limited backtracking

At the age of 16, Bai Lian went back to Yunsui again. The ruins of Wenjiazhuang at that time no longer existed. It was the evening when he saw Jiang Weiyan.

Suddenly a sea dongqing flew to his side, circled around him a few times, and finally folded its wings and landed firmly on his shoulder.

Bai Lian froze for a moment, looked sideways at the strange sea dongqing, and didn't know whether to drive it away or let it continue to rub its head against his face.

"Dark Blade, come back." A clear voice sounded behind him, and Hai Dongqing "chucked" the wings and flew away.

"Who taught you? Go up when you see someone? Don't do this, do you hear me?" The man was riding on a horse, his face completely blocked by the dark blade on his arm.

Bai Lian didn't care too much, put one hand on his knee, and just watched him educate Hai Dongqing.

"How offensive, please..." He stared at Bai Lian and froze in place.

Thyme Eucalyptus: "?"

"elder brother?"

Baili Eucalyptus jumped off the haystack, a little confused: "???"

what's the situation?

Jiang Weiyan got off his horse, walked over quickly, and hugged him happily, "Brother, I found you."

Before Bailiyan could react, Jiang Weiyan was pulled away.

Jiang Xun grabbed his ear and said angrily, "Jiang Weiyan! What are you doing? Do you know who this is?"

Jiang Weiyan wrinkled his face in pain, "I know, Bailiyan."

"Brat, how can you call His Highness the Crown Prince by his name directly?!" Jiang Xun led Jiang Weiyan to kneel down on one knee, pleaded guilty to Bai Lian, and said, "The last general has no way to teach the son, and the dog is rude for a while, please forgive me the Crown Prince. crime."

"No problem, Lord Hou please get up." Bai Lian helped Jiang Xun up and asked, "Is this the only son of Lord Hou?"

"Yes, Quanzi Jiang Weiyan."

Bai Lian said to Jiang Wei: "You know me?"

Jiang Weiyan nodded resolutely: "I know."

"I want to have a few words with him alone, I don't know..." Bai Lian said to Jiang Xun.

"The general will retire." Jiang Xun gave Jiang Weiyan a warning look, the latter's eyes were always on Bai Lian, and he didn't receive his father's intention at all.

Jiang Xun: "..."

"You called me 'brother' just now?" Bai Lian crossed his arms and leaned against the tall haystack, "Have we met before?"

"Yes. His Highness gave me a steamed bun a few years ago."

"Mantou..." Baili An murmured, "Are you Wen Yan?"

"Yes."

Bai Lian was dumbfounded, the tall and vigorous young man in front of him, at first glance, had no resemblance to the dirty child back then.

He moved closer in disbelief, observing his face carefully, which really made him find the familiar feeling back then, "I remember your eyes, they are very bright."

Jiang Weiyan's eyes crooked with a smile, and he swung the dark blade that came to disturb him elsewhere.

"It turns out that you are the son of Master Jiang, and you didn't tell me, so I brought you directly to the camp."

"I..." The dark blade flew over again, this time not looking for Jiang Weiyan, but flying back to Baili's shoulder, Jiang Weiyan frowned and scolded, "Come down, your claws are so sharp , what should I do if I scratch Your Highness?"

"It's okay, I like it quite a bit." Bai Lian raised his hand and touched the feathers on the back of the dark blade. He has never trained eagles, so he is quite satisfied to have the opportunity to touch it now.

"How is it different from ordinary falcons? It's too well-behaved, and it doesn't look ferocious."

"It is the most difficult eagle to train in the entire army camp. It is the first time I have seen it like this. It can peck off a layer of skin from other eagles on weekdays."

Baili Eucalyptus was a little itchy from being rubbed, and she tilted her head to hide, wondering whether to laugh or cry: "Why is it so excited?"

"I don't know." Jiang Weiyan shook his head.

Dark Blade stood on Bai Lian's arm again, and one person and one eagle looked at each other face to face. In the next second, Bai Li Gan raised his arm and swung it vigorously. The Dark Blade Eagle screamed and flew away.

It was the first time Jiang Weiyan saw Baili An laughing so happily, so he also laughed.

He whispered: "It is happy for its owner."

***

"I said I would go back to pick you up, but when I went the next day, I found that you were no longer there. I sat next to that old yellow dog and waited for you all afternoon. I don't want to miss you If you are in danger, treat it as if you and your parents are going home."

Bai Lian said again: "You even made up a false name to deceive me."

"I didn't lie to you." Relying on Thyme's ignorance, he used his fingers to pick up a strand of hair scattered on the pillow, and played with it lightly, "Do you know why I appear there?"

"Didn't you sneak out? I went to Jiang's house before I met you. Mrs. Jiang said you were not there and ran away far away."

Jiang Weiyan shook his head and said with a smile: "It should be that my brother passed away, mother doesn't want you to be sad, so I can just say that to coax you."

"Brother? Doesn't the Jiang family have only one son?"

"If you are talking about your own son, there is indeed only one."

"Ok?"

"Wenjiazhuang is the place where I was born." Jiang Weiyan talked about the past calmly, "My original name was really 'Wen Yan'. The real 'Jiang Xiaohou' is not me."

"It's not you?" Bai Lian was startled, turned around subconsciously, and met Jiang Weiyan's face directly, the distance between the two was so close that Jiang Weiyan could kiss him with just a lift of his chin.

Jiang Weiyan's breathing was stagnant, he didn't expect that Bai Lian would turn around suddenly, and the hand that was still holding his hair tightened suddenly, causing Bai Lian to hurt.

"Hiss!" Bai Lian frowned and glared at him.

Jiang Weiyan rubbed his head apologetically, "The only son of the Jiang family was born weak and sick, and passed away when he was ten years old. I was adopted by the Jiang family."

"After you left that day, I saw your veil fall, so I quietly followed you to the barracks. It happened that my father..." Jiang Weiyan laughed, "I'm used to shouting. My father came back from outside and found me squatting in the corner , Maybe it’s because I’m homeless and I’m so pitiful, so I was taken back to the barracks.”

"I didn't stay in the military camp for too long, so I followed my mother back to the Jiang family. At that time, their real son had just passed away, and my mother said that I looked like him, and asked me if I would like to stay in the Jiang family."

"And you stayed?"

"Naturally, finding a place to stay was the most important thing for me at that time."

"What happened later? You naturally became the son of the Jiang family?"

"No. I found a book in the house, which should have been written by my brother who passed away." Jiang Weiyan recalled, "Everything in the lines is yearning for military camps and battlefields. He was born in a troubled world and yearns for peace even more. "

"As a reward, help fulfill the last wish of the brother who has never met." Jiang Weiyan sighed and said, "My secret is over."

Bai Lian leaned on one arm, "You are finished, then let me tell you a secret."

"Well, I'm listening."

"You promise me not to be angry first."

"Huh?" Jiang Weiyan was a little puzzled, Bai Lian had always been confident, but knew that he would not be angry with him, and there was no need to make such a request.

Now that he said this, he was afraid that this would be a major event that would really make him angry, "You talk about it first, and I'll decide whether to be angry or not."

"Then I won't talk. Go to sleep." Bai Lian was about to turn around after finishing speaking.

Jiang Weiyan held him down and looked directly at him, "No."

Bai Lian pursed his lips, hesitated for a while, finally sighed, and said calmly, "I won't live past 25."

That moment seemed to be elongated. The person opposite did not speak, and his face was full of disbelief.

"Don't give birth..." Before he finished speaking, Bai Lian was pulled into his arms by Jiang Weiyan, "You..."

"I'm not angry...Shh, don't talk, let me hug you." Jiang Weiyan had never been so panic-stricken in his life, he hugged the person in his arms tightly, only in this way can he be sure that he is still there, " Eucalyptus... don't make such jokes with me."

Bai Lian's ear was pressed against Jiang Weiyan's chest, and when he heard his heartbeat, he slammed it into his ear forcefully, "It's not a joke, you can ask Master after you return to Bianjing, I am indeed alive..."

"Stop talking." Jiang Weiyan covered his mouth, his voice trembling, "Stop talking."

"Isn't it okay now? I don't care anymore. Everyone will have this day, but mine came a little earlier than yours. There is nothing to be afraid of." Bai Lian suddenly couldn't bear it, and he forced a smile. , "Why are you more afraid than me?"

"I'm afraid I won't see you again." Jiang Weiyan caressed his face and sighed, "Bailian, I'm afraid to die."

Bai Lian's heart felt as if someone had squeezed it hard, it hurt so much.

"When did you know?"

"I can't remember clearly, it was several years ago, I went to Jing'an Temple with my mother to pray for blessings, and the Taoist priest made the calculation for me."

"Fortune-telling is not guaranteed to be accurate."

"I am aware of my own body. You see that I am no different from ordinary people now. It is not true. I guess Master has already told you how bad my body was three years ago." Bai Lian said flatly He said, "Prince Jing's mansion smells like herbs every day, and the scent of flowers in my backyard can't cover up the bitter taste. I even drink medicine until my sense of taste fails."

Jiang Weiyan was stunned, "Taste, taste is out of order?"

"Do you know why I'm getting a sweet tooth more and more?"

"why?"

"Because I can't taste any sweetness anymore." Baili Eucalyptus suddenly remembered something, and chuckled, "No, there was an accident. The chestnuts you sent the day before the Shangyuan Festival and the floating yuanzi that day, I It turned out to be a little sweet."

"now what?"

"I can't taste it. Fortunately, other flavors can still be tasted, so that everything I eat is not tasteless."

"What did Master Uncle say?"

Baili Eucalyptus said indifferently: "Just keep it like this, maybe it will recover someday?"

"What happened three years ago? Can you tell me?"

"I thought you had found out."

"The emperor blocked the news, and if you don't tell me, where can I check?"

"Didn't you arrange for Feng Yi to make Feng Zhi drunk on the Shangyuan Festival?" Bai Lian teased, "Secretly investigate me, what should I do?"

"..." Jiang Weiyan laughed, and leaned forward, "I don't know how His Highness will punish me?"

Bai Lian was expressionless, and raised his hand to push his face back.

"I should have a chance to tell you later..." Bai Lian said in Jiang Weiyan's displeased eyes, "After two days, I'll tell you something else first."