There was no rushing, and there was no fear, this afternoon in front of the mountain forest cliff was the best time in the past few years. With Li Qinglian in front of him and Xu Lu in the back, he doesn't need to worry about anything.

In the evening, Xu Lu used his magical powers, and the three of them returned to the inn. Before Chen Lin'an came back, Xu Lu left.

"The boss will walk all the way back to the academy, I don't want to stay outside for too long, do you want to go back with me first?" Xu Lu asked Ying Tianchang.

Ying Tianchang shook his head, Xu Lu didn't say much, patted Li Qinglian's shoulder, and disappeared into the inn.

He was afraid that the eldest brother would talk about him, and the second brother had always been long-winded with the eldest brother. After Xu Lu left, Li Qinglian smiled. Ying Tianchang also laughed. The sunset outside is shining, and everything is beautiful.

By the time Chen Lin'an returned to the inn, Ying Tianchang was already drowsy. Chen Lin'an and Li Qinglian sent him back to his room.

After closing the door of Ying Tianchang's room, the weak scholar sighed and said, "You and the second junior brother are tired today. ”

"Don't talk about us, you're the most tired. Li Qinglian said, "I'm just messing around, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, and it doesn't work." Today, letting you stand out for a scholar in the literary world is just a primer, and when you come to Chang'an to redeem the girl in the future, it will be the real big test. ”

Chen Linan nodded, he could see the day coming, but he couldn't help it, he couldn't let go of Wanxiu, and he couldn't see the suffering in the world.

What will happen to him after that, Chen Linan has never thought about it, he has been thinking about how he can live up to Wanxiu and how he can be worthy of the common people.

It's a bit hard to think about. Chen Linan sighed again, it was more difficult than writing an article.

"I'll leave Chang'an tomorrow, have you talked to Miss Xiu?" Li Qinglian didn't want to mention those bad things again.

Speaking of this, Chen Lin'an's face turned into a rotten orange, and he said: "I have already said goodbye, just set off directly tomorrow morning." ”

Li Qinglian smiled: "I'm afraid I won't be able to leave if I see her again?"

Chen Linan nodded and said, "That's the reason." "It is the most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, and the most unforgettable to forget the old love. Chen Lin'an rubbed his hands, thinking of the past two days, his sleeves were breezy and full of joy. Chen Linan rubbed his face vigorously, reminding himself not to think nonsense, he was not in accordance with the rules, but he was still smiling.

"Laughed lewdly. Li Qinglian said. Chen Lin'an gave Li Qinglian a chestnut.

Li Qinglian took off the green skin gourd and took a sip of wine, and said, "I won't go back to the academy with you, I want to go north to see the heavy snow, this way to the north, just to see the maple leaves along the way turn yellow." ”

"Watching the snow is secondary. Chen Lin'an guessed something.

Li Qinglian shook her head and explained: "Someone told me about the wind and snow on the snowfield behind the grassland in the north, and this time I really just went to see the snow. ”

Chen Lin'an showed a smile, he knew who the "someone" in Li Qinglian's mouth was, this person was to Li Qinglian, and Xu Wanxiu was to herself, although Li Qinglian and that she didn't admit it.

Li Qinglian handed the black-sheathed long sword to Chen Lin'an and said, "Don't think about me, think about how you and Xiaosi will go back to you." Others don't know how you Chen Lin'an came out of the academy and where you met Xiaosi and Baozi, but everyone in the world knows that Chen Lin'an will come to Chang'an when he leaves the academy, so those who want to be gluttonous are waiting outside Chang'an, and when they get out of this Gyeonggi land, they will flock to it. ”

"I won't stay overnight in Chang'an, I'll leave right away. This sword came out of the bottom of the Thousand Feet Pond when I was drinking in a place called Peach Blossom Pond earlier. The name of the sword is Peach Blossom, and it is a good sword, but as before, it is not my sword, so it will be left for Xiaosi as a gift. In fact, the second brother also wanted to give a gift, but he didn't know what to give, so he fled back to the academy to scratch his head. ”

Li Qinglian breathed in the cooler air of the night, and there was moonlight in the corridor.

Li Qinglian has always liked moonlight.

He said: "You don't have to worry about me and my second brother, without Xiaosi by our side, it will be easier for us to make a move." ”

Everyone knows that Chen Yi, Xu Er, and Li San leave Chang'an at different times, and gluttony may be by anyone's side.

Chen Lin'an said: "Thank you. ”

"Thank you, we are not the senior brother of Xiao Si?" Li Qinglian patted Chen Lin'an on the shoulder, just like Xu Lu patted him on the shoulder before leaving, how many years have they been brothers, and there are some things that need not to be said.

Of course Chen Lin'an understands. He gave Li Qinglian another chestnut and said: "Although the second junior brother has the weirdest personality among the brothers, he is lazy and has not caused any trouble, but you make trouble all the time, pay attention to your own safety." ”

Li Qinglian looked at the moonlight, and the eldest brother's sentence of "but he was lazy" made Li Qinglian laugh, but Chen Lin'an's next sentence made him unable to laugh.

"You are also a big boss, don't pretend in front of Miss Jiang in the future, if you like it, you like it, you have to dare to say it. ”

Li Qinglian's handsome face also turned into a rotten orange, he looked at Chen Lin'an, and didn't understand how the eldest brother, who couldn't say anything in front of the show girl, had the confidence to say such things to himself. Whether it is the heroines of the rivers and lakes or those ladies, who saw the poetry and wine sword fairy did not follow the devil? When he turned around and saw the bright moon, a delicate and well-behaved little face appeared in his mind, and the corners of Li Qinglian's mouth outlined the arc of the moon.

She said that the wind and snow were like flowers, and she wanted to see the snow.

Li Qinglian suddenly remembered something, raised her head and said: "In addition to this sword, I still have some words for Xiao Si, but I can't tell him directly, I'm not you, I really don't know how to teach people, so I'll tell you." ”

Chen Lin'an bowed his head slightly.

"Xiao Si has a good heart, but his heart is not good. Li Qinglian didn't know if what he said was accurate, he hesitated for a moment, and continued, "It's the kind of people in the rivers and lakes who give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, and it can't be even more ruthless." Even though I only saw him today, I always felt that there was something in his heart, and it was a feeling of being in the wilderness. ”

Li Qinglian organized the wording again, but she always felt that it was unclear, so she didn't speak again. He heard from Xu Lu what Ying Tianchang had done outside the Xuance Gate, and he couldn't let go of it in his heart.

After being silent for a while, Chen Lin'an exhaled and said, "I understand, I know it very well in my heart from the first day I saw the little junior brother. When the little junior brother was ignorant, he saw a lot of hypocrites and real villains, knew the evil of the good people, and also saw the good of the wicked, so he thought more and more miscellaneously. It shouldn't be. ”

"He didn't think much about this world, all he saw was suffering, not much good things. Under the teaching of Mr. and the two old-timers, I know compassion, I also understand right and wrong, and I know what is right and wrong, but I don't pay attention to the rules. But how many of us, even me, can follow the rules everywhere?"

"I'm worried about the state of mind of the little four. Li Qinglian shook her head, Chen Linan didn't understand what he meant, "It's a good thing that Xiao Si can restrain himself, but if he is too much, he will become depressed, and once he is left alone, he will go to the other extreme." ”

So outside the Xuance Gate, Xu Lu would say that Ying Tianchang was not a scholar after all.

Chen Linan also shook his head, he knew what Li Qinglian was talking about. The little junior brother looks at the whole world with strong kindness, and if the world does not respond to the kindness given to him, and the young man feels dirty and bad, the little junior brother will explode with hatred and madness that is stronger than his strong kindness.

There is no way to stop it, it cannot be stopped.

This is the only thing that the little junior brother has learned from wandering around after the gentlemen and a few of them left the little junior brother.

After that, Li Qinglian took the white fox, led the horse, and walked towards the moonlight.

In the inn room, Chen Lin'an put out the burning oil lamp, sat in front of the window, and stayed awake all night.

What Li Qinglian and Xu Lu were worried about, he Chen Linan was also worried about.

In addition, Li Qinglian is right, the journey back to the academy from Chang'an will not be as safe and sound as coming to Chang'an.

Chen Lin'an looked at the night sky, not at the bright moon that emitted a gentle silver light like Li Qinglian, but at the sky covered by darkness without a single star.

Under this dark, cold and lonely sky, Chen Lin'an breathed and exhaled again and again, longing for a change from the unchanging. He knew he couldn't wait for this change, and he knew that there was no such change. But as the old saying goes, he retains a hope.

To the little junior brother, to Wanxiu, to the heavens, to the world, and to the common people.

Also to yourself.

"Unruly. The scholar's words as thin as a mosquito were accompanied by a sigh and spit in the world.

Early the next morning, Chen Linan walked out of Chang'an with Ying Tianchang. The scholar gave the black-sheathed long sword of the green-shirted swordsman to the young man, and roughly explained the origin of the long sword and the fact that Li Qinglian gave him the sword, but other than that, he didn't say much.

The boy held the long sword, thought for a moment, and carried it behind him. The Confucian shirt on his body, the jade jue on his waist, the long sword on his back, and the books in his bag all made Ying Tianchang feel that he had grown up a little. Sometimes these things happen very quickly, and a person becomes completely different from before in the blink of an eye.

But in essence, the teenager felt that he had not changed. Even if he has the peach blossom that breaks the city gate of the Xuance Gate, he can't break the Xuance Gate.

Ying Tianchang knew this very well, and he was extremely eager for that day to come as soon as possible. Li Qinglian let the teenager have a pursuit.

What can he do when he achieves this pursuit? The boy was overjoyed.

Outside Chang'an, the white-robed scholar stood on the official road outside the city gate early, waiting for the two people who were ready to leave Chang'an today.

It's just a simple goodbye, a few words. At the end of the separation, Cui Yu solemnly bowed to the head of the day, saying: "The mountains are high and the water is long, the road in the world is far away, I hope Mr. Ying can be calm and proud, where he is in the future, the world is full of spring breeze." ”

"I hope we can meet again in the future and have three drinks together. ”

Ying Tianchang was a little confused, how could he be called Mr. Ying? The young man didn't feel that he was worthy of this title.

This is the first time in a teenager's life that he has been called "Mr. Ying". He didn't like it. Because others call Chen Lin'an "Mr. Chen", the young man thinks that if he is called "Mr. Ying", his soul and body will be restricted, like a rope tied to a wild dog.

Is he a wild dog? Ying Tianchang can't give himself an answer, this answer needs to be given to him by others, such as the world, such as the common people, such as Chen Lin'an around him, such as those who are by his side and those who are not by his side, whether it is a person or any other creature, or what story or something. This should be a matter of deciding one's own life and finding one's own attitude, but Ying Tianchang needs others to tell him, and he has to rely on others to tell him.

Chen Linan looked at all this with a smile and returned the salute for his ignorant little brother.

Then one big and one small walked on the red dust road, and occasionally a breeze blew down a leaf, raising tiny dust.

The road is long and obstructive.

And behind the two of them, this Chang'an is as prosperous as a ruin.