Half-dead paulownia

"Xiao Jinmo, I just want to know if you have written with your father lately? I just miss the baby a little bit, and I don't know how he is living with your father now. Does he miss me?" Ziye's expression It seemed a little lonely.

"I... my father? I've been really busy recently and didn't take care too much, so I haven't had much contact with my father. But when we go back, we can meet each other. I believe the baby will live a good life Yes, he is so well-behaved and sensible, if something really happened, my father must have sent a letter early." Xiao Jinmo comforted.

"I hope, it's the first time I've been away from my baby for so long, and the more I see her now, the more I miss it. It seems that I can't wait for a moment." Ziye's eyes are full of miss. "I still remember the first time we met, it was the baby who discovered you and Anling Yuhao, and let you escape, it seems that it is really an arrangement from heaven."

Xiao Jinmo twisted the candle wick, and the dim yellow light spread on his face, covering the halo, and a shadow was projected onto the wall, flickering.

"Of course I remember. It seems that the baby has been a kind-hearted child since he was a child. Like a father, like a son, Ziye is actually a good father." Xiao Jinmo said in an envious tone, "It's really nice to have a child by my side." Well, a child's world is always so innocent."

"That's right, so the baby is my life. I'm willing to give up anything for him. No matter what I have to bear or abandon, I'm willing to bear it." Zi Ye said in a deep tone.

Everyone is willing to sacrifice everything for the one and only thing in their hearts. Such dedication without complaint or regret is not for any reward, but for the purest protection and perseverance in the world.

"Midnight, let's go and visit them as soon as we go back." Xiao Jinmo seemed to have some turmoil in his heart.

"Yeah." Affirmative answer, "It's getting late, you should take a good rest, otherwise you will be tired from the journey tomorrow, and I don't want to continue to work hard for you."

Xiao Jinmo understood what Ziye meant, it sounded like he was complaining about something, but he still cared about him, but he would always disguise his kindness as meanness.

Xiao Jinmo, who had sent Midnight away, was not in a hurry to fall asleep. Under the dim candlelight, he opened the scroll in his arms and put it on the table, continuing to pick up a pen and busy himself with something.

The genius was dim, and the sounds of carriages and horses, footsteps, and shouts rang out in the barracks, and they were finally ready to return. Everyone looked expectant and excited.

"Then we won't stay here. If there is anything I, Li, can help in the future, I will do my best. I, Li, will always be here waiting for you." Li Chaoxi looked at everyone with a sad expression on his face. For a long time, we have experienced so much with each other and have developed deep feelings for each other, and my mission is to be stationed here, so the barracks has already become his home, so I don't know when we will meet again next time.

"Let me thank Brother Li on behalf of everyone. If there is any difficulty in the future, you can also tell us bluntly. We are all one family." Liu Meng said impassionedly, at this moment he thought of the little prince.

"What a family, Li is very pleased, so I won't send it far away, remember to go home and take a look if you have nothing to do." Li Chaoxi was a little excited, his nose was sour, and tears filled his eyes.

"Brother Li, please stay put. We will send a message to you as soon as we arrive at the Anling Imperial City." Liu Meng signaled all the staff to prepare to leave.

"Waiting for your news." Li Chaoxi looked at Liu Meng who was leaving, and shouted from behind.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Xiao Jinmo lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and kept looking outside, eyes full of anxiety and anticipation.

"What are you looking for?" Gui Yue who rode to the sedan chair suddenly asked in a low voice.

"I'm just looking..." Xiao Jinmo murmured and didn't say anything clearly, but his eyes still didn't look back.

"Are you looking for Duguao?" Guiyue unabashedly revealed the secret in Xiao Jinmo's heart. "No one saw him early this morning. He probably left last night."

"Did you leave last night?" Xiao Jinmo said in a surprised tone, "Why did you leave without saying goodbye?"

"Then we don't know, maybe he has his own plans, or maybe he didn't regard us as friends in the first place, and it will be a matter of time before he leaves, so there is no need to have more conversations with us." Guiyue secretly said Analyzing deeply, from the secrets he overheard that night and Ziye, he knew that Guiyue would definitely not let it go.

"Oh, that's right." Xiao Jinmo obviously had a disappointed expression, and then he looked away, and put down the car curtain.

Guiyue looked at Xiao Jinmo with some puzzlement, not knowing when he started to care about this Duguao, but it was inconvenient to ask too many questions.

The team walked very slowly because they took care of Xiao Jinmo and Princess Anling, but after five days and five nights, they were about to arrive at Yonghuadu, which meant that they were not far from the imperial city of Anling.

"It's getting late. Although there is Yonghua City not far ahead, even if we speed up, we won't be able to reach it before dark. So should we drive all night or find a place to rest?" Liu Meng asked the imperial concubine After all, in the current team, Ling Zining's identity is the most powerful.

"It may be dangerous to travel overnight, and there are still some female relatives. We are not in a hurry. It is better to find a place to rest for a night, and it will not be too late to leave tomorrow." Ling Zining analyzed the current situation and chose a safe place. way.

Liu Meng, Guiyue and others naturally felt that what Ling Zining said was not unreasonable. After all, it is better to be careful. Although Yonghua is right in front of them, if something really happens on the way, I am afraid they will be caught off guard.

From the moment Xiao Jinmo left the barracks, he became a little unhappy, as if he was suppressing something in his heart, he always frowned slightly, although his eyes were full of longing and anticipation, but he could see a trace of tension and worry.

The sky gradually dimmed, but finally found a nearby inn. Although it was a bit shabby, it was the only residence among the few people in the area.

After everyone had been arranged, because the room couldn't accommodate everyone, Liu Meng shared a room with Meng'er, and Guiyue offered to share a room with Ziye, because his room was between Xiao Jinmo and the imperial concubine. It is necessary to be protected by the two of them.

It is conceivable that Ziye is naturally unwilling. After Guiyue's hard work and no place to live, Guiyue said at the same time: "Ziye, we did this to protect Xiao Jinmo and the imperial concubine. Ah, I know you must say what has anything to do with you?" After that, he sneaked close to Ziye and said softly: "But you have to think about it, even if it has nothing to do with you, if something happens to the princess, you can get rid of it." Is it related? That is the imperial concubine of Anling Kingdom. When the time comes, you will lose your head a few times if you say that you have a crime of unfavorable protection. After all, now we are grasshoppers tied to a rope. Be careful."

Listening to Guiyue's persuasion, Ziye, although his expression softened, still showed a bit of anger. He knew that what Guiyue said had some truth, now was a critical moment, not to protect Ling Zining, but to protect Xiao Jinmo's life. Keep it, it might be beneficial to have him around, so he said coldly: "I'll sleep on the bed, and you will sleep on the ground."

"Sleeping underground? It's such a cold day..." Guiyue's tone of surprise was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Then I'll sleep alone." After Ziye said that, she got up to drive Guiyue out of the room.

"Okay, okay, on the ground, it's just a good time to exercise your internal strength." Gui Yueman said in a helpless tone, but also agreed to Ziye's rude request. "I'll go out first to get some air and get used to the cold." Guiyue said jokingly.

"Don't worry about it, Xiao Jinmo locked himself in the room as soon as he came to the inn." Ziye saw Guiyue's thoughts at a glance.

"I..." After Quilt Ye said this, Gui Yue was speechless now, turned around and sat on the chair, sighed softly, and couldn't help showing doubts: "Don't you think Xiao Jinmo has been a little strange recently? ?”

While making the bed, Ziye said, "Did you just find out today?" There seemed to be some sarcasm in his words.

"You mean you feel the same way?" Guiyue immediately got up and approached Ziye, as if wanting to confirm her thoughts.

"Stay away from me." Ziye said in a disgusted tone, but threw a lifetime into Guiyue's arms. "I don't need a quilt to sleep, you can spread it on the floor."

Obviously not so indifferent, but still have to find all kinds of reasons.

"Tell me quickly, what do you think is wrong with him?" Guiyue asked eagerly.

"You are so familiar with him, even you don't know what's wrong with him, how could I know?" There always seemed to be a bit of acrimony in Zi Ye's words.

Holding the quilt in her arms, Guiyue sat back on the chair again, with a thoughtful expression on her face, "What's wrong? It's indeed Xiao Jinmo, but why sometimes his eyes make me feel strange? ?”

While falling into deep thinking, Ziye on the other side was already lying leisurely and comfortably on the bed, "Hey, are you really so cruel to let me sleep on the ground?" Guiyue asked again with a pitiful face.

"Shut up, I need absolute silence." Ziye barely left any room to discuss with him, and at the same time turned over, leaving his back to poor Guiyue.

Guiyue glanced at Ziye in despair, spread the quilt on the ground, and had no choice but to lie down on it.

In the middle of the night, it seemed that the candles in Xiao Jinmo's room had not been extinguished, when the door squeaked, and a figure came out of the room softly, and walked slowly to the outside of the inn.

The biting cold wind invaded the body, and there was already a figure outside, who seemed to have been waiting, and in such a quiet night, things spread like this.

"Xiao Jinmo, you still made a choice after all?" A man said indifferently and coldly.