The small river near the West Wind Tower is still twisting and turning, cool to the bottom, and the gurgling water seems to tell a beautiful story.

Four years ago, Qin Xingyi, as the eldest lady of Xifeng Building, had nothing to do except practice martial arts every day.

At that time, Qin Xingyi didn't know that her true identity was the princess of the Western Qin Kingdom, and she had no friends to play with her, and she always liked to go for a walk by the river alone every evening.

Since a white-clothed young man Xuanyuan Mingyu appeared on the other side of the river, Qin Xingyi bravely helped him drive away Hu Feng, who was tracked down, and the two formed an indissoluble bond.

At dusk for three consecutive days, Qin Xinyi waited patiently by the river, but Xuanyuan Mingyu was never seen, worried that Hu Feng would find trouble with him after he went back.

On the evening of the third day, Qin Xingyi finally saw Xuanyuan Mingyu appear. She ran to the single-plank bridge, smiled and looked down, the evening breeze blew her red dress and long sleeves like a cloud, and her thin body seemed to be blown away by the wind.

Xuanyuan Mingyu habitually sat on the big bluestone, looked up and saw Qin Xingyi standing proudly on the single-plank bridge like a fairy in red, beckoned, and shouted, "Little star, come quickly!" ”

This was the first time that Xuanyuan Mingyu took the initiative to greet Qin Xingyi, and his voice seemed kind and friendly. Qin Xingyi heard the cordial call, smiled happily, and flew to the other side of the river.

Gu Yun: If you don't see each other for a day, it's like every other autumn. The two of them hadn't seen each other for three days, and they thought about each other, and they brought gifts to each other.

Xuanyuan Mingyu gave Qin Xingyi a jade pendant, and the jade plate had a "name" character carved by his own hand.

Qin Xingyi understood the meaning of his inscription on the jade, didn't it add up to "famous jade"? She happily accepted the jade pendant and decided to keep it when she returned.

Qin Xingyi's gift to Xuanyuan Mingyu was a bit special, it was a long string of small stars that she made from the delicate willow branches broken off from the weeping willow trees by the river, and the small green stars were of different sizes and round appearance, which was very interesting and novel.

Hearing Xuanyuan Mingyu praise his dexterity, Qin Xingyi was very proud, raised a string of little stars in his hand and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "I said it last time, I am one year older than you, you have to call me Sister Little Star." ”

"How? I can't scream! For you see, I am taller than you, and a manly man. ”

Xuanyuan Mingyu stretched out his hand to take the string of little stars, held it in his hand with one hand, stood up from the big bluestone, pulled Qin Xingyi to him, compared his head to a taller, found that he was almost half a head taller than her, and retorted with a smile.

Qin Xingyi was born with a character that wants to be strong and not weak, and is determined to be a heroine among women, when she heard Xuanyuan Mingyu show that she was a manly husband, she wanted to speak against her, and just about to have a seizure, she inadvertently glanced at Xuanyuan Mingyu, and found that there were a few more purple-red blood marks on his face, and asked:

"Excuse me, my manly man, what's wrong with your face? Was it beaten by someone? ”

Xuanyuan Mingyu frowned, stretched out his hand to cover half of his face, and replied, "Don't mention it, it's not Hu Feng's hateful guy." ”

"What the hell is going on? Tell me in detail, who is Hu Feng? What is he bullying you for? I didn't have time to ask you for details after I drove him away from here last time. ”

"Well, I'll tell you."

Xuanyuan Mingyu said, and told the origin of himself and Hu Feng.

Hu Feng is the son of the prime minister of the Western Qin State, and as the owner of the Proton Pavilion, he thinks that he is a fat shortage, and often oppresses the nephews of various countries, and comes up with various ways to force them to pay money and give gifts, and loot money unscrupulously.

The nephews of various countries did not dare to offend him, so they could only swallow their anger and be deceived.

However, only one person is an exception! This person is the proton Xuanyuan Mingyu from the Xuanyuan Dynasty, who is hard-boned, upright and fearless, and resolutely refuses to please Hu Feng, the owner of the Bajie Pavilion.

Three days ago, under the pretext of celebrating the birthday of his father, Prime Minister, Hu Feng, arrogantly informed all the nephews in the Proton Pavilion to offer birthday gifts, preparing to make a big windfall.

On the day of receiving the congratulatory gifts, the protons were all obedient, whether they were from a rich country or a poor gang, they all handed in valuable gifts on time, only Xuanyuan Mingyu refused to pay the gifts, and was chased by Hu Feng to the river.

That day, Hu Feng didn't expect to meet a little girl by the river. That girl is only twelve or thirteen years old, she has extraordinary courage and martial arts, and she jumps out to fight unevenly.

Hu Feng saw that this girl was unusual, and because he didn't know her details, he had to leave the river temporarily and go to figure things out first.

Hu Feng returned to the proton hall and immediately sent someone to the river to inspect the situation, track the girl's whereabouts, and find out what her origin was. I sulked, hated my teeth and itched, and waited patiently for Xuanyuan Mingyu to come back.

When it was dark, Xuanyuan Mingyu returned to the proton hall, was slapped a few times by Hu Feng's hand, locked in the room, and did not allow people to deliver food into the house.

Xuanyuan Mingyu was locked in the room for two days without food, only half a pot of herbal tea in the teapot could occasionally drink a few sips. He had nothing to do in the room, so he took a piece of natural jade to engrave and play, ready to give it to Qin Xingyi.

At this time, although Xuanyuan Mingyu was only young, he also practiced martial arts, if he wanted to escape from the proton hall, it would not be a problem at all, with his martial arts, as long as he smashed the window in the middle of the night and jumped out of the window to escape.

However, Xuanyuan Mingyu can't openly escape from the Proton Pavilion, if he does that, it is tantamount to going against his father's will, and even if he escapes back to China, it will be a crime of killing his head.

The proton hall of the Western Qin Kingdom is very large, but the rooms of the protons are deliberately built very small, and the small and simple houses are not connected to each other.

The house that Hu Feng arranged for Xuanyuan Mingyu to live in was the most dilapidated, and the low room made people feel very depressed, especially on a rainy night, the sound of rain leaking on the beams was heard very clearly.

When Xuanyuan Mingyu came to the Western Qin Kingdom to make protons, he brought two retinues, and the retinues carried the necessary silver. However, Hu Feng gathered all the entourage brought by the protons to live in another courtyard in the distance, leaving the protons alone and helpless.

Hu Feng separated the proton from his entourage for the purpose of dividing and conquering. He knew that the protons from various countries were people who were not cared about by their own monarchs, or at least people who were not taken seriously, so they were sent out to be the protons of the Western Qin Kingdom.

Although the Western Qin Kingdom is not large, compared to the Xuanyuan Dynasty, which is rich in land and resources, it is a small country with few soldiers, but the people from top to bottom in the Western Qin Kingdom despise the Xuanyuan Dynasty, because the Xuanyuan Dynasty has been constantly infighting since ancient times, and its self-consumption is too great, so it does not pose a great threat to the surrounding countries, on the contrary, the neighboring countries are watching with a tiger's eye.

According to this, Hu Feng Pavilion Master believes that Xuanyuan Mingyu does not have a strong backer behind him, and he can be bullied at will. But at the same time, Hu Feng didn't want to starve Xuanyuan Mingyu to death, so when it was time for dinner on the third day, he sent someone to open the door and send food in.

Xuanyuan Mingyu heard the door ringing, picked up the jade pendant on the table, waited at the door, saw a subordinate come in with a tray, didn't have time to take a closer look at what was on the tray, pushed the subordinate away, took the opportunity to grab the door, and ran out of the proton hall in one breath.

Xuanyuan Mingyu came to the river, met Qin Xingyi, gave her the jade pendant he had carved the words, took the string of wicker stars, and after stating what had happened in the past three days, he suddenly shouted: "Oops, it's bad." ”

Qin Xingyi hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xuanyuan Mingyu bent down, covered his stomach with one hand, and asked, "Little Star help, I'm dying of hunger!" Do you have anything good to eat in your pocket? Give me a little to eat. ”

Xuanyuan Mingyu hadn't eaten for more than two days, she was so hungry that she was hungry, thinking that girls usually like to eat snacks, Qin Xingyi might have a lot of bits and pieces of small food on her body, such as Ruozi, snacks, dates, at least a handful of peanuts and melon seeds are also good.

"So you're hungry? Is it ashamed to ask for snacks with girls? ”

Qin Xingyi clapped her hands and said that she didn't have anything to eat, because she was not an ordinary girl who was pampered, and she didn't have the kind of problem that she usually ate casually with snacks.

Xuanyuan Mingyu felt that as soon as he was hungry, he was really close to his heart, his face turned gray, and he was lightheaded, which was uncomfortable, so he had to sit back on the big bluestone and said:

"Don't laugh at me, I haven't eaten in over two days."

Qin Xingyi didn't expect Xuanyuan Mingyu to be hungry like this, she was a little panicked, tilted her head and thought for a while, stomped the little red boots on her feet a few times, and asked, "Then do you eat sashimi?" ”

Xuanyuan Mingyu didn't react for a while, and asked herself if she would eat sashimi, feeling that she was so hungry that she dared to eat anything, and urged: "Sashimi?" Grab it and eat a little. ”

"Don't rush! Wait a minute, I've got a solution. Qin Xingyi said, broke off a branch from the willow tree, walked to the river, stretched out his hand and curled his trouser legs, and dripped into the river step by step, two white calves soaked into the water, holding the small branch in his right hand, staring down at the flowing water.

The bank of the river became very quiet for a moment, Xuanyuan Mingyu looked at Qin Xingyi's every move, felt that her attention was very serious, and she was grateful for her concern for herself, smiled and asked:

"Little star, be careful, isn't the water in the center of the river deep? Stand firm! Do you want to stick a big fish up for me to eat? No wonder you ask me if I eat sashimi? The raw meat is not delicious, I can light a small fire, let's grill the fish and eat it, it must be fragrant and delicious. ”

"Don't make a sound, you'll scare the fish away." Qin Xingyi whispered, bowing her head and looking in the river for a long time. For a long time, I didn't see Xuanyuan Mingyu speak, so I looked up uncomfortably and was startled.

It turned out that the owner of the Hu Feng Pavilion brought two strong men to the river, stood next to the big bluestone, and stared at Xuanyuan Mingyu coldly.