Chapter 43: Old Stories of the Old Country
Xi Duyun sat in front of Qi Lichen's bed all night, watching him sweat profusely from nightmares, and he could only watch and be powerless.
I went out temporarily in the middle of the night, and rushed back in the middle of the night than in the snowstorm.
In the dim hall, Xi Duyun and Bai Ye sat with solemn faces, Qi Lichen's mood had calmed down, so that he could sleep well. Xi Duyun had a bruise on his shoulder, and he had been given medicine to invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, exuding a cool smell of medicine.
"Bai Ye, you're not actually Childe's classmate, right?"
Xi Duyun opened his mouth suddenly, but Bai Ye just raised his eyelids and didn't answer.
Xi Duyun looked up at the beams of the roof, which seemed to be a simple structure, but in fact it was intricately composed of this building.
"Looks like I'm right. Although you try your best to hide in front of me in the past day, where can the habits formed subconsciously be disguised seamlessly, and you can follow the traces after getting along for a while, and the son is your master. ”
Xi Duiyun's tone was firm, she could understand why when she asked Qi Lichen if she asked Bai Ye if he had borrowed the money that day, he reacted with tears and laughter, Bai Ye still didn't answer, but his eyes showed that what Xi Duiyun said was true.
"Really." Xi Duyun chuckled, but when she first saw her, she thought Qi Lichen was an honest person! This guy clearly looks like a real face in the world, how can he be ordinary!
White Night hugged the sword in his chest, stared at the inner room with his head tilted, and ignored Xi Duyun at all. Compared with being unkind, it is still a hardcore of white nights. After getting the answer she wanted, Xi Duyun stopped chattering and annoying.
The candles on the desk wept, the snowflakes outside the window were flying, and the poetry of panic was born for no reason, Xi Duyun somewhat understood why poets of the past dynasties liked to write poems on rainy and snowy nights, and this kind of weather can always make people feel a lot of emotion.
"Isn't the girl afraid? In a sense, Childe deceived you. Bai Ye turned around and asked.
found that the person he had been with for several years was burdened with many unknown secrets, and he was not shocked except for a few questions, which was unexpected by Bai Ye.
Xi Duyun sniffed, held the hand stove and thought seriously for a while, and the answer was: she didn't have the slightest panic or anger.
"He just didn't say what was hidden in his heart, maybe he didn't want to say it, maybe it wasn't time, it was too much to say that it was a deception."
Since the beginning of winter, Qi Lichen has been wrapped in uneasy emotions, and Xi Duyun was busy with his own affairs before and didn't notice it.
Qi Lichen fell ill today, Xi Duyun suddenly remembered, several times Qi Lichen was in a daze, and the emotions that flashed in his eyes when she appeared from behind Qi Lichen were panic and uneasiness, and something bad must have happened to him in a snowy season one year.
"I am indeed a subordinate of Childe, our Bai family has been the guard of Childe's family for generations, the first time I was born was not to see my mother, nor to see my father, I was born, and the nurse took me to see the one-year-old son."
The Bai family has been loyal to the prince for generations, so when the children of the Bai family are born, they must be held in front of the prince and swear blood.
No matter what happens in the future, whether it is life or death, they all take the prince as the head of the horse, they first obey the orders of the prince, and then the son of heaven, before the Zhao State is destroyed, they are called the Bai Family Army.
The upper limit of the Bai family's army is thirty people, and those who can become the Bai family's army, regardless of whether they are family members or direct relatives, only those who have the ability can be selected, and they are born for only one purpose: to protect the prince.
Although they are loyal to the crown prince, because the number of people is a major restriction of the Bai family's army, it is quite reassuring.
With such a small person, even if the prince wants to rebel, he can't set off any waves.
The state of Zhao was destroyed, and most of the Bai family's army was broken.
"When I was ten years old, Childe's family was tragically wiped out by thieves, and the family died tragically, but only Childe escaped death, and it was a snowy night."
Tonight, a few more lanterns were lit on the cloister, and the cloister was lit up, and it was just right to enjoy the snow scene by light.
"Before I met the girl, my son didn't smile much, and he was gloomy all day long, and even Lord Yu didn't like it very much when he saw it."
Xi Duyun inadvertently glanced at the dagger that was put away on the table, and Qi Lichen at that time was like a frightened kitten with its teeth and claws. Xi Duyun thought that she knew enough about Qi Lichen, she was really arrogant.
"Don't look at the son who always has a cold face and is not poisonous, when it snows, especially at night on a snowy day, he will have nightmares, and he is also panicked during the day, and the reason why he hurts the girl is that he regards the girl as a killer."
In previous years, every snowy day, Qi Lichen would return to Qingyu Pavilion from Nancun, and when he stayed in the study, no one would disturb him all day. Qi Lichen didn't mention it this year, Bai Ye and the others didn't want to ask too much, and something happened if they didn't want to.
The pain in his throat was still pervasive, Xi Duyun touched his neck, Qi Lichen pinched her neck with terrifying force, once dreamed back at midnight, did he dream that someone was trying to kill him, so he was so uneasy.
"I see." Xi Duyun exhaled, but there was still something in his heart, and he couldn't let go for a long time.
For the rest of the day, the two did not speak again. The time of the night was stretched out in Qi Lichen's unsteady breathing, and when the sky was gray and bright, Bai Ye was called away, leaving Xi Duyun to take care of Qi Lichen.
After sitting all night, Xi Duyun was exhausted, and he took Qi Lichen's hand and wanted to just squint for a while, but this squint fell into a deep sleep.
"You're finally here." A very soft voice came from the drowsiness, and Xi Duyun opened his eyes with difficulty, and it was pitch black as far as the eye could see, and it took a while for his vision to become clearer, it turned out that the corridor was not lit.
Xi Duyun looked around and found himself standing on a long corridor, and although it was dark and he couldn't see his surroundings clearly, he could see that he was in a bustling garden.
There was a strange smell in the cold air, and when Xi Duyun tried to smell it, the smell became untraceable.
There is a row of lanterns hanging under the porch, but for some reason it is not lit, so it is dark everywhere, and it is difficult to see for a while, and there is no movement in the huge garden, which is very strange.
Xi Duyun swallowed, is this a nightmare? If it's a nightmare, it feels too real to be disgusting.
When Xi Duyun hesitated to move forward, a rush of running sounded behind him, and Xi Duyun petrified on the corridor, standing straight on the corridor, thinking that it was wrong, shouldn't he just run away in this case?
Listening to the sound of footsteps close at hand, Xi Duyun twilight twilighted herself on the shoulder for fear that the man would come up, and then asked her gloomily what time it was. Xi Duyun silently lifted the hem of her skirt, and before she could lift her feet, the person ran past Xi Duyun with a "whoosh".
It was too dark, and Xi Duyun couldn't see the face of the person running by, and looked at the figure of a child who was no more than ten years old.
The child ran in such a hurry that he didn't pay attention to the steps under the porch, and stepped on the empty steps and fell on his heels.
"Lichen! Don't go! The sound of crying and complaining came, and the source of the sound could not be distinguished, and it was quite infiltrating in the dark night.
This sentence kept repeating, but the little boy who was running in front didn't stop a step, and when he saw that he was about to disappear from Xi Duyun's sight, Xi Duiyun was just stunned for a moment, and then chased after him.
The lantern on the cloister was unlit, the child who was ten years younger, and the child who ran past her just now was Qi Lichen!
According to the time calculation, what she is in now should be what Bai Ye said, the night when the Qi family was wiped out.
Don't look at the small one, he ran fast, and Xi Duyun could only chase his vague back as hard as he could.
Can't catch up!
In front of him was the steps where Qi Lichen fell, Xi Duyun lifted the hem of her skirt and jumped down from the steps in three steps and two steps, and as soon as her feet landed, a cold wind rose from the ground, blowing the lanterns from side to side.