The third year after the death of the emperor

Jian Fengzhi, who was sent back, volunteered to be the one who stayed behind. Although he was timid, he knew how to repay kindness and was willing to protect General Zhou with his life.

The snow-white jade lion is lying in Xie Wen's arms. This cat whose age cannot be seen is actually in its twilight years.It is still like a willful child, sometimes it will pretend not to know Xie Wen and walk away, but most of the time, it lies by his hand, turns over to expose its belly, and let Xie Wen touch it.

How long does a cat's memory last?In fact, it is reasonable not to know him, but animals seem to be more sensitive than humans, and they can still find a little subtle spirituality in the past beyond the scope of memory.

The Jade Lion lay in his arms like a big ball of hair.The internal officials and servants in the palace were watching by the side, and no one dared to step forward to take back the imperial cat who was so rude to the emperor. No one could offend these two. The Jade Lion has long been in this cold palace. Except for not touching it, the emperor took good care of it under other circumstances.

There was a faint crackle of sparks on the stove in front of him, on which a jug of wine was warming.Jian Fengzhi was squatting in front of the wine stove to study the art of cooking wine, but Tong Tong, who had been silent for several days, suddenly said, "Are you delaying the attack, or do you really want to correct Xiao Jiu?"

"Both." Xie Wen replied to her.

"Xie Huaiyu—"

"Hush." ​​The sound of bubbling wine broke in my ears, "I know what you want to say."

"You know you still do it!" Tong Tong struggled, "Why did you still go around him in the end? You think that if you don't say it or show it, I won't know that you treat him..."

Xie Wen suddenly raised her eyes.

Although Tong Tong was not in front of him, he suddenly had the illusion of being watched.She paused for a while, then said dejectedly: "Huaiyu, you are too affectionate."

"Really?" Xie Wen said casually, "In the world I lived in before, a poet from a foreign country once wrote a poem, describing my situation with him, which is very appropriate."

"Don't think about these emotional things." Tongtong said seriously, "The only chess game you lost in your life was because you were a professional chess player, but you often had these romantic feelings. This is your charm and advantage. It is also your flaw, your fatal weakness."

"Don't you want to ask what that poem is?" Xie Wen couldn't help smiling.

"I don't care." The system doesn't care about human romance. Her avatar turned her head in the other person's mind, and said uneasily, "If you kill yourself, I will also cancel the account. You complete the task , I am not a system, we are all retirees, and we still have to be involved by Xiao Jiu, there is nothing good about the protagonist—even if you choose the protagonist yourself, that's the same."

Xie Wen was noncommittal.He hugged the jade lion, and Jian Fengzhi, who was guarded by his side, was still struggling with the furnace of wine, but the little guy gave up quickly and sat down on the ground, not too cold.He raised his hand and patted his dazed cheek, complaining, "Why is this thing so choking? Do I have to go outside?"

As he spoke, he looked around with his head, and shrank back under the gaze of the expressionless Supervisor Guo Jin and the silent bowing of the servants and servants. He moved his buttocks, sat next to Xie Wen's calf, and secretly asked : "How did you get the emperor to agree to let Master Zhou go? Is he so reasonable?"

Reasonable... These words probably have nothing to do with Xiao Xuanqian.Xie Wen corrected: "It hasn't been released yet, at least until the Northwest Army enters Beijing, I guess he will reluctantly fulfill his promise."

"Promise, hehe, promise." Jian Fengzhi laughed silly for a while, "A gentleman promises a thousand gold, and the emperor is even more so."

Xie Wen gave him a strange look, not expecting the child's eyes of examining others.

"Hey, Master Emperor." Even though he has seen it many times, Jian Fengzhi is still stunned by the moment when he faces Xie Wen when he looks up, because the other party has such a good-looking appearance, which makes many rumors of sex appeal. Be reliable.

"Huh?" Xie Wen looked down at him.

"How did you make the emperor back down?" Jian Fengzhi's eyeballs were about to sparkle with gossip, he was not worried about the safety of his bet here as a bargaining chip, instead he explored with a look of knowledge. , "Are you really talking to Your Majesty...cough cough, inside one?"

In Luodu, which is far away from Ziwei Palace, although there are some untrue rumors between him and Xiao Xuanqian, after all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it is not too outrageous. Xie Wen is not very clear about the current "royal family secrets" refurbishment. .

He raised his hand and tapped Jian Fengzhi's head with his fingers: "It took people so many years to grow a brain, it's not for you to be filled with yellow waste."

"Yellow waste..."

"It's an eclectic story." Xie Wen said lightly, "Don't you have any hobbies and entertainment?"

But this is the most ardent hobby and entertainment of the general public!Jian Fengzhi shouted at the top of his voice in his heart, but he said obediently on his face: "Oh—I see—"

"I want to ask you," Xie Wen touched the jade lion's big fluffy tail, "How did you know Zhou Mian?"

"You said I'm not sleepy anymore." After a few days of nurturing and Xiao Xuanqian's intentional instructions, the incense in the palace could no longer make the two of them drowsy, and Jian Fengzhi also became alive and well, "I am actually a Jianghu The last one was a performer, my father is also a performer, we can make masks, we are skilled, and we can also shrink bones, and we have more contacts with people from the Jianghu."

"Then?"

"But Jiang Hu, you also know," he said with an old-fashioned posture at a young age, "It's different from your court, we really want to see blood..." Speaking of which, it seems that Xie Wen even dared to splash blood on the Golden Palace, With the courage to tear up the imperial edict, his voice became weaker, "My father made an enemy when he was young. During the heavy snow last year, the enemy blocked and killed me in the mountains. He only had time to send me out—the mountain was blocked by heavy snow. I waited for three days. It took three nights to find his... body."

Xie Wen frowned slightly.

"I met Mr. Zhou's arrangement on the official road in the snow mountain. Because under the jurisdiction of the capital, Mr. Zhou asked about my life experience, gave me money to bury my father, and asked the government to draw a portrait of the enemy. A dead body, but I will never repay the kindness of drawing a sword to help."

Xie Wen pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "You are a female name, or such an elegant female name, Ling Ci..."

"My mother's boudoir name is Fengzhi." The other party raised his head, showing a happy expression, as if this fragile young body was using another way to allow his mother's life and his father's thoughts to continue and revive in his life average.

Xie Wen didn't ask any more questions, the Jade Lion lying in his arms grabbed his fingers with a pad, and licked his fingertips with a small barbed tongue.

Seeing that he was not interested, Jian Fengzhi felt even more bored. He hadn't expressed his gratitude yet, but at this moment he forced himself to go back, so he could only whisper: "Can't you tell me something about you and Your Majesty? ? I told you my story."

"I don't want to trade with you."

"Then how can I do it!" Jian Fengzhi turned over and sat up, kneeling on the ground unconsciously, and straightened his back. This movement and the distance made the eunuchs terrified in the eyes of the eunuchs. They were afraid that His Majesty would see it at this time, not to mention the flower picker No, not even their heads can be kept.

"I'm so boring, Master Emperor!" Jian Fengzhi eloquently said, "Master Xie, who am I imprisoned here for? It's not for you. I'm bored to death!"

"You can choose to be free." Xie Wen said indifferently, "I asked you."

Jian Fengzhi blushed: "Then what's the matter, how can I abandon Mr. Zhou?"

Just when Xie Wen was about to reply him slowly, Tong Tong in his mind suddenly said, "He is really sober. If Xiao Jiu had half of his fiery courage, he wouldn't be able to break up with you."

Xie Wen let Tongtong interfere with his thoughts, and failed to refuse directly. He sighed at Shang Jianfeng's expectant eyes, and said concisely: "Loyal minister, good general, eternal king, do you want to listen to such boring stories?"

Jian Fengzhi nodded seriously.

"There is nothing to talk about between Xiao Xuanqian and I. Just like what Zhuangzi said, those who send off the king will return from the end, and the king will be far away from then on. I have sent him off for so long, but it can only be sent here .”

Jade Lion stopped licking his hand, and looked at him with clear cat eyes.

"Xiao Xuanqian is the Ninth Prince, you should know." Xie Wen's hand was placed in the arms of the long-haired cat, surrounded by fluff. "When I met him, he was different from what he is now. Do you know what the princes of Chonghua Palace call him?"

Jian Fengzhi shook his head.

Xie Wen was already ready to tell a story, but at this time, he couldn't even repeat Xiao Xuanqian's past.People's past poverty and humbleness should be a kind of privacy that should be protected.

At that time, he was working as the prince's teacher in Chonghua Palace. He was a celebrity who was not born in the world, so naturally he should be respected by the draw.The group of children who were trying to be cute and coquettish in front of him could isolate a young man who lost his mother at birth as soon as they turned around.They called Xiao Xuanqian "damn ghost", saying that he killed his mother, that his status was lowly, that his father didn't care whether he was there or not, and that he was just an addition and a decoration for Concubine Zhuang's favor.

In this huge palace, none of the supposedly noble princes could find a warm place to stay.Xiao Xuanqian also had a cat by his side when he was a boy. Unlike the pampered Jade Lion, that cat was as vigilant, thin and agile as the boy.

It was not a stray cat, but its owner had been wandering for a long time in the impenetrable palace walls.There are often traces of mischief on Xiao Xuanqian's body, and those innocent and cruel malice are stuck in his fate like spells.

Xie Wen went in and out of Chonghua Palace all the year round, his servant held an umbrella for him, and the wind, frost, rain and snow never stopped.Tong Tong is right, his passion is the deadliest weakness, when other princes and teachers turn a blind eye, Xie Wen will stop those blatant bullying.

In the summer of the 37th year of Chenghua, it rained heavily.Xie Wen, who was only 22 years old, bent down, and that delicate and elegant hand that belonged to the chess player, in addition to fiddling with the chess pieces, also wiped Xiao Xuanqian's muddy face dry with sympathy.

He saw a pair of dazed eyes.

The clean cloth towel was quickly soiled, Xie Wen didn't care about it, he asked, "Are you cold?"

The young man didn't speak, he just looked straight at Xie Wen, this look was exactly the same as the thin, dependent cat beside him.

"Why didn't you resist?" Xie Wen said, "You can't beat them, can you?"

Xiao Xuanqian looked at him and reacted for a long time before saying: "...Because I want to live."

"I want to live." Xie Wen said softly, "Such courage is better than anyone else."

When he stood up, he left an umbrella and a chess record for Xiao Xuanqian.But what he didn't know was that Xiao Jiu had never received such a gift. Although he had an umbrella, he was reluctant to let it get wet. He cherished this gift too much.

He is enough for the things that are not valued in this world.