To Rule in a Turbulent World

You Miao's heart, which had been hanging for most of the night, finally let go, and she curled up beside Zhao Chao, laying her head on his shoulder and dozing off.Zhao Chao's body is not very strong, although he is taller than You Miao, like a pampered son, but for some reason, he feels a sense of security.

As if relying on him, this dark and damp cabin is safe.

There was a human voice outside, and they were still very close. You Miao woke up immediately, and when she looked up, she found Zhao Chao looking down at him.

"What's wrong?" You Miao was a little nervous, her eyebrows were still furrowed: "Have you eaten?"

You Miao's hands and feet were bound, and she couldn't wipe her face when she woke up, so she had to put her face on Zhao Chao's neck and wipe it on his collar.

Zhao Chao whispered: "You look pretty, do you look like your mother or your father?"

"My mother."

You Miao smiled, her lips were red and her teeth were white. When she was in the capital, she and Li Yan and others were all dressed in fine clothes and jade belts. The young man was reckless and his pommel horse was flying. Almost everyone who met him said he was handsome, except for his father, who always disdained him. Said: The embroidered pillow is filled with straw bags.

The door was opened, it was already sunny outside, the light came in, You Miao and Zhao Chao both squinted their eyes, a tall barbarian walked in outside the door, threw the dough cake and snowballs on the ground, You Miao was thinking about how to eat , but saw the man walking towards him, lifting his collar.

You Miao yelled, but Zhao Chao shouted, "Don't bully him!"

The man spoke a bunch of words, but You Miao couldn't understand, but saw Zhao Chao struggling to get up, bumped his head at the barbarian, and bit his wrist, the barbarian immediately abandoned You Miao, and threw him aside, Lift Zhao Chao's hair, press his head and hit the wall!

After two bangs, You Miao yelled loudly: "Let him go!"

"Zhao Chao! Zhao Chao——!"

"Don't...don't talk." Zhao Chao was bumped into muffled sounds, and the barbarian was enraged by Zhao Chao and dragged him out.You Miao cried and shouted: "Zhao Chao! Zhao Chao!"

The door was knocked and slammed shut, and there was a loud crackling sound of the horsewhip outside. You Miao realized that Zhao Chao was sending him out to be beaten in order to protect a stranger like him!His face was full of tears, he knelt on the ground and couldn't help shaking, choked up and said: "Zhao Chao... Zhao Chao..."

You Miao put her head on the ground, choked up and shed tears. Outside, Zhao Chao was beaten and moaned in pain, but the barbarians laughed wantonly.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the door opened again, and Zhao Chao fell in with his head covered in blood, motionless like a dead dog.You Miao lost her voice: "Zhao Chao!"

Zhao Chao rolled on the ground, struggled to roll to the wall, and said dying, "I'm fine...don't be afraid."

Zhao Chao's face was covered with snow foam, his left eye was swollen high, and the corner of his mouth was bloodstained. He leaned against You Miao's arms, and You Miao suppressed crying, trembling all over.

"Go eat..." Zhao Chao whispered.

You Miao stopped crying, leaned over, came back with the bread in her mouth, and bit the snowballs thrown on the ground.

Zhao Chao: "Give me some water..."

You Miao chewed the snowball in her mouth, then lowered her head after it melted, and fed it into Zhao Chao's mouth with her lips.Zhao Chao's Adam's apple moved, and You Miao ate some bread, chewed it up, and fed it to Zhao Chao.

You Miao's face was reddish. It's not that he has never kissed a man before, but at the moment when he was feeding Zhao Chao, his heart was beating extremely violently. In this dark room, it was as if they were relying on each other's lives.

"Why did you save me?" You Miao said.

Zhao Chao said disapprovingly, "Looking at how handsome you are, I can't bear to see you being beaten. I feel sorry for you, what's wrong?"

You Miao couldn't laugh or cry immediately, and said, "I will repay you."

Zhao Chao: "One more fragrance, as a reward."

You Miao lowered her head to the ground, bit a piece of bread and chewed, thinking that if she could get to know this guy in the capital, she must be tired of being together every day, and what about Li Yanping, Zhao Chao didn't treat him well.The tenderness and delicacy of young people is the most touching. After the incident with Li Zhifeng, You Miao couldn't help but waver.

When You Miao fed Zhao Chaoshi again, Zhao Chao poked out his tongue and fed him something. You Miao bit the thing and felt it was very hard. He held it in his mouth and licked it with his tongue, and licked a little bloody smell, like a star Irregular pearls.

You Miao: "?"

Zhao Chao: "Brother rewards you, hahaha."

You Miao said vaguely: "What?"

You Miao spit out the thing and let it fall on the skirt of his clothes, and he saw it was a broken molar.Immediately understood, it was Zhao Chao who was beaten and knocked down just now.

"Throw it away." Zhao Chao said casually.

You Miao's eyes were a little red, and he picked it up again, and let it fall into his inner pocket.The two teenagers just snuggled together in the dark room.

The room was getting colder and colder, Zhao Chao leaned on You Miao's arms, and sang with a hoarse voice.

"The sky and the earth are long... My heart is twitching, this life is long, there is nothing else I can ask for... I can't ask for it, I can't give it up..."

After You Miao heard this song, his thoughts were pulled back to the distant Jiangbei in an instant.

You Miao: "Those who know me say I am worried... Those who don't know me say what I want..."

Zhao Chao said wearily: "You also know this song?"

"My mother taught me when I was a child." You Miao said in a daze.

There was a hole in the roof above the head, a full moon in the night sky, and the moonlight just fell through the hole.

Zhao Chao: "Is your mother in Jiangbei or still in the capital?"

You Miao: "It's already gone, buried in Jiangbei."

Zhao Chao: "My mother also taught me this song."

You Miao: "Where's your mother?"

Zhao Chao: "I went too, buried in Liangzhou."

You Miao said: "Your father will send someone to rescue you."

Zhao Chao smiled wryly, "I am a bastard."

You Miao understood, nodded, and asked again: "What kind of official is your father?"

Zhao Chao: "I'm a very young official, no one in my family is looking at me seriously, don't ask me, relying on my father, mother and ancestors, I'm not considered a good man."

You Miao said happily: "After you get out, you will hang out with me, and my master will give you endless money."

Zhao Chao laughed and said, "Success, that's the deal."

You Miao really wanted to repay Zhao Chao sincerely, not for anything else, just because of the beating he suffered for him, and he said: "I'll sing a song for you."

"There are trees in the mountains, and there are branches in the trees, and the heart is happy, but you don't know..."

You Miao's voice was clean and clear, and the corners of Zhao Chao's mouth curled up slightly, and he said, "Yue Renge? Is your mother a Yue girl?"

You Miao nodded, and the two of them leaned together and fell asleep quietly. Half asleep and half awake, Zhao Chao whispered in his ear: "When your family comes to redeem you, when you return to the capital, help my brother and I Looking for someone. The man named Deng Lin in the Ministry of Rites's residence..."

You Miao knew this man, and he had always had a good time with Li Yan, Ping Er, the family of the Minister of Justice, and the family of the servants, because their fathers or uncles were officials in the court, and they were like princes. But Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Changqing of Dali Temple were not in the prince's team, so there was very little communication.

"Don't think too much about it." You Miao said, "If you can go together, I have to redeem you to go back even if I spend money."

Zhao Chao: "It's good if we can go together. If not, you can send a message to the Deng family as I ordered. It depends on your luck."

You Miao hummed, and fell asleep leaning against Zhao Chao, her hands and feet were bound numb, feeling very uncomfortable.After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Zhao Chao suddenly called him.

"Wake up, You Miao." Zhao Chao said, "Can you hear me?"

"What?" You Miao was sleepy, raised her head ignorantly, Zhao Chao's lips were almost touching his lips, and whispered: "There is movement outside."