The sun has set.

But in the summer of early August, the heat was still intense.

Li Chen'an, who walked out of Wuya Mountain and entered the Yuanzhou of Wu State, arrived at the first city in the north of Wu in the evening of this day-

Zhaohua City!

There is not a hint of wind.

The leaves of the osmanthus trees on both sides of the streets and alleys of the city are all gone.

But a few osmanthus flowers have bloomed.

The scent seemed to settle down.

Walking in the alley, what I smell is a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

Maybe it's because the summer heat hasn't faded yet, and there aren't many people on the streets.

Li Chenan and his entourage stood at the door of an inn.

He looked up and immediately laughed—

Yuelai Inn!

"Let's stay here for the night, rest for a while, and continue our journey tomorrow."

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As the northernmost city of Wu State, Zhaohua City bears almost the same role as Yudan City of Ning State.

It was the last supply place for the merchants of the Wu State to go to the Ning Kingdom, and it was also the first place for the merchants of the Ning Kingdom to enter the Wu Kingdom.

There had been no war between Ning and Wu for many years, and the city, which had been used to defend against the invasion of Ning, gradually changed from a military town to a commercial town due to the establishment of the surrounding seven walled cities.

It's quite large, and it was originally extremely prosperous—

It has the same fate as Yudan City, because now the outbreak of war between Ning and Wu in Wuyaguan has caused trade to be unable to flow, so the city has also changed from the bustle of the past to the rather cold appearance now.

As the largest inn in Zhaohua City, the business of Yuelai Inn is also much colder than in the past.

But because of the name of Yuelai Inn, there are still some people living in the inn.

For example, the merchants who are waiting for the end of the war at the end of the Boundless Pass.

For example, some of the people in the rivers and lakes who pass through here.

East Park.

Second floor.

Tianzi No. 1 room.

Xia Hua lay comfortably in the bath in the room, her hands unintentionally playing with the petals floating on the water, and her beautiful eyes looked at the roof.

She had been looking for a long time, but her gaze was not focused.

What came to her mind were the poems she had obtained when she traveled to Ningguo, and the person who made them.

She wanted to forget that person, but she found that she couldn't forget those poems at all, so she couldn't forget that person!

I glanced at him from a distance in an unknown field in Shuzhou.

I saw him many times up close at the Water Mirror Platform in Chongqing Mansion.

His appearance was engraved in her mind.

It's not handsome.

It's not majestic.

But he has an air of elegance in him.

Now that I think about it, that's the taste of poetry.

Three points of ink.

Three points of bookishness.

There are still four points...... It should be a man's incense.

Xia Hua's face suddenly turned red, and she sighed slowly:

"The one who disturbs my heart...... Li Chen'an! ”

Her hand landed on the edge of the bath, where a small throwing knife rested.

She took the flying knife and looked at it carefully, and the corners of her mouth turned up again:

"You're a literati, so why bother with a knife."

"You are a literati, why bother with power!"

"If you are obsessed with poetry, use your pen and ink to write this red dust picture...... Maybe one evening in a certain year and one day, I can harmonize with the piano and play your words in the world. ”

She put down the knife again, and her eyes fell on the rippling petals in the pool.

She picked up a handful of water.

Water spilled between your fingers, and what remained in the palm of your hand was a bright red petal.

Her countenance faded.

"Famous pianos are easy to get, but bosom friends are hard to find."

"Heaven gave birth to you Li Chenan...... Although you are gone, you have been glorious in the world for 500 years! ”

"It's just that I pity Miss Xiao."

"As for me, I'll try to forget you!"

"It's the dust that is sealed in the deepest memory."

She put her hands in the pool, and the petals floated to the surface of the water, gradually drifting away.

She stood up from the pool.

The dust is gone.

There was no longer that look of decadence and sadness on her face.

She looked at her wonderful body, at the droplets of water falling from her body, and she stood on the edge of the pool, only to find a petal on her right shoulder.

Bright red petals.

Snow-white fragrant shoulders.

She looked at it for a moment, stretched out her left hand, twisted the petal off, and waved it, and the petal fell into the pool.

She put on her clothes and stood in front of the window with her long, wet hair on her shoulders.

There was a sunset in front of the window.

Under the window is the patio of the inn.

Her eyes suddenly froze—

There were two people walking in the patio!

She didn't see the faces of the two men, she saw the backs of the two men!

One tall and one short.

One man and one woman!

Her eyes fell on the man's back!

She was startled.

She jumped out of the window!

At the moment when she jumped down, Li Chenan's keen facial features had already sensed the strangeness behind her.

A throwing knife landed in the palm of his hand.

He held Zhongli Ruoshui with his other hand.

He suddenly turned around and stood behind Zhongli Ruoshui, standing in front of the summer flower that had just landed!

Li Chen was stunned.

He'd seen this girl!

It's just that he was wearing a mask, and his expression was perfectly concealed by that mask.

Xia Hua stared at Li Chen'an's face.

I was suddenly disappointed.

"Girl......

"Ah, the wrong person."

"Oh, farewell!"

Before Zhongli Ruoshui could react, Li Chenan had already turned around and took her hand and walked towards the west courtyard.

Xia Hua still looked at Li Chen'an's back.

Gradually relieved.

I could only laugh at myself, but suddenly found that deep in my heart, I cared about him so much.

She didn't go back to her room on the second floor.

She sat under the gazebo in the patio.

Pulling a horn comb from her sleeve pocket, she combed through her long, wet hair.

As the sun sets, her hair will dry.

At this moment, the second senior brother Lin Zifeng walked in.

"Little junior sister,"

"Second Senior Brother...... Big brother, why didn't they come back? ”

"That's right, we originally wanted to go to Wankelai to book a table, but unexpectedly, we met Chen Baiwen, the eldest young master of the city lord here, in Wankelai."

Xia Hua's expression was indifferent, she didn't know this person, even if she did, so what?

Lin Zifeng said again:

"This Chen Baiwen is the Tanhualang of the Autumn Festival last year, and he is known as the four great talents of Wu State together with Ai Hedong, Pu Qianmo, and Tai Zhaohua of Wanlin Academy in Dongxu City."

Xia Hua's hand combing her hair suddenly paused, and she raised her eyes to look at Lin Zifeng, "Four talents? Can their talent be compared to Li Chen'an? ”

Lin Zifeng choked, "This ...... Li Chenan is dead after all, but they are alive! ”

Xia Hua's face suddenly darkened, she lowered her head and continued to comb her hair.

"Little junior sister, this Lin Zifeng is not only a talent, his martial arts are also very good, and he has won the appreciation of the third young master of Xuanwu Hall."

Xia Hua frowned slightly: "Third Young Master? Which third young master? ”

"It's the third young master of the Qiu family in Dongxu City."

"Oh...... Autumn 9th Floor ...... And then what? ”

"Isn't this that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to Kyoto and is about to ascend the throne as emperor?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cherished his talents and invited Chen Baiwen to Beijing."

"In addition, the date of His Royal Highness the Prince's enthronement ceremony has not yet been decided, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has decided to hold a huge poetry meeting on the night of the Lantern Festival in order to promote the literary style of the Wu Kingdom......"

"Chen Baiwen heard that we are the Seven Swords of the Tianshan Mountains, so he enthusiastically wanted to invite us to a banquet for Wanke."

"Senior brother thinks that since this person is both civil and military, he will either enter the court as an official, or he will become a core member of Xuanwu Hall in the future, since he has this intention, it is not good to brush his face, so let me come back to pick you up, how about it?"

Xia Hua pondered for a moment, with her identity, she didn't have to pay attention to such a person at all.

But she thought about it for a moment and nodded, "Then we'll go before dark." ”

"Good!"

West Wing.

Li Chenan looked at Qin Rigang: "I've worked all the way, go find the best restaurant, let's all go and eat a good meal!" ”

Qin Rigang bowed his hand: "Young master, I heard that the best restaurant in Zhaohua City is Wankelai." ”

"Then let's take a bath and go to Wankelai!"