The outer gate was opened with a thud, and the sound of horses' hooves became quieter, but the carriage slowly stopped, remaining outside the doorway.

Looking out through the gap in the curtain, she saw that the light in the doorway was dim, and she was firmly protected behind several human walls.

In the distance, the rumbling sound of crossing the bridge went farther and farther, and with this bustling sound, countless fires suddenly ignited above the urn city in front. Immediately afterwards, Gongzi Mu Sheng's incomparably clear voice came from the front, and he shouted, "Lu Jiong, do you want to rebel?"

Hearing the sound, Peng Ran frowned, only to feel that her heart was anxious. She didn't want to be a burden to him when she came with her, and she was in the military camp since she was a child, saying that she could protect herself but be humble. How could he be trapped in the urn city with the soldiers, but she retreated outside the door and could escape at any time

Thinking about it, Peng Ran pinched the dagger in her big sleeve and was about to get out of the car, but as soon as she moved, there was a rumble in front of her, and then, as if there was no sound anymore.

Suddenly, a whistle sounded, and the wheels rolled again.

Peng Ran lifted the curtain full of confusion and looked, and saw that the carriage had crossed the moat, and in front of the inner city gate, a muddy blood flower bloomed on the ground. Above the bloodstains, lay the corpse of an armored official, with a sharp arrow through the back of the head, apparently killed on the spot, and fell sideways from the battlement wall.

She froze, glanced at the crossbow in the hand of the former son Mu Sheng, and asked in a low voice, "Who is this?"

Before the words fell, I heard a soldier shouting in front of me, "Quickly open the city gate, the king knows that Peng Ze is hungry, and sent His Royal Highness to come here to relieve the disaster, Lu Kui openly rebelled, and he has been killed on the spot"

The shouts rang out, Peng Ran sighed in her heart, leaning against the wall of the car and staring at the silhouette of the handsome son Mu Sheng, at that time, on his side, the soldiers were already holding knives and showing their blades, and the tip of the blade became more and more dazzling in the night, and the cold seeped into people's hearts. In the firelight, his expression was even more cold than she had ever seen, as solemn as the cold ice of winter.

It became extraordinarily quiet, and after half a moment, the inner city gate was finally slowly opened. When the gate was opened, he saw a fence built on the left side of the inner city wall with blades and axes.

Inside the fence, hundreds of hungry people gathered behind the door, all of them standing with their collarbones and dull eyes, they looked at the soldiers blankly, and when they saw the last few carts of rice and grain in the procession, their eyes slowly showed a glimmer of brilliance.

Seeing this, a scrawny man who was sitting on the ground staggered out of the fence, his face was covered with scars, and only a pair of eyes were terrifyingly black.

He looked left and right, and looked at Mu Sheng, a tall and handsome son, his eyes widened, and he asked hurriedly, "Your Highness is here for disaster relief."

Since arriving near the city gate, Gongzi Musheng's face has no expression, and invisibly, there is also a sense of oppression that is not angry and self-threatening. Hearing this, he tightened his reins and nodded without saying a word.

Seeing this, the skinny man laughed dumbly, muttered "Very good, very good, you have been saved, you have been saved", and walked quickly to the city. But his steps were really messy, and within five steps, his feet were soft. Suddenly, his rough laughter stopped abruptly, foaming at the mouth, and fell straight to the ground.

The dark night sky seemed to be overcast with a heavy haze, and a soldier was busy listening to the order and stepped forward to help him up, but the soldier was stunned not long after touching him, sniffed, and finally shook his head regretfully and said, "I'm out of breath." ”

Hearing this, all the soldiers showed unbearable expressions, and the hungry people who were slumped in the fence were also sluggish, and they all looked at the skinny old woman in the corner.

"Dead" I don't know how long it took for the old woman's voice to come from the corner, rough and jerky, like rotten dead roots. Slowly, slowly, she opened her mouth, slowly let go of the grass in her hand, and crawled towards the man with sobs.

Finally, her wrinkled dead gray palm gently covered the man's wide eyes, shaking her dry voice, numb, and crying stupidly, "Son, if you die, you will die clean."

Crying and crying, she raised her face again, her deep-set eyes made her look like a demon, but what was even more terrifying than it was her words, she gasped, and said expressionlessly: "Your Highness, if you go inside, you will be a purgatory, a woman eats a lady, a husband eats a woman, and a child eats everywhere, there is no one to save here, and it has long been a demon, only when you die is clean, and when you die, you are clean."

In order to avoid the plague, a high pit was lit in the open space of North Street, and the hideous tongues of fire crackled and burned, dyeing the dark and dreary night red.

The soldiers called out the citizens from house to house, and then, on the streets, the wails rose one after another, and the cries became louder and louder. Later, I don't know who started it, and the chattering and weeping voices came, and they were singing, "The iniquity of the people descended from heaven." Shame and hatred, job competition by people. The iniquity of the people descended from heaven. The saint has no virtue, how innocent is our generation"

Under the corridor, the tip of Pengran's eyebrows rose slightly because of the singing, and she looked up at the red-hot sky above her head, only to feel that the air around her was so dull that it was suffocating.

A few years ago, there was also a famine in the country of Lu, at that time, the city was exhausted, and more than 10,000 people starved to death, which was extremely miserable. But she only learned today that the real misery of life is not death by famine, but the worst evil in people's hearts. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it.

She is not from Zhou, so she was shocked when she saw this tragic situation, but she couldn't talk about how heartbroken. Only now that I look at Gongzi Musheng and look at her husband, I feel more and more distressed.

She also suddenly remembered what Zhou Tianjiao had said earlier when he went to Lou Mansion to see Lou Jiu. At that time, she hid in the corner, and in order not to be caught by others, she picked all the silver bells on her body.

She saw that the rumored arrogant Princess Tianjiao was so polite that she whispered a little, and she didn't say anything to Lou Jiu for a long time, but at the end her eyes were red, and finally held Lou Jiu's hand and said, "The others are far away, and I don't know many things, but my brother has suffered a lot and suffered a lot of grievances, and the people next to my son-in-law don't dare to ask for more, I just hope that my sister-in-law will love him more." ”

If you hurt him a lot, she'll try to do it

At night to the fifth watch, there was finally movement outside, Peng Ran stood in front of the house all night and did not sleep, listening to this sound is busy looking up, waiting to see the long figure of the son Mu Sheng gradually approaching, a hanging heart can be on the ground.

The wind was strong at night, his robe was hunting in the wind, and the fire reflected his more and more cold face, tired for a day and a night, his body did not have the slightest embarrassment, but more and more noble and alienated, so that Peng Ran looked at him from afar, only to feel more and more down-to-earth, more and more distressed.

Thinking about it, she smiled, raised her hand and gently shook the silver bell on her wrist, the bell rang softly, crisply, and the oppressive air was a little lighter.

Gongzi Musheng raised her eyes when she heard the sound, only to realize that she hadn't slept all night, and was stunned, and saw her running towards him in stride, the bell on her wrist was crisp, and her steps were extremely light. She quietly came to his side, smiled silently, lowered her eyes, and took his hand tightly.

Zhou Rushui thought well, and wanted to take advantage of the opening of the market to take advantage of the city to go around, but when he really went to the street, he saw that there was no flesh in the market, and he really admired it.

Then he entered the inn, poked the tofu in his hand, and couldn't help but look at Wang Yuxi, who was sitting at the square table, and flattened his mouth and said, "This city is also strange, I'm afraid that the ban on slaughter in Yedu can't be implemented so neatly."

She is telling the truth, Ye is hiding up and down to eat meat, which is like a city, even the hunters are banned, and the butchers in the whole city have all changed their professions.

At the beginning of the wind and cold, Zhou Rushui's face still looked a little pale, Wang Yuxi slowly looked up at her, and smiled, "Gong Ci is also a character, thirteen in the army, without any foundation." At that time, the first war in northern Xinjiang was even more life-threatening. A military general like him is the most loyal to the king, but all the orders of the king have always been carried out to the extreme. Otherwise, the king would not entrust the city to him with peace of mind. As he spoke, he stretched out his arm, put a silver box in front of Zhou Rushui, looked at her and said with a smile, "If you really don't know the taste of meat for three days, I don't know if you will learn to roll on the couch." ”

Zhou Rushui looked at the silver box in his hand with some surprise, opened it and smiled, and said with satisfaction, "Okay, I hid the jerky, I was reluctant to bring it yesterday."

Hearing this, Wang Yuxi didn't say anything, but hummed in a low voice. When you recover from a serious illness, you naturally have to eat lightly, and big fish and meat are the ones who hurt your body. She came by temperament, but he wouldn't let it go.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Rushui didn't care, twisted up the jerky, but handed it to his mouth first, leaned in and said, "You can use some too." ”

Wang Yuxi smiled, did not refuse, took a small bite along her hand, reached out and gently stroked her eyebrows, and asked her seriously, "What are you asking for when you go to the temple in a while?"

Yesterday he was going to go to the market, but now he suddenly changed his mind, and asked him if there was a temple near him, and if he could go and take a look. I think she doesn't like to worship God and Buddha in Yecheng on weekdays, but now she suddenly has such a word, which is also unusual. He knew that she was worried about the soldiers, so he was also a little concerned, thinking that the bends in the hearts of the sisters-in-law were also very deep, and the reasons were tens of millions, and it was difficult to guess the clues.

wanted to go to the temple, but it was really Zhou Rushui's temporary idea, so it was no wonder that Wang Yuxi felt strange.

She accidentally contracted a cold a few days ago, and it was all right, but she always couldn't sleep last night, and her heart was even more stuffy. She knew that this was not a symptom, so she didn't say anything, just again