"Idiot! Come out! "The windows were slammed and the shouts broke the silence of the afternoon.

Mr. Lie, who had a stern face in the room, seemed to have heard some urging sound, and the boy in front of him, who had been listening carefully, suddenly rushed out while he was not paying attention.

"It can't be like this, there are faux pas, there are faux pas!" The old gentleman stroked his beard and lamented.

"Hmph, old bookworm!" A girl's bright and pretty face appeared outside the window, wrinkled her nose at Mr., turned her head and said, "Go, Ah Yue, don't learn from him!" ”

The boy who had just "escaped" from the house was a little hesitant, as soon as he heard the girl's voice, his heart beat fast, and he couldn't listen to the so-called etiquette that Mr. said, he just wanted to come out quickly, to see that familiar face as soon as possible, and a smile that could warm the whole world.

"Let's go, let's go, I've found something interesting!" The girl took his hand, and the boy only had time to hug his fist at the gentleman.

The energetic laughter faded away, and the afternoon sun shone in, and the gentleman looked at the two bouncing young figures, and shook his head helplessly.

Ying Yue followed Xiaolou along the way, he was new to the city, he was not familiar with the terrain of the Forbidden Palace, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he was already in a strange palace, but Xiaolou was still walking in front, as if he was not afraid of getting lost at all.

The forbidden palace is the residence of the emperor, covering a wide area, nine palaces and twelve halls plus a hundred courtyards, it is not too much to say that it is a labyrinth.

As soon as he was about to ask, he was held down by Xiao Lou and dragged him behind a wall.

"Shhhh Xiaolou pointed to the wall.

Ying Yue was stunned.

Through the bricks and tiles, the breeze brings the ethereal sound of the piano, soft as a brocade, and fluttering like flowing clouds, as if the low wind blows through the shallow pool, the water waves are slightly wrinkled, and spring blooms in every circle of ripples in an instant.

The person who plays the piano is not in a hurry or impatient, Yingyue even to his current expression, must be soft, as if walking along the riverside in the early spring morning, raising his eyes to see the willows blowing the embankment, and the lake smoke warms the beauty of the day.

"That's nice, isn't it?" Xiao Lou's eyes were bent into crescent moons, and he looked at Ying Yue with a smile.

"One...... In general, it doesn't sound as good as the scarlet clothes. Ying Yue muttered quietly. He looked at Xiao Lou's bright smile, and suddenly his mouth hardened.

But...... In fact, it's really good, Scarlet has not played the piano for a long time, Mr. Ziliu plays the piano, the more people listen to it, the more excited they are, and they can't wait to draw a knife to fight on the battlefield in the next moment, and they don't hesitate to break their bones, so Scarlet Yi often laughs at Ziliu's piano sound is a "piano mantra", which deviates from the original intention of meditation and cultivation.

Xiaolou suddenly picked up a stone, and as soon as Yingyue was about to stop it, she saw the girl raise her hand, and the stone flew over the wall and hit something, and someone behind the wall let out a cry of pain.

The sound of the piano was interrupted, and footsteps behind the wall rang out.

"Shizi! Engrossed! The old voice came. Someone took a cane and beat him on the ground.

The sound of the piano was loud again, but it was not as quiet as before, and the person who played the piano looked at the wall from time to time, and played several wrong notes without paying attention.

"Come here, your heart is in turmoil." The old voice sighed, and the sound of the crutches gradually moved away.

Outside the wall, Xiao Lou smiled with a ghost idea, and bumped Yingyue with his shoulder, as if to say, "What's the matter, this girl is amazing." ”

"Hey, wasn't it just the two of you!" Suddenly someone spoke at the top of the wall.

"Ahh Xiao Lou screamed in fright, and quickly hid behind Ying Yue, revealing half of his face, looking at the person who suddenly appeared on the wall.

As soon as the man rolled over and went down the wall, Ying Yue noticed that this person turned out to be the boy who helped him during the court meeting two days ago.

"Oh, it's you." When the boy saw Yingyue, he also froze, and then reacted again, "Why did you hit me with a stone?" ”

He changed into a pale blue cloud brocade robe, his hair tied into a ponytail dangling behind his head, and his face was gloomy.

"Hey, where's your knife?" Xiao Lou asked.

"What's your business? Say, why are you bothering me to practice? I was scolded by my husband. ”

The two children confronted each other, Xiaolou puffed out his mouth, and there seemed to be a fire burning in his big eyes. The child stood still with his arms folded, his eyes cold.

"I'm sorry, it's us who don't ......" Ying Yue wanted to apologize, but Xiao Lou twisted his waist hard, and he gasped in pain.

The boy's eyes looked at the two of them, and fell on a jade pendant on Xiao Lou's waist, and his pupils shrank: "This is yours?" He asked.

Xiao Lou squeezed a cold snort out of his nose and turned his head to ignore him.

"It's rude." The boy sneered, "Such a girl will definitely not be able to marry!" ”

Xiao Lou seemed to be really angry, she blushed, pointing at the boy and speechless. Suddenly, her eyes rolled around, and she pulled Yingyue over, put her hand on his shoulder and patted it, and said with a smile: "Who said that there are many people who like me!" ”

After she finished speaking, she touched Yingyue's face, as if she was a bully who teased a woman from a good family in the story, and then she said "Huh" and said, "Ah Yue, your face is so slippery, like a girl!" ”

The boy seemed to be uncomfortable with Xiao Lou's out-of-the-box thinking, and stood dumbfounded, forgetting what to say.

"Xiaolou, don't make trouble." Ying Yue blushed and pushed away the small building.

His face seemed to be burning, and it seemed like he had been slapped by his father for disobedience when he was a child, but it didn't hurt, it was just hot, and he didn't know what to do.

"This girl is just playing with you, I really don't know each other. You even scolded me for not being able to get married, you are really ...... A completely stupid donkey! She pouted, said the most "vicious" words she knew loudly, and then ran away with a grin, not forgetting to wave her hand to let Yingyue follow.

The boy watched her run away, snorted unwillingly, and kept muttering, "It's really rude." ”

"Hey, that'...... Just happened to run into you, thank you for helping me that day. Ying Yue stopped the boy, "I don't know your name yet?" ”

The boy turned his head and blushed slightly: "It's okay." It's just that you stand still, for fear that you will be punished. ”

"I'm Xiong Lan." He smiled, "What about you?" That arrogant and unreasonable little girl just now called you Ah Yue? ”

"My name is Yingyue, just call me Ah Yue!"

Xiong Lan wanted to say something, but he heard a girl's coquettish voice in the distance, as if urging Yingyue to pass.

Ying Yue waved his hand at him: "Let's talk about it later, I remember here." After saying that, he hurriedly ran over.

Only the boy stood alone, he frowned, pondering like an adult, for a long time, he looked up at the direction where Yingyue and Xiaolou were going, and said softly: "The people of the royal family, interesting." ”

At this time, his eyes were calm, not like a child at all.

Liu Xuan, whose name is Yuanxuan, was named the general of the Patriotic Guard, and was the commander of Yan Lingwei of the Yanjing Forbidden Army, known as the "Wings of the Great Yan".

At this time, he was sitting upright on the high platform of the martial arts arena, covered in armor, and there were three guards standing behind him.

There was only one army of Yan Lingwei in the huge place under the stage, and there was a row of twenty armor soldiers standing in front of him. These armorers are different from Yan Lingwei's forbidden army, they are of different heights, and most of the armor on their bodies is also extremely valuable, and some people's armor is inlaid with pearls and jade, which is dazzling.

At the beginning of the day, although it was autumn, the sun was still scorching, and the sand of the martial arts arena was even hotter.

Sweat seeped out of the cracks in the armor of the armor present, and after drying, even the underwear was glued to his body, and a soldier in the front row moved uncomfortably, only to hear a "swish", and a whip shadow broke through the wind and slapped on his shoulder armor mercilessly.

Through the thick steel, the soldier did not feel pain, but he had never suffered such an insult, and the arrogance of the nobles supported him to glare angrily at the guards who were doing it.

Without any words of justification, the guard moved his hand, "snap", and another whip.

"I ...... I'm a nobleman! Commoners beat nobles, this is a capital offense! The soldier couldn't hold back his anger any longer, threw away his helmet, and roared at the guards, "I'm the prince of Gou Wu!" My family sits on half of Jiangnan, you dare to beat me? I'll kill you! ”

"Bang" Everyone felt a flower in front of them, and the whip hit the soldier's face fiercely, and a visible blood mark suddenly appeared.

"Gou Wu Shizi? What a big title. The man sitting on the high platform stood up, his voice hoarse and chilling, "But in my battalion, you are only a big soldier!" ”

He stepped down step by step, his momentum was like a mountain, and as he advanced, it was as if the ancient beast gradually bared its fangs and let out a heavy breath, and all the armor soldiers present were weak in their knees.

Such a terrible man was surprisingly handsome, about forty years old, with a mustache on his lips, thick black eyebrows, and slender eyes, revealing a cold light.

He leaned over and stared at the soldier on the ground, ignoring his trembling, and reached out to pat his head: "Remember, you are now a pawn, the official who beat you just now is the captain of the Kokang Colonel, my official is the general of the country, the lord is the Marquis of Weixin, my order, his hand, what are you dissatisfied with?" ”

Without waiting for the man to reply, he got up and shouted at everyone: "I know, you are all arrogant and noble, and you have not suffered hardships, but now your identity has changed, and you are now the most ordinary one of my Dayan, Yan Lingwei soldiers!" ”

"Yan Lingwei, what is the most important thing in the army?" He asked aloud.

"Obey the orders of the commander and swear to defend the country to the death!" Behind them, all the Yan Lingwei soldiers pounded their breastplates and shouted.

Ying Yue was mixed in that row of "young master soldiers", and like everyone else, he was startled by Yan Lingwei's roar in unison, he raised his eyes and peeked at the general Liu Xuan who was speaking, and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at him.

Liu Xuan waved his hand, and two soldiers came out of Yan Lingwei's guard and dragged away the paralyzed armor soldier on the ground. He circled around the "young master soldiers" and said, "I don't care if you are resentful and dissatisfied in your hearts. I will discipline you, it is Your Majesty's personal edict, you can hate me and want to kill me. But the premise is that your parents and brothers can lead troops into Yanjing, overthrow Dayan, and win the sword in my hand! ”

The cold light in his long and narrow eyes skyrocketed, sweeping the audience, and no one dared to raise their heads.

The heart-wrenching words made these sons sweat on their foreheads, and they became frightened quails one by one.

Liu Xuan stood in the middle of the arena and didn't speak, so no one dared to speak, and for a while, the silence in the martial arts arena was like a ghost.

After a long time, Liu Xuan opened his mouth and said: "Today is the end of the day, all soldiers, remove your armor!" ”

Ying Yue reflexively untied the ribbon of the armor, which was too heavy and stuffy for a nine-year-old.

A hand grabbed him: "Don't move, are you looking for death again?" Xiong Lan said in a low voice: "Removing the armor means disbanding, not really taking off the armor!" Stay honest! ”

Ying Yue blushed, quickly withdrew her hand, and confirmed that Liu Xuan hadn't noticed, before smiling gratefully at Xiong Lan.

"What a fool." Xiong Lan muttered quietly.

Although Dayan's kingdom was crumbling and the princes of the Quartet were ready to move, this aging giant still retained some of its bravery, as evidenced by Yan Lingwei, whose soldiers were selected from generations of good families, loyal to the royal family, and swift in action, completely different from the other garrisons of Yanjing.

Yan Lingwei quickly evacuated, leaving only a few captains to guide the sons to leave, and Ying Yue noticed that the whip guard was also included.

The team moved, and the guard walked in the middle of the line, right next to Yingyue.

Ying Yue's eyes kept staring at the leather whip on his waist, recalling the scene just now, and he didn't pay attention to the shepherd boy on the Yunhuang grassland, who also held the leather whip in his hand, and from time to time swung the whip to hit the horns of the isolated sheep, so that the sheep would not be scattered. Sitting on horseback and scolding and whipping, I also have the spirit of a general when I think about it.

"What are you looking at?" A rough and young voice sounded, Ying Yue was stunned, the guard had already untied the whip and handed it over, "A whip, if you like it, I will give it to you." ”

The guard laughed, his face so innocent that he couldn't imagine that he had just beaten a nobleman with this whip.

"My name is Wang Mian, what about you?"

"Yingyue."

"That's... Is it okay to call you Ayu? ”

He handed the whip to Yingyue's eyes, which meant that if you don't accept it, I won't stop. Ying Yue put away the whip and said, "Yes, my friends all call me Ah Yue." ”

Wang Mian laughed innocently again, and the sons in the team watched the two of them give the whip as a gift, and they all looked helpless.

In the ninth year of Xianheng, in the eyes of most people, this is an ordinary year without twists and turns, but in this year, perhaps it is the guidance of fate, the masters of the times meet, and everything is still under hypocrisy.