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On the first night of formal training, Jia Ye clearly felt the pressure here.

In this training camp, there are many young people with the same skill as him, some of his age, some a few years older than him, in order to fight for a chance to show themselves in the training, almost everyone will use all means, in order to let The superiors saw their own efforts. During the few minutes of competition that belonged to them, everyone tried their best, and even used some obscene methods to force other weaker people to beg for mercy.

All these Kayahs are in his eyes, but he will not imitate, nor will he succumb to anyone. After all, among the newcomers, no one will do anything to him.

Jia Ye's grades are also very top-notch, but he still feels that what he has done is not enough. When he competes with other people, he can better understand his own shortcomings.

In addition, learn etiquette and swordsmanship.

After a busy day, I can finally go to the bathhouse to take a bath. Although it is a public bathroom, some very strange things are likely to happen. He has never heard of it, but Kaye's little follower-the burly man Ali always calls a group of brothers Staying outside and not allowing others to go in to disturb Jia Ye's bath, in the short ten minutes, he can always take a peaceful shower.But the behavior of the burly man is useless, and Kaye still ignores him, or it can be said that he is naturally indifferent to strangers.

When he was about to return to the dormitory, he found some people gathered around the gate to watch.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that familiar carriage appeared by the gate of the training camp again.

A few guards from the palace opened the iron gate, but behind them was Prince Fulou.

At first he didn't take it seriously, but he always had an idea that Prince Fulou came to look for him, a few young recruits even raised their arms to guide Fulou, and he was captured by Fulou's eyes from a distance up.

Jia Ye still doesn't know why, Prince Fulou is very enthusiastic about him, first met him in the military camp?He took him back to the palace to heal his wounds, and even accompanied him by his bedside, never leaving.This kind of care is the first time in a different place. Could it be because of the incident half a year ago?That time on Duoling's pilgrimage day, he just gave him a sugar skewer, which was still a mistake.

"Kaya! You are here."

Jia Ye sighed towards the wall, he really didn't know how to face this prince, how to calmly face this face that was almost the same as Dasha.But Fulou hurried forward and took his hand, he had to face him, trying to relax himself.

"His Royal Highness Fulou..."

Jia Ye was dragged towards the gate by him, and several guards also bowed politely to him.

"I said you can call me by my name. Jia Ye, I finally got Indra's permission today, and I will take you to the night market."

When the word "night market" was mentioned, Fulou was looking forward to it, his eyes were full of light.

"Thank you, but..."

Jia Ye was trying to get rid of these hands, but the other party held them firmly.

"Don't hesitate!" Fulou shouted into his ear, "Do you want to see the sky lantern? Do you know..."

"I……"

"Kaya, come with me."

Under the pull of the floating building, he stumbled and followed up abruptly.

Jia Ye got into the carriage in a daze, not knowing where to go at all.His mind was in a mess, and he didn't understand Fulou's technical explanations.

There were many people watching him around, and some whispered that he is the prince's friend, and other envious words. They were not saying bad things about him, but they made him feel uncomfortable.Did everyone think that if he climbed up to the position of a prince, he would be superior to others in the future?Is this the reason why those recruits have suddenly treated him with a respectful attitude recently?

The imperial city is the center of Garol, not only the political center, but also the commercial center. The street scene here is not crowded with too many residential buildings, but almost all garden-like squares, streets, and tall temples.After coming to the imperial city, Jia Ye's purpose was to join the army, and he hadn't visited the city well, and he didn't have the mind to go shopping alone.

But he couldn't resist Fulou's willful request, the little prince could only accompany him if he wanted to see anything.

It turns out that the sky lantern referred to by Fulou is a kind of paper lantern that floats in the air. It is also made of very light and thin yarn. Floating.

"Have you healed from your last injury?"

"It's all right."

Chatting, they walked to a square, where people walking everywhere, on both sides of the square, there will be a night light in the shape of a lotus at a certain distance, which can not fly, through the dyed The cloth of the paint exudes a light red pink light, rendering the warm atmosphere here.Many residents fiddle with sky lanterns by the moat, and some put small lanterns in the river.

"That's interesting, let's buy one over there."

Fulou looked around, and seemed to find a small stall, where an old man was sitting, selling sky lanterns and flower lanterns made by himself, all kinds of them were placed all over the floor.There are flying dragons, white and pink lotus flowers, and there are small candles in the middle that can be lit.Behind the old man, there are many sky lanterns that are about half the size of his body. Some of them have writing on them, some are painted with human figures, or patterns of animals, flowers and plants, and some are pure white. You can write on them yourself.

Fulou chose for a long time, and finally saw a white sky lantern. He thought, if he could write his own inscription, he would like to write something interesting on it.

Jia Ye followed and stood by the side to observe, studying how to let it fly, and saw the floating building tremblingly holding the edge of the fragile wooden frame, for fear that it would break this fragile thing with a little force.

"Come on, let's go to the river to write, and release it after we finish writing."

Fulou held two thin brushes in his hand, and he borrowed ink from the old man who sold sky lanterns, so he could write on them now.

"Well." Jia Ye followed him and walked over. There were still many people by the river, and they picked an open space to squat down.The two people surrounded the opposite side of the sky lantern, Fulou stretched out his hand and handed him the ink-stained brush.

Jia Ye froze for a moment, took the brush, and felt a strange feeling in his hand.He is not very good at writing, and he doesn't know how to hold a brush.After all, I haven't studied it, and I don't know many words.What should I write?

"Jia Ye, do you know that this kind of lamp is said to have come from the East, and the Orientals call it the Kongming Lantern because it was invented by an ancient man named Kong Ming."

"……Um."

(You guys are not modern either.)

Jia Ye opened his eyes to see the strokes of the brush. Accidentally, the brush touched the paper of the sky lantern, and it cost a fortune.

He sighed deeply.

The sky lantern trembled a little - because the floating building had already started writing.

As he wrote, he said:

"By the way, why do you always put on such a stupid face? Isn't it good to talk more?" He tilted his head and looked at Ka Ye on the other side, who still had an indifferent expression.Isn't it fun to put up sky lanterns?Except for his mother, he hasn't let anyone else go...

Fulou retracted his head and added:

"Just... treat me as your friend."

Kaya's voice came through the thin paper——

"Which friend?"

"Who else could it be... Dasha." Fulou stopped his strokes, "He and I look alike, right?"

"Yes."

Almost, it's the same person.

Even Fulou himself discovered this matter.

Jia Ye lowered his head, he still didn't know what to write.

"Where is he now?"

"He's in our hometown, a... village."

Fulou seemed to have finished writing, he put down the pen, folded his arms, and sighed.

"It turned out to be like this. You came to join the army alone. Alas, it's a good thing I'm covering you. No one bullied you in the training camp, right?"

"No."

"Jia Ye, do you have friends in the imperial city?"

"No."

Jia Ye responded to him with intuition, and was still thinking about what to write.If you don't write, the ink will dry up.

"We can come out to play often after that, and I won't let you be punished."

"Uh, I..."

One stroke down, and spent again.Kaya twitched the corner of his mouth.

"I have no friends in the palace. Indra is the only person I can get close to, but he is much older than me. I have no common language with him. He will not take me to play. I just want to a friend..."

Fulou closed his eyes, and simply talked about his own affairs, anyway, he couldn't write well, Jia Ye listened silently.

"You want me to be your friend?"

Fulou's muffled voice suddenly became crisp and bright, and he asked loudly:

"Really, Kaye, would you like to?"

"I……"

Jia Ye looked at the people around him, they were all attracted by Fulou's laughter, and he suddenly didn't know how to answer.

"Will you listen to me?" Fulou grabbed the wooden frame of the sky lantern and shook it slightly, as if complaining, "Quickly, do you want to!"

"Ah."

Jia Ye's voice was very small.

"...Great, great."

Fulou couldn't help laughing, covering his mouth again for fear of disturbing the pedestrians nearby, he swayed his body and sat back.

"You don't know, it's very boring in the palace, except for studying, practicing swords, eating, eating, and sleeping. In addition, he has to be disciplined by Indra. Treat him like a prince! I think he's fierce and doesn't match his appearance. It's unbelievable that there are many noble ladies who like him!

"There are also those maids and guards in the palace, who are more stupid than you, and can't respond to me with a word. Since I was a child, only my mother talked to me. She was often in a bad mood and threw things around. However, she was the only one who would take me to play. Since my mother passed away, I can no longer find anyone to talk to. Ever since I met you by chance on the street that time, I feel that we are very destined.

"You are so stupid, you must be bored at ordinary times. Staying with a talkative person like me is just complementary, and you will definitely become friends. By the way, this sky lantern can convey wishes. The things written on it are just It will be conveyed to the heavens, and the gods will help you convey it to the person you miss in your heart when they hear it. If you write down your wish, it will definitely come true.”

Fulou said a lot.He looked at the extremely dark night sky, and there were many sky lanterns twinkling and reflecting each other.

On the other side, Jia Ye finally wrote a few words.

When Fu Lou gradually finished speaking, he also took the pen.

In the last few strokes, the dry strokes are not very clear.Maybe it can be conveyed to the side of the gods, that's fine.

Kaye turned his head and called him.

"...Let's light up the lights."

Time seems to have passed for a long time, and the ink covering the paper has dried.Fulou squatted up immediately, holding on to their sky lanterns, ready to light the fire.

"Can you tell me what wish you wrote on that side?"

he asked mysteriously.

Kaye told him honestly:

"I wrote it, hoping that I can make a difference and return home soon."

Fulou clapped his hands and grinned.

"It will, Kaya!"

He lit the short candle in the sky lantern below, and the flame rushed to the entire paper canopy in an instant, and the square sky lantern was completely illuminated.

Together they supported the wooden frame and lifted it up, ready to wait a while before raising it to fly.It should be soon.

Feeling the heat of the fire, Jia Ye suddenly asked the opposite side:

"What did you write?"

On the other side of the warm air, came the laughter of Fulou.

"Hey... I won't tell you."

With a light hand in his hand, the sky lantern was about to fly up, and Jia Ye panicked.

"tell me."

The night wind blew, and the two unconsciously let go of their hands.

As the heat rises, the sky lantern rises slowly.

Its shape became smaller and smaller, and no one could see what was written on both sides.

"what……"

Fulou stared at the sky in a trance, this is the sky lantern with his own handwriting, he can watch it slowly, leave... like...

It's like someone left him.

In a slight depression, Fulou closed his eyes.

"Forget it, don't say it if you don't want to."

Jia Ye also looked away and avoided him.

"I hope Jia Ye can become a member of the pro-guard soon."

For some reason, Fulou suddenly pulled himself together and said this sentence seriously.

"you……"

It is indeed Jia Ye's ideal to become a member of the pro-guards. The training camp he is staying in now is also selected for training the pro-guards.

But from Fulou's mouth, he just felt that something was wrong.

Does he mean that he wants to be by his side?

Facing Shang Fulou's eyes, his hand has already touched his face.

"Hey, are you blushing?"

"No."

Kaya remained calm.

"famous!"

yelling...

"No."

calm……

"Is it smoked by the fire? Let me see."

Fulou stepped forward, and even cupped his face and approached him.Jia Ye nervously shook off this embarrassing movement, and was caught up by him again.

"Let me take a look."

"Not really..."

During the frolicking, the two also walked back to the square from the river.

The moonlight is bewildering, illuminating the earth together with scattered sky lanterns, and the faint shadows of the two are close together.

What Fulou didn't expect was that when they were walking, a few unexpected guests came behind them.The man among them wearing the silver-white cloak was none other than Indra.

"Fulou, it's time to go back to the palace."

The serious voice broke the beautiful atmosphere, and Indra stood in front of the floating building.

"See His Royal Highness Fulou!"

Several guards with swords knelt at the feet of Fulou, and he let go of Jia Ye's hand.Seeing this, Jia Ye could only stand there silently.

"Indra..."

Fulou held his hands in bewilderment, biting his lower lip tightly.

Indra smiled at Kaye: "Kaya, we meet again."

Kaya dared not respond.Indra didn't expect to meet this time, and Jiaye stayed with Fulou again. His smile was mocking, as if he looked down on this young man from the countryside, and wondered how he and Fulou knew each other.

"If you don't want him to be punished, you'd better listen to me."

Indra turned his head to look at Fulou, and led him to his side, but Fulou pushed him vigorously, deliberately standing beside Kaye.

"You forced me again! You still punished him? I brought him out! And I asked you, you said you can come out!"

Indra's displeased expression gradually solidified. He stared at several guards with one eye, and they put Kaye's hands on each other and forcibly separated the distance from the floating building. Kaye didn't say a word.

Indra said sharply, "I just allow you to come out to relax, I never said you can play so late."

"Let go of him first! I brought him out!" Unfortunately, Fulou's order had no deterrent effect at all, and his small body looked like a captured rabbit in front of Indra.

"Punishment, three days in military posture, not allowed to eat, but water can be delivered. Notify the people in the barracks."

Indra ordered the guard closest to him, his eyes swept over Kayye's indifferent face, as if he was out of the way, he didn't care about it, and didn't take it seriously.

"...that... Jia Ye!..."

Fulou yelled at him heartbroken, but Jia Ye didn't turn his head back, nor did he dare to look back, although he must have heard Fulou's voice, he just struggled a bit, couldn't move his hands, and could only follow a few guards, let them take away.

Fulou helplessly covered his heart.

"……how so."