How many times rose flowers

Just as he was thinking, Li Bai walked towards her from a distance.

"A Nian, I heard that you brought a child back?" Li Bai winked at her, putting a hand on her shoulder habitually.

"Well, her name is 'Huaci'." Jixue glanced at Huaci's tent, and the man lifted the curtain and gave her a playful smile.

The two walked like this, chatting a few words from time to time.

All the way into the main tent, Jixue realized that Li Bai didn't come to see her at all, but to visit Gantang.At this time, I just remembered an important thing: "Li Bai, the peace treaty has been signed, and Kyushu will soon be at peace."

"Really, that's great." Li Bai paused excitedly.

"Really. The peace treaty has already been sent to the imperial court by the Superintendent." Mentioning Yuqing, Jixue was still a little conflicted.

While talking, under the sycamore tree not far away, the white-clothed boy who was waiting for Li Bai was sitting with his legs curled up, holding a scroll of letters in his hand, and Zhao Nanjian was put aside.Hearing the voice, the boy—Gan Tang suddenly raised his head and looked at them.

"I heard that Mr. Yuxu brought back a little girl?" Gan Tang joked.

Jixue has no idea that "Jun Yuxu" is herself, and is still looking around suspiciously.As if remembering something, Li Bai whispered in her ear, "A Nian, you don't know that 'Yuxu Jun' is an nickname given to you by the people in the city."

Jixue seemed to have never heard of it, and a question mark slowly rose on his head, indicating that I, a half-reader, didn't quite understand.She blinked at Gantang, and the other party immediately explained: "The people in the city think that you are wearing white clothes, just like the white snow that brings them joy in winter, and the white snow is also called 'yuxu'..."

Jixue still didn't understand the logic of this.Fortunately, Li Bai rescued him in time: "That kid is called 'Hua Ci'."

Gan Tang then asked again, "Which 'flower' and which 'ci'?"

"The 'flower' of 'flower', the 'ci' of 'farewell'." Li Bai said, "What's wrong?"

Gan Tang was stunned, and motioned them to look behind him.

Huaci didn't know when he followed up, standing behind Jixue and counting the leaves of the sycamore tree at this time, so leisurely.Seeing the three people staring at her, she didn't panic, but said, "It's because of the word 'Hua Ci' for 'the most difficult thing to keep in the world, Zhu Yan Ci Jing Hua Ci Shu."'"

Gantang's eyes were on the plane tree behind her.There is a person hiding under the plane tree, and his skills are by no means inferior to him and Jixue.

"Sir, please show up." His voice was cold.That person has been following them ever since they discovered Huaci.

A young man in black jumped down from the tree and landed silently.He had a ghost mask on his face, so he couldn't see his face clearly.

"Brother Seven?" Hua Ci seemed surprised, "Didn't I tell you not to worry?"

Jixue immediately understood that this was the Jiuyouqi who was next to the leader of the ghost clan.But Hua Ci called him "Seventh Brother", could it be that he is also the heir of the leader of the ghost clan?

"The seventh rider of the Nine Nethers is Luo Yifeng." The boy—Luo Yifeng said, took off his mask, and he turned out to be the same age as Gan Tang and the others.A pair of eyes were slender, and the corners of the eyes were slightly raised, adding a bit of arrogance for no reason.

Li Bai was quite surprised, and asked Jixue in a low voice: "Is there such a young boy in the Nine Nether Riders?"

Her voice was not loud, but Luo Yifeng could just hear her.He laughed at himself, "Jiu Youqi cannot be distinguished by age."

Huaci looked at Luo Yifeng very rarely.On a normal day, Luo Yifeng wouldn't even pay attention to such words, could it be because there is a beautiful Miss Li Bai around?But it didn't take long before she vetoed her opinion - because her seventh brother would glance at Gan Tang from time to time, and couldn't tell what emotion was in his eyes.

Gan Tang drew out the Zhao Nan Sword calmly, and said to Luo Yifeng in the next second: "If your Excellency wins, I will let you go."

Luo Yifeng also pulled out the Lige Saber.The atmosphere suddenly became tense.After all, Gan Tang was younger, and his moves were not prudent enough, Luo Yifeng seized the opportunity, and the saber had already reached Gan Tang.

Li Bai was running around in a hurry at the bottom, wanting Huaci and Jixue to help, but the two watched the competition calmly, chatting together from time to time.

"Your Majesty will keep my promise, Your Excellency can leave." Gan Tang wanted to move the knife in front of him with his hand, but Luo Yifeng let go of it, and Li Ge fell to the ground one step ahead.

"Tie." Luo Yifeng said loudly.

On the side, Hua Ci commented with great interest: "Sister, your friend is quite interesting."

Jixue looked puzzled, "You mean 'Gantang'?"

Huaci seemed to have known it a long time ago, nodded, "It's him."

Jixue didn't understand the real meaning of the phrase "it's him" until many years later.Right now, he didn't become suspicious, just nodded slightly as a joke.

Luo Yifeng could see the displeasure on the faces of several people, he bent slightly, and disappeared as a courtesy.Hua Ci had a faint feeling that Seventh Brother really wanted to stay just now.

"Lieutenant Gan Tang, since the ghost clan sent me as a bargaining chip in the peace treaty, the human race and the ghost clan have been allies from now on. Seventh Brother has no malicious intentions." He was clearly apologizing, but Hua Ci's tone could not hear the slightest concession , but it seems to be a warning.

Gan Tang and Li Bai were taken aback.General Xie Qiong didn't tell the other people in the camp that the leader of the ghost tribe sent the Ninth Princess as a hostage. They always thought that Jixue picked up a child and came back.Unexpectedly, this child is the bargaining chip of the ghost clan.

"In addition, Hua Ci, the Ninth Princess of the Ghost Clan, asks Zhu Jun." After that, Hua Ci smiled casually, but it made people dare not take it lightly.

Jixue was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground, and Huaci stood in front of her very understandingly.It's a pity that the 12-year-old girl has not yet drawn a stick. She is much shorter than Jixue, and she can't stop it at all.It is rare for Jixue, who is always expressionless, to have some expression, but it is better to have no expression.

On the side, the sycamore tree regained its calm.From time to time, there are branches and leaves mottled in the sun, swaying gently with the breeze.Jixue simply closed her eyes, leaning against the thick tree trunk, enjoying the rare sunshine and leisure.

"Li Bai, Kyushu is going to be peaceful. Are you happy?" Jixue asked.

"Then are you happy?" The person leaning against the tree trunk asked back.

"I... am naturally happy. Finally, there is no need to fight, who wouldn't be happy?" Jixue stretched out her hand to block the dazzling sunlight in front of her eyes, her tone was laziness.

The other party did not answer.It took Jixue a while to realize that the voice speaking to her was not Li Bai, but Hua Ci.She turned around, and on the tree trunk next to her, Hua Ci had already fallen asleep leaning against the tree trunk.

Jixue suddenly couldn't bear to wake her up.

The 12-year-old girl is not light or heavy, and Jixue thinks she can hold a black iron sword, so it is not so difficult to return to the camp with the flower on her back.

Along the way, all the officers and men turned their attention to the flower words on her back, wondering about her relationship with Mr. Yuxu.Jixue ignored their gazes and walked straight through the crowd to Huaci's tent.

Putting Huaci on the bed, tucking in the corner of the quilt, Jixue saw her sleeping soundly and motionless, and couldn't help stretching out her hand to sniff her.

Huaci didn't breathe.

Jixue was startled, and called out in a low voice, "Ah Jiu, Ah Jiu?"

Hua Ci was still asleep like that, showing no sign of waking up.It was the second time in Jixue's life that he felt so nervous—the first time was when his mother died.She raised her voice, "Huaci?"

Huaci opened his eyes and grabbed her hand.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Hua Ci seemed to have just woken up, and her words were a little vague.

"You...you didn't breathe when you fell asleep just now." Jixue hesitated.

"Ghosts don't have breathing, body temperature and heartbeat. I have half of the blood of ghosts, so..." Huaci blinked and explained solemnly.

"Then Ah Jiu would rather be a human race or a ghost race?" Ji Xue was relieved and chatted with Hua Ci.

"Well, Ah Jiu doesn't want to be a ghost or a human. I just want to be Yuxu Jun's younger sister. My sister will protect me, right?" Hua Ci thought for a while and said seriously.

Jixue also nodded solemnly.

"Then what kind of person does my sister want to be?" Huaci asked.

"Um... me?" Chang Jixue thought silently this time.She was silent for a long time, and it was so long that Huaci suspected that she didn't want to answer this question, but she said leisurely: "In a while, Kyushu will be stable, and the people will no longer be displaced, so I will disarm and return to the fields. Ah Jiu together, just be an ordinary person."

What Jixue said was not easy for a 12-year-old child to understand, but Hua Ci surprisingly understood what she meant.

When I am discharged and return to the fields, we will be ordinary people together, fishing, woodcutters, plowing and weaving, no matter what.You are no longer the nine princesses who can't help yourself, and I am not the Yuxu Lord who only lives for the common people.

After a long time, Huaci responded with a soft "yes", and Jixue was called away again because of the affairs in the camp.Huaci stayed alone in the empty tent, watched Jixue go away, and snapped her fingers lightly.

Luo Yifeng hadn't left all along, so he followed them all the way to the camp.

"Brother Seven, are you relieved now? My sister will take good care of me." Hua Ci looked helpless.

"Yeah." Luo Yifeng said expressionlessly.

"Hey, Seventh Brother, is Mr. Gan Tang the noble man you said was kind to you?" Hua Ci asked.

"No." Luo Yifeng said firmly.

"Brother Seven came here, did he really come to see me?" Hua Ci asked with a smile.

Luo Yifeng didn't say anything, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, leaving Huaci alone in the tent.

……

On the day when Master Supervisor Yu Qing returned to the camp with the imperial decree, Jingzhou City ushered in the most lively day in so many years.In order to celebrate the reconciliation between the human race and the ghost race, General Xie Qiong spontaneously organized a grand party, inviting everyone inside and outside the city to participate.

Although the ghost garrison had withdrawn, General Xie Qiong seemed unhappy.That's right, even though they won the battle, they lost their land in southern Xinjiang. Who can have no grudges?

After Huaci had a hard time talking, Jixue reluctantly agreed to take her with her.Seeing the success, Li Baile went ahead with Mr. Gantang.

When Jixue appeared with Hua Ci, the banquet had already begun.Several soldiers joked with a smile: "Mr. Yuxu is late, he should have punished himself with three cups."

Jixue smiled, picked up the three glasses of wine on the table and drank them all in one gulp.Then handed the speech to Li Bai, and left the banquet with a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

Huaci found that she was gone, and when looking for her, she was sitting on the eaves not far away, drinking alone against the moon.

Raise your glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadows become three people ([-]).

She also climbed up to the eaves and stared at Jixue.Jixue looked at it for a while, probably drunk, and didn't recognize who it was, so she simply continued to look at the bright moon in the sky in a trance.

"Are there really gods in the world?" Jixue murmured suddenly.

"Huh?" Hua Ci was puzzled.

"Sister said, if I believe in the existence of gods, then they do exist. However, I don't believe in them." Jixue continued.

Hua Ci was silent.She was keenly aware that Jixue was drunk.

"Ah Jiu, what about you, do you believe in gods?" After Jixue blew a cool breeze, he was rarely sober, and recognized the flower speech beside him.She rested her chin and looked at Huaci with her eyes focused and expectant.

Hua Ci's heart moved.She didn't believe in gods at first, but until she was nine years old, the girl who strayed into the cave brought her the only light in her dark life, and she thought that person was a god.Despite how ridiculous that is.

She looked at those slightly drunk phoenix eyes seriously, her voice was ethereal, with a hint of childishness.It was as if the wind carried her voice into Jixue's ears:

"Mr. Yuxu is the god in Ah Jiu's heart."

Huaci said like a ghost.Jixue didn't know if she heard it or not, she poured out the jug, which was already empty.

It was already late at night, and the guests left one after another, Jixue jumped down from the eaves as if sensing something.If Hua Ci hadn't seen her talking drunk just now, she would have suspected that she was not actually drunk.

Hua Ci jumped off the eaves, followed Jixue a few steps, and followed behind Jixue, looking up at her.Jixue stopped suddenly, and stretched out her callused hand to Huaci—it was left over from years of martial arts practice.

"The night is so dark, Ah Jiu holds my hand, so I won't be afraid." Jixue's eyes were red, as if she hadn't sobered up yet.

Huaci took her hand obediently, and two figures, one big and one small, walked slowly in the moonlight.From time to time, soldiers returning from the night looked at the past curiously, but the night was too dark, and only the outlines of the two could be seen clearly.

Walking to Jixue's camp, Hua Ci let go of her hand, smiled sweetly, and said, "Sister will send it here, and Ajiu will go the rest of the way."

Just as Jixue was about to refuse, Huaci had already run away.

……

After leaving, Huaci did not return to her tent, but turned to a remote place and waved her hand behind.

A group of Nine Nether Knights appeared behind her.The leader among them was a middle-aged man. When she saw him, she sneered as if she had expected it.

Hua Ci: "Commander, have you been with us for a long time?"

The commander was serious, nodded his head reluctantly, and then said firmly: "Sixteen, don't forget the things entrusted by the Lord."

It's ridiculous to say that in the ghost clan camp, except for the leader of the ghost clan and Luo Yifeng, no one else knew the identity of His Royal Highness Huaci Ninth Princess, and everyone regarded her as weak and bully.It was at that time that she was sent to the human race as a hostage, and the ghost clan also acted as the leader of the ghost clan and randomly grabbed the child to make up the number.

"Is the commander here to deliver the knife to Shiliu?" Hua Ci asked.

The commander gestured to Jiuyou Qi behind him, and the other party handed her a long knife with a sheath.There is a red pearl embedded in the handle of the knife, which is really beautiful.When Hua Ci saw it, the corner of his mouth raised, he pulled out the knife, and looked at it carefully, "What's the name of this knife?"

"This knife was made by the best craftsman of the Ghost Clan, and the master has not named it yet. The master said that you should name it yourself." The other party's tone was disdainful.Who is this person that deserves so much attention from the Lord?

Unexpectedly, Hua Ci just responded lightly, and then said: "The name of this knife is 'Zhu Yan'."

There was a slight pause in the middle, and he drew out the knife rest and put it on the opponent's neck, and he did not forget to ask with a smile: "I remember, your martial arts are not as good as mine, right?"

"Sixteen." The commander reminded me.Hua Ci put the knife back into its sheath without much interest, turned around and left, and said before leaving, "I will tell you, my lord, I will remember."

As soon as the flowers spoke, the figure turned away and disappeared into the night.

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⑴From Li Bai's "Drinking Alone under the Moon"