The Wandering Prince

Everyone laughed for a while.

The prince's head was always lowered to his chest.

Seeing his situation like this, Wu'er somehow touched his heart, and felt some inexplicable sympathy and pity, so he withdrew his hippie smile and said seriously: "...then... I hope you return to the Central Plains as soon as possible."

When the beggars heard this, they laughed even louder.

Wu'er was annoyed, "What are you laughing at? I'm not joking."

When he said the last sentence, he had already looked at the prince.

However, the prince shrank himself into a ball, like a little rabbit caught in a trap, not to mention how pitiful and lonely.

Wu'er ignored them, walked up to the prince and sat down next to him amidst laughter, moved him with his elbow, and said incoherently: "I have no other meaning, just...really...you want to believe me?"

The prince seemed to be in a world of ice and snow, and suddenly felt a little warm, so he looked up at Wu'er, and said two words for a long time, "Thank you."

Wu'er scratched his ears and cheeks happily, and suddenly he seemed to have become a good friend with this stranger, so he announced his family name, "My name is Qingshan, which means that if you keep Qingshan here, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood."

The prince's frozen limbs began to warm up gradually. For a long time, no one treated him as kindly as Qing Shan, "Xiao Yi'an."

Qing Shan blurted out praise: "What a good name." For a moment, he felt that his name could not be handed out, and he felt somewhat inferior, "How old are you?"

"19 is old."

"Oh, I guess you're older than me."

Not knowing the reason of being baked by the fire, the prince's face was no longer stiff, and he smiled. Although he had doubts, he didn't ask any more.

Qing Shan thinks his smile is very pretty, even though he is skinny like a skeleton, but it is still good-looking, he began to explain his confusion: "I am an orphan, I don't know how old I am, it is fifteen or sixteen years old, they are with me Begging in the South Street area is considered..." Qingshan didn't know how to describe their relationship, if it was fine, they were beaten to death for a steamed bun, or if it was bad, they were inseparable because they ate and slept together.

When the other four people heard this, they all pricked up their ears. They watched the two shadows on the wet clothes illuminated by the light of the fire. After waiting for a long time, they only heard the words from the other side: "...Brother...It's a brother..."

As soon as the voice fell, the dull and tense atmosphere immediately became relaxed and peaceful.

"Yes, we are brothers."

The others followed suit, and instantly became extremely close, as if they had sworn brothers with different surnames.

Qingshan smiled innocently, imitating those well-mannered scholars and called out: "Brother Yi An, I have already told my story, so you can tell me yours too."

The prince was stunned.

Qing Shan saw it and thought he was unwilling to speak, so he was a little annoyed.

As for the prince, he suddenly found it hard to digest the word "Brother Yi An". In his 19 years of life, it was the first time someone called him that. After he regained his composure, he thought about it again, and then said: "... I... I am from the Central Plains, Jinling family, and my elder brother sent me to... Luo Liangguo... to do business... Who would have thought that I would encounter robbers..."

This is the first time the prince has lied, and he was so nervous that his palms were covered with sweat. He was afraid of being exposed, and was worried about how to make it up. Unexpectedly, Qingshan said indignantly: "There is such a thing? You report it to the official. Are you gone? Where did you meet the robbers, now you are our friend, how can we ignore it after suffering such a loss? Go, take us there, we will definitely find them."

Others said one after another: "Yes, yes..."

The prince hurriedly shook his head, naturally said that he did not report to the officials, and quickly said that he was not a robber encountered in this country, so Qingshan and others gave up.

In fact, they are just talking, and no one will really do it.

However, the prince was so moved that he was a little embarrassed because he was naked, and when his clothes were dry and hot by the fire, he hurriedly put them on, and immediately his whole body stretched out.

It's just that in the middle of the night, the rain didn't stop, and the wind blew harder. Everyone was so cold that they huddled together and kept getting closer to the fire.

The prince was cold and hungry, but this time he was not as lonely and desperate as before, because someone was with him.

I fell asleep unknowingly, and when I woke up, I found myself lying in Qingshan's arms, no wonder it was warm and soft.

The prince was reluctant to move, coveting this short-term support, and closed his eyes again, but his stomach growled, he was so hungry, the prince had to get up slowly, for fear of waking up Qingshan.

The prince began to struggle, if he left like this, would it count as leaving without saying goodbye?

But from noon yesterday to now, he hasn't had a bite of food, and his chest is already hungry.

During the battle between heaven and man, Qingshan turned over, the prince's heartbeat accelerated immediately, but after waiting for a long time, Qingshan showed no sign of waking up.

The prince was extremely disappointed, and looking at the other four, they were all asleep in the dark.

The footsteps of returning home and hunger conquered everything. The prince looked around, his eyes fell on the extinguished fire, he reached out to pick up the half-burned firewood, wrote a few lines on the ground, took another look at the green hill, and left here.

It was raining yesterday, and I thought it was a cold. My legs weighed a thousand pounds, but my feet seemed to be on cotton, and I walked a long way, fluttering and wobbling, before I saw the garbage dump. I searched for a long time. , and finally got half a moldy steamed bun like a treasure. The prince couldn't wait to take a bite, chewing and wiping away his tears. He didn't know what he thought of, and a sweet smile suddenly appeared on his face. At this moment, He suddenly heard someone calling him, and after a moment of distraction, he turned around and saw the person he missed just now, and saw Qingshan and others running towards him, saying something like "not interesting".

The prince wept with joy.

Qing Shan snatched the steamed bun from his hand and threw it far away angrily, "Hey, are we friends?"

We've only known each other for one night.

"You are too much, unexpectedly... unexpectedly..." Qingshan really wanted to say a few good words like those scholars, but who made his head have no ink, and when he was still "actually", the prince continued: "Sorry to leave without saying goodbye, I..."

"Yes, I just left without saying goodbye. You went too far. You left quietly by yourself. You obviously looked down on us."

The prince's original explanation was interrupted, so he had to start again, "You guys slept soundly, I don't want to wake you up, I'm very hungry."When the prince said this, he suddenly thought of something, "By the way, I left you a letter, it's on the ground beside you, did you see it?"

Seeing them looking at each other, especially Qingshan, the prince's young face was like a changing situation, and he said in a very petulant way: "No."

The prince let out an "oh" for a long time, then cupped his hands and said, "...then... let's not live here...we will..."

"You come back with us."

The prince was interrupted again, a little displeased with Qingshan's bad habit, slightly frowned, "I have to hurry."

Qing Shan said: "How can you move if you don't have a full stomach?"

Prince: "..."

Seeing him like this, Qingshan was even more annoyed, kicked the pebbles under his feet viciously, and hummed for a long time: "Do you have to go?"

The prince saw his reluctance, the gloom that had been surrounding him seemed to be dispelled by the sun, and the little sun in his heart was Qingshan, and his voice was soft and soft, "It has been many years, mother concubine..." That "concubine" After only uttering half a sound, it got stuck in his throat, and he changed his voice: "...Mom is in a hurry, I have to get out quickly."

Qingshan kicked the stones with his head down, and after a long time murmured: "It's good to have family members thinking about it."

The prince said at that time, "Mother will also treat you as his child and love you dearly."

Qing Shan looked up at the prince, his eyes were red, but his eyes were full of disbelief, "Are you coaxing me? I will take it seriously."

The prince smiled and said: "I will always remember last night, it was you who gave me shelter from the wind and rain."

The prince really thought so, but the other beggars thought it was rhetoric.

Just because of this sentence, Qingshan was so moved that he made an astonishing decision to send the prince out of this small town.

The others were naturally unwilling to follow, and they finally occupied the territory. Wouldn't it be a hand in hand to leave this time.

"Are you coming back?"

Qing Shan said cheerfully: "Come back."

Qing Shan and the prince bid farewell to everyone and walked forward.

Suddenly Qingshan stuffed the prince's hand, the prince looked down, it turned out to be a steamed stuffed bun, the prince looked at Qingshan, only to see that he said embarrassedly: "I can't bear it anymore, so you can help me eat it."

Qingshan will not tell the prince, this is specially reserved for him.

The prince's heart leaned against Qing Shan again, he broke open the bun and handed half of it to Qing Shan, "Let's eat together."

Qing Shan looked at the steamed bun, swallowed, "I threw away your steamed bun, it's for you."

The prince insisted on giving it, but the two pushed back a bit, and in the end they were still half of each other, and Qingshan's heart moved to the prince's side again.

From then on, the two hearts got closer and closer.