Under the eaves of the green tile corridor outside the hall, there are crystal raindrops from time to time.

The people Cui Jing brought with him stood guard from afar, and they seemed to blend in with the night, ensuring that no one could listen or disturb the conversation in the hall.

The girl in the hall lowered her eyes to look at the contents of the box, and the thick eyelashes cast a large shadow under her eyes as the lights flickered.

She had not had time to tie her hair carefully, and the black hair tied with the ribbon had loosened much on the way here, and now a few strands were scattered on the sides of her cheeks and ears, obscuring the look between her brows and eyes.

It took a while for her to reach out and pick up the contents of the box.

It was a sword.

A sword with a name.

The moment the sword was held in the hand, the familiar sense of connection, across the sixteen years of time, was re-established between the man and the sword in this instant.

The weight of this sword, in the battles of life and death, has long been integrated with her.

Every tiny scratch on the blade of the sword is a testimony of the two walking together with each other.

Chang Sui Ning held the sword in front of him, holding the scabbard in one hand, and slowly pulling out half of the sword in the other.

The sword body is bright, the blade is like a mirror, and the girl's eyes reflected at this moment intersect with the eyes of the past, and slowly overlap.

Meet again.

Chang Sui Ning whispered to those eyes in his heart, and also to Yao Rijian.

Cui Jing quietly watched the person holding the sword and the sword in her hand, and suddenly felt that the rain had returned to Haichuan.

Her sword, only in her hands, can truly manifest the light of the sun.

The blade of the sword was slowly pushed back into the sheath by Chang Suining.

She came back to her senses slightly, and finally looked at Cui Jing at this moment and asked, "It was taken from the Jingshi Xuance Mansion?" ”

"Yes." Cui Jing said: "I made an identical one and replaced it." ”

Chang Sui Ning said "ah": "The prison guards are stealing themselves." ”

Cui Jing smiled: "Forget it." ”

"Very attentive guards and self-theft." Chang Suining also showed a hint of a smile, did not say other unnecessary excuses, and said very simply: "Since I have put such a lot of thought into it, then I will accept it." ”

As she spoke, she held the sword in her hand and looked at it carefully, like an old friend reunited, reluctant to look away.

After a moment, he couldn't help but say, "But...... It has been worshiped with incense in the Xuance Mansion for so many years, and I am afraid that it has also cultivated a bit of Buddha nature, but I don't know if I am willing to kill the enemy with me now. ”

Cui Jing said: "As long as it is held by His Highness, wherever the sword blade is pointed, it is the direction of his sword heart." ”

Chang Sui Ning was originally joking, but when he was so serious, he followed his words and asked, "How do you know, what it told you?" ”

Cui Jing nodded, his expression still serious: "Yes, it told me." ”

Over the years, he has often "spoken" to them, and they have been given souls by their owners, and those who have a heart can sense them.

At least, that's what he's always thought.

"Then I'll believe it." Chang Suining changed his left hand to his right hand, and he couldn't put it down, and his sword was really the most handy.

Bian casually asked Cui Jing: "If someone recognizes it when I turn around, I will say that I admire His Royal Highness the former prince, so I will make a fake ...... How is this claimed? ”

Cui Jing: "Very good. ”

The fact is that this is indeed the case, it is indeed a person who admires His Royal Highness the former Prince, and he did what he faked.

After answering this, he walked to the golden silk nanmu screen on the side, and in a moment, he walked out from behind the screen, and there was one more thing in his hand.

He came to Chang Suining's side, held the bow in front of her, and held it in front of her with both hands.

"Bang Yue is here, and it will be returned to His Highness as well."

The young man who was much taller than Chang Sui Ning stood in front of her, his figure was tall, his dark blue robe was crisp and flat, and his body was imposing, but the movement of holding the bow at this moment was unprovoked and silently pious.

Chang Sui Ning looked at the bow he held in his hand, and after a moment, he said, "You have protected it very well." ”

I can see that I have been using it, but I have also been carefully maintaining.

is also protected by him so carefully, as well as Yaori, Grenade, Ah Dian, and even the entire Xuan Ce Army.

He called Ah Dian "senior", but he was more like the patriarch, who worked hard and came up with enough means and abilities to protect everything in the Xuance Mansion well.

"Cui Jing, thank you."

This thanks, she wanted to say a long time ago.

"Being in his place, doing his part." Cui Jing did not ask her for credit, but still maintained the posture of holding a bow.

But I heard Chang Suining say: "You are very right, you are in his position." ”

"I said at the beginning, who has the ability to take charge of the Xuance Army in the future, and who will hand over this moon-saving bow to whom, now that it is yours, there is no need to talk about returning it."

She said, "If I want to get it back, I'll take it back by my own skill." ”

She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Cui Jing with a smile: "Before that, it was yours." ”

This is the Moon Bow, and it also represents the military power of the Xuan Ce Army, and now the Xuan Ce Army is no longer the fifteen-year-old Xuan Ce Army, and at this moment she still has no ability to take it back.

Cui Jing can return the Moon Bow to her, but it is impossible for the Xuan Ce Army to return to her with a single word, this is an alternation of military power, not a child's play.

Cui Jing understood what she meant and chose to respect.

He lowered his hand, held the bow at his side, and whispered to her, "Okay, then I'll wait for you to retrieve it someday." ”

Until then, he would do his best to keep everything for her, just as he had done before she had returned.

At this moment, the two stood opposite each other, holding the Yaosun Sword and the Moon Bow on the other, looking at each other and smiling.

"So, Yao Rijian came to Luoyang with the Xuan Ce army this time, and the reason why you said to wait three days is because when your people arrived in Bianzhou with Li Xian today, they could bring it over?" Chang Sui Ning said: "That's because I blamed you, and when you deliberately sold Guanzi." ”

"It's not weird." Cui Jing said very frankly: "The sword can be given at any time, and I really want to take the opportunity to sell it." ”

Seeing her like a pufferfish, it's quite a novelty.

"It's okay, it's up to you to change the sword for me, so I can let you sell it once." Chang Suining looked very relaxed, she sat in the chair with her sword in her arms, and said in a casual tone: "Let's talk about something else." ”

Sensing her pleasure at seeing the Yao Sun Sword, the corners of Cui Jing's mouth also curved slightly.

He sat down, and the next moment, he suddenly heard her ask, "Cui Jing, have we met before?" ”

When she said the past, she naturally referred to her past life.

Cui Jing: "...... Probably not. ”

"Didn't you?"

Cui Jing's tone this time was more affirmative: "No." ”

Chang Suining still had doubts in her heart, but she sometimes had a sense of déjà vu with him.

She thought about it seriously and said, "Maybe you were still young at that time and didn't remember yet." ”

"......" Cui Jing heard the word "small", silently sat up straighter, and said, "No, I've been ...... since I was a child I've always remembered it. ”

Is it? Seeing that he was a little uncomfortable for some reason, Chang Suining was quite suspicious that this person was hiding something, but he couldn't find evidence, and if he saw it, he would have seen it, and he was not an enemy, so what was there to hide?

Chang Suining was puzzled, only to hear the man suddenly say a little cluelessly: "Besides, I have never been much younger than Your Highness. ”

“…… Is it? Chang Suining couldn't understand why he suddenly said this.

"Yes." Cui Jing calculated with her seriously: "When His Highness left early, he was only twenty-three years old, and Cui is now twenty-three. ”

In this way, the age of the two "alive" and the length of years experienced are the same.

"That's not right." Chang Suining also seriously argued with him: "But I still lived for a year last year." ”

Lived a year with his current identity.

"......" Cui Jing was silent for a moment and said, "So Your Highness has only lived one year longer than me at most." ”

After a moment, he added: "But I have been wise since I was a child, and my grandfather used to say that I was more than three years old before the mind of ordinary children. ”

Chang Sui Ning was stunned, this was the first time she had heard Cui Jing's "boast", and under this boasting, there was a calculation that was even more strange than his boasting.

So...... He's going to be three years old, is that what he means?

She was a little unwilling to admit defeat and said: "I can't hide it, my teacher also said this about me, and I am much wiser than ordinary children." ”

and put on an authoritative posture: "My teacher is Mrs. Chu, he is very picky, and rarely praises people, you should know, right?" ”

"......" Cui Jing was completely speechless.

Seeing that he was defeated, Chang Suining, who reacted that he had failed to contain his competitive spirit, coughed lightly and said: "I have never been ranked with you, and I have no intention of forcing you to call me a sister, you don't care about what I do at the age of one and a half years." ”

Cui Jing adjusted his mood: "...... Let's not talk about that. ”

In short, he really wasn't much younger than her.

Cui Jing emphasized again in his heart.

Chang Sui Ning also revealed this strange topic of contention, and she asked casually: "Speaking of which, aren't you afraid of me at all?" I mean, aren't you afraid of ghosts? ”

Cui Jing shook his head: "I'm not Wei Shuyi." ”

Chang Suining: "...... It seems that everyone knows that Wei Shilang is afraid of ghosts. ”

Cui Jing said again: "Besides, in my opinion, His Highness is just His Highness. ”

She is who she is, and she does not have to be equated with any other identity.

And he had been prepared for this, or rather, he had prayed for it - no one in this world should be afraid of a soul that he had been praying for a long time before finally returning.

Chang Sui Ning seemed to have thought of this as well, and she thought of the words that Wu Ji had said to her.

Cui Jing was the one who had the opportunity for her rebirth, and it was he who found the jade of the statue for her.

"Thank you for the matter of the Heavenly Maiden Tower." She made a pun, whether it was the statue of the Celestial Maiden or the fact that he had taken the risk to break the battle for her.

He led her back with Wuji, but the moment he noticed her return, he did not hesitate to choose to stand by her side and hide her secrets for her.

Cui Jing understood: "There is no need to thank you for everything, since you received this responsibility back then, you should have a beginning and an end." ”

Before she returned, he was guarding "her".

It was so before, it is now, and it will be so in the future, this is his mission, or fate. He has never believed in fate, but this fate is the only one that he willingly wants to admit and obey for the rest of his life.

After a moment, he spoke seriously: "Your Highness's journey ahead is thorny, Cui is willing to walk with His Highness, and is willing to use the sword in his hand to smooth out some obstacles for the road ahead——"

Chang Suining couldn't help but look at him: "Cui Jing, do you know where I'm going?" ”

Cui Jing also looked at her sideways: "No matter where." ”

"What if you go to the end and find out that it's a dead end?"

"Then we have to go together." Cui Jing said: "In this way, it is more likely to turn it into a way of life." ”

If the road ahead is full of flowers, he doesn't have to hinder her from watching the flowers and enjoying the scenery.

It was precisely because of the thorns in the road ahead that he should not let her ask for her life alone for the world, so he dared to walk with her.

Chang Sui Ning held the sword in his arms and looked at him quietly for a while, as if he was thinking silently.

"I know what His Highness is keeping, and this move is not to help His Highness, just because this is also the way Cui wants to keep in his heart." He said: "Although Cui is not talented, he thinks that he will never be a drag on His Highness. Your Highness, just go forward with your heart, and you don't have to look back, I will follow. ”

"The dignified general of the Xuan Ce Army will naturally not be a drag." Chang Suining came back to his senses and smiled: "I want to thank you for looking up to me so highly." ”

Cui Jing didn't say anything for a while, just looked at her.

She hadn't answered him positively.

Chang Sui Ning didn't say those ambiguous words, but said to him clearly: "You are a good partner, you are willing to walk with me, it is a blessing for me to ask for it, but I want to think about it again." ”

He was capable and honest, and the most rare thing was that, as he said, he had the same aspirations as hers—needless to say, she had already sensed it.

Such a rare talent, it is said that she should hollow out her head and pull people into her camp, but she has a concern that cannot be bypassed, and she needs to wait and see and think about it again.

Cui Jing could roughly think of where her concerns were, but he didn't ask, only nodded: "Okay, you can think about it slowly, I'm not in a hurry." ”

Chang Suining smiled comfortably when he heard this, it was really relaxing to get along with such a gentleman in the true sense.

No matter what happens in the future, whether the two can walk together, she will at least regard each other as her most special friend.

"I have one more question for you."

Cui Jing: "Ask." ”

"Tell me Wuji, in the matter of the Heavenly Maiden Tower, you are a very critical opportunity." Chang Suining looked at him: "This so-called chance, has it brought you any special abilities?" ”

Cui Jing was puzzled.

For example...... Is there any sense between you and me? ”

Cui Jing thought about it seriously and shook his head: "The opportunity in this is mysterious, and it is not really reflected. ”

Seeing that he didn't seem to have anything to hide, Chang Suining was very relieved in her heart, she was really worried that she would be read by someone, or that he, like Wuji, would have to pay a heavy price for her rebirth.

But he still added: "That formation is an evil formation in the end, if you have any strange perceptions in the future, remember to inform me in time, and we will find a way to solve it together." ”

Sensing her desire to be responsible to the end, Cui Jing nodded with a smile: "Okay, I've written it down." ”

At this moment, there was a faint movement under the corridor outside the hall.

Cui Jing turned his head to look outside the hall and said, "There is still something to be returned to you tonight, and you should refuse this material." ”

Chang Sui Ning also looked out of the hall when he heard this, and then stood up as if he had a feeling.

Cui Jing had already gotten up: "Let's go, go and see you." ”

Good night and good dreams