The black trees on both sides of the Chixia River have lost their leaves, and the trunks and branches are full of small white fruits, and from a distance, they look like broken snow covering the branches.

This is Lu Qi's second time to come to Chixiajiang, the last time was ten years ago, he sent Xiaozhi here, and this time, he wants to accompany her, continue to move forward, and go back to Longshan.

"On the third day of the third month of March, the lotus lantern on the Chixia River, but you put it?" Xiaozhi remembered the grand scene on the river that night, the sky was full of stars, the candle flame in the heart of the river was leisurely, and the orange candle flame was hidden in the pink and white petals, fluttering, drifting with the tide.

The black tree on the bank of the river is full of lanterns painted with flowers, grasses, fish and insects, birds and animals, and the hazy candle flame illuminates the vague portrait, gently swaying and dancing in the river breeze, which is wonderful.

The Chixia River is like a golden dragon with shining scales, lying in the dark night.

At that time, Xiaozhi thought, who is putting lanterns on the Chixia River?

Lu Qi said happily: "Have you seen all those lights?"

After returning from Xiaozhi to the mountain, every year on the third day of the third month of March, on her birthday, he would put lanterns on the Chixia River, he always remembered that in the ghost market of Youtan Mountain, he promised to make her a lantern that looked better than the colorful butterfly lantern, but then a series of things, he didn't have time to think about these at all, until that day to send Xiaozhi to the Chixia River, he remembered that he still owed her a lantern.

How can one be enough, he wants to put a lantern full of rivers for her, and when she wakes up, she will look at the distance by the railing, full of stars.

Xiaozhi grabbed Lu Qi's arm and said in surprise: "You made all the lanterns all over the river?"

"When I have nothing to do, I made those lanterns, at first I did it slowly, after I became proficient, it didn't take much time, but also your luck, this year put the most lanterns, and it was the best-looking, and those made in previous years were simply unsightly. Lu Qi shook his head and smiled.

Xiaozhi pursed his lips and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I only looked at it from a distance, and I didn't even see what was painted on the lantern." ”

"It's not easy, next year on your birthday, I'll make it for you, and I'll draw whatever you like. Lu Qi rubbed Xiaozhi's head.

"I'll do it with you, and then we'll come here again and fill the river with lanterns, okay?"

"Okay, I'll listen to you. ”

Jing Zhao Demon Monarch frowned and stared at the mighty river, and asked, "If you jump down from here, you can really reach Huilong Mountain?"

Xiaozhi said: "That's right, but it's ......"

Before she finished speaking, the Jingzhao Demon Monarch had already plunged into the Chixia River.

Twig: "...... Dragon's blood is required to break the barrier, though. ”

Jing Zhao Demon Monarch fluttered twice in the river water, climbed onto the shore again, and said, "This water is quite cold. ”

Xiaozhi took out a handkerchief stained with dragon blood from the bamboo basket and said, "I am just such a handkerchief, you go to the bamboo basket and stay first, and when you return to Longshan, I will call you out." ”

Jing Zhao Demon Monarch dried his clothes with spiritual power, nodded and said, "That's very good." ”

Lu Qi looked at Xiaozhi worriedly, "You have something to hide from me, right?"

"I didn't mean to hide it from you, I just ...... I don't know how to tell you about this, I ......"

"Then don't say, no matter what happens, you just have to remember that I believe in you, and that's enough. Lu Qi put a strand of broken hair on his sideburns behind his ear for Xiaozhi, and then said, "Let's go." ”

He had a hidden uneasiness in his heart, but he didn't want to add this uneasiness to Xiaozhi, she was not easy, what was the road ahead, all he could do was to accompany her.

......

The people who traveled far finally returned, and the peach source was still the same, but the people in the small courtyard had changed.

In the past, Xiaozhi was here waiting for the master to come home, but this time, she became a returnee.

Xia Yunze stood at the old ferry, the white silk cloth on his eyes was still there, the boat going against the current was swinging, Xia Yunze hooked his lips and smiled: "You're back." ”

It was as if he had been waiting for her for a long time.

For more than 3,000 years, every time Xiaozhi waits for thirty years before he can look forward to the return of his master, Xia Yunze can't understand Xiaozhi's feelings of waiting for his relatives to return home in those years, he is waiting for her here, just for himself.

The grass and trees by the ferry have withered, and every grass and tree in this mountain is the familiar appearance of Xiaozhi, but her master, she can't see through it, it should be said that she has never seen through him.

"Where's Aunt Zhen?" the boat reached the bridge, and the twig went ashore.

Xia Yunze smiled lightly: "Don't you want to know, where is your mother?"

Xiaozhi's feet paused slightly, although she tried her best to suppress the panic in her heart, her voice was still a little trembling, "My mother's dear...... I've been going back to Yongsan all along, right?"

In the Jing Poppy Valley of Sizhao Mountain, a thought flashed in Xiao Zhi's mind that she couldn't accept: Xia Yunze had been planning for so long, was his purpose to resurrect her mother, the Hibiscus Fairy?

"That's right, she's always back to Yongsan, by your side. The smile on the corner of Xia Yunze's mouth deepened, but in Xiaozhi's heart, it became more and more cold.

Her mother's immortal body has been returning to Longshan, but she doesn't know anything!

"What the hell do you want to do?"

"Didn't you already guess it, Xiaozhi, do you want to see your mother, would you like to bring her back to life?"

"When she comes to life, will Aunt Zhen be gone?" Xiaozhi felt her teeth chattering, why was it Aunt Zhen?

Xia Yunze borrowed Ye Zhenzhen's flesh and blood to raise the Spirit Guardian Bead in order to save her mother?

Xiaozhi didn't dare to tell Lu Qi this guess, she didn't know how to speak, on one side was his mother, and on the other side was her mother.

The hibiscus fairy is dead, dead in the immortal and demon battlefield more than 3,000 years ago, and it is impossible for Xiaozhi to hurt Lu Qi's mother in order to save his mother.

But if she told Lu Qi about this, what would he think in his heart?

He will feel sorry for the twig, and he will blame himself for his inability.

If Xiaozhi's mother can come back to life, Lu Qi is definitely the one who is the happiest for Xiaozhi, but if the price is his mother's life, he can't do it, he would rather exchange his own life for it.

Xiaozhi couldn't do it, so she didn't tell Lu Qi about this guess, what she had to do now was to bring Ye Zhenzhen safe and sound to Lu Qi and Jingzhao Demon Lord.

As for her mother, she had nothing to love in her life, she died of depression, Shaochen Demon Lord was dead, how could the hibiscus fairy want to live alone?

Xia Yunze, as the murderer of the Shaochen Demon Lord, where did he get his confidence, when the hibiscus fairy woke up, he would remember his life-saving grace?

She finally died, out of the mortal world, and her heart was unhindered, but you wanted to revive her, which was cruel to her.

"Do you know the use of the Spirit Protector Bead?" Xia Yunze turned around and walked towards the small courtyard, hearing the person behind him follow, he continued: "The Spirit Protector Bead can make a person never forget the past, but once it is stripped from that person's body, it can make people forget the past forever." ”

"Same as the bitter fruit?"

"No, the painstaking fruit can only forget love, but the spirit protection bead can make people forget everything, just like a new life. ”

Xiao Zhi looked at the white-clothed immortal monarch walking in front of her, although he was blindfolded, he was very familiar with this place, and even the grass path back to the small courtyard was clear to him.

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you now?"

What's the point of her mother living like that?

Xia Yunze tilted his head and smiled: "You just want to kill me, you should see your mother first before you do it." ”