The night breeze brought the intoxicating fragrance of flowers, and the candles in the house fluttered in the wind for a moment, and then became brighter and brighter.

The ghost sent the gods to the ground, and Shen Ruojiao asked the words from the bottom of her heart: "Can I really trust you?"

The cherry-like red lips moved up and down, and Bai Zhen was once again in a burst of heart, he restrained the crazy urge to possess it in his heart, and solemnly looked at her ice-like eyes: "In this world of eating people and not spitting out bones, you are my only treasure." ”

This is the first time Bai Zhen has shown her heart in front of her, and Bai Zhen is rarely a little nervous.

Shen Ruojiao's heart trembled, his words were too shocking.

She thought that he was kind to her, but it was just a momentary playfulness, and her voice trembled uncontrollably: "Why? You didn't treat me like this before. ”

Before that, Bai Zhen ignored her, and even mocked her in public, and the past is vivid.

She had a hard time believing that her heart was so sudden.

"That's different. Bai Zhen knew that it was difficult to recover from the water, so in order to appease her, she could only tell her all, "Before, I fought with Liu Jian and others alone, and I would be dragged to hell at any time, I don't want to implicate you." ”

"But now it's different, now you're being watched by too many people, and I want them to know that you're the one they can't touch. ”

Protection.

This was the first word that came to Shen Ruojiao's mind.

Bai Zhen's estrangement and closeness are all to protect her.

Her eyes widened, still in disbelief: "Why me?"

Bai Zhen's dark eyes were dark and deep, but Shen Ruojiao did not ignore the pain that flashed in his eyes.

"You don't remember me?"

Shen Ruojiao's face was confused.

"Twelve years ago, Emperor Xian and Shen went on a blind date to conquer the northwest, and were attacked outside Qianmu Pass, and their life and death are unknown. The lord of the country of Yinli thought that the emperor was dead, and wanted to attack the pass in one fell swoop, and the soldiers of Zhenguan were panicked, at this time, the general received the imperial pen of the first emperor, and was ordered to defend the Qianmu Pass. ”

Speaking of this, Bai Zhen stopped, and the rest of the matter was a lingering nightmare for Shen Ruojiao, and he didn't want to mention it again in front of her.

Shen Ruojiao was stunned: "Another child twelve years ago, was you?"

This incident is the shadow of her life, and she will never forget it, but she has experienced too many eerie scenes in the process, and she never wants to recall them again in her life.

"But I remember that I was tied up with the child of another important minister in the court. ”

Bai Zhen paused, and hooked the corners of his lips: "You have always been smart, I thought that this statement could deceive Yin Liren, but it couldn't deceive you, I didn't expect you, a little fool, to really believe it for so many years." ”

Shen Ruojiao opened her mouth dumbly, she was still young at that time, and she didn't have the current Linglong mind, where would she think so much.

The old things are brought up again, and many memories that Shen Ruojiao deliberately wanted to forget gradually became clear.

When she used to think of or dream about this past, she trembled and panicked.

However, at the moment, Xu is knowing that the person who was kidnapped with him back then was standing in front of him dignifiedly, and that sense of fear was gone, and the hateful Yinli people in his memory were not so terrible.

"This lie, but it almost killed you. Shen Ruojiao remembered.

Bai Zhen's eyes lit up: "It's you who saved me twice." ”

Outside the Qianmu Pass is an endless desert, through which you can reach the empire in the desert - the country of India.

There, live the fierce sons and daughters of the desert, who have the most elite iron cavalry in the world, and this iron cavalry is invincible before the war with the Qi country.

It has been four or five years since the two countries started the war, and there has been a stalemate and anxiety, and if it continues to drag on, it will cause irreparable losses to both countries.

The disappearance of the emperor of Qi this time was the best time for them to sweep away Qi country. Who knows, those two treacherous Central Plains people actually hid in an unknown place and gave orders in secret.

Fortunately, the lord of the country was wise and sent them to arrest the children of the two.

With a hostage in hand, doesn't the emperor of Qi have to send it to the door obediently?

The captain of the brigade stood on the high sand dunes, looking at the Qianmu Pass in the distance, and raised the water bladder heroically, and drank heavily, and the water bladder was filled with Yinli's spirits.

Dumeng burped and hung the water bladder back to his waist contentedly.

In the distance, a small black dot moved quickly, and they all looked at it, it was his subordinate Archa.

Archa trotted all the way, holding a letter in his hand, and shouted loudly: "A letter from Qi country, a letter from Qi country!"

Du Meng was overjoyed, jumped up and jumped off the sand dune, and greeted Archa: "Have they explained the whereabouts of the emperor?"

Archa scratched his head and handed the letter to Dumon: "I can't read, I can't read. ”

Dumeng took the letter, but he was also stumped, and said with annoyance: "This is the Central Plains character, this group of Central Plains people, it is really cunning." ”

Arca had an idea: "Why don't you show it to those two children?"

Shen Ruojiao was drowsy in the dark, and the screeching sound of the wooden door being pushed open woke her up.

The sudden light made Shen Ruojiao close her eyes uncomfortably, only to hear a Yin Liren speaking awkward Central Plains dialect in a rough voice: "Hey, little ghost, can you read and write?"

Shen Ruojiao didn't answer immediately, but turned her head to look at the boy sitting in the corner.

Someone came in, and he didn't even open his eyes.

It's been a month, and she hasn't seen him say a word, and Shen Ruojiao still thinks he's a mute.

"What do you say, dumb?" shouted Dumeng impatiently.

Shen Ruojiao was so shocked that she retracted her gaze, lowered her head and whispered: "Literacy." ”

With a dark face, he threw the letter to Shen Ruojiao: "What is written on it?"

After a while, he stretched out his fleshy little hand, picked up the letter, and opened it to look at it.

"Hurry up!" Dumeng urged her with a roar.

Shen Ruojiao was so frightened that she trembled, the letter fell to the ground, and she said quickly: "The letter said that you didn't kidnap the prince, but just the son of an important minister. ”

"What?" Du Meng was furious, rushed to the corner, and picked the boy up, "Didn't you say you were Bai Zhen?"

Bai Zhen only opened his eyes at this time, and said indifferently: "You just believe it." ”

Shen Ruojiao opened his mouth wide in surprise, it turned out that he was not dumb.

Dumeng snorted angrily and threw the person back to the ground: "Since you are not the prince, then I will kill you." ”

"No!" Shen Ruojiao was shocked, and without thinking about it, she stopped her, and when she saw that several people were looking at her, she stammered, "The letter also said that if you want to change the whereabouts of the emperor, you have to use two living children to change it." ”

The young Shen Ruojiao didn't know that this letter meant sacrificing her and Bai Zhen in exchange for the victory of the border war, and naively wanted to turn the tide.

Fortunately, she was lucky, and the rest of the team had infiltrated the customs to spy on the news, leaving Dumeng and Archa illiterate.

Du Meng was frightened for a while, and his wolf-like eyes swept around sharply, and fell on Shen Ruojiao: "Don't want to play any tricks." ”

With that, Dumon and Archa turned around and went out, slamming the wooden door shut.

The room was dark again.

Dumeng didn't take the letters from the ground, and the slightly crumpled paper lay there quietly.

Bai Zhen in the corner suddenly moved, picked up the letter, leaned to the door, squinted through the light through the crack in the door, squinted a pair of peach blossom eyes, and quickly finished reading the letter.

Shen Ruojiao sat motionless and looked at him blankly.

Although Shen Ruojiao couldn't see his expression clearly, she could guess that he must be sad now.

The soft and glutinous voice was particularly sweet in the dark: "Don't be sad, the person who wrote the letter didn't expect that they would kill people." ”

Bai Zhen sneered, and said mockingly: "Only you will be so stupid and simple." ”

With a distangle in his eyes, he crumpled the letter into a ball.

For as long as he can remember, he has never seen the smile of his father, who trained him as a successor, was strict and cold, and punished him at every turn.

The queen mother ate fasting and recited Buddha all day long, ignoring him.

He should have known long ago that he was a man who could be given up at any time.

The young Bai Zhen experienced cruelty for the first time.

He retracted into the corner, and where there was no light, he hung his head and said nothing.

However, the girl who was originally in the other corner suddenly ran towards him, and the eight-year-old girl had not yet grown, and her round and jade little body stumbled in front of him, and took his hand: "Don't cry, the emperor and father will come to save us." ”

Bai Zhen wanted to withdraw her hand, but she didn't know where the little girl got so much strength, so she clutched it and didn't let go. He was a little impatient: "I didn't cry. ”

Shen Ruojiao sighed, and actually reached out and touched his head: "We are still alive now, as long as we are alive, there is still hope." ”

Bai Zhen tilted his head in disgust, avoiding the ravages of the devil's claws: "Don't be stupid, how long can you hide this kind of lie that will be easily exposed?"

"Hide it for as long as you can, in short, drag them all down, so that you can have a chance to be saved." Shen Ruojiao took it for granted, and she patted Bai Zhen's head again, "Don't worry, I will protect you." ”

Bai Zhen was stunned for a moment, tilted his head awkwardly, and muttered in a low voice: "Who needs your protection." ”

This time he didn't refute it again.

Shen Ruojiao grinned happily as if he had reached a consensus with himself.

"I'm taller than you, big and small, so of course I'm protecting you. Shen Ruojiao was still talking to herself, "I only have one elder brother, and I don't have a younger brother, and you will be my younger brother in the future." ”

Bai Zhen didn't talk anymore, just moved silently, wanting to stay away from her.

However, as soon as he moved away, Shen Ruojiao came over again, he moved from one corner to another, and Shen Ruojiao followed closely.

Bai Zhen finally gave up, closed his eyes tightly, wishing that he could also close his ears and put out the soft and glutinous voice that chattered.

"I will definitely protect you. Shen Ruojiao clenched her small fist and repeated it again.

Bai Zhen's long eyelashes trembled, and he didn't open his eyes.

Shen Ruojiao thought he was asleep, so she carefully covered her mouth and silenced him.

Bai Zhen stiffened his body and closed his eyes to recuperate. After a while, there was a sudden weight on his shoulders, Bai Zhen turned his head to look, and Shen Ruojiao, who was next to him, tilted his head and fell asleep.

The ruthless big hand fell on Shen Ruojiao's face, and Bai Zhen wanted to push her away.

"I will protect you. ”

The girl's weak but firm voice echoed in her head.

Silently lowered his hand.

Forget it, let her go.

Maybe this is the last time of her life, just make her happy.