[Death · Bailu] Flower Story

On that day, when his blood-soaked mother used her last strength to protect him and fell in front of the last world-transmitting gate before entering the royal court, he heard the sound of rocks collapsing from above the blue sky that he had never seen before. The loud noise, as well as the messy footsteps and voices behind the tightly closed door.

In his mind, his mother, who was as strong as a miracle, fell without warning, just like the torrential rain.

When he was young, he curled up unharmed in the embrace that was gradually dissipating, tightly grasping a strand of silver hair that had lost its luster, greedily absorbing the wispy body heat that was being washed away by the rain.Then he wiped the criss-crossing rainwater on his face, and saw that the ever-expanding pool of blood surrounding his mother was also gradually diluted until the boundaries could no longer be distinguished.

That was the first time he knew that the passing of life can be so lonely that there is no breath left.

I don't know how long it took before he heard other noises other than the sound of rain. After looking up at the huge stone door that was still closed in front of him in the heavy rain that seemed to never stop, he realized that there was someone beside him. A cold figure.

While I was wrapped in warm and dry cloth, a strange deep male voice came: "Are you... a floating boat?"

He was drenched by the cold rain, nodded drowsily, and then was held in the arms of the man.He is still young and has been traveling all the way. He has fallen into a deep sleep before he can feel the fear of losing his loved ones and the anxiety of arriving in a strange environment.

For many years since then, he has recalled this drowsy and gentle embrace countless times in the small empty living room, and he once rushed out of the wide eaves of the residence on a rainy night in autumn, expecting that person to be able to do so drenched all over his body. Appeared again, using a soft cloak to bring him to the continuous rain in the centrifuge.

But no one appeared, only the continuous rain, accompanied by the constant abuse of the servants and various rumors in the royal court, converging into beaches and pools.And he was like a lone boat, drifting like a weed in the bone-crushing rain until the boat collapsed and everyone died.

Those gray and rain-stained pictures were originally blurry, but they became even more obscure because of the deliberate taboo.And he who was sleeping soundly at that time would never have thought that the short time in those blurred images was the first and last hug his father gave him.

Also since then, his world has always been filled with mischief.

"Oh? There was indeed an accident that broke into the royal court more than three hundred years ago. For this reason, the head of the royal court guard and the head of the hidden guard army were both punished..." In the secret room of the Kuchimu family's library, still using the His Highness the King of Soul, whose cloak was only covering his nose and mouth, looked at the flickering lights on his right, "However... after that, it is recorded that Luka and his accomplices were completely wiped out."

"As His Royal Highness Ling said, not only that, because the invasion incident was too influential, so all the guards of the royal court involved in this matter were replaced or abolished after that." Liuli quietly closed the door. Wrapped in a thick book wrapped in light gold painted white peony silk, he turned his gaze to the opposite Kuchiki Patriarch, who had been frowning and silent since entering the Japanese room, and continued, "It's a coincidence that more than three hundred Not long after the turmoil last year, it happened that Patriarch Kuchiki paid homage to the Spirit King..."

"Ah, at that time, His Excellency Grandpa Yinling was the head of the Kuchiki family, and I also recently checked the records of the Kuchiki family's confidential collection of books to learn that after that visit to Luo, a new batch of confidential materials has been added to the Kuchiki family's library." The current head of the Kuchiki family who was sitting at the bottom left of Ichigo bowed, and pointed to the half-closed book in Liuli's hand, "The book in the hands of Your Excellency Liuli is actually the record of the royal family that was transferred to the Kuchiki family after this." one."

After entering the bamboo forest and feeling the spiritual pressure that could not have appeared here, Bai Zai once mobilized Kuchiki's hidden guards to do a lot of investigations, but encountered huge resistance when the clues began to point, even misleading information.

It is not difficult to guess the identity and background of this person who can have the strength to fight against the Kuchiki family.But it was precisely because of this that Bai Zai was more careful before reporting to the chief and central room 46.It wasn't until he opened the secret room where everyone was staying at this time that he realized that what was involved in this matter turned out to be a secret of the royal family for hundreds of years.

"So...Bai Zai, do you think this Floating Boat Palace is not just the half-brother of the former Spirit King?"

"If it's a pure royal bloodline, how can this Floating Boat Palace's life experience be kept taboo so far, and even the records need to be destroyed, and other related materials have to be moved out of the royal court? In addition, and more importantly, the royal family has no respect for bloodlines. It has always been important, but all the information I have so far has not said a word about this His Highness's mother."

"What Bai Zaidian said makes sense. These materials in Kuimu House are almost completely consistent with the records I checked, and supplemented a lot of key information before. The short-term contact has added to the reliability of these records." Liuli paused, and his tone became a little hesitant, "But because these records are originally extremely secret, and they have been damaged many times over the past few hundred years, The true identity of this Floating Boat Hall is really hard for us to determine right now." Liuli put away the book, and solemnly sent another document with the head of the cartoon Nie Yuli on it. The eyebrows raised for a moment.

"Huh? Liuli, you...you actually stole all the spiritual child reports that Captain Nirvana hasn't sent yet?" Ichigo gestured to Liuli with a "nice job" gesture, but his eyes still stayed on the thin pages of paper. In the middle, "The deep pits discovered in the virtual circle, the samples of spiritual particles are completely consistent with those left on the mirror... But there are still some attributes and sources of spiritual particles that cannot be recognized by the current spiritual particle library..."

"About those deep pits..." After a moment of hesitation, Bai Zai raised his eyes and looked at the other two people for a moment, "If I expected it to be correct, it should be one of the forbidden techniques that only Daxu of the Xuwang level can use. According to the formation method, after collecting spirit particles, combining the formation method and spiritual art, the huge energy generated can even be used to attract and tear the space..."

"Tear apart the space?!" The unanimous exclamation interrupted Bai Zai's narration.

"...It seems that this is the case at present. If you make a bold guess, what this Highness may be trying to tear open is the tight protective space around the royal court. But it is really not in line with this idea that people can find out his plan so easily. The style of His Highness who has endured for hundreds of years."

A light knock on the door interrupted the conversation in this room, followed by the sound of the sliding door opening and closing.

Byakuya followed the voice and looked up, and saw Rukia's figure was dragged slender by the candlelight.

"Ichigo, Your Excellency Liuli, Elder Brother." The little girl held a tray and saluted peacefully as before, but Bai Zai felt that the slightly frowned eyebrows were a bit glaring.

"My lord brother, this is your soup," she walked towards her elder brother with downcast eyes, put down the soup and changed new tea for Ichigo and Liuli, then raised her hand to straighten her forehead and continued, "In addition, the old housekeeper asked Lu Qi Yadai asked, can I prepare breakfast for you?"

By the time Bai Zai walked out of the Library Pavilion, the bright morning light had already poured down through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

"...Why don't you go to rest?" There was a trace of reproach in the cold voice, but it softened unexpectedly at the end.

"Because the eldest brother hasn't bandaged the wound until now." A certain person with two dark circles under his eyes moved forward the medicine box he was holding in his arms, and as expected, he caught a trace of it leaking from between the eyebrows of the Patriarch. Headache emoji.

After the two of them came back from the Muhua Festival the night before, her busy elder brother only cared about replacing the captain Yuori, who was smeared with bloody gunpowder smoke. Hu and Liuli talked at night holding candles.And she had no choice but to squat in the kitchen, cooking these Coptis chinensis soup according to the prescription left by Captain Unozhihua after she was injured, still worrying about whether her elder brother would lose his temper and refuse to drink the medicine.

But he didn't expect Bai Zai to accept everything without raising his eyebrows this time.

"I'll take care of the wound myself, now you go back to sleep."

Rukia, who was still in a daze, was awakened by the relaxed feeling between her arms, only to realize that the medicine box in her arms had been carried by her elder brother at some point.

Isn't such a big brother really another dream of mine?

She looked up at the gentle expression between Bai Zai's eyebrows, and naturally pinched her face with one hand.

Then feel the warm touch on your shoulders.

"What's wrong?" The voice was still cold and deep.

The brilliant fireworks of the Muhua Festival seem to be still in the night sky, but at this time, the morning light is shining everywhere behind you, and the blue sky is as clear as washing.

But at this time, you are just like the night before under the blooming fireworks. After everything came to an end, you showed an almost invisible gentle expression to me who was constantly blaming myself and restless.

I hope so much that I can follow in your footsteps, fight side by side with you, and protect everything we want to protect together, instead of staying where you are and enjoying your accommodation and protection, but watching you drift away.

"Brother, do you want Rukia to stay in the Deadwood Mansion?" Rukia plucked up the courage to face the pair of gray-purple pupils, ignoring the cheek that had been pinched by herself, and saw a twinkle in it. The astonishment and understanding of passing away.

"Don't think too much, Rukia." Bai Zai frowned at the tense and trembling touch of his hand, "Just do whatever you want."

"Could it be that... Rukia has caused trouble like this, and it doesn't matter if you cause trouble to you?" Her slender fingers clenched her cuffs tightly, and Rukia stubbornly tried to suppress the trembling all over her body, "Could it be this time, this time? Were you injured because you had to hurry back?"

"Lukia, you have never caused me any trouble." The Kuchiki Patriarch, whose words are like gold, thought that his patience was surprisingly good at this time, so he did not continue to frown, but bent down to accommodate the thin girl , "The Deadwood House is your home, and I will be by your side."

Brother, when Lu Qiya picked up the manjusawa floating in the water, she thought that her future life would be like this rootless flower.

There are partners, classmates, teachers, but no relatives, no family.

That year, you withdrew your gaze from the blue sky, An Ran looked back, your eyes were lightly swept away, your crow-black hair showed a fine stream of light, and you said in a cold voice, "This will be your home from now on."

Although for a long time after that, Rukia only thought that this huge rotten wooden house was just a luxury hotel that she came across in her wandering life.

For the first time, Rukia stretched out her hand actively, covering the pair of warm and powerful hands on her shoulders.

Since when did my wandering heart start to take root in this place?

She didn't know, and it didn't matter.

Hanasa Monogatari

[-]. Lone Boat

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