In the dead of night, the whispers of some idlers are particularly abrupt, flowing around along the evening breeze. Ye Qing, who got into the carriage outside the city, was sharp and piercing, like a needle prick.

Word by word, his eyes were red, his nose was sour, and the tears the size of beans fell down.

In the twelfth year of the Li Dynasty, the army was defeated outside the Qishan Fortress, and the 100,000 army was annihilated, and for the resurgence of Dongshan, a humiliating treaty was signed with Xizhou, and countless tributes were paid, thousands of silk brocades, and a prince was sent as a proton to express the sincerity of seeking peace.

And he, Ye Qing, is the unlucky guy who is not favored, and he will leave his hometown tonight to be the prisoner of the dark steps.

He was afraid, and his body trembled.

Before the sun could show its head, the carriage disappeared at the end of the road, hidden in the morning light. There was a rooster crowing in the wind, and there was a sound of snooping, and the silent city behind him gradually woke up, and the noise was boiling, as before.

And they, I think, can't see it.

Along the way, Ye Qing asked Zhou Feiran two questions, one is, when will they be able to go back? Zhou Feiran couldn't bear to be deceived, and he didn't know how to answer. Simply jumped over and answered the second one.

"You're going to protect me, aren't you?"

"Hmm."

From the moment he embarked on this road of no return, Ye Qing's life was more precious than anyone else, he lived, and they could all live. If he died, he, and the twenty young men who followed him, would die without a place to be buried.

The night was dark, and there were no stars or moons. Crooked Seven Twisted Ao dead wood cage in the dark night, like a ghost with teeth and claws, although the carriage is around a circle as a barrier, but sometimes there is a yin wind blowing, still makes people creepy, cold hair towering.

Ye Qing looked at everything around him in horror, and desperately approached the bonfire, next to Zhou Feiran, "General Qi, I'm afraid." ”

Zhou Feiran handed the roasted leg of lamb to Ye Qing, "Your Highness is not afraid, the end will be there." ”

Zhou Feiran's words were like a reassuring pill, Ye Qing gradually calmed down, biting the leg of mutton with his mouth, and his big watery eyes looked around at the immature and unfamiliar faces without blinking.

From their faces, Ye Qing could see the most familiar expressions, fear and confusion. And Zhou Feiran didn't have these, he was like an indestructible stone, without too much emotion, and because of this, Ye Qing felt at ease.

"Hiss."

There was a strange sound in the air, and Ye Qing, who had been in fear, had very flexible ears, and his ears were all over the place, and he was startled in an instant.

The voice was getting closer and closer, Ye Qing trembled and didn't dare to look directly, and his language faded from function, and he didn't dare to make a little sound, until, the exposed legs and wrists felt cold and piercing damp, Ye Qing's whole person was like a frightened bird, and he jumped suddenly and jumped into Zhou Feiran's arms.

"General Qi! I'm afraid! ”

Zhou Fei then straightened his back and looked down, it turned out to be a snake wrapped around Ye Qing's ankle at some point, spitting out a blood-red core.

The thumb and index finger pinched, choked the neck of the snake, swished, lifted up, pulled the snake out, and looked at it, it was not as big as a palm.

"Your Highness, it's okay."

Ye Qing was shocked, glanced at it, and quickly turned around.

Zhou Feiran gently patted his back and reassured, "It's just a minor snake, Your Highness doesn't have to be afraid." ”

"Snake?" Ye Qing trembled and turned around.

Zhou Feiran pressed the snake's tail with his thumb, so that it could not escape, and could only swim in the palm of his hand for Ye Qing to watch.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the venomous fangs of the underage snake have not yet grown, and they are not poisonous."

Ye Qing said "oh" twice, regained his composure, and carefully looked at the Naba snake, with a green body and a round head, two mung bean-sized eyes, purple red, lying quietly in Zhou Feiran's palm, at first glance, it was still a little cute.

For a long time, he didn't see any movement of the snake, Ye Qing dared to reach out and touch it, but unexpectedly, the snake was like a startled bow, suddenly straightened up, and spit out the snake core towards Ye Qing.

Ye Qing's hands stiffened in mid-air, turned his head and pounced on Zhou Feiran, hooked his neck with both hands, and tears rolled in, "General Qi, save me!" ”

"Hahahaha......"

Laughter erupted in the army, everyone couldn't straighten their waists, the son of the royal family, the body of ten thousand gold, was like a river like a mouse, and was frightened by a snake, and it was passed out, I was afraid that I would laugh off my big teeth.

Zhou Feiran's eyes lit up, and the burst of laughter went a lot, and in the blink of an eye, there was no sound, only the swept wind, the whistling flags, and the sound of dead leaves.

"Your Highness, it's okay."

Ye Qing sobbed and snorted, feeling palpitations, "General Qi, I want to go back." ”

Zhou Feiran bowed, "The last general will send His Highness back to the camp tent to rest." ”

For a long time, I didn't see any signs of Ye Qing coming down, but hugged him tighter and tighter, refusing to let go. Zhou Feiran had no choice but to wrap his arms around Ye Qing's waist with one hand, get up and pick up the boy who had reached his shoulder with one hand, and walked towards the camp.

The night was getting darker, Ye Qing didn't dare to sleep, curled up on the soft couch, wrapped in the futon, and pricked up his ears to listen to the movement outside.

Bang bang bang.

One after another, dull but loud, this voice, Ye Qing is very familiar, in the deep palace, I don't know how many times, as long as he hears it, he will be frightened.

Ye Qing wanted to go out to see what was going on, but he was afraid, so he could only curl up on the soft couch and whisper Zhou Feiran's name.

When he shouted for the third time, Zhou Feiran walked briskly with a tired face.

"Your Highness, what do you command?"

Ye Qing sat up and glanced outside the tent, "Outside, playing boards?" ”

Zhou Feiran was secretly surprised, "Your Highness heard it?" ”

For fear of disturbing Ye Qing, he specially chose a farther place to implement military regulations. I never thought that I could hear it from such a distance, and if I hadn't been outside the tent all the time, I am afraid that I would have doubted that he had seen it with his own eyes.

Ye Qing nodded obediently, "My ears are more sharp, especially when I'm afraid." Then he asked, "Did General Qi beat them?" ”

Zhou Feiran nodded.

Ye Qing guessed, "Is it because they laugh at me for my guts?" ”

Zhou Feiran was silent.

Ye Qing's eyes were red, "They are not wrong, I was originally guts, the general beat them, aren't they afraid?" ”

Zhou Feiran shook his head, "They are soldiers, don't be afraid." He stepped forward and covered Ye Qing with the quilt, "Your Highness, go to bed early, we will arrive at the border of Xizhou early tomorrow morning." ”

Ye Qing said "um" and lay down obediently, "General Qi, I'm afraid, can you stay here with me?" ”

Zhou Feiran looked at the poor Ye Qing, walked to the corner of the bed, sat on the ground, hugged the sword to his chest, and closed his eyes, "The last general is here to accompany you." ”

The camp tent was extinguished, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see his five fingers when he stretched out his hand, only the sound of steady breathing, intertwined in the air, but Ye Qing unexpectedly felt at ease, sleepiness gradually crept up his eyelids, and fell into a deep sleep.