That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 504 Another Mid-Autumn Festival
There is faith in the cool wind, and the boundless autumn moon.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is another year after the Ghost Festival, which symbolizes reunion. The last Mid-Autumn Festival for Xu Beiyou was to accompany Zhang Xueyao in the East Lake Courtyard, but this time he was not so lucky. There is also an old friend, Aunt Qin.

In a wide tent in the ranch, the two sat facing each other, and in the middle was a disc with the best mooncakes that He Shiyu had sent earlier. The weather was good tonight. The curtain can be raised to look at the moon, Qin Mumian did not deliberately sit on his knees, but sat cross-legged quite casually, picked up a piece of moon cake and took a bite, looking at the bright moon in the sky outside the tent, a little dazed.

After all, Xu Beiyou was a junior, with his knees together, his upper body straight, and he sat upright.In all fairness, Xu Beiyou didn't like this ancient way of kneeling and sitting. He preferred chairs, but there were few chairs here, so he had to follow the Romans.

At this time, he didn't go to eat moon cakes, but was thinking about his own thoughts.

On the cliff outside Xiaofangzhai, because he absorbed the spirit of Baihong's sword and the feeling of seeing Xia Chan back then, he sent Zhu Xian out of the box and stepped into the realm of the five-story building of the earth immortal.However, just because he can control Zhu Xian out of the box, it doesn't mean that he can control Zhu Xian freely, just like a child who spent a lot of effort and finally pulled out a sword, it doesn't mean that this child can take it. Picking up this sword and playing with it a few times, the current Xu Beiyou is that childish boy, who has only managed to draw the sword out of its sheath, and there is still a long way to go before he can use it freely.

If he wants to use Zhu Xian forcibly, it's not impossible, but it is very likely that he will bite himself back, just like a child who forcibly lifts a long sword higher than himself, maybe he will not cut the enemy, but will smash himself .

If you want to go further, the realm of cultivation is fundamental. At least after reaching the tenth floor of the Earth Immortal, Xu Beiyou will be able to hold Zhu Xian with his own hands. up.

Qin Mumian, who had been staring at the bright moon for a long time, came back to his senses, and suddenly said: "Some words have been held back in my heart for most of my life, and I always want to talk to someone. Nan Gui, do you want to hear the old things about me, an old woman?"

Xu Beiyou said seriously, "Beiyou is all ears."

Qin Mumian said softly: "If you think about it, you have heard that in the tenth year of Taiping, Xiao Yu gave me the title of imperial concubine. In fact, the two of us are not husband and wife. This is just a title. Later, Xiao Yu After leaving, the imperial concubine became the imperial concubine again, this so-called imperial concubine is not as good as Lin Yinping's empress dowager, she has no authority, but it makes people dare not easily bully me."

Xu Beiyou asked: "Emperor Xiao seems to have expected this day?"

Qin Mumian's face was a little gloomy, "Maybe, I just thought it was very abrupt at the time. After all, as long as he is alive, no one will bother me so much, so why bother. Later, I figured it out. It won't be long, let's start arranging funeral affairs in advance."

For a great monk in the realm of the earth fairy, ten years is indeed not too long.

It’s just that Xu Beiyou didn’t quite understand one thing. Since Emperor Xiao had foreseen that his life would not be long ten years ago, why didn’t he make too many arrangements for the new emperor’s ascension to the throne? Arranged in advance, I am afraid there will not be such a big disturbance in the 20th year of Taiping.

Qin Mumian saw what he was thinking, and said calmly: "I don't understand what happened during that time. Maybe only Lin Yinping knew about the sudden death of an emperor who could overwhelm the head teacher of Taoism, but she is no longer alive. .”

Xu Beiyou remained silent.

Qin Mumian looked down at the plate of moon cakes, and said hoarsely: "It's funny to say, the last time we met alone was on September [-]th in the fifth year of Dazheng Jianwen, at the Taiqing Palace in Laoshan, Qizhou. At that time, he was about to ascend the throne. , I also had some thoughts of wanting to make people happy, so I came to test my meaning, I told him, I am tired, I don’t want to fight anymore, let’s make a break, he asked me how I planned to end it, I said I would die of old age In the future, don’t come to me again, and I won’t come to you again.”

Speaking of this, Qin Mumian suddenly smiled, but it was a little sad, "I still remember his expression at that time, his face was ashen, and he didn't say a word for a long time, but he didn't force me, he just waved his hand in the end , still didn’t say a word.”

Xu Beiyou asked cautiously, "And then?"

Qin Mumian said softly: "There is no more, that is the last time we will be alone together. In fact, when I think about it carefully, there is nothing between the two of us that is unforgettable. I didn't care much about him at first, but one day, I suddenly found him Becoming another woman makes me feel unhappy, and I am a character who never admits defeat. I always feel that I have to win it back, but I don’t know that this road is a road of no return. I can’t get entangled anymore. In fact, no one has promised anything. It’s like a muddled account. I can’t figure it out no matter how hard I try. We have no choice but to let this muddled account turn into a bad one. In the end, he can only take his own way, and I will take my single-plank bridge, and the well water does not violate the river water."

Xu Beiyou was a little speechless.

He has never experienced love, so he does not understand love.

It's just that he can still hear Aunt Qin's hard to let go, maybe it's the best if you can't get it, the dead Xiao Huang has become a knot in her heart that she can't get rid of.

Qin Mumian said quietly: "If you insist on saying what else, besides the imperial edict to make me the imperial concubine, and when he won the battle of Dingding and destroyed Jiangdu, he brought Lin Yinping to see me and Tang Shengyue, allowed Tang Shengyue to inherit the orthodoxy of the White Lotus Sect, and told me to make a close account of the past. After the war in Jiangnan, the husband and wife will return to the imperial capital. I am afraid that Jiangnan will never come again. Since then, We never met again."

Xu Beiyou sighed: "It's been 30 years, why is this so?"

Qin Mumian turned his head and smiled, "In the winter of the first year of Taiping, it snowed heavily for three days and three nights in a row. After the snow stopped, I went to Meishan, which was already graying, and took a look at the imperial tomb. , I'm not as reserved as the little girl, so I might as well say it clearly, in fact, I've always wanted to see him, but because I've said nothing at the beginning, I can't let go of my face, I don't have a chance, and I can't make up my mind, I always feel that tomorrow can be tomorrow, So I procrastinate day by day, I never thought that this time of hesitation would mean that heaven and man will be separated forever, and I will see the last face."

A rare tenderness appeared on Qin Mumian's face, "It's fine if I don't see you again, this way I can always remember his heroic appearance when he was young, so as not to be frightened by his decayed appearance when he gets old..."

Qin Mumian's voice became lower and lower, becoming inaudible.

She was already immersed in her own memories.

Xu Beiyou took a piece of mooncake, got up quietly and left.

As the night deepened, Qin Mumian came to his senses and looked around blankly, as if he didn't know where he was, as if he didn't know that he was a guest in a dream.

She slowly closed her eyes with some regret, as if she had just had a big dream, and whispered softly: "It shouldn't be like this, if there is a chance to do it again..."

(End of this chapter)