Little Gudong didn't come. It turned out that after Mu Shi took Luo Lianyi away that day, Little Gudong whispered a few words into little Sable's ear, then let it go and let it follow them quietly.
The little sable lay on Luo Lianyi's shoulder, barked a few times, and then hugged her face tightly. Luo Lianyi guessed that it might mean that little Gudong didn't follow, so she had to close the wooden door and fumble to relight the candle.
"Sable, thank you for coming to keep me company." She rubbed her face on the sable's slippery hair, hugged it and sat on the bed, reading a book by the candlelight. The warmth of the sable dispelled her loneliness and panic.
, she was completely immersed in the martial arts moves in the scriptures without realizing it.
I don’t know how long it took, but Sable had already fallen asleep nestled against her. She also felt that her eyelids were dim and sleepy, so she put down the book, blew out the candles, and fell asleep with Sable in her clothes. That night, she actually slept very well.
serene.
At the Sanqing Taoist Temple, Xiao Gudong waited for the Grand Tutor and others to leave, then quietly went up to the Chenxiang Pavilion, walked to the Prince, knelt beside the Prince silently, and watched him recite scriptures for the Imperial Concubine.
"Little Gudong, do you have something to say?" Liu Fan turned around and asked him after finishing reading the scriptures.
"Your Highness, I want to tell you a secret." Little Gudong's eyes were dark and he looked like a ghost.
"What secret?" Liu Fan asked hurriedly.
Little Gudong leaned close to his ear and said: "Your Highness, I asked the little sable to secretly follow the master and sister Lianyi. It won't be long before the little sable will come to pick us up."
"Really!?" Liu Fan was overjoyed.
"Shh! Don't let them hear it, especially Sister Xiaozhu." Xiao Gudong hurriedly made a "shush" gesture.
"I understand." Liu Fan followed him and said "Shh", and the two looked at each other and smiled.
"Your Highness, let's go practice." Xiao Gudong hugged Liu Fan's arm. Liu Fan's face cleared, and he stood up and followed Xiao Gudong briskly out of Chenxiang Pavilion and went to the practice ground to practice. Xiao Zhu was far away.
Looking at him, he looked good and had a relieved smile on his face.
At night, Liu Fan stood in the attic facing the wind, his longing for him became stronger again. He dismissed the others, leaving little Gudong alone by his side, and asked him quietly: "Are you sure that the little sable won't get lost?"
"No, don't worry, Your Highness." Xiao Gudong confidently said with his hands behind his back and his chubby belly.
Liu Fan couldn't help but smile when he looked at him, then looked at the dark sky and sighed deeply.
"Zhizhi——" Suddenly, a black shadow came out of nowhere and threw itself into little Gudong's arms.
"Miao'er is back!" Xiao Gudong and Liu Fan were so surprised that they almost shouted.
"Shh!"
The two of them "booed" at the same time.
"Your Highness, it's cold upstairs, please go back to your room and rest." Xiaozhu quietly climbed up to the attic, feeling slightly blessed.
"Okay, you go down first, Xiao Gudong and I will play for a while." After Liu Fan finished speaking, he turned to Xiao Gudong and said, "Let's practice this trick of 'finding a path through flowers' again."
"Yes!" Xiao Gudong turned his finger into a sword and made sword moves. The two ignored Xiao Zhu and began to sparring. Xiao Zhu looked at it for a while, jumped up in the air, and hit Liu Fan's waist with the "Dancing Willow" move.
Lu Fan turned around to avoid it, stopped and said to her: "You go down and have a rest first, Xiao Gudong and I will practice." He was anxious to ask Xiao Gudong about Diao'er, but he just wanted Xiao Zhu to leave quickly.
open.
Xiaozhu didn't know what was going on. She felt sad when she saw that the prince urged her to leave again and again, unlike before where he always kept her by his side. She put away her moves and whispered: "Xiaozhu, please leave." Then she turned around quickly.
Walked away.
"Sister Xiaozhu seems unhappy." Xiao Gudong whispered after Xiaozhu came downstairs.
"Ignore her, ask Zable where they are." Liu Fan turned around and picked up Diao'er, who had been staying quietly beside him, on the railing.
Little Gudong came over and asked the sable in a low voice: "Sable, are you following them?" The sable squeaked twice and raised its foot. Liu Fan looked at its foot and saw that there was a long rope wrapped around it.
He twisted the hair down and said excitedly to Little Gudong: "It's her hair. She must have tied it to Mink's leg specially."
"Then let's go find her!" Liu Fan was instantly impulsive.
"Your Highness! Let's wait until the emperor comes." Xiao Gudong hurriedly grabbed his collar.
"But Diao'er is back, what if the master takes Ripple away again?" Liu Fan frowned.
"No, let's put the mink back as usual and let it follow. In a few days, it will come back along the road. Then we can follow it to chase Sister Lianyi." Little Gudong said.
"Okay, I listen to you." Liu Fan handed Diao'er to Xiao Gudong. Xiao Gudong whispered in Diao'er's ear for a while, then let go and put it on the ground, patting it on the back.
He jumped up and suddenly disappeared.
"What a fast speed!" Liu Fan praised.
Little Gudong smiled proudly. The little sable had been by his side since he could remember, and had never left his side. As for where it came from, why it always protected him, and why it was so psychic, he had no idea.
Liu Fan grabbed a black hair in his hand and went down to the attic with Xiao Gudong. Xiao Gudong ran to his room to rest. Liu Fan also strode back to his residence. Xiao Zhu was still waiting at the table and saw him
Come in and stand up to greet him.
"Go to sleep, I want to read a book." Liu Fan clasped his hands behind his back, glanced at Xiao Zhu, and said calmly.
"I - okay, then I'll wait outside. Your Highness will call me when he takes a break." Xiaozhu lowered his head and hesitated to speak.
"No need, I actually hate the rules in the palace. I'm not helpless, so why do I have to be served by someone to undress and take off my belt every night? Now that I'm not in the palace, just let me live freely for a few days.
." Liu Fan sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Xiaozhu and said.
Xiaozhu was speechless and had to retreat silently. She closed the door gently. When she turned around, two lines of tears had quietly fallen. He had excluded her from the door of his heart, making her feel an insurmountable gap. She didn't know when.
It had stood between his heart and hers, making her sad but helpless.
After Liu Fan waited for Xiao Zhu to go out, he raised a piece of Luo Lianyi's black hair in front of his eyes, stared at it longingly, and then sighed heavily. He recalled every bit of the encounter with her in his mind, and his face alternated between smile and sadness.
When Diao Er returned to the canyon, Luo Lianyi was waiting anxiously in the hut for its return. She waited until night before wrapping her hair around Diao Er's legs and letting it go back to the Taoist Temple to report the news, hoping that no one would notice it after dark.
She had been restless, worried whether it understood her words and would come back here. Unexpectedly, it came back so soon. She hugged it quickly and checked the hair on its legs.
"Zhizhi." Diao'er was particularly close to her and raised her paw and placed it in Luo Lianyi's hand.
"Have you seen them?" Luo Lianyi asked Diao'er in surprise when she saw that Hair was not there. Diao'er still replied with "Zhizhi".