Outside the northwestern border of the Jingguo, there is Hengshi Mountain, and there is a sacred tree on the mountain, named Ruomu, green leaves and red flowers, illuminating Kunlun. The Wakagi sacred tree originally bloomed once every ten years, and the flowers were red and beautiful. However, for some reason, for hundreds of years, there has not been a single flower, only the green leaves of the tree swaying in the wind, so that people have forgotten that this is a tree that can bloom.

One day, the second leader of the Li tribe, Sa Gulei, traveled to the mountains with his favorite concubine. Walking to the foot of the Ruomu tree, the concubine panted and held the tree, panting and saying, "I'm tired, I'm not leaving." "Sa Gulei is irritable and arbitrary, and he hates others for disobeying him the most in his life. This favorite concubine was the woman he had snatched from the territory of the good country, and he had liked her delicateness that was different from the prairie woman, but now he was very dissatisfied with her weakness that had slowed down his pace. He glared at his concubine, "Keep walking!" The woman probably couldn't walk anymore, and continued to stand with one hand on the tree, bent over, head bowed, and seemed to have words in her mouth. Seeing that she was still unmoving, Sagulei was furious, and he drew his scimitar and killed the woman under the tree. He casually instructed his men to throw the corpse down the mountain, and continued to climb the mountain with great interest.

The woman's blood splattered onto the trunk of the tree and spilled into the soil. That night, after hundreds of years, Wakaki bloomed again, the flowers were blood-red, revealing a strange charm in the moonlight. A monk stood under the tree, hung his head and chanted the scriptures, chanted for a long time before stopping, sighed, and asked, "Ruomu, can't you still let go?" A childish boy came out from behind the tree, with white face and red lips, male and female, and replied coldly: "No." The monk turned around and left, silently reciting: "One thought is wrong, and all disasters will come."

In the eighteenth year of Linjia, Bai Ruomu, the special envoy of the Li State, entered Gion to meet the prince Zhuang Xin.

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In February of the 19th year of Lin Jia, the procession of the Li Kingdom crossed the border of the Jing Kingdom and entered the Li Kingdom. The style of Li is far from that of Jingguo, with endless deserts and boundless grasslands, wind and sand blowing on this land, and the people on this land are tempered day by day. The towns are scattered next to the oases, one after the other, forming a commercial avenue. Bai Ruomu walked on this road with Miss Chen, who had changed her name to Zhuang Jing. Zhuang Jing is fifteen years old, weak and delicate, and cried as a tearful person when she said goodbye to her parents and brother in Gion. Since then, she has not spoken much, she is really as good as her name, she is a quiet girl.

"Mr. Report, we have arrived in Luoshui ahead, and we need to prepare to board the boat. "The entourage in front came to report. Bai Ruomu instructed his subordinates to prepare to board the ship. Luoshui is a main river flowing through the territory of Li Shan and Lishan, with an open river surface and a turbulent current. The boat was already waiting for them at the water's edge, and the people boarded the boat and headed for the other side of the river.

Zhuang Jing stood on the edge of the railing in contemplation, and suddenly his body shook. "It's not good! Is it looking for a short view?!" Bai Ruomu knew how terrible it was to marry Li Guo far away in the eyes of the people of the Pure Kingdom and the Good Country. The country of Li is portrayed as a barbaric and desolate place, and the people of the country are naturally a group of uncivilized barbarians. Bai Ruomu could fully understand Zhuang Jing's desire to die, but he couldn't let her die, which would disrupt his entire plan.

He immediately flew forward and shoved her inward. The strength was a little strong, Zhuang Jing didn't stand firmly, and sat on the ground. Bai Ruomu stretched out his hand to pull her up, and said softly: "Princess, Li Guo is not so terrible, I would rather die than go." ”

Zhuang Jing was stunned for a moment, then reacted, lowered his head and covered his mouth and smiled. "Mr. Bai, Jing'er didn't have the heart to seek death, and she didn't stand firm just now. She turned to look at the boiling river and continued: "My father once taught that words must be believed and deeds must be fruitful, and since I have promised to come and kiss, I will not shirk my responsibility. And I have a lot of things I want to do. Thank you Mr. for your concern. ”

Bai Ruomu looked at her approvingly, with a little more appreciation in his eyes, but still added a word of advice: "Princess, the wind is strong on the river, let's go to the cabin to rest." ”

Bai Ruomu watched Zhuang Jing enter the cabin, thinking back to the first time he saw her. He was the envoy of the Li Kingdom, and he met the princess of the Jingguo who was going to marry the Li Kingdom, she was a very immature little girl, a little shy and very nervous. He taught her the customs and customs of the Li Kingdom, and described to her the lonely smoke of the desert and the sunset over the long river, and she smiled at him when they parted, saying, "With Mr. here, Jing'er's life should be much better." "Goodbye today, she is a lot more mature, quite the bearing and demeanor of a princess of a country, but she still can't hide the loneliness and sadness of marrying alone and far away in her eyes. Bai Ruomu knew that she came to Heqin voluntarily for her brother's illness, and he admired and pity her a little. is the so-called voice to ask Senan about it, only every year Hong Yanfei flies, and she may not be able to see her relatives in this life.

In the evening, the sun sets, casting a golden afterglow on the surface of the river, and the entire Luoshui is reflected with golden light. The clouds on the horizon are golden, pink, blue, purple and other different colors, which is spectacular. Zhuang Jing walked out of the cabin, looked at the red sun, turned around and asked Bai Ruomu: "Mr. Bai, is this the sunset of the long river?" Bai Ruomu nodded. Zhuang Jing looked at this beautiful scenery and smiled. Bai Ruomu looked at her smile and was quite pleased. He likes to see women laughing, especially the kind of warm and warm smile, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.

Many years ago, he met a little girl. The little girl would pass by him every day, and smile at him every time she walked by, and that smile was innocent and beautiful. He watched the little girl smile and smile and become a big girl, still smiling at him when she walked by, and sometimes talking to him secretly and sharing her little secrets. How he wanted to see that smile again.

The ship docked. Because it was getting late, Bai Ruomu arranged for everyone to rest on the boat and set off again the next morning. In the middle of the night, he heard movement on the deck. He got up and walked out, and when he saw Zhuang Jing looking out from the railing, he coughed lightly twice.

Zhuang Jing looked back at him, her eyes flickering, reflecting the moonlight. "Mr. Bai, I'm just homesick, a little uncomfortable, come out to breathe. I didn't expect the moonlight to be so good tonight, so I watched it for a while. Bai Ruomu nodded and stood aside. "Mr. Bai, did you come out to protect me on purpose?" she used the word protection rather than surveillance, and Bai Ruomu felt the girl's kindness. He shook his head: "The princess doesn't need protection, and she just comes out to admire the moon." Zhuang Jing smiled shallowly and did not speak. The two of them stood quietly on the deck and watched the bright moon hanging high.

Not long after, Bai Ruomu finally opened his mouth to remind Zhuang Jing that the night was dark, and the wind was cold and dewy. Zhuang quietly and meekly walked back to the cabin. Before the two separated, she told Bai Ruomu a little shyly that this was the first time she had admired the moon alone with a man.

It is only a day or two journey from Luoshui to Shangjing. Zhuang Jing still didn't talk much, and occasionally saw Bai Ruomu, just simply greeting each other. Seeing that there was the city gate of Shangjing not far ahead, Bai Ruomu ordered the convoy to stop, he walked to Zhuang Jing's carriage, and said respectfully: "Princess, the front is Shangjing, the princess can tidy up her appearance here, and we will set off later." Zhuang Jing in the carriage agreed.

After half a ring, Zhuang Jing walked out of the carriage in palace clothes, looking graceful and luxurious, but he couldn't hide the childishness on his face, and the subtle sense of incongruity made people feel an indescribable charm when they looked at it. She walked up to Bai Ruomu and said softly: "Mr. Bai, this is a separation, thank you for taking care of you all the way." ”

"The princess is serious, this is Bai's responsibility. Bai Ruomu replied according to the courtesy.

"Prince Sa Gulin, what kind of person is he?" A look of fear flashed on Zhuang Jing's face, after all, he was young and couldn't pretend to be ten percent calm.

"The prince is brave, loyal and honest, and can be entrusted with life. ”

"Really?" Zhuang Jing's expression was gloomy, and she turned around and walked onto the sedan chair prepared for her.

The convoy headed towards the city, and Bai Ruomu was dressed in white and rode a brown horse, walking in front of the convoy. There was a thick layer of snow all over Shangjing, and although spring had begun, it was still much colder than that of Jingguo. However, no matter how cold the weather was, it could not stop the young girls on both sides of the street, who waved and shouted to him on his horse, and even threw handkerchiefs and flowers at him, and he ******** and watched as those things fell into the air, and none of them fell on him.

From afar, I saw a pair of young men and women standing outside the gate of the Imperial City Palace, all dressed in costumes, the young man was burly, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, heroic, it was the prince of Li State, Sa Gulin, the girl's face was like a full moon, wearing a pair of blue malachite earrings, a bright color, it was the princess of Li Kingdom, Sa Guni.

As soon as Sa Guni saw him, she immediately pulled Sa Gulin's sleeve excitedly, and walked forward quickly: "Mr. Bai, you are finally back." Sa Gulin followed closely and said, "Mr. Bai, you are back, Ah Ni talks about you every day, and when I heard that you came back today, I took me here to wait for you." He touched his head and continued, embarrassed, "We've been waiting for a long time.

Sa Guni glared at her brother, turned her head and looked at Bai Ruomu with a pitiful expression: "Mr. Bai, what about the gift you said you would bring me?" Bai Ruomu thought about it, took out a small cloth tiger ornament from his sleeve and handed it to the princess, saying, "This is probably not very common in the palace, so I brought one back to the princess." Sa Guni immediately took it happily.

At this time, the sedan curtain opened, and Bai Ruomu hurriedly walked to the sedan chair to ask for solemnity. Zhuang Jing was dressed in a colorful dark flower cloud brocade palace dress, with elegant manners, and her skin looked delicate and fair against the background of a piece of snow, which was unique compared with the grassland women. Sa Gulin looked at the joy in his heart, turned to Bai Ruomu and said, "Mr. Bai, thank you for arranging a good marriage for me." ”

Bai Ruomu smiled, raised his hand and asked the two to resign: "The journey is tiring, and then there will be arrangements made by the official of the Lao Palace, and Bai will retire first." ”

Under Sa Guni's enthusiastic gaze, he turned around and got on the horse leisurely, faintly feeling that there were still a pair of watery eyes staring at him, and he knew that it was the little girl who came to kiss him.