Chapter 18: Visiting Flowers and Sacrificing Wine (1)
"I remember when I was five years old, I had a serious illness, and I could have cultivated, but since the illness, my spiritual roots have been completely destroyed and my spiritual power has been completely lost. When my father found out, he was furious, and he suspected that someone was deliberately trying to harm me, and ordered a thorough investigation of the entire palace, but in the end nothing came of it. ”
Qinghe frowned: "If the spiritual root is not seriously damaged, even if it is an ordinary illness, it is impossible to be destroyed, your father is right, someone wants to harm you." ”
Changping continued: "Since I couldn't cultivate, my father searched for monks and Dan masters in the world, and everything that could have cured me was invited into the palace, and I also had a glimmer of hope at first, but after so many years, I still haven't found a way for me to recover." The tone was full of disappointment: "Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether I can cultivate or not, I just want to make my father happy." ”
After she finished speaking, there was a long silence. Qinghe doesn't know what to say, she has always been inattentive to other people's affairs. Suddenly remembering something, he turned his head to look at Shen Xun and Mo Junqian, and saw that they were also silent.
Realizing that the atmosphere was wrong, Changping smiled indifferently: "You don't have to be like this, I've been used to it for so many years, but you are not allowed to look down on me, although I have no cultivation, but my horseback riding and archery skills are not inferior to others!"
Qinghe Zhengse said: "How come, you are very powerful." ”
Changping was praised and his heart was full of joy.
It's strange that when others said this before, she would only feel that they were perfunctory to her, but when the person in front of her said this, she only felt happy from the bottom of her heart.
"By the way, I don't know how many names you have yet?"
Qinghe: "My name is Qinghe, and these two are Zhu Xun and Mo Junqian. ”
Changping was not curious about the existence of this child, but was a little curious about Mo Junqian's surname, and said, "Mo, you are also surnamed Mo?"
Mo Junqian was puzzled: "Is there something wrong?"
Changping explained: "Actually, Changping is just my title, my big name is Mo Shaoxue, Mo is the national surname of our Apocalypse, except for the royal family, there are few others with the surname Mo, I don't know where the son is from, who are the parents?"
Suddenly mentioning the family background, Mo Junqian didn't feel abrupt, and said calmly: "I was born outside Xinjiang, my parents died when I was very young, I only know my father's surname Mo, my mother's surname He, and nothing else." ”
Changping nodded: "I see," after speaking, he smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I mentioned your sadness." ”
Mo Junqian shook his head, indicating that it was okay.
During a lunch, they got to know each other, and coupled with Qinghe's personal charm, several people successfully got the opportunity to take a day trip to the palace.
On the way back, Shen Xun's eyes couldn't help but look Qinghe up and down: "It seems that that girl really likes you." ”
Qinghe raised his eyebrows: "That is, the charm of this goddess is heaven and earth, and nothing ......"
Shen Xun interrupted her: "You in men's clothing." ”
Qinghe said to himself: "Even if you dress up as a man, you will still charm thousands of girls and capture their ......"
Shen Xun interrupted her again: "If you let her know that you are a daughter, will you summon the monks of the world and reward your head?" I guess the reward must be a lot." ”
Qinghe: "...... What's in it for you to beat my self-confidence?"
Shen Xun shrugged, I don't know if it hit her self-confidence, but she was in a good mood.
As soon as the front foot returned to the broken temple, Li Jiang and Mu Dong came back on the back foot.
Qinghe saw the two of them pulling and pulling, his face was red, and he guessed that he must have quarreled again.
When they all sat down quietly, they asked helplessly, "What are you two arguing about again?"
Mu Dong turned his back to everyone, and he didn't want to speak when he saw that he was angry.
Li Jiang said indignantly: "I heard that there is a person in the corner tower of East Lane, this person knows astronomy and geography, and he has thousands of messages in his hand, and he is selling news. Originally, I was going to inquire about the whereabouts of the Shenzhu, but as soon as I finished paying the silver, before I could open my mouth, this person suddenly rushed out and knocked over other people's stalls in one fell swoop! The person who hung up thought he was here to seek revenge, so he hurriedly rolled up the shop and ran away, so I had nowhere to find it, and spent dozens of taels of silver in vain!"
As soon as the words fell, Mu Dong turned around and yelled at him: "Can you blame me then? It's not that someone robbed me of my silver and you happen to be there! I see that man is a thief, maybe he is a charlatan who cheats money, what does he know about astronomy and geography, if he has this ability, he still needs to set up a stall on the street!"
Li Jiang said coldly: "In short, you have to compensate for my losses." ”
Mu Dong was unconvinced: "Why do you want me to compensate! Obviously, you don't have the ability to find that charlatan, and besides, I don't have any money, what will I pay you!"
Qinghe asked, "What about your money?"
Speaking of this, Mu Dong's anger went down for the most part: "No, it was an old woman who stole my money, crazy, I saw that she was dressed in tatters, with a yellow face and thin muscles, and she was really pitiful, so I ...... I gave her all the money. ”
Qinghe's face hurts, she didn't spend so much money to buy clothes, she wasn't rich in the first place, it's good, it's only been a day in the capital, and it took more than half of it, how can she live the next few days!
Li Jiang glanced at him lightly, with schadenfreude in his eyes: "The money is all spent, I'll see how you eat." ”
Mu Dong snorted lightly: "You don't need to care, I'll Bigu." ”
The two of them looked at each other and hated each other, so they simply sat on each side, wishing to stay away from each other.
Qinghe shook his head helplessly.
After a while, Qinghe Zhengse said: "Just now we got acquainted with the princess Changping of the Apocalypse Kingdom, and on the night of the Flower Tour, she will invite us to the palace as guests. ”
Li Jiang finally put away his red face and listened carefully to Qinghe's plan.
Mudon also silently stretched out his ears.
"When the time comes, I will bring the Wind Bead, if the Water Bead is really in the palace, there will definitely be a sense. ”
Li Jiang: "Is there any danger?" We can meet you outside the Imperial City. ”
Qinghe shook his head: "I don't know, if the people behind the scenes are also looking for the water beads, then it is very likely that he has already sent people to infiltrate the imperial city, so let's take the opportunity." ”
It was a very tiring day, and everyone rested early.
Qinghe leaned against the temple gate, looking up at the starry sky.
The night was cloudless, and the cold moonlit sky had a cool chill.
Qinghe's heart suddenly surged with a bad premonition.
"Are you worried that something will happen that day?" whispered in his ears.
Qinghe didn't look back and didn't answer.
Mo Junqian followed her to look at the sky, the moonlight was hazy, and even her voice had a fluttering feeling.
"Don't worry, I won't let you get hurt in any way. ”
Qinghe chuckled, not taking his words to heart.
She doesn't need anyone's protection and won't be a burden to anyone.
She is who she is, and she is only her.
......
The days flew by, Qinghe hadn't eaten all the snacks on the street, and the big festival of flower and wine had arrived.
Early in the morning, as soon as they approached the city gate, they heard the cheering shouts of the people in the city.
Everyone rushed to the root of the imperial city with pots and pans in their hands, and Qinghe knew that this was the palace opening a warehouse to release grain.
Qinghe looked at a few people empty-handed, and asked tentatively, "Why don't we go and order it too?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he successfully got three white eyes.
Qing and acquaintances shut up.
"Qinghe!"
Suddenly, there was a shout, and Qinghe looked up, it was Princess Changping.
She still rode the fiery red horse, dressed in red, and heroic.
Changping dismounted and came to a few people, the powder was lightly smeared, and the cinnabar was light, which made her more pretty.
Qinghe exclaimed: "Your outfit today is different, and it looks even better." ”
Changping smiled shyly: "In previous years, I also wore this kind of wine, but they thought it was very strange, you were the first person to say that it was good-looking." ”
Such a little daughter's posture made the unaware Li Jiang and Mu Dong a little surprised, and when it was half loud, Mu Dong suddenly reacted and blurted out: "Qing and you ......"
Mo Jun's thousand eyes were quick and covered his mouth suddenly.
Changping noticed that there were two people he hadn't seen yesterday, and Qinghe took the initiative to introduce her: "This is my senior brother Li Jiang, and that is my junior brother Mu Dong, he has a bit of a problem, don't be surprised." Qinghe pointed to his head.
Changping understood, and looked at Mu Dong's eyes with pity.
"By the way, I'm going to the Drunken Immortal Residence to prepare a dinner list, do you want to come with me?"
Qinghe turned his head to look at a few people: "Okay, then my friends ......"
Changping said boldly: "Let's go together." ”
Changping led Ma and Qinghe to walk in front, chatting while walking, seeing Qinghe didn't know what to say, Changping laughed again and again, and Mu Dong was stunned.
He turned his head stiffly and looked at Mo Junqian, a little incredulous.
Mo Junqian nodded at him: "That's what you think." ”
After a long time, he had to accept this fact, froze in place, and couldn't stop saying, "No wonder she wears men's clothes...... In this way, I not only have to rob women with men, but also with women, and it's too miserable......"
After walking a distance, Li Jiang turned his head and found that Mu Dong was still in place, walked back and pulled him, and said coldly: "What do you think! ”
......
The Drunken Immortal Residence was full as usual, and Changping took Qinghe to the third floor, which was still yesterday's private room.
The difference is that this time it was the legendary owner of the Drunken Immortal Residence, Hes.
Qinghe carefully looked at the young talent in front of him, in a dark robe, dressed as a scholar, gentle and elegant, with a faint melancholy between his eyebrows.
As he got closer, Qinghe smelled the scent of herbs coming from him.
Could this Hess be a Dan Master?
"Boss He, these are the meal lists for this year's dinner, you can see it. ”
He Si took it, browsed it roughly, and said, "I know, princess, rest assured, Drunken Immortal Residence will definitely prepare all meals." ”
Changping patted Hes on the shoulder, and his voice was crisp: "You do things, I don't worry." ”
Hess smiled politely.
I had a hearty breakfast in the drunken immortal residence, and after coming out, under the imperial city, the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain had already ended, and the streets were full of all kinds of flowers, red lanterns were hung high, and the people walking around the street were all young men and women, talented and beautiful.
Everyone was dressed in bright colors, and the wide hem of the garment was embroidered with various floral patterns, and there were so many kinds that some could not even be named.
Qinghe stopped in front of a row of flowers, the petals of this flower were snow-white, and they opened one after another, leaving a faint floral fragrance in the air, and the fragrance was a little special, which seemed to have never been seen before.
"What kind of flower is this?" she asked curiously.
Changping squatted down beside her, caressing the petals and sniffing the faint fragrance.
"This is the tulip flower, the national flower of the Apocalypse. ”
"Tulip flower......" Qinghe muttered softly, "No wonder I see that many people's clothes are embroidered with this kind of flower, it turns out to be the national flower." ”
Qinghe also squatted down and reached out to touch the petals, the soft petals brushed her palm, and a faint spiritual power could be seen pulling out of the stamen and melting into her body.
Qinghe squinted slightly, and this kind of comfort with spiritual power infused into her whole body made her feel relaxed and happy no matter how many times.
was immersed in the comfortable touch of Linghai, when someone suddenly pinched her arm, and the piercing pain instantly made her sober up.
"Hiss......"
Gasped suddenly, this man is really heavy!
Mo Junqian said worriedly: "Senior sister, are you okay?"
"It's fine. ”
Qinghe stroked her arm, her thoughts were still on the snow-white flower, and the petals that had just been absorbed by her spiritual power were still full of vitality and swaying in the wind.