Chapter VII

Yingyue panted and pushed away the crowd, but she was helplessly thin, but she was coerced by the crowd and kept retreating. He was ruthless, and drilled into the crowd with all his strength, and his little fists swung desperately, hitting the people around him, accompanied by screams of pain and curses, he squeezed out with a sweat.

From afar, he saw the wine flag of the "Little Drinker" dancing in the wind on the pole, and he ran there.

At a table in the corner, a boy and a girl sit with their backs to each other, the boy holding a long sheathed knife in his arms with a sneering expression on his face. The girl's head was raised high, her head kept shaking, and a string of silver tassels hung down from the hairpin made of beautiful jade on her black and bright hair, which was tinking.

As soon as Ying Yue stepped into the door, he felt the atmosphere of mutual dislike between the two people, he walked in cautiously, but was seen by Xiao Lou, and shouted, "Ah Yue, hit him for me!" ”

The white fingers stretched out straight, pointing directly at Xiong Lan. The boy just snorted contemptuously from his nostrils, "Ah Yue is my brother, isn't it?" ”

"Ah Yue! Do you listen to me? Xiao Lou's eyes widened.

"How...... What's wrong? Ying Yue smiled and made it to the chair, wanting to pick up the teacup and drink saliva, but ran all the way to the mouth dry.

"Dang", the white hand reached over and pressed the teapot on the table, the tea spilled on the table, Xiao Lou Mei's eyes were angry, "Speak for me!" ”

"Hmph, who doesn't even dare to tell others his true identity, who wants to speak for you!" Xiong Lan stretched out his hand to pull Yingyue over.

Ying Yue dodged the two of them, stood aside, and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Somebody hides their identity for some reason, and hides it from their friends." Xiong Lan said in a strange voice.

, Yingyue looked at Xiaolou, the girl puffed out her mouth, her little face was swollen, he suddenly felt that such a Xiaolou was also very cute, like a little toad who was angry and couldn't speak, thinking like this, he sneered and laughed.

It's okay not to laugh, he smiled like this, Xiao Lou pouted, and his big eyes quickly covered with a layer of fog, "You...... You're still laughing, and he's talking about me like that......"

Tears fell down one by one, hitting her goose-yellow shirt, blurring a circle of dark marks, and like winter snow melting, the traces shrank and shrunk until they disappeared. Ying Yue looked at it, and suddenly had a little strange emotion in her heart, those few drops of girl's tears were like a few small stones, accurately and hard hitting the soft flesh and blood of his heart, and the slightest blood seeped out, the pain was a little beast lurking in the blood, desperately exposing the sharp fangs when migrating, greedily thirsting for those few wisps of fresh blood.

So he suddenly seemed to reach out and hug the crying girl, hugging her tightly...... It's like a fear of losing ......

His head hurt again, and his eyes were hazy...... The blazing light poured in, and the woman in white, standing in the flames, opened her hands to him, and blood and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes......

There was a fragrant wind beside him, the girl sobbed and passed by him, and the slender figure was swallowed by the surging crowd.

Ying Yue suddenly stretched out her hand, but she didn't catch anything, and the only remaining warmth in the wind became cold.

"How...... Just crying? Xiong Lan was a little surprised, as soon as he looked up and saw Ying Yue staring at him, his eyes seemed to be burning with a monstrous flame, so hot that he could burn through all his souls, he trembled all over, and in a blink of an eye, he could no longer find Ying Yue's figure.

Forbidden Palace, Wangxi Pavilion.

From the highest cornice, you can vaguely see the night view on the other side of the Qinghalo Bridge, and the adjacent shop has pulled up a thin rope and hung red suede lanterns on it, and at this moment, the golden red light is lit above the heads of pedestrians at night.

The little yellow gate carrying the golden silk lantern passed by the Wangxi Pavilion, and heard the soft sobbing sound scattered in the wind, as if this ancient and mysterious palace was calling for companions in solitude.

Xiao Huangmen shuddered, remembering all kinds of scary rumors in the palace, shrugged his shoulders and walked away quickly.

After he left, there was a stumbling in the corner, and a little boy flashed out, looking around vigilantly, and after making sure that there was no one, he whispered to the top of the palace: "Xiaolou, Xiaolou, come down quickly."

The boy's voice fluttered in the wind, and I didn't know if anyone heard it.

He shouted a few more times, only to have a black object fall from above, hitting him right on the forehead.

When he picked it up, it was a small goose-yellow shoe embroidered with a few brilliant blooming flowers.

The same color as the skirt on the girl's body, he grinned a few times, understanding that the small building must be on it, usually he didn't think how high this palace was, but now standing at the bottom and looking up, he only felt that the sky full of stars and moon were hanging in the corner of the eaves, and he remembered that in front of him was the place where Qin Tianjian watched the stars a hundred years ago, and it was said that standing on it seemed to be in the arms of Wangshu.

He gritted his teeth and walked into the palace.

A quarter of an hour later, on the stargazing platform above the palace, a black head poked out, and the boy gasped, with the yellow shoe in his arms, and struggled to get up.

In the moonlight, the bright silver flowed, and on the highest cornice outside the stargazing platform, the goose-yellow figure sat quietly with his knees crossed, occasionally shivering.

The boy rubbed his hands together and approached gently.

"Ah Yue?" The sound of a warbler was as crisp as a warbler's chirp.

The boy nodded dumbly, but remembered that she was facing away from him, so he said, "It's me." ”

He patted his head and pulled the little shoe out of his arms, "Look, I picked up your fallen shoe." ”

"That's stupid...... That's what I threw at you. ”

He laughed innocently and asked, "What's the ...... Can I go over. ”

He didn't hear an answer, but saw the girl nod her head slightly, and moved away, making room for him.

He sat down next to Xiaolou, and saw that the girl was really bare, with a delicate white foot, and the toes were fleshy, like velvet petals.

He blushed, and suddenly there was a jump in his heart, realizing that there were only two of them in such a big Wangxi Pavilion now, and the world was quiet, and they sat side by side watching the bustling lights on the other side of the bridge, the girl was barefoot, and he was holding her shoes in his arms.

At this time, they seemed to be a match made in heaven, "made in heaven", he had just seen this word from Mr. Xi's book.

Xiong Lan ...... Why do you say you? He giggled for a few moments before asking.

The girl's face suddenly became serious, she shook her head and asked, "What if...... I mean, if one day, I wasn't a wild child wandering around the Forbidden Palace all day, would you still be my friend? ”

She asked cautiously, her eyes timid, like a fawn that had accepted the kindness of humans for the first time, and now humans were rushing at its deep warm palms, and it was attached to warmth, but it remembered that its mother had taught her not to go near humans. Ying Yue suddenly thought that when they first met, they were also sitting on the Wangxi Pavilion chatting like this, and Xiao Lou asked him if he would remember himself, and if he would remember this wild child who wandered in the Forbidden Palace and had nothing to do.

At that time, he said that he would never forget, how free the wild children are, we can play to our heart's content, and your parents will not come to call you home.

He thought he was just envious of the wild child's freedom, but now he realized that it was not so simple, he liked the girl's smile, he liked to see her happy all the time, he liked her goose-yellow shirt, and he liked her long hair shining in the sun. I don't want her to cry, I don't want to see her delicate eyebrows furrowed, even though it's cute.

Children don't know what love is and what they like, but they must have a partner who wants to play with them all the time, and they must all smile very well and walk with beautiful steps.

"Yes...... Even if you're a princess, I want to play with you. He said firmly.

Definitely. Whoever makes this girl cry again will be his enemy, as if he had suddenly burst into great anger at Xiong Lan in the tavern just now.

Bright eyes blinked, and she said, "I'm a princess." ”

The boy froze, his face frozen.

Seeing his expression, Xiao Lou rested his chin on his knees in frustration, and the starlight dimmed for a moment, "I actually have a lot of friends, but every time I tell them my identity, no one comes to play with me anymore, I can't go to the lake with them anymore, and I can't climb trees and pick fruits together...... How could I be so vulnerable...... What is different about princesses? ”

"The princess also wants to find someone to play with, not anything else...... It's good to look at the stars together. ”

"Look...... I don't want to tell you that after today, will you be like them? The girl stood up barefoot, tears already welling up in her eyes, but she still tried her best to look strong with her mouth open, and forced a smile as if she had seen through it.

"No wonder you're so good-looking!" Unexpectedly, Yingyue's eyes were full of joy, and he jumped to his feet and shouted, "I said, you are like a princess!" ”

The girl was stunned for a while, and her face was gradually stained by the sunset-like sunset, "You...... What are you talking about? ”

"Really, you're just good-looking." The boy laughed, his eyes shining, staring at the girl's reddened little face.

"That'...... You're not going to play with me, are you? ”

"Of course not."

The girl's tears seemed to evaporate, she smiled like a flower, jumped up and hugged Yingyue tightly.

"Why does Xiong Lan know?" Ying Yue also smiled, he remembered the cause of the incident and asked.

"Didn't there be a meeting this morning, Beihuang sent an envoy named Chi Qi Tie, and I secretly watched from behind the curtain at that time," she wrinkled the tip of her nose proudly, "I saw you and Xiong Lan, the big villain, and Chi Tie." ”

"And then?"

"Then we were waiting for you in the tavern, and the Red Buck Iron hit a man, but the man did not die, and he fought with them, and was shot with a crossbow and died. When I saw Chi Qitie, I said his name, and Xiong Lan heard it...... But he didn't guess that I was a princess, and he wasn't as smart as you! Xiao Lou said a lot, only the last sentence made Ying Yue laugh happily.

The evening breeze cooled down, and Ying Yue took off her coat and draped it on Xiaolou's shoulders.

Xiao Lou didn't dodge, and took advantage of the situation to pull back the shoe he threw down from Yingyue's arms, "Why are you hiding the girl's shoes in your arms?" Shame! ”

Her expression returned to her previous activity, her fingers scraping her face, and she looked at Yingyue with a smile.

The moonlight spreads the laughter of boys and girls far away, the wind brings some joy in the wind, and under the lights that are not extinguished in the distance are peaceful and joyful beings, and on the eaves of the palace, rows of small beasts echo the starlight.

In the corner below the palace, a figure stood quietly, he listened for a while, held the long knife, and walked away without looking back.