vstars Chapter 556: Meet Mu Qin again and ask for help
Chapter 556: Meet Mu Qin again and ask for help
The princes walked to the main hall and saw Li Shanhe, who had already breathed his last. His old body was wrapped in a warm robe, and the moonlight shone silvery, illuminating half of his face. It was hard for them to accept it, so they knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
Li Shanhe's guess was right. He didn't want to see this scene, so he sat alone in the palace, waiting for the end of his life. The huge Lingtian Dynasty, from today on, was completely without a leader. Once the hero fell, there would be no one to accompany him when he fell.
Among the many suffering princes and princesses, Li Tianyu cried with tears in his eyes, but there was a gleam of brilliance brewing. Li Tianxia lowered his head and remained silent with a complicated expression. He was not like the other princes who lost their composure, only a few tears in his eyes.
There will be a storm in the Lingtian Dynasty.
Li Changxiao was stopped by a man in a dark street corner. The two looked at each other in the moonlight. The man was holding a whisk, wearing a Taoist robe, with long hair tied up with a green hairpin, and a golden pattern between his eyebrows that seemed to be glowing faintly.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Mu Qin lowered her eyes slightly.
"Did you know I was coming?" Li Changxiao asked.
Mu Qin said truthfully: "Li Shanhe's life span, I guess you might come."
Since they parted at Longcheng, they had sometimes "brushed past each other" and sometimes looked at each other in the temple, but that was all. If you think about it carefully, hundreds of years have passed since they stood face to face and looked into each other's eyes.
How can one not sigh at the sadness of this? The connection between the two was indescribable, and no one would mention it. Li Changxiao was a little surprised that Mu Qin took the initiative to meet him.
The two of them walked like this, and Li Changxiao asked Mu Qin if she intended to wait for him in Lingtian Imperial City?
Mu Qin nodded slightly. When Li Changxiao mentioned that this was not her style, Mu Qin hesitated to speak. Finally, she flicked her whisk and walked lightly, half a body length in front of Li Changxiao.
Although there is no curfew in the Lingtian Dynasty, it is already late at night and there are no restaurants around. The two of them walked aimlessly through the well-organized streets.
Mu Qin was still like this, cold and taciturn, as if nothing in the world could move her mood. Even after meeting Li Changxiao, or even when she took the initiative to look for Li Changxiao, she was still like this.
But she discovered that after not seeing him for hundreds of years, she could no longer see through him. He seemed to be always changing, yet also seemed to have never changed.
Seeing that there was still a wine shop in the deep alley that was not closed, Li Changxiao walked straight over, sat on a stool, ordered three or two small stir-fries, and asked for two or three taels of wine. The shopkeeper smiled and looked at the two guests, a man and a woman who came out to drink and have fun in the middle of the night, his eyes wandered teasingly, and then he went back to work.
Mu Qin sat down gracefully, her eyes always on Li Changxiao, without any reservations and without any distractions. The waiter brought the dishes and chopsticks first, and the porcelain bowls were placed on the table, making all kinds of crisp sounds, but the two of them remained silent for a long time. Li Changxiao was a very outgoing person, who could chat for half a day with coachmen, cows, sheep, chickens and dogs, and had his own fun, but at this moment, he didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere was a little silent.
"Someone... wants to touch your incense."
After the drinks were served, Li Changxiao poured himself a glass before trying to start a conversation.
"I know." Mu Qin didn't drink, just water, "but I don't care anymore."
"Don't care?" This answer obviously stunned Li Changxiao.
Mu Qin nodded gently as a reply, and then her eyes were like this again, quietly looking at Li Changxiao. It was calm and peaceful. When she looked at him, Li Changxiao felt that her eyes were calm and complicated, and calm and pure. It was only when the waiter brought the food that the calm was broken, and a few ripples gradually appeared.
"Here they are." The waiter brought the dishes and his eyes wandered between the two. He realized something. The two of them exchanged glances, perhaps they were in love with each other, but they couldn't say it, and they didn't dare to say it. The waiter turned his head and looked at Li Changxiao, with both envy and contempt in his heart. He looked good, so why was he a coward and didn't dare to say it?
Soon, the waiter stepped aside and secretly watched what was happening between the two of them, and the shopkeeper also came to join in the fun.
But how could those ordinary people know that love in the world is not just about love between men and women? Ordinary people have short lives, and their lives are nothing but love, hate, and hatred. Immortals have long lives, and although they still cannot escape the four words of love, hate, and hatred, they are more complicated. The feelings between the two are even more complicated, and it is definitely not something that can be generalized by like or dislike, love or not. Even if you ask them, they can't figure it out. Otherwise, how can you explain the silent gazes and silent departures over the past hundreds of years?
Mu Qin picked up the food, put it into her mouth, and entered the path of incense. Although she still sealed her spirit, body, and soul, she did not need to take mortal food to sustain herself. The endless supply of incense nourished her body and resisted the erosion of time.
No one knew what level of incense magic this River Mother had reached. This was an ordinary meal, meat, wine, and vegetables. The few stir-fried dishes and vegetarian dishes were eaten up in just a few chopsticks. It was hard not to suspect that this shop cut corners.
After finishing the meal, Li Changxiao poured the remaining wine in the wine bowl into the wine gourd. Seeing this action, Mu Qin was a little dazed. She remembered that when he was forgetting the great way and being free and easy in the world, Bai Yi had also done something similar. At that time, she thought he was embarrassing, so she jumped up and punched him. Now, looking back, she smiled knowingly.
Mu Qin sat gracefully, her waist straight, and the breeze blew through her hair, making her look graceful. Li Changxiao stretched and rubbed his eyes, "Let's go."
He put the copper coins on the table and stood up to leave. The waiter and the shopkeeper who were watching from the side almost cursed. They watched the two of them all night and only saw the man eating and drinking lavishly and the woman chewing slowly, without any conversation at all.
Although the two of them are good-looking, it can't be like this, right? There should be some love-hate relationship, you abandoned me, I retaliated against you, and then some ethical principles, moral laws, etc. were involved, so that the expectation would not be in vain.
But that was not the case. Li Changxiao stood up, patted his butt and left. Mu Qin, however, remained seated and did not leave for a long time. When the swordsman came to the door, she closed her eyes slightly and said, "I have something to ask of you."
The waiter and the shopkeeper, who were originally drowsy, suddenly became alert. They turned around and saw that the swordsman who was about to leave had stopped.