The emperor's imperial island, the area of the imperial city is not much smaller than the serious imperial city, in addition to the small palace palace, there are also the offices of the ministers of various departments, all kinds of facilities are complete, only the architectural style is not as majestic and solemn as the imperial city, it is a summer resort, since it is cool and beautiful, exquisite and kitschat as the main design concept.

The emperor's palace is located in the center of the entire island, and the annexes where the ministers live are distributed in various parts of the island, sandwiched between various beautiful scenery that has been carefully designed, and the outermost edge of the island is stationed with guards, and there are three layers of military ships along the island, and the navy of the imperial court eats and drinks and sleeps on the boat, protecting the safety of the emperor and his courtiers twenty-four hours a day.

Because every year the emperor almost comes to the island to escape the summer, and the courtiers have to follow every year to accompany the office, so the annex where the courtiers on the island live is basically fixed, where you lived last year, where you still live this year, only those new officials and officials who have never been there before will be temporarily arranged to live.

After landing on the island, everyone first led their families to their respective annexes to settle down, Yan Zike took Yan Qi and Young Master Yan Jiu and a few subordinates who came with them all the way to the north of the emperor's palace.

Just behind the emperor's palace, there is a mountain peak that rises from the ground, and a small waterfall on the top of the mountain hangs down, and falls straight into a deep pool at the foot of the mountain. The mountain wall is covered with red, wet, pink, delicate and white vines, covering the whole mountain wall into a fragrant and magnificent flower wall, and in the middle of the mountainside where the waterfall and the moon season are intertwined, there is a Xuan Pavilion that is suspended on it, carved beams and painted buildings, exquisitely exquisite, and there are three words written on the door plaque: Feilai Pavilion.

"Do you like it?" Yan Zike asked Yan Qi.

"Like. Yan Qi nodded.

"Go in and have a look, and if you don't like us, you'll move somewhere else. Yan Zike took Yan Qi and Young Master Yan Jiu to climb up from the suspended staircase outside.

The upper three suites are the living quarters, while the lower floor has a study, a dining hall and a hall.

"It's so beautiful!" Boiling rain dropped his luggage and ran to the terrace outside the window, the terrace connects the windows of the three suites into one, just facing this side of the waterfall, sitting on the fence of the beauty, enjoying the waterfall and flowers and the lake, it can't be more beautiful.

"And it's cool. Yan Qi stood in the middle of the house, and the cool water of the waterfall was blown in through the window, and he only felt refreshed and transparent.

"Ink!" said Boiled Rain greeted Ink, and the kid was coming out of the room to the terrace to feel the coolness.

Yan Qi lived in the closest room to the waterfall, Yan Zi Ke lived in the middle room, and Young Master Yan Jiu lived in the room farthest from the waterfall.

After freshening up and changing into a shirt, the time is almost noon, there are several kitchens on the island, responsible for the food of the nearby annex, there is a special person carrying a food box to send over, according to the head of each person two meat, two vegetarian soup, one rice, two fruit plates and two snacks, not the emperor slammed the door, it is really a hot summer no one can eat much, and you have to eat separately? Three people eat at a table, these twelve dishes are not repeated dishes.

The uncles and nephews of the Yan family didn't eat much, Yan Qi was trying to lose weight, and the other two didn't have a lot of food, and the rest were all cheap to boil the rain ink and the one or two branches brought by Yan Zike, and the four of them swept up the rest of the master's meals.

Eat and drink enough, you have to go to take a nap to be considered complete, the bed in the house is covered with jade, hang the green gauze tent, change into a silk pajamas, get into it and lie down, the gods can not be so comfortable.

Boiling rain slept on the bamboo couch opposite the bed, the master and servant fell asleep one after another, the house was cool and clear, but I felt that the waterfall outside the window was like rain, the fragrance of flowers was secretly sent, and the fragrance was fascinated.

When I woke up, there was no sweat on my body, I only felt that my bones were soft and I slept comfortably.

After taking a few sips of the chilled mint tea brought by the boiling rain, getting up to freshen up and change clothes, Yan Qi came out of the house, walked along the terrace, passed by Yan Zike's room, and saw that the doors and windows were wide open, the gauze tent was lightly flicked, and the glass-colored coat he wore when he came here was on the hanger, but he didn't see his person.

When he went to the window of Young Master Yan Jiu, he saw that he was sitting behind the bookcase with a book in his hand and his cheeks to look at it carefully, and Shui Mo was also sitting on the couch and reading the book there solemnly.

"Awake?" Young Master Yan Jiu only felt that a chubby figure covered the window, and he didn't raise his eyelids, so he only said hello slowly.

"Did you sleep?" Yan Qi stood in the window frame and pretended to take a photo.

"I just woke up. Young Master Yan Jiu put down the book, took a sip from the teacup next to him.

"Is it hot?" Yan Qi cared about her brother.

"It's fine. ”

"Do you sleep well?"

"It's fine. ”

"Is the waterfall noisy?"

"It's fine. ”

"What about me?"

"......" Young Master Yan Jiu didn't say "it's okay" this time, and slowly glanced at his bored sister, "Have you finished your summer homework?"

Of course, the intensity and difficulty of the boys' and girls' homework are definitely different, most of the girls' homework is mainly for entertainment and recreation, and the boys can't relax their homework even if they are on vacation for the future scientific examination.

For example, Yan Qi's homework is generally to write a few calligraphy, draw a few paintings, practice a few zheng, make a few purses, embroider a needlework, etc., "I brought everything." "Yan Qidao, if she wants to stay on the island for many days, she even brought several sets of small talking books to pass the time on the island.

"Where's Uncle?" Yan Qi asked.

"I'm going to the palace. Young Master Yan Jiu glanced at her, "Let me tell you that there are watermelons, strawberries, pineapples, peaches, and mangoes in the small hall downstairs, all of which have been washed and cut, as well as snacks and dried fruits, all of which are placed in the food box, if you want to go out to play, bring one." ”

Then he watched his sister turn around and go downstairs, but after a while, he asked Boiling Yu to bring a fruit platter, all the seeds of the watermelon were picked, the pineapple and peach were cut into small pieces and inserted with a toothpick, and a plate of sugar was placed next to the strawberry, but there was no mango, because he knew that he didn't like to eat it.

Yan Qi actually only ate two pieces of watermelon and went back to the upstairs room, this time the ice incident made her determined to lose weight, even if she could endure not using ice, but this sticky sweat was really unpleasant.

After washing his hands, he spread out the drawing paper on the bookcase in front of the window, and the gentleman in the painting art class left his painting homework, regardless of the content, only saying that he wanted to paint the summer experience, Yan Qi planned to paint the situation of watching the elephant two days ago.

This painting is full of sunset, seven or eight pieces of paper are wasted, and the characters are all caricatures with big heads and small bodies, two elephants are drawn as pigs, one elephant is drawn with a lewd expression, and an elephant accidentally draws an extra leg, but Yan Qi plans to pretend not to know about the past, and now he is painting the last one, and his eyebrows and eyes are a good face.

"Painting Changsheng?" A laughing voice suddenly sounded behind him, and he didn't know when this person would enter the room and how long he would be watching behind him.

"Well, but it's not like a painting. Yan Qi turned his head and saw that Yan Zike's official uniform had not yet taken off, tilting his head and looking at her drawing paper with a smile.

"It's okay," Yan Qi watched her uncle reach out and take down her pen, and then brushed and brushed, writing the word "Changsheng" on the elephant she was drawing in an extremely chic and handsome manner, "This can be recognized." ”

“……”

"What, it's not well written?" her uncle looked at her.

"Sir will say that this elephant shouldn't have words on it......" Yan Qi said euphemistically.

"It's okay, let people tattoo these two words on Changsheng's body. Her uncle said disapprerovingly, "If your husband doesn't believe it, I'll take him to the palace to see it." ”

…… Is that the point......

"Didn't go out for a walk?" Yan Zike sat down on the chair next to the bookcase, casually took Yan Qi's cup, and drank the mint tea in the cup.

"Nope. Yan Qi turned around and went to the teapot on the table to come over to add tea to Yan Zike, boiled the rain that girl ate too much watermelon and squatted in the clean room, this time it hasn't come out yet.

"Don't be afraid, there are not so many rules outside the palace, just go and play if you want to," Yan Zike drank half a cup in one go, and looked at Yan Qi, "Have you slept enough at noon?"

"Enough sleep. "Yan Qidao.

"Then go to bed later tonight. Yan Zike put down the teacup, got up and stroked the top of Yan Qi's brain melon, and then said, "Let's go play." ”

Let's go play.

Probably no parent who goes to Mijima to accompany him would dare to say this to his child.

After dinner, the three uncles and nephews chatted for a while, Yan Zike went to the study to work, Young Master Yan Jiu went back to his room to read, and Yan Qi wrote a notebook.

On the first night of coming to the island, every official family was cautious and did not dare to relax, the whole island was quiet, except for the emperor's palace with bright lights, the lights were turned off early in all the pavilions on the island, people were speechless, the birds were not frightened, the stars were all over the sky, the lake waves were slightly rippling, and everything was silent.

Under the hazy starlight, two figures, one large and one small, walked unhurriedly in the mountains, passing through the carefully planted fragrant trees and flowers, brushing aside the idle and long vines, wading through the clear stream, crossing the bamboo bridge, and seeing that they were about to bump into a team of guards patrolling the night in front, they saw the big one pull the small hand, and got into a mountain crevice, and disappeared out of thin air.

The crevices in the mountains are very narrow, and there are vines on the outside, so it is very difficult to be noticed, even during the day. Yan Zike's figure can only barely get through, Yan Qi is a little difficult, fortunately he is still young, even if he has more flesh on his body, it is limited, and if he inhales the qi, he just squeezes it in with Yan Zike.

Fortunately, this cliff gap is not long, after a dozen steps it suddenly widens, although the black light blinds you can't see anything, but the feet are very flat, after walking for a while, people can already throw off their arms and swagger forward, and the front gradually reveals a little light, with some damp moisture.

Yan Qi followed behind Yan Zike, blocked by his tall and big figure, until he suddenly turned to the side, Yan Qifang knew that they had walked out of the crack in the cliff, but where did they come?

Thousands of stars are embedded in the top of the head, the light is hazy and gentle, the bottom of the galaxy is water, and the water surface reflects the starlight, so the upper and lower two galaxies are connected into one, becoming a vast and magnificent universe.

"Come on. Yan Zike greeted Yan Qi, took a few steps forward, and a bamboo raft was parked by the water, stepped up, untied the rope of the raft, and gently kicked the waterfront with his foot, and the raft slowly drifted away with the water waves.

Yan Zike lay down on the raft, his head resting on his arms, Yan Qi lay beside him, concocted in the same way, the galaxy swayed, up and down, left and right, stars everywhere, light everywhere, the whole world seemed to exist for a moment, only the two of them on the raft remained, just so aimless, so leisurely and casual, just drifting in the silent universe without sorrow, joy, desire, and anger.

"Do you like it here?" After a long time, Yan Qi could hear Yan Zike speak, and his light voice echoed in the starlight.

"Loved it especially. "Yan Qidao.

She heard Yan Zike laughing, she didn't make a sound, just exhaled slightly, and said lightly for a while: "This place was discovered by me and Xuan Hao, and at that time this island was just a wild island with no people. ”

Xuan Hao, Liuzheng, these two names Yan Qi are not strangers, they are the two people who carved their names with Yan Zike in the Sanyou Cave, they are his sworn brothers, one of the three brothers was betrayed by the other, and he wrote his last words with resentment.

"This cave is called the Hidden Star Cave, it is the name of the Liuzhi," Yan Zike's voice was always cold, and he couldn't hear whether there was nostalgia or sarcasm in the words, "This cave, only the three of us know, every year during the summer vacation, the three of us will go to this island to stay for a few days, and every night we have to go to this Tibetan Star Cave to enjoy the 'star'." ”

"But this raft is too narrow to lie down for the three of you. Yan Qi looked for a strange focus.

"We don't use rafts," he said, "and we go into the water with airbags strapped to our bodies and float on our backs." The water is cool, and there will be a small table of grooves without legs, put the wine, and drink while swimming while admiring the 'stars', and sing songs when you drink too much, and as soon as you sing the songs, the stars will fly. ”

"That's nice. "Yan Qidao.

"Hehe......" Yan Zike hummed something in a low voice, Yan Qi listened quietly, listening to his voice gradually become clear, he was actually singing, "...... The sea of clouds is boundless...... When did he become famous and return to his hometown...... Drunk and laughed with the public for 30,000 games, no need to complain...... Drinking hard has never had a good gut...... Tonight the lights are cold, and the river pond is ......"

The stars in the sky moved, slowly fluttering, like a blizzard of stars, swirling, rising, flying, sweeping, overwhelming, and the star clusters were chaotic.

A star fell on the tip of Yan Qi's nose, illuminating her lips and eyes, with the outline of light and the modification of shadows, this originally fleshy and immature face suddenly had clear lines, the eyebrows of the distant mountains were wide and wide, and the blue clouds were deep under the still eyes. The tip of the nose is too quiet, and the lip line is too soft. There has never been a smile on this face, but it is not because of the pain that makes it difficult to show his mind, because he has experienced thousands of sails in the sea, and after precipitation, he has become unfazed. This face is the deep flow of still water, the noise and quietness, the sound of the empty mountain, and the commonplace.

Yan Zike stretched out his hand, gently lifted the star on the tip of Yan Qi's nose, and let it fly back to the constellation slowly, "An An......"

"Huh?"

"It's your turn. ”

To her singing. Yan Qi thought for a while and opened his mouth to sing: "Fireflies, fireflies, fly slowly." Summer nights, summer nights, the wind blows lightly. Children who are afraid of the dark can sleep in peace and let the fireflies give you a little light......"

Except for these people around Yan Qi, maybe no one will know that she has a good voice. It's just that her voice is so cold that even this song that was originally full of warmth sings out of her mouth, and it seems lonely and lonely.

“…… Fireflies, fireflies, fly slowly. My heart, my heart, is still chasing. The lights of the city are shining on and off, and who else will remember you burning...... Bright ...... "Yan Qi closed her eyes, the torrent of stardust and time and space diffused and surrounded her, the light wheel changed, the frost withered summer green, another summer night full of fireflies, she was lying on the grass like this, humming this song like this, and next to her, there was also a person lying like this.

"Fireflies, there are people who sing the praises of such a sad thing. The man laughed, "But there is one thing that this song is not wrong about, the little light it has emitted in its life, small, pitiful, and ridiculous, no one will care, and no one will remember." Therefore, it is stupid not to be like a firefly, and die after one light. ”

"So what do you want to do?," she asked.

"The lights will be extinguished during the day, and you will have to be controlled by others. The man laughed arrogantly, "If you want to do it, make a fire, make a burning mountain fire, make everyone surprised, everyone is afraid, everyone is helpless." ”

Burning the mountain fire, he did it.

It burned everyone with fear and burned beyond recognition.

Burned the summer night, the starry sky, the meadow, burned the small and pathetic fireflies.

“…… The short life strives to shine and make the dark world full of hope...... "She hummed a song in the dark, and when something approached her, she thought it would be a touching laugh, or a hug that would no longer make her lonely for a hundred years, but what she got was a cold arrow that penetrated her heart.

Yan Qi opened his eyes, and it was dawn.