Walking to the small alley, we hid in front of the threshold of the people's house, where the surname lamps were hung everywhere, implying that people were prosperous.

The big man in black was wandering nearby, and I didn't dare to come out, my heart was like a drum.

Because of nervousness, I used a lot of strength in my hands, and I habitually pinched them tightly, but this time I didn't feel the itching pain of my nails embedded in my palms, and when I looked down, Beiyu Jinchen's hands had been pinched red by me.

He glanced at me faintly, and I was so frightened that I quickly let go of my hand.

Suddenly, he was lightly poked in the waist, and a four or five-year-old child was wearing a cupola, and his face was pink. "Why are you standing at my door, are you thieves?"

I immediately crouched down and covered the child's mouth, "Shhhhhhhh......h Playing peek-a-boo, don't talk, you'll be discovered. ”

The child nodded innocently and stood straight side by side with us, poking his head out from time to time.

With such a little ghost by his side, I already want to cry without tears, Beiyu Jinchen don't look over, I know that he must have laughed at me a thousand times in his heart.

"Sister, when are they coming? Why don't you go to my house and hide it? The child bit his thumb and shook his head.

I was overjoyed in my heart, and just as I was about to nod, Beiyu Jinchen took a step back and clasped my wrist. "Here they are."

We kept backing and looked back to find that the road behind us was also blocked and trapped in the middle.

Beiyu Jinchen didn't have any weapons on him, and the only bow and arrow I was good at couldn't carry at all times.

He took out the jade flute from his waist, turned it sideways, and hit one of the people on the temple, and the man fell to the ground in a daze. Beiyu Jinchen dragged me forward with one hand, and while he turned sideways, I was pulled by a huge force, and after a few turns, the skirt flew over. With his right foot pushing upwards and kicking at the chin of the big man in black, he had to take a few steps back, and the encirclement opened an exit.

I don't know why they didn't seem to dare to use force at all, they just wanted to catch me.

I ran all the way again, my throat was filled with wind, and the pain was unbearable.

"I can't run." I shook my hand away and crouched on the ground. The streets are still crowded, and all kinds of colorful lanterns are like fireworks.

Beiyu Jinchen walked to the street, and there happened to be a woman in purple leading the horse, and he went up to talk a few times before riding the horse himself. The horse's hooves clattered and stopped in front of me.

"Quick." A long, strong hand appeared in front of me, and I remembered the same when he scared my horse away in the paddock.

He rode his horse skillfully, bypassing the crowded streets towards a rugged path lined with untrimmed trees that could easily get lost.

My whole body relaxed, and naturally leaned back, just leaning against his solid chest, the body temperature came through my clothes, my cheeks burned, and I hurriedly straightened up.

"Where are we going......" As soon as he finished asking, he sped up his horse, and the branches cut through my arms and cut through my clothes.

"They're in the back." Beiyu Jinchen's voice was unhurried, and he was not in a panic of being chased and killed.

Listening carefully, they were indeed behind, and there were more than four of them, and when they turned their heads, there were at least a dozen or so dark shadows, which were even more terrifying when they were shrouded in the night.

The rocks were abrupt, the horses' wheezing was getting heavier and heavier, and the uphill road was not easy, and it was even more difficult to carry the weight of two people.

Finally, when they were halfway up the mountain, the horse's front hooves were unsteady and rolled to the ground, and the neighing sound pierced the sky.

We rolled to the ground, and he took me in his arms with his right hand, and although I fell off the horse, I was not hurt at all, but his jaw was scratched by a stone.

Ignoring the dust on his body, he got up and looked for a way out, except for the Qingtan Lake surrounded by weeping willows on one side, there was only a rugged and difficult mountain road.

For now, there was only one way to go, and if we could lurk in the lake, they would surely go in the direction of the mountain, for the horses were frightened and gone, and it was impossible to match the speed of the men by their feet.

In autumn, the water was cold, and I was already numb from the cold when I put my feet down, and when I stepped into it, the water soon reached my waist.

Beiyu Jinchen stood on the shore and didn't move, his eyes staring directly at the lake.

"Hey, hurry up, do you want to fight ten with one?" I was anxious, but he was still as contemplative as no one.

He frowned, his right hand slightly clenched into a fist.

My mind suddenly recalled the scene when I forced Li Concubine to ask that day.

"If you want to talk about Beiyu Jinchen's Achilles' heel, it's not nothing, he has very poor water nature, and he seems to be more afraid of water, that's all I know."

Concubine Li's answer still echoed in her ears, and she could hear it clearly.

I struggled to turn around and walk to the shore, my clothes completely soaked, and the cold wind blew and my bones froze.

Holding his hand with a hand drenched in cold water, the warmth deepened. "If you can trust me."

The sound of the horse's hooves drew nearer, but he still stood still, without any signs of wavering.

"Forget it, fight with them." I raised my feet and prepared to go ashore, feeling a little helpless.

He walked into the water suddenly and without warning, leaving me stunned.

The water is so clear that when the water overflows overhead, the cold liquid pours into the ears and puts a great strain on the heart and lungs. The moonlight is charming, try to open your eyes, the hazy light shines into the pupils, I didn't expect that in the water, the scenery outside will be so beautiful, as if the world is quiet, only I am alone.

My wrist was pinched tightly, I shifted my gaze, Beiyu Jinchen closed his eyes tightly, his thin lips pursed lightly, and his ink hair floated and sank in the water, like a wisp of ink in the clear water, his breath was already disordered, and he couldn't hold it for long.

I grabbed him, held his face, closed my eyes, and my lips touched, passing the breath to him, the smell of tea mixed with the sweetness of the lake water, permeating between my lips and teeth.

He slowly opened his eyes, like stars, and as calm as the water of this lake, without ripples.

I felt embarrassed, covering his eyes with my hands, but I could feel the slightly raised curvature of the corners of his lips.

The cacophony of the shore faded away, and silence returned.

Swimming so hard to the shore that we barely had the strength to climb up.

He sat half-sat on the half-watered stone, and the drops of water dripped down his hair and fell onto his soaked clothes.

"Let's go, they'll be back in a minute." He stood up and pulled me ashore.

When I went into the water, I only felt the biting cold, and when I got to the shore, it was like falling into a cold jade ice cellar. His hands were clasped around his chest to ward off the cold wind, and his feet were as if they were filled with lead.

I don't know how long I walked, but I saw a shallow sheltered cave, and I found some branches as a cover, and I felt more comfortable.

When I found firewood to make a fire, my clothes were already half-dried by the warmth of my body, I took off my shoes and socks and put them on the edge of the fire, Beiyu Jinchen sat cross-legged and meditated, closing his eyes slightly, as if he was meditating, and I also felt sleepy.

Picking up a pebble and throwing it at him, he hit him on the shoulder, and he opened his eyes.

"Why is the prince interested in going to that kind of fireworks place today? Ningxianglou is not far from the palace, why run so far. Seeing his expressionless face, I came to ridicule and tease.

"The pavilion master has worked hard, how dare I wait for idle people to bother." He flipped over the fire with his stick and splashed sparks.

I felt bored, so I moved to the base of the wall, took off my mask and wiped my face with my clothes. When I looked up and saw the wound on his jaw, my heart moved.

Walked up to him and wiped the wound on his chin with a dried silk handkerchief, and he sat quietly.

"Why are you helping me?" No one will be good to another person for no reason, my mother is good to me because of the first queen's entrustment, my aunt Chongzi is good to me because I still have usable value, Lan Zhi's allegiance is because I am still the young master of the Dark Night Pavilion, everyone will not do anything unfavorable to themselves, even if it is me, there is selfishness, and it is good to Ruxue because she can be easily used by me, isn't this the truth between people.

"I don't know." He replied lightly.

What is the answer? I can't understand it, and I can't guess it.

The night was dark, so I put my head on my knees and slowly fell asleep.

The next day, the sky was overcast, and when I opened my eyes, the fire had been extinguished, but there was still warmth.

When I got up, I found that I had slept on his lap all night, and I woke up all at once.

"Awake?" He asked.

"Hmm." I silently put on my shoes and socks and didn't say much.

"Let's go, go back to the palace at noon." He got up.

In the morning, the mountain forest air is fresh, and the fallen leaves are covered with gold.

After walking for a while, I felt that I was really hungry, and it happened that there were a few hawthorn trees in front of me, and the hawthorn was red in autumn, and the red and bright hung on the branches, and the trees were not high, so I ran up and tied my skirt around my waist, climbed up with my hands and feet, and picked a few tufts and held them in the palm of my hand. "And then." I threw the hawthorn down, and he caught the hawthorn helplessly.

After picking enough, he reluctantly jumped down, took a few from his hand, and stuffed them into his mouth before he had time to wipe them, and the sweet and sour taste made people feel happy. "Don't you eat the fireworks of the world?" I held the hawthorn up to him, and he looked at me, silently took it and took a bite.

"Didn't you say that you liked to eat sugar gourds when you were a child? In fact, without that layer of sugar coating, the most authentic taste is the most pleasing. Just like life, sometimes sweet and sometimes astringent. ”

He hummed and walked ahead.

"How did you borrow that horse last night?" I was curious and leaned in to ask him.

"With the token of the palace, she will come to exchange horses today." His pace quickened, and he walked as he spoke.

After a short time he walked down the mountain, hired a carriage with broken silver, and hurried back to the palace.

I was thinking about how to explain it to Beiyu Ryoya when I returned to the palace in the carriage, but apart from telling the truth, it didn't seem reasonable to say anything.

With my blistered hair stuck together and scattered over my shoulders, I knew I must look like a refugee fleeing the famine.

Beiyu Jinchen handed over a silver hairpin, which looked very familiar. "In the Cold Water Palace, you fell." He explained.

I used silver hairpins to tie my hair, and I immediately felt much refreshed.