Half-dead paulownia

(Anling Imperial City Yonghuadu)

"Boss, are you still selling masks?" A magnetic voice rang in my ears.

"You are?" He looked up following the voice.

"Ghost mask." As he said, he picked up the mask and put it on his face.

"It's you! That child back then, how could I not recognize you, your every move has an unforgettable ability!" The boss seemed to be recalling.

"The boss is over the top."

"Would you like to buy a mask?"

"Just look... the mask is really a good thing. With it, no one will know your true face, and you can hide yourself very deeply." An Ling Yuhao said meaningfully.

"Isn't it painful to hide so deeply? Although the old man doesn't understand the truth, if a person wants to wrap himself up, he must have difficulties. Only himself can bear the truth behind the mask. Only the authorities are obsessed!" The boss sighed. .

"A fan of the authorities? Maybe!" Anling Yuhao responded in a low voice.

"Just now, two young people also took a fancy to this mask, saying that the man is really magnificent."

"Peerless! No one can deserve the word anymore, didn't they buy it?"

"No, that man seemed to be in poor health, so he left after looking at it. Isn't that still there?" The boss pointed forward.

(Anling Imperial City Yonghuadu)

The wind and snow were raging, and the cold air was blowing, and the cold wind mixed with rubble hurt not only the body?So many sorrows and joys, so many gatherings and partings, blowing off the branches and leaves, but can't take away the nostalgia.

Anling Yuhao looked in the direction pointed by the mask seller, and a speck of dust fell into his eyes impartially.

"Hey..." He closed his eyes tightly and rubbed them slightly with his fingers.

"Have you lost your eyes?" Liu Meng, who was on the side, asked eagerly, regardless of looking into the distance.

"It's okay." She said, opening her eyes abruptly and uncomfortably.

"Where's the person?" Anling Yuhao asked unwillingly.

"Let's go, I guess I went into the tavern opposite." The boss replied enthusiastically.

"Forget it, Liu Meng! Let's continue on our way."

"it is good!"

"Also, thank you for your words just now, which made me understand a lot." An Ling Yuhao said solemnly like a mask seller.

"Thank you? I didn't say anything. You young people really confuse me."

"There will be a period later."

"Actually, there's no need to hurry. The signature dishes of the tavern in front are very good. It is said that the emperor will try his micro-service every time he goes on tour. If you are not in a hurry, go and try it too." The boss said kindly.

"The emperor has also been here? Interesting, then we might as well have a taste." After Anling Yuhao said goodbye with a smile, he and Liu Meng also walked to the opposite tavern.

"Brother, I..." Xiao Jinmo hesitated to speak.

"Feng'er, what's the matter, isn't it uncomfortable?" Han Sha asked eagerly.

"No, I don't want to go to dinner, I want to go home, I can't wait to see my father immediately, and then we can have dinner together, is that okay?" Xiao Jinmo said in a low voice.

"Why not? You can do whatever you say." Although the words were without any tone, they could feel the softness in my heart.

"Well, let's go back then." Then he turned around and walked away.

"Liu Meng, do you believe that there are still handsome men in the world?" An Ling Yuhao asked as he walked.

"My subordinates don't know. I think the little prince is such a man."

"How can I bear this title!" An Ling Yuhao said lightly.

"Feng'er, come here." Han Sha, who was walking on the road, said as if ordering, while turning around gently, put the hat on Xiao Jinmo's robe on his head, and the chaotic snowflakes fell on the robe, densely layer, white and crystal clear.And this moment also happened to block the sight in front of him, isolating the crowd a few steps away, as well as An Ling Yuhao who was walking past in a hurry even though he was so close at hand.

It turns out that there is a kind of miss that is between turning around.

"So you don't know how to cherish yourself?" Han Sha pretended to blame.

"It's just that I don't feel that cold. Isn't brother cold?" Xiao Jinmo asked back.

"I don't know how to be warm and cold for a long time, let's go home." Han Sha took a deep breath.

In a flash, it is only an instant.

"Liu Meng, what are you looking at?" An Ling Yuhao curiously asked Liu Meng who was looking back.

"Oh, no...it's nothing." Liu Meng had an incredulous expression.

"Then what is your expression?"

"Maybe I haven't had a good rest in the past few days, and my eyes are blurred!"

"Could it be possible to see who?"

"I must have read it wrong, I thought too much, little prince, we are here, let's go in."

"Oh!" When Anling Yuhao walked into the tavern, he couldn't help but look back, it was still the scene covered in silver and the noisy and disturbed crowd, but for some reason, Anling Yuhao's heart always seemed to be trapped Like a tie, restless.

"Feng'er, where are you going?" Han Sha had an inconceivable expression.

"Go home! You don't know the way, do you?" Xiao Jinmo said puzzled.

"But your home is..."

"In Maple Leaf Lane in the east of the city!" Before Han Sha could finish speaking, Xiao Jinmo stopped her from answering.

"Maple... Maple Leaf Lane."

"Brother, what's wrong with you? That's where we grew up playing." Xiao Jinmo said seriously.

"Feng'er, alright, let's go back to Maple Leaf Lane." Han Sha said resolutely, but her eyes were full of helplessness.

(Maple Leaf Alley, Capital of Anling)

Ruins and ruins, withered grass in the sky, thick snowflakes on the already mottled courtyard wall, the abandoned courtyard is full of trauma, telling the sadness of that day.

"Brother, what's going on?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Xiao Jinmo asked in surprise.

"Feng'er, too many things have happened these days. When you recover from your injuries, I will tell you everything." Han Sha said thoughtfully.

"Where's my father?"

"I'll pick him up after I tidy up. From now on, we will continue to live here, just like going back to the past." Said faintly, Han Sha walked into the courtyard, and started to clean up everything that had already been dilapidated.

"Well, I'll help you." Xiao Jinmo didn't continue to ask more questions. He knew since he was a child that sooner or later he would know what he should know, and it would be futile to ask what he shouldn't know. Xiao Jinmo was already much smarter than children of the same age when he was young. .

"Feng'er, wait for me here, I'll pick up Uncle Xiao, don't walk around casually." It was Han Sha's uneasy request.

"Well, Feng'er will be honest." Xiao Jinmo replied obediently.

The cold and vigilant observers circled around Xiao's house from some inconspicuous secret places.

"Dong dong..."

"Who?"

"Uncle Xiao, it's me, Xiao Jinmo's friend."

"Oh, here we come." Saying that, the door was opened, Han Sha looked back, quickly closed the door, and walked into the yard.

"Well, where's Xiao Jinmo?" Uncle Xiao looked around.

"He didn't come with me."

"Where is he?"

"In Maple Leaf Lane."

"Maple Leaf Lane?" Uncle Xiao said in a daze.

"Uncle Xiao doesn't know about that place, does he?"

"Hehe...I know that is now an abandoned city."

"Uncle Xiao, it's just the two of us now, it's this time, what are you going to keep hiding?" Han Sha said calmly.

"hide?"

"Uncle Xiao won't fail to recognize me, right? From the first time we met, your eyes have betrayed you."

"What are you talking about? Aren't you Xiao Jinmo's friend?"

"I am the Li Han back then, the son of Li Nian. It is impossible for Uncle Xiao not to recognize me. Even Feng'er can recognize me. How could you forget?"

"Feng...Feng'er." She said tremblingly.

"Feng'er's name is almost forgotten by you!"

"Did he recognize you?" Uncle Xiao had a questioning expression on his face.

"Yes."

"Then... Could it be that his illness has relapsed again? How is he doing now? Is he in danger?" Uncle Xiao asked nervously.

"If it wasn't for what happened to Feng'er, it seems that Uncle Xiao would never admit it."

"Han'er, it's not that I don't want to recognize you, it's just that I want to live a careful life with Feng'er. I have to choose whichever way is best for him, do you understand?" A father confided wearily, hiding Can't help but feel helpless and painful.

"Even if it's the son of my deceased friend in the past?" He asked urgently.

"I can only choose Feng'er." There was no direct answer.

"Hehe... If this is the case, I will choose Feng'er, and I am willing to bear the burden with you in the future, okay?"

"That would be best of course."

"I don't have time to say more now. Pack up your things and come with me quickly. While we're looking for Feng'er, I'll tell you what happened."

"It's been so long, why hasn't brother come back?" Sitting on the stone steps in front of the door, Xiao Jinmo whispered impatiently.

"Can I go for a walk in the woods at the back? It should be fine. I didn't run around, just looking at the woods I loved to go to before. Besides, I have saved people here before, so I'll be back right away. , Brother should not be angry." Xiao Jinmo convinced himself little by little, so he got up slowly, looked around, and walked towards the woods.

(In the forest of the capital of Anling)

"Little prince, the food at that restaurant just now is really delicious, not at all inferior to the imperial dining room in the imperial city." Liu Meng recollected.

"Little prince...why are you so unhappy?" Seeing that Anling Yuhao didn't respond, Liu Meng asked again.

"Liu Meng, remember when I was assassinated when I was a child?" An Ling Yuhao said deeply.

"Of course, how can I not remember such a big thing?"

"I want to tell you, if I remember correctly, it is in this forest."

"Ah? No way. Little prince, are you sure?"

"I will always remember."

"It turns out that the place that changed you is actually here." Liu Meng seemed to be saying in a low voice.

"It's here that Feng'er saved me with her own life. I owe too much to others in this life." An Ling Yuhao seemed to be lost in thought.

"Maybe, Feng'er is not dead, how can you be sure she is dead?" Liu Meng thought.

"Not dead? Impossible, with such a serious injury, she must die, but I really don't know the result, is she really not dead? Liu Meng, tell me, is she really not dead? "Anling Yuhao suddenly asked Liu Meng excitedly.

"Little...little prince, Liu Meng knew from a young age that good people will be rewarded, right?" Liu Meng was thinking.