For the people of Chukyo, the frost festival has a very special significance. Although winter has not officially arrived, but after this day the climate has become significantly colder, only in the cold season of the ice and snow peony just blooms, north of the north of the city Dingjun Mountain (yes, the name is called) is rich in this commonly known as "beautiful face" flowers, it has become a good place for Zhongjing people to enjoy flowers.

Yesterday, Gao De was restless and revealed his own details, and he had to agree to the plush under his weak heart. Early this morning, a convoy of armored luxury cars and a number of large loaves of bread set off from the elephant training institute and rushed to Dingjun Mountain, which is more than 100 kilometers away. There are not only the ten gray bean sprouts that are plush, but also the tall seedlings He Lingling, who is difficult to go out to breathe fresh air. Liu Xiaopang accompanied him with forty or fifty people from the miscellaneous department, these people were nominally handymen but were actually spies, and they were actually bodyguards when they said they were enjoying the flowers.

Xiaoli borrowed Ai Tosaka's intercom to find him last night, saying that she would be in the Jedi Temple in the morning, and asked him if he wanted to go. If Gaode had the Yaxing of flower appreciation in the past, he would definitely not be able to shirk it. Now that I have changed my mind, I am naturally full of promises. For this reason, he also canceled the plan to inspect the progress of special service training in the Blood Fury Field, and to chat with Xiao Chu in the Valley of Absolute Souls to dig up the historical foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and have a good night's sleep to recuperate.

However, this steam convoy was blocked slower than a snail when it left Xicheng, and even if Gao De set up the banner of the brocade guard, it would not be good. The white smoke on the northbound avenue spreads like clouds falling from the sky, and the official flags of the six princes and the six princes and the various yamen stretch to the skyline at the end of the road.

I heard from the person in front of me that the queen's convoy traveled and cleared the streets along the way, so it was blocked like this. Gao De was so angry that he spat out the three-character scripture with those people, which really disturbed the people! He just thought that he didn't want to show off, so he didn't take the gyroplane. As an empress and a sage, don't you consider the feelings of the people of Xiazhongjing?

Fortunately, the traffic restriction was not long, and the traffic gradually dispersed, and it was still morning when Gao De arrived at the ground.

The plush Gao Miao He Lingling and others were led by Liu Xiaopang to visit near the Jechen Temple in the front mountain, and Gao De hurried to the back mountain. There is also a house in the Jedi Temple, which is a place of retreat and is not open, but the empress wants to come to enjoy the flowers, and those monks dare to close the door. Xiaoli said that she was guarding the empress with her master Granny Yao, and she would stay behind and wait for him after the empress left.

It's getting colder......

Climbing the stone steps of the mountain road, the cold wind blew, and Gao De couldn't help but tighten the collar of his leather coat. Today, his dress can be said to be a combination of ancient and modern, with a brocade hat on his head, a navy blue flying fish suit on his body, and a short-sleeved rhinoceros leather jacket, and a pair of swords and riding boots hanging on his waist. Along the way, he staggered with the men and women who should be the family members of the clan, causing the sight of Dao Dao in full swing.

He is no one in his eyes, the men are jealous, and the women are also used to it. In contrast, the mountains of ice and snow peonies are more interesting.

The so-called "ice and snow peony" is not plain white, but white and red like a girl's delicate face. Unlike the Xiangshan red leaves or Dongying cherry blossoms in the previous life? Just spread out the colors all over the mountains without concealment? Instead of hiding behind the verdant and yellow, like a girl poking out from under an umbrella? Reserved and indifferent to the visitors.

In fact, now is not the best time to see ice and snow peonies? Yesterday Left Avenue ...... Was he changed to the guy who got the Wilderness TV station, and called the elephant training center to find him? said that Yuanye TV should do a flower viewing program and ask him for his opinion.

Of course, this is an excuse, Zuo Dadao is very popular on Wilderness TV? Have you successfully transitioned from a front-of-house host to a behind-the-scenes producer? became famous in the Zhongjing TV circle, and became a rookie of the big guys. He wanted to contact Gao De in the name of flower appreciation, and with his well-informed sense of smell, how could he not know that Gao De, the behind-the-scenes owner, was already an upstart in the court.

Gao De naturally refused, but the unseen familiar tone reassured Zuo Dadao? When is the best time to enjoy the flowers? That's when the snow was falling.

"When the world is white, those ice and snow peonies that bloom late are really beautiful. I've also heard from others, and I really can't think of a beautiful law. I have to shoot it if I have the opportunity this year, and I forgot that the TV is all black and white. ”

Zuo Dadao actually awakened the desire for color beyond the times, and Gao De also lost his mind when he thought of his words? Wait for him to cross the cordon guarded by the Yulin Guard along the stone steps and cross the bamboo forest? When entering the pink flower field woven by patches of ice and snow peonies, the plain white figure turned to him? His heart was shocked, and layers of waves were waved.

Snow on the white dress? That white jade-like delicate face is soaked in a faint rouge? It makes Gaode's heart float. He knew that when the snow was heavy, he would look at the ice and snow peony again? Isn't it just in front of you?

"I ...... What's wrong?"

Xiaoli from afar saw him standing on the spot with his eyes straight, and subconsciously frowned and stroked his face, afraid that he would forget something when he changed his identity.

"No, nothing," Gao De said, "It's beautiful, these flowers." ”

"Yes," Xiaoli beckoned him over, waving like a fish pond, "That's why I called you over to let you relax." ”

"What about the empress?" At this time, Gao De had no interest in the ice and snow peony, so he looked at Xiaoli greedily, in order to hide that he had nothing to say: "The empress put up such a battle to enjoy the flowers, so that Zhongjing blocked the road for dozens of miles, and went back so quickly." ”

"She's ......" Xiaoli said indifferently: "I have to be busy with other things, who made her the empress." ”

"What about those monks?" Gao De's heart beat so fast that he didn't know how to speak for a while, so he simply continued to gossip: "Although the flowers are beautiful, I feel a little ...... when I think of those monks planting them Odd. ”

"It's quite strange," Xiaoli smiled, not a woman's delicate air, but more like a monarch who looks down on the world. With her identity as a powerhouse of the Holy Mountain, it is not against the peace.

"Aurora Buddhism is the only one left who grows flowers and can still be tolerated by the world, and they can see the fate of the Taoist priest clearly. ”

Xiaoli is talking about another strange history of Aurora, just like Gaode's previous life, there is also a Buddhist sect on Aurora's side. The origins are as old as the way of nature behind the Taoist priests. Lao Gu mentioned when he said that Buddhism had been eroded by chaos before the way of nature was usurped by the way of goodness, and it was probably the chaos that came to the world five or six dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, which made Buddhism a thing of the past.

Now there are only scattered relics such as the Jedi Temple in Buddhism, and the monks who have shaved here don't know any Buddhist scriptures, but they just read the scriptures that have been passed on for I don't know how many generations have been unrecognizable, and they are actually doing some work to guard the tomb or take care of the forest garden. Gao De once thought about finding a monk to go to the garden to guard the tomb, but later felt that in the long run, the monk would control the stall of the garden, so he had to give up.

"It's like there's nothing good in the world," Gao De suddenly became emboldened and began to test his firepower. "Isn't it beautiful here? ”

"Yes," Xiao Li glanced at him, turned her eyes away, and said in an indifferent tone: "You are dressed up very energetically today, you met those clan relatives just now, are the girls inside being provoked by you to become." ”

"I don't care if they offend me or not," Gao De launched a flank feint, "and I should be considered a master of grass, didn't you say that I was your private ...... Utensils?"

"Huh?" Xiaoli was a little surprised, Gao De took the initiative to talk about the relationship between the two for the first time, but she was unforgiving: "Did you say, are you dissatisfied?"

"I mean......"

Gao Dexin said that your response is not in accordance with the rules, the normal process should be that I confess that you agreed, we are slimy as a couple, and then bow to heaven and earth to become husband and wife. Then the years are quiet and there is no passion, and the trivial things are tired of each other and finally make do with life, are you fast forward to the last step?

So you really just see me as a personal paraphernalia, and we're different species, right?

"The problem is that I have only used this personal utensil once and then thrown aside, after all, it is not a garment but a living creature that can breathe, so I haven't thought about using it again?"

Gao De wanted to say this, but he was still quite traditional, and he didn't think that the purpose of marriage was ...... cough, falling in love is playing hooligan, and the idea of Xiaoli is not to relive old dreams, so I can't say this anyway.

"I mean, I'm indeed a little dissatisfied, but thinking that you have dedicated your life to the Holy Mountain in order to slay demons and eliminate demons, what is my dissatisfaction?"

Gao De retreated, "Since you are so dedicated, and you are ...... to me Uh, I mean, I also have a special relationship, didn't you say that my special is because of you, so can you do me a little favor?"

"Say ......" Xiaoli tied her hands sideways, psychologically this was a vigilant and defensive posture, but Gao De didn't see the girl's hand in the sleeve weaving flowers.

"As you know, the Empress put me in charge of digging up the ancient ship of Bato, and in order to give me enough authority to dispatch resources, she pulled me out of the mahouting and put me in the court. ”

Speaking of these, Gao De spoke fluently and his thoughts flowed, "I told you before, I just want to live a peaceful life and do what I can for the empress in secret." Now that I have come to this point, it is really not what I want, but I am loyal and patriotic, and the king and his ministers dare not accept it. ”

"Well," Xiaoli seemed to be a little cold and said in a nasal voice: "I know you are a good man, talented and hearty." ”

"The problem is ......" Gao De had to bite the bullet, although he felt that the rhetoric was a bit ridiculous, but after all, it was the empress and Tosaka Ai who tossed it out. "The problem is that I am still single, and the empress means that if I am still single when I meet the courtiers in the last court, the courtiers are afraid that they will use this as an excuse to make trouble, and eventually sabotage my appointment, so that the matter of discovering the ancient ship will be stranded. ”

"I'm listening," Xiaoli still didn't react.

"So I'm thinking," this step will eventually be taken, and Gao De said cautiously: "I thought, since I am your personal paraphernalia, let's change the way we say it, so that the courtiers think that I am yours...... Partner, isn't the problem solved?"

"Hehe......"

Gao De's euphemistic confession was exchanged for Xiaoli's shallow smile: "The name can be had, but is this what you really want, or was it forced by the empress or even the courtiers?"

It's over, and it was beaten back as a zero-score exam paper!

Gao De couldn't help but secretly cry out for injustice, you clearly didn't take mortal things seriously before, so from your standpoint, I didn't expect you to investigate the motive according to the thoughts of mortals.

Xiao Li turned her back to him with her hand away, and her tone was cold: "You also know that I am not suitable to be a mortal companion, so I have no thoughts about others." If you approve someone as a partner, you must know his sincerity and are willing to respond. So...... I want to know the truth, but what about your heart?"

Sincerity is that I covet your body, is this something that can be said?

Gao De scratched his head, Xiaoli is naturally not an ordinary woman who just wants to listen to sweet words, how to start this?

My heart was confused, and my eyes stopped at Xiaoli's snow-white hair like an ice and snow waterfall. Pointed pinnae are faintly visible under the hair, and they are flushed like ice and snow peonies. Naturally, he couldn't see that Xiaoli's hand resting on the back of his waist was slightly open and closed, as if inviting someone to take the initiative to hold it.

"Genuine ......"

In a trance, Gao De felt that he was wrong, and he didn't realize his sincerity at all. It's just a man's nature to be hungry for your body or something, and he still has something sincere beyond that. These things must not be what Xiaoli is willing to accept, but she doesn't even want to say this, so how can she be qualified to ask her to give a name?

After figuring out the joint, Gao De was refreshed, and laughed loudly: "Sincerely, my sincerity is ...... Three acres of land and a building, the wife and children are hot on the kang, fishing and chess slip every day, and the pension is sour. Seeing your temperament and body, you shouldn't want children, that's nothing, all I want in this world is to have a companion who can accompany me and be as white as you. ”

Gao De only felt that he had never been so arrogant, and these words were completely from his heart. He lives in this world, and he has always had a great fear. That is, no matter what he did, no matter what he left behind, he did not share it with the people to whom his heart depended. Yes, that great fear is loneliness.

He is indeed greedy for Xiaoli's body, and it is indeed because of the adventures in the underground hall that he has more desires for Xiaoli. However, he felt that only a person like Xiaoli, who was born and entered the world, could be dependent on his heart. And Xiaoli's indifferent temperament is even more in agreement with him. Don't look at his usual joys, sorrows, and emotions, but the ability to withdraw from consciousness at any time determines that he is actually looking at the world indifferently, and even indifferently at everything he does.

There must be an anchor to tie himself to this world, so that his actions are real, and at this moment Gao De finally understands what he wants.

"You ......"

Xiaoli turned around, her cheeks flushed with peach blossoms, and her eyes were slightly misty and looked very confused, "Why do you think so......?

The next moment, she narrowed her eyes and turned cold, "What's wrong with my body?

That's not the point!

Gao De smiled bitterly, and was about to speak, when he suddenly felt a slight feeling of discomfort.

Xiaoli's face also sank suddenly, and she whispered, "Be careful!"

"Hee-hee-hee......"

The sound of laughter was heard, and the source was uncertain.

"I thought that the people of the holy mountain did not eat the fireworks of the world like the monks, and they also wanted to fall in love. ”

The voice was sharp and thin like a child, and in Gao De's transcendent vision, the voice turned out to be a wisp of light blue magic light, a demon of the Strange Demon genus!

"Originally, I was going to solve Zhu Moli's little girl, but she disappeared all of a sudden. ”

The child's voice was like that of a transcendent martial arts veteran, "It's barely okay to be a little girl from the Holy Mountain." Since you are a white bean sprout, you must be Zhu Ruoyao's apprentice. ”

The air suddenly condensed to an extremely dense surface, and the white shadow flashed, and Xiaoli swept in front of Gao De.

"You hide behind me and don't move!"

Xiaoli explained like a hen protecting a chicken, "This person is a tower person, that is, a reconciler." ”