It was dusk, the liquid afterglow was gradually dimming as if it were evaporating, the smeared clouds stretched for most of the sky from the margins, there was no wind, the green smoke rose straight from the chimneys, the waterwheels by the stream in the distance turned slowly, and the setting sun melted gold in the water.

Li Yao looked at the glass on his left hand, not facing the sun, and he didn't pull the curtains, so he could faintly reflect the side face of the person opposite.

Always a little melancholy.、Yang Ming's face。

-- Rewind the clock to three hours ago --

Zed: "Coachman, stop. ”

After the car stopped, the guy jumped out of the car without saying a word, untied a horse pulling the cart, and rode away.

Yes?

Ran away?!

Li Yao's expression was very mysterious, what's going on, just run?

The coachman saw that he was puzzled, and while putting away the leash of the horse, he explained: "We are almost close to our destination. It is close to the evil dragon, and there are not many people who dare to go, so there is no hotel, and you must go to arrange a homestay in advance. ”

As he spoke, he heard someone greet him, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was the driver of the car in front of him, waving his arms as if to say something.

The coachman listened sideways for a while, and then said to Li Yao: "The adults in the car in front, let you sit over." ”

--Time is back to the present--

He had been looking at the reflection on the glass for a long time, and it was a very hidden gaze, because no matter how much he looked at him, he would not notice it.

Yang Ming: "Have you seen enough?" ”

Li Yao: ""

Yang Ming looked at him lightly and said, "Did I see you somewhere?"

He was stunned and replied, "I shouldn't have seen it." ”

"I think you're a little familiar. ”

The feeling of depression spreads from the bottom of my heart.

Li Yao thought for a while and replied, "Some people just get old at first sight, maybe they had a fate in a previous life, or something else." ”

Yang Ming didn't speak again, and turned his face slightly to look at the scenery outside.

Wide green wheat fields, distant horizons, cornflower-colored skies, and puffy clouds stacked like snow.

Occasionally, there are birds, little black dots, flying from here to there.

As we drove along, the sun gradually changed from dazzling to warm, and in the dimming twilight, the forest in the distance looked like a dark green mist.

"I really haven't seen you. ”

Yang Ming said suddenly.

The light flowed and poured back into the mouth of the bright source in the sky. The boundaries between light and dark continue to move, and the shadows of the leaves of those plants not far away seem darker and darker.

Li Yao didn't expect that after such a long time, he was still thinking about this matter, and he didn't react much for a while:

"Or have seen it. ”

The base of the setting sun begins to melt with clouds.

Yang Ming lowered his eyes, didn't have any expression, just nodded.

Seeing that he was about to fall into an embarrassing silence again, Li Yao was determined to turn the topic over and said:

"It's boring along the way, shall I tell you a story?"

"Yes. ”

"Once upon a time, let me organize my thoughts"

From east to west, the sky gradually changed from brilliant golden yellow and fiery red, slowly transitioning to deep indigo and navy blue, and two or three bright stars began to twinkle.

Li Yao looked at the reflection of the side face on the glass that became clearer because of the darkness of the sky, and began his narration.

"Once upon a time, there was a pair of brothers who had a good relationship. ”

"Although the relationship between the two is very good, my brother is stupid and doesn't know what he wants to do. ”

"Brother has been in a mess for a long time, and he has suffered uh, how do you say that word?"

"Ah, yes, suffer. He suffered a lot, and he didn't know what he wanted, and some people sued him that as long as he killed his younger brother in the end, he could get rid of this confusion and get what he wanted. ”

"My brother is very stupid, he has no brains, he believes what others say, of course he doesn't want to hurt his younger brother, but for his own sake, he has been avoiding facing the result, and finally killed his younger brother. ”

In the end, he got a little bit of something nice. He thought that if he had to choose again, he really wished to die together at that time, instead of keeping the memory of killing his brother and stealing his life. ”

He saw Yang Ming frowning.

"Ha, this story is boring, right, then I'll change it"

"Why, that brother would agree to kill his brother?"

Li Yao's reluctant smile, which had not yet fully unfolded, suddenly dissipated.

"Because he thought no, he was just selfish. ”

Yang Ming looked at him squarely, his face was split in half by light and shadow, his red left eye was hidden in the shadows, and his silver hair was dyed light gold.

"People are selfish. ”

The sunset shattered under Yang Ming's eyes, and the irradiated right eye was as transparent as amber, soaked in a little water, and it was full of color.

He looked at Yang Ming and replied word by word:

This is not an excuse for wrongdoing. ”

Yang Ming was about to say something, but then the carriage stopped, and the coachman opened the door and put the pedals on his feet, and said:

"My lord, the place of arrangement has arrived. ”

Li Yao felt a little uncomfortable, but he had no choice but to stop the conversation and get out of the car.

It was really dark, and he saw Zed and a man dressed as a peasant woman standing on the side of the road, with orange lights shining through the house behind him.

The woman wore a turban, did not dare to raise her eyes, and saluted in a panic, it was very awkward, probably I had never seen such a high-ranking nobleman in her life, even if the group entered the house, she still seemed very restrained, and put the plates on the table again and again, and when they were neat, she jumped up as if she had been burned on her buttocks, and kept saying sorry in her mouth, and then quickly went to the kitchen and brought a pot of soup.

"That's it, please eat. ”

Nothing more than some fried cutlets, smoked fish and the like, served with coarse brown bread and soup, and grilled pears sprinkled with pepper*. You can see that this is the best material that can be provided here.

Li Yao had no idea about class divisions, and while eating, he looked at the peasant woman's sincere and terrified appearance, and felt that she was like a timid mole.

The door to the kitchen was not closed tightly, and two heads poked out of the crack in the door, two little boys, rolling their eyes, looking at Li Yao and Yang Ming on the dining table with a ghostly head.

The child looked very clever and had a cute naughtiness, Li Yao smiled at them, and the peasant woman followed his eyes, found the child, looked back and smiled apologetically, and hurried over to take the child back to the house.

One of the little boys was not very obedient, and he squeezed his eyebrows at Li Yao, Li Yao thought it was funny, and called: "It's okay, let the children come out." ”

The boy got permission and ran out cheering, standing in front of the table, looking at the meat expectantly.

The peasant woman kept saying sorry and explained, "This is my child, and there is no discipline."

Li Yao cut off a piece of beef and gave it to them: "What are their names?"

The two children ate with relish, their mouths full of oil, and the peasant woman pulled them over, lifted her apron and rubbed their mouths, and replied, "One is nine years old, and this eleven is called Hansen." ”

Sisl had big blue eyes and rolled around like a doll. Hansen had curly hair and a wide mouth, he looked at the food on the table, and then looked at Yang Ming, who had no expression, and Li Yao, who was smiling, and decided to please the one who looked more stupid:

"You're the lord, aren't you? You're as dashing as the rumors say!"

The child's country accent is very strong, although Li Yao didn't understand, but he must have praised himself, he thought this child was very interesting, and he was a child

Oh yes, he doesn't have any memories of his age yet.

When the peasant woman saw that his expression was wrong, she quickly apologized even louder, dragged the child into a room, and closed the door. Under the pretext that he wanted to see how the grooms were doing, he hurried away.

"She seems to be afraid of you. Li Yao said to Yang Ming.

"It's not that you're afraid of me. This is the largest house in the neighborhood, and most of the warriors who have come to challenge the evil dragon live here, and the woman is not a woman who has never seen the world. ”

"Then why is she so restrained?"

Yang Ming glanced up at him and didn't explain

It's impossible to have a good chat with this kind of person.

After the meal was finished, the peasant woman came in to collect the crops, Li Yao remembered the purpose of the trip and asked:

"Well, there's something I'd like to ask you about. ”

The peasant woman's hand shook and almost broke the plate she was holding, but she answered and said respectfully, "Excuse me." ”

"We came this time to investigate the matter of the evil dragon, you live nearby, can you tell me what the situation is?"

The peasant woman shook again, her head hung very low, and said:

"I don't know much"

Li Yao felt strange: "But you always know more than we know, right?"

When the peasant woman heard this, she did not know what she thought, and covered her face with her cracked hands, and sat down on her knees, and began to sobb quietly.

Li Yao felt very inexplicable, what was going on?

Yang Ming, who had not spoken, spoke: "We didn't come here this time, it wasn't the king's intention, it was just pure curiosity. ”

This was also inexplicable, but the sobbing peasant woman stopped, wiped her tears, and said, "I'm sorry you know, I'm really scared."

Yang Ming: "Sit down and tell us about the evil dragon." ”

The peasant woman nodded, stood up on her knees, dragged over a chair, and said with a sad face:

"This dragon appeared five years ago, but by today, it has killed a lot of people. ”

Li Yao was a little puzzled: "It will harm people, why do you still live so close to him?"

"Well," said the peasant woman, "the thing, which it says is a dragon, is but in fact a monster with wings, which I have seen with my own eyes once." And it lives in a tower and doesn't actively hurt people. ”

"The dead are the warriors who challenged it?"

"Yes, they are all good young people, but it's sad that they didn't come back alive. ”

Li Yao felt that something was wrong: "This dragon can't do evil, so why do the warriors go to fight it?"

The peasant woman looked up: "You really haven't heard about it?"

Li Yao: "I seem to have heard it, but I forgot it for a while." ”

"Because on the tower, there is a princess imprisoned. ”

“？!”