The Devil and the Flower

"The Battle of the Heavenly Realm lasted for 900 years and ended 3000 years ago. Before the Battle of the Heavenly Realm, Emperor Jiang reigned for more than 300 years. Listening to their conversations, at this time Emperor Jiang has not replaced His Majesty the Demon King to ascend to the top. Then they The era it was in should be..."

Li Mianxi was dazed by this intricate historical line, and got stuck halfway through counting with her fingers.

Feng Yue resigned: "It's the year of 'the moon is dark and the stars are shining'."

In the long past, the Demon King was the lone moon, and countless favored sons of heaven guarded him like stars, surrendered to him, and dimmed under his light.

A star can be missing in the night sky, but a bright moon cannot be missing.

It's a pity that when the moon is full, it will lose money, and there will be a time when the moon will dim and the stars will shine.

"Yes! Yes! I remember this section of the exam last time," Li Mianxi scratched his head, and said in shame, "The question asked who did what to end the 2000-year-long moonlight and star shine. According to the book, there were many famous people during that period, but the brightest star was His Majesty Jiang Di, who was born in the last period, so I answered Jiang Di..."

As a result, I got two points for the [-]-point question, and was scolded by a teacher who admired Emperor Jiang, "You think Emperor Jiang is the one who blamed him? All the blame will be blamed on him!"

After all, all previous students have the tradition of "go to worship the devil first, and don't know how to write about Emperor Jiang when you encounter a test".

Feng Yueci took a look at Li Mianxi, and said, "The 81 ghosts of Laoshan were instigated by someone to massacre hundreds of cities under the banner of Emperor Jiang."

Li Mianxi nodded repeatedly.

"They were originally trying to find the traces of the Demon King, but in the face of the tragedy in Hundred Cities, His Majesty the Demon King still did not show up. Instead, it was Emperor Jiang who killed the 81 mountain ghosts one by one." Lin Yanlan sighed softly: "The year of the dark moon and the shining stars With this, the curtain has come to an end, the glory of the Demon King has passed, and the world has ushered in the era of Emperor Jiang."

The red maple trees in the city disappeared without knowing when, and the passers-by were all wrapped in thick winter clothes, the cold wind whizzed and rolled up the roofs, and the heavy snow fell silently.

In the blink of an eye, autumn and winter come.

Li Mianxi suddenly took a few steps forward, pointed in one direction and shouted, "It's Senior Sister Ji!"

There is a medical clinic at the corner of the street, a woman with a baby in her arms is standing at the door, Li Mianxi is looking at the young woman opposite the woman.

The woman was about twenty years old, dressed in red, bright and compelling, bending over, poking the baby's cheek mischievously, and talking with a bright smile.

"No," Li Mianxi quickly realized, "This is Miss Ayan! Sister Ji would never smile like this."

Jiang Huan glanced lazily, then lowered his eyelids back.

There was a certain distance between the two sides, but the conversation between Ah Yan and the woman came over without interruption.

"Sister Dodo, you just gave birth and your health is still not good, why don't you take a good rest in the room?"

"I've been resting for a long time, and my body is almost stiff. Recently, the medical center is busy, and my father is too busy, so I will help."

"The clinic is busy... Sister Dodo, how many patients are there recently?"

"It's not just a lot, I heard that because of the cold weather, most of the ordinary people in the city are sick, and people who practice like you are better. I grew up so big, and I haven't seen flowers that have experienced such a cold winter. Even The sea of ​​flowers has withered to the point where only half of them are left..."

A Yan stared at her in a daze, her smile faded and she became dumb for a while.

"Closing down the city is an impossible law. You are not the only one who is sad, and it is not your responsibility alone." Zhang Duoduo gently stroked her hair, and said softly: "Listen to my sister's advice, don't rely on your own health Hu Lai, let's see how tired you look."

There was mist in Ayan's eyes, and she quickly raised her face.

A hearty laugh came from the busy room: "Duoduo, is the eldest lady here? It's cold outside, please invite her in for a cup of hot tea!"

Ah Yan heard the voice, and hurriedly replied: "No, Uncle Zhang, you are busy! Brother Wufang is here to pick me up, I'm going back now!"

Chen Wufang walked over from the bridge, greeted Zhang Duoduo very politely, put a delicate rattle in the baby's swaddle, exchanged a few words of greeting, and then led Ayan away.

As soon as she turned around, Ah Yan's shoulders seemed to be pressed down by a heavy mountain, but her back was straight, and her whole body trembled.

Chen Wufang, as if juggling, took out another rattle and shook it in front of her.

The corner of Ah Yan's mouth raised, but before the smile rose, she fell back again.

From time to time, people on the street greeted them, and even brought them some small gifts. The two responded one by one, but they declined, but they had already brought a lot of things when they walked on the bridge.

Chen Wufang said: "Ayan, look how much they like you."

Ah Yan laughed at herself: "Whoever told me that I am the daughter of the capital, I am now the young capital."

Chen Wufang freed one hand, tapped her nose, and said, "It's wrong, because you treat them well, and they naturally treat you well."

Ah Yan: "...But I feel very sorry for them."

"In the realm of the devil king, there are three thousand big cities and millions of small cities. Only a hundred cities are the most favored by His Majesty the Devil King. Our flowers are all one of the hundred cities. His Majesty has given us a token of power and glory, and we offer the most devout faith. .”

"Now, more than half of the city has turned to Jiang Thief, and even all of His Majesty's keepsakes have fallen into the hands of Jiang Thief!"

"Three years ago, at the Hundred Cities League, my father kindly persuaded me, but I was hurt by the shameless people, and I am still bedridden. As the young capital master, I am useless at all. I can only escape everything by closing the city!"

Closing the city means isolating the outside world, closing all passages between Huadu and the outside world, and opening the barrier that covers the sky. From then on, no one can enter and no one can exit, like a lonely cage.

Speaking of excitement, Ah Yan hit the stone bridge hard with her fist.

Chen Wufang quickly put down the things in his hands, and tightly held her hand to prevent her from hurting herself.

Ah Yan: "I was really ignorant at the time, and I always complained that my father didn't accompany me. Now that I'm sitting in his place, I realize how heavy a burden he is carrying."

Chen Wufang thought for a while, held her hand like he was when he was a child, and said seriously: "Ayan, I can't comment on right or wrong, but I know that you have done your best to do your best."

He put a piece of biscuit in her palm, and gently wiped the snowflakes off her eyebrows.

"The people of Huadu are actually not as fragile as you think. They may not be able to help you... But at least they agree with you, the young master, and you have no fear of life and death."

The sound of the wind was still, gentle and peaceful, just like their facing eyes at this moment.

Under the bridge, the trees were wrapped in silver, and the sky was full of wind and snow. Four people and one cow were in the wind and snow, but they were not contaminated by a single snowflake.

Jiang Huan stretched his waist, and said: "I don't want to betray the devil, and I don't want to turn to Emperor Jiang. Closing the city is indeed a way out. At a young age, she is quite decisive."

"No, no." Lin Yanlan frowned, looked around, and suddenly took three steps back, saying: "I know why the Four Seasons Flower City has become a Yin City where not a single blade of grass grows!"

Li Mianxi subconsciously asked: "What?"

Lin Yanlan said: "It's an epidemic! The closure of the city did allow them to avoid the disasters of the outside world, but the city is full of flowers, and the fragrance of flowers and plants often interacts with each other. The closure of the city caused climate change, and the flower time was chaotic... How could nothing happen! "

Li Mianxi clenched her fists, raised her head blankly, and looked at "Sister Ji" on the bridge.

The ice and snow all over the city faded away like tides. Just as Lin Yanlan said, in the early spring, the epidemic infected the entire Huadu.

At first everyone thought it was a strange disease, the clinic was full of people, Zhang Duoduo helped her father save others, she was fine, but the child started to have a high fever.

Then, people started dying.

Zhang Duoduo's child only persisted for three days before he lost his breath.

When Ah Yan heard the news, she rushed to the hospital in a frenzy, only to see Zhang Duoduo hugging the child with disheveled hair, looking at her with red eyes.

There is no sadness, no resentment, no tenderness in the eyes, nothing is there, it is so empty that it hurts the heart.

On the way back, I saw that the biscuit shop at Grandma Wang's house was closed, and the dim sum shop at Brother Zhao's house was also closed.

All the flowers in the Hundred Gardens withered.

Ah Yan stood in the middle of the empty street, she didn't know what she was thinking, she just stood there blankly.Until Chen Wufang found her and hugged her tightly: "Ayan, everyone is awake!"

Ah Yan's mind went blank, and she was dragged back home.When she saw her father who had opened his eyes on the bed, she felt as if she had just come back to life, tears welling up in an instant.

Father Ji asked, "Why are you crying?"

Ah Yan knelt in front of the bed, choked up, and hissed: "I was wrong! I was wrong! I was wrong!"

Three mistakes in a row, one repeated.

The trees outside the house shook, and the leaves fell like rain.Feng Yueci lowered his eyes slightly, and raised his hand to brush away the bent branches, even if it was just an illusion.

Jiang Huan stared at him: "Mr. Dao, are you sad?"

Feng Yue resigned, "Not yet."

He has a correct posture, wide sleeves hanging down, and neither sorrow nor joy on his face, just like the moon hanging high to see everything in the world, all sorrows, joys, joys and angers are just floating clouds, which will not stay or be contaminated.

Be the best bystander.

On the contrary, Li Mianxi and Lin Yanlan's eyes were already red, and they were almost immersed in the flower capital thousands of years ago.

Jiang Huan pinched the jade talisman on his waist, smiled, and said nothing more.

In the house, Ah Yan kept crying, Ji's father didn't comfort her, but asked Chen Wufang to bring her a box on the side, and said in a low voice: "This box is given to us by His Majesty the Demon King, symbolizing power and glory. Time flower crown'. Emperor Jiang fought most of the Demon King's Realm for all the tokens of His Majesty the Demon King..."

Ah Yan clenched her fist tightly, Chen Wufang took her hand, pushed away her bloody palm, applied the medicine carefully, and then gently put the box on it.

Father Ji took a breath and continued: "You take this token to see Emperor Jiang..."

A Yan immediately wiped away her tears and said: "Daddy! It's impossible! Everyone can still be saved. I'll go to Lanxi City to find the Immortal Doctor. They have the 'Jade Pot Apricot Forest' bestowed by His Majesty the Demon King..."

"As early as three years ago, the 'Yuhu Xinglin' ​​in Lanxi City fell into the hands of Emperor Jiang!"

Ah Yan felt like being struck by lightning, as if all the heavy burdens collapsed in an instant, her knees softened, and she was half lying on the ground.

Ji's father closed his eyes and said, "When the lonely moon doesn't come out, the stars will shine brightly. Emperor Jiang has the tendency to swallow the moon and overturn the stars. The time is the fate."