It was autumn, when the fruit trees were in full bloom, and the Qianluo people could already smell the aroma of fruit when they were in the car.
Ever since she got on the carriage home, she has not blinked. Even if she stepped out of the forbidden garden and had not left the Yueguo Palace, she was also watching it carefully, seeing that in the past four years, she hadn't taken a step again. The place.
Liang Country is far away from Yue Country, and the crops are harvested earlier, and Yue Country is a little later, so when she left Yue Country, there were still people on the road harvesting crops.
Liang Guo, who had a bumper harvest this year, had the same scene earlier.
Leaning by the window, she could sometimes see the people in the fields, as well as the fruit trees full of fruits. The aroma of the crops and the sweetness of the fruits lingered in her nose, making her eager to return to her hometown.
"Princess, drink some water."
General Li passed a pot of water through the window and handed it to her. Qianluo took a sip, only to feel that the water was sweet and sweet, not like the water of Banhua Ting. It was very bitter. She probed and asked, "Is this water from our Liang country?"
General Li smiled and said, "Of course not. It's the water of Yueguo. If you bring water from such a long way, the water will stink."
Qian Luo lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "This water is sweet, I thought it was..."
"Maybe the princess is happy."
Qian Luo was slightly startled and nodded lightly. She looked around the road, although she only walked this road once, but in her dream, she has walked a thousand times. The last time I came back was in spring, with lush vegetation and fragrant birds and flowers. She came with the hope of the entire Liang Kingdom.
Now, she is returning home with her own hope.
The carriage lingered, and Qianluo was drunk in the autumn scenery.
Xifeng supported this dream outside to avoid being disturbed by outsiders, while Qingyuan and Taotie built their dreams inside. Two days and two nights have passed in the dream, but in reality, only two moments have passed outside.
As long as there is another half an hour, Qian Luo will be able to realize his dream, will not become an evil spirit, and will be reincarnated safely.
"Boom, boom."
The guards who were patrolling the night outside passed by, his voice was soft and a little messy, and Xifeng stared at the door with his peripheral vision. Under normal circumstances, guards would not come in, but they should be careful to avoid accidents.
The footsteps of the guards gradually faded away and disappeared in the outer courtyard.
Xifeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly saw the closed door, and a person stepped in lightly, and she panicked for a moment.
When she panicked, the dream also turned upside down, and Qian Luo, who was sitting in the carriage and looking out the window, was also shocked.
Qian Luo was shocked, she always felt that this was a dream, because it was too sweet and a little unreal. This shaking made her heart skip a beat, and then she heard General Li say, "Princess, there is a big rock on the ground, and the carriage jerked, don't you worry?"
"I'm fine, General Li." Qian Luo looked outside, there was no change, it was indeed a car bump just now.
She calmed down, and Xifeng, who was shocked in cold sweat, also calmed down. She stared at Li Qianzhan who entered the yard and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Li Qianzhan glanced at her, then looked at the incomparably real dream, and asked, "Qinglong and Taotie are inside?"
Knowing that she couldn't hide it, Xifeng replied, "Yes." She stared at him closely, and when she saw him take another step forward, she immediately said, "You like to listen to Qianluo's tunes, otherwise you wouldn't let her stay in the palace. It has been four years. In the past four years, many palace people have heard this song, and the wind must have reached the ears of the Holy One. He probably asked you why, but Qianluo is still banning Hua Ting."
"You want to admit that I'm a good person, so I discouraged the saint and didn't accept Princess Qianluo?"
Xifeng was reluctant to admit that he was a good person, but was afraid that he would destroy his dream, so he could only stare at him, hoping that he would leave here soon. Qingyuan and Madoka were still inside, and even if she could stop him, it would be at the cost of the broken dream.
Li Qianzhan looked at the vigilant Xifeng, and then looked at the carriage driving on the road with Pixing and Daiyue. After thinking for a long time, Xifeng thought he was accumulating his strength.
The dream is long, and the carriage has arrived at the gate of Liang Guocheng.
Qian Luo clutched the car window tightly, looked up at the city gate, and saw the word "Liang Guo" inlaid on the city gate. Tears rested all the way, and then poured into his eyes again. The afterglow of the setting sun poured down, and tears rolled down her beautiful cheeks like pearls. She gently wiped away her tears, thinking that after she could see her father and mother later, the fatigue of the journey had disappeared.
Entering the city gate, there is already a commotion. Xu is today is the day of the market, there are many people, shouting and selling all kinds of things. She leaned over the window and watched, and she felt happy and satisfied just by hearing the accent.
It was in the palace, in the forbidden garden, the excitement and shouting could not be heard.
"Chestnut cake." She called to the parking driver, raised her skirt and walked out of the car. Walking quickly to the stall, August's chestnuts are the most greedy, and the rice cakes steamed with chestnuts are also delicious. She looked at the greedy pastries and wanted to eat them.
General Li stepped forward and bought a bag for her, and Qian Luo returned to the car with the chestnut cake. The cakes that just came out of the cage were so hot that her fingers turned red, and the cakes overflowed with the aroma of chestnuts in her mouth, mixed with the unique sweetness of brown sugar, which was hot and sweet.
She had eaten half of the chestnut cake, and she was still a little reluctant, still afraid, it was a dream.
Everything is so real, and everything is not so real.
Just thinking about it, she suddenly heard General Li say outside: "Princess, here we are."
Qian Luo suddenly came back to her senses, listening to the sound of General Li riding to the palace gate, she couldn't help getting down again, standing in the distance to look at the guards at the palace gate, the palace with red walls and grey tiles, and she was stunned.
She has come back.
The father and mother were behind the gate, waiting for her.
They must have prepared her favorite food. The bedroom she has not slept in for five years must have been cleaned. The bedding and curtains have also been cleaned and dried. With the aroma of the warm sun these days, we will wait together. She goes home.
She slowly knelt on the ground that she hadn't stepped on for the past five years, held a handful of soil lightly, and said in a low voice, "I'm back... I'm back..."
The bird is fond of the old forest, and the pond fish thinks of the old abyss.
Even if she was in Yueguo at that time, what she missed most was her homeland.
That barren, weak country.
"I am back… "
As she read, the soil in her hand spilled from her fingers.
This is her country, the hometown she has longed for.
"Squeak -" The door opened, and someone helped each other from inside, walked out quickly, walked towards her, and called her name in a choked voice.
She was stunned, and ignoring the mess of Luo's skirt, she ran towards them.
"Father, Queen Mother—"
The cry is sad, it is the cry of hope after despair. Li Qianzhan looked at the imaginary fantasy and said, "Liang Guo is dead, even if the dream is fulfilled, it is a deception."
"It's fine if Qian Luo doesn't know. As long as her wish is fulfilled, she will be able to reincarnate." Xifeng held on for three quarters, sweat dripping from his forehead.
Li Qianzhan saw the person in the dream clearly, and said again: "Why is Taotie helping you?"
"Maybe it's because... I'm good looking and it has a crush on me."
Rao said it was difficult, and Xifeng also squeezed the words of ridicule through his teeth, but he didn't answer properly and avoided his question.
Li Qianzhan didn't laugh, Xifeng couldn't make him laugh for a long time, every sentence was full of hostility, who could laugh at it. He said, "I trapped it here, but Qinglong cut off its chains."
"You locked Xiaoyuan here in order to eat the nightmares of the court people, and let the emperor think it was your credit for eliminating the demon." Xifeng chuckled, "Now that the emperor of Yue Kingdom trusts you so much, do you still need Xiaoyuan to continue? To win the emperor's trust for you? Or to consolidate the power of the Spirit Hall in the world? No need, so Qing Yuan cut off its chains, and you didn't stop it." She mocked with difficulty, "It's fortunate that you didn't, Otherwise, your ribs will be broken by him."
Li Qianzhan suddenly stared at her, staring at Xifeng thinking that he was finally going to make a move, but Li Qianzhan didn't make a move, just silent for a moment, and then disappeared like last time.
Xifeng didn't expect him to leave like this. Maybe it was because Wuying and Puyu were collecting fetish objects, so she was very concerned about Li Qianzhan who appeared here earlier, but now it seems that he really just came to listen. Chiro blowing music.
Even if he really wanted something from this court, he didn't need four years to do it.
She retracted her mind, and her eyes returned to the dream. As soon as her eyes were retracted, she saw Qing Yuan standing there on the edge of the dream wall, looking at her from a distance.
Seeing her, she lost her dream again and disappeared.
Was he afraid that Li Qianzhan would scratch her to death with a single claw
On weekdays there are monsters approaching, he will always come over and pull her behind him. But Li Qianzhan had been standing here for so long, and he didn't even come over.
Xifeng has a bad feeling in his heart, Qingyuan... Did he find something
It is both a dream and an illusion, but Qian Luo doesn't know it.
After she saw her father and mother, she also had her royal brother. After five years of separation, she still had her royal sister-in-law. Even her little nephew would run away and was chasing and having fun with the palace servants in the garden.
The food on the table is really what she likes to eat, and even the cup she used before her marriage is the same one, and she has not changed it.
At the dinner table where she could not speak, her father and mother made an exception and asked her many questions. Qianluo ate slowly, kept laughing, and sometimes wiped away tears, which wet the veil and held it in his hands, heavy.
The lively Liang Kingdom, the lively palace, the smiling father, the kind mother, the tall elder brother, the beautiful royal sister-in-law, the lovely little nephew, and her younger brothers and sisters are all there.
Qian Luo looked at it, smiled, and his stomach suddenly rolled. She resisted the tumult and said with a smile: "It seems that I ate too much chestnut cake just now, and I feel a little uncomfortable."
"Then you should go back to your room to rest first. In the morning of tomorrow, the royal father will take you to the court and tell the ministers that our princess Qianluo is back."
Qian Luo smiled gently and replied softly, "Okay."
Before the banquet was over, there was laughter behind her when she came out of the palace. She stood in the empty courtyard, and when she looked back, she could still see her father and mother, her family.
She stood on the spot and watched, and felt out the bone xun that her father had given her back then.
pat.
Black tears fell on the white bones, like ink melted away.
Xifeng was startled, Qian Luo realized that this was a dream? No, why did she find out? Obviously has been doing well.
Qian Luo held Gu Xun tightly, and black tears poured down like rain: "I know... Liang Guo is long gone... I can hear so many people going back and forth in the palace. But I don't want to admit it, even Liang Guo is gone. There are only bricks and bricks left in the country, and I also want to go back and be buried with my father and mother."
The west wind froze.
"I want to go home."
The bone xun has been dyed black, and the tears mixed with evil spirits dripped into the dream, like heavy black pearls, hitting the dream heavily, and the dream was turbulent and fragmented.
Xifeng, who was holding on to the dream, knew that the dream was broken, but he was unwilling to be forced to let go.
Qing Yuan had come out of the dream, protected the west wind, and sealed the evil spirit that was about to be leaked in the dream: "She is going to become an evil spirit."
"No..." Xifeng raised his sword and wanted to go forward to dispel that evil spirit, but Qing Yuan grabbed her hand, "No! I can't make her become an evil spirit."
Qing Yuan didn't let go, and Xifeng also understood that once a spirit turned into an evil spirit, it could not be recovered or blocked, at least not in her cognition. Qing Yuan stopped her, which meant that Qing Yuan had never seen anything that could be recovered.
I haven't even seen Qingyuan, and Qianluo is afraid...
Under Qian Luo, a black lotus flower has bloomed, layer upon layer of blooming, evil spirits lingering. She was still muttering in a low voice, thinking of the way home.
"Ow—"
The gray head turned into a white ball under the contrast of the black evil spirit. It squeezed towards the evil spirit, trying to get closer to Princess Qianluo.
It remembered the girl, and it came here every day, eating her nightmares. That was the saddest dream it had ever had in this palace. Every time it will open a few extra red flowers in her dreams.
But she was about to become an evil spirit, a soulless, cold-blooded and ruthless creature.
It can't tolerate such a kind girl turning into that kind of evil spirit.
"Ow—"
The evil energy invaded, and the gray head had seen red wounds, and a knife was scraped on its body.
"Xiao Yuan! Come out!"
It heard the call from behind, and it was also the girl who was always having nightmares. Her dream was a heart-piercing dream. Princess Qianluo's dream is a dream full of despair.
It didn't look back and was still trying to get close to the black lotus.
Qian Luo knelt in the flower, the bone in her hand had turned black, no longer the white bone of the past.
"Ow—"
Someone was calling her, not her family, not even someone she knew. She opened her tearful eyes and looked, and there was a small red flower in front of her, looking towards her.
She stared blankly at the flower, at the candy ball that gave the flowers, and said blankly, "Is that you? Every night in my dreams, you bloom flowers for me, and every morning, they are on my door. Someone who doesn't want a flower?"
Taotie jumped, and his head was covered with red wounds.
She stretched out her hand slowly, and her fingers were stained with blood. She looked at the blood on her hand, and saw the evil spirit on her hand, and when she raised her head, she saw the evil spirit scraping on it.
What surprised her even more was that the evil spirit came from her.
"why why… "
What is she doing, why is the red flower in her hand withered
"Ow-Ow-"
Taotie wanted to eat this evil spirit, but swallowed it in his stomach, but it turned into poison, which made it uncomfortable. But it was still eating with big gulps, only eating it, and only thought of this one way to save her.
It wants to eat the nightmares of people all over the world, and in their dreams, a sea of flowers blooms.
Yes, it should not only stay in the palace, the world is so big and there are so many mortals, it should go for a walk, and in their dreams, a sea of flowers blooms.
Is it late? No, it won't be too late!
"Qianluo-Madoka-"
Outside the suffocating array, someone was calling their names.
Qian Luo looked outside blankly. After so many years, someone still called her name. She looked at the sugar ball that was still swallowing evil spirits and wanted to touch it, but her hands were still wrapped in evil spirits.
She doesn't want this kind of thing, she doesn't want to hurt it, why did she become like this.
She doesn't want, doesn't want!
The suffocating qi that overflowed into the sky suddenly seemed to be sucked by something, and was quickly sucked into the bone xun. They screamed loudly, but they were still inhaled by the bone xun. .
Xifeng and Qingyuan unexpectedly looked at the almost irreversible scene and felt amazed.
Qing Yuan looked at the bone xun, and the ink-colored xun was suddenly as clear as water again, swallowing all the evil spirits: "That bone xun..."
"What happened to Guxun?"
"That's the bones of the dead beasts." Qing Yuan seemed to understand something, "The bones of animals lost in the human world were picked up by mortals and carved into xuns. Therefore, only the xun of Princess Qianluo can make people who care about them. The power of hearing."
Gu Xun, which had sucked all the evil spirits, turned black again. Princess Qianluo held it gently. This bone xun was as light as a feather, almost no weight. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't have noticed its existence.
In the hole of Guxunle, there is a faint evil spirit. Xun was like a prison, the evil spirit wanted to rush out, but couldn't break through, and was trapped tightly by Xun.
Qian Luo suddenly noticed something bad, and then saw that Xun burst with a bang, and together with the evil spirit, disappeared into her palms and dissipated in this cold palace.
Qianluo was the only one that Qing Yuan saw when the spirit changed, the only one who did not become an evil spirit. Even gods and demons could not escape the entanglement of evil spirits.
Maybe Gu Xun killed the evil spirits, maybe Miao Yuan devoured them, maybe Princess Qianluo herself didn't want to become that kind of evil spirit without any thoughts.
Or maybe it's because the three of them don't want evil spirits to appear in the world.
Therefore, the evil spirit that has never been reversed is contained.
Qian Luo was still staring blankly at her palms, and now she didn't even have the last thought from her father and mother to her.
She really has nothing.
The heart fell into the endless abyss, I don't know how deep, but the loss and despair in my heart hit again. Suddenly her sleeves were swayed lightly, affecting her falling heart. She looked up, and a big head was holding her sleeve, pulling her.
"Where are you taking me?" Qian Luo's eyes were dull, not knowing what it was going to take her to, "I have nothing, where can I go?"
"It wants to take you back to Liang Country." Xifeng said, "Even if there is only a barren land left, it wants to take you back."
Take her back to see her parents, her family, and the land where they were buried.
Taotie jumped and continued to bite Qian Luo's clothes, wanting to take her away.
Qianluo looked at the monster she still didn't know what to call it. Its earnestness and clarity, like the sun's rays, swept away the haze in her heart and illuminated the abyss brightly. She was moved by it, and finally got up slowly: "Thank you."
Taotie howled with joy and was about to take her away, Qing Yuan called it, looked at it with gray and red on its head, like a speckled ball, and said, "It's too ugly."
"Ow..."
A touch of dragon energy suddenly lingered on his body, and he traveled around, all the wounds healed, and the speckled ball returned to its original gray appearance. It was too late to be happy, and he heard Xifeng tut his tongue: "Your men's aesthetics are really terrible. Since they can change, they will become white, at least a snowball. Now, they are still ugly, too ugly."
The round cake, which was paralyzed back to the ground, let out another "Ow" feebly.
Qing Yuan frowned: "It's not ugly, it's beautiful."
"A terrible aesthetic." Xifeng patted its head, "You have to protect Qianluo and send her to Liang State safely. The awakened spirit leaves the place, but it will enter the reincarnation in ten days, so don't delay. day."
"Ow!"
Xifeng thought for a while, and then said to Qian Luo: "You have to be careful on the road."
"Well." Qian Luo looked at the two of them and said, "Thank you."
"We didn't help, it was Gu Xun in your hand, Xiao Yuan, and you, who helped yourself."
Qian Luo shook his head: "The dream you weaved made me very happy, so I stayed for so many days. The dream is very real and beautiful, thank you."
She knew from the beginning that it was a dream, but she endured physical discomfort and just wanted to make this dream impossible to achieve.
Now that she can't see the person she wants to see when she goes back, she still wants to go back to her homeland.
"Miss Xiaohua." Qianluo, who was already hanging in the air with the gluttonous food, thought of another thing, and she said, "I was playing music at that time, and I saw that you and Mr. Li were the same person."
West Wind was startled.
The setting sun was already sinking, and the big round head carried the princess, leaving the cold palace and going back to the real Liang Kingdom.
The two walked for a long time. Seeing that Xifeng had not recovered, Qing Yuan bent over to look at her and asked, "Do you understand what Xiao Yuan said?"
Xifeng slowly returned to his senses and said, "I don't understand."
"Then how do you know that Xiao Yuan is going to take her back to Liang Country?"
"Because I understand Madoka." Qian Luo's words were still echoing in Xifeng's mind.
Same
It was the same.
She laughed at herself and didn't think about it, perhaps because it was vaguely expected. Yes, she didn't want to admit it, but it was.
"Broken." Xifeng suddenly remembered a very important thing, and then looked at the time, it was already night. She put away her sword and ran, saying as she ran, "I'm going to the emperor's palace, you go back and wait for me—"
Abandoned Qingyuan watched Xifeng who was running away, and wanted to run to another man's room. He had only one thought - follow him and beat the fake dragon.
But no, the west wind will beat him.
Qing Yuan thought extremely dejectedly, unhappy.