“Your Majesty—run—there’s an avalanche!”
Lan Lin ran forward desperately, but the snow was too deep and his feet were not flexible at all. He felt cumbersome like never before, as if he had tried his best with every step he took.
As he ran, he looked back and saw that the white snow peaks behind him suddenly fell down and swept towards them overwhelmingly. It was like white waves falling from the sky or a white waterfall flying down. This was Lan Lin's first experience. To the horror of an avalanche.
He thought that no matter how big the difficulty was, he, as the King of Chai Lan, would eventually be able to overcome it. But this time, God did not favor him. When it came this time, it was determined to take one of his most precious things from him. Go, and that thing is Changting's life.
In the end, Chang Ting desperately pushed him away in order to save him. The heavy snow that rolled down covered Chang Ting's body and Lan Lin.
Perhaps it was because Lan Lin was ordered by the emperor and the snow covering him was not too deep. He struggled to crawl out of the snowdrift and turned back to find the pavilion, but there was no pavilion anywhere. There was only one left in the world. A vast expanse of white.
He cried and tried his best to dig up the thick snowdrift behind him, calling Changting's name hysterically. His hands kept digging in the snow, digging... He didn't dare to stop, and wanted to fight with God. Return to Changting's life.
He tried his best, blood stained his fingers, and the wind and snow turned his body white. He was trembling all over, his face turned blue, and he was almost dying. When he finally threw Changting's body out of the snow, he was already cold. Penetrating to the bone.
The handsome face of the young man was as pale as an ice sculpture at the moment. This time, this living life lay motionless in his arms, becoming so strange that it made him feel distressed. He never thought that just in an instant, This avalanche could kill Changting.
Tears flowed silently from Lan Lin's eyes. At that moment, he had not accepted the fact that Chang Ting was dead. He just lowered his head and looked quietly at the cold corpse lying in his arms, and reached out his hand to touch his face tremblingly. Face carved from white jade.
"Changting..." He called his name softly and gently.
It was as if something important in his life had suddenly been hollowed out. He felt that his body was empty. The wind went directly through his body, filling his heart with wind and snow, which was bone-chilling cold.
"Wake up, Changting, didn't you say you would protect Gu for the rest of your life? You... you can't break your promise!"
Lan Lin felt afraid for the first time. He was a young emperor with the power of life and death. He acted as he pleased without caring about anyone's feelings. He casually decided to pursue the fate of the people of Lan Kingdom. But this time, he faced fate head-on. In the confrontation, he was completely defeated and had no room to fight back.
For the first time, he realized that the person who had grown up with him every day, as a guardian, like an elder brother, like a friend, and more than a lover, could never come back.
He was going to lose him after all. He would never have Changting to accompany him again. When he was alone late at night, there was no Changting to bring him clothes and warm tea. When he was tired of reviewing memorials, he looked up at the window and could no longer see. To the high-spirited young guard.
He could no longer hear the sound of the piano he was caressing, nor could he see his bright smile when he looked back, let alone a person who was determined to stop him in a critical moment, regardless of life and death.
His guardian finally left him. When he was nine years old, his father pulled him towards the ten-year-old child, and then handed his hand into the other's hand. He held Changting's hand for the first time, and the hand was warm. And soft.
He knelt down on one knee and swore an oath to him that he would never leave her, accompany him life and death, and risk his life to protect his safety! He really did it, risking his life to protect him.
Changting gave him all the tenderness in his life. He never regretted it, never considered whether it was worth it, it was simple and beautiful.
Changting's life was so clean and beautiful, and he finally died in this clean white snow.
The sky is vast and the earth is vast, and I am alone and lonely.
Changting - come back! Return to Gu! This time, I will protect you and protect you!
The young man Lan Lin reached out and wanted to hug his beloved, but he turned into a dandelion and disappeared, blending into the white snow. In the end, all he could hold was a cold nothingness.
The moment Chang Ting died, Lan Lin felt that the stars were falling and the snow was falling. From then on, there was no one in the world who could warm his heart.
Lan Lin woke up from his sleep and shouted: "Changting——"
In a daze, he saw a person standing in front of him, wrapped in white clothes, staring at him. He closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
This time, he saw a tall man standing among the white snow. He was wearing a white cloak. He turned around and looked back with a clean and gentle smile.
That person was exactly the person he lost when he was young - Changting.
"Changting!" Lan Lin called his name ecstatically.
Changting looked at him with gentle eyes. He had never felt this kind of heart-warming look from anyone again.
I saw Changting asking him: "Your Majesty, do you want him to replace me?"
Lan Lin suddenly stopped running towards him. His heart skipped a beat. Facing Chang Ting with a gentle smile, he finally said: "After going around in circles all my life, I realize that it is just wishful thinking. No one in this world can replace you - Changting!"
Changting stretched out his hand, covered his hand with warm palm, took his hand and said: "In that case, Your Majesty, come with me!"
Lin Xie was wearing a white cloak and was sitting on the side of the bed. He was feeding Lan Lin medicine with a spoon when he heard someone's name murmuring in his mouth.
"Changting...Changting...don't go...Changting..."
Seeing that Lan Lin's forehead was hot and covered with sweat, and Chang Ting's name came over and over in his mouth, he frowned and put down the medicine bowl.
Pharmacist Chen, who came to investigate at this moment, happened to come in and asked: "Eunuch Lin, how is your majesty? Is he awake?"
Lin Xie shook his head and said: "It's already the fourth watch, and His Majesty still shows no signs of improvement, and he keeps calling someone's name."
Pharmacist Chen was startled, and then said: "Oh? Whose name is it?"
Lin Xie held the medicine bowl and said, "It seems to be called Changting."
Pharmacist Chen reached out and stroked his white goat's beard, narrowed his eyes slightly, and tried to remember:
"Changting... Changting! Oh, I remembered. That was His Majesty's personal guard when he was young. They grew up together in the Zhuilan Palace. They are as close as brothers. It is said that he grew up in the forest next to Suoyun Lake. Dead inside."
"Back then, His Majesty went his own way and secretly ran out to hunt despite being dissuaded. It was also such a snowy day, and they encountered an avalanche. I heard that Changting died in the snow in order to save His Majesty... I heard about the relationship between His Majesty and the guard. Very good, alas... It seems that yesterday was Changting's death ceremony!"
"Changting's death sacrifice?" Lin Xie frowned and thought.
Pharmacist Chen stared at his face for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Eunuch Lin, in fact, I have wanted to tell you for a long time. You look very similar to the guard named Changting! Maybe he saw you, so Your Majesty is somewhat relieved..."
Lin Xie felt his mind buzzing for a while, and then he didn't hear clearly what Pharmacist Chen said to him, and then Pharmacist Chen left with the medicine box on his back.
He fell down on the bed with the medicine bowl, and then looked at Lan Lin who was lying unconscious on the bed. He thought carefully about it. It seemed that it was about this time when he planned to save Lan Lin. Could it be that he came to Suoyun Lake that year? Is it also to pay homage to the guard named Changting? And he happened to meet me who looked similar to Changting.
In fact, Lin Xie's guess was correct. Lan Lin's real purpose of coming to Suoyun Lake two years ago was to pay homage to Changting. It happened that he met Lin Xie at that time.
At that time, he fell off his horse and fell into the trap set by Lin Xie, and then broke his leg. At this time, Lin Xie pretended to happen to be passing by and reached out to save him.
The moment Lin Xie leaned over and stretched out his hand to him, the sun shone on the back of his head. Against the light, Lan Lin finally saw clearly what the person who stretched out his hand looked like. At that moment, he was stunned. My heart was filled with ups and downs of shock.
His long-lost lover is back——
That man actually looked very similar to the young boy Chang Ting. He even thought that Chang Ting had resurrected and returned to him.
He carefully reached out and took the hand he extended. The hand was also so soft and warm, and he was almost moved to tears.
Later, when he returned to Lin Xie's cabin, he rested and recuperated for a few days. After getting along with Lin Xie, he felt more and more that Lin Xie not only looked very much like Changting, but also had similar personality and demeanor.
In those days, he thought he was dreaming, thinking that his little guard had finally come back, but gradually he discovered some clues from Lin Xie. He found that there was red soil under Lin Xie's boots.
This red soil is a color only found in deep soil, and the red soil layer was underneath the trap he fell into that day. When Lin Xie rescued him that day, he did not enter the trap, but just stood in the trap. Logically speaking, those who pulled him up would have no chance of stepping on this red soil.
Not long before, he had ridden around Suoyun Lake. There was obviously no trap at that time. The trap that suddenly appeared was obviously newly dug and was aimed at himself.
But Lin Xie didn't mention that he dug the trap, and said that it might have been dug by hunters living nearby.
Lan Lin knew that the area near Suoyun Lake was sparsely populated and there were no hunters living at all. The cabin that Lin Xie built did not exist a few years ago, but he kept saying that he grew up by Suoyun Lake. Lin Xie was full of it. Lies, don’t know what you want?
But at that time, Lan Lin missed Changting and was bewitched by Lin Xie's appearance. Knowing that he had ulterior motives, he still let him get close to him, and still wanted to keep him by his side.
This time, he didn't want to lose Changting again. No matter who Lin Xie was or what the purpose of approaching him was, he would keep this person for the rest of his life and never let him leave again.
So the frantic Lan Lin made a terrible decision, which was to add an anesthetic to the wine he was given. When Lin Xie woke up, he had ordered someone to castrate him into a eunuch.
