Everyone except me knows that I'm a broken sleeve

After the grand parade of incense cars, the crowd dispersed slowly.Qi Niansheng didn't want to go back with Pei Mo to face his royal brother, so he just found a reason to slip away.

The moonlight was hazy and cold, Pei Mo held his sword in his hand, and walked through a long alley alone with his eyes downcast.The tails of his eyes are long and narrow, and the eyelashes are short but very dense. When he lowers his eyes slightly, there will be a trace of ink at the corners of his eyes, like a person in a misty and rainy ink painting slowly walking out of the scroll.

He was silent, chewing the scene just now over and over again, as if he wanted to engrave all the details of the young man in his bones, and he was unwilling to let go of a single bit.

The other party had a clean and handsome figure soaked in sweat, a hand holding a bell, and delicate ankles surrounded by ornaments.

—That was his boy.

The alley was long and quiet, and the bustling and bustling scene just now seemed to be just an illusion, and had nothing to do with this alley.Under the cold moonlight, Pei Mo's shadow was stretched very long, the lonely swordsman walked for a long time in silence, accompanied by only the sword in his hand and the long dark shadow behind him.

The night wind blows from a distance, bringing with it the freshness of the earth and a faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus.

Pei Mo paused, raised his eyelids and looked straight over.

The end of the alley is shrouded in moonlight, hazy and beautiful.Under the cold moonlight, the boy was half leaning against the wall, panting slightly and looking in this direction.His long black hair was wet with sweat, and the thin strands of hair on his forehead coiled around his cheeks like tiny snakes. Beads of sweat were sliding down one by one at this moment, illuminated by the cold moonlight. Be crystal clear.

The thick and tight light golden sacrificial costume on his body was opened wide at this time, revealing his delicate collarbone and half of the shoulder blades. The inner garment was soaked in sweat and was slightly transparent, and a little wet hair curled around the shoulder blades. and neck.Only one of the shoes on his feet was worn crookedly, with a lot of mud on it, and the other one fell somewhere.

It's really lively and exciting.

Pei Mo's hand holding the hilt of the sword unconsciously tightened.

Gu Xiaoyong obviously also saw the black-clothed swordsman, with an obvious smile on his face, full of joy and surprise.Those beautiful peach blossom eyes seemed to be shone with light, filling the swordsman tenderly.

After dancing, he hurriedly chased after him. The gorgeous jade crown on his head was too heavy and was casually thrown on the way.On the way, feeling uncomfortable, he sneaked a pair of shoes that someone else had hung in the yard, and lost one of them.

Gu Xiaoyong was already exhausted, and all his energy was completely exhausted by running here. At this moment, he couldn't even stand still, so he had to lean against the wall to breathe.

He smiled at Pei Mo, "Long time no see."

Pei Mo stared at him steadfastly, his dark eyes were filled with incomprehensible emotions, which were quickly suppressed, and replaced with strange indifference and coldness: "Long time no see, Second Young Master Gu."

Their mothers were old acquaintances, Pei Mo's mother died very early, Mrs. Gu took the young Pei Mo to the residence of General Zhen Guo to raise him, even though Pei Mo left the house very early to live alone However, he would often go back home to chat with Mrs. Gu.

Although the number of times Gu Xiaoyong has returned to Beijing in this life can be counted on one's fingers, it cannot be said that he does not know Pei Mo at all. Their relationship stops at nodding acquaintances, and there is no other intersection.

Pei Mo's indifferent attitude made Gu Xiaoyong a little embarrassed.

Just now he was exhausted from dancing on the incense car, but he was actually a little dazed when faced with the sudden sword shot.Clearly ready to be shot with an arrow, that black figure suddenly appeared and stood in front of him, the back was lonely and powerful.With an unquestionable taste, it firmly blocks all dangers.

At that time, Gu Xiaoyong was stunned for a moment.

He knew that Emperor Qi was in Jiangnan, and Pei Mo would definitely be in Jiangnan. Although he didn't deliberately look for him, he was cautiously excited in his heart, looking forward to seeing the other party's figure from afar.

After the fight was over, the two of them looked at each other briefly.

Gu Xiaoyong seemed to see the infiltrating tenderness and deeply suppressed longing from the two-way indifferent eyes of the other party, causing him to have an illusion in a trance, as if their staring at each other was separated by a time and space, extending from the distant past life to the present. This life.

So Gu Xiaoyong rushed here without hesitation, with emotions and thoughts that he didn't know.

His voice was so tense that it was almost dry, with a slight tremor.Trying to smile, he said softly:

--haven't seen you for a long time?

The other party stared at him coldly, and replied: Long time no see, Second Young Master Gu.

The fine light in Gu Xiaoyong's eyes suddenly went out.

He should have thought earlier that this parade was specially organized for Emperor Qi, and Pei Mo, who was the commander of Xichang, would not allow anyone to disrupt this parade out of emotion and reason.

The other party helped you out of humanitarianism, why are you so excited?

Gu Xiaoyong smiled embarrassingly, and said dryly: "Then what, I just came to thank you for helping me block those arrows."

"You don't need to say thanks." Pei Mo looked at the young man almost greedily, but his voice was steady and cold, "I didn't know it was you."

In other words, he would help anyone whoever changed.

Gu Xiaoyong was stunned, his heart that didn't know what to expect fell into the ice valley in an instant, and it was completely cold, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

One of his shoes fell somewhere, and the one on his foot didn't fit well, and it hurt him a lot.It was okay to be steaming all over when I ran here, but now I have calmed down slowly, and being blown by the cool night wind, I am really cold, sore and sore.

Only then did Gu Xiaoyong belatedly realize how embarrassed he looked.

He lifted up the loose clothes that had slid off his shoulders, and pinned the hair scattered on his forehead behind his ears, but the shoes on his feet were useless, and his white and tender toes stepped on the muddy soil , a little embarrassed and at a loss what to do, and finally retracted quietly into the large robe.

Pei Mo just stood in the alley, watching the slightly disappointed expression on the young man's face, and watching him adjust his appearance in embarrassment, his cheeks were flushed, he didn't know if it was because he ran away just now or because of his shame.

Rubbing lightly with his fingertips, Pei Mo really wanted to go up and hold him tightly in his arms, comforting him softly: You are not embarrassed at all, you are so cute, I like it very much.

He wanted to hold those muddy feet in his palms, wipe them clean little by little, warm those beautiful and delicate feet with the heat of his palms, and then leaned down and kissed the golden rings on the other's ankles , asked the shy boy: Who gave you this golden ring?It wears so well that I can't put it down.

He knew that the young man must be extremely tired at this time, so he would squat down with his back to the other party, and let people lie on his back to rest.He would send the other person back to the inn, order him to take a comfortable hot bath, and then fall asleep peacefully.

His longing, his love and distress made him wish he could hug and kiss the boy so softly that he could no longer escape from his arms.

But he just stood where he was, clenched his hands behind his back tightly, and his fingertips sank into his palms so hard that they were almost covered with blood.The expression on his face was unmoved, as indifferent as ice that would not melt for thousands of years.

A wild cat walked slowly over the eaves of the alley, and the cold moonlight stretched its shadow very long. When the wind blew by, the branches of a willow tree at the end of the alley fluttered and shattered. Moonlight on the ground.

Gu Xiaoyong was suddenly discouraged, and sat down directly on the ground, letting the mud make the expensive robe on his body dirty and messy, he waved his hand: "That's all right, go get busy."

He looked at Pei Mo's expression, and subconsciously added: "I'll rest for a while, and I'll be back right away."

Pei Mo nodded, lowered his eyes and walked towards this side, his steps were steady and fast, no difference from usual, no one could see the difference.

Gu Xiaoyong suddenly thought of something and opened his mouth.

It just so happened that Pei Mo also had something to say, so he stopped beside him.

The two said in unison: "That—"

Pei Mo just stopped talking, and stood there quietly watching him.

Gu Xiaoyong grinned, feeling a little happier, took out a tightly wrapped moon cake from his arms, and said with a smile: "I wanted to sneak a bite when I was hungry, but now I really don't have much appetite."

"Today is such an important day, and you are still far away in the south of the Yangtze River." Gu Xiaoyong handed out the mooncake in his hand, his brows and eyes were curved, and his face was full of smiles, "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, Pei Mo."

The outermost layer of the greased paper wrapping the mooncakes was soaked in sweat and slightly damp, but fortunately the inside was still neat and tidy, and it wouldn't cause stomach upset after two bites.

Pei Mo took the mooncake, and there was no abnormal expression on his face, he just said indifferently: "Well, happy Mid-Autumn Festival."

Gu Xiaoyong tilted his head: "What did you just say?"

"My aunt told me to tell you if I saw you." Pei Mo put the mooncake into his arms, "It doesn't matter if you can't go back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, she has already made an agreement with my uncle, and I won't blame you."

Gu Xiaoyong was taken aback.

"But her birthday is coming soon, I hope you can rush back to celebrate her birthday."

After Pei Mo finished speaking, he turned and left. The bleak and lonely figure quickly disappeared into the thick night, without a trace of remembrance or warmth.

Only he himself knew that the mooncake in his arms was faintly hot in his heart, which made him tremble uncontrollably.

Gu Xiaoyong sighed softly, buried his head in his knees, his thoughts were complicated for a while, his physical and mental exhaustion made him not want to move.

There was a rumbling sound in the distance.

After a while, a coat with the smell of bitter medicine was draped over the shoulders, isolating all the wind and coldness.

"Can you still stand up?"

Young Master Xueyi asked gently.

Gu Xiaoyong didn't look up, and said sullenly: "How can you always find me?"

Yu Xueyuan smiled and said nothing, put his hand on Gu Xiaoyong's head, and stroked it lightly, like coaxing a kitten: "Get up, it's late at night."