Journey to the Rose

Early in the morning, it was still dark.

After Ruan Xi changed into a pure white dress, she said she was going out for a walk to stretch her muscles.The sky hadn't turned pale yet, and he stood outside the tent in the cold and windy wind, looking more like a snowstorm than a snowstorm.

Kai said that according to historical records, as early as a long time ago, the entire land and sea were covered by ice, the climate was very cold, and there was no trace of human life in the northernmost part of the land. The ice-covered mountains formed channels and basins, and thus the South.

The time was too short, and Ruan Xi didn't even have time to take a good tour of this rumored city.

He also doesn't know when Xanadu City will sink and perish...

At that time, mother's final destination will also be her favorite sea.

Although Zenith City is a rapidly developing and powerful city-state, the overall tone of the city is still traditional. Most of the buildings are simple and dignified in style. On the huge basalt pillars in the city gate, the gods of the past dynasties are carved with glory.

Surrounded by a large mountain range, it is a city-state at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, and it is also the city with the highest altitude in the entire land. Standing at any commanding height in the city, you can see the fractured areas of some cities in front of you.

The commanding heights in the city may be the army watchtower, or it may be a clock tower somewhere.

At this time, Ruan Xi was standing at the edge of the army camp.

Because of the fission of the ground, it has become a convex platform similar to the edge of a cliff, like a huge tray. Behind the station is the uphill road leading to the snow mountain.

The disaster made him see the sea as soon as he went out, but behind him were snow-capped mountains and forests.

The city is surrounded by peaks, these originally irrelevant scenery are arranged together.

Now, the sea surface under the darkness has become no longer clear, and has begun to be cloudy, emitting bursts of phosphorescence under the light of the snowy moon.Ruan Xi squinted her eyes, and couldn't even see whether the sea was still fluctuating.

Usually, at this time, the sky is almost bright.

The time for the wedding is approaching.

Today, due to the snowstorm in the morning, it dawned late, and the current camp is still illuminated by lights, and everyone is awake.

With the sound of clanging, the noise of the crowd, and the sound of carrying luggage to the armored vehicle, the temporary station began a new day of work.

The soldiers' luggage had been packed as early as the first night, so more people went around to the front of the vehicle to decal the hood of the armored vehicle after putting their things in the vehicle.

Wen Kai sent someone to the flower market to buy these flowers. It is better to say that he bought them himself, because those interested vendors have already left, leaving only flowers full of gardens and warehouses, which are still left nearby. A card: Take it yourself.

Standing outside for a while, the wind blew on my face like a knife.Ruan Xi shivered from the cold, so she wrapped herself in a thick coat and went back.After returning, he took out a pair of carefully written procedure books, and had to make up before leaving.

Today's eyebrows are a little thicker, and Lu Zhenghe drew his eyebrows with lapis lazuli.

Lu Zhenghe said, this is called doing what you say.

When he was still in Earthquake City, Lu Zhenghe picked up a lot and put them in small jars, later made an hourglass, and now he divides a little and grinds it into a powder, which is mixed with the dark gray finely ground from charred wicker.

Other than that, Ruan Xi didn't put on much makeup, just followed Lu Zhenghe's "bad request" and took a sip of the rouge paper that could dye her lips...

Hey, it tastes a little sweet.

He sipped it so hard that the paper crumpled.

After finishing the sip, the alphas who were helping to clean up all took advantage of the young master's change of dress, and looked over their heads curiously, talking one after another, saying that there was no difference, it was as popular as before, and so on.

"..." Ruan Xi took a look at the mirror, and found that nothing had changed, and began to doubt life.

Suddenly, a soldier in the crowd shouted: "The young master has finished changing his clothes! Come out!"

Everyone looked over there in unison, and Ruan Xi followed, only to see Bo Yang's back blocking Lu Zhenghe's back, while Lu Zhenghe only showed the back of his head for public display.Before he had time to stretch his neck, his eyes were suddenly covered by Li Shen's hands: "Hey, hey, hey! Ruan Xi, you can't look!"

Lu Zhenghe seemed to have heard it, he paused, and turned his head to look this way.

He turned his head to the side and was blocked by Bo Yang again.

Because according to the rules of etiquette, you can't peek before you come to pick up the groom.

"Let me..." Ruan Xi tried to push Li Shen's hand away.

But when Li Shen put down his hand, Lu Zhenghe had already gone out.

Although he didn't arrive, Ruan Xi instantly settled down when Lu Zhenghe stopped there.

He suddenly felt that the success of today's wedding was no longer the most important thing. The most important thing was that they came here after experiencing death together, and received the blessing of Snow Mountain together.

"Ruan Xi is in a hurry," a soldier poked his head out and teased, the gray snow camouflage was wrinkled, and the red ribbon tied on the front was very eye-catching, "The young master looks handsome in whatever he wears, don't be in a hurry .”

Everyone laughed, and Ruan Xi's cheeks flushed from laughter, she pursed her mouth and said nothing, raised her hand and punched her fist hard.Tell you not to let me!

The red ribbon was tied by Wen Kai, saying that everyone is happy today, and wearing a ribbon can also show that we are our people.Li Shen said that the camouflage uniform is not enough, Kai squinted his eyes to examine him, and said that the color of your snow camouflage is unlucky.

During the waiting period, the soldiers began to chat about today's weather.

"It's too cold today. I cleared the roadblocks with Bo Yang and his vanguard early this morning, and found that the big fountain in the city center was frozen," the soldier gestured with his arms open, and said excitedly, "I guess it was frozen for six to seventy meters. "

"So tall?" Ruan Xi asked.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Xi would talk to him, the soldier got a little nervous, paused, and replied: "Yes, every time we have the most important festival in the north, the big fountain will be turned on, and it can spray more than 100 meters at the highest point! It's not a disaster, it will definitely be sprayed today..."

Ruan Xi nodded and said softly, "I'm a little sorry."

Li Shen checked the dress again, and covered Ruan Xi's head with a thin veil.

The veil did not cover his eyebrows and eyes, but slightly blocked his sight, and covered his red ears. It did not drag too long, but fell behind his neck like a ponytail, more like a decoration that symbolized pure love .

Ruan Xi listened to Wen Kai's explanation of the "purity" of the veil, and held back a smile on the corner of her lips, thinking that this is not pure, Lu Zhenghe has many tricks.

He sat quietly on the bed in the camp tent, shaking his cuffs quietly, listening to the jingling of the pearls on the dress, and the dark pattern of roses shimmering under the reflection of the incandescent lamp.

"I always feel that there is something missing," Li Shen rubbed his chin, "What about the flowers? Wouldn't it be better for Ruan Xi to hold a bouquet of flowers?"

"Yes, yes, flowers," the soldier who finally squeezed into the front row snapped his fingers, turned around and grabbed another soldier's shoulder, and said, "We have to find a bunch of flowers for Ruan Xi to hold."

The crowd became chaotic for a short while, as if they were all looking at each other in blank dismay, how could the groom have no flowers? !

Kai looked at Li Shen with a speechless face, and wanted to knock his head into a big bag, but stopped him helplessly: "What kind of flowers are flowers? The young master Ruan Xi's flowers belong to you! Do you understand?"

Li Shen was in a daze, and then reacted: "Oh."

"It's a good thing I kept my hair, it's a bit long, otherwise I don't know how to get the veil up," Kai curled his fingertips over Ruan Xi's soft and black hair, fixed the veil with clips, and muttered as he straightened it: "Knot You have never been married, you..."

"No!" shouted the little soldier.

"Report to the military doctor, I didn't either!"

Everyone laughed, and began to chime in, "When the disaster is over, let's introduce someone."

Ruan Xi pursed her lips, her shoulders trembled as she suppressed her laughter, and her veil was about to fall off, "It is recommended to digest internally."

Someone started whistling.

The curtain of the camp tent shook, and Lu Zhenghe's clear voice penetrated: "Why are you still booing?"

"Young Master, come in and pick up people," Li Shen also whistled, "It's almost dawn!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the door curtain was lifted, and Lu Zhenghe was pushed and squeezed in with snowflakes on his head.

As soon as he came in, Bo Yang also squeezed in from behind, and the dumbfounded people in the room were overjoyed: "We agreed to stop him, didn't we want to block the door, why is no one moving?" He pointed to Lu Zhenghe.

"I can't stop it." A soldier muttered.

"Okay, okay, I'm in a hurry, the link is omitted," Li Shen hurriedly called Lu Zhenghe over, "Here are the new shoes, the young master is here to replace Ruan Xi."

These shoes are a pair of black leather shoes, which Bo Yang found after he took people to several shoe stores.Most of the shops are closed, and the remaining one or two have already sold super thick and warm snow boots because of the weather. Boyang led the people to search for a pair of suitable ones in the warehouse for a long time, so Replaced it with four bags of compressed biscuits.

Under everyone's gaze, Lu Zhenghe squatted down and grabbed Ruan Xi's ankle from the bedside.

He held Ruan Xi's warm ankle, lowered his eyes, did not say a word, and put on the leather shoes seriously.Ruan Xi moved her Adam's apple, leaned forward, her eyes focused on Lu Zhenghe's hand, and seemed more nervous than him.

After wearing it, Kai asked according to the procedure: "Is it suitable?"

"Appropriate." Ruan Xi looked up, smiling.

"I still need to wear this before departure." Lu Zhenghe turned sideways and took the custom-made black velvet cloak with gold thread from Boyang's hand. "This is a new beginning."

As soon as the words fell, Lu Zhenghe stretched out his arms, shook his arms, and the cloak unfolded in his arms, spreading out into the vast starry sky in front of him.He raised his hand again, and the tail of the cloak drew an arc in the air, spread out on the back of Ruan Xi's head, and then circled around the left and right shoulders.

Finally, as night fell, the cloak fell.

Ruan Xi was stunned, as if the time that never came back had also fallen.

As he raised his hands and feet, the cloak made a sound of wind, and a breath of winter cedar and Berlin rippling at the tip of his nose.Ruan Xi thought, maybe this is the smell of Zenith City.

"Let's go."

Lu Zhenghe leaned over to fasten the delicate lace of the cloak for him, palms up, waiting for Ruan Xi to take his hand, and then hold it tightly, "Go to get married."

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It was almost daylight.

Dozens of military-use armored vehicles were parked in the snowy field that had turned into a blanket of snow.Judging from Li Shen's excited situation, these should be all the possessions of the Northern Alliance on armored vehicles.

In addition, there is a giant off-road vehicle driving ahead. This one is very similar to the one they sank in the south, but it is painted in snow.

Not only did the snow not stop, but it fell even more heavily.

Zenith·117 "He's waiting for you at the finish line."