you got on my tail

After finishing the last sentence, Bai Xuehe still didn't reply. He was still sitting quietly by the pool, and the hot spring steamed with white steam, covering him in a cloud of mist.

Bai Xuehe stretched out one hand, and slowly put it on Canghua's shoulder, sliding his feet in the water, as if he wanted to get up.

"You want to go out?" Cang Hua held his arm, but he couldn't hear any reply, he could only feel the bone-piercing cold on the porcelain-like skin, even through the material of the clothes, he still felt that skin was smooth, as if he was going out. I sweated a lot.

"Bai Xuehe!"

Cang Hua called out again, as if waking Bai Xuehe from his drowning nightmare, he suddenly turned his head, revealing a sharp, pretty and pale face.

There was no smile on that face, he covered his mouth, and still couldn't hold back the blood from his heart. The red thick liquid flowed from between his fingers, and fell into the hot spring water, turning into a bright red stream.

"You can't bear it any longer!" Cang Hua suddenly pinched his waist, and easily lifted him into his arms and got up, "It doesn't matter, I will take you back to get the pain relief ointment. One day, we can slowly quit. ..."

"No." Bai Xuehe shook his head, bit his lower lip like a child, tried his best to wipe the blood between his fingers on his clothes, then clasped Cang Hua's neck firmly with his right hand, pointed at himself with the other, and said stubbornly: "I Can."

"Listen to me, you will..."

"No, you listen to me." He raised and lowered his hand, barely resting on Cang Hua's chest, and slashed his collar halfway, his voice was not loud, but there was absolutely no doubt about it.

Then, Bai Xuehe spat out the blood from his throat, stretched out his hand to hang Cang Hua's neck vigorously, brought his face infinitely close, and tried his best to kiss his lips.

"Come."

The light and easy word stopped all Cang Hua's movements.

Finally, the room fell silent.

Standing outside the door, Fu Jijue looked up at the snow in the mountains, his purple eyes flashed a bit dark, the purple light was fleeting, and a red figure flashed not far away, standing beside him like a ghost.

"My lord, your first love is not obedient." The fox demon Li Ye approached, then walked beside him like a boneless person, and left the capital. A wildfire.

Fu Jijue didn't answer, his eyes were cold and there was no emotion at all. Li Ye suddenly felt a little timid, then stood up reluctantly, and analyzed in a calm tone: "Bai Xuehe, he didn't believe you, right?"

"I know him well. Even if he doubts me, he won't doubt me for a long time." Fu Jijue looked at the snow scene behind him, and replied with a smile after a long time. He will return to the capital because of Xitong ointment, and he will not be able to escape."

"But……"

"What's more." Fu Jijue smiled softly, but there was no warmth in his voice, "He was tortured in the sky prison, and he was bullied by others when he was beside the emperor. It was only because he wanted to save me that he could barely hold his breath."

"But he is different from the past. Now he has Canghua. Although Canghua can't remember the past, he is a dragon after all." Li Ye seemed very unconvinced, and greeted the conversation, "He is just a pawn, and he is useless now , and there is a troublesome dragon god around, why can't we abandon our children."

"Because I want the will." Fu Jijue squinted his eyes and moved his knuckles, "Xu Yan once trusted Yuyan very much, but besides us, Yuyan only knew him. I guess the will must be in on him."

Li Ye immediately asked: "What if the will is false?"

"No." Fu Jijue shook his head, "Have you forgotten? The last decree was in my hands first, and I deliberately let King Yu find out that the old emperor must have a reason for leaving such a thing. , This thing is not in my hands, I always feel uneasy."

"Even if there is any descendant of the prince, he would have died a long time ago." Li Ye smiled, with some haste and sarcasm in his smile, and then stepped forward to hold Fu Jijue's arm, as if wanting to urge him to leave, "Besides, this person Without soldiers and horses, why should he be an enemy of the emperor."

"Of course I know that." But Fu Jijue didn't pay attention to Li Ye's expression, "It's just that there is one strange thing, why does Yu Wang go crazy?"

"He was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, and now he is being imprisoned in the sky prison." Li Ye said quickly, "Of course he will be driven crazy, what's so strange about that."

"If he is really crazy, the Queen Mother will not be silent." Fu Jijue shook his head and added, "Although the Queen Mother is weak, King Yu is her own son, and she is not someone who can hold her breath."

"What if the Queen Mother doesn't know?"

"Impossible." Fu Jijue smiled gently, and stretched out his hand to call for the white horse, "There are many eyes and ears in the palace, and you underestimate the queen mother too much, I suddenly wondered whether people like Bai Xuehe really treat Canghua with sincerity. "

"My lord, do you want him just like the emperor?"

This sentence followed Fu Jijue's voice, the voice was very soft, but it made Fu Jijue's heart tremble.

Li Ye immediately stopped talking, and didn't dare to ask any more questions, as if he was afraid of hearing any answers.

"You underestimate the queen mother too much." Fu Jijue smiled lightly and followed, but he didn't mean to reply, and naturally continued with another thing, "Although the emperor's ascension to the throne depends on himself for eight points, but at least two points depend on her .”

At this moment, snowflakes were flying, and heavy snow fell on the shoulders of the two of them. Fu Jijue took off his cloak and slowly put it on Li Ye's shoulders.

"Let's go back, the emperor is still waiting for me." Fu Jijue patted him on the shoulder, raised his finger and pointed at the white horse in front of him, "A Li, get on the horse."

Li Ye's eyes were a little dazed, he hesitated for a long time before approaching, wrapped in gray fox fur, stepped on the horse, buried his face in the gentle gray fox fur, after a while he lowered his head, and said softly: "What I said just now, you should Didn't hear it."

"You also know how much bullying I have suffered before and after being the prince born of this concubine." Fu Jijue looked at him with elegant and gentle eyes, just like the hot spring water just now, "Now Cang Hua has forgotten all the past, I It's just a fight, to make our lives better, what we have experienced, no one else can compare."

"kindness."

Li Ye nodded and did not make another sound.I don't know whether to believe it or not.

They had indeed experienced a lot, but apart from following them, he couldn't judge anything.

For example, the fox fur on his body, he didn't know whether it was to cover the cold, or to cover up the high-profile red dress on his body.

……

In the corner of the hot spring, the white gas is steaming, and the atmosphere is still a bit charming.

The air is vaguely moist, almost dripping water.

Cang Hua's whole body was naked, soaked in water, her cheeks were flushed and hot, beside her was a white snow crane that had lost strength.

Bai Xuehe was half clothed, most of the cold sweat on his face had faded, he leaned against the spring and stretched out his hand, poking Cang Hua's cheek deliberately, tilting his head and smiling, "Why haven't you turned into a snake..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a "teng" beside him, and the tall young man disappeared, leaving only a small snake floating on the water. The fat snake floated, and then began to sink slowly. The white snow crane held him by the tip of its tail , lift up the whole snake.

The fat snake sometimes turned black and sometimes turned red, trying to wriggle so as not to meet his gaze, Bai Xuehe deliberately carried him around, in the end he had no choice but to tightly close his eyes.

No matter how many times, after every time, he will always show this expression of fear and nervousness, as if he has made a big mistake, and he is unparalleled in the world.

After recalling the identity of the Dragon God, Cang Hua is not easy to admit the fact that he was a stupid snake, and the ability to become a snake can only be used at this moment.

"Why do you always turn into a snake?" Bai Xuehe stared at the upside-down snake, and asked interestingly: "I told you a long time ago that I won't get pregnant, so you don't need to be responsible and take care of me."

"It was you who turned me into a snake!" The fat snake spat out a hoarse milky voice and began to struggle hard.

Bai Xuehe turned around following his movements, and his eyes suddenly turned black.

The momentary weakness of hands and feet gave the little snake an opportunity to jump into the water.

Bai Xuehe tried his best to look for the snake with squinted eyes, but he couldn't find it all the time. In the end, he was a little embarrassed and could only pretend to pat the water.

Seeing that Bai Xuehe didn't go to catch it, the little snake took the initiative to stick to his palm and said in a low voice, "Are you... better?"

"En." Bai Xuehe nodded, and didn't continue to tease him, "Don't worry, this thing is only for a while, and I'll feel better when the pain is over."

The fat snake held its breath in the water for a while, and seemed to have finally slowed down. He floated up to the surface of the water, revealing half of his head, and his eyes were filled with the skin with bright red spots and the bony collarbone. Wang Shui.

"Don't do this." The little snake quickly lowered his head.

"What don't you want?" Bai Xuehe leaned forward, deliberately stretched out his hand to poke him, tilted his body, the water in his collarbone spilled out, and slid down his shoulders.

"Oh!" Little Snake's voice was filled with anger, "Put your clothes on!"

One person and one snake quarreled for a while, but in the end, Bai Xuehe put on his clothes properly.

Although the temperature in the room was very hot, Cang Hua strongly urged him to put on his coat, so Bai Xuehe had no choice but to put on his coat belt, and the two of them wrestled with each other and lay down on the floor for a while.

It was almost dusk, and the owner of the hot spring sent someone to remind him, so he sat on the ground and put on his socks. Suddenly he looked up, and saw a vast and distant sky, empty and lonely.

A group of wild geese flew by, and when they flew far away, they became dim.

Bai Xuehe stretched out his hand and drew the shape of a bird in the air like a child. He had been in the capital for a long time, and he hadn't seen such a vast world for a long time, so he felt a little surprised for a while.

"I envy the vastness of the world, but it was my choice in the past, so even if I suffer, I can't blame others." Bai Xuehe smiled, put down his hands that were gesticulating in the sky, and asked with his face on his face: "It's really strange. The King of Yan has been planning for so long, why do you still doubt him when things come to an end?"

Indeed, if King Yan wanted to raise an army, he should not have handed over the weapons ambushed in the outskirts of the capital, and his martial arts had been abolished, his body was covered with scars, and he had been imprisoned in the mansion for nearly three years.

Many years ago, how he supported and helped him to obtain fame, and how he begged the emperor to spare his life in the sky prison. Fu Jijue didn't mention a word about all these things, but Bai Xuehe remembered them all, so he always They all hated themselves for being cowardly, hated themselves for preparing for a long time, and finally begged for mercy.

Maybe it was because of a serious illness, he felt that he was just confused, maybe there was something else that he didn't want to understand, so that he really had no other people to doubt except him.

He once wanted very much to bring down the emperor, to support King Yan to control the world, and to take revenge on all those who looked down on him.

Or referring to his long-cherished wish, now that King Yan has the military power in his hands, he can continue to think of strategies to win more rights, even the throne.

It's just that at this moment, there is only one voice in my heart talking, go, don't look back.

Normally, he would look down on this kind of person who chooses to avoid hatred.

"Whether you want to leave or stay, I can do it." Cang Hua said another topic, reached out to help him up, and then patted his chest, "In short, I will protect you."

Bai Xuehe raised his head, looked at Cang Hua's still immature face, and the hand he was holding her tightly, and was silent for a moment.

He is not a monster, and half of his life was consumed by the previous incident. Perhaps because his strength is really limited, he faintly feels that he will not live long, and it is not suitable to pursue further.

He has been hanging on his breath, thinking that if King Yan is better off, he can risk his life or death, but now his heart is full of thoughts about the world, and he just wants to spend a little more time with the inexplicable guy in front of him and be more comfortable for a few days.

"Then let's go." Bai Xuehe smiled, leaned on his shoulder, limped towards the carriage, pointed forward, "at least, after this big year."

"En." Cang Hua agreed with a smile, showing her beautiful canine teeth in the setting sun.

Bai Xuehe looked at his smile, maybe it was rare to meet someone who didn't know his details, maybe he was alone for so long, he didn't expect that unconsciously, he was probably moved.

……

The Spring Festival is only five days away, and there are reunions everywhere. Bai Xuehe still travels day and night, rushing to Lizhou where he bought a house and land.

Fu Jiying promised him ten days, just because he felt that he couldn't do without Xitong ointment, and he would come back when he should.

Therefore, Bai Xuehe believed that Fu Jiying did not send anyone to follow, and he had seen King Yan before, if someone followed, they should have reported it long ago, and Fu Jiying would have sent someone to call him back.

So he wants to seize the ten days and hide in Lizhou, and then find a way to disappear.

On the seventh night before the opening of the capital, the group of three from Baifu finally arrived in Lizhou. The capital was still extremely cold in early spring, but the climate in Lingnan was hot and humid, which had a special flavor.

Although no one knew about the house in Lizhou, Bai Xuehe still hired some people to clean it regularly. He came here for the first time today. He did not expect that the windows of this small house were bright and clean, and someone even pasted bright red window grilles on the window paper. It looked very festive .

The servants didn't know Bai Xuehe's real name and surname, so they all called him Master Lin as instructed. Bai Xuehe was very satisfied, and gave him some New Year's money generously.

At the end of the payment, there was not much money left, and there was a sound of Bai Fu knocking on the door. Bai Xuehe was startled, and put the money into his sleeve very stingily, thinking that it was lucky that he didn't see it.

"Master, I brought you some novelty snacks, pineapple shortbread." Unknowingly, Bai Fu entered the door with a bag of flour in his arms, and said with a smile, "This Lingnan New Year eats 'youjiao', probably the dumplings we made, but There are two kinds of fillings, sweet and salty, I went to the street to buy flour and sugar, or let’s make it and try it.”

"I don't know how to cook, so you can get some if you want to eat." Presumably he didn't know about the reward, Bai Xuehe breathed a sigh of relief, helped him pat the flour on his body, raised his eyebrows and said: "It's dirty to make a bag of noodles." So, what about Cang Hua?"

"He went outside and said he wanted to eat meat." Bai Fu took a half step back embarrassedly, shaking the flour outside, "It's very difficult to buy vegetables here, and there are discussions about the border war outside, so I stood there for a while , can’t understand anything?”

"War." Bai Xuehe was picking at the dim sum he put on the table, his fingers resting on the corner of his mouth, with some cake crumbs on it, even so, his tone was disdainful, "Lingnan is far away from Mobei, What can they hear?"

"I heard that Lord Yan went to lead the army. It was probably after we went to the hot spring. So we left that night." Bai Fu felt that he wanted to hear about King Yan, so he said truthfully: "Then Going to the hot spring every day, it is true that King Yan's old injury relapsed and he couldn't sleep, but the injury has not healed, and he has to rush there all night again. I think the emperor finally let us go, but he is still cruel after all..."

It's not that he hasn't seen those injuries before, and he can even explain their origins.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty.Holding the shortbread in his hand, Bai Xuehe was silent for a long time before taking a big bite.

With a sound of "boom", the door was suddenly pushed open vigorously, and Cang Hua was standing at the door holding a cloth bag and carrying a few sugar canes on his shoulders, like a pig.

As the sun was dim, Bai Xuehe felt a little dizzy, he stretched out his hand, trying to reach that broad and powerful shoulder.

Just as his fingertips brushed Canghua's cloth, a person was suddenly pushed out, and then lay between the two, Bai Xuehe frowned, trying to identify the familiar face in front of him.

"Guess who's here!" Cang Hua's voice came from behind the man, faintly excited, "Bai Xuehe, look!"

Bai Fu also froze on the spot, holding the flour bowl in his hand, and hit the ground with a "bang".

It was a woman with a familiar face, she was young and delicate, but she wore a woman's hairstyle, there was no decoration between her temples, and she was only wearing a coarse cloth.

"Master." Xiaowei stepped back timidly, facing Bai Xuehe's blurred eyes, and responded with a weak voice, "I am Xiaowei."

"Xiao Wei came alone, and no one else followed behind him." Cang Hua saw Bai Xuehe took half a step back, thinking that he was afraid of being discovered, and specially added, "I followed behind to see, and there was absolutely no one else."

Bai Xuehe sat down, took a sip of bitter tea and couldn't swallow it, the gloom in front of his eyes faded slightly, and he smiled slowly.

"Xiaowei, why are you here?" Seeing that Bai Xuehe didn't speak, Bai Fu was very anxious. He reached out and squeezed Xiaowei's hand, slipping nervously over the frostbite on her hand, "Didn't you marry and go to Panzhou? What happened?"

Xiaowei left the White Mansion at that time, and Bai Fu didn't dare to stop him, but after all, the two had known each other for a while. When Bai Xuehe was not in the mansion, he would go out occasionally, and had some contact with Xiaowei, until Xiaowei married later. When he went to another place, he felt that it was not appropriate to always contact her, so he didn't send her any more letters or things.

"I never thought that the two of you would be in touch." Bai Xuehe grinned, this smile was really well-intentioned, without any sarcasm.

But Xiaowei blushed. She lowered her head and held the teacup in silence for a long time. After a while, tears fell down in big drops.

Bai Xuehe was stunned for a moment, but Cang Hua remembered the past and hurriedly asked: "Didn't you come to the capital before? Could it be that someone is trying to harm you?"

"That's not true." Xiao Wei wiped away her tears, and said slowly, "It's my husband's accident."

Xiaowei married a farmer surnamed Chen. Although her family background was average, she was honest and honest. Because she was from the capital, she was inevitably delicate in life, so she was treated very well.

That day, Xiaowei left home for the capital, firstly to see the white snow crane that escaped from death, and secondly to buy some high-quality seeds at the capital market and go back to plant the land.

For farmers, land is the capital of life, but that day, a big family came to her for no reason, relying on her large number of people and power, to force her family's land rent in advance.

Xiaowei's husband couldn't compete with others and was young and energetic, so he couldn't help but strike. He was so strong that he broke a leg of the rich young master. Not only the land was taken back, but even the person was brought into the government.

Chen Nongfu is not a native of Panzhou, his hometown happens to be in Lizhou, Lingnan, so Xiaowei sold some clothes and jewelry to make money, and wanted to go to Lizhou to borrow some money and get him out of prison first.

Not long after she arrived in Lizhou, she met Cang Hua who was wandering in the street, very tall and carrying sugar cane, she couldn't help but be inconspicuous.

"It can be seen that people can't always compete." After she finished speaking, Bai Xuehe smiled, stretched out her hand to pinch a snack, and said in a light tone, "You go to the Chen family, they will definitely not take you in, let alone borrow money to go out. "

"you!"

Xiaowei was still proud and arrogant, she was a little embarrassed at first, but now her face turned pale with anger, she raised her hand and was about to go out.

"Master!" Bai Fu blushed anxiously, and pulled Bai Xuehe's sleeve, pleading.

"You can try it, and you will be rejected." Bai Xuehe raised his eyebrows, not caring about his expression, "You will know whether my master is right or not."

Xiaowei managed to hold back the tears, but they were about to burst out again, Cang Hua frowned and pushed him away, Bai Xuehe just raised his hand and pointed to the drawer.

Bai Fu immediately understood, got up and pulled it away, and took out a piece of silver from it. Xiao Wei pushed it away at first, but finally thought of Xianggong, so he still took it in his hand.

"My money." Bai Xuehe knocked on the corner of the table, raised one leg and smiled, "It's not for nothing."

"Wait until I rescue Mr. Bai." Bai Fu tried to persuade him again, but Xiao Wei squeezed the silver tightly, poked his neck and said, "Our family will eventually have money, and we will return it to Mr. Bai."

"I have plenty of money, who cares about your few." Bai Xuehe looked at her unchanging stubborn expression and smiled, "It's Chinese New Year's Eve, stay and have a hot meal before leaving."

Xiaowei was taken aback for a while, but Bai Fu breathed a sigh of relief when he couldn't recover for a while.

"One more thing." Bai Xuehe smiled, showing a bit of the expression on his brows when he was doing his old job in Dali Temple, and he didn't speak directly to the topic, but made indirect remarks.

"You have been living in a farmhouse in Panzhou, so where did you get the news when you came to see me in the capital?"