A glance at the spring breeze

At this moment, Yin turned around and reached out to touch Ruan Lan's forehead.

Ruan Lan's clear eyes looked at Yin Jian, who stretched his eyebrows, half of his face was covered with silver moonlight.

"Your Majesty... I don't have a fever anymore." Ruan Lan lowered her eyes, looking at her injured arm.

"Ah."

"Your Majesty, let's set out to find the exit now."

Yin Jian helped Ruan Lan stand up from the ground.

The firewood next to it had been burned out, exuding a pungent burnt smell, and still emitting some white smoke.

Yin Jian put on the plainclothes outer robe that was placed on the haystack, folded half of the dragon robe on his arm, and said to Ruan Lan, "There is no other way at the moment, we can only walk around to see where there are clues .”

Ruan Lan looked around and found that there was only a strange weed within sight. Ruan Lan took out a torch, blew on it, and then poked forward, but there were still only weeds growing on the ground around. Those withered yellow rough, flying upwards, and overgrown weeds, there is nothing else - any further away, and the sight is blocked by a looming fog.

"Let's go in this direction."

Yin Jian pointed casually.

"it is good."

In fact, it is the same wherever you go, there is no difference.

The two walked towards the place Yin Jian pointed to, and they could see clearly in the misty distance—it was still a piece of dry grass.

Ruan Lan said in a low voice: "It's strange... There are other things on the ground during the day, but at night, these grasses that are seven or eight inches long are everywhere..."

"We should have entered the enchantment set by Xichen."

When the light of the fire was not shining, the tip of the withered grass would reflect the silvery moonlight, and the place about thirty steps away was completely covered by the mist.

Without exception.

There are only clumps of dead grass all around.

The two continued to walk for about a stick of incense, when Ruan Lan suddenly opened her eyes wide, and her tone was full of surprise: "Your Majesty! Look, there is a situation ahead."

Yin Xian looked forward, and sure enough, he saw a foreign object lying not far away, obviously different from the withered grass, which was dark and pressed on the withered grass.

They were finally about to see something that wasn't grass.

But the fire was so dim that they could not see what it was.

The two walked quickly towards that direction, however, as they got closer and closer, they could see more and more clearly——

Ruan Lan's health is not good now, when he saw clearly what was lying on the ground, he almost couldn't stand still, and almost collapsed on the ground.

Fortunately, Yin Jian supported him.

Yin rolled forward and bent down to investigate.

It was a pile of nearly burnt branches, black and white ash mingled with the trunks - still exuding a faint smoky and choking smell.

There was a low haystack piled up next to the firewood pile, and Ruan Lan reached out to touch it—there was still a trace of warmth on it, and there were some golden threads, which should be the dragon robe fabric that fell off his injured arm .

Whether it is the state of the firewood and the haystack, or the orientation of the placement, it is the same as before.

"These are indeed what we left behind." Yin Jian stood up from the firewood pile and looked at Ruan Lan.

"But—" Ruan Lan couldn't accept it, "We have already left, how could..."

They kept going forward without turning around, why did they walk back after a long time?

Yin Jian looked up at the bright moon that had never moved: "This is probably the enchantment set up by Xichen. Didn't you say that he is watching us from the side, maybe he sees us in this area now? Wandering around in the grass, unable to find a way out, just complacent there."

Ruan Lan was a little disappointed, after all, he really thought they had found a way out.

Even if only a little bit of exit clues can be found.

Ruan Lan sat weakly on the haystack, suddenly felt a little cold, and collected the clothes from both sides with her hands.

Yin Jian spread out the half of the dragon robe, put it on Ruan Lan, and tied it in a knot.The dragon robe was already wide and thick, even if it was missing by half, it could still cover Ruan Lan's body.

Yin Jian said, "This way it won't be cold."

Ruan Lan shook her head and said dejectedly: "There is no water and no food right now, even if I don't starve to death, I will freeze to death in this cold night."

Yin Xian snatched the fire fold from his hand, then grabbed his arm, dragged him over to his ear, and bit the earlobe.

"Your Majesty—" Ruan Lan exclaimed, "What are you doing!"

Yin Jian's bite was not light, Ruan Lan was bitten painfully by him, he seemed to be able to feel the tooth marks left by Yin Jian on his ears.Ruan Lan felt the blood all over her body rushing upwards, and her ear was instantly hot to the point of redness.

The small side of Yin Jian's face was illuminated by the torch in his hand, and his heroic eyes seemed to be full of starlight. He stared intently at Ruan Lan, and said in a gentle and peaceful voice, "Ruan Lan, you were killed by me in the deep palace before." After being under house arrest for so many years, I never thought of giving up, and escaped without wasting a single chance. Didn't you finally escape from the palace later, why don't you believe in yourself now?"

Ruan Lan looked down at the hand tightly held by Yin Jian.

There was a scorching and warm feeling in his palm.

He seemed less cold.

Before Ruan Lan could answer, she heard Yin Jian say again: "You bit me so many times before, it's not too much for me to pay you back once."

"When will I—"

Ruan Lan was halfway through speaking, only to realize that what Yin Jian was talking about was about the bed. He immediately turned his head in embarrassment, "Your Majesty is making fun of me again."

Seeing that Ruan Lan's gloomy expression had improved, Yin Jian knew that Ruan Lan had listened to his advice just now.

The two held hands and continued to sit for half a stick of incense, Ruan Lan suddenly frowned.

"Your Majesty, did you hear anything—a strange sound."

Yin Jian obviously noticed it too, he closed his eyes and listened to the voice.

The sound was very slight, and the two of them held their breaths, but they couldn't identify what the sound was.

Ruan Lan continued to listen suspiciously for a while, then looked at Yin Jian and shook her head.

——I can't hear you clearly.

After a while, the voice finally became louder.

"I, I didn't mean to lie to him—"

Yin Jian and Ruan Lan looked at each other.

Finally heard it this time!

Someone was talking, and, what was being said—

"I didn't mean to lie to him."

Both of them were extremely puzzled by this sentence, and did not understand what this person was trying to express.

The timbre of this voice seemed to be elongated by the wilderness, and they couldn't even tell whether the owner of the voice was old or young.

Yin Jian pointed Huo Zhezi towards the source of the sound, but the scene in the distance was still the same as before, all shrouded in a layer of white mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Is there anyone else on this island?" Ruan Lan whispered in Yin Xian's ear.

Yin shook his head to show he didn't know.

At this moment, another voice floated faintly—"If he finds out, will he forgive you?"

Yin Jian looked at Ruan Lan, and silently said with his mouth: "This is another person."

"Yeah." Ruan Lan nodded.

——"I want to marry her...I have to be with her..."

--"do you like her?"

— "I love her. I didn't mean to lie to her."

It seems that the "he" in the previous few sentences should also be "she".

——I didn't mean to lie to her..."

--"I did not do it on purpose……"

--"I'm not……"

--"I……"

Afterwards, those voices completely disappeared.

Only when it was confirmed that there was no sound in the distance did they heave a sigh of relief. They had been restraining their breathing just now, for fear of missing any clues.

"Just a few words...?" Ruan Lan said.

Yin Jian pondered: "What does the owner of the voice want to express..."

"Also, these few words don't seem to have anything to do with how to break the barrier."

The two were silent for a long time, Yin Jian said: "Why don't we investigate the direction of that voice, maybe we can find some surprises."

Ruan Lan looked towards the lifeless fog and said, "That's the only way."

Yin Jian took Ruan Lan's hand and walked in front.

This time the two walked more carefully, about twice as long as last time, and they didn't come to the end.

It seems that this time there is a play.

Just when the idea of ​​"finally going out" sprouted in the two of them, everything that suddenly appeared in front of them suddenly extinguished their expectations.

—a black pile of firewood, and a low haystack.

Ruan Lan turned around, feeling a sense of despair rippling in her heart.

Endless nights, endless dry grass, and piles of firewood that can never get out...

In the lifeless and motionless wilderness, there is no living thing, and there is no sound of the wind.

Could it be... Could it be that they are going to die silently in this enchantment overgrown with wild grass?

"Ruan Lan, look."

Yin rolled his fingers to the sky.

"The moon is moving!"

Ruan Lan raised her head suddenly.

really--!

The pale yellow crescent moon has moved westward compared to when I saw it just now.It finally began to move along its trajectory of rising east and falling west.

It's going to dawn!

"Ruan Lan, listen—"

Ruan Lan heard, as if not far away, the sound of waves hitting the shore.

Rhino Chen's enchantment was broken? !

Now, they can finally leave here.

The sound of the waves was getting louder and more turbulent, and the smell of salty sea water filled their nostrils——

not good.

Ruan Lan's heart sank.

They were too happy.

The torch was still burning, and they looked along the bright yellow light, and saw sea water approaching only eight or nine zhang away from them.

——The sea water is surging up, menacingly, it seems that it is about to engulf everything on this island.

Yin Jian held Ruan Lan's hand tightly and shouted, "Run!"

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Alone, hungry and cold, writing about other people’s love affairs in the study room, if I were rhinoceros, I would burn them to death with barrels of oil...