The silver bottle sent the guys away, and looked at the street, there were not many pedestrians coming and going, and in the sunset, only elm trees stood on both sides of the street, and a magpie flew from the tree from time to time, and I don't know where it was flying. Silver Bottle hurriedly closed the back door and locked the back door.

Back in the yard, the courtyard that was lively on weekdays is now quieter and quieter. Silver Bottle looked at the clumps of flowers and plants in the yard, as if there was a black-clothed and masked man with a sharp knife hidden in it, who was staring at her behind the flower branches, and when he thought of this, Silver Bottle couldn't help but shudder, and trotted all the way back to the backyard upstairs.

The silver bottle saw the princess sitting in front of the window, and also boiled tea, not the Khitan people's favorite tea bricks, but green leaf tea, as soon as I came in, I smelled a fragrant smell. The silver bottle knew that this was the princess's favorite drink, and the merchants of the Southern Dynasty sold it in Yanjing City, although it was not popular with the Liao people, but the price was more expensive than tea bricks.

"Princess, why don't I bring the kitchen knife from the kitchen?" Seeing that the princess was still sitting calmly, the silver bottle came up with an idea: "When the thieves come, there must be a sharp weapon to fight with them, right?" ”

Yu Liyan said calmly: "Silly girl, how can we fight those thieves? It's a big deal," Yu Liyan's expression turned cold, "you go and get the anointing oil from the kitchen." ”

The silver bottle was puzzled, but went downstairs to the kitchen. After a while, he came up with two jars in his hand and asked Yu Liyan, "Princess, what do you want this anointing oil for?" ”

Yu Liyan didn't answer, and said, "Bottle, you can put it there and drink tea with me." The two of us talk. The silver bottle hurried over and stood behind Yu Liyan. Yu Liyan asked, "Bottle, are you afraid?" ”

The silver bottle hesitated for a moment and said, "Princess, I was so scared, but I think about accompanying the princess to escape from the escort team and flee all the way, and I am not afraid." ”

Yu Liyan took the hand of the silver bottle and said softly: "You have been with me since you were a child, and you have a little separation with your parents, and you don't feel it." I lost my mother and my brother in a year, and it was my father who killed my mother and younger brother, I just feel that there is nothing to miss in this world, but it is better to follow my mother and concubine - why did you say that a good family became like this? Is there only fame and fortune in this world that are the most moving? ”

The silver bottle didn't understand what the princess said, but quietly accompanied the princess. Yu Liyan slowed down for a moment and continued: "Everyone says that the Southern Dynasty poetry and rites are heirlooms, and they are the state of etiquette; Perhaps the following people read some of the books of the sages, and those who have little property can still follow the teachings of the sages; But once you reach a high position, who can hold it, and the same desire is difficult to quench? Even if he can control it himself, but he has many family members, how can he do it all like him? ”

"At the end of the day, only childlike innocence is the truest one. Once a person has a desire for fame and fortune, there is no turning back. Yu Liyan said so much, he was tired of talking, he just held the hand of the silver bottle, the restaurant was empty, the two of them shook each other's hands, warm, and felt that there was still something to rely on.

"Click", although it was very slight, the silver bottle still heard a burst of noise in the front yard, and listened carefully, and there was no more. It is now the end of the unitary period, and although the summer days are long, the sun is about to set over the western city walls. "Princess, I'll go and light the lanterns in the courtyard." Silver Vase asked, looking at the fact that it was getting dark.

As soon as Yu Liyan was about to speak, he heard another muffled sound of "dong dong" on the second floor of the restaurant, which was not loud, but both of them heard it this time.

All of a sudden, both of them were a little scared. "What to do, princess?" Yinhua's voice trembled, after all, she was still a little girl, she said just now that she was not afraid, but she still couldn't control it when it came to the end.

"No, no, it's still dawn, they don't dare to come." Yu Liyan comforted himself.

This time, the silver bottle didn't ask about lighting the lantern, and the master and servant stood and sat together, leaning closely together. The occasional sound of cars and horses outside gave the two a lot of comfort.

Although scared, there were still some sounds coming from time to time in the front yard and on the second floor of the restaurant, and Yu Liyan and the silver bottle were still frightened at first, but then slowly, they got used to it.

"What should come will always come, and it's useless to be afraid." Yu Liyan finally let go of the hand holding the silver bottle and said, "Bottle, light the candles, put on the chessboard, and play chess with me." ”

Only then did the silver bottle realize that it was already dark outside, so he hurriedly found a fire to burn, lit a candle, and brought a chessboard and chess pieces, and placed them on the table. After doing some things, the fear in his heart was alleviated a lot, and the silver bottle sat down and accompanied Yu Liyan to start playing chess.

Unconsciously, both of them were a little sleepy, and at this time, the bell on the drum tower of the city wall rang out, and it was already the third watch.

In the middle of the night of the third watch, when the night was quiet, suddenly a scream of "ah" in the front yard broke the night that had fallen asleep.

This sudden shout made the two people in the room, who had been forced to be calm, scared again. "Here they are." Yelu Yu Liyan said, I don't know whether to say it to the silver bottle or to myself. The silver bottle clutched a few chess pieces tightly, and even the knuckles of the delicate little hands turned white due to too much force.

The two of them looked at the direction of the front yard, there were no windows behind the second floor, and the walls around the backyard were extremely high, and the thieves would not choose to come in from the backyard, just like last time, they chose to come in from the front yard.

The front yard fell silent after that scream, but the silence was even more disturbing. The master and servant stared nervously outside, and the backyard was still dark because there were no lanterns. Yu Liyan tried hard to see the situation in the front yard, but it was farther away, darker, and he couldn't see anything.

"Ahh There was another scream in the front yard, this time not a sound, but more like an "ah" sound, because of the pain, kept wailing. You can still faintly hear someone outside cursing: "Damn! Someone! ”

Yu Liyan listened to the strange and sudden scream, although she felt relieved in her heart, but it was very strange, she couldn't help but look at the silver bottle, and the silver bottle was also looking at her suspiciously.

Suddenly there was a light in the front yard, a torch. Yu Liyan couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could it really be that he didn't leave? But why didn't he come to me? Why is he the only one? Was his companion unwilling to accompany him on his adventures?

Yes, he must have been unable to convince his companions and came back alone!

Yu Liyan felt an inexplicable burst of joy in her heart, and immediately began to worry again.

Under the light of the torch, black shadows fell from the courtyard wall of the front yard, not to mention a dozen people, and when there was no one on the courtyard wall, the torch was extinguished again at once—it was not him, the torch was just a thief who came in to explore the way.

Yu Liyan suddenly felt desperate to the extreme, more desperate than learning that the thief was coming tonight, not the despair of facing death.

(End of chapter)