As soon as the sun sets over the mountain, the sky will quickly darken visibly with the naked eye, and the afterglow will soon dissipate, and the outline of the moon will gradually become clear in the twilight sky, and the stars will be sparse.

Yes, the moon stars are scarce, and after a month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon has become brighter and brighter recently, and the stars are naturally rarer.

Qin Xun looked up at the moon and walked, afraid that he would stumble and fall if he didn't look at his feet, so he reached out and held Qi Jing's wrist through his sleeve, Qi Jing looked down and didn't say anything.

Chang'an to Pingzhou is normally nearly a month's journey, Qi Jing this time in the name of the inspector, the official road is fast, almost less than 20 days, the emperor wants to recall Qin Xun before the Mid-Autumn Festival, it seems that these days will be set off.

Although he said that he wanted to go back to Chang'an, after all, he had lived here for six years, and it was inevitable that he would be reluctant.

Qin Xun's heart was a little low, and the hand holding Qi Jing's wrist pinched his wrist bone dishonestly.

The young man's slender fingers gently kneaded the wrist bone through the fabric, and Qi Jing's heart suddenly rose a strange feeling, the same strange feeling as when his hair rubbed his neck before, so that he couldn't help but shrink his hand slightly, and asked softly, "What to do?" ”

"Pinch pinch." Qin Xun said and pinched it twice more with weight, feeling that he retracted his hand more obviously, and looked at his face with a puzzled expression, "Don't like it?" ”

"Nope." Qi Jing was inexplicably afraid to look at him, and looked at the road ahead without squinting.

Qin Xun instead put his face close to him, as if he had to ask him to tilt his head to look at himself, Qi Jing had no choice but to stop and turn to look at him: "What are you doing?" ”

Qin Xun got closer and said with a smile: "Qi Jing, you are so good-looking." ”

Feeling that his breath was so close that his breath brushed his face, Qi Jing was slightly embarrassed, and let his head back: "It's not good-looking, do you need to look so close?" ”

"I'm not as sensitive as your martial arts practitioners, and when it's dark, it affects my vision, so I can only see it clearly when I get closer."

He said it straightforwardly, Qi Jing retorted wordlessly, so he didn't dwell on this issue with him, and let him keep holding his wrist and continue to walk forward.

Qi Jing didn't say he didn't like it, Qin Xun kneaded his wrist unscrupulously, separated by a layer of fabric, it was not a direct touch of the skin, but there was a more obscure and hazy feeling, like slowing down the overheated body temperature that would be produced by direct contact, warm, ironing, it was an indescribable comfort, just like the strange feeling in Qi Jing's heart, it seemed to be able to grasp the clue, and it seemed to be indescribable.

But what about Qin Xun, did he know that at their current age, it was extremely inappropriate to make these ambiguous moves?

Thinking like this in Qi Jing's heart, he felt that his entire arm was going to tremble under such a touch, and he tried to distract himself with something else, so he called him: "Ah Xun." As soon as the words came out, it seemed that his voice trembled a little.

"How?"

"You just said that you would pick the best reed roots and leave them for the good-looking female disciples in the villa, didn't you?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"You...... Will you consciously please the girl? ”

"It's not easy to answer your question, what kind of consciously pleasing a girl is? Did I praise a few words when I saw it, or did I play with others, or did I just mean to please someone by leaving a few reed roots? ”

"No, no, no." Qi Jing pondered how to explain it to him, "I mean, at your age, it's the right time, do you have ...... Someone who will always be in mind? ”

"How do you think about it?"

"It's like, I think about it from time to time, I want to meet him, I want to be close to him, I want to keep him safe, and so on."

Qin Xun looked like he was thinking seriously with what he listed, and when he finished speaking, he said, "Well, yes, it's you." ”

Qi Jing's heart was confused, and his tone was a little anxious: "I said girl! ”

"Why does it have to be a girl? According to what you said, as long as it is for the people who are more important to you, it is applicable, isn't it? Qin Xun's retort was reasonable.

Qi Jing was speechless, he was indeed not wrong, but what he wanted to express did not seem to be the same as what he understood, Qi Jing was a little helpless, he and Qin Xun had always had a good tacit understanding before, why didn't it work now.

The two have arrived at the ferry, the night is light, the landscape is hazy like a silhouette, the pedestrians are pasted with a layer of unclear twilight, the water vapor on the river surface is dissipating, forming a thin mist in the ferry, which is near the water, and the fishermen have successively collected their stalls and left, but there are more vendors who do night market business to set up stalls, but they are not too deserted.

It was still dark, but many of the stalls had already set up lanterns, and the warm yellow light illuminated the mottled water and shiny fish scales left by the fish stalls on the ground, and the air was mixed with a little fishy smell that had not yet dissipated. The boatmen at the ferry were basically out of work at this hour, so they sat on the bow of the boat and set up a small table, put on the drinks and side dishes bought from nearby restaurants, and chatted around while eating.

Qi Jing didn't continue the topic with Qin Xun, and stopped in front of the fruit stall that seemed to be about to be closed at the entrance of the ferry, picking the few remaining peaches by the light of the lantern.

He wanted to make a move in his hand, Qin Xun had to let go of his hand, but he didn't intend to end the conversation just now. His long body leaned against the pillar of the entrance to the ferry beside him, and looked at the side face of Qi Jing who carefully picked peaches, and did not hide a smile between his eyebrows: "Qi Jing, do you have anyone who always thinks about it?" ”

"Naturally, there is."

"Am I one? Forget it, if you compare it to what you just said. ”

"Naturally, it counts."

"How worried are you? Is it just the kind of concern that you put in your heart, the same kind as the more important people on the side? Qi Jing, do you think I have the honor to be the one you put on the tip of your heart? ”

Qi Jing held a peach in his hand, and his movements froze: "Don't you think, you are asking too much?" ”

It's not just overstepping, it's just explicit.

Qin Xunwu laughed to himself and did not respond to this sentence.

The stall was about to close, although the vendor rubbed his hands and boasted that his fruit was not rotten, and the rest was only because the quality was different, Qi Jing still meticulously checked and selected. It was indeed a difference in quality, and among the remaining more than 20 peaches, Qi Jing finally picked out a few that looked acceptable and put them on the side some distance from the peach pile.

This fruit stall occupies a large area and has a complete variety, and the vendor kept the peach basket for Qi Jing to pick, and was busy cleaning up the basket of other fruits, while gagging with his peers around him, and did not pay attention to the conversation between the two here. Qi Jing picked a peach, because he didn't bring a wrapping utensil, so he bought a basket from the vendor, and the vendor casually took one out from under the stall and gave it to him, and turned his head to laugh with others.

The stall was lowered, Qi Jing bowed his back slightly, and while putting the picked peaches into the basket one by one, he spoke to Qin Xun in a light tone: "Usually I always feel that you are just a child who does not understand the world, so you are a little more stubborn, you are more temperamental, you are smart, you can understand some things, but there are still many things that you don't know well, and you need others to explain to you and guide you how to do it." But sometimes, I don't know if it's my delusion, but I think that your heart is actually brighter than anyone else, and your mind is very deep. ”

"For example?"

Qi Jing sighed, straightened up and turned his head to look at his smiling eyes: "For example, at this moment, I actually think that you are pretending not to understand what you are deliberately trying to trick me, but I also think that I am too worried." ”

How could it be, how accurate your intuition is, how can you deceive yourself with too much worry. Qin Xun thought in his heart, but he didn't say this, he stepped forward and put in the few peaches he hadn't put in the basket one by one, looked at him and said with a smile: "You said so much, what you want to talk to me about, you actually mean love, right?" ”

"If you know, why do you keep going around in circles?" Qi Jing was somewhat helpless.

"Who is going around in circles, love is love, what can't you say directly, or do you have any scruples? Can this also be scrupulous? Qi Jing, don't talk about me, your mind is really deep, what are you thinking? ”

Qi Jing saw that his eyes were full of ridicule, suppressed the unspeakable strange feeling that was tumbling in his heart, frowned irritably, picked up the bamboo basket and was about to leave: "I didn't think about anything." ”

Qin Xun hooked his elbow: "Didn't think about anything that you were upset about, and you didn't pay the money?" ”

Until Qin Xun followed Qi Jing into an alley near the ferry, Qi Jing didn't speak again, and there was only the sound of the two of them stepping on the bluestone slab, mixed with the rustle of clothes rubbing when walking, and the slight sound of breathing.

There are not many people in the alley, and there are no lights, but fortunately, the moonlight shines on the hall tonight, and Yingying sprinkles down to illuminate the bluestone road, and also lengthens the shadow behind the two.

"Still angry? You're not an angry person, what are you saying about me? I make amends to you. ”

Qi Jing sighed: "It's not that I'm angry with you." ”

"Who is that angry, angry with yourself? What's the thing you can't get along with yourself, you can't be angry with this peaches ugly, right? Qin Xun pointed to the bamboo basket he was carrying, there were a total of nine peaches in the bamboo basket, which were quite large, and they were full of baskets.

"Nothing."

"If I don't ask you, you're sulking, it's nothing, I've never seen you so vague before." Qin Xun looked around as he spoke, "The one I just said, love or something, haven't I been serious about you yet?" I haven't had any love for any girl yet, but I'm still young, and it's too early to talk about that. What about you Qi Jing, speaking of which, I was suddenly very curious, you are seventeen, I have never asked you all these years, do you have a concubine? The question seemed to be unintentional, but it was stared at his face.

“…… Not yet. ”

"What about the concubines, are there any concubines?"

"None."

"Then is there any celebrity daughter who is close to you?"

"No, I haven't spent a lot of time in Chang'an over the years, and I often go out, how can I have time to get close to the daughter of a famous lady?" Qi Jing glanced at him, as if he didn't understand why he suddenly asked so carefully about his feelings.

Qin Xun thought for a while, and then asked, "Do you usually go to the Fengyue Place?" ”

"No, it won't." Qi Jing finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Why do you ask like that?" ”

Qin Xun laughed in a good mood: "I thought that a man, sixteen or seventeen years old, would always be ......" He blinked meaningfully, "There is a little bit of that need." ”

Knowing what he meant by "that", Qi Jing's face was slightly red, and he scolded him: "It's not serious!" ”

"I'm talking about serious, I've seen a lot in the villa and the school, in my teens, it's not time to get married, it's normal to go to the flower building to have some fun. Qi Jing, have you really never had that need? Or are you all ...... yourself?"

"Ah Xun!" Qi Jing's face turned red, and his voice raised a few points, "The more you talk about it, the more you don't like it!" ”

Enough was enough, Qin Xun knew that he couldn't continue to tease him, so he closed his mouth with a grin.

Who knew that Qi Jing paused, and asked him in turn: "What about you, will you go to the Fengyue Place?" ”

"Yes." Qin Xun admitted calmly.

Qi Jing pursed his lips, as if he wanted to say something but didn't say anything, and walked with his head down.

Seeing that he was a little unhappy, Qin Xun raised the corners of his mouth a little, and explained: "But I didn't go there for that fish and water, I didn't have a good reputation in the school, and I still mixed quite well in the villa, sometimes a few brothers shouted to go out to play, so they went together, they played theirs, at most I mixed some wine and food, and listened to the flower girls play the piano and sing songs, I didn't do anything else." ”

Qi Jing still didn't speak, Qin Xun scratched his forehead, thinking about how to coax him to make a sound.

"Qi Jing, you don't have a wife, no concubines, no confidantes, and you don't go to the Qinglou, so you've lived by yourself all these years? Well, you're so good! ”

Is this a compliment? has no wife, no concubine, no confidante, and no visiting the Qinglou, it doesn't seem to be something worthy of praise.

"You seem happy?"

"I'm glad I did."

Qi Jing suddenly stopped, and Qin Xun didn't know why, so he also stopped with him.

"Why are you happy?" Qi Jing suddenly lowered his voice very softly, full of tenderness, and a little cautious, sounding like he didn't know what to expect.

Qin Xun lowered his eyes, his long and thick eyelashes cast two shadows under his eyes, hiding the triumphant and cunning smile in his eyes, and when he raised his eyes again, it was an innocent smile: "Why can't you feel happy?" ”

“…… Well, don't talk to me now. Qi Jing gritted his teeth and didn't look at him again.

It's not a delusion, he is really deliberately tricking him, and he understands everything in his heart.

After a few years outside, I really didn't learn much.