falling dust

Yun Shi woke up, looked around in a daze, a strange place, and the melodious music of silk and bamboo gradually wafted into her ears, she stood up and patted off the dust, and followed the sound.

The birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant. Not far away, a man in white was sitting cross-legged on a stone, with gurgling water beside him. He was holding a guqin in his arms, and his fingers were jumping. She suddenly felt that this scene was very familiar, but she couldn't remember it. She subconsciously walked towards him.

The man looked up and saw her coming, with a gentle smile on his face, his hands kept moving, and the music sounded more beautiful, Yun Shi suddenly felt refreshed.

Yun Shi stood beside him and listened quietly to his music. When the song was over, Yun Shi was still unsatisfied. She asked, "What's your song? It's very nice."

The man stood up, smoothed the folds of his clothes, stood holding the piano, and said with a light smile, "Xiao Shao."

Yun Shi looked curious: "This name is so familiar."

The man's face froze slightly, and he said: "There are nine chapters in this song, I only played eight chapters, and I will ask the girl to listen to it when Xiao Shao is ninety percent."

"Okay" Yun Shi said happily.

"I haven't asked the girl's name yet?"

Yun Shi's mind suddenly became dull, she shook her head vigorously, raised her head and said blankly: "I forgot."

The man was stunned for a moment, then smiled warmly, and said: "It's okay, I'm Xia Chonghua."

"The girl lives near here?" Chonghua asked.

Yun Shi shook his head: "I just woke up and went to look for your piano sound. I seem to have forgotten where I live. What is this place?"

Chonghua showed sympathy: "This is outside the capital, I live in front, if you have nowhere to go, go to my place first."

Yun Shi asked: "Then do you know how to play the piano?"

Zhonghua smiled and nodded.

Yun Shi's eyes lit up, and he said, "I have nowhere to go, so I'll go to your place."

Chonghua saw her smile brightly, showing pampering on her face.

Yun Shi suddenly looked into his eyes and asked, "Chonghua, are you called Chonghua because your eyes have double pupils?"

Chonghua was taken aback for a moment, and said, "You guessed right."

"Then why do you have double pupils?"

There was a bruise in Chonghua's eyes, and he sighed, "I don't know, they said it was an ominous sign."

"Who are they?" Yun Shi asked.

Chonghua recovered his smile and said, "Why do you have so many questions?"

Yun Shi looked innocent: "Hey, I don't know, so I naturally have to ask, don't you like me asking?"

Chonghua smiled: "Of course not, but if you have finished asking all the questions, what will you ask tomorrow."

Yun Shi tilted his head and thought, "It seems that what you said makes sense, so I'll ask tomorrow."

Chonghua was amused by her, and urged: "Let's go, it's not safe here when it's dark."

Yun Shi tilted her head and was about to ask why it was unsafe, when she saw Chonghua looking forward as if she was facing a formidable enemy. She looked over and saw a few dark men in green clothes, carrying a very rough short knife get in the way.

Yun Shi frowned, pointed at them and asked Chonghua, "Are they the ones you're talking about being unsafe?"

Chonghua's expression was solemn and he did not answer, he protected her behind him: "Follow me closely."

The leading man said: "Second Young Master is indeed here, and Eldest Young Master sent me to invite you."

Chong Hua embraced the guqin, stood in front of him and said coldly: "Hua has a guest today, so it's inconvenient to go, please tell my brother, Hua will come to apologize in another day."

The leading man showed a ferocious face, pointed at him with the tip of the knife and said ruthlessly, "If you are toasting, you will not eat the fine wine."

He rushed up with the knife first, followed by the men next to him.

The sound of the zither sounded, and the killing spirit was fully displayed. The person who rushed up was shocked by the sound of the zither, stepped back a few steps, and rushed up again.

Chonghua's subordinates plucked the strings again, but those people rushed forward against the sound of the piano.

Doubt flashed in Chonghua's eyes, he played another note with his backhand, but he didn't stop them, the leader had already slashed over, Chonghua Hengqin went to block, the strings were all cut off, Chonghua had no choice but to throw the Guqin at them , and then retreated while holding the cloud.

Yun Shi might as well be staggered by him, she shook off Chonghua's hand, and with a flash of brilliance, she said displeasedly, "I'll clean them up for you."

Seeing that she had crippled one person after making a move, Chonghua was surprised but understood.

Yun Shi dealt with the rest of the people with a few random spells. She clapped her hands and looked at Chong Hua, proudly saying, "What?"

Chonghua boasted: "I didn't expect you to possess magic skills, but I underestimated you."

Suddenly an arrow shot out from the side and went straight to Yunshi, "Careful" Chonghua stretched out his hand to push Yunshi away, the sharp arrow brushed past Yunshi's ear and went straight into Chonghua's chest, when Yunshi saw his eyes suddenly lost their luster, Surprised: "Chonghua!"

She glared at the direction the arrow was coming from, and waved her hand with a sharp blow, blasting that piece out of a big hole in an instant.

There was a slight smile at the corner of Chonghua's mouth, and then he fell to the ground.

Yun Shi pulled out the arrow, and the spiritual power in his hand leaked out, and the wound healed slowly in a moment, she called Chong Hua a few times, Chong Hua woke up, looked at Yun Shi's worried face, and said softly: "I'm hurting you!" Don't worry, I'm fine."

Yun Shi blamed: "Why did you block that arrow, they can't hurt me."

Chonghua looked ashamed, he said: "I can't let you get hurt."

Yun Shi was taken aback: "Why are you so nice to me?"

Chonghua looked into her eyes and said seriously: "They came here for me, so naturally I won't let them hurt you."

Yun Shi stared blankly at him, and said for a while, "Chong Hua, I seem to have seen you before."

Chonghua chuckled, I often come here to play the piano, you may have seen it.

Yun Shi thought for a while, and said, "I can't remember."

Chonghua picked up the Guqin and said, "Don't worry, I will remember it later."

Yun Shi looked at the broken Guqin in his hand and frowned: "Can this Qin still be repaired?"

Chonghua looked at the Guqin and said regretfully: "The strings made of shark silk are the only ones for this one, and I can't find them."

Yun Shi said disappointedly: "Then you won't be able to play."

Chonghua smiled slyly: "Not necessarily."

"Hey, how do you play without the strings?" Yun Shi asked curiously.

Chonghua said: "Since they broke my strings, it would be better for his master to pay me back."

Yun Shi suddenly became interested: "Does he have better ones? Then let's go quickly."

Chonghua said mysteriously: "Shh, there are many masters in my brother's house, we have to find the right time."

Yun Shi disdainfully said: "Are they as good as me!"

Chonghua smiled: "Of course not as good as you, I forgot about you as a master."

"Hmph, shall we go now?"

Chonghua said helplessly: "It's not urgent, it's getting late now, let's go back quickly." He pointed to the distant mountains and forests and said: "There is a monster living in this mountain, it is very ferocious, and it will come out to eat at night. Human."

Seeing the horror he said, Yun Shi didn't care and said, "If it dares to eat me, I'll knock out its teeth."

Chonghua laughed out loud, Yun Shi saw that his smile had lost his gentle and elegant image, and said contemptuously, "You don't believe me?"

Chonghua hurriedly said: "Trust me, but I'm very hungry now, we'd better go back and have dinner before discussing this matter."

Yun Shi still wanted to show off his fists, but seeing his pitiful look, he stopped mentioning it.

Yunshi lived in Chonghua's mansion for a few days, she missed Xiao Shao played by Chonghua, so she urged Chonghua to go and steal the strings, Chonghua saw that she was bored and bored all day, so she complied.

In the evening, he changed into light clothes with Yunshi, covered his face and sneaked into the mansion of the eldest son Chongming. Chonghua is familiar with this place, and getting the strings is easy. He didn't come here in the past because he has no obsession with the strings. Now his Shame string was destroyed by Chongming, it was better for him to pay him back.

When he glanced at the eager cloud beside him, a complex look flashed in his eyes, so what if he took it to play a song for her.

When she took the strings and left, Yun Shi's eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a slender figure of a woman walking by not far away, her brain was shaken, her eyes chased that figure, and she subconsciously wanted to go after that figure.

Seeing the patrolling team not far away, Chonghua was startled, quickly pulled her back, and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"

Yun Shi ignored him, seeing the figure disappear, she was anxious, raised her hand to brush away Chong Hua, flew up, and looked for that side.

Seeing Yunshi's figure, the patrol team chased after her with a loud shout. Seeing that the patrol team was approaching, Chonghua had to dodge into the house to avoid it.

When he escaped the patrol team and came out, Yun Shi had long since disappeared. He let out annoyance and searched quietly in the mansion.

Yun Shi searched for a long time, but there was no one there. On the contrary, there were more and more patrolling guards behind her. She felt agitated. Seeing them chasing after them like assholes, the brilliance flashed in her hand, and the guards behind her fell to the ground.

After solving the follower, Yun Shi searched from yard to yard. The more she couldn't find it, the more anxious she became, and her movements became louder. Suddenly, a black shadow flew out from the side, and Yun Shi didn't even look at it. After a pause, he stood beside her and looked at her.

Yun Shi was stunned for a moment, seeing someone who could receive her spells, he looked over curiously.

Seeing that she was covering her face, the black figure frowned and said sharply, "Who are you, dare to break into my mansion."

"You are Chongming?" Yun Shi asked tentatively.

The black shadow froze for a moment, obviously surprised that she recognized him: "You recognize me?"

Yun Shi snorted: "I don't recognize you."

Chongming received her blow, knowing that he was not the opponent, so he changed his face and asked: "Since the girl doesn't know me, why did you break into my mansion at night?"

Yun Shi didn't answer him, and asked: "I just saw a woman in white clothes, which courtyard does she live in?"

Chongming saw that she didn't look like an assassin, he said: "The girl is here to find someone?"

Yun Shi annoyed him with questions, she annoyed: "You have so many questions, where does she live?"

Chongming said: "The girl hasn't answered me yet."

Yun Shi was impatient, seeing that he didn't answer, he didn't want to waste time entangled with him here, so he walked away.

Chong Ming stepped forward to block her way, and said: "Since this is my residence, the girl can't leave without explaining clearly."

Yun Shi's face showed anger, she didn't like Chongming because of Chonghua's attack before, but seeing him this time is really hateful, a ball of flames ignited in her palm, she waved her hand and hit Chongming.

Seeing the flame in her palm, Chongming was startled, and looked at her in disbelief. Yun Shi thought he couldn't hide, so he waited all the time to see his distressed expression.

But a person jumped out from the side, pushed Chong Ming away, and easily scattered the flames with a flick of his sleeve.

Yun Shi was taken aback, looked at the masked figure in front of him, and said displeasedly, "Who are you?"

The visitor let out a snort, his voice as deep as an abyss: "You can't kill him yet."

Yun Shi disdained: "Why?"

The person under the mask smiled ironically: "If he dies, how will the story develop."

Yun Shi was puzzled, but he didn't want to talk to him anymore, she didn't kill him in the first place, and she was not disappointed when she saw Chongming was rescued, she just passed them and continued to search forward.

Chongming thanked him, the masked man snorted softly, ungrateful, and flew into the night.

Yun Shi searched a few more places, but still found nothing, she wanted to continue, Chonghua came out from the dark, stopped her and said: "Since she lives here, she is not in a hurry, now that she is discovered, I am afraid they will Send more people to search for you and me, or go back first."

Yun Shi was discouraged and resentfully followed him back.

After returning to the mansion for a few days, Yun Shi still remembered that slender figure. She felt it was very familiar in her mind, but she couldn't remember it, so she was always obsessed with Chongming's mansion.

Chonghua had no choice but to pick up the strings and play Xiao Shao for her.

For some reason, when Xiao Shao was together, Yun Shi felt that the obsession in her heart was slowly dissipating. She felt uneasy, but she was addicted to the sound of the piano.

Seeing that the sound of the piano could soothe her, Chonghua played with her every day, and slowly he stopped thinking about looking for that figure.

Yun Shi was in Chonghua's mansion for three months, Chonghua treated Yun Shi very well, Yun Shi was only familiar with him, and treated him like a relative.

Not long after Chonghua's father passed away, the secret struggle between Chonghua and Chongming turned into an open struggle. Only then did Yun Shi know that both Chonghua and Chongming were the sons of the current monarch.

Yunshi learned from Chonghua that his father preferred him to be the successor, but his elder brother always wanted to get rid of him for the sake of the throne.