Chapter 357 Pei Lin, how old are you?
The fire was everywhere.
Fushan and Yishui stuck close to Wen Xingluo, guarding the surroundings with all their might.
However, Pei Lin was like a ghostly gust of cold wind. They only saw a dark blue flame passing by their eyes. The next moment, the pain as if their souls were being bitten made them cover their heads tightly. When they came to their senses again, the young lady who was being well protected had disappeared!
"Ningning!"
Xie Guanlan chased a few steps, but the flames coming towards him forced him to stop.
Just when he was getting anxious, a slender and tall black figure appeared beside him.
Wei Ying held the sword in her arms and said quietly, "My cousin must have been abducted by Pei Lin. It's not anyone else's fault. Commander Xie has never dealt with Pei Lin before, so he didn't know he was so skilled in witchcraft. It wouldn't be difficult for him to take someone away."
Xie Guanlan glanced at her, "Where will he go?"
"I don't know either. But one thing is certain, Pei Lin will never harm my cousin. The Pei family swore an oath before the ancestors of the Great Wei Dynasty to be loyal to the royal family of the Great Wei Dynasty for generations, and no one will betray them. If Commander Xie is really worried, he can take people to search the nearby courtyards and residences first."
Xie Guanlan hurried away with a narrow knife in hand.
Wei Ying was still standing on the long street where the fire was raging.
She looked at the towering Buddha of Lamp at the end of the long street.
The Bodhisattva of Lights picked up a flower, smiled, and lowered his brows, but an orange-red flame climbed up along his body, trying to swallow him into the sea of fire and burn him to ashes.
A strange feeling came over me.
Wei Ying sensed a hint of coolness amidst the scorching heat surrounding her.
It feels like I am about to part ways with my old friend completely.
She reached out and caught a falling spark.
"Pei Lin..."
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The collapsed lantern stand caused a huge fire, and tonight almost half of Lin'an City was engulfed in flames.
The dilapidated temple behind the Bodhisattva of Light.
Pei Lin fled here with Wen Xingluo, leaning against the altar and gasping for breath.
As if afraid that the girl would escape from him, he got a pair of shackles from somewhere and locked their wrists together tightly.
Wen Xingluo looked at him.
The dim light and shadow outlined the young man's embarrassed posture. Because he protected her on the way to escape, the peacock blue brocade robe was burned with deep and shallow holes, and the burnt cold white skin was quite shocking.
Behind him, a tall, colorful statue was sunken in the shadows. Because no one worshipped it, it had not been repaired for years. The paint was peeling and spider webs were everywhere, making it look inexplicably hideous in the long night.
It further highlights the boy's insignificance and embarrassment under the dais.
The fire was spreading towards this side, and the sounds of people putting out the fire could be faintly heard outside.
Wen Xingluo looked at his face and said calmly, "What are you going to do next? Use me to threaten Xie Guanlan? Or avoid him and look for another opportunity in the future?"
Pei Lin raised his eyes.
When their eyes met, the girl's amber round almond eyes were calm, completely devoid of the sweetness and brightness she had when facing Xie Guanlan.
With an inexplicable anger filling his heart, he let out a mocking laugh, "Don't you worry about yourself? You've ruined my plan, and I might kill you soon."
Wen Xingluo arched his brows, "Pei Lin, how old are you?"
Pei Lin frowned, "The princess just asked this question a few days ago. How old am I? Does it have anything to do with whether I kill you or not?"
As the young man finished speaking, a shrill scream suddenly came from outside:
“The lamp bodhisattva collapsed——!!”
"Run! The lamp Bodhisattva has collapsed!"
The screams became a surging sea.
With a deafening roar, the towering Lamp Bodhisattva actually collapsed into the sea of fire!
The ruined temple is covered by the remains of the Bodhisattva of Light.
The beam could no longer bear the weight and broke instantly, sending countless dust and sparks falling from the sky!
Fortunately, the standing colored clay statue supported a space, which saved Wen Xingluo and Pei Lin from being hit by the beam.
The two men fell to the ground, and Wen Xingluo choked and couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose and cough violently.
Pei Lin looked at her.
The girl's precious and beautiful sapphire skirt was stained, and the sparks that had just splashed out burned countless fire holes on the skirt, like countless stars.
His gaze fell on her dust-stained little face. He tugged at the shackles between their wrists and suddenly said viciously, "Do you think Xie Guanlan can find you? Perhaps it won't be my turn to do it myself, and you'll be buried here with me."
Wen Xingluo took a breath for a moment and took out a paper bag from his sleeve.
She handed the paper bag to Pei Lin, "That day I asked you how old you were, and you said you were eighteen. Later I asked the palace servants who served you, and they said that the Mid-Autumn Festival was your birthday. Pei Lin, you are only seventeen years old now."
Pei Lin stared at the paper bag.
After hesitating for a moment, he took it and opened it.
There is a longevity cake in the paper package.
Although it was a little loose after being rubbed by the girl, you can still vaguely see the word "Shou" painted on it.
He held the longevity cake in his hand and asked, "What does it mean?"
"You are only seventeen years old." Wen Xingluo looked at him seriously.
Seventeen years old, so young, still a confused child.
He has a handsome appearance, possesses rare witchcraft skills in the world, and is also good at studying and martial arts.
He can live well on his own.
He shouldn't dwell on old hatreds.
The girl didn't like Pei Lin and even hated him.
But at this moment, she gently touched the boy's head like an elder sister from the old dynasty.
"Pei Lin, why do you want to put shackles on yourself for the rest of your life?
"No one asked you to restore the Wei Kingdom, no one asked you to sacrifice your life for your homeland. That dynasty has collapsed. Even if the former emperor is still alive, I think they probably want you to let go of your hatred."
Flames filled the sky.
Pei Lin looked at the girl's dirty little face for a long time, then slowly looked away.
He stuffed the longevity cake into his mouth and chewed it with big mouthfuls.
The pastry was dry and he choked while eating it.
After coughing a few times, he stubbornly clenched his shackles, the cinnabar teardrop mole under his eyes red and ready to drip, "Don't think I'll let you go just because you show weakness or goodwill. You and I are the monarch and subject of the Wei Dynasty. If we can't restore our old country, then both of us should die as a token of our guilt! Especially you, you actually surrendered to Xie Guanlan. Do you know how much effort I've put in over the years to control those hostages and the families behind them?! Now everything has been lost, you really deserve to die-"
He cursed wildly, but met a pair of smiling eyes.
His brows furrowed, "What are you laughing at?!"
Wen Xingluo sat on the ground, holding her little face, "Pei Lin, is the longevity cake sweet?"
Pei Lin clutched the empty paper bag tightly and said nothing.
"Pei Lin, I don't know what it means to restore the old country and what it means to lose everything. When I was studying at Baihe Academy, I once learned a saying: 'When a country prospers, the people suffer; when it perishes, the people suffer.'
"So you see, people don't really care who sits on the throne, whether it's the Wei royal family or someone else. For them, as long as they have a warm home and someone remembers their birthday every year, that's already a very happy thing.
"Pei Lin, I have found my home and the people who will remember my birthday. I hate war and the struggle for power. I hope more people in the world can have what I have. Do you understand?"
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