True Phoenix and Virtual Phoenix

Xiaotian smiled, but then vomited a mouthful of thick blood.

Ruoxuan still didn't understand what was going on in front of him at this time, so he could only turn his head slightly aside as Lu Nan hugged his body tightly, and Liu Jin's body just swayed slightly at this moment, just in the blink of an eye After a while, he saw clearly that there was a dagger sticking out of Xiaotian's chest.

Can't help but gasped, Ruoxuan just opened his eyes wide, watching Xiaotian staring at Liujin without blinking, his vigorous body fell down impressively.Liu Jin hunched over and shook, covered his chest and took a deep breath, followed by Xiao Tian and fell to the ground violently.

……

"What's going on here?"

Back in Shaoyang, Ruoxuan sat on the swing, staring at his palm in a daze for two full days.

Five days ago, his hands were still covered with Xiaotian's blood, no matter how he tried to cover them, the blood would not stop oozing out, and Xiaotian's heart was beating weakly. Pulsating but bringing out more blood.

Xiaotian opened his eyes and looked at him with the last bit of strength. Ruoxuan felt his mouth move, but he didn't say a single syllable. Wheezing of the lungs.

"What do you want to say? You say it, and I will listen."

"..."

Xiaotian's pale and chapped lips trembled, but in the end he didn't leave a word, just looking at the baby like this, a line of hot tears slipped from the corner of his eyes into the baby's bloody hands, the baby looked at him quietly, looking at him black and gray His pupils dilated little by little, lost their brilliance little by little, and finally only a piece of ashes remained.

"The dead are gone. No matter what, we living people must live well after all, don't we?"

Lu Nan's body has gotten better after recuperation, a long white and slender palm slowly covered Ruoxuan's palm, her side that should have been warm, but now it was terribly cold.

"What happened? Liu Jin killed Xiao Tian, ​​Liu Jin killed Xiao Tian..."

Ruoxuan foolishly tilted his head, still repeating what he said before, suddenly frowned tightly, covered his face and began to sob again.Lu Nan sighed softly, and took Ruoxuan, who had lost a lot of weight in just a few days, into his arms.

This situation has been repeated countless times during the two days of returning to An's house. On the return carriage, Ruoxuan could not even shed a tear or say a word.

Li Shun's original intention was to bring Ruoxuan close to the palace for recuperation, but he finally said a word, but the stunned person beside him trembled violently, looked up at Li Shun, and his eyes seemed to see him. Ghostly.

"Liu Jin is already awake, do you want to go see her?"

"...Can we leave Nanzhao? Or at least leave Shaoyang!"

Ruoxuan didn't say whether he wanted to see Liu Jin. After hesitating for a while, he did mention leaving Nanzhao. This place has now become a dream wish. As long as he stays here, Ruoxuan will not be able to forget those things. The grievances and enmities that have been engraved into the bottom of his heart are intriguing.This is not to say that you will be able to gradually forget it after leaving, but as an ordinary person, it is always easier to escape than to face it.

"it is good!"

Lu Nan agreed this time surprisingly simply. This time, he didn't resign, didn't say goodbye, and even Prime Minister An and the others didn't tell them. The two of them had silently packed their travel bags.

The fat master has not been relieved since he saw Ruoxuan dressed in men's clothing being helped by Lu Nan to enter the door. At first, he thought that this might be the men's clothing that his daughter-in-law put on for the convenience of the road, until he stared suspiciously at him. Ruoxuan, who had been silent since entering the door, had enough time for a cup of tea, but Lu Nan suddenly knelt down in front of the fat master.

"Lu Nan, what are you doing?"

Faced with his son who suddenly knelt down, the fat master felt his ass was so hot that he couldn’t sit still. He stood up and wanted to go forward to help him. You must know Lu Nan’s injury in Wuyou Pavilion before, it was so serious that he almost fell Damn, now that she looks so weak, I don't know why I can't help kneeling.

Seeing that his father was about to get up, Lu Nan hurriedly pushed the fat man back to his original position, sighed a little, and said very calmly: "Xiao Xuan is a boy, you don't need to look any further, Dad!"

"puff--"

The fat master almost sprayed Lu Nan's face directly with a sip of tea, but fortunately he adjusted his direction in time, and the yellow water in his mouth choked to his side.

Originally, he wanted to ask more questions, but the kid then stood up, without any intention of explaining, and took Li Ruoxuan who was not responding at all, and left.

"What's this, what's this all about! Why is it a boy?" The fat old man muttered to himself as he sat in his original position in a daze, and suddenly remembered something, and suddenly jumped up from his chair, almost He sprained his foot, and burst into tears instantly, "Grandson! What can I do with my grandson!?"

When the moon is dark and the wind is high, when the tryst elopes.

Lu Nan left a letter, roughly explaining everything to the fat master, and asked the master to carry some for the two of them in front of the emperor, and arranged for Xin Biliu's future life in the An family, and the two of them were out of sight. Five Fingers slipped through the back door of An's house at night.

Along the way, there was no one in Shaoyang City. The turmoil in Wuyou Pavilion had not yet passed in Nanzhao. The army in the south was still suppressing the remaining forces in Tonggang. Xuan did not choose a carriage, but chose to leave Nanzhao by water.

Their general plan was to go straight west along the Yale River, and then go north after the boat entered the Jiutian River, heading straight to Jiutian Mountain in Beichu.

In fact, the first stop Ruoxuan wanted to go to was Xiliang. Firstly, Xiliang’s national power was relatively weak, and it had never been in conflict with Nanzhao. Compared with Northern Chu, which is the most powerful in the Seven Kingdoms, they went to Xiliang as foreigners. Obviously, it will be much safer than Shangbei Chu. The most important thing is that Xiliang is extremely day and night, and there is a heavy rain for several months. The rain is often mixed with a lot of fine gems. Such a grand scene and changing weather are very soothing. It will probably be very beneficial.

But Lu Nan insisted on going to Beichu Jiutian Mountain first this time. As for why, Ruo Xuan respected Lu Nan's choice and didn't ask much, and Lu Nan didn't have any intention of explaining to Ruo Xuan.

If the original plan had been followed, there would have been boats waiting at the ferry before the second watch, but when they arrived, the surface of the river was empty, and an ominous premonition came over in an instant. Both Lu Nan and Ruoxuan knew that this must be at a certain point Something went wrong.

"Maybe the boatman overslept for a while, maybe he will come with the boat in a while."

Lu Nan hugged Ruoxuan's trembling body from the night wind, and said softly, even though he knew that the elopement plan might be in vain, he still smiled faintly, let's talk to comfort him!

There was a white figure on the gazebo beside the ferry, Ruoxuan turned his head vigilantly to look at the gazebo, but saw that vague white figure seemed to move, vaguely moved forward.

Ruoxuan tugged on Lunan's sleeve nervously, and subconsciously took a step back. It was too dark, and Lunan couldn't see who was coming, so he pushed Ruoxuan behind him cautiously, staring at him firmly. The phantom figure on the gazebo in the distance.

The white shadow gradually drifted closer, which meant that the clouds in the sky were thinner, and the silver light of the moon sprinkled a thin layer on the ground, also illuminating that weird person.

It turned out that it was not just one person, but another black and gray figure was standing beside the man in white. The man in black and gray was supporting the weak white figure and walking towards them slowly.

"You are leaving?"

Liu Jin's complexion was not good at all, and it turned pale under the desolate moonlight. Ruoxuan looked at her expressionlessly, although the other party smiled faintly, he did not show any kindness at all.

"Xiao Xuan, take care of yourself when you are outside!"

The person next to Liu Jin spoke, it was a man, the man took a step forward, the moonlight shone on the other's face, Ruoxuan realized that the man in black was actually holding Liu Jin's trousers .

Seeing that Ruoxuan stared blankly at him without responding, the little trousers smiled with some distress, stretched out his hand and gently scratched Ruoxuan's upturned nose, bent down and said softly: "The little trousers will never be separated from Nanzhao's palace, I can't accompany you everywhere, but every minute and every second, I hope you live a safe and happy life. If you really don't like that place, then when you pass by in the future, set off a red firework outside the palace of Nanzhao Come on, let Little Pants know you're doing well."

The little trousers were the same as before, still smiling so heartlessly, and his eyes, which were as small as mung beans, were full of joy, and it was impossible to see clearly under such dim light.

Liu Jin told him everything, he can understand Ruoxuan's behavior very well, and also knows that Ruoxuan's alienation is actually a kind of cruel protection, this clever and cute kid, maybe this time he really wants to never have any contact with him again In addition to being sad, he was also grateful that Ruoxuan was able to get out of such a place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

"Small pants!"

Ruoxuan pursed his lips and froze for a while, but still stepped forward and hugged the little trousers tightly, embracing the good life he had in the past.

Liu Jin stood aside with her head down, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, she just tried to open her mouth, Ruoxuan immediately looked back at her with a look of hostility or fear, and pulled An Lu up violently. Nan retreated a long way.

"Ruoxuan, listen to me—"

"I don't want to see you at all now, and I don't want to hear your voice. If there is a fate, maybe I can try to listen to your explanation. If there is no fate, then I don't want to know your so-called 'reason' in this life."

Liu Jin laughed, everything was Li Shun's plan as well as his own, no complaints or favours, it's useless to talk more.

"The boatman told me to send me to the shore not far away, and I'll be back in a while. Then, take care!" Liu Jin held his chest and coughed heavily, looking like he was about to fall, and the little pants immediately pulled her away. Hold on.

Ruoxuan just watched blankly, turned around without hesitation and walked towards the pier.

A boat gradually approached the shore, Lu Nan supported Ruoxuan to get on the boat, the boatman went down, and the whole boat rowed away from the shore.

On the shore, the figures of Liu Jin and the little trousers were getting farther and farther away, the little trousers waved their hands to say goodbye to Ruo, while Liu Jin just stood there, silently looking into the distance, the moonlight was soon completely covered by the clouds, and the sky became darker , the sky began to drizzle, and drops of water fell from Liu Jin's cheeks, it was not known whether it was rain or tears.

Farther behind Liu Jin, in the gazebo by the side of the ferry, a man wearing a black robe with a golden dragon pattern slowly walked out. The darkness of the night enveloped his eyes, which were darker than the night. The hawk-like eyes stared at the direction of the ship's departure, and gradually closed, restraining the moment of youth.

"By the way, you said that you have asked the imperial physician to prepare the antidote that Shioki gave you. Have you prepared it?"

"Huh? Oh, it's ready. I already ate the antidote when I brought it. Shouldn't you eat that antidote too?"

Lu Nan slightly raised the corners of his mouth, looked at Ruoxuan's relieved smile, and suddenly kissed him while he couldn't dodge.

Ruoxuan opened his eyes wide in astonishment, and felt that Lu Nan had pushed a round pill into his mouth with his tongue. In the chaos, he only heard a gurgling sound, and he swallowed the whole pill just like that.

"Tell me well, I'll just take it with tea, why do you feed the medicine like this?"

Ruoxuan complained while wiping his lips with the back of his hand, Lu Nan habitually raised his hand to mess with Ruoxuan's hair, smiling brightly.

"Well, after talking about it so many times, it turns out that we still can't pick up gems when we go far away. Are we really going to Jiutian Mountain? That's okay, I must catch a few snow foxes. You said we raise snow foxes as treasures. Are pets okay?"

Ruoxuan leaned on Lu Nan's shoulder while tugging at the ends of Lu Nan's hair while talking to himself, Lu Nan raised his eyebrows, nodded and said, "As long as you like it, that's fine."

"Then it's settled. After you go to Jiutian Mountain and finish what you need to do, we will set off for Xiliang immediately..."

"……Um!"

Lu Nan smiled sourly, turned his head slightly, and quietly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth when Ruoxuan was not paying attention.

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