wait till autumn

Before Nan Li left, he once said to Liu Ying: "I want to go back to Miaojiang and report the matter of Meng Rao Yu to the tribe. When I come back, would you like... to travel with me?"

Liu Ying faintly felt that what Nan Li wanted from her was a promise, and she also knew that this kind of thing should not be easily promised.

But she still nodded slightly in agreement.

So Nan Li just left without returning.It has been several years, no news, not even a letter.

The 12-year-old Liuying waited anxiously, and Jiji's Liuying was already heartbroken.

A new stage was set up in Luoyang City, Liu Ying listened to the actors' aria expressionlessly, but only one of the lines echoed in her ears.

"Passionate but annoyed by ruthlessness." 【Note 1】

Without Nan Li, the days in the General's Mansion seemed to be no different.

The world has changed hands, and the flower girl has also become the general's wife, but they are still them.

Liuying will continue to do what she should do and serve with all her heart.

But one day, Jun Zhaoying handed her a piece of letterhead with a line written neatly on it.

Liu Ying raised her eyes, puzzled.

"This is where the Mengrao tribe has taken root for generations." Jun Zhaoying said it lightly, without mentioning how much effort it took him to get the news, "If you have an obsession, go and end it."

The thought that had been lingering in Liuying's mind for a long time broke out at this moment.

She put the piece of paper in her arms, and solemnly bowed to Jun Zhaoying: "Liuying can't repay you..."

Jun Zhaoying stopped her: "Go."

Liu Ying naturally did not go alone on the road, Jun Zhaoying sent several shadow guards to go with her.

The location of Miao Jiang is not a secret.But Miaoling is huge and unpredictable. If they scurry around like headless chickens, they will easily be regarded as enemies by the people of Miaojiang and jointly resist.

Now that we have the exact location of the Meng Rao tribe, such a situation will not happen.

Luoyang and Miaoling are tens of days away. Liuying and his party bumped all the way and finally arrived at their destination.

It was early morning at this time, and not far away, the smoke from the cooking rose from the village, creating a peaceful scene.There is a stone monument erected at the entrance of the village, with a few words written in Miao language that few people can understand, and a dragon totem is drawn beside it.

The Mengrao Tribe believed in the Dragon God, that's right.

Although it was early in the morning, there were Miao people guarding and patrolling the village. When they saw unfamiliar people from the Central Plains, they immediately blew their horns vigilantly.

"Woo-woo-"

One after another, the whole village was quickly awakened.Not long after, dozens of people surrounded Liu Ying and the others.

Miao people also need to learn the Central Plains dialect, so communication is not a problem.

One of the Miao people asked vigilantly, "What are you guys doing here?"

Liu Ying slightly pulled down her sleeve, revealing a green snake wrapped around her wrist, it was Nan Li's Xiao Liu.It was just a small snake with the length of a forearm, after these years, it has grown a lot, and obediently wrapped around Liu Ying's wrist several times, like a unique jasper bracelet.

When Xiao Liu returned to his hometown, he was naturally extremely excited, and uttered a string of snake language hissingly.

The Miao people naturally understood, and some people also recognized this little green snake as Nanli's snake!

The few Central Plains people in front of me are probably looking for Nanli.

A centipede suddenly fell from the sky and came straight for the shadow guard's door!Fortunately, they reacted quickly and avoided it in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Liu Ying looked at where the centipede came from in disbelief.

I saw a person dressed in black on the height of the village platform, looking at this side coldly.She was wrapped extremely tightly, only revealing a pair of eyes and a little fair skin, and the silver ornaments on her wrists and ankles made a "ringing" sound in the wind.

How could Liuying not recognize who it was.

"This is not where you should come, go!"

But all the Miao people started to chatter, stared at Liuying for a while, and then they rushed up and grabbed her directly!

Each of them had Gu worms around them, and the shadow guard couldn't resist, so they just watched Liu Ying being taken away.

In Nanli's room.

The tribal elder sighed and persuaded, "Nan Li, why are you so stubborn. The poison Meng Raoyu inflicted is so stubborn, since there is a way to cure it, why don't you give it a try."

Nan Li said coldly: "But this will harm her!"

Liuying couldn't understand Miao language and looked at them in confusion. The elder shook his head and explained to her what happened to Nanli in a low voice.

Back then when Nanli returned to the tribe, the elders discovered that she had been poisoned by a kind of poison. Needless to say, it was Meng Raoyu's handwriting before she died.

This kind of poison is extremely tricky, and I can't find it in the medical books of the tribe.Slowly, when interacting with other tribes, I discovered the solution to this poison.

This poison is extremely sinister and vicious, and the solution is naturally not simple.

—Lover's blood.

Bathing in the blood of the destined marriage is the only way to break it, otherwise the poisoned person will not live to be 25 years old.

But how much blood does a person have to bleed, enough for her to bathe in blood?

"I promise." Liuying said.

"Ridiculous!" Nan Li sternly stopped her, "You..."

Liuying smiled to indicate that she was fine, then turned to the elder and asked, "Then how do you know if I am the one destined for marriage or not?"

The elder said: "Same room."

"Then try it." Liu Ying said with a smile, "If I am not the one who is destined to marry, then you will die soon, Nanyi girl. You promised me to go to the mountains and rivers, but you will not be able to complete it."

It's been a long time since I heard someone call her "Nanyi girl". Nan Li was suddenly taken aback, and the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat.

It was she who did not complete the agreement with Liuying.

"In this case, it's not too much to pay me for one night, right?"

"……it is good."

That night, Nan Li made up for what he thought he owed her in another way.

Liuying has grown up and is no longer that immature little girl.With a taller figure, there is flesh where there should be flesh. When being teased, she will no longer blush and say "disgusting".

Instead, he hugged Nan Li's neck with a smile, and took the initiative to send his lips up.

That night, the candle flame kept flickering, just like the silver bell on Nan Li's body, shaking gently.

Liuying couldn't forget that voice, whether it was when the desire arose, or when the love was strong, or the moment when her mind was completely blank.

That was the voice representing Nan Li, and she would never forget it.

The totem on Nan Li's hand gradually disappeared, clearly showing that Liuying was her destined person.

When Liu Ying woke up, she saw her staring blankly at her hand, supporting her tired body, and sat up.

"I am, am I?"

Nan Li did not deny it.

"Is that right?"

Liu Ying bit her own finger, and let the blood drip from her finger to the totem. When Nan Li wanted to stop it, it was too late.

Not only drops of blood dripped, but also tears.

Liuying cried, crying and laughing, knowing that she was in a very embarrassing situation at this time, but thinking that Nan Li could be saved, she didn't care about it: "When I was young, I heard a fairy tale told by a scholar, saying that there was a kind of scarlet flower, You are born with nine petals, and if you meet them, you will have such good luck that no one else can match."

The blood and tears melted together, and the pattern of the totem seemed to dim for a moment. Nan Li then spat out a mouthful of black blood, and quickly caught it with a handkerchief.

Apparently the poison has been expelled.

"My only regret is that I didn't get to see this kind of flower with nine petals. When I die, can you go and see it for me?"

A year later, Central Plains.

Nan Li didn't wear Miao costumes, but the usual Central Plains attire, except that the silver ornaments on his wrists and ankles were still intact.

"go."

At her command, the little snakes crawled forward one after another.

Nan Li has been looking for the nine-petaled flower for a year, but he still has nothing.

Liu Ying spoke very vaguely, and even heard about the existence of this kind of flower from the storyteller. Maybe there is no such flower in the world.

But Nanli promised her, so she must do it.

After a while, a few little snakes came back from not far away and reported that they hadn't found them.

Nan Li is not in a hurry, anyway, he has been looking for it for so long, so he is not in a hurry.

"Hey!"

She called out to the man who was drinking the horse behind her, and the man immediately ran over with the horse full of hope: "Did you find it?"

Nan Li smiled and shook his head.

"Oh." Liuying seemed a little disappointed, "It's okay, there is still a long way to go, so take your time."

"Yeah." Nan Li got on his horse and stretched out his hand towards Liu Ying: "Let's go."

"go!"

The two of them rode a horse together and continued on the road of looking for flowers with countless little Gu worms.

Is there really a scarlet flower with nine petals in the world?The answer is unknown.

But Nanli knew something that really existed in the world.Many things she has experienced have already confirmed her idea.

Unswerving lover's tears can cure all poisons and save all things.

——Or maybe the antidote is not the lover's tears itself.

But what it represents, the unique love.

——Fanwai·Looking for Flowers, end——

The author has something to say:

[Note 1] Su Shi: "Butterfly Love Flower·Flower Fade Remnant Red Green Apricot Small": "Passionate but annoyed by ruthlessness."

Cuckoo, let's update the episode