Volume 1: A stone strikes a thousand waves, the world surrounds Li Daosheng Chapter 50: So don’t climb where it says “No climbing allowed”
In the quiet night, Chang'an was startled by the sudden sound.
But then, she thought that the people on the roof might be the palace guards arranged by her royal brother. She had seen these people before. Occasionally, they would flash past on the rooftops of the imperial city at night.
Thinking that he was a guard, Chang'an did not hide anything and told the truth in a crying voice.
"I lost one of my bracelets. Do you know where it went?"
But what she didn't know was that a real guard would never take the initiative to talk to her no matter what.
And now, the mute guard was sleeping soundly on the other side of the eaves, having just been knocked unconscious.
After listening to Chang'an's words, the voice on the room was silent for a while, then spoke.
"I know. I stole it."
Chang'an's little face turned pale with fright, because she realized that the person on the roof was not a guard, but a thief.
She had never seen a thief, let alone spoken to one. She only knew that they were evil people who killed people without blinking an eye.
She was naturally afraid of such a man, but her bracelet was still in his hand, which made her muster up some courage and speak in a trembling voice.
"Then, then give it back to me!"
"No." The voice from the room rejected her request without even thinking about it.
"Why?" Chang'an's eyes turned redder, as if he was about to cry again.
"Because I still have some use for it." The voice from the room was calm. It did not have the ferocity and cruelty of the thief as rumored. It was just spoken in a light and casual voice.
"I'll return it to you after I'm done with it."
"You." Chang'an was speechless because of the thief's unreasonableness. After a long while, he said aggrievedly.
"Why are you like this?"
Her voice was low, but her tears kept flowing.
She wiped her tears stubbornly and held back from saying anything else.
The moonlight outside is cold.
On the roof, a man in white clothes was half lying there with his hands under his head. Hearing the low sobbing sound coming from below again, he raised his eyebrows helplessly.
"Why are you crying again? " he asked softly.
It's not like he's not going to return the bracelet to her. He just wants to lie here for a while and rest. Why can't he just rest in peace?
Chang'an did not answer. The room was pitch black, not even a candle was lit. It was even darker than outside.
A long while passed like this, and the man in white didn't speak again, and neither did Chang'an.
Chang'an thought that the thief had left and things gradually calmed down, but suddenly a sound was heard from the roof.
"Don't cry anymore." The thief's voice was a little vague, and he seemed to be chewing something in his mouth: "Do you want some candy?"
Chang'an was still angry and kept his head down, refusing to speak.
But suddenly, a piece of candy wrapped in paper appeared on her dressing table.
"It was wrong of me to take something without asking, but this bracelet is really useful to me. Just consider it as lending it to me for two days. I will definitely return it to you after two days. How about that?" the thief said sincerely.
In fact, if it was just for two days, Changan wouldn't mind that much.
And judging from the other party's appearance, he is sincere.
Changan looked at the candy, pursed his lips, sobbed for a while, and took the candy in his hand.
"Just two days?"
"Just two days." The thief on the roof said affirmatively.
"You promise."
"Okay." The thief sighed helplessly: "I promise, okay."
"Then." Chang'an blinked his still red eyes, lowered his head and whispered, "I'll just lend it to you for two days."
Anyway, they had all been taken away by him, and she had no other choice.
There was no sound from the roof, and I didn't know if the thief had really left this time.
Chang'an opened the candy wrapper in his hand and put the candy into his mouth. It was sweet and quite delicious.
The next day, the guard who was knocked unconscious hurriedly reported the incident to Li Shizong.
Li Shizong was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter.
Chang'an just sat quietly by his window waiting.
Two nights later, a jade bracelet and a note appeared on her dressing table as promised.
The thief did return the jade bracelet, and left a few incomprehensible sentences, which made Chang'an laugh and curse him as a lecher.
She walked to the window, looked at the moonlight outside for a while, and with a try-it attitude, she knocked on the windowsill and asked towards the roof.
"are u there?"
"Is there something wrong?" The voice appeared suddenly again, lazy and nonsensical.
This time, Changan smiled and said.
"I lent you the jade bracelet for two days. Shouldn't you thank me?"
The voice from the room paused for a moment. He didn't expect that this little girl would actually repay a favor. He smacked his lips and said depressedly.
"How do you want me to thank you?"
Chang'an sat down by the window, looked out the window, thought for a while and said.
“Have you been to many places?”
"It's not bad." The man on the roof said lazily, "It can be considered that I have been in the martial arts world for a few times."
"Then how about you tell me the stories about those places?" Chang'an asked expectantly. She had never left the capital and the farthest she had been was to the suburbs outside the city gates, so she really wanted to hear what life was like outside the capital.
"Sure." The thief seemed a little surprised. He didn't expect the girl's request to be so simple.
"What do you want to hear?" he asked.
"First, tell me what the desert is like."
"The desert. I've only been there once. At that time, I went there to steal a golden Buddha statue. When I first arrived, the sky was full of yellow sand. When the wind blew, I couldn't open my eyes. The sand in the wind was like a knife. The sun stung my face and hands so much that they hurt..."
The moonlight was leisurely, and the people on the roof were leaning against the tiles, telling stories about the rivers and lakes.
The candlelight flickered, and the people in the room held their chins in their hands, listening to the strange news outside the palace.
A gentle breeze blew, causing the clothes to flutter and the figure to sway, making the place really restless.
…
From then on, Chang'an would sit by the window every night, and every time she knocked on the windowsill twice, the thief would appear on time.
Chang'an listened to him talk about the desert, the northwest, the snow-capped mountains, and the riverside.
The thief always tells a good story, and with his strange stories, the scenes of the underworld seem to really appear before your eyes.
During the day, Chang'an would sit in the room in a daze, thinking about the outside of the palace, the rivers and lakes, the vast desert, the flying snow, the rivers, lakes and seas.
To others, it looked like she didn't want to go out anymore.
One day, Chang'an asked the thief how long he would stay in the capital.
The thief said that he would leave soon because he had finished his business in the capital.
Chang'an felt some indescribable emotions in her heart, and suddenly, she wanted to take a look at the appearance of this thief.
So she took advantage of the other person's inattention and leaned her head out of the window to look at the roof.
Unfortunately, her hands were not steady, and with a scream, her body tilted and she fell out of the window.
When she thought she was about to die, a figure in white fell from the eaves and caught her body.
It was also at that time that she caught a glimpse of the thief in the moonlight.
She remembered this glance for four years, from then until today.
