How many times rose flowers

Chapter 22 Yulouchun

Spring is coming to an end, and in the blink of an eye, Jingzhou City has experienced a spring without war.Jixue thought the time was right, and told General Xie Qiong that he had no ambitions and wanted to disarm and return to the fields.

How could General Xie Qiong agree to give her a three-day vacation similar to a minister's rest, in the name of thinking about it.The implication is that you have to come back after the holiday.

Mr. Yuxu suddenly paid more attention to the three-day holiday, and he accepted Li Bai's suggestion, dragging Li Bai and Hua Ci to the mountains outside Jingzhou City for an outing.

The spring in the mountains has not faded, and the green mountains and plains are full of colorful wild flowers.A temple is vaguely seen in the forest, and the sound of ancient bells echoes in my ears from time to time.

"Clang—clang—"

The winding path leads to a secluded place, and the flowers and trees in the Zen room are deep ([-]).

"Sister, what is that place?" Huaci asked, pointing to the direction from which the bell was ringing.

"Baiyun Temple is a temple." Jixue replied, "Do you want to take a look?"

Huaci nodded obediently.The three of them entered Baiyun Temple, wandered around inside and out, and saw a towering ancient pine growing in the west courtyard of the temple.The pine needles are dense and neatly arranged, and there are a few red threads wrapped around the pine branches.Some small wooden signs are hung on the red lines, and the small wooden signs are more or less written, all of which are good wishes.

Li Bai asked the abbot for a small wooden sign, and began to write on one of them seriously.That's a line from "The Song of the Yue People":

There are wood in the mountains and branches in the wood, and the heart is happy and the king does not know.

Jixue was chatting with the young monk in the courtyard at that time, and when he saw this sentence, he knew who it was written to.Just as she was about to step forward to make some jokes, a red thread was blatantly wrapped around her finger.

? !

Jixue was stunned for a while, and found that little girl Huaci was carefully winding the other end of the red thread around her own finger.Seeing Jixue's gaze, she felt a little embarrassed, and explained: "The bald head said that as long as two people wrap a red thread around their fingers, they can stay together forever, so..."

After Jixue listened to it, she realized that something was wrong, and saw the "bald head" who gave Hua Ci the red line - the abbot looked at her inexplicably.He has been the abbot for so many years, why was he called so?

Li Bai also asked for a red thread, and while learning how to wind it, he said with a smile: "I don't know, Ah Jiu, this red thread is for my sweetheart."

Hua Ci didn't seem to like Li Bai calling himself that, frowned slightly, and asked, "Who is Sister Li Bai giving the red thread to? Is it Mr. Gantang?";

Li Bai originally thought that this child didn't understand anything, but he didn't expect to be turned into a general, so he felt very depressed.The three laughed and played for a while, then left the temple, and stayed at a nearby farmhouse in the evening.

When it was dawn on the second day, Jixue heard rustling noises coming from outside the room.She lost all sleepiness at once, picked up the Qingqiu sword and walked towards the direction where the movement came from.When I got there, I didn't see anyone.

When she came, she was only wearing a layer of underwear, relying on her good physique from martial arts practice all the year round, she didn't even wear a coat, but at this moment she really felt a little cold.She wanted to go back and get a robe to put on, but when she turned around, a dress was put on her body.Jixue was wearing a moon-white robe, standing in the twilight morning light, like an exile.

"Sister, it's cold in the morning, don't catch a cold."

The tip of the nose smells the faint aroma of pear blossoms, which is refreshing.He stretched out his hands in front of her eyes and handed her a bouquet of pear blossoms.The pear blossom branches were folded from the mountain, and the morning dew still remained on them.

Jixue took the pear blossoms, and she rarely pursed her lips and smiled.She turned around and looked at Hua Ci, and said with a smile, "Ah Jiu woke up so early to pick these pear blossoms?"

Huaci nodded vigorously.He said again: "I just went back and found that my sister disappeared without a coat, so I took one out. I didn't expect my sister to be here."

Jixue sniffed the aroma of pear blossoms, thinking that this must be the most beautiful flower she has ever seen.As soon as he raised his head, he met Shang Huaci's eyes as bright as morning stars.

"Then why did my sister come out so early?"

"Hmm... to watch the sunrise." Jixue nonsense.In the final analysis, she didn't want Hua Ci to worry about these hidden dangers that might not exist at all.

"Oh, then I'll accompany my sister." Hua Ci was really understanding, and stopped asking.

Jixue said "yes", and the two stood side by side in the farmer's small courtyard, looking at the rising sun in the sky.As the sun rose little by little, light gradually appeared on the horizon, and the clouds were inlaid with golden light.The earth gradually became brighter, and there was a burst of birdsong in the distance, and everything seemed to be alive.

The fragrance of pear blossoms still lingers on the tip of the nose, this picture is so beautiful, until the sun hangs high in the blue sky, Jixue just breaks away from it, her pair of phoenix eyes are still staring at the sky blankly.

"A Nian, why do you guys wake up so early." Li Bai rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of the room.She was wearing hibiscus purple clothes, although she was a middle-aged figure, she added a bit of temperament for no reason.

After chatting for a while, Jixue washed up and left the farmer with the money they bothered about yesterday.I have been walking along the mountain road, and the road is twists and turns. I thought I was about to reach the way down the mountain, but I didn't expect to turn back into the mountain forest.

At the end of the road is a temple with blue glaze inlaid on the corner of the eaves, and the inscription on the plaque: Temple of Water God.

When Jixue saw these three words, she couldn't tell why she was uncomfortable. She was so dazed that the pear blossom in her hand fell to the ground.

"Li Bai, where is the god of water?" Jixue asked.

"Water god Yumai is in charge of the three worlds and five lakes and four seas. It is said that she lives in the Shuiyue Pavilion in Penglai." Li Bai thought about the description in the storybook and said.

"You said, the name of the water god is 'Yuzhen'?" Yuzhen, isn't that her elder sister's name?Could it be true that Master Qin Feiyu told her elder sister's ascension a few years ago?Jixue was surprised

Li Bai sensed her displeasure, he hesitated to speak.

When they went down the mountain again, they didn't get lost again, but the bunch of pear blossoms that fell to the ground had disappeared.

……

At the same time, above the Nine Heavens, in the Shuiyue Pavilion in Penglai, the girl was looking at the pear blossom in her hand in a trance.In front of her is a dust-observing mirror, in which are the voices and smiles of Jixue and his party.

It happened to be next to the Water God Temple, so she took the bunch of pear blossoms away—yes, this girl was the Water God Yuzhu who ascended eight years ago.

After a moment of silence, the Immortal Guan next to him said, "His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor invites the Water God to discuss matters in the palace."

Yuzhen nodded, changed into a cloud blue divine robe, and followed him away.There are many palaces in Penglai, and it took a long time to arrive at the place where His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven was. After seeing the ceremony, Yuzheng heard the Emperor of Heaven say: "There may be disasters in the world. I have agreed with all the immortals in Penglai to appoint the God of Water as the envoy of the Heavenly Dao. Chaos, I don't know what the water god wants?"

"Your Majesty, Immortal Penglai must not interfere in human affairs." Yuzhen said calmly.

"I know. The water god must also know that Penglai wants to allow mortals who don't have the destiny to ascend to immortals, right? This is an opportunity." said the Emperor of Heaven.

"What does your Majesty mean, that Penglai will be open to more qualified mortals in the future?" Yuzhen said "qualification", not "fate".How could the Emperor of Heaven fail to understand, nodded approvingly, and sighed: "Water God is indeed the youngest god in Penglai."

"If His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven really has the heart, then Yuzhen is willing to be a pawn." Yuzhen cast her firm gaze outside the hall.She seemed to see the grown-up girl smiling at her again.

Ah Nian, I haven't seen you for eight years, are you all right?

Thousands of words were stuck in his heart, and there was only a reluctant arc left at the corner of Yuzhen's mouth.

Jingzhou Barracks.

There were two people at a stalemate, their swords facing each other.One was dressed in white, it was Gan Tang, the other was wearing a ghost mask, it was Luo Yifeng.Luo Yifeng held Li Ge Dao in his hand, and Gan Tang held Zhao Nan Sword tightly in his hand, the competition was about to start.

I saw the Zhaonan sword glowing with silver light, the sword turned over, like a whirlwind, the shadow of the sword could not be seen clearly, but in the next second it was about to point at Luo Yifeng's neck.Luo Yifeng didn't dodge either, Lige Dao directly met Zhao Nanjian's blade.

Zhao Nanjian · Whirlwind.

"Zheng—" The sword collided, and Luo Yifeng slightly raised the corners of his lips.Gan Tang stared blankly, in a blink of an eye Li Ge Dao suddenly turned back, changed direction, and attacked from behind.Gan Tang fell backwards, dodging the blow, and immediately counterattacked with Zhao Nanjian in his hand.

Unexpectedly, the pose was not over yet, Li Ge Dao swept towards Gan Tang like a long wind.Gan Tang couldn't dodge it in time, he lost the sword move, he was not angry, but praised: "Yi Feng is very skilled. What's the name of this sword move?"

"Jiuyou Saber Fuyao." Luo Yi Fengxin said.

It was only then that Gan Tang discovered that this move was actually not a new move, but evolved from his own summoning of the Southern Sword Whirlwind. "Fuyao" and "Whirlwind" are really interesting names.Gan Tang thought to himself.

After some competition, both of them were a little tired, so they leaned on the side of the sycamore tree as a rest.Gan Tang put the Zhao Nan Sword back into its scabbard, and tapped on the nearby tree trunk.

"Huh?" Luo Yifeng turned his head and looked at him.

"Yi Feng, you said that the human race and the ghost race have ceased fighting, can we also be friends?" Gan Tang said, leaning his sword against the tree suddenly, got up and ran not far away.

Not far away is a fruit tree with branches covered with wild fruits.Gan Tang climbed up the tree in two or three steps, picked some wild fruits, threw them to Luo Yifeng, and then quickly jumped down from the tree.

Luo Yifeng caught Ye Guo, but was startled.Gan Tang mistakenly thought that he didn't like it, and hurriedly said: "If you don't like it, then..."

While speaking, Luo Yifeng took a bite of the wild fruit, which made a crisp sound.

"Is it sweet?" Gan Tang asked.

Luo Yifeng didn't have time to speak, Gan Tangquan took a wild fruit from his hand and took a big bite as he acquiesced.The sour taste of the wild fruit spread in his mouth, and Gan Tang was so sour that he couldn't speak.

"Sour." After a while, Gan Tang uttered a word.Luo Yifeng ignored him, and took a bite of the wild fruit expressionlessly.

Gan Tang looked at Luo Yifeng with an indescribable expression, "Yi Feng, don't you ghosts have a sense of taste?"

"Yes." Luo Yifeng shook his head, and then added, "But I think this wild fruit is quite sweet."

"Twelve words. You said twelve words." But Gan Tang's attention was not here.He counted with his fingers, and directly blocked what Luo Yifeng said.

Then Gan Tang watched Luo Yifeng put away the remaining wild fruits with a handkerchief, and felt that Luo Yifeng was inconvenient to brush his mind away, and was about to throw away the dates after leaving.

Then Luo Yifeng said something unexpected to Gantang: "Gantang, do you think the human race and the ghost race can really have a truce?"

"Of course." Gan Tang said without thinking.After speaking, remembering what his father Xie Qiong said to himself and Jixue before signing the peace treaty, he couldn't help hesitating.

Luo Yifeng said: "If the human race and the ghost race can really coexist peacefully, then it is possible."

It took Gan Tang a long time to realize what Luo Yifeng meant—if the human race and the ghost race could be at peace, then they must be very good friends.

"What about now?" Gan Tang asked.

"It's the same now." Luo Yifeng replied.Hearing his answer, Gan Tang breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.

……

It is early summer in the world, and the leaves of the sycamore trees are green.

Jixue led the soldiers to patrol around the city wall as usual.The two clans have signed a peace treaty, and the soldiers who fought before became the garrison in the city again.Ji Xue and Gan Tang guarded the north and south of Jingzhou City, while General Xie Qiong was stationed in Jingzhou City.Master Yuqing won the credit for sending the battle report, and became the magistrate of Jingzhou, enjoying a magistrate's mansion all to himself.Only then did Jixue and his party learn that the princess next to Yuqing died of illness in the second year of the war.

Yuqing had been frustrated before, but in the end, she was still alone.

So Master Zhizhou found his only daughter Jixue again, hoping that she would recognize him as his father.So the matter of Jixue's disarmament and return to the fields had to be left alone.

On this day, Master Yuqing had a whim and invited her daughter to go horse racing outside Jingzhou City.Huaci was still pestering to go together, and Jixue didn't refuse.Jixue and Huaci rode together, Master Yuqing rode alone, and the three of them wandered to the hillside on the outskirts of the city on two horses.

Jixue was concerned that His Royal Highness Ninth Princess might not be used to riding a horse, so she rode very slowly, while Lord Yuqing was not good at riding, so she didn't dare to ride fast behind her daughter.

Huaci suddenly said that he felt unwell and wanted to get off the horse and take a rest.Jixue stopped, got off the horse, turned around to Fu Huaci to get off the horse, but saw His Royal Highness Ninth Princess jumped off by herself.

"Ah Jiu, can you ride a horse?" Jixue asked in surprise.

"Yes. The father requires that each child must be able to ride and shoot." Hua Ci said.

Yuqing got off the horse too, took out her water bag and handed it to the two of them.Jixue didn't pick it up, Huaci didn't know whether it was intentional or not, and hit the water bag on the ground.

Yuqing's complexion instantly became ugly.Huaci looked at Jixue aggrievedly, Jixue couldn't bear it, and said, "Maybe Ah Jiu didn't do it on purpose."

Then send snow to drink horses by the stream next to it, and refill some water in the water bag by the way.

Only Yuqing and Huaci were left on the hillside.Yuqing also stopped worrying about what happened just now, but tried to get some information about her daughter through this child who had a good relationship with her daughter - about the years when he was not around.

"Ah Jiu, do you have a good relationship with Anian?"

"Ah."

"Then when did you and Anian meet?"

"three years ago."

The atmosphere was silent again.Suddenly Huaci's eyes lit up, Master Yuqing thought the child was finally willing to talk to him a few more words, but saw Huaci pacing in front of a bush of wild roses.

She probably wanted to pick some roses, but her finger was lightly pricked, and a little blood oozes out, but it heals quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.Lord Yuqing was very surprised by this, and couldn't help asking: "Are you a ghost?"

No wonder he asked this question. Compared with the human race, only the ghost race has such a powerful self-healing ability.

Huaci nodded first, then shook his head.Yuqing was puzzled, just about to speak, only to hear Huaci say: "My mother is a human race."

Yuqing nodded this time as if she had suddenly realized, and couldn't help feeling a little more distressed for the child.Presumably this child also had a similar experience to Anian.

"My lord, why do you and Li Bai keep calling her 'A Nian'?" Hua Ci said.This question made Yuqing stunned again.

"'A Nian' is the name her mother gave her before, and it can be counted as a nickname." Yuqing said, very pleased that Yu Huaci was finally willing to chat with him a few more words.

At this time, Jixue had already returned with the horse.Seeing Huaci's eyes staring at the wild rose bush next to her, she broke off a rose flower, shaved off the small thorns on the branch, handed it to Huaci with a smile, and asked, "Ah Jiu likes roses?"

"Hmm." Hua Ci took the rose, her eyelashes trembled, her eyes were bright, as if there were stars twinkling in them.

"Ajiu is the same as roses," Jixue suddenly leaned into her ear, paused, and smiled, "I like them both."

Although it was just a joke, Huaci still couldn't help but blush.The goal of sending snow is achieved, and he is satisfied and no longer jokes.

After a while, Huaci jumped on the horse again, smiled and said to Jixue: "Sister, Ah Jiu is not good at horsemanship, can I ask sister to teach Ah Jiu?"

Jixue also jumped onto the horse and said, "Okay. Then Ah Jiu will ride, and I will guide you."

It turned out that Huaci had been riding very well on their return journey, even comparable to the soldiers defending the city.Huaci smiled shyly, but Jixue felt like a knife had been stabbed in her heart, which was even more unpleasant.At first, I thought that the leader of the ghost clan only asked his children to be superficial, but he didn't expect the requirements to be so strict.Huaci's equestrian skills cannot be practiced in ten days and half a month, Jixue can see it.

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