Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 249 The Little Boy on the Maple Tree

"Qi Ze, you sissy, why aren't you crying?"

A young boy with handsome facial features pushed a beautiful little boy with extremely delicate eyebrows to the ground. Even though the action was rough, the soft white palms rubbed on the ground and were scratched to bleed by the small stones, but the beautiful little boy still had no expression on his face. The expression and eyes are extremely calm.

This indifferent attitude, which seemed to keep everything out of the matter, made Xiao Qizhe extremely resentful and angry.He is obviously a child, why pretend to be an adult.

"Hey, sissy, you should answer. Do you know that your appearance is really disgusting, you are obviously not as old as us, what kind of adult are you pretending to be." Qi Zhe squatted down, facing the ground Little Qi Ze, who buried his head deeply, grabbed his collar suddenly, and was forced to look at him, "It's not like your parents are dead, you're just stupid."

Hearing these words, little Qi Ze's eyes lit up with anger, and he gritted his teeth and rushed forward regardless of his short stature, which was quite different from them.

But he was pushed back to the ground by Qi Zhe all of a sudden, Qi Zhe clapped his hands, and said with disdain: "Sure enough, you are out of your mind, didn't you see so many of us? You, a little bean sprouts, still want to beat us, Let’s go back for a few more years.”

After all, Qi Zhe was about to turn around and leave, but just as he took a step, he was stopped by Qi Chen behind him, "Second brother, don't rush away, I haven't seen Qi Ze cry today, if Qi Ze doesn't cry, the second brother Brother, can you and I sleep well?"

Qi Zhe heard the words, thought for a while, and said: "That's right, not to mention that sissy's expression is too irritating. He was obviously bullied, but he kept his face expressionless. Seeing him look like a grown-up, I get angry."

Then, as usual, he walked to a bush, picked up a caterpillar, and stuffed it into Qi Ze's collar with ease.

At this moment, the little boy with a calm expression immediately changed his face, and hurriedly moved his body backwards with his hands on the ground, but before he had time, Qi Zhe pulled up his collar and was about to stuff the worm in.

"Hmm." The little boy couldn't help sobbing in a low voice, tears suddenly appeared in the corners of his eyes, and he was about to squeeze out of them.

"Hahaha, sissy, it really works." Qi Zhe couldn't help laughing, "You're a boy, but you're afraid of bugs. If you say this, you won't be afraid to laugh your ass off. Hahaha."

But before Qi Zhe could finish laughing triumphantly, Qi Ze's tears that were piling up in the corners of his eyes were suppressed forcefully.

Seeing this, Qi Zhe was not happy.

"Why did you hold back?" Qi Zhe shook Qi Ze's shoulders vigorously, and kept pushing his fingers downward, "Hey, sissy, you are crying, crying, you."

The fingers pinched Qi Ze's delicate shoulders to hurt, and the tears that hadn't been completely suppressed wanted to burst out of his eyes again, and he couldn't even suppress them.

But Qi Zhe was very satisfied, and was very pleasantly surprised: "I'm crying, brother, this sissy is about to cry." As he spoke, he put more effort on his fingers.

At this time, a young boy on the maple tree not far away heard the noisy sound and turned over impatiently. Seeing that the sound had not subsided in the slightest, he sat up angrily and shouted: "Who is bothering?" My uncle is taking a nap."

Following the sound, it turned out that a group of big boys who were obviously about to grow taller were bullying a short little boy.Originally, little Queyu didn't intend to take care of this matter, but when he saw the little boy biting his lower lip hard, his bite turned pale, and he wanted to hold back his tears.

The stubborn little boy who obviously couldn't hold back, made Que Yu feel soft for a moment. After sighing lightly, he picked off a few maple leaves and shot them in that direction with his internal force.

"Oh, what's the matter? It hurts so much." There were a few bright red bloodstains on the hands that were squeezing that shoulder hard, and Qi Zhe let go of his hands in pain.

At the same time, the clothes on Qi Chen's shoulders were also cut wide open by Maple Leaf.When the two of them were in a daze, they saw a few more maple leaves shooting towards them, leaving blood marks on the faces of the people they brought.

Because these were just a group of inexperienced children who only knew how to be mischievous, they were frightened for a moment when they saw this scene, and quickly dropped the little boy on the ground and fled in a hurry.

"Oh, what, it turns out they are just a bunch of cowards."

When Qi Ze stroked the sore spot on his shoulder, he heard this very arrogant and lazy voice.Looking up, he saw a young boy in a dark crimson brocade suit jumping down from a maple tree, and because of this move, the maple leaves couldn't stand it and fell to the ground.

The maple leaves flying all over the sky match the dark crimson color of the young man's body, and the upturned corners of his mouth also carry the frivolity and unrulyness of his age. Under the sunshine at noon, there is a faint golden halo, even the tree The quiet and clear pool below is also shining with golden sparkling waves.

This scene actually made Qi Ze stunned for a moment, he just sat on the ground in a daze, his eyes were attracted by this young man.

When the young man floated down beside her, the maple leaves flying in the air also fell on the surface of the clear pool, rippling with golden ripples.

"Huh?" The little boy tilted his head to observe the little boy's face, and said after a long time, "Who did I think was being bullied? It turned out to be you, the crying little guy."

After Que Yu said this, Qi Ze also remembered where she had seen this young boy. Isn't this the little bastard who threw pebbles at her and hugged her to coax her a while ago?
Although little Qi Ze loved to cry, he was crying in front of an outsider in a serious manner, while a boy was crying and howling in another boy's arms.For a moment, Xiao Qi Ze also felt that his face was dull, his expression was very awkward, and the blush on his cheeks could be faintly seen.

"Hey, little guy, what's that expression on your face?" Then, the young boy pretended to be regretful and said: "If I knew it was you, a crying little guy, then I wouldn't have saved you."

Seeing that the other party turned his face away with disdain, and kept saying that she loves to cry, Xiao Qi Ze felt insulted in his heart, stood up angrily, stretched out his legs and kicked the other party, then quickly turned and fled.

Que Yu didn't expect that this little guy would kick him. No one had dared to kick him before, so he didn't think to hide in the past. He just took the kick. He looked at the place where he was kicked in surprise for a long while, then gritted his teeth. Looking at Xiao Qi Ze who had already run away, he said angrily: "How dare you kick me, you little brat, I will never forgive you."

On a large emerald green and quiet grassland, the usually cool autumn wind became softer at this time, and there was no one to disturb it. Sitting on this grassland, it was rare for Xiao Qi Ze to be in a good mood.Lying on this soft and earthy fragrant lawn, enjoying the comfort.

While sleeping soundly, Qi Ze felt an itch on his face, waved his hand, and shook his face from side to side several times, the itch was still there.Unbearable, Qi Ze opened his eyes and saw someone scratching her face with a blade of grass, teasing her.

When she was feeling agitated, Qi Ze saw a hideous red prajna mask appearing on top of her face.After staring blankly at the horror mask for a while, Qi Ze suddenly sat up in fright, his heart pounding.

The person wearing the mask quickly hid back, took off the mask, and said with a smile: "Hey, little guy, you almost hit my head, you know?"

After glaring at this boring man, Qi Ze stood up and left.

Que Yu stared blankly at the person who had stared at him, and said, "Hey, this little guy has a pretty bad temper."

A few days later, Qi Ze was still sitting on the grass, with his legs bent, his arms on his knees, his head buried in his arms, so that no one could know what the little boy was thinking.

At this time, a cute little girl came here with a smile and wanted to play with Qi Ze, but before she reached the place, her mother stopped her and whispered something to the little girl.The little girl looked at her in surprise, then at her mother, nodded, and left with her mother.

Seeing this, Qi Ze didn't react too much. Anyway, her parents had already left, and no one came to find her.She has long been used to people isolating her.

Even though he said so, a trace of loneliness passed through his heart, causing Xiao Qi Ze to lower his head again with gloomy eyes.

The little boy on the maple tree not far away also watched this scene quietly, and he also heard what the mother said to the little girl.

"Don't go there, this little boy is always sitting here, he looks like an orphan without father and mother. Without the teaching of his parents, he must be an uneducated person, playing with him, I'm afraid it will lower our status. "

This is what the mother said.

Orphans without parents?This little guy has already lost his parents, right?

"Hey, little guy, why do you always sit here and never go home?" Que Yu asked looking at the lonely figure below.

Hearing this, Qi Ze just glanced at the bored person on the tree, then buried his head deeply again.

"So that's the case?" Que Yu murmured to himself, "It turns out that not only did he lose his parents, but he also lost his entire family? Has there been... nowhere to go?"

This day, Qi Ze was sitting here as usual, and suddenly felt a hard little thing hit her on the head.Just when he was about to get angry, he heard the little boy say: "These are all for you."

These?For her?

Just when he was wondering, Qi Ze felt countless small things scattered on the ground, and when he looked around, they turned out to be small brown chestnuts.Picking up the chestnut closest to her, Qi Ze couldn't help looking at the maple tree behind him.

The little boy was indeed there.

At this moment, he was leaning leisurely on the tree trunk behind him, peeling and eating a small chestnut.

"Hey, why do you always come to me? Are you free?" Qi Ze's warm voice came.

Although it was just an ordinary question, it surprised Que Yu. This was the first time this little guy spoke to him in a normal tone.

"Who's free? My uncle is very busy, who will come to you, you brat." The little boy said very much.

Although these words were very embarrassing, they made Qi Ze feel inexplicably warm, and he couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Is that so?"

"Other than that, who would come looking for you, a brat with such a bad temper and a cold face all day long." Que Yu snorted lightly.

Hearing this, Qi Ze just quietly looked at the boy on the tree without saying a word.The little chestnut that was lightly held in his hand became extraordinarily warm at this moment.

"Here, this one is peeled, go on." The little boy on the tree said, and threw down the chestnut kernels in his hand.

After Qi Ze caught it, he looked at the fragrant chestnut kernels in his hand, and finally put it in his mouth.

"Hey, little guy, why don't you always smile? You look pretty, and if you smile, you will look even better." The little boy said casually while eating a chestnut.

"I didn't stop laughing." Qi Ze's tone was slightly contradictory, but he still said it expressionlessly.

Que Yu looked at the little guy with a still cold face for a while, and said, "It's weird to say these words with this expression, no matter how you look at it."

"weird?"

"Well, you little guy, you're just a freak. You look like a kid at your age, but you still like to put on an old-fashioned look." Que Yu said his evaluation casually.

Hearing this person say that she was old-fashioned, Qi Ze glared at him, turned around and left again.

"Yo, left angrily again, this little guy is really stingy." Que Yu commented indifferently.

When he returned to the Fusheng Pavilion of Qi's house, Qi Ze thought of that person, and wanted to throw out the little chestnut he took back.But as soon as he raised his hand, he lowered it cherishingly, peeled off the chestnut shell, and ate the fragrant chestnut kernels, feeling inexplicably full in his heart.

When it was lunch time, little Qi Ze finally plucked up the courage to go to Quexi Hall after thinking about it for a long time, and when he was about to go in and have a happy meal with everyone, he was stopped by the servants at the door.

"Third young master, you can't go in, this is the order of the old man."

When Qi Ze heard the words, he saw the scene inside Que Xi Tang through the gap in the door, at this time the whole family was eating their meals with smiles on their faces.

"Father, I don't want to eat green vegetables, why are all the dishes served for me are green vegetables?" Qi Zhe said with his head turned to one side, making a fuss.

"What do you want to eat if you don't want to eat vegetables? Do you want to eat all meat? Why do you eat so much meat?" Qi Cheng is not used to him either.

Seeing this, Qi Zhe acted coquettishly to Qi Yuan: "Grandfather, grandson doesn't want to eat vegetables, he just wants to eat meat."

Before Qi Chengxun could curse a few words, he heard Qi Yuan say: "Let Zhe'er eat whatever he wants, and let the child do what?"

Qi Cheng could only obey his orders: "Yes, father."

"Grandfather, my grandson wants a white jade pen, just for schoolwork." Qi Chen said.

Qi Wen stopped him and said: "Chen'er, father gave you a Zihao pen, your grandfather's white jade Zihao pen is very precious."

"Hey." Qi Yuan spoke up to defend Qi Chen, saying: "It's just a white jade and purple pen, how can it be as expensive as my eldest grandson, since Chen'er wants it, then give it to Chen'er."

Qi Chen showed joy when he heard the words, and said in a still immature voice: "Thank you, grandfather."

And Qi Yuan nodded happily and dotingly.

Seeing the harmonious atmosphere of the family inside, and the happy atmosphere of gathering together, Xiao Qi Ze cast yearning eyes, but also knew that her parents passed away, and her grandfather didn't like her either. After standing for a while, he could only leave in a daze.

It's okay, anyway, there is still this Qi family to stay with, anyway, she still has her compatriots and blood relatives living with her, generally speaking, she is not lonely, she is not a lonely person.

Little Qi Ze walked on the road in the Qi Mansion's courtyard, comforting himself countless times in his heart.

Just in time, Zhao Shi who came from the side saw Qi Ze walking alone, his eyes were full of loneliness and sadness that could not be concealed.Seeing that Qi Ze is a child who can't play like ordinary children, plus Qi Chen in the big room and his own children always bully this poor child, no matter how many times she disciplines that little kid, Qi Zhe still won't listen to her .

Since you can't control your own child, then treat the poor child better.

Thinking of this, Zhao couldn't help but stepped forward, wanting to comfort Qi Ze.But before he reached the place, he was dragged aside by Mrs. Li who discovered it in time.

"Sister, what are you doing?"

Mrs. Zhao was a little dazed and puzzled: "I just want to comfort that child. It's so pitiful that both parents are dead at such a young age."

"What's so pitiful?" Li Shi didn't take it seriously, "It's an honor for General Hussars to die on the battlefield. If General Hussars survives and Beishuo's army invades, then this child will not be the only one who will lose his parents. "

"But……"

"He has no parents now, and he urgently needs to be taken care of by adults. What if you leave and he depends on you from now on?" Mrs. Li continued to teach, "What's more, the old man has already ordered us not to take care of him too much." Take care of the affairs of the third bedroom, if you get into trouble, what will you do then?"

Mrs. Zhao thought for a while, and said: "Although what my sister said is true, but he is still a child, my sister can't bear it."

"You can't bear it?" Mrs. Li hurriedly answered, "Then you tell the old man to transfer this child to your name, and you will raise him in the future." Seeing Mrs. Zhao's hesitation, she continued: " Hesitate, you don’t feel uncomfortable raising other people’s children? Besides, the old man will definitely scold you for this, it’s thankless, what are you trying to do? Let’s go, let’s go.”

Mrs. Zhao was pushed and dragged away by Mrs. Li. She didn't see Qi Ze listening to the conversation, and her eyes became even darker.

Qi Ze was still sitting on the grass, with the maple tree behind him, and the clear pool under the tree was still calm and unwavering.

"Hey, little guy." Suddenly there was a loud teasing voice from the little boy behind him.

This startled Qi Ze, and he leaned forward, wanting to fall into the clear pool.

"Hey." Fortunately, Que Yu stretched out his hand and pulled back the whole leaning forward in time.

Qi Ze fell to the ground, obviously it didn't hurt, but he felt aggrieved in his heart, and his eyes became hot.

"You little brat, you really don't get scared, just a single voice scared you so much that you almost fell in." But the boy still had a very disgusted tone.

Seeing that the little guy in front of him kept his head down and didn't speak, Que Yu couldn't help but squat down, and leaned in to look over, wanting to see what was going on with the little guy.

"Get out of here." The little guy raised his head suddenly and shouted, which startled Que Yu, and he took a few steps back when he stood up.

"Hey, why are you crazy, little guy, why are you angry at me..." Before he could finish speaking, Que Yu saw tears that could not be concealed in the other party's eyes. Although the other party tried his best to hold back, but The tears in the corners of his eyes were still so hard to ignore, and he swallowed back what he originally wanted to say.

"Do you know that you are really boring and annoying?" Qi Ze finally couldn't help shouting, "The person I hate the most is you, don't come to me again in the future."

Holding back his tears as much as possible, and roaring out his words as if to vent, Qi Ze wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned around and left, leaving only the young boy in the dark crimson brocade suit stunned in place.

Que Yu couldn't help being depressed, and asked the little Shang Lu behind him: "Shang Lu, am I so annoying?"

Now, he asked Shang Lu, "Uh, this..." How should I put it, although the master's behavior is not too annoying, but always provoking and teasing each other seems a bit annoying.

Before Shang Lu could answer, Que Yu said angrily, "He's the only one who hates others. He has a bad temper and is stubborn. He will definitely not be able to marry a wife in the future. Anyone who can fall in love with him must be blind."

Seeing that Que Yu made a behavior that belonged to his age, Shang Lu hid the deep meaning in his eyes when he was so petty.

Even though he said that, the little guy looked very sad when he left, which made Que Yu's heart soften, and he was speechless for a while looking at the direction Qi Ze was leaving.

Looking at the lonely little back who was still sitting on the grass from a distance, Que Yu, who was hiding behind the grass, ran along the fur of the kitten in his arms, and ordered, "Go." The kitten also jumped lightly, and looked back at the little cat. The boy looked at the lonely figure in front of him again.

Stepping out of the kitten's paws, it darts through the grass.There was a sudden rustling sound from the grass behind him, which caused Qi Ze to look over him very defensively. "who is it?"

As a result, a kitten came out, opened its big round eyes, and let out a "meow".Seeing that it was a cute kitten, Qi Ze let go of his guard, a slight smile suddenly appeared on his face that doesn't like to smile, and he stretched out his arms, saying in a friendly way: "Come."

The kitten understood, jumped forward and got into that warm little embrace, and rubbed its round little hairy head against Qi Ze's neck.

These actions made Qi Ze laugh happily. At this moment, she finally looked like an ordinary happy child with a carefree smile on her lips.

One lowered his head, and suddenly saw a kitten hanging around the kitten's neck. After reaching out to open it, he found that it was a paper frog, which had been lost a long time ago.

"Did you find it for me?" Qi Ze asked the kitten in his arms.

The kitten also responded sweetly: "Meow."

"Really? Thank you, I thought I lost it a long time ago." Qi Ze's eyes shone brightly and warmly.

The kitten also burrowed into this embrace, only showing a small head and resting it on Qi Ze's shoulder.Qi Ze also hugged the kitten back, his face pressed tightly against the little head.At this moment, the golden afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the grass, and also sprinkled on the person and the cat, and the breeze was blowing, and the two enjoyed the warmth and comfort.

Seeing this heart-warming scene, the little boy hiding behind the grass also laughed, "So this little guy can laugh, and he smiles pretty nicely."

Shang Lu next to him looked at the young boy with a puzzled expression, obviously there was no need for him to do this.

Que Yu seemed to know what Shang Lu was thinking, turned his head to look at the figure on the grass, and murmured: "Shang Lu, although I don't know how this little guy lost his parents, he is always alone. It's sad, but I get it."

Thinking of the paper frog, he saw it from a tree not far away when he saw Qi Ze for the first time.Thinking of the little guy with lifeless eyes sitting on the threshold, Que Yu subconsciously understood that the paper frog was lost by that little guy, and now he helped him find it.

After returning to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Que Yu began to caress the kitten in his bosom that was hugged by Qi Ze for a long time.Suddenly, he smelled a different scent from the kitten. He leaned closer, sniffed it, and said with a chuckle, "This is the scent from that little guy? It's sweet, it's a reassuring scent."

Thinking of that little guy who was always being bullied, Que Yu couldn't help but sigh.

On the second day, Qi Ze sat on the grass as usual, but this time he subconsciously looked at the maple tree behind him, and found that no one had come.

When I was feeling lost, I saw a book under the tree.I stepped forward to open it and found that there was a sentence written in the blank space of the first page, the handwriting was immature and wild.

"If you don't want to be bullied anymore, then go to the imperial examination. If you step into the imperial court, no one will dare to bully you."

Looking at the handwriting, Qi Ze was in a daze. He turned to other pages of the book and found that it was the layout of the Southern Chu royal family and various families, as well as the specific changes in the current situation in Southern Chu.The handwriting is still wild and unrestrained, and the analysis is clear.

On a hidden road not far away, the little boy in dark scarlet brocade looked at the little guy and murmured: "Be stronger, little guy, don't be bullied by others in the future."

Shang Lu behind him stepped forward and said: "Master, we have been playing in the capital for so many days, it's time to go to the border. The general is waiting for us in the mansion."

Que Yu also knew his situation and necessary tasks in Nanchu, so he smiled casually and said, "Then let's go."

After that, the two of them took their swords and left gracefully.

"I should say sorry to that young boy." In the carriage, the woman hugged the man tightly, her voice was moist, "Actually, he was not annoying at all. He came to look for me, and I was actually very happy." .But because I was self-willed for a while, I said something serious to him."

Hearing the woman apologize to him, Que Yu also stared at her, and said, "Actually, he wasn't angry because of it, he never took it to heart. However, this apology was more than ten years late, and this king accepted it." .”

Qi Ze struggled to straighten up, and looked at the man with shining eyes, "I have found my way of life, and I want to stay by Que Yelan's side."

Then, the woman's voice was unusually firm, with an emotional tone that seemed to touch people's hearts, "I came to this world to meet Que Yelan."

Hearing her call him "Que Yelan", Que Yu was dazed for a moment, and couldn't help being moved. He hugged the woman tightly with both arms, and said in a deep and emotional tone for the first time, "I was born for you, Qi Shaoyi, too."

Feeling the trembling of the woman's body, the man said in a deep voice, as if from the bottom of his heart, "I really like you, Qi Shaoyi!"

(End of this chapter)