"In the center of the picture, there are high mountains, long rivers and vast rivers. The sun and moon are like a dream, calling me Xia'an. The high mountains are covered by clouds..."
The clear and soft song floats in the night, like a dream, like the whisper of the stars, or like the whisper of the breeze. The woman sitting on the boulder has an immature face, and even her voice is like that of a girl, but her lonely expression shows the vicissitudes of the past.
, seems to be reminiscing about something, and also seems to be expecting something.
"Go back with me and apologize to the Lord."
The slender wrist was tightly grasped, and Ji did not struggle. Instead, he lowered his head and followed Su Buqi obediently. He still said nothing when he reached the foot of the stone mountain.
Su Buqi stopped and sighed, somewhat helplessly: "Si, I told you not to leave his side at any time. If you can't do that, just tell me and I will find someone else to protect the lord.
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"I can, I can protect the lord!" Hearing Su Buqi's words, Ji hurriedly raised his face and shook his head, with red eyes, "Master, Ji knows that he was wrong, and this kind of thing will never happen again in the future, I promise!
Master is looking for someone all over the world and he is never at home. Only I can protect the Lord!"
The rather conceited remarks did not arouse Su Buqi's resentment, because he knew that what Ji said was true - looking at the entire Anling Kingdom, the person with the best kung fu besides him, Su Buqi, was Ji. At this age
A woman who is not in tune with her mind but is extremely talented in martial arts.
After standing for a long time in the windy and sandy night of the desert, Su Buqi took off his cloak and put it on Ji, rubbed Ji's messy hair, and unexpectedly showed a faint smile.
"Only he can protect you."
Ji was stunned, standing there stupidly chewing on the meaning of this inexplicable sentence. Suddenly something flashed through his mind but he couldn't catch it. It was like the same weird feeling when he was with Ning Xizui many times.
She couldn't help resisting, but she couldn't resist Ning Xizui's smile and every time he called her name gently.
Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice...
This name was given by him.
The fact that Ning Xizui returned to the desert alone without protection was concealed. The only people who knew about it were Ning Xizui and Su Buqi. Even the person involved did not know the details. She only knew that her nightmare had returned.
I committed a crime and left my master in a dangerous place. I wandered alone for three days before I woke up and hurried back to Monan. Ning Xizui was extremely busy in the next few days. She tried to apologize several times but failed.
All he could do was cook porridge, grill fish, and watch Ning Xi from afar through the window, eating a few mouthfuls of food without knowing the taste.
I heard military advisor Wu Siying say that the reason for the lord's abnormality was because the country of Yao was about to become a queen.
The third young lady of the Bai family, Bai Qige, what kind of person is that?
Ji had imagined for countless times the woman who made Ning Xi drunkenly dream about her. She was very curious, would there be someone who could be a good match for someone like the Lord? If so, she must be close to a fairy in the sky.
, definitely not a good-for-nothing little person like her.
Random thoughts also have the effect of killing time. I spent day and night in aimless imagination, until one morning I opened my eyes and saw a familiar smile in front of me.
"Come with me to the distant country, Ji."
It's unclear whether he was flustered or flattered. Ji nodded desperately, then quietly lowered his gaze, and lowered his head at an angle where his expression could not be seen: "Master, are you going to see the third lady of the Bai family?"
"Well, Buqi said he was going out for a trip and didn't have time to send me gifts. I can only ask you to go with me again."
If there was no one who could take on the escort mission, the Lord would still not think of her, right? Matsuri sniffed, raised his head with a forced smile, and nodded vigorously.
As long as it is his order, he will do it even if he risks his life.
A warm palm suddenly touched his forehead, a lonely smile came close to his eyes, and a warm voice whispered in his ear, which was pleasant to hear but difficult to understand.
"It doesn't matter if you think about it, Matsuri, you are no longer a child."
What do you think of? Where did you go during the three days when you disappeared? Or is it the reason for the recurrence of night nightmare syndrome? Looking confusedly at your young face reflected in the green eyes, you suddenly felt a little flustered, as if something had been forgotten, it was very important.
Something, something she didn't want to think of, so dark and terrifying that she couldn't help but shudder.
A noise outside the room made Ning Xizui pull away and leave with a calm expression as if nothing had happened. She could only sit there blankly, with a dull pain in her chest.
Fire, leather armor, pools of blood, cries, laughter, and the faint smell of rice... Whose memory are these?
It's not hers, it must not be. She has never experienced such a terrible thing. She has been by the master's side from the beginning to the end, right? From the beginning of her memory, she has always been by the master's side, waiting for someone to appear, waiting for him to smile gently.
"Are you really going to force her to remember?" Su Buqi shook his head and asked in a low voice when he saw Ji Ji in a daze through the gap in the door.
"She can't live in an illusion forever, that's not her." Ning Xizui suppressed a smile and frowned slightly, "Don't you find that something has been wrong with her recently? If you let the deliberately erased memory go, sooner or later she will
She will be swallowed up by fear. Instead of that, I would rather let her see clearly what is true. Don’t give up, Matsuri is nineteen years old, and the four missing memories make her still like a child. Now you can protect her from letting her
What if she comes into contact with anyone in the future? Can you lock her in your hands for a lifetime? I want to save her before she destroys herself."
Su Buqi remained silent, and after a long time he loosened his clenched fists, revealing fingernail marks on his palms.
"It's up to you, but don't push her too hard. Matsuri likes you very much. If you want to hurt her..."
"I got it, nagging mother." Ning Xizui looked respectful and solemnly raised his fists to Su Buqi.
"...I really don't want to see you again, how about sending you to heaven?"
All joking aside, Su Buqi naturally wouldn't do anything to Ning Xizui, but the eyes that had always been indifferent were not as pure and pure as before. Whether it was worry or reluctance, no one could tell.
At the end of February, Su Buqi left Monan and disappeared without a trace. A few days later at night, Ning Xizui left a note and quietly left with Ji, with the destination being the imperial capital of Yaoguo.
Feng Wujiang watched Ning Xizui very closely, and was not allowed to leave without permission. If Lu Feidu, who was in charge of guarding, had not been knocked unconscious with his fists, Ning Xizui would have rushed to the imperial capital of Yao Kingdom to personally deliver Bai Qige
A congratulatory gift was simply out of the question, so Ning Xizui thanked the priest very sincerely, but soon relapsed and kept making all kinds of jokes on the road, making the sacrifice go round and round.
"My lord, all I can think about is bullying others, and that's always been the case." Matsuri complained in a low voice, his childish face full of grievances, not even a hint of panic.
Even if there are more than ten assassins on the opposite side with their swords raised.