Square inch by Kyushu

When Huangfu Guangbo saw Gu Yanxi again, it was already summer in Southern Qin Dynasty.He didn't ask him why he left without saying goodbye, nor where he had been these days.He just gave him a long-lost reunion hug, and a thousand words "I miss you so much".

After that, they get along as if nothing happened.He would still often take him to sneak into the palace, go to the tallest building in Jinyang to gaze at the Milky Way and get drunk; he would still invite him to Uncle Chen's noodle shop, asking for two bowls of beef noodles and two eggs, but he would treat the other party Put the egg yolks that you don't like into your own bowl; he will still come to the Yuemei River with him, watch him dance chains under the moon, and he will sing his flute to make peace.

He is as old as he was, or even more so.

It's just that Gu Yanxi clearly understood in her heart that they were no longer different.

At least, I am no longer different to him...

"Yanxi, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, I never thought we'd known each other for four years before we knew it." Huangfu Guangbo lay on his back on the top of the tallest building in Jinyang City, squinting at the fine snow that was falling one after another , I just feel that this situation and this scene seem familiar.

"Although we always love to run to the south of the Yangtze River, after all, we are most closely related to the wind and snow in the north."

Gu Yanxi lay beside him without saying a word, listening to him quietly.I just feel that at this moment, I finally found a trace of peace in my heart.

At the end of the new year, Dongxiang also urged him to go back to celebrate the new year. It seems that Master Jiu will not take any action this year.

"Tomorrow is supposed to be a day for family reunion, but after all, there are many things in the palace, so I'm afraid I have to be busy until late to accompany you, Yan Xi, can you wait for me?" He turned to look at him, his eyes full of hope.

When Gu Yanxi heard this, she turned her head a little funny and said, "On the day of family reunion, why don't you go to accompany your father, what are you going to do with me?"

Huangfu Guangbo imitated him and frowned, then asked coldly: "Don't you think you are also my family?"

After hearing this, Gu Yanxi's eyes froze, and he murmured: "Am I..." His voice was extremely low and soft, rather than asking the other party, it was more like asking himself.

Without waiting for him to say the following words, Huangfu Guangbo quickly placed a kiss on his lips, and then promised: "After the kiss, it will be fine. After all, I am not a person who starts and ends."

Gu Yanxi looked at the other party quietly, a smile gradually appeared on her lips, but there were two solemn expressions in her eyes: "Guangbo, please remember, no matter what kind of danger you are in from now on, I will come to your side to protect you." Hello."

Huangfu Guangbo smiled softly, stroking his hair and lovingly said: "Yanxi, I should have said this to you."

While speaking, he slowly lowered his head and gradually approached him.Close enough to see the boundless moonlight in his pupils, close enough to see the clouds and mist deep in the bottom of his eyes, close enough to see his own reflection in the dimly lit place.

"After tomorrow's time, you will wait for me at the 'Yuemei Riverside' where we first met, okay?"

Before the word "good" came out of his mouth, he had already covered his two pieces of softness with all his tenderness.

The world is cold and silent, but only this place is as warm as Shaochun.

Gu Yanxi didn't wait until Zishi to go to Yuemei River, but came to the riverside as soon as it got dark.

At this time, a thick layer of ice had formed on the river, but the plum trees on both sides of the river bloomed in full bloom in response to the severe cold, instantly obliterating all the loneliness.

Light a pile of bonfires, and then hold two or two moonlight.He will recall the wine and think to himself four years ago today—whether such thick ice formed on the river?Are there so many red plums blooming on the branches?Does the north wind also roll up such dense snow, and does the bright moon also shine to the end of the sky?

At this time, he suddenly drew out the soft sword at his waist, flicked it and chanted:

The tide of the Chunjiang River connects to the sea, and the moon and the sea coexist.

Yanyan followed the waves for thousands of miles, where is the spring river without moonlight.

The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlit flowers and forests look like hail.

Frost in the sky flies unconsciously, and Baisha cannot be seen in Tingshang.

There is no dust in the sky, and a lone moon wheel in the sky.

Who on the riverside sees the moon for the first time, and when does the river moon shine on people?

Life is endless from generation to generation, Jiang Yue is only similar year after year.

I don't know who Jiangyue is for, but I see the Yangtze River sending water.

The white clouds were gone, and Qingfeng Pu had no worries.

Whose house is boating tonight, where is Acacia Mingyue Tower?

Poor wandering upstairs in the moon, should be shone away from the makeup mirror.

The Yuhu curtain can't be rolled away, but it is returned on the anvil.

At this time, we look at each other and not hear each other, and I am willing to follow the monarch every month.

The swan goose flies for a long time, and the fish and dragon dive into the water.

Last night the dream of Xiantan fell, and Poor Chun didn't return home.

The river flows and spring is gone, and the river pond falls to the west.

The oblique moon sinks into the sea fog, and the Jieshi Xiaoxiang Road is endless.

I don't know how many people will return to Chengyue, but the moon is full of love.

He chanted the poem over and over again, and drank the wine in his glass glass by glass.The bonfire in front of him was burning vigorously, but he didn't feel warm. Instead, he felt that his reason was being repeatedly scorched by the crackling flames.

But he had no choice.

All he could do was hope that by that day, he would be able to save his life.Just like what he said last night: No matter what danger he is in, he will come to his side to protect him.

The hour passed, but Gu Yanxi did not wait for Huangfu Guangbo, but instead waited for a big fire - only to see the flames of Jinyang City in the distance rising to the sky and thick smoke, which instantly woke up the whole midnight and ignited the whole winter.

Gu Yanxi's heart trembled, she had probably guessed what was going on in the city, so she hurried on her horse and rushed to Jinyang, but unexpectedly, she was stopped by Huangfu Guangbo's personal attendant Le Tian alone on the way.

Le Tian put the horse in front of him, and urged urgently: "Young Master Gu, Your Highness knows that you must go back when you see the fire in the city. He specially sent me to stop you and tell you not to go back to the city."

Gu Yanxi reined in the reins, and only said two words to Le Tian: "Get out of the way!" The voice was as cold as he had ever heard before, and the eyes were as cold as he had never seen before.

Although Young Master Gu in my memory has always looked indifferent and desolate, but his temperament is as quiet and gentle as jade, and he has never had such a fierce and evil side like Shura.

Le Tian saw it, and fear suddenly rose in his heart, but when he thought of his master's entrustment, he bit the bullet and crossed the horse a little bit, gritted his teeth and said: "It is already thousands of troops and horses pouring into Jinyang City. It's a battlefield, it's very dangerous to go in now. Young Master, although you have the best knowledge, you can't fight ten thousand with one enemy, you should stay outside the city and wait for him to come out."

"What if he can't get out?" Gu Yanxi stared at Le Tian for a moment, and at this moment, she only hoped that the other party could give her an answer that "Huangfu Guangbo will be able to escape".

But Le Tian just bit his lower lip, eyes flushed and said: "Your Highness said, if he... can't come out, I hope you can avenge him for his return to the country!"

Gu Yanxi couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing this: "Revenge for his restoration of the country"?

It was probably the biggest, funniest joke he'd ever heard in his life—didn't he know that the man he trusted was the real culprit?Heh...Of course he doesn't know!How would he know?

Le Tian looked at this usually taciturn Mr. Gu with a confused face and laughed endlessly, feeling desolate in his heart - just because he laughed too sadly and heartbrokenly.

Le Tian just wanted to speak to persuade him, but he suddenly jumped off the saddle, tapped his toes, and flew past him like a gust of wind and rushed towards the city.

And when Gu Yanxi brushed against him, he suddenly whispered in his ear: "Sorry, I can't avenge him. You have to live a good life, Letian."

When Gu Yanxi came to the city, he saw a sea of ​​flames and smoke filling the air, blood flowing into rivers and corpses strewn all over the place.There were shouts of fighting and the cries of families being destroyed everywhere.

The city in front of me is no longer the happy and peaceful Jinyang of yesterday, it has now become a purgatory on earth where ghosts and wolves howl.

Although it is not his own country, seeing such a tragedy, his eyes still turned frosty.

Master Jiu, is this what you mean by "one general succeeds and ten thousand bones dry up"?Or is it what you believe in the "circle of cause and effect, blood for blood"?

But even if the Nanqin royal family was one of the culprits who caused your country to be ruined and your family destroyed, why are these Jinyang people guilty?

Gu Yanxi sneered, her clenched fists were already turning white.

At this time, a familiar wail suddenly came from the alley, which made his heart tremble.

Turning around and looking, I saw that the direction of the voice was the location of Uncle Chen's noodle shop.

So he immediately rushed over at the fastest speed, and just happened to block the oncoming sharp knife for Uncle Chen.

The soldier was already red-eyed, and when he saw someone running to get in the way, he became even more angry, and swung his machete to attack again.But before he had time to react, he was pierced through his chest and abdomen by an extremely thin and extremely long "silver chain", until he stopped breathing, his eyes were still full of unbelievable horror.

Gu Yanxi drew back the soft sword neatly, and looked at the corpse lying in front of her expressionlessly, her eyes were horribly cold.

Although he knew that the other party was Dongxiang's soldier, he still couldn't restrain the killing intent in his heart; just as even though he knew his position, he still wanted to run to save him at this moment!

"Xiao Gu, thank you. But I may not be able to do it..." Uncle Chen beside him patted Gu Yanxi's hand tremblingly at this time, and he was already angry: "Now the city is in turmoil, you should still Run for your life quickly."

"Uncle Chen...you..."

"How did you do this?" He didn't ask the second half of the sentence after he looked down and saw the severed lower limbs of the other party, but Uncle Chen understood it.

Trying to pull out a smile, Uncle Chen still smiled so honestly and kindly, with the kindness of the elders: "I am not at a disadvantage at this age, but although I am willing to die, I am reluctant to part with this noodle stall, so I want to escape the city." Come over here to have a look, who knew that they would focus on my worthless baggage...You and His Royal Highness are good boys, not only always come to eat my noodles, but also always make me happy, thank you...You ..."

Before the word "men" was uttered, Uncle Chen stopped breathing with his out-of-focus pupils.

Gu Yanxi's arms trembled, and her eyes, which were always as quiet as the moon, were now blood red with anger.

But who should he vent his anger on?

After all, it was not others who killed them, but themselves!

After all, the instigator of all this is not others, but himself!

"Uncle Chen, I'm sorry"

Kowtowing heavily to Uncle Chen three times, he gently closed his eyes, placed his body inside the noodle booth, and covered it with sundries.

After that, he quickly ran to the palace.

At this moment, his heart was filled with fear—he was afraid that Huangfu Guangbo would fall into his arms like Uncle Chen, his body would gradually become cold, and his breathing would stop forever... He didn't know how many Dongxiang soldiers he had killed along the way. , I don't know how many Southern Qin soldiers I have killed, but I just want to run to the palace wholeheartedly, find Huangfu Guangbo, and take him out of here.

No matter whether he will hate himself after knowing the truth, no matter whether he will seek revenge from Dong Xiang, but he just wants to take him out of here.

The Southern Qin imperial palace was even more tragic than the outside: everywhere it passed was filled with towering mountains of corpses.The beams above his head were crumbling, and the palace beside him kept collapsing... Gu Yanxi shuttled back and forth, rushing frantically to all the places where Huangfu Guangbo might appear. Although his heart was filled with fear at this moment, he always told himself to stay calm .

Just as he was about to enter the bedroom of King Nanqin, a familiar voice suddenly stopped him, with the joy of relief and the joy of finally meeting each other.

"Xi'er, I knew you would come to help me." Ji Changfeng was wearing a brocade-scale battle armor, holding a three-foot green spear, and his voice was like a bell.

Although his whole body was covered in blood and there were countless scars at this time, his face was full of heroism and momentum, without any trace of fatigue.

"Xi'er, come! Put on my Dongxiang's battle armor quickly, so as not to be accidentally injured by your own soldiers."

While speaking, he personally put on Dongxiang's battle armor for Gu Yanxi, with smiles in his eyes.

Gu Yanxi walked over and quickly put on the battle armor without saying a word, although she was very anxious at the moment, she forcibly restrained herself.If Master Jiu could see what he was thinking, he might never have the chance to rescue Huangfu Guangbo.

So after putting on the battle armor, he immediately clasped his fists and begged for orders: "The palace is about to collapse, and the situation in the palace is difficult to distinguish between true and false. It is too dangerous for the king to go in now. I ask for orders to go in and investigate. Once the King of Nanqin is found, the king will be ordered to live." You can see the dead and you can see the corpse."

Just as Ji Changfeng was about to ask for permission, a person rushed out of the hall and shouted: "I want to see who dares to see my father's dead body alive or dead?"