10. Chapter IX
The bamboo strip was pumped on my body, at first it was just a numbness, and then the whole piece of diamond heart hurt, I hugged my arms, and I was a little stunned for a moment.
"I saw that you were willing to go to school in the afternoon, and I thought that you would have the heart to grow this time, but you have become even worse! Go back and tell your father, I'm afraid I won't be able to teach you. Living in such chaos is also a delay between the two phases, so ask your father to find another strict teacher and kill your unmotivated mind! ”
Every sentence pierced my heart, I had a hard time speaking, and I didn't dare to refute it after being beaten, for fear of annoying him again.
The master turned his back to me and put the bamboo strip back on the table, took a few breaths to calm down, turned around and caught a glimpse of me still standing there, and began to be irritable again: "What are you doing there!" Get out! ”
I tied my hands, lowered my head to the master, and walked out of the academy with hesitation.
At this time, there was almost no one in the academy, so my majesty naturally wouldn't wait for me, so I went to class and packed up my books and hugged them, and limped back alone.
I was actually a little wronged, and it was clearly not my fault that I was whipped. But firstly, it can't be explained, and secondly, in essence, the master is right, I don't want to be motivated and get by, his expectations are in vain, and he will naturally feel cold.
As I walked, I suddenly stepped into a shadow. Looking up, the sun is setting, the orange sky is set against a slender figure, the glow is like a drape, the light and shadow outline his beautiful side face, the placket is floating, the corners of the robe are fluttering, and the negative hand is staring at the distance. I was stunned for a moment, as if there was a ray of warm sun scattered among the clouds, and I was caught off guard and crashed into my heart.
Hearing the movement, His Majesty looked back, "I saw that there were people fishing here, so I stopped and watched. How was the Master's conversation with you? The complexion seems to be not very good? ”
I took two steps toward him, and then two more steps, "I didn't see anyone around." ”
His Majesty stood there, stretched out his hand and pointed at the embankment, "You can't see it from that angle, you can ...... it here."
Before he could finish his sentence, I ran up and crashed into his arms.
The urge to perform this action came without warning, as if seeing his face and listening to his voice could not contain it.
I buried my head in His Majesty's chest, feeling the faint aura on his body that lingered even if it was near, and my heart suddenly filled with an inexplicable sadness. But because it's too inexplicable, I don't know what to be sad about, and I struggle in the bottom of my heart. After a while, he tilted his head in his arms, looked down the dense reeds, and saw that there was indeed a person fishing by the river, and nodded, "Well, I see it." ”
“……”
His Majesty, who had been silent for a while, raised his hand and placed his palm on my forehead, which was leaning on his shoulder.
I was stunned, thinking that he was comforting me, but before I could rejoice and rejoice, I felt a force hit my forehead. His Majesty threw me away without the slightest pity, causing me to take two steps back before I could stand firm. Fu patted the placket in front of him as if he was disgusted, with a subtle expression: "If you want to see it, what are you doing when you hit someone?" ”
I held on to his neck, which was almost broken, and stood in place, looking at him almost with a dead heart: "I was scolded by my master today, and I am a little sad." ”
He glanced at the book I had discarded on the ground: "Isn't that a regular occurrence?" ”
I had to correct him: "I mean, I've been scolded, can't you comfort me, brother?" ”
He seemed to think for a moment: "That depends on why you are being scolded." ”
The strange thing is that after hugging him, I was actually in a much better mood, and I didn't really mind the result of being pushed away, after all, this was something that could have been expected for a long time.
Picked up the book, told him all the causes and consequences along the way, and told him that tonight was my limit, and I couldn't bear it alone.
As he walked, he took my book with one hand and rested it on my head with the other.
I paused for a moment, looked up at him, met his relaxed expression of holding me, realized, turned my head very consciously, and continued to speak with his hand.
His Majesty is now half a head taller than me, and although I still have a long one, the current height gap will only increase over time, not decrease. I'm self-aware, and I'm used to being hit, so I don't expect him to give me some face and just come to support my shoulders — as if he didn't.
He probably felt comfortable with me like this, and his voice was two points softer, and he said to me, "Since you don't dare to tell your father, don't say it." ”
I tilted my head: "Don't say it?" So what to do? ”
"Didn't you say you wanted to come with me?"
"That's right."
"When you are ready to return to Beijing, your father will not agree to let you leave with me, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, since you are so embarrassed, it is okay for me to take you first."
I was a little frightened by this sudden news, this and that, and in an instant, the world was turned upside down, from the poor countryside to the bustling Kyoto, and my father had a private ...... with my brother Uh, run away.
I had planned for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be so soon.
Seeing that I was staying, His Majesty glanced at me from the corner of his eye: "Not happy?" ”
"No, no, no." I hurriedly shook my head, "I will be happy to follow my brother as I go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, I just ...... I didn't give it up all of a sudden. ”
"Reluctant to marry you to the old man's father, who can't breathe, or reluctant to your first love that has been in your heart for ten years?"
This hit the nail on the head saved me a lot of effort: "It's all a little bit." ”
His Majesty nodded very calmly: "Then you stay here and be beaten, recuperate for a few more days, and when your injuries are healed, we will leave." ”
Me: "......"
……
In my previous life, except for when I was a child, I was ignorant and made trouble for a while, and then I married to Peony Villa. Alone, with nothing to rely on, his temperament gradually smoothed out, and he never did anything out of the ordinary. is decent, the posture is like the grass at the root of the wall, and he only hates to sway not enough to be downwind.
In this humble world, unruly wanton needs capital, and those who do not have these must learn to bow their heads. Rather bend than bend, people will be able to pawn you casually, who let you not be a member of his family, and second, you have no confidence to rely on. For a long time, I got the inertia of obedience. When I was smoked by my master today, I forgot that if I had been at my age in my previous life, I would have run away with a puff of smoke. Not to mention any explanation, I am afraid that I will climb up the tree, cross my waist, and shout: "Master, I am going to be unjustly killed!" If you want to whip me again, I will sue my father and brother and say that you are unreasonable! ”
Looking back, although the Master reprimanded him severely, it was better than the woman's sneering and blue-eyed indifference, but she was really for me.
The grievances are temporary, and there is not much sadness left after I figure it out, but what I didn't expect was that Ning Sheng would suddenly decide to change the day he left.
"Since you are so embarrassed, it is okay for me to take you first."
- It felt like because I was scared and didn't dare to face it, so he didn't care and took me away unconditionally.
He didn't blame me for being so cowardly, cowardly, but tolerant, letting me shrink into my shell, and being very secure, taking me far away.
But I think it's just some kind of coincidence that gave me an illusion.
……
I ate the whole dinner absent-mindedly, and I always felt a little uneasy at the thought of running away from home.
It was dragged until Daddy fell asleep, and I touched my majesty's room in the middle of the night with bloodshot eyes and puffy eyes.
At that time, His Majesty was reading a book at his desk with a blanket on his lap. The late candlelight shines, and the hand holding the book is slender and white, as if it is flawless white. Seeing me enter the door, he was silent, and seemed to smile: "Is there something that I don't know about?" Why haven't you seen you for a few hours, and you look like a withered tree? ”
I didn't notice and touched my face: "I just cried." ”
His Majesty nodded slightly, turned the page, and ignored me.
I stepped forward again: "I feel that I can leave today, I have packed my luggage, and I have also written a farewell letter to Daddy, leaving some silver." ”
The corners of His Majesty's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but his eyes changed several times, and he closed the pages of the book in his hand, and only spit out one word: "En." ”
……
For me, running from home overnight is really out of place and inappropriate, but I still just want to go, it's just too casual and crazy. But with His Majesty in front of me, I'm not afraid.
The two men left through the back door, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and there was no one on the street.
The night breeze poured into my collar, and I hugged my arms in the wind, feeling the heartbeat in my chest, scared and happy.
It is like the reluctance to the past, and the joy of rebirth.
Before I had time to brew this taste in my heart, not long after I went out, the dark night sky was a flash of light that split the sky, and the world was bright in an instant, stabbing my eyes.
"Boom!" An explosion was heard almost above us.
I froze in place, "Shall we go back and get an umbrella?" ”
“……”
Before His Majesty could reply, the pouring rain poured down.
I was a little embarrassed, so I hurriedly stood on my tiptoes and reached out to help him from the rain: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to rain tonight." ”
Unexpectedly, His Majesty was so approachable that he was scary, and he didn't have the slightest anger. It was only when I approached that he slapped away the hand I was reaching out to him as usual, and then said lightly: "Shower, find a roof to hide first." ”
At that time, it was on the street, there was neither light nor moonlight, and the sound of the rain covered up the original footsteps, and I subconsciously followed the direction of his voice after hearing the words of His Majesty, but I took two steps and found that it was wrong, and when the next lightning lit up, I had the impression that the Majesty Xià who should have been in front disappeared, looking at the empty rain alley in front of me, and my heart was empty.
Although this illusion was only for a moment, the impression was piercing.
Before he could react, his arm was grabbed, and His Majesty's voice seemed helpless: "This way." ”
I replied with embarrassment, and my feet followed his strength, but secretly rubbed my heart.
The sudden and indistinguishable discomfort and emptiness were so strong that I could not seem to understand them.