This time, not only Xiaoqing, even Xu Xian felt his body shiver.
Xiaoqing immediately tightened the blanket and squeezed out of Xu Xian's mischievous hand. She glared at Ao Li but other than that, she was too lazy to do anything else.
"Ao Li!" Xu Xian roared and chased after her.
Ao Li was already riding on Yu Lei and disappeared into the snow, leaving a trail of shallow footprints. In a blink of an eye, it was covered by the wind and snow again. Her light laughter floated far away in the wind and snow.
Xu Xian followed the sound and went out of the high courtyard wall. There was not a single person on the road. The sound of falling snow was both noisy and quiet.
Xu Xian took a deep breath of the cold air, she saw that the original green bricks and black tiles had all turned snow-white, the trees and the distant mountains were also covered by the melting snow, everything was clean. She felt refreshed, looking at this scene, all kinds of worries were unrestrained in her heart, she laughed and said, "It's a good weather to go out." She did not ride the wind or the clouds, she stepped on the snow, following the shallow footprints on the road and walked forward.
Walking in this world of ice and snow, Xu Xian felt his soul was peaceful and distant. He could not help but recite the four words, "Refine the spirit to return to nothingness."
Compared to the practicality of refining essence into Qi and refining qi into spirit, these four words were more religious and fantasy. What was returning to nothingness, and what was nothingness?
He knew that this was probably a description of some kind of mental state. It needed to be in seclusion for eight to ten years and then have an epiphany. But he obviously did not have the time or the calmness.
He thought quietly along the way. Suddenly he raised his head and saw traces of Ao Li.
Ao Li was sitting on the railing of the small stone bridge. White Tiger was crouching beside her. Both of them were snow white and covered with a layer of snow. They were about to blend into the white snow.
Ao Li turned her head and complained, "Too slow."
Xu Xian smiled and didn't say anything. He came to her side. The river under the bridge was frozen, and the green river water couldn't be seen. Vaguely, they could still hear the sound of running water under the ice.
Ao Li glanced at him and suddenly said, "The first time I met you was here, right?"
"Is that so?" Xu Xian looked around, but it was covered in snow, so he couldn't tell.
The little girl who sat on the bridge and cried had grown up a lot. She purposely said, "I don't remember."
Ao Li turned around angrily.
After a moment of silence, Xu Xian smiled and said, "The second time we met, it was also snowing so heavily."
Ao Li's eyes lit up. She pouted and said, "Hmph, I can't remember either."
Xu Xian raised his hand, and Ao Li immediately put on a defensive posture, "So stingy. Only you can say it, no one else can say it."
Xu Xian laughed and pulled her into his arms, "It's fine if you don't remember, because there are still countless future days.
Even if the footprints behind us are covered by snow, it doesn't matter. As long as we continue to walk, we can make new footprints. "His purpose of fighting was not to keep the past, but to create a future.
Ao Li said, "What are you talking about?
What snow and footprints! "
Xu Xian smiled brightly, revealing his neat white teeth, "Nothing, just talking nonsense." Indeed, only an old man who was about to die would be nostalgic all day long.
Like the characters in movies and animations, once they start to reminisce about the past, they would most likely be killed very quickly. It was commonly known as memory killing, so it was better to be cautious when it came to reminiscing about the past.
But thinking about it this way, looking forward to the future seemed to be very dangerous. People like "After this war, go back home and get married" or "After this job, I'll wash my hands."
These were forbidden sentences like the warning of death. People who said such things could only "go back home" or wash their hands with their own blood.
Since the past and the future were so dangerous, it was better to cherish this moment. Whether yesterday's footprints had disappeared or tomorrow's step would lead to a bottomless abyss, at least at this moment, it was real.
"Hey, Ao Li, are you happy now?"
"Ah?
Yes, I guess so! "
"Me too!"
It snowed for three days and three nights, and Xu Xian also stayed there for three days and three nights. Although in the end, he did not come up with a solution to refine his spirit to return to the void, it was not a bad thing to live a few days leisurely.
The north wind in Chang 'an was more piercing than that in Jiangnan.
When Xu Xian quietly set foot in the capital, although he wanted to delay in Hangzhou, it was not good to show his face in the capital because it was too short.
He first went to look for Pan Yu, and the first thing he heard was the uproar of the Hu people's marriage.
A few days ago, the Hu people came to the palace and directly asked for a marriage.
Moreover, it was not easy to fool them by finding a palace maid to pretend to be a princess. The Hu people named her and wanted to marry the famous Princess Hongxiu, a relative of the royal family.
"That's what happened," Pan Yu wore a rare black fox fur coat. Her lips were red and her eyes were like lacquer, making her look even more graceful.
The surroundings were slightly bumpy. They were in the horse carriage and were rushing to Yin Hongxiu's peach garden.
Xu Xian said, "Her Majesty won't agree, will she? If a marriage is useful, what's the use of the country's soldiers?"
Although a marriage was a form of communication between countries in ancient times, it was mostly humiliating and compromising.
However, the effect was not very good. For example, the marriage in the early Western Han was a humiliation and concession to the Xiongnu. The result was that the Xiongnu became more arrogant and plundered year after year.
Li Shimin sent Princess Wencheng to Tibet for a marriage. Her dowry contained a large number of craftsmen, which was close to giving aid to the enemy. Later, the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Empire fought incessantly, and the Tubo Empire finally controlled the entire Western Region.
After all, it was not practical to rely on selling a few women to help the country's politics.
Pan Yu said, "Of course she didn't agree, and she directly rejected it. However, the Hu people proposed for the second time yesterday. At the same time, the army reported that the Hu troops were gathering outside the Great Wall. I can see that Her Majesty is also hesitating.
Because a marriage is not as useless as you said. Now that the Monarch is young and the situation is unstable, a marriage is only a temporary measure. If it can paralyze the Hu people and delay for some time, when the Monarch grows up, he will naturally be able to take revenge. Her Majesty probably thinks so! "
"If we can unite and make friends from afar and attack from near, it will be a good way to divide the barbarians and attack each other. However, now that the Hu people are united, I'm afraid it will not even be able to delay for long.
Fortunately, you pacified Lingnan. Otherwise, with the attack from the north and south, you will definitely have to make a marriage to ease the tension. "
Xu Xian said, "If Lingnan is really unable to be pacified, I'm afraid the Hu people will not come to make a marriage, but directly invade and plunder!"
"That's true. However, the final result still depends on Her Majesty and that Princess Yin. It's a little strange.
That Princess Yin did not seem to strongly oppose it. Instead, she reopened the Peach Garden Gathering and seemed to be reluctant to part.
Forget it, these are all small matters. Hanwen, you really have nothing to do. Why don't you go to Taoist Yu first and ask her to read your fortune! "Pan Yu's expression was a little worried. Compared to the rise and fall of the world, she was naturally more concerned about Xu Xian's safety.