The taut silk was shining, shining on the good sun outside, like a clear lake in summer.

Katsuki stared at the bandage in her hand for a long time, and continued to drop the needle as if nothing happened.

It's been two years in a blink of an eye, and she has turned the shop in her hand upside down several times in order to prevent someone from looking for her, but later she found out that it was redundant, and in the past two years, except for her and Frostfall, no other outsiders have come to the town.

Li Jingyun should be doing well, as long as he is doing well, the children she left behind will naturally have no worries about food and clothing, thinking of this, Hua Yue feels that it is enough.

Carefully collecting the pattern one by one, she lowered her hand and rubbed her neck.

The letter was placed on the desk next to it, exuding the unique fragrance of Jinghua rice paper, Hua Yue's eyes did not look over there, and she was silent for a long time, but she still reached out and took it and tore open the letter.

Xiao Cai has been staying in Qifeng Building, probably too capable, the shopkeeper gave her a salary increase, and she worked there with peace of mind, and sent her a letter every year to talk about what happened in Jinghuali.

The emperor of Daliang died a year ago, but the successor to the throne has been hanging in suspense, and only Zhou Hemin temporarily supervised the country, probably for this reason, Daliang was turbulent, and even led to the coveting of neighboring countries.

After all, Xiao Cai is just a subordinate, and the news is not so well-informed, so he can only pass on some words roughly, and Hua Yue doesn't care, just read the biography and glance at random.

This time, the letter was similar, saying that the palace gave Li Jingyun another reward, and I don't know what the credit was. The little master of the Li family is two years old and very healthy. Who's daughter fell in love with Li Jingyun and ran to the capital all day long. Who made this master unhappy again, and he didn't come down again when he went up to Guanshan during the spring hunting.

Bit by bit, only the two sentences of the little master are useful.

After reading it, Hua Yue casually put it on the candlestick and burned it, yawning lazily.

"Mother, mother, mother." Shi Xiang ran back, hugged her legs and looked up at her, her little face flushed, "Aunt Shuang said that there is a chicken silk ceremony in the town tonight." ”

"It was a sacrificial ceremony." Holding up the fluttering little arms and legs, Hua Yue smiled, "Want to join in the fun?" ”

Nodding heavily, Shui Lingling's eyes stared at her, and asked with a wink: "Mother, are you busy?" ”

Thinking of teasing him, Hua Yue said embarrassedly: "It's a little busy, there are a lot of customers in the shop recently, and it will be busy for a while." ”

As soon as his eyebrows drooped, tears came out, but he didn't open his throat to cry, he only stretched out the back of his hand and wiped his face vigorously: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go with Aunt Shuang and bring you wormwood sachets back, don't be sad." ”

It was soft, the tip of her nose was red, and her little hand was still patting her shoulder. Hua Yue couldn't help but bow her head and kiss him, and said with a smile: "Who is this sad about?" ”

"I, I'm not sad either." Shi Xiang's red eyes tried to open up at her.

Frostfall leaned against the door and said bitterly: "Master, you have a good conscience, you are only two years old." ”

Suddenly smiling, Hua Yue pinched her sleeve and wiped his face for him: "Good girl, my mother is free, can I go with you to see the big lantern?" ”

Breaking into a smile, Shi Xiang nodded again and again, his body did not sit firmly, and he leaned to the side. Kazuki took him back into her arms and patted him with great satisfaction.

There is a custom of sacrificing in the middle of the year in the town, the red lanterns hang around the streets and alleys on the day of the sacrifice, adults wear masks to ward off evil spirits on the street, children are innocent, they only need to cover them with green flowers, and then tie their hair with wormwood, and go to the wide land in the town with the crowd, worship the ancestors, and drink rice wine.

Hua Yue is an outsider, but fortunately, the people in the town do not reject her, and her aunt sent masks and green smiles early, and when it gets dark, the two girls can directly blend into the flow of people on the street with their releases.

"Is Xiao Shixiang fat?" Frostfall hugged him and shook it with a smile, "Auntie can't hold it anymore." ”

Hua Yue stretched out her hand to take him over and checked it, and said with a smile: "It's a little longer." ”

When Shi Xiang heard this, he struggled and got off the ground, took Hua Yue's hand and said, "Don't hug it, I'll send a few away." ”

There were a lot of people around, and Hua Yue lowered her head and asked him, "Is it okay?" ”

"It's okay, I've grown big enough." He lifted a handful of bamboo strips wrapped in green cloth on his body, like a cyan lantern, and said seriously, "It's time to go by yourself." ”

Frostfall heard this and was overjoyed, touched his little head, and said in his mouth: "Earned, this is definitely earned." ”

Glancing at her with a smile and a smile, Hanazuki continued to walk forward.

There are usually not many people in the town, but every time there is a festival festival, there are always people who have traveled far away, and the streets are crowded, and when it comes to kneeling and saluting at the end, there is a bit of pushing.

One didn't pay attention, Hua Yue was pushed by someone, and the hand holding the release was stuck. Shi Xiang snorted in pain, Hua Yue hurriedly let go of her hand and shouted urgently: "Be careful of the child, there are children here." ”

There were too many people around, pushing and pushing and squeezing one by one and kneeling down, and by the time Hanatsuki was finally able to see the surroundings, Shi Xiang was gone.

"Over there, I'll go find him." Frostfall kept staring at the cyan, comforted Kazuki, and squeezed through the crowd with a hunched body.

The children who came out today were covered with green flowers, but Shi Xiang looked well-behaved, much better than other children, and the frost fell with difficulty to confess to others, and when he walked to the wider street, he saw Shi Xiang holding the bamboo strips in the green basket in a daze, and his eyes were stunned to look at the lanterns on the side of the road.

"You kid, you always like to look at lanterns." With a strange sigh, Frostfall walked over, took down the lantern he was looking at, picked up the wooden stick, and stuffed it into his hand, "Here." ”

Shi Xiang liked the red lantern the most, and he was a little happier when he held it, blinking at her and tilting his head.

"I want to find your mother, right?" Frostfall looked at the densely kneeling people in front of her, and helplessly held her forehead, "It's not possible to squeeze through again, let's just wait for her to come out here, she is thinking about you, and it won't be delayed for too long." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a small sound of horses' hooves behind him for no apparent reason.

There are mostly ox carts in the town, and horses are rare, and as soon as Frost Fall's face changed when he heard this movement, he hugged him and hid in the alley next to him.

A group of men and horses hurried over from outside, and the horses were dressed in armor and imposing.

Gasping, Frostfall muttered to herself, "How could these people come to town." ”

Shi Xiang glanced up and whispered, "General Li has returned to the court." ”

General Lee? Frostfall stiffened and looked down at him: "How do you know?" ”

"I just heard from someone." Shi Xiang pointed outside, "It was said that the battle was won." ”

Afraid and anxious, Shuang Fall covered his mouth and shook his head again and again: "Little master, early wisdom is a good thing, but don't listen to everything, I will see your mother later, you can't say this in front of her, you know?" ”

His eyes rolled, and he responded obediently: "Okay." ”

After the sacrificial ceremony was over, the people saw the officers and soldiers coming to the town, and they all rushed back to their homes, closing their doors and windows. Hua Yue came over with her skirt, and when she saw that the frost had found someone, she hurriedly pulled her back.

"What's wrong?" Frostfall asked, "Are these people looking for trouble?" ”

"It's not." Picking up Shi and going back to Buzhuang, Hua Yue closed the door and said, "I said I was here to find someone." ”

As soon as the skin tightened, Frost immediately added two locks to the door.

Li Jiajun, who can you find when you come here to find someone? The two of them looked at each other, and their hearts sank a little.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Hua Yue thought for a while, "It's been so long, how could you suddenly remember to come and find someone." ”

"You'd better be careful." Frostfall pushed her into the backyard, "Go to the cellar and hide first, and then come out when they're gone." ”

Huayue understood, and reached out to take the green bunch that was released to her body, so that she could carry it to the cellar. As soon as she stretched out her hand, the child clutched herself, looked at her with tears in her eyes, and said, "No, I like this." ”

This is the first time Shi Xiang has rejected her, Hua Yue was surprised, but she didn't force it, and Lian Zi took someone to the backyard together.

"Isn't Fang just scared?" She asked him softly, "Where did your Aunt Frost find you?" ”

"On the street." Shi Xiang bit his lip and replied.

Maybe he was really frightened, he talked less than before, holding the lantern in his hand, clenching it tightly.

Kazuki looked at him twice, feeling that something seemed wrong, but she couldn't tell where it was.

***

Li Jingyun sat on the horse and looked at Qin Sheng with a cold face.

Qin Sheng said helplessly: "Can you blame me, that little ancestor is like a loach, he drills when he sees a crack, whose child is so difficult to manage." ”

"You're a commander, and you can't play with a two-year-old child?" He sneered, "Why don't you take this hairpin and hang the seal on his waist?" ”

Qin Sheng smiled dryly, scratched his head and continued to walk forward, the streets were full of people who hurriedly avoided after the end of the scene, and it was difficult for him to catch someone and ask.

"Phew." Li Jingyun suddenly reined in his horse.

Qin Sheng was stunned for a moment, and took the horse's nose ring to look sideways for him, and saw a cyan lantern slowly moving from the stone steps next to him, with a small face that was white and tender, and he was very familiar.

"Arisuke." Li Jingyun turned over and dismounted, strode over and picked him up, "Do you dare to run when you see your father?" ”

The little short leg was in the air, and the child turned his head with difficulty and looked at him blankly.

Still want to pretend you don't know? Li Jingyun squinted: "Take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble to others, you just wait to go back to Zamabu." ”

As he spoke, he threw him into Qin Sheng's arms.

"Where are you taking me?" The child struggled and frowned, "I'm going home, my mother is still waiting for me." ”

Qin Sheng originally wanted to take this messy thing from him, but when he heard this, he was so frightened that he almost didn't hold it steadily, and hurriedly covered his mouth.

How many times have I said that I can't use these two words in front of this master, this little ancestor is also bold, and he scratches against the hair.

However, the man in his arms struggled so badly that he didn't let him cover it, and shouted loudly: "Uncle Zhang and Aunt Liu, help me, I'm going back to find my mother!" ”

The street was already empty, naturally no one would come to save him, Qin Sheng took a hard look at the horse, and saw the third master with a gloomy face, staring coldly at the little thing in his arms and saying, "Don't even think about sleeping lazy before you go back to Kyoto, get up early to practice." ”

The person in his arms cried out with a "wow", crying and shouting: "I want my mother, my mother!" ”

It's the most useless thing to mess around, Li Jingyun rode away, Qin Sheng ran after him with the child in his arms, coaxing while running: "Don't cry, you don't know what virtue your father has, it's absolutely useless to cry, and it's even more useless to threaten him." ”

When the child was sad, he could not listen to the reason, crying and kicking, struggling to get off the ground.

"Ouch, little ancestor, this place will be lit up at night, you really stayed and starved to death, did you see the inn in front of you? There is good food, don't cry Ang. ”