he came from the void

"Me too, and no one saw it."

"But it's cold!"

A gust of cold wind poured in from the window, and Kahn immediately closed the window without looking outside.

"I didn't mean to..." He leaned over and coaxed, and after putting on his clothes, he helped comb and braid her hair, finally coaxing Kai'Sa's little complaint away.

I went downstairs to have breakfast, and found that the inn had already opened, but there was no sign of Bo Liyi anywhere, and there was no one in the kitchen. Kahn felt strange and went out the door.

Today, there are a lot of pedestrians on the street outside the gate. It seems that residents and outsiders from the entire village have appeared together.Many people were either carrying baskets or bamboo baskets, and they knew they were going to the market at a glance.

Some conspicuous things that are relatively rare in ordinary times attracted Kahn's eyes. They were some brightly colored lanterns that were being hung on high tree branches.

There was a whistle from above, and Kahn looked up, only to find that Beaulie had climbed to the upper part of the inn and was hanging lanterns from the branches outside the living log wall.

"So you're here." Kahn asked with a smile, "Why did you hang up the lantern?"

Bo Liyi didn't answer him immediately, but hung up the lantern in his hand first, then climbed down along the roots on the wall, and made some gestures in front of the two of them.

Kahn suddenly understood what he wanted to say.

"It turns out that today is the Blooming Spring Festival." He paused, and then asked: "Do the vastaya also celebrate the Blooming Spring Festival? Will their spirits also see the last side of the world through the Blooming Spirit Flower?"

Bo Liyi nodded his head slowly but emphatically.

"I don't see anyone in the kitchen," Kahn said.

Bo Liyi came to the counter with a smile, and picked up a reed brush to write.His handwriting is beautiful, just like the works he left on other people's skin, master level.

After writing, he put the note in Kahn's hand and continued to hang the lanterns.

Kahn looked at it, and what Bo Liyi wrote was that the inn does not serve breakfast this morning, so he asked them to go to the teahouse for morning tea, and the teahouse will provide spiritual tea during the Spring Festival.

"Kasha..." Kahn turned his head to look at Kaisha, but found that she was staring at him angrily, and couldn't help swallowing the words.

"You also said that no one would see it!" She pinched his arm, and Kahn suddenly remembered what happened in the morning.

"Ahem, I just want to see what's going on outside, and I don't know they will climb to a high place to hang lanterns today."

Almost made an own goal, Kahn coaxed again, replacing the previous embarrassment with a new embarrassment.

He hugged Kaisha until she embarrassedly pushed him away.

"There are so many people on the street, you have enough time!" Kaisha blushed and said angrily, pinching Kahn's cheek and not letting go.

When she let go, it meant that Kahn had been forgiven.

"Let's go have morning tea." Kahn blinked mischievously.

"Wait, call Akali." Kaisha was worried that something strange would happen again, and wanted to call Akali to accompany her, so as to prevent Kahn from making another move in public.

"Go." Kahn watched Kai'Sa go upstairs with a smile, thinking that the episode was finally over.

He randomly found a table and sat down. When the two of them came down, Akali said to Kahn, "We need to wear a mask during the holidays. Everyone needs it. It's best to buy things along the way."

"That's not to call Master Yi and Jax and let them choose."

"No, I asked just now, and they said they can just wear goggles."

"That's easy."

The three came to the street and walked slowly with the crowd.

Kahn looked outside the mountain and found that it hadn't snowed for several days, and the snow accumulated in the previous winter had almost melted away.

It is the coldest when the snow melts, and I don't know that Yasuo is not frozen.Not only is he wearing upper body, but he is also wearing open-toed iron boots, won't his toes freeze off?

After walking for a while, Kaisha pointed to an unnamed teahouse and said, "Here we are, the best teahouse in town."

They visited this teahouse when they first came to Ionia. It is made of a variety of woven wood, and the color changes every season.

Now the teahouse is bright rose red, and there are many light pink lanterns hanging there.And the proprietress commanded an old man at the door, and climbed to a high branch to hang a lantern.

Chapter 379 Scented Tea

The three entered the room and sat down. The proprietress Paskoma came over to serve a pot of tea, three pairs of clean cloth mats and towels.

The first time the tea is used to moisten the cup, of course, it can be used to quench thirst. Kahn is not in a hurry, so he pours out the tea to soak the cup, and then pours the tea into the jar.Kaisha sat across from him, watching him with great interest, flirting with him, bullying him that he only had one good eye.

She burst out laughing suddenly, it feels so good to have someone take care of everything.

After a while, Paskoma brought over the cakes and teapot together. The combined food intake of the three of them was a little scary, so when they saw the cakes neatly stacked into a heavy pyramid shape, the two girls uttered a sigh of relief. excited exclamation.

"These pastries were prepared by Yitule two days ago. They are only served during festivals. Just let me know if they are not enough, and I will add more." The big plate of pastries was very heavy, and the middle-aged proprietress couldn't help but stop to breathe Take a breather.

"Thank you, old mother." Akali clasped her hands together and bowed her head, then picked up a piece of pastry and threw it into her mouth.

The bottom is slightly burnt, the middle is soft and sweet, full of richness.Akali exclaimed that it was delicious, this pastry saved her life, otherwise she would be killed if she stayed beside the two of them.

"As long as you like it."

Paskoma sweated with a towel, laugh lines piled up at the corners of his eyes.

It is a blessing for young people to eat, I hope they will like it.

Kaisha was thinking about whose name itul was, when she heard an old man come in at the door, and then Paskoma called out.

"There are more and more guests. After hanging up the lanterns, Yitule will come in to entertain you."

"Come on." The tall old man from before replied, with a towel on his shoulders, he went in and walked directly to the old man who was not seated.

"Guest, please sit down, what would you like to order?"

"I don't want to order anything, I..." The old man hesitated to speak, as if what he wanted to say was a bit difficult to say.

"It's okay, just say it." Itule looked at him patiently.

"I want to take my son back..."

"Your son is not here."

"He is here, he has become..." The old man's voice suddenly choked up: "He has become a flower."

"The deceased is gone. The old man is not in good health, so don't be too sad." Yi Tule's eyes were full of sadness, as if he understood this pain very well.

"He died on the battlefield, and he can't be found. My wife has a handicap, and I want to make his spirit flower into scented tea and take it back to her to heal her heart disease." The old man wrinkled his dry mouth: "I heard that this is the town The best teahouse ever…”

"I don't know how to make tea. I'll ask the master to tell you later." Itule walked into the trigger, and the old man flinched and fidgeted.

Not only did Akali restrain her chewing voice tactfully, but the guests at other tables also lamented one after another, sympathizing with the old man's experience.

An old man came all the way to Weili, just to bring back the only thing related to his son who died in battle. What kind of bitterness can be carried in just one sentence?And there are not a few such lonely-nest families who lose their children in old age.

Paskoma came to the old man and asked, "Old man, is it you who want to make scented tea?"

The old man nodded: "This is medicine for us."

"I'm sorry, I want to help, but there's nothing I can do." Paskoma lowered his head sadly: "The spirit tree hasn't sprouted yet, and I'm afraid... there won't be any blooming spirits this year."

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and without flowers, how can she make scented tea?

"Okay then, I'm still in a hurry to go back and take care of my wife... I'll trouble Master again next year." After listening to the old man, he trembled and almost fell down. Yitule went up to help him, and the old man nodded and walked towards the gate without saying anything. go.

Paskoma asked the old man to sit down and drink some tea and pastries before leaving, but the old man waved his hand and refused, turning into the crowd at the door and quickly disappearing.

"Oh, what is this?"

Kaisha was suddenly worried that the old lady and her son would meet at the other end of the curtain next year, and the waiting of two people became one of them staying behind.

"Miss Boss." Kahn suddenly stopped Paskoma, and Kaisha couldn't help but look up to see what he was about to say.

"What's wrong? Is it not to your liking?"

"No, I want to ask if this pot of spiritual tea is the same kind as the old man said just now?" He pointed to the teapot on the table, poured the tea into the cup, and the aroma was overflowing, but he didn't drink it because it was too hot.

Kahn felt that scented tea made from blooming spirit flowers would be a bit unpalatable no matter how delicious it was. After all, it was a spirit flower that had carried the spirits of the dead.The subjective feeling is a bit like making tea with ashes, full of taboo and disrespect.

"It's different." Paskoma shook his head, reassuring Kahn.

"This is tea for psychics," said the proprietress.

"Psychic?" Kahn felt that this psychic might be different from what he understood.

"Yes, the blooming spirit flower only blooms for one night. If you can't find the spirit of your loved one in the flower that night, it means you will miss it forever. And this spiritual tea can help people find their loved ones more easily among the blooming spirit flowers all over the mountains and plains." .”

"Oh." Kahn nodded: "This year, the Blossoming Spirit Flower will not bloom. Is it still useful to drink it?"

Many had feared that Ionia would no longer have a "spirit", a sign that the imbalance still permeated the land and its people.

Paskoma shook his head: "This is the custom here."

"Okay, thank you for clarifying." Kahn picked up the teacup and took a sip, while the proprietress continued to greet the guests.

The three of them drank tea while eating cakes, the sweetness of the tea lightened their bitter mood.

Kahn and Kaisha chatted from time to time, while watching the two of them busy in the store.

He saw Itule move a pile of iron tools to the door of the kitchen, which included almost all the sharp tools in the house - kitchen knives, hacksaws, hook sickles, and a family heirloom rusted iron sword.

Itule picked up one of the sharp objects and dug a hole under the corner of the tea room.

The root system in the room was thick and strong, and with a little force, he just carefully inserted the first knife under the root of the tree.

Then he changed the room and repeated the above operation.

"What is this doing?" Kasha asked.

"Buying sharp weapons on the Blossom Festival is to pray for a peaceful festival and let us let go of past disputes during the festival." Akali said that although she knew it, she never did it.

She was outside alone, and the weapon was her best protection, and it was impossible to bury it in the soil.

This custom is related to a legend. In the legend, a pair of good brothers turned against each other because of a pair of divine swords. Later, they realized that their disputes were all caused by the divine swords, so they buried the source of all disputes and reconciled.

"The times are different, I think this custom needs to be changed to some extent." Even Akali said the same.

"How to change?"

Chapter 3: The Brotherhood

"I don't know how to change it, but it is definitely wrong to bury all the sharp tools in the soil." Akali said: "Others raised their butcher knives and rushed to the door, and you only thought of digging rusty objects in the soil." If the knife is still entangled to death by tree roots, wouldn’t it be impossible to resist. So I said it’s time to change it.”

The matter of burying sharp weapons on the Blossoming Soul Festival advocated letting go of disputes, perhaps there was nothing to say a few years ago, when wars were far away from this pure land, and people's biggest disputes could only be resolved through negotiation.

But now, the war has never left, and people should always be prepared to resist.

"I think it would be better to fold the paper into the shape of a sword instead of a real knife and bury it. The cost is very low, and there is no need to dig it out. It will return to the soil after a long time, and it will not cause imbalance." Kahn commented , Even the knife used for cooking was buried in it, which made him very puzzled.

Isn't it dirty?What to do if it gets rusty?

"good idea."

……

After finishing their morning tea, the three of them came to the market. Today's market was much more lively than usual, and the roadside stalls were all set up at the foot of the mountain.

Akali reminded herself that they weren't here to hang out, they were here to buy masks for the holidays.The three separate to find their favorite mask.

Didn't pay much attention to the huge shadow puppet theater built in the center of the square. Akali looked at the dazzling array of goods on both sides of the road and realized that she had come to the foot of the mountain without knowing it.

"This is the way to the shrine."

Akali said something to herself, and was about to walk back, but heard an unusual voice from the woods.

A few figures appeared faintly in the shadowy woods, and it seemed that there was a quarrel, but this was inappropriate. The Blossom Festival is for people to let go of their disputes, and quarrels should not be.

Akali couldn't help approaching quietly, trying to persuade her to fight, but after approaching, she found that the situation was not that simple, so she subconsciously lowered her pace.

Stealth was not practiced in vain, she did not disturb the other party, and hid behind a tree smoothly, the distance was just enough to hear the content of the speech.

At first glance, it appears that there are a total of five warriors, surrounded by a woman, plotting evil.

But after careful observation, Akali found that these were five members of the Navoli Brotherhood, surrounded by a Noxus woman, and the smell of gunpowder was very strong at first glance.

The reason why she recognized this was from the Brotherhood was because Akali had seen one of their faces in the previous cooperative operation, but at this moment their irascibility was like rough bandits, which disgusted her and she didn't bother to see each other. recognize.

The Navoli Brotherhood, a guerrilla group formed during the Noxian invasion, did not lay down their arms even though the war was over.

The war awakened the seeds of violence in people's hearts. Some Navoli members fought for freedom, saying that Noxus would make a comeback sooner or later, asking people to take up arms to prepare for future wars, and even wanted to counterattack Noxus .Others are because they only know how to fight, and some may just use the name of the fraternity to rob houses and bully the weak.

There are all kinds of fraternities, there are all kinds of people, absorbing the blind anger of the younger generation and growing continuously, but they have never had good leaders, and they lack organization and rules.

And although the woman didn't wear armor or a weapon, she was always recognizable as a Noxus.There is always a lingering smell of soot on them, and the steel of the Immortal Fortress is always there.

"Say, what is the purpose of that Noxus ship that docked in the nearby bay?" The leader Wu Fu said, his tone was fierce, and it seemed that he might use force at any time.