The moon faded behind the clouds, and the sultry evening breeze blew through the alleys with dampness, but it was still quiet.

Yin Zhen stood in front of the door of the small courtyard, listening to the sound inside gradually dimming and disappearing. Woman, boy, girl, cat, talking, laughing, eating, getting ready for bed.

He looked at the closed small courtyard door, looked at the tall red outer wall hidden in the night, thought about the brother and sister he had just seen, and remembered that the person who returned to the house more than ten years ago said that his Fujin had built a courtyard near Baylor Mansion. At that time, I couldn't help it, she didn't live, she didn't look, never, just let it rain in the sun. He couldn't figure out why she had to build such a small courtyard, built behind her house, only a distance away from an alley. Now, I understand a little.

Destiny?

Causal reincarnation?

I can't tell, I can't tell. It's like he's here at this moment, inexplicable, but it seems to be inextricably linked.

The courtyard door silently opened a gap, and the dim street lamp not far away could vaguely see the darkness inside, and half a small face was attached to the door.

Yin Zhen looked at the little figure tiptoeing out of the courtyard gate and raised his eyebrows, a faint smile appeared on his lips, it turned out to be the smile that was pulled home by his brother and turned back step by step. At this time, she had already changed out of the skirt that was dripping with water all the way, and stood in front of her with her head up, holding a white cat as small as her.

Yin Zhen looked down at the smile that was about to reach his waist above his head, and his brows gradually relaxed again.

Holding the cat's smile, she was dressed in a sleeveless knee-length white dress, her thin arms and legs were exposed to the air, and her skin was as white as the skirt on her body, which was particularly conspicuous on this dark evening when she was almost unable to see the moon.

Yin Zhen couldn't understand why this was the case, women in this era were dressed so ...... The women on the street, the men in tank tops and shorts, and even shirtless on the street, found that he could not find the words to describe them, or he could not imagine them at all, and he did not want to bother to think about the images that hindered the weather.

What a system!

Frowning and looking at the smile on her legs, even if she was just a child in front of her, it was impossible for a woman in the Qing Dynasty to dress like this even if she was young.

Zhan Xiaoyi couldn't feel the change in the feelings of the man in front of him who didn't seem to be a bad person, smiled with some pity, handed the cat over and stuffed it in Yinzhen's hand, stood his finger on his lips and silently shushed, turned around and ran back to the yard. After a while, he ran out and sat on the steps at the gate of the courtyard with Yinzhen's sleeves, lifted the pink handkerchief on his skirt, and there were two boiled eggs in it.

"You've been standing here? I haven't eaten yet. Zhan smiled and whispered, peeling the eggshell carefully, looked at the cat on Yinzhen's lap and instructed, "Hug Mimi, don't let it run away, otherwise you won't be able to find a home like you, you will be pitiful, you will be hungry and have no food to eat, and you will die." ”

Yin Zhen held the cat lying on her lap and stretched out wantonly, looking at her serious expression, the corners of her mouth and eyes twitched at the same time. Will die...... In her eyes, she is like this kitten, who will be hungry and have nothing to eat, and will die.

"Oh, let's eat." Smile blew the peeled egg in the palm of his hand and handed it over, seeing that his hand was being licked by the cat at once, his face was a little helpless, giggled, stood up and sent it directly to his mouth, "I've washed my hands, oh, hurry up and eat, don't let my mother find out." ”

Yin Zhen looked at the little face leaning on her body and urging softly, in addition to the smell of eggs, the smell of eggs wafted from her body, and the refreshing smell like apples wafting from her, as well as the faint sweetness that belonged to the little girl, which was also on Bang'er.

"Eat quickly." Zhan Xiaoyi's patience was obviously not good, and he wrinkled his thin little eyebrows and stuffed them directly into Yinzhen's mouth regardless of other people's wishes. Watching him puff out his mouth and chew slowly, he laughed again, picked up the second egg as if he was ready to stuff it in again.

It wasn't until Yinzhen ate all the two eggs that he sat back on the steps with a smile, put the eggshell into his pocket, stuffed the handkerchief into his hand, and brought the cat back and stroked it gently.

Yin Zhen looked carefully at the small pink handkerchief in her hand, like the skirt she wore before, there was also a kitten pattern on it, and the corners were embroidered with three words of smile, neat and delicate, not her handwriting, of course, it could not be hers. He looked down at the well-behaved side face of the cat sitting next to him with his little head down, and asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

"Shh......h Whispered. With a smile, he looked at the closed courtyard door behind him, put his ear on it and listened intently for a while, before he looked at the stunned Yinzhen and said very softly: "Don't make a sound, it's miserable to be heard by your mother, don't hurt me." ”

Yin Zhen nodded, looked at the little face that was almost attached to herself, and the index finger holding the handkerchief slowly rose with the corners of her mouth, stopped at the side of her face, and gently touched her bulging cheeks.

"What if you take the eggs from the house and are found?"

"It's okay, it's my breakfast tomorrow, so I told my mother to eat it early."

"And what are you going to eat tomorrow morning?" Yin Zhen looked at her, warm and a little worried in her heart.

With an indifferent smile on his face, he smiled a little proudly, lowered his head in disguise and kept touching the cat in a small ball, and his voice was so small that he could barely hear it, "I...... I don't like to eat, it's hard to eat...... So my mother will make something else for me to eat. ”

If the cartoon is true, Yinzhen must have a black line on his forehead.

Yin Zhen looked at the little head that no longer looked up and was about to pierce the cat, thinking of the little woman who looked disgusted every time she saw the happy egg. No wonder every time she gave birth to a child, she always smiled and said to those girls that happy eggs are good things, and she wants everyone to share them, urging everyone to keep eating and not touching any of them. It turned out that she really didn't like it, she had been since she was a child.

"Do you remember what you just ate?"

Yin Zhen looked at the smile that suddenly raised her head, and was a little confused by her question, but still learned from her to answer in a small voice: "Eggs." ”

"Yes, it's an egg, it's a hard-to-eat hard-boiled egg, thank you for helping me eat it." Zhan smiled a little embarrassedly, and in an instant, his face was full of curiosity, and his thick and curly long eyelashes kept fluttering, flashing a pair of big eyes that were surprisingly bright. "Do you remember your name? How could you not find your way home. ”

Yin Zhen watched the corners of her mouth move, he wanted to tell her his name, he wanted to, and even hoped that she could remember it, but he didn't know why, he couldn't say it.

Xiaoyi tried to look up, his eyes darkened and he was a little disappointed, "Forgot too?" As he spoke, he stretched out a free hand and tried to reach out and touch the short hair next to his ear, and then changed back to that look of pity, and said with a long sigh full of sympathy: "It's so pitiful, Mimi is the same as you, it also forgot, I picked it up here, and now it's my cat." But you're too big, my mother won't let me raise you, what should I do? ”

Yinzhen's expression was rarely tangled and rich, as if he wanted to laugh and was a little embarrassed, so awkward that it was indescribable.

The two men looked at each other, but neither of them spoke again. In the alley, in front of the courtyard gate, it was so quiet that there was only the faint breathing sound of the two of them.

"Fourth Master."

Yin Zhen's voice was very small, as if two words were squeezed out of his teeth, which made the waiting Zhan Xiaoyi's eyes widen.

"Your name?" Xiaoyi sat up straight, as if holding his breath and trying to hear clearly, staring into his eyes, and whispered tentatively: "Four...... Month? ”

Yin Zhen's gaze was fixed on her face, as if she was looking at another person, and she nodded for a long time, "Yes, Siyue." ”

This voice seemed like an affirmation, and it seemed like he was whispering to someone.

"How can there be such a name? Why not May, June, July, August, but April? Were you born in April? Can I call you by your name? ”

Yin Zhen was a little speechless by her question, holding his forehead and shaking his head and chuckling. "Or ...... Let's call it. ”

"Master...... Grandfather? ”

Yin Zhen's brows, which had just been stretched, were twisted again, almost gritting his teeth, "No." ”

"I said no, how could it be. Even though you look very old, you can't call you grandpa. ”

Very old!

Yinzhen's hand touched his face, and he couldn't believe his ears.

Even the beard is gone, and in her eyes, she is still very old. That...... What about the other her? Have you ever thought this way about yourself? Is it like her, or even ...... I feel old.

Xiaoyi didn't realize that his truth had hurt the people around him, and still said unrelentingly: "My surname is Zhan, what about you?" ”

Yin Zhen pursed her lips and looked at the eyes that were still shining, and spit out a word very lightly - "love", and she was stunned first after speaking.

"Love? The little white rabbit is white and white, loves to eat turnips, loves to eat vegetables? The more he smiled, the happier he became, and his fingers were put on his head like a V, and he picked up a rabbit like he usually sang a ballad.

"Yes." Yinzhen seemed to be infected by her, and there was a smile in her eyes, which became more and more obvious. Remembering a certain woman who once squatted in the yard to teach the Honghui brothers and sisters to play with rabbits, she looked at the rabbit ears on her head with a smile and reached out to hold one.

The two fingers of Zhan Xiao's smile were held and pressed on his legs, his thumb gently rubbed the soft little fingertips, and he didn't even realize that he had almost changed from a little white rabbit to Little Red Riding Hood, still laughing, "Love, I haven't heard of someone's surname alas, but ......" She rolled her eyes and didn't know what she was thinking, and suddenly turned her head to look at the wall of the Lama Palace not far away, which was so dark that she couldn't really see it, and shrunk her neck to whisper next to Yinzhen's shoulder: "There is a person whose surname is somewhat similar to yours, but his surname is very long, there are four words, and we all have only one." ”

"Who?" Yin Zhen bent over her, his eyes half-narrowed and staring at her.

Xiaoyi pointed in the direction of the Lama Temple, and whispered: "It's the owner of the lama temple, don't you know?" I heard that his surname is Aixin Jueluo, have you ever heard of it, I heard that it is a surname only owned by the emperor. ”

Yin Zhen's squinting eyes were as black as the night at this time, staring at the person in front of her, and the hand holding her fingers tightened unconsciously.

He didn't know his future, and he didn't want to hear anything from such a little girl at this time, even if he had wanted to or had been working hard in recent years, he wouldn't be mistaken or overthought by her words. Because he knew that his brothers were all surnamed Aixin Jueluo, and almost every one of them wanted to be emperors, and in the end, only one could ascend to the throne.

"What's his name? You know what? After a long time, Yin Zhen asked this sentence, cautiously. He could even feel his nervousness, holding his breath and looking at her, close at hand, waiting for an answer.

Does she know? At such a young age, would she know about him?

Smile looked at him with his mouth half-open, as if sensing his change, tilted his head back and whispered, "Call...... Call...... Don't worry, I think about it, what Dorjee said, you let me think about it, I remember, I really remember. Call...... What's it called......"

Laughing and crying, he sobbed and pulled his fingers that were still held by him, hugging the cat on his lap and curling up in a small ball.

Yin Zhen's hand quickly let go, and she wrapped her hand in her palm faster, her thumb gently rubbed her thin wrist and soft palm, and the other hand fell on her back and stroked gently, her voice was still low but very light and gentle, as if to soothe, sue sù she also sue sù herself. "Don't worry, I'm not in a hurry, you think slowly. You know, you remember. ”

He looked at him with a stunned smile, looked straight at his watery eyes, and slowly stopped sobbing.

Time seems to stand still, no sound can be heard, still, as if even breathing is still.

"Yinzhen."

A name, slowly spilling out of her lips. Yin Zhen's palm behind her back stopped instantly, looking at her in disbelief, her pupils dilated so black that she couldn't see the end, and her little face was clearly reflected inside.

The moon was so faint that there was not a single star, only the streetlights were still on, illuminating the gray clouds that were getting darker and darker in the night.

The drizzle of the summer night fell silently to the ground, dripping down. Getting denser, getting quicker, tapping out of the tick.

Yin Zhen looked up at the eaves of the courtyard gate, and the little head holding the cat on her knees, stroked the soft hair that fell on her thighs from her thin shoulders, and lowered her head tentatively.

I fell asleep, and I was as unwary as the kitten. One person, one cat, sleep peacefully.

Carefully picking up Xiaoxiao and her cat on her lap, and taking off the slippers hanging on her feet, Yinzhen took the handkerchief embroidered with her name and gently wiped her rain-soaked calves and feet, carefully wiped off every drop of water stains, and carefully folded them into her pocket. The palm of his hand was pressed against the tiny arm that was glowing with coolness, and it was natural, as he had done countless times, and his chin rested on top of her head and tightened his arm.

The little head that was held on his chest by Yinzhen sighed, clenched the kitten's paws, and squeezed it into his arms again.

Smile, it's you. It's mine...... Yue'er.

Yinzhen looked at the night sky with drizzle, a darkness, shining all over the ancient and modern moons, and I don't know where it is hidden. A huge city of Beijing is hidden in the night, with no edge and no direction. It seems that all that can be clung to is this small smile in his arms, and nothing else.

Thankfully, you're still in my arms. - Yin Zhen thought about closing his eyes and hugging the little woman who had slept peacefully and belonged to him in the past.

"Daddy......"

Yinzhen heard a slight cry, opened his eyes and was stunned for a moment, not knowing where he was.

The sky is getting brighter, the rain has stopped, and there is a faint rainbow on the hazy gray-blue sky. At his feet, a white kitten is leisurely licking its fur.

Yin Zhen looked down at the little man who was still asleep in his arms, his little hands clutched his clothes, and he unbuttoned a few buttons at some point. The smiling face was pressed against his chest, the eyebrows that were always smiling trembled slightly, and a tear flowed out of the corner of his eye and fell on Yinzhen's heart.

The thumb wearing the white jade wrench gently wiped the little face that was flushed with smiles, wiped away her tears, and a very low sigh overflowed from Yinzhen's lips, and the big hand lightly held the small hand that was grasping his chest. The distress hidden in his eyes was covered by the closed eyelids, and the thin lips fell on her closed eyes, imprinting a kiss.

"Smile, I'm not. I am Yinzhen, Aixin Jueluo-Yinzhen...... Your Yinzhen. ”