Chapter 15 Chapter 1: Gun Fifteen

into the night. Xiatang is the only one in Wanzhou among the vassal states of the Eastern Continent, and the most prosperous time is late at night.During the day, the news of the young warrior's victory over the Golden Horde had spread throughout Nanhuai City. The streets and alleys were full of surprises, and the people in the wine shop were all talking about the bravery of the young warrior from the country who drove back the barbarian warrior with a single shot.But when it came to the boy's name, no one knew it, and it was not mentioned in the posted list at all. At the same time, under Gu Feng in the Ji family courtyard, the owner waved his hands angrily and ordered the servants: "Close the door, lock the front door. If he doesn't come back, don't worry about him, let him go wherever he wants!"

The door creaked shut, and the animal head on the door faced the people outside ferociously.There was an empty space in front of the door, and after a long time, a figure came out from the darkness.He silently walked under the lantern with Ji's family crest, stood under the gate for a long time, and gently pushed the gate.The door was indeed locked so tightly that he couldn't push it.His hand swept over the brass ring, but he didn't pull it. Turning around, the man bowed his head and walked away step by step, dragging a long gun barrel that was slightly out of proportion to his figure.The lantern in front of the door illuminates his receding back, which is a bit ridiculous.

Ziliang Street, the most prosperous area in Nanhuai City. The lights of wine shops and brothels stay on all night, but they can't illuminate the deep alleys on the side of the street.Only when the chariots and horses of rich and wealthy families pass by the street, the lights around the chariot can briefly shine into the alley.A man sat with his knees folded in the darkness, letting the lights of the past illuminate his face. "This time, we can feel proud when we get off to Tang..." The people on the carriage outside seemed to be still talking. The words were blown away by the wind, the summer night wind was not cold, but it was blowing very lonely.Sweeping aimlessly across the entire alley, and blowing on the people in the alley, he remained motionless.

"Guess who I am, guess who I am." Someone said from behind. Ji Ye was stunned for a moment, thinking it was an illusion, but the feeling of those soft hands covering his face was so real. "Is it a little pig?" Yu Ran ran to him and sat down, looked at him solemnly, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it!" "what?" "Golden chrysanthemum! It's my birthday today, and you said you would give it to me. Now you have won, and you are the hero of Tang Dynasty. Sending me a golden chrysanthemum will not be so stingy, right?" Yu Ran said Go up and scrape Himeno's nose.

Ji Ye lowered his head, remained silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't get it... I don't have time to buy anything else for you, and I have run out of money." Yu Ran was stunned for a moment, she lowered her head to catch a glimpse of Ji Ye's expression from below, a curly dark brown hair was twitching mischievously on her cheek. "If you didn't win, you didn't win. In fact, I don't care about the golden chrysanthemums of your Tang emperor." She shrugged. "The king is not the emperor, but the duke."

Yu Ran rolled her eyes, "I'm not in the mood to care what your king is!" "How did you come?" "You think I'm really here to ask you for golden chrysanthemums? I'm here to find you! I can't find them anywhere..." Yu Ran pouted, she felt that Ji Ye was really a piece of wood, and she didn't know to thank her.She has kindly spent a lot of time in these alleys. She has also been to the stone boat by the Phoenix Pond to watch the lights, the two-winged stone lion that can be ridden in front of the Confucian Temple, and even under the tree where the dates are not yet ripe. , Himeno and her have been thinking about that tree for half a summer, but there is no Himeno anywhere.

"Are you looking for me?" Ji Ye stared blankly at her.It turns out that there is still one person in the world who will look for him in the middle of the night, worrying that he will be lost forever in the vast sea of ​​people. "Hey! What time is it? Late at night! I didn't come out to look for you, did I come out to look at the stars?" Yu Ran angrily smashed Ji Ye's head, but Ji Ye didn't move, he buried his head between his knees.Yu Ran slammed and slammed, and suddenly froze, she stretched out her hand to touch Ji Ye's face, her hand was wet. "Ah! Why are you...why are you crying?"

"No...the sand got into the eyes..." Ji Ye shook his head. Yu Ran stayed there for a long time, and finally pulled his hand, "Okay, okay, just like a big clown. Let's go, I'll take you back to my house to sleep." The boy and the girl walked hand in hand on the quiet side street, crossed the alley, and turned around the corner again.After leaving Ziliang Street, it becomes quiet. Occasionally, there are beggars, monks and wandering painters poking their heads in the darkness on the side of the street. Other than that, there are only the two of them, wandering around, as if they are boundless, and I don’t know how long they will go. .

Yu Ran got bored walking, so she started singing.Sometimes it's the ethereal and incomprehensible ballads of the Yu tribe, and sometimes it's the slang in the alleys of Nanhuai City.Himeno always kept his head down. "Little mouse, go up to the lampstand, steal oil to eat, can't get down, chirp and call grandma, grandma said, yes! yes! little dead ghost," Yu Ran walked backwards to Ji Ye and pulled his face, "little dead ghost... Little ghost..." "Why do you keep pulling my face?" "Smelly temper! I only grab your face if I like it, and I'm not interested in bringing your brother's face to me," Yu Ran stuck out her tongue, "It's like a ball of white flour, and I don't even knead it."

"Why? Others say that Chang Ye is very beautiful." "I don't care what others say, I just hate his face, I can't say why." Ji Ye stopped suddenly, "Yuran... why do some people like a person, but others don't like him?" Yu Ran thought for a while, "I don't know, but Grandpa said that people's hearts are very small and can't hold many things. You can only like a few people, and maybe there is only one person you like the most. Then your All your thoughts are on him, so you can’t like anyone else.” "That's right..." Ji Ye suddenly realized and nodded.

Yu Ran gave him a hard look, "I didn't mean you!"