How many times rose flowers

Good things are always fleeting, and before you know it, the New Year's gathering has become a few days ago.Winter has begun to show signs of warming up completely, and the New Year's Eve comes with the lanterns on the long street.

In the pavilion like this, Jixue is holding a book of scriptures brought by the ghost maid from outside to pass the time——Since she arrived here, she gets up every morning after practicing swords, and often has nothing to do, so she asks Ruo Lan for the scriptures Ben see.

The story book is about a female emperor and the courtiers who help her dominate the world. Jixue glanced at it briefly, and felt more and more confused.So she turned straight to the last page, wanting to see how the story ended.The ending of the story is described as follows:

In the glow of peach blossoms, the courtier leaned down slightly, and whispered something in the ear of the empress.The empress looked back at her courtier with a smile, and said, "Since you see a gentleman, don't you like it?"

The courtier smiled and kissed the back of her hand, and the two embraced tightly.A gust of breeze blew by, and the courtier looked at the empress's starry eyes, and said reverently: "There is a female companion, Yan Rushunying. The flying will fly, and the jade will be the general. When the beauty is clear, the virtue will not be forgotten⑵. "

Looking at the ending, Jixue was even more puzzled—it was written earlier in the script that both the courtiers and the empress were women. Could it be that the sisterhood in ancient times was like this?She thought about her and Ah Jiu again. Although she occasionally joked and bit her ears, she never showed such intimacy.

She flipped another page casually, her eyes glanced at a blunt description, and she finally understood the content of the script.This is not a touching sisterhood, these two sisters obviously like women.Jixue recalled the passages in the storybook that made her cheeks blush, and she didn't recover for a long time.It wasn't until Ah Jiu's voice came from outside the door that she quickly closed the script and opened the door for her.

"Sister Immortal, what's wrong with you?" Hua Ci looked suspiciously at the blush on Jixue's ears and asked.

"Ah, I'm fine." Jixue replied, "Ah Jiu, is there something urgent?"

"No. Today is the Lantern Festival. I want to say 'Happy New Year's Eve' to my fairy sister. By the way, I invite my sister to watch lanterns on the street. Do you have time?" Huaci reminded Jixue, and today is Shangyuan Festival.She had just read such an astonishing script, and she really needed to go out for a breath of fresh air, so she nodded in agreement.

Yuanxi is also called Shangyuan Festival.According to the custom, the people of the ghost clan will light a lantern and eat a bowl of hot Lantern Festival on this day.Occasionally, wealthy families will light Kongming lanterns or place a few lotus lanterns to pray for their relatives.

People (ghosts) came and went on the long street, shouting constantly. The old man selling candied haws saw them coming and handed them each a bunch of candied haws.Just as Jixue was about to refuse, the old man said: "When the ghost clan was in turmoil, the old man survived only with the help of His Royal Highness Ninth Princess. It's just candied haws, so let the young lady accept it."

Jixue didn't expect that the candied haws would still carry such a story, so it was hard to please the old man, so she took the candied haws with a smile, took a bite of it, and praised: "It's really sweet."

These words were obviously very useful to the old man. He proudly said to the ghost vendor next to him, "Did you hear that? All the guests of the lord praised my candied haws as delicious!"

Hua Ci smiled and said nothing, dragging Ji Xue to continue wandering in the street.Jixue's candied haws were quickly eaten up, and Huaci handed her the bunch of candied haws.

"Ah Jiu, don't you want to eat?"

"Don't eat, leave it to the fairy sister."

"No, Ah Jiu can eat by himself."

Inexplicably, those unsightly descriptions in the storybook reappeared in Jixue's mind. Thinking of the maid's joke that day and the words that the speaker had no intention of listening to, she wondered whether she and Ah Jiu were too close.She pushed the hand that Huaci handed over the candied haws, trying to keep some distance from her, but Huaci did not hold it firmly for some reason, her hand trembled, and the candied haws fell to the ground like this, smashing into pieces.

The candied haws in her hand fell to the ground, and Huaci suddenly came back to her senses. She didn't understand why Jixue pushed her hand away when she was fine yesterday.

Jixue said sorry, hurried through the endless stream of people (ghosts), and disappeared in a blink of an eye.Huaci wanted to catch up with her, but didn't know where to go, so she froze in place.

"Hello, Your Highness Ninth Princess!" "My lord, what's the matter with you?" Rubbing his forehead, he seemed to have a headache.But she still said, "I'm fine."

Although His Royal Highness the Ninth Princess showed a particularly frightening side to the restless ghost clan elders and priests, she treated the ghost clan people really well, nothing to say.Now that she looks like this, how can the people of the ghost clan rest assured, they all said that they want to share the Lord's worries.

Huaci refused them, repeated "I'm fine", thanked them, and walked forward aimlessly.Two people approached not far away, they seemed to be Luo Yifeng and Gan Tang.Hua Ci felt that he was hallucinating——How could a person like Seventh Brother who hates the excitement come to the market?But she did hear Luo Yifeng's voice, the man called her name, "Sixteen."

Hua Ci suddenly raised his head, confirming that the people in front of him were Seventh Brother and Gan Tang.She asked in a daze again: "Brother Seven, have you seen Jixue?"

"Is Jixue gone?" Gan Tang first understood the meaning of her words, looked around, and took out a talisman paper in his hand.

"Yeah. She didn't know what happened just now, she was in a trance, and then she ran away." Hua Ci said.

Gan Tang made a decisive decision and recited a formula. The talisman paper quickly burned, and countless spirit butterflies flew in one direction.Gan Tang explained: "This spirit butterfly can distinguish Jixue's breath, she is by the Wangchuan River."

As soon as these words came out, Luo Yifeng and Huaci both shrank their pupils.Why is Jixue on the bank of Wangchuan River?Where and what is she doing?Is she in danger?

at the same time.

By the river of Wangchuan, Jixue was holding a lotus lantern in trance.Just now she ran away in a hurry, she simply wanted to keep a distance from Huaci for a while, but unfortunately she didn't know the way, so she ran to the bank of Wangchuan River inexplicably.At that time, there was a crowd of people (ghosts), and no one knew who gave her a lotus lantern.

"Girl, why don't you put the lotus lantern?" A ghost girl next to her asked when she saw her fascinated by the lotus lantern.

"I..." Jixue was speechless.

"The lotus lantern can be used to pray for the deceased relatives. The lotus lantern that the girl puts on, the relatives under the spring must be able to see it." The girl said.

"Then the lotus lantern can also pray for the people who are still alive?" Jixue asked.The ghost girl smiled, "Of course it's okay, sincerity makes spirit."

Jixue heard the words, slowly squatted down, put the lotus lantern into the Wangchuan River, and pushed it lightly.This lotus lantern was pushed far away by the river along with thousands of lotus lanterns, just like the stars in the sky fell into the Wangchuan River.She closed her eyes and said reverently in her heart:

May all the souls of the dead have a home.

Two, may the sea of ​​living beings in the world not overflow.

Those who wish to be happy with the three wishes are free from worries and happy forever.

When I opened my eyes again, tears fell down unconsciously.Jixue didn't understand why she was crying, and she didn't know who the "heart-pleasing one" was, but the tears on her cheeks were like broken beads, and she couldn't stop it no matter what.At this moment, she thought of many people, Master Xiangyao, sister Yuzhen, and Hua Ci...

Seeing her like this, the girl who asked her to put the lotus lantern thought she was thinking of something sad, and comforted her: "Don't cry. Wang Chuanhe will definitely bring your blessings to the people you miss."

The corners of the ghost girl's mouth curled up a little, shallow and pretty, just like Ah Jiu.

"You are very similar to someone I know, you all love to laugh." The red marks on Jixue's face from crying had faded, she turned her head sideways, looked at the ghost girl who had never met before, and finally showed a smile.

"Hey, you finally smiled. You look so pretty when you smile, just as good-looking as your lord." said the ghost girl.

The topic circled around and turned to Huaci again.Jixue asked: "Your lord, does she love to laugh?"

"My lord is the one who laughs the most in Jiuyou City, even though most of the time she doesn't laugh happily. I didn't like to laugh before, but the lord told me to smile more." The ghost girl said, her eyes suddenly Throwing to Jixue's side, she smiled sweetly and said, "My lord."

Huaci didn't know when he stood beside Jixue, followed by Luo Yifeng and Gantang.Seeing the eager expressions of the three, Jixue was surprised:? ? ?

Hua Ci's expression was very ugly, and there was no smile on his face.The ghost girl looked at her face, said goodbye and left.Seeing that the person had been found, Gan Tang dragged Luo Yifeng to the end of the long street.Jixue and Huaci are the only two left by the Wangchuan River.

"Ah Jiu, are you... looking for me?" Jixue was a little embarrassed.

"Jixue, are you not feeling well?" Hua Ci didn't call her "Sister Immortal" anymore, but called her by her name.Jixue originally thought that Ah Jiu would have a big fight with her, after all, she ran away first for no reason.But Huaci didn't, her almost calm words made Jixue a little distressed - obviously she was thinking wildly after reading the script, how could she let Huaci feel sad for herself.

"No, I'm fine, really." Jixue replied almost word for word.

……

Early in the morning, Huaci went to knock on Jixue's door again, and when he opened the door, he found that there was no one in Xu Pavilion.Asked about the returning maid, the maid faltered and said that Miss Jixue had gone out early in the morning.

Just as Huaci was about to continue asking, a fire rose fell on her ear, and there was a voice that only she could hear. It was a conversation between the priest and the other elders.

Half an hour ago.

In the priest's hall, the priest sat opposite several elders.The priest made a pot of tea with a smile and added it to several people.

"Your Excellency Priest, did you invite the old man to the priest's hall today just to drink tea?" An elder took a sip of the tea and asked.

"His Royal Highness the Ninth Princess can't do anything to this old man. If that's the case, why don't you all rise up against this old man and show off the prestige of the 'Qing Emperor'?" The priest held a long knife in his hand, and the blade gave off a sharp cold light.The so-called "Qing Jun's side" is actually forcing the palace under the name of a disguise.

"The priest thinks...it must be done!" Hearing this, the elders no longer had the leisure to drink tea, and their foreheads were sweating in anxiety.

"Why not? Who can say that Her Royal Highness Ninth Princess is still the same Highness Ninth Princess? After more than 1000 years, she just got back the Rose Pearl. I am confident that my cultivation level is not inferior to her!" the priest said loudly.The elders came to cover his mouth one after another, but he didn't take it seriously, saying: "His Royal Highness Nine Princesses has declined, and this old man will be the next Lord of Nine Serenities, the leader of the ghost clan!"

"The elder is willing to follow me." The priest finally asked what was in his heart.He used declarative sentences because he knew that since these elders came here today, there was no way out.Sure enough, the elders were silent for a short while, then half knelt on the ground, bowed and said: "I would like to follow the priest Qingjun side, and get rid of traitors!"

……

Hua Ci heard their conversation on the Huo Qiangwei end of the sound transmission, and suddenly smiled lightly.The ghost maid next to her couldn't hear Huo Qiangwei's voice, so she didn't understand, "My lord, is there something happy?"

"After waiting for so long, the prey is finally about to fall into the net." Huaci smiled slyly, "After your young lady comes back, let her stay in such a pavilion, and don't let her come out for a few days, understand?"

The ghost maid couldn't figure out what the Lord meant, so she responded, "Follow the Lord's order."

When Jixue came back, she caught a glimpse of the "impressive" storybook, and immediately returned the book to the maid Luo Kui who lent her the storybook.Luo Kui was surprised: "Miss, you finished reading so soon?"

Jixue looked at her with an incomprehensible expression, "No. I just think this script is a bit... strange." After thinking about it, she still changed the adjective from "unsightly" to "strange".

"No, it's not so strange. The love story between the empress Mo Shiqing and her courtier Murong Yinshuang told in the storybook is still a good story." Luo Kui's look of expectation turned into disappointment.

"Is the story told in this storybook actually true?" Jixue asked.

Luo Kui nodded, "But it's definitely more exciting than what's written in the script."

Jixue didn't want to discuss this topic with her.For some reason, after reading the script, she seemed to have opened the door to a new world, and the strange feeling towards Huaci became more and more obvious.

Luo Kui fulfilled the principle of not letting the lady out of the Xu Pavilion as explained by the Lord, and was still chattering about the contents of the story book. When it came to how the empress and the courtiers fell in love, Jixue was puzzled: "How did she know?" Do you like her?"

Luo Kui thought for a while and said, "I like to be alone, probably I know it in my heart."

Jixue seemed to understand a little bit.So does she actually like Ah Jiu?That's right, every time I see Ah Jiu, my drumming heartbeat and the little joy in my heart can't fool me.She has liked her for a long time, when Huaci smiled and approached her ear to laugh under the pear tree, when Huaci smiled and handed her a bunch of candied haws on the long street—that person’s smile turned out to be so beautiful .

"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Seeing her in a daze, Luo Kui reminded her that Ji Xue just woke up like a dream.Because of this concern, Jixue, who has always been able to fall asleep with the help of a pillow, did not sleep well for several nights in a row.

Waking up in the morning, Huaci's frowns and smiles appeared in front of my eyes again. The always calm Lord Fengshen Jixue clutched the rose jade pendant around his waist, and finally asked, "Has Jiu been here these few days?"

She really wanted to see Ah Jiu immediately, and couldn't wait any longer.

"No. I don't know where the Lord has been these few days..." Luo Kui replied.

Jixue had already finished washing, and she was about to go outside after putting on that snow-green robe. Luo Kui seemed to see her thoughts, but the deadline for Huaci had passed, and she couldn't stop her, so she could only follow Jixue. Snow footsteps.

As soon as she stepped out of Ruoxu Pavilion, Jixue stopped and said, "You don't have to follow me, I'll go back when I go." Luo Kui stopped, and behind her, Ruo Lan held an oriole with a note on her fingertips, Fly to the direction of the priest's hall.

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The author has something to say:

⑴From "The Book of Songs Wind and Rain", the original meaning is: How can I not be happy when I see you during the wind and rain.

⑵From "The Book of Songs·Zheng Feng", the last sentence was originally "Bi Mei Meng Jiang, the German tone is not forgotten."