Chapter 24: The Covenant II
Xia Ziyan looked down and saw that under the moonlight, the thing covering the back of his hand and clutching himself turned out to be Wu Yan's hand. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wu Yan's hand was only about three-quarters of Xia Ziyan's palm, and it was very small. The skin on the back of the hand is white and soft, like tofu. Although he is not as white as Xia Zihe, he can be regarded as fair-skinned, but at this time, because of Wu Yan's hand, he immediately lined his complexion slightly yellow. Her wet palms dripped down the water droplets and slid down on the back of her hand, like cold and warm, but the palm was not as soft as the back of the hand, and there seemed to be a few bumps in the palm, like a callus. But soon, she let go of her grip on her hand, only the wet watermark she brought remained on the back of her hand, and the night breeze blew, a little cold, as if it was lost.
Indeed, Wu Yan didn't grab the branch, she directly held Xia Ziyan's hand on the branch, and stood up from the water. Then, she walked to the court with wet steps, she only cared about lowering her head to wring the water in her clothes at this time, and where did she notice Xia Ziyan, who was calm behind her, and the thoughts in her heart were surging at this time.
Wu Yan was busy twisting his clothes, and he unintentionally saw that Xia Ziyan was still holding a branch in his hand behind him, so he explained, "It's not that I dislike your branch, but I'm afraid that if the branch breaks again, won't it fall into the water again?" ”
Seeing that Xia Ziyan didn't say anything about it, Wu Yan snickered in her heart, after all, there were only three things, and she couldn't allow herself to make the same mistake twice and experience the same fate twice.
Suddenly thinking of what Xia Ziyan said before, Wu Yan couldn't help but be quick for a while, and blurted out, "We don't have the rule that men and women don't kiss each other. This kind of rule is put in front of people with intentions, and it can't be stopped, that is, making a show, bullying and bullying honest people......"
The words were too slippery, and only halfway through the words, Wu Yan immediately realized that what he said seemed to be, seem, and indeed something inappropriate, and quickly explained, "I mean, people who are frank and unrestrained, why should they be burdened by this. What's more, the second prince, you are a gentleman among people at first glance, and you don't need to look at your every move to know that it is above board......"
The words of this supplementary explanation are slippery, but they are full of praise, and there is no big reason that can stand up, so it seems to have little effect. Wu Yan pursed his lips and glanced at Xia Ziyan, seeing that the expression on his face was still faint, his eyebrows drooped slightly, and the gaze that fell on him could not see joy or anger. But as long as she didn't get angry, she was a little relieved and secretly sighed. Since meeting Xia Zihe and seeing his good face and evil heart, he no longer dares to act willfully, suppressing and restraining himself a lot, so that the whole person seems to be a little timid now. After all, Dayong is really a little different from Tianshan, even people are much worse than others, he used to tease others, but now he is being teased, and sure enough, he was really a frog at the bottom of the well before.
She secretly blamed herself in her heart, next time, there can't be a next time, no matter when, don't get carried away, don't talk without brains. If you don't pay attention, you can make mistakes again at any time, and this is a lesson that can be applied anywhere.
The moon was setting to the west, Wu Yan sighed in her heart, seeing that the hat that fell into the water was still stranded on the other side, she quickly picked a long branch and hooked the hat that floated from a distance, seeing that Xia Ziyan was still looking at herself, she pursed her lips and smiled, "Other people's clothes, you have to return them to others." By the way, the tower is on the north side, but the road outside is not working, how to go?"
Xia Ziyan took his eyes off Wu Yan and said lightly, "I'll tell you how to go, but are you sure you can remember?"
"It's okay, if it really doesn't work, I'll draw a map on my clothes with mud, and it's foolproof, after all, it's late at night, and I can't trouble you anymore Second Prince......"
Wu Yan said, carefully looked at Xia Ziyan several times, but fortunately, Xia Ziyan didn't say anything about it, he pursed the corners of his lips, and patiently told Wu Yan the route back. He said it in detail, and Wu Yan remembered it in detail, and a map had already appeared in his mind. But she still held the hem of her clothes in her hand, dipped it in muddy water with a branch, drew the route, and showed Xia Ziyan the route map, seeing Xia Ziyan nodded, Wu Yan put her hat back on, bowed to Xia Ziyan, and deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Xiao Yanzi has seen the second prince, Xiao Yanzi has said goodbye to the second prince, and Xiao Yanzi has thanked the second prince." ”
She did it to Xia Ziyan according to the gift she had given to Xia Zihai Shi before, but she still didn't show a smile on Xia Ziyan's face when she saw that Xia Ziyan still had no expression on her face, to be precise, she didn't show a trace of a smile because of this. Wu Yan was a little disappointed, but he could only turn around like this and run towards the door.
But as soon as she ran to the bridge, she still couldn't help it, stopped, looked back, and saw that Xia Zihe was still standing on the water's bank, her eyes fell on the ground, as if she was looking at something, but she didn't know what she was looking at. The place was deserted, deserted, and forbidden to go out, but he came here secretly, and he didn't know what he was doing here, maybe he had some little secrets, but he who could smile so gently, even if he had some little secrets, would not be too bad a person.
As soon as Xia Ziyan raised his head, he saw Wu Yan standing at the head of the bridge, holding the placket of the road map in his hand, looking at himself from afar, as if he was slightly thoughtful. He looked puzzled, and was about to ask, but he saw Wu Yan's eyes move, and he seemed to come back to his senses, but his expression was a little unnatural, and he opened his mouth for a long time before he said, "This pavilion is so high, you sat on it before, is it because you know what kind of martial arts, so you flew up?"
"It's called light work. ”
Xia Ziyan explained, seeing that the clothes on Wu Yan's body were still dripping with water, wet and wrapped around her body, and her chest was very flat, obviously not beginning to develop, and she had not yet highlighted the curves that belonged to women. is not tall, the whole person is petite, and no matter how delicate and charming the little face with a small bun is, he is actually still just a child. Just like Xia Hong, even if she lives in this palace, she will always be like a child. The devil sent the gods, he said, "Do you want to let you see the light work......
"Okay......" Wu Yan saw that the corners of his lips were slightly pursed, and he seemed to smile slightly, so he hurriedly responded, but his expression suddenly darkened, and he asked, "Next time...... Can you do it next time, will you be okay next time?"
"Good. ”
Hearing that he agreed, she smiled again, "That's the agreement, it's okay, you can't break your promise." See you next time, I'll look for you next time......"
The girl's voice floated crisply, and she ran away, looking at her back that disappeared from sight, Xia Ziyan suddenly felt a little funny, she said it so naturally, as if it was a neighborhood between the neighbors, the little sister left an agreement with the eldest brother next door before going home, but did she forget that she didn't know where she lived at all, and how could she find herself.
He shook his head and walked towards the court, standing where Wu Yan had just stood. There was a water stain left in that place, which was left by the water on Wu Yan's clothes, and there was a wooden plaque next to the water stain, which was also wet, and he lowered himself and picked it up.
- This is a waist card, which is a proof of identity for ordinary palace people in the palace. One side of it reads "Shan Luo", which must be the name of a certain palace person, while the other side will write the place where the palace person serves. Xia Ziyan turned over the waist card, but found that it was a capital "royal" word, which was the waist card of the palace people waiting in front of the emperor.
Seeing this, Xia Ziyan was taken aback, how did this set of palace clothes and this waist card get into Wu Yan's hands, who gave them to get these things, and what did they want Wu Yan to do? Thinking of Xia Zihe, who was with Wu Yan at the night banquet, he frowned slightly. There was a gust of wind on the side, and a scarred man landed next to Xia Ziyan, seeing Xia Ziyan staring at the thing in his hand, he also poked out his gaze, and when he saw that it was the word "royal", the scarred man seemed to be taken aback, and asked, "What does the young master command?"
"I can't find anything about the waist card, at most it is an innocent substitute for death. However, you can check which of the people in the Imperial Palace are closer to Xia Zihe, and then reveal the news to those who should know. ”
"The young master is going to borrow a knife to kill people?"
"It depends on whether the other party wants to kill or not, even if the other party doesn't do it, it doesn't matter, at least you can use it to find out the situation. Xia Ziyan looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and suddenly said, "She shouldn't have gone far yet, you escort her back, in case she goes the wrong way or encounters the guards of the forbidden army patrolling the night, you will secretly deal with it for her, so as not to make another toss." ”
"The young master is talking about that Tianshan girl, why does the young master ......" The scar man wanted to speak and stopped, he stared at the two of them for a long time in the night, thinking that the young master who usually talks little can talk so happily in front of this girl, he seems to understand the situation a little, but he doesn't know if the truth is what he thinks, but he won't ask, no matter what the facts are, this matter will have nothing to do with him. He glanced at Xia Ziyan's back and took the order, his figure flashed in the moonlight, and soon disappeared on the palace wall.
Seeing the scarred man leaving, Xia Ziyan put the wooden waist card back in his sleeve and turned around and walked towards the palace in the forbidden garden.
The moonlight shone on him, shining on his hurried but silent shadow. He slowly pushed open the door of the palace, entered, turned, closed, and in an instant, his figure disappeared into the court, as if no one had ever appeared here, only the moonlight was still cold and empty.
Inside the hall, it was dark and there was no lamp, but fortunately, a few rays of moonlight penetrated the gauze paper, diluting the darkness near the temple gate a little, and it seemed that something was moving, vaguely the outline of a person, but I don't know if there was only one person. In the darker part of the temple, I don't know if there is anyone else.
It's too dark, and when the eyes can't see everything around them, they can't avoid the thoughts and restlessness of the brain, so that they will make certain judgments, or some hints.
Xia Ziyan's quiet voice sounded low in the hall, "After tonight, there is no need to come here again, and I will not give other orders...... In addition, my third order is that Fuluan must not let her know that I sent someone, lest she worry about any variables......"
He paused, as if thinking about something, but he quickly spoke again, and said, "There will be no variables. Please be careful, and the next time we meet, you will be here, this is our agreement......"
In the hall, there was no response, as if Xia Ziyan's words were just his own words, and he didn't say anything else, he turned around and pushed open the door of the hall and walked out, all the way, never looking back, only his own shadow followed him all the way.
The cold moon is like frost, frost falls all over the ground, and the frost has no trace.