In the sixth year of Hongyuan, on the shore of Luocheng Lake during the Lantern Festival, thousands of empty alleys, full of street lights, gorgeous fireworks blooming all over the sky, countless lotus lamps glowing with red candlelight on the surface of Luocheng Lake illuminate each other, and countless candles flowing on the lake surface are reflected in the lake water, sparkling and shining.

"Coriander, come on!"

"Brother Ling Xiao, you wait for me!"

In the bustling crowd, a little girl of about six or seven years old chased after her brother with a brisk and childish laugh, and Qian Qian was full of innocence and agility, and her eyes kept wandering.

Qian Qian called Ling Xiao Ling Xiao's brother not because they were related by blood, but because Baifu and Ling Fu had close contacts, Qian Qian and Ling Xiao had a lot of opportunities to get in touch. Although the two houses have not yet engaged them to kiss each other, both families are interested in matching their marriage.

However, Ling Xiao ran too fast, and Qian Qian couldn't catch up with him at all, until Ling Xiao was in the crowd, Qian Qian stopped and looked at the bustling crowd blankly, "Brother..." He wasn't sure where his Ling Xiao brother had gone, so he had to look slowly in the gap in the crowd.

Qian Qian kept shouting, "Brother Ling Xiao, Brother Ling Xiao!" ”

But she didn't get a response for a long time, and she became more and more panicked...

When Qian Qian walked to the lake, she saw a boy who looked like Ling Xiao in a trance, the boy somehow, accidentally fell into the lake, and made countless splashes, making a lot of movement for a while, the boy shouted for help, the surrounding was full, the onlookers, the big guys all exclaimed, wanted to save the boy, some people held a bamboo pole, let the boy hold on, and wanted to pull the child up with the bamboo pole.

The boy had been thrashing and struggling on the water, and the waves were churning and churning.

Qian Qian thought that Ling Xiao's brother had fallen into the water, and immediately jumped into the water, the cold lake water instantly made Qian feel a piercing pain, but she hugged the boy who looked like Ling Xiao from behind, "Don't be afraid, brother!" There I am! ”

Although Qian Qian is a daughter, his father has never raised her as a daughter, what emergency skills should be learned, and some basic martial arts must also be learned.

From the age of five to ten, she would wake up every morning with her father to learn some simple tricks.

Originally, the boy was struggling in the water, obviously he couldn't swim, he was very panicked when he fell into the water, and suddenly felt someone hugging him, falling into a soft embrace, and the girl's voice was crisp and pleasant, like a wind chime gently ringing in the wind, which calmed him down for a moment, but it was only for a moment, he began to struggle again, and even with the coriander who could swim, he also sank down, and choked on the water one after another.

"Ahem, ahem... Don't, don't cough cough brother, don't be afraid cough cough cough..."

In such a situation of suffocation at any moment, how could a boy listen to the girl's persuasion. In a panic, he grabbed one of the girl's bracelets, which he held tightly as a life-saving straw.

In desperation, the adults on the edge of the lake handed over a bamboo pole and asked the two children to hold the bamboo pole, and they were dragged ashore with the strength of the adults.

"Well, whose child is this? It really scares us! ”

"That's it! It is! ”

"Adults don't look at it, children, hurry home and find your parents, don't let them worry!"

"Hmm!" After taking a few big breaths, Coriander nodded at them, and Coriander was in much better shape than the boy.

The boy kept coughing, coughing and spitting out.

There was a man who patted Wei Xinghan's back vigorously and helped him slap out the water choked in his throat.

It wasn't until everyone was sure that the two children were safe and sound, and told them to hurry home and change their clothes, and so on, that everyone dispersed.

After being rescued ashore, the two looked at each other.

"Thank you!"

"......" Qian Qian saw the boy's face clearly, Brother Ling Xiao?

Oh! It's not Brother Lingxiao...

But whether it is Brother Ling Xiao or not, he can save people in danger anyway.

"It's fine if you're okay!" Qian Qian smiled weakly, her wet black hair was a little messy, and a few strands of hair stuck to the corners of her forehead were still dripping with water.

The boy saw the girl's clear eyes, and when the girl laughed, the dimples in her cheeks were deep, and the two tiger teeth showed a little white tip, which was extremely sweet.

Suddenly, Wei Xinghan's heart skipped a beat, Wei Xinghan didn't know what this subtle feeling was, it was different from the feeling when he got along with the princess, different from other girls, and even unprecedented.

The bracelet he had accidentally ripped off the girl's wrist slipped from his hand in an instant, and he never realized that he had erased the girl's bracelet, let alone that he was still holding the bracelet until it slipped from his hand.

The bracelet and the bluestone slab collided with a crisp cracking sound, and in an instant, they were torn apart, broken into three or four knots and scattered on the ground.

"My bracelet!" Her eyes were filled with horror as she watched as the bracelet shattered to the ground.

Split, crisp as silver lingxiang percussion music.

This was on her birthday five years ago, and Brother Ling Xiao personally chose it for her! Her mood seemed to be shattered with the bracelet, and she only felt a lot of regret.

Wei Xinghan originally wanted to thank the girl, but the bracelet in his hand slipped off, the girl's face was full of surprise, her mouth opened wide, and her chin was about to fall, he knew that he was in trouble again.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry..."

"My bracelet...", and instantly Qianqian's nose was sour.

"I... I'll pay you one more! ”

"You can't be with you, it's unique!"

As soon as she finished saying this, Qian Qian's tears rolled down from her eyes one after another like uninterrupted beads.

Although Wei Xinghan was only twelve years old, his mind was already very precocious compared to his peers, and he understood that after the palace left his status as the third prince, no one would be able to save him so desperately and without expecting anything in return.

"I... I... Can I make an one like this one and give it back to you? ”

Qian Qian no longer cared about talking to the strange boy in front of her, and began to squat down to pick up the bracelet fragments on the ground, and Wei Xinghan also squatted down to help her pick it up.

Pick it up, pick it up. He saw a small bracelet engraved with the word "Qian" on it, and hid this small piece in his arms.

He returned the rest of the pick-up to Coriander.

"Coriander! Coriander! Qian Qian heard someone calling her in the distance, and he knew that Brother Ling Xiao was coming to look for her!

"Someone's coming for me, I have to go first."

Qian Qian cried and was not angry, but felt sad, holding the fragment of the bracelet and running back, before leaving, he did not forget to turn back to the strange boy and said, "You better go back and change your clothes quickly!" It's easy to catch the wind chill! ”

Wei Xinghan smiled, watched the girl gradually disappear into the crowd, and thought to himself, "I will see you again in the future." ”

Ling Xiao saw Qian Qian running wet, crying as she ran.

"What's going on? Go to my house and change your clothes! ”

"I just accidentally fell into the lake."

"Why are you so careless?! You're not hurt! ”

……

After Ling Xiao waited for Qian Qian to finish changing her clothes, the two of them came out of Ling's Mansion together.

Ling Xiao touched Qianqian's head, "Qianqian!" It's all my fault for not protecting you! ”

"It's me who runs around and sees the excitement everywhere before I fall behind you"

"Blame me..."Ling Xiao hugged Qianqian.

"Brother, I want to go to the river to put river lanterns and make a wish together." Qian Qian didn't want to see her brother blame herself, so she changed the subject.

"Uh-huh"

Ling Xiao wanted to pull her away, but she couldn't pull her when she went to find Qianchen.

"Brother...", thinking that the bracelet that Brother Ling Xiao gave her was already in pieces, she felt aggrieved, and cried out with a "wow", she was afraid that the broken bracelet would mean that he and Brother Ling Xiao would be separated.

In her memory, adults have always avoided breaking things, for fear that something bad will happen.

Could it be that if the bracelet is broken, will the relationship between her and Ling Xiao also be broken?

"What's wrong?"

"The bracelet... It's broken..."Qian Qian carefully took out the bracelet wrapped in a handkerchief and showed it to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao understood, he hugged Qian Qian in his arms, "Wait back, I'll carve a bracelet for you another day, it must be better than this!" ”

"Good!" Coriander nodded. Thinking of the adults' forbidden sacrifices to broken jade, she was a little afraid, "Brother Ling Xiao, you won't leave me, will you?" ”

Ling Xiao lightly tapped her forehead with her index finger and smiled, "Silly girl, what are you thinking about in your head?" I will always be there for you! ”

Hearing this, Qian Qian was also relieved, if she didn't want to leave, she thought that she would marry him one day.

Although the word "marry" is still far away, the thought that she will share a bed with Ling Xiao one day will still make her blush.

is still young, but he also understands the heart of "shyness".

The two servants followed Ling Xiao into the Ling Mansion, and a little snow fell from the sky in the middle of the night, and it was ten years later in the blink of an eye.

My father drove to the west five years ago, and everything in the house began to be taken care of by Ling Xiao.

After the door closed, one of the attendants took out a letter from the arms of the folded letter and handed it to Ling Xiao.

"Master asked me to tell you, don't be emotional! influencing future actions"

Ling Xiao: "Got it! ”

Ling Xiao secretly closed in his wide sleeves: "You all go down!" ”

"Yes," the two attendants retreated into the darkness.

"The invasion of foreign enemies in Western Xinjiang, the emperor is critically ill, the government affairs are in turmoil/chaos, the Bai family tends to be royalists, and intends to be my enemy, may the king secretly help me to help the great cause of unification!"

The candlelight flickered and the shadows floated, and Ling Xiao saw the letter and folded the letter in half and placed it on top of the candlelight flame, and the letter paper was swallowed by the flames.

In the vast night, Ling Xiao was dressed in black, standing proudly in front of the window, dancing in the cold wind, ten years of experience, he finally waited for the age when he planned the mountains and rivers emperor! The snow outside the window is solemn, and after this quiet night, there will be countless days and nights and the changes of mountains and rivers and wind turbulence.