gulp. The two looked at each other for a long time, and laughed loudly.

There is always a banquet in the world, and the sound of horseshoes sounded again, but Xuanyuanhen didn't look back any more, the more he missed him, the more he couldn't let go, he resolutely rode away as if he was afraid that he would regret it, leaving only a small back in the end.