Chapter 20: Farewell
In fact, the most temperamental person is her.
Zirou begged Xiao Tao to teach her how to make flower cakes, Xiao Tao picked flowers and came to the kitchen, and as soon as she walked in, she saw Qi Yunyang alone in the kitchen, seemingly waiting for her.
"Young Master." Xiao Tao subconsciously shouted, not taking the events of that night to heart at all.
Qi Yunyang was slightly annoyed after hearing this, he felt that she was deliberately making him angry, she had never been a docile little animal, and her claws had been hiding in the dark.
Qi Yunyang's anger was not hidden, Xiao Tao's heart trembled a little when she saw it, she was a little afraid of Qi Yunyang, afraid that he would be angry, afraid of being punished.
"Well, you can do it quickly, I'll go to the study to be busy, and I'll bring it over when it's done." Qi Yunyang suppressed the urge to hug Xiao Tao in his heart, looked away and left the kitchen.
Xiao Tao's gaze moved to the door with Qi Yunyang's departure, she was slightly surprised, she didn't understand what was wrong with the general? How is it different from usual?
A hundred miles away from the burned city walls of Furong City, there is a paradise, where mountains are surrounded by mountains and clear water, Hua Chen sits on a stone and holds a branch, and at the other end of the branch there is a delicious big fish.
After separating from Xiao Tao that day, Hua Chen and Bai Jing returned to the abandoned Hibiscus City, and it was impossible to enter again. So the two of them went together to the brook.
"Master, where are we going next?" Bai Jing handed the grilled fish to Hua Chen, took the ungrilled fish in her hand, and continued to grill it in her hand.
"I don't know." Hua Chen ate the fish with relish.
Bai Jing was about to say something, when he suddenly felt a murderous aura in the woods, and he felt a familiar smell, it was those people who came that day.
"Master, let's get out of here quickly." Bai Jing hurriedly stood up, extinguished the fire, wrapped the fish in the baggage, took Hua Chen's hand and ran deep into the woods.
Hua Chen ran behind and laughed.
"Giggles, that's interesting, where are we going?" Hua Chen didn't know what was wrong with Bai Jing, she just thought it was very interesting to be pulled by him.
The people behind him were still following closely, and Bai Jing was very anxious, and his pace quickened.
When the footsteps of those people disappeared behind him, Bai Jing breathed a sigh of relief, but found that he had come to a place he had never been to, and all the surrounding eyes were colorful flowers, and all he could smell was the fragrance of flowers, which was fragrant and dizzying.
"There seems to be someone over there." Hua Chen pointed to a place and said.
Bai Jing looked over there and only saw two big mountains, he thought to himself that Master should be referring to the mountains, but the distance is so far away, Master can see clearly, this eyesight is too good.
After walking about three miles, the two of them finally came to the foot of the mountain, and there was a small wooden house at the foot of the mountain, and at this time there was a busy figure doing something in the small cabin.
Bai Jing walked here with Hua Chen, and saw a man holding flower branches while tying flower boats with flowers, and there were many flower boats on the ground, some of which had withered.
"Brother Qi?" Bai Jing showed a surprised expression when he saw that person's face, he really knew what this person looked like, this person was clearly the Qi Yunyang he was talking to when he was hunting.
The man was very unfamiliar with this title, and even if someone came in, he didn't react much.
"Don't step on my flowers." The man said with a blank face, and he continued to tie the flower boat, his hands kept bloody, presumably cut by the spikes on the branches.
Hua Chen stared at Qi Yunyang, slightly worried in his heart.
"Do you want to make a deal with me?" Hua Chen looked at the man with blazing eyes, she felt that maybe as she expected, she could make several deals at the same time, as long as there was no conflict, there would be no problem.
The man was not at all interested in what she said, and he continued to tie the flowers, "Let's go, this is not the place for you to stay." The man babbled.
The blood-stained flowers and the expectation in her heart had the effect of summoning spirits, and Hua Chen felt that she could come here to be a guide in the dark.
"Do you want to meet the woman you want to see the most?"
"Hurry up, don't make me angry." The man endured his anger, he was annoyed by Hua Chen's words, and he didn't know if it was because of that word that made him feel uncomfortable.
Hua Chen and Bai Jing glanced at each other, Bai Jing knew Hua Chen's plan in his heart, he looked at the man living like a walking corpse in the world, he was indeed a little angry, but he couldn't help the abuse.
"Master, let's go." Bai Jing took Hua Chen's little hand and didn't let Hua Chen beat her little abacus.
Hua Chen followed him out of the door, she stood on tiptoe and pinched his face, "Apprentice, I want to eat fish." Hua Chen's stomach growled with hunger.
The sound of goo~goo~ came, Bai Jing pulled Hua Chen to sit on the ground, he took out the fish wrapped in the bag, handed the roasted one to Hua Chen, and the other one he was going to find some dry firewood to continue roasting.
The man in the cabin was holding a flower boat, and suddenly he felt something outside the door, and through the window, he saw that the woman he had just spoken to was floating in the air, and he was shocked and stumbled out of the house.
"You...... Can you really help me make my wish come true? The man's face was full of surprise, and his hands trembled faintly.
"Of course."
"I ...... I want to see her one last time and ask ...... Ask her why she left me. The man's hands trembled, he knelt on the ground, and said in great pain.
Hua Chen saw that Bai Jing was rushing this way, and she drew a spell on the ground.
"As long as you enter here, you can meet the person you want, but your little life is gone, are you willing?"
The man stood up, without the slightest hesitation, and walked straight in.
A flash of light flashed, and the man was gone.
Bai Jing found dry firewood, set up a fire to roast fish for Hua Chen, and after the roast was done, he was about to get up, and suddenly found that the people in the cabin seemed to be gone, and he had been too serious just now, and he didn't pay attention to the inside of the cabin at all.
When I walked into the hut, the people inside were really gone.
There was no other exit within a radius of ten miles, and the road he took just now was the only way to go, and he didn't see Qi Yunyang.
Bai Jing stood at the door of the wooden house, staring at Hua Chen, who was sitting on the ground eating fish, he expected that this matter must have something to do with her.
"You're too willful, that person is a mighty general, Xiao Tao is still waiting for him to give Furong City a new life, how can you ...... How can you ......" Bai Jing shook his sleeves, really unwilling to continue.
The more he followed Hua Chen, the more he felt that this person was really ruthless enough, and he had no heart.
After Hua Chen was full, she touched her stomach contentedly, she recited a spell, and took Bai Jing to the dream created by the two of them.
As soon as Bai Jing came, he threw off Hua Chen's sleeves and looked angry.
Hua Chen ignored it and walked forward alone.
Bai Jing stepped forward and grabbed Hua Chen's two arms, "Master, don't you think you've done anything wrong now?" You're cheating on them, do you know? Bai Jing was too angry, and he was slightly hard when he grabbed it.
Hua Chen is no different from ordinary people here, and she also knows pain.
"You're scratching me." Hua Chen said sadly.
When Hua Chen spoke, Bai Jing had already let go of Hua Chen, and he could feel that Hua Chen was in pain, but despite this, Bai Jing was not ready to forgive Hua Chen.
At this time, Furong City has returned to its former prosperity, Hua Chen and Bai Jing have only left for a day, and several years have passed in this dream.
At this time, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Xiao Tao was already slim, she combed the maid's hairstyle, watered the flowers every day, cooked, washed clothes, and went to Xiyuan to play chess with Ning Sumo.
This chess skill was taught to her by Ning Sumo.
On this day, Xiao Tao came to Xiyuan to play chess with Ning Sumo as before.
"I'm going to win half of you today." Xiao Tao said confidently as soon as she came.
As soon as she walked into the courtyard, a maid behind her stepped forward and whispered a few words in her ear.
"The Great General is back?" Xiao Tao said in surprise, she looked at the chess pieces in her hand and thought for a while, "Then let Miss Ziroubiao go to meet the general." ”
After living in the City Lord's Mansion for a few years, Xiao Tao still hasn't adapted to her identity, and she is still like the first day she came, all she thinks about is Furong City.
Three years ago, in order to strengthen the strength of Furong City, Qi Yunyang took young people out to practice, and this time he went out for three years, fighting in the south and the north, but he saved a lot of people and laid a lot of land.
Returning today, it seems that there is something strange about it.
Ning Sumo was holding a sunspot in his hand, slightly distracted.
Seeing Xiao Tao sitting across from him, Ning Sumo put down the sunspot in his hand, "After staying here for so long, it's time for us to say goodbye to the general, right?" Ning Sumo smiled slightly, still like a spring breeze.
"Okay, I'll go to the study to find the general in the evening, and I'll tell him about it." Xiao Tao also felt that she had been here for a long time, there was nothing in Furong City now, and there was nothing between Ziyan and the general, it was time for her to leave here with Ziyan and Ning Sumo and start a new life.
"What if he doesn't?" Ning Sumo picked up the sunspot again, thought about it, and put a sunspot in the middle, as if it was cutting off something.
"Why should the general refuse to allow it?" Xiao Tao blinked, her eyes were still as clear as when she was young.
"I may have overthought it." Seeing Xiao Tao's expression, Ning Sumo put the words in his heart into his stomach.
Xiao Tao forgot what Ning Sumo said just now, she took out the white child from the container and happily put it on the chessboard, her expression was like a child.
Outside the city lord's mansion, Qi Yunyang got off the horse, threw the whip in his hand to the little servant in the mansion, and went to Xiyuan in a hurry, he just heard that she was in Xiyuan.
Under the peach blossom tree, the breeze blows, and the pink petals slowly fall and scatter all over the ground.
The wind blew Xiao Tao's skirt, she reached out and touched the clothes on her body, and when she looked up, she saw Qi Yunyang on the other side of the arch.