The sun has set.

But in early August, the summer heat is still intense.

The four Li Chenan who walked out of Wuya Mountain and entered Yuanzhou of Wu State arrived at the first city in the north of Wu State in the evening of this day——

Zhaohua City!

Not a breath of wind.

The leaves of the sweet-scented osmanthus trees lining the streets and alleys in the city have lost their energy.

However, some osmanthus flowers have already bloomed.

The fragrance seemed to settle down.

Walking in the alley, what you smell is the faint scent of osmanthus.

Maybe it's because the heat hasn't gone away yet, so there aren't many people on the streets.

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

He looked up and immediately laughed——

Yuelai Inn!

"Let's stay here for one night and take a rest before continuing on our journey tomorrow."

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Zhaohua City, as the northernmost city in Wu State, plays almost the same role as Yudan City in Ning State.

It is the last supply place for merchants from Wu State to go to Ning State, and it is also the first place for merchants from Ning State to enter Wu State.

There has been no war between Ning and Wu for many years. This city, which was once used to defend against the invasion of Ning, has gradually transformed from a military town into a commercial town due to the establishment of seven surrounding cities.

It was quite large in scale and originally extremely prosperous——

It has the same fate as Yudan City, because the war between Ning and Wu at Wuyaguan has prevented trade from flowing smoothly, so the city has changed from the bustle of the past to a rather deserted appearance now.

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

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

Such as those merchants waiting for the end of the Wuyaguan war.

Also like some people in the world who pass through this place.

East Garden.

Second floor.

Room No. 1, Tianzi.

Xia Hua lay comfortably in the bathtub in the room, her hands carelessly playing with the petals floating on the water, and her beautiful eyes looking at the roof.

She had been looking at it for a long time, but her eyes were not focused.

What came to her mind were the poems she got while traveling in Ningguo, and the person who composed those poems.

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

I saw him from a distance in an unknown wilderness in Shuzhou.

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

His appearance was etched in her mind.

It can't be said that he is handsome and flawless.

It cannot be said to be tall and straight.

But there was an air of elegance about him.

Now that I think about it, that is the taste of Shixian.

Three points of ink fragrance.

Three points of bookishness.

There are still four points... It should be a men's fragrance.

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

"The one who messes with my heart...Li Chenan!"

Her hand fell on the edge of the bath, where there was a small throwing knife.

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

"You are a man of letters, why do you need a knife?"

"You are a scholar, why do you need to exercise power?"

"If you are obsessed with poetry and use your pen and ink to write this worldly picture... maybe on a certain evening in a certain year, I can harmonize with the piano and play your words in the world."

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

She held up a handful of water.

The water spilled from between the fingers, and what remained in the palm of the hand was a bright red petal.

Her face gradually became desolate.

"A famous piano is easy to come by, but a close friend is hard to find."

"God gave birth to you, Li Chenan... Even though you have left, you have already shone on the world for five hundred years!"

"I just feel sorry for Miss Xiao."

"As for me, I will try my best to forget you!"

"It's just sealed in the deepest memory."

She put her hands in the pool, and the petals floated on the water and gradually drifted away.

She stood up from the pool.

All the dust is gone.

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

She looked at her beautiful body and the water droplets falling from her body. She stepped up to stand on the edge of the pool, and suddenly found 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 off the petals, waved her hand, and the petals fell into the pool.

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

There is a sunset in front of the window.

Under the window is the patio of the inn.

Her eyes suddenly focused——

Two people walked into the patio!

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

One is tall and one is short.

One man and one woman!

Her eyes fell on the man's back!

She was suddenly startled.

She jumped from the window!

The moment she jumped down, Li Chenan's sharp facial features could already sense something strange behind her.

A flying knife fell into his hand.

He held Zhongli Ruoshui with his other hand.

He suddenly turned around and stood behind Zhong Li Ruoshui and in front of Xia Hua who had just landed!

Li Chenan was startled.

He has seen this girl!

But he was wearing a mask, and his expression was perfectly concealed by the mask.

Xia Hua stared at Li Chenan's face.

I felt instantly disappointed.

"girl……?"

"Ah, I recognized the wrong person."
To be continued...