The young man lay on the tree, scratching his ears impatiently. Hearing the crying that had lasted for two quarters of an hour, he felt a little irritable. He frowned and looked at the source of the sound, but saw nothing.
The crying became louder and louder, making him unable to take a nap. Finally, amidst the already hoarse crying, the young man jumped down the thick tree trunk easily, stretching lazily and snoring.
Yawned, rubbed his eyes again, and then looked for the cry.
The weather in June is not too hot. The breeze blows through the leaves, and the shadows on the ground are mottled. Birds chirp and insects chirp in the forest from time to time, which sounds very comfortable. There is a small stream outside the woods. The stream is neither deep nor wide.
But he also rushed over the rocks of different sizes beneath him, making a gurgling sound.
The young man looked up at the blue sky with several clouds of different shapes floating in it, and then looked forward at the little girl squatting by the creek not far away and crying loudly, and couldn't help but walk over.
"Hey" the boy patted the girl's shoulder.
The girl didn't seem to notice it and was still crying to herself. Maybe it was because she had been crying for a long time. The girl's cry at the moment was very hoarse and unpleasant.
The boy scratched his ears again, with no concealment of disgust on his face. He raised his voice again, and patted the girl's shoulder with more force.
"Who is it?!" The girl touched her face, wiped the tears all over her face, and carefully raised her head. After seeing the boy clearly, she seemed relieved, but she seemed dissatisfied with the boy interrupting her, and said slightly angrily.
Asked: "Who are you?!"
"I also want to ask who you are?" The boy looked at the girl's angry reaction, thinking that you disturbed my sweet dreams, and you asked me first before I was angry!
"I...cough cough cough..." The girl coughed a few times. She had cried sadly just now, and she still hasn't recovered yet. She was still trembling when she spoke, "Who do you care who I am?"
......Are you alright?"
The young man naturally had no good temper when his dream was disturbed.
"I have nothing to do. I just came to tell you that if you want to cry, go away and cry. It won't let you sleep peacefully!"
After the boy finished speaking, he turned around and left.
"You, you" the girl was very angry. Looking at the person walking away, she felt even more aggrieved. She cried "Wow" even harder.
Hearing the voice behind him, the boy turned around in shock and looked at the girl crying in tears. He felt at a loss and ran back.
"Okay, stop crying, I didn't bully you."
"You cry so ugly!"
"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry, you look the best..."
The boy was coaxing the girl alone, and before he knew it, it was almost dusk.
The girl probably stopped crying when she was tired from crying, but maybe she cried too sadly and is still twitching now.
The young man picked some wild fruits nearby, washed them in the stream, and handed them to the girl.
"Are you hungry? Here you go."
The girl took the fruit and bit into it.
"Eat slowly, don't choke."
The girl quickly finished the fruit, wiped the corners of her mouth carelessly, and wiped her hands on her clothes. Then she stretched out her right hand and said to the boy in a hoarse voice: "Thank you for the fruit. My name is Ye Sili. You can call me
I’m Ah Li, what’s your name?”
The young man was stunned for a moment and said slowly: "My name is Gu Liyou."
"Gu Liyou... Then how about I call you Ayou?"
Sili took Liyou's right hand and shook it firmly in a friendly manner.
"Then Ayou will be Ali's friend from now on!"
Maybe children are like this and don't get too angry about many things, so Gu Liyou stayed with Si Li for a while and gave her fruits. In Si Li's view, Ayou was her friend.
In the tenth year of Xining, Ye Sili and Gu Liyou met. The girl who was eating wild fruits contentedly was happy because she had made a new friend. However, she never imagined that from then on, the person in front of her would be her sweetheart.
"Friend?" Liyou was startled.
"Yes!" Si Li nodded heavily.
"From today on, Ah You is Ah Li's friend, and Ah Li will protect Ah You!" Sili said seriously, patting her chest.
"Okay, then A'li is also a friend of A'you, A'you protects A'li!" Liyou looked at Sili's serious expression, and felt a little warm in his heart. This feeling was something he had never felt since he was born.
The two of them sat by the stream, Si Li staring at the stream in front of her, pain still showing in her brows.
"Ah Li, can you tell Ah You what happened?" Li You asked worriedly.
Listening to Liyou's question, Sili tried hard to contain his emotions and said as calmly as possible: "My mother died of illness today. There are many people in the house, and I can't see my mother and concubine."
After saying that, Sili carefully turned her head to look at Liyou and felt relieved when she saw that Liyou didn't have much reaction.
Grandfather said that the court is not peaceful now, and she is the only child in Duke Yu's mansion. She needs to pay attention to her words and deeds, otherwise, she will easily get into trouble!
That's why she ran so far alone and hid here to cry secretly.
"I don't dare let my grandfather see me cry, he will be even more sad."
"But I'm really scared when my mother leaves..." As she said this, Sili couldn't help but cry again. Maybe she had endured it in the house for too long, and it was rare to encounter Liyou's actions today.
Listeners, Si Li can't hold back her tears.
"Cry if you want to, it's too tiring to hold it in."
Liyou didn't have much comfort. For so many years, he had been living a life without family and friends, and he didn't know what it was like to be apart. But in the dead of night, looking at the lights of thousands of houses and the stars in the sky, he always felt a little lonely.
I feel like crying.
Suddenly Sili screamed "Ah!" in pain.
Li You quickly looked around and saw a snake with black and white patterns running away quickly not far away.
"Ali!"
Li You hurriedly checked Si Li.
"Ali, don't be afraid!"
Si Li pointed at the little snake that escaped, and her voice was trembling and aggrieved: "Ayou, it bit me."
Li You quickly checked Si Li's injury and said "I'm sorry". Without slowing down his hand movements, he rolled up the sleeves of Si Li's outer shirt and tore open the sleeves of the inner shirt with a "crash".
"Ayou, I'm a little dizzy."
"The one that bit you was a venomous snake, so naturally you are a little bit dizzy."
"You must not sleep!"
Before Sili could answer, she felt a sudden stabbing pain in her arm and yelled "Ah~".
Liyou took out a dagger from nowhere and skillfully cut the wound in a cross shape, letting the blood flow out naturally. Sili was in severe pain and couldn't stop the tears from flowing out.
Gu Liyou got up and found some herbs around him, washed them in the stream, crushed them with pebbles from the stream, and carefully applied them to Si Li's wound, then with a "crash", he tore off his clothes.
Please bandage Sili.
"Why are you in a daze? Isn't it poisoned into your brain?" Gu Liyou simply dealt with it, but saw Si Li staring at him with a panic look on his face, and stretched out his hand to wave in front of Si Li.
Perhaps Sili was frightened by the sudden accident. Now she came back to her senses, saw clearly the person squatting in front of her, and said feebly: "Thank you, Ayou."
"You have to go home quickly for treatment. The remaining poison has not been cleared away, and you will still be done with it after a long time!" Li You saw Si Li's face getting worse and worse, so he directly picked up Si Li and put it on his back.
Sili felt something jolting under her body and complained:
"Ayou, the flute you wore on your waist hit me."
Gu Liyou freed his hand slightly to take out the flute from his waist and held it in his hand.
"Which government are you from? I'll take you back."
Si Liqiang opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Could it be that Ayou was accidentally poisoned?"
"Why are you not smart anymore?"
"Is there a second house in Yefu, Kyoto?"
Perhaps the night was too dark, and Liyou's feet were unsteady and his body swayed.
Sili continued:
"Of course it's Yu Gong's Mansion."
Gu Liyou didn't say anything. Sili was afraid that she would fall asleep, so she tried her best to speak:
"Yu Gong's Mansion was given by the late emperor!"
"Because my grandfather assisted the late emperor and saved him from danger, and the children of the Ye family were all very capable. They were able to change their clothes and carry guns to protect the territory, and wen was able to write and make plans. The late emperor named him with the character "Yu" in his grandfather's character, and bestowed it with "
Yugong Mansion'!"
Speaking of her grandfather, Si Li's words were filled with pride unconsciously.
Gu Liyou didn't speak, just walked silently with Si Li on his back.
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"Miss, are you awake?" the maid in front of the bed asked tentatively. Seeing Si Li's eyes move, she shouted excitedly: "Miss, you are finally awake! Huan Xia, go and tell the Duke that Miss is awake!"
"
"Miss, what's wrong with you? Do you feel dizzy or nauseous?"
Si Li opened her eyes, looked at the familiar room, and then at the overjoyed Wuchun, and said, "Wuchun, don't be nervous, I'm fine."
Late spring helped Si Li up and leaned against the head of the bed with several pillows, and then hurriedly poured a cup of hot water and carefully fed it to Si Li.
"Miss, you scared me to death. I couldn't find you yesterday. I thought..." Mu Chun didn't say anything more. The young lady must have been sad again when she mentioned yesterday.
Si Li looked at the white clothes on Munchun's body and then at the white silk hanging outside, her eyes darkened.
"Xiao Li!" Si Li and Mu Chun looked at the door at the same time, and saw an old man wearing official uniform with a touch of white on his left arm coming quickly.
"Xiao Li, how are you? Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere? Doctor Wang, come and take a look!"
"Grandpa, I'm fine." Ye Zhongyao sat beside Si Li's bed and held Si Li in his arms.
After checking her pulse and confirming it again and again, Doctor Wang reported: "Young Master, you can rest assured that although Miss was poisoned by snake venom, fortunately, she was treated in time and she is no longer seriously ill. It's just that Miss' body has always been weak, and she has been suffering from depression recently.
I’m afraid it will take a few more days.”
Ye Zhongyao explained a few more words and asked Doctor Wang to retreat.
"Xiao Li, where did you go yesterday? Grandpa is so worried!" Ye Zhongyao has always been in good health. Although he is over sixty years old, he usually speaks with vigor and walks with energy. He is probably not as energetic as an ordinary young man.
Less than.
But today, Si Li looked at her grandfather in front of her. His original black hair was obviously gray, his voice was hoarse, and his old face looked haggard.