Journey to the Rose

Ruan Xi has many ideas about the wedding.

But I never thought it would be done in heavy snow.

In the original plan, he would have ridden with Lu Zhenghe, and the two would sit one after the other on the vigorous and mighty steed, accepting everyone's congratulations and flowers, and the red flag symbolizing joy was fluttering on the road, and the wind was blowing sweetly The horn of the sun will open the way for them on the white snow, and the vegetation all over the mountains and plains will sway with new green in the spring——

Spring was supposed to come, but things didn't seem to be optimistic.

Now, get ready to go.

Because they are all men, there is no such thing as who can recite who. In addition to Lu Zhenghe's arm injury, Ruan Xi will definitely not let him recite.Ruan Xi stepped out of the tent door, and Lu Zhenghe, who was leading him, suddenly stopped, turned around, and took a bouquet of flowers from Bo Yang.

Lu Zhenghe solemnly handed the bouquet to Ruan Xi's arms.

The bouquet is very light and has little volume, as if it can sway in the wind when the wind and snow blow outside.

Ruan Xi looked down at the bouquet of flowers, and the corner of her mouth couldn't help twitching... The flowers look good, but they are tied a little sloppily. I don't know which amateur flower shop owner did it.

"I tied it with my own hands," Lu Zhenghe lowered his head and fiddled with the white gauze covering the petals, his eyebrows and eyes were flying, very proud, "Does it look good?"

Ruan Xi: "..."

Standing aside, Wen Kai had already noticed Ruan Xi's micro-expression of wanting to laugh but holding back, and covered his mouth: "Pfft."

"It looks good." Looking up, Ruan Xi smiled, the smile was sincere, her eyes were bright, and she was in a good mood just by looking at it, "Thank you!"

These are a few red roses interspersed with a light blue forget-me-not, as if brought by Lu Zhenghe from the city of Yore.He carefully put his arms around Ruan Xi's shoulders, and explained in a low voice, "Red roses are eternal flowers, and I specially looked for them."

"Okay." He lowered his head and focused his eyes on the wedding bouquet again.

While everyone was busy clearing the road, shoveling snow, and getting into the car, Ruan Xi leaned into Lu Zhenghe's arms in an "improper manner" and whispered in a low voice: "Forget-me-nots are flowers, red roses are eternal flowers...does it mean , even if memories will pass away, true love will last forever?"

"Yes," Lu Zhenghe clasped his palm tightly, "It's us too."

As soon as the words fell, the overly amateurish military band in the army rang out. The golden instruments shone brightly in the snow, and the music became more melodious.Ruan Xi could tell from the intermittent music that it was "Love Song".

Suddenly, those familiar faces stood in a row, gradually giving way to a not-so-wide road.

All the snow on the roads had been shoveled away, leaving only a thick layer of ice.Ruan Xi was a little worried that she might slip, so she subconsciously grabbed Lu Zhenghe's hand.

He took a deep breath.

Everyone looked at him expectantly, including the egg on Wen Kai's wrist, which was so fragile yet so tough.It seemed that there was really a person hidden in the egg.

Ruan Xi took the first step.

The thin leather soles were slippery on the icy ground, making his walking unsteady.

Then, led by Lu Zhenghe, he got into the car amidst the cheers of the crowd and the snow.

Originally, according to the complicated etiquette rules, the two grooms should not ride in the same car, but when Bo Yang was about to ask this question, Lu Zhenghe stopped the conversation with his eyes.

So, Ruan Xi sat in the back row with Lu Zhenghe again, and Li Shen and Wen Kai were still in the front row, as if they had returned to the scene before going to War City to fight.The person is still the same person, the scene is still the same scene, but things are not the same.

The groom's wedding car did not go to the front, and it was still Boyang's front team that opened the way.In addition to this armored car as a wedding car, there is also a vehicle belonging to the residents of the city accompanying them.

"Are we ready to go up the mountain now?" Ruan Xi put aside the veil that blocked her eyes, and looked at the red flag fluttering in the wind on the road, "It's snowing so heavily, can we walk?"

He turned his head and saw Li Shen's frowning eyebrows in the rearview mirror.Li Shen replied: "If you don't leave, you will leave. The weather has been abnormal for a few days. I don't know what will happen again."

The car was still driving on flat ground, and it seemed that it hadn't reached the road up the mountain yet.

It can be seen that this road leading to the snow-capped mountains has been specially repaired. Wen Kai said that it is the widest and best road in the whole land, and it can accommodate several armored vehicles to pass together.

Ruan Xi nodded while taking the time to observe the city.At this time, the snow had already covered most of the buildings in the city, and an extremely thick layer of ice had already accumulated on the tops of many houses.

Lu Zhenghe glanced at the road ahead, and sat a little closer to Ruan Xi.

He made a pointing gesture with his white gloved hand: "Look there, it's about the statue of the messenger."

Hearing what Lu Zhenghe said, Ruan Xicai noticed a sculpture that was getting closer and closer - the sculpture was a meter high, and it was a god wearing a hat.

His hat has wings, the soles of his shoes are also molded with wings, and there are snakes coiled around his cane. It is rumored that he can travel thousands of miles a day, and his soldiers are extremely fast. Excellent predictive ability.

According to legend, in the book "History of Two Six Cities on Land", the messenger is the patron saint of Mercury, and Mercury represents imagination.

Now, as long as Ruan Xi sees him, it is equivalent to connecting all the possibilities of prophecy that he has seen before.

"finally……"

Lu Zhenghe let out a long breath of relief, relaxed all over, and leaned his straight back on the seat.

He covered his eyes with his hands, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden. After a while, he raised his head and said three times in a row: "Finally... I finally feel a little relieved."

Hearing that he was still worried, Ruan Xile became happy: "Can't you rest assured?"

"No," Lu Zhenghe whispered, "We haven't reached the top of the mountain yet, and the land has not returned to calm."

Lu Zhenghe was right.

The two looked at each other, as if they couldn't finish talking.

In the ear, the military band played "Love Song" without stopping, and the passionate and romantic music still echoed in the snow. The snow was falling heavily, and the white in front of me occupied more of the field of vision.

The car body tilted and they began to climb the hill.

Ruan Xi looked out from inside the car, and saw that the snow-capped mountains looked like a longbow hanging on Li Shen's back, winding northward, standing upright under the sky, as if alone blocking the cold wind from the north.But with this bad weather, he couldn't imagine it could be colder.

He rubbed his hands and retracted his almost frozen hands into his sleeves.

The forest is full of white sandalwood, and a scent of agarwood lingers at the tip of the nose.

However, the "Sacred Mountain" is the "Sacred Mountain". In such a snowy weather, the sky is still slightly golden.

They drove past the waterfall, through the forest, passed through one after another unmanned checkpoints, and drove towards their destination.

The cold springs flew down from the snow-capped mountains, and some of them had already frozen into ice bars.The frozen waterfall is like a white cloud flying into the valley, full of light and energy, like a sword, it can't be seen that it is falling downward.

The music didn't stop, and there were soldiers carrying flower baskets in the windows of the vehicles ahead. Fresh petals were sprinkled all the way, and the ground was full of pink and staggered fragrance.

This festive element reminds him anytime and anywhere——

Now is the wedding time.

At first, it seemed like a piece of his heart had been ripped out, and now it's filled with his favorite cherries.

After a while, the sound of the military band stopped abruptly.

At this time, Bo Yang's voice came from the headset, saying that the soldiers in the band car were too cold, their fingers were so cold that they couldn't hold down the instruments, they just kept shaking, and when the wind blew, their hands were almost glued.

"Don't blow it, you can't hear it when it blows, the wind is so strong, it's all covered..." Li Shen stretched his hand out of the window as he muttered, and he shrank suddenly from the cold after stretching out a little Come back, "I. Fuck, can I still treat people in this weather?"

"I always feel like..."

Wen Kai's voice also became quieter, as if he was whispering against the dark sky, "There is the sound of ice breaking."

Upon hearing what Wen Kai said, Ruan Xi also held her breath and focused on her ears carefully.He felt that there was indeed a rustling sound, very much like the sound of an icebreaker breaking the ice layer in Ice River City.

Li Shen worried: "Could it be the ground fission, why so fast?"

"Probably not, the prophecy says that we won't come to the snow-capped mountains," Wen Kai turned to look at the back seat, "Young master, do you want to stop and have a look?"

Lu Zhenghe looked up at the sky, there was indeed a huge dark cloud covering the sky, and the originally clear sky was extremely low, as if the top of the mountain had already been reached, "Stop the car, get out of the car and have a look before walking. It's not right to just rush to the top of the mountain now Method."

At this time, waiting on the top of the mountain, the front team who had already arranged the wedding scene heard a voice from the headset: "Captain Li Shen—"

"Received, 877 tell me!" Li Shen hurriedly replied, fearing that something might have happened.

"Should we send a helicopter down?" The voice over there was intermittent, obviously the signal was not very good.

"What are you thinking, kid!" Li Shen scolded, "Can you fly in this weather? Fly one and fall one!"

Before Li Shen hung up, a broken human voice came from the beating radio waves: "What's the matter with the weather, it's fine..."

Ruan Xi was startled, and was about to try to prevent Li Shen from hanging up the phone, but he heard a scream from the soldier who got out of the car.

He turned sharply.

what is it call? !

Before the scream came to an end, the armored vehicle had already stopped, Wen Kai and Lu Zhenghe got out of the vehicle together, Ruan Xi didn't care if the leather shoes would get dirty, so he roughly pushed the veil aside, and followed to get out of the vehicle, Eyes wide open.

Right now, they are on a mountainside, and further up is the snow mountain airport that Lu Zhenghe often uses. The gray control tower has suspended work, and the apron is covered by clouds halfway up the mountain, making it impossible to see the situation clearly.

Going down, there is a cliff similar to a platform, which is where the Panshan Highway turns and turns.

Below the mountain is the sea quietly approaching, without anyone noticing.

Ruan Xi sniffed, but could no longer smell the familiar fishy smell of the sea.

The sea water is smoky, like it is only dark blue, and it can even be said that the dark black surface is shaking with the snow light, and there are sunken sand reefs and roiling foam ridges hidden underneath.

This seemingly monstrous huge wave bravely smashed against the foot of the mountain, like a sculpture supporting the chassis of the sacred mountain, no longer moving, like a giant who has been cast into a stone and turned into a stone.

Li Shen tightened his brows, raised his hand backwards, took off the longbow hanging obliquely behind him, bent the bow and set an arrow, aimed at the frozen sea surface, and when he released his hand, a sharp arrow with a trail shot straight out.

With a "click", the sharp arrow plunged straight into the ice.

The plug was inserted, but there were no extra cracks in the ice layer, it was intact, and there was no collateral reaction at all.

Wen Kai couldn't believe it: "Is it frozen?"

"It doesn't feel like ice, it's more like moraine." Lu Zhenghe said, raising his hand and spreading his palm behind him, "Bo Yang, give me the gun."

Bo Yang handed a miniature submachine gun to Lu Zhenghe. Lu Zhenghe was ready to shoot. He brought the gun to his chest and aimed at a place in the seawater frozen layer, only to hear another gunshot. , the sea surface remained unchanged.

Ruan Xi felt that the sea water was much darker than before.

He suddenly remembered what the old people used to talk about, a place farther and farther than the ocean... Could it be that the land collapsed, became colder, and the sea water poured back into it?

Ruan Xi turned her eyes to Lu Zhenghe for help.

"This is moraine, it's glacial deposits." Lu Zhenghe suddenly said, he had already raised his head and looked at the snow mountain airport not far away, "We need to wait on the mountain for winter to pass, and for the seawater to recede after the ice melts .”

Wen Kai also squatted down, picked up a frost-covered pebble on the side of the road, and threw it down, saying, "Looking at the situation now, the seawater can no longer surge up."

The cloud and mist that shrouded the surroundings were gradually pushed aside and dissipated by the wind. The sun was shining above, and the snow was falling heavily below. The weather on the top of the mountain and on the mountainside completely formed two extremes.

As he spoke, he stood up and said with relief: "I finally understand why it is the top of a snow mountain."

Lu Zhenghe nodded, glanced at the bright sun on the top of the mountain, and asked Boyang: "Do you have enough dry food? How long can you manage it?"

"It won't be a big problem in the summer," Bo Yang nodded, "There are not many people in our group going up."

"That's good," Lu Zhenghe took Ruan Xi's hand and squeezed it, "Let's go up the mountain and go to the airport to have lunch. It's snowing heavily in the morning, so we can't make it to lunch, so we can only have dinner."

Ruan Xi was stunned for a moment, her eyes were bent, and she bared her teeth at him: "Dinner is only for marriage."

"oops."

Lu Zhenghe laughed, his black brows furrowed, "You can't say that."

There is a drowsy cloud on the mountainside.

Once over the cloud, the weather above became much warmer, and Ruan Xi instantly felt that the blanket covering her body was no longer fragrant.The day before was like dusk, but now it's bright at noon, and even the lawn at the entrance of the hangar is emitting golden light.

From the way up here, there are many surviving fugitives stationed on the mountainside where the sea water does not reach. They seem to have experienced many hardships, and they all watch their vehicles with curious eyes.They seem to be walking towards the top of the mountain after replenishing their energy.

Judging from his attire, Ruan Xijue must not only be from Zenith City, but also survivors from other cities.There must be many others as brave as them.

A group of people got together to eat simple bread and compressed biscuits. As the groom, Ruan Xi received extra care and ate an extra winter strawberry that was carefully protected. Although it was very sour, it made him feel comfortable.

After a simple lunch, they set off again.

Wen Kai said, the wedding venue is only meters away, does Ruan Xixi have anything to say?

Ruan Xi shook her head, saying that now there is only nervousness left.

He turned his head to look at Lu Zhenghe, does it look good?

Lu Zhenghe nodded quickly, looking good.

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By the time we arrived at the wedding venue, the sky was completely bright, and the sun shone on the frame of the armored car window, scorching hot.

Ruan Xi tugged at the neckline, feeling the heat that didn't match the foot of the mountain.

Before he had time to get out of the car, Lu Zhenghe had already patted him on the shoulder and got out of the car.

They built a simple lawn wedding scene on the top of the mountain, with no seats, no overly long curtain, only a long road paved with red roses, and a gazebo made of woven rattan.

Ruan Xi was in a daze when the boys in the military band began to play music again. He was suddenly pushed, turned his head hastily, and stared blankly at Wen Kai.

"Hurry up," Wen Kai whispered, "What are you doing in a daze!"

Ruan Xi looked around to no avail, then turned around and said, "Where's Lu Zhenghe?"

Wen Kai covered his mouth and said in the lowest voice, "He's waiting for you at the finish line."

Zenith·118 (final chapter) It must be rose flavored.