"Things are not people", which is about the meaning of "time passes". This place still exists, but the people who usually do it have disappeared, and then it will be understood that whether a place is prosperous or not depends on the quantity, quality and mood of the "people" here.

And the flow of people on Frost Moon Street is just enough to afford the word "prosperous". People who walk into Frost Moon Street, whether they are poor or rich, whether they are young people in fresh clothes and angry horses, or hawkers who actively shout, are all smiling, as if they have come to the most perfect place in the world, a corner forgotten by God, where there is God, there is pain, and there is no pain in Frost Moon Street. There is no pain on the surface.

But not at this moment.

Frostmoon Street has never been quieter, so quiet that it seems like overnight it has returned to the state it was in before it was founded: desolation. Even in the second half of the night, there are activities and people in the second half of the night, and there will be new people entering every moment of the year, with excitement and joy, it is a warm noise in winter, which should not be at this moment.

The time of "this moment" seems to be extracted, and the time and space that belongs to Frostmoon Street disappear here, and is replaced by a strange and hostile time and space.

"How did it come to be? Zhao Ji raised his head with a mutter, looked at the hanging lantern covered with thick snow, and seemed to have made up his mind to walk inside along the route pointed by the lantern. Each store tacitly hangs them up, and unconsciously forms a very neat two rows. When it snows, the snow covers the top of the bright red lantern, and a small white and crystal hat makes the lantern redder and the snow whiter, and both sides are doubly lovely. But at this moment, it seems to be the moment of "mutation", the snow is too big, too thick, too evil, the lanterns are firmly wrapped layer by layer, turning into hard cocoons, butterflies are stillborn, the lanterns become two rows of miserable white and white, on the top of the inn, on the top of the small shop Daiwa, a whole road seems to lead to the underworld.

The escort team went one step ahead of them and went into the streets to explore and search the streets to avoid accidents. Zhao Ji and his party followed behind them, but their fear was not reduced.

Not only was Zhao Ji frightened, but Wang Chuli was also as pale as gold paper, and an extremely bad premonition drilled deep into her chest, trying to block her broken breathing, she felt that she had asked a very insane question: "Is this really Frost Moon Street?"

However, the answer she got from Zhao Ji was even more insane: "I'm sorry, I don't know ...... either"

She heard her own breathing, almost deafening in the cold wind and silence.

The key word of Frost Moon Street at the moment is "empty".

They walked inside along the entrance and into the silent street. The midwinter atmosphere covers the place, with plaques in front of shops, small stone lions on the side of the street, banners with slogans written on them, and vendors' carts wrapped in snow like snow-white graves, and hundreds of buildings of various sizes lining the sides of the street. Lost a book in front of a tavern, Zhao Ji walked over and bent down to pick it up, shook off the snow on it, saw the dense names and numbers written on it, he lowered his head and said to himself: "It turned out to be an account book......

Ye Langxing maintained a keen professionalism and said, "Can you show me after reading it?"

"Ah, of course. But it's nothing to look at, just keep some accounts. Zhao Ji said and handed the account book to Ye Langxing, walked in alone, and saw a silent mess inside: the wine and food plates and chopsticks were scattered on the ground, the half-served plate appeared at the staircase, the fire in the back kitchen had been extinguished, and the pot was empty.

"This one is very strange, on the latest page. Ye Langxing held the ledger and analyzed it to Wang Chuli and Su Can outside, "Suddenly, the pen fell, and the ink swiped over two pages, and before it was dry, he closed the ledger, took it and fled, and left it down in a hurry." ...... Exactly, what's going on?"

Zhao Ji walked out. He was in the middle of a thick snowfall, surrounded by an unreal white mist. The expression on his face was a little heavy, and his smile was bitter, and he said, "Yes, why did they all disappear all of a sudden?"

It was as if everyone had been alerted in an instant, and they had fled without looking back.

Wang Chuli bit her lip and forced herself to follow Zhao Ji to take a few steps inside, but finally had the idea of giving up, she tried to slow down, shook her head again, and whispered: "No, I'm a little scared." Can you go a little slower?"

"Scared?" Su Can was obviously not satisfied with this reason, but out of politeness to women, he didn't say much, and immediately stopped the moment Wang Chuli spoke, "Then I'll rest with you for a while, you follow the escort team first...... But Hatsuri, there's no murderous aura here, so there's nothing to be afraid of. ”

Wang Chuli's eyes were erratic, and he tried his best to remain calm: "I know that there is no 'murderous aura'...... However, there is not even 'popularity' here, do you understand? There is not even the breath of a living person, but here, it is Frost Moon Street. ”

"I understand. Ye Langxing said, "I understand what you mean. Su guards don't come out of the palace much all the year round, and they may not know much: Frost Moon Street is the most prosperous street in Bianjing City, no matter the wind and rain or big and small things happen, it is still open as usual, but now, Frost Moon Street will not be a person. ”

"Maybe it's closed...... Zhao Ji reluctantly smiled, "Wait until tomorrow to operate normally......

Ye Langxing sneered, sighed, and said, "Okay! You don't want to say what you think in your heart, right? Su Guard, why are you so concerned about everyone's face and not revealing the truth? You already know what happened, right? Forget it, forget it, let me tell you." Ladies and gentlemen, now, the illusion realm has covered Bianjing City, and the demon beasts are no exception. This place on Frost Moon Street is very likely to be the center of 'power', and how dangerous the situation is, you can naturally imagine it. Then, the biggest reason why these people disappeared was because they were attacked by demon beasts, or in other words, they were eaten. ”

"Eat?" Wang Chuli's expression stiffened, and he said, "In broad daylight, the people who blatantly ate the entire street blatantly, and none of them were left?"

Just thinking about it was terrifying, but what was even more terrifying was that the inference was most likely true: as she spoke, suddenly there was a long, slow sound of claws scratching at the template from the fog ahead, and it stretched into the distant infinity.

Wang Chuli was very alert, raised his bow to shoot in the sudden change of complexion, touched his waist with his hand, and shouted: "Find an arrow for me!"

Zhao Ji reacted the fastest, immediately ran back to the small restaurant and rushed into the back kitchen, took out a pair of long iron chopsticks with fried food, and rushed out and handed them to Wang Chuli.

Wang Chuli took it, his fingers touched the slippery oil on the chopsticks, frowned and let go of one directly, pouted: "There is no need for so much." ”

Then, she placed the makeshift arrow on her bow and held her breath as she aimed it at the source of the sound, her hand quickly loosening.

At the same time, she heard Su Can snap her fingers. It was as if the sundial had moved a square in an instant when no one noticed, like a broken joint, and it ended with a crisp sound. She turned her head and saw a little spark flying out of Su Can's fingertips and falling to the end of this temporary weapon, and suddenly, flames came up, and it was the painter who took the brush, dipped it in cinnabar red ink, and waved it towards the rice paper.

If the darkness does not come for a long time, this is the precursor of the night, and the precursor is composed by Su Can.

This flaming arrow galloped forward, as fast as a spiral, and drove straight towards the target, it was the fastest Maxima in the world, it was unreachable, it was out of sight, and with a little red light flashing, it disappeared in front of it in an instant.

Wang Chuli put down his hand, and Zhao Ji hurriedly handed over a hand towel. Wang Chuli glanced at him, smiled and took it, wiped his hands with a handkerchief over and over again, and said to Su Can without raising his head: "You add a fire like this, what should I do if my arrow can't shoot accurately?"

Su Can smiled: "Our purpose is not to kill this thing, but to run with it." I'm afraid that if you shoot too accurately and kill with one blow, then there will be little point in shooting this arrow. But don't worry too much, just listening to the footsteps just now, you know that its physique is very large, and it doesn't matter if you eat an arrow. ”

Wang Chuli sneered, lowered his head and said, "Is it ......?"

"It's also very fast. Ye Langxing said, "Until now, the arrow has not been chased-"

There was a great scream, the scream of a bird, which cut a pale crack in the pale sky, and at the end of its blind spot, it surged forward, revealing a vague shadow, but the better eyes of the guards could see it clearly: it was shaped like a harrier eagle, but it had human feet, and they had seen it, and it was running extremely fast. And when the afterglow of its screams was not dissipated, it heard the snow being mixed, it turned around and ran back, and the footsteps sounded again, but it became lighter and farther and farther away, but at this time, black smoke came out in front of it, and the position of the demon beast immediately became clear and recognizable in a variety of senses.

Su Can smiled and said without hesitation: "Chase! It went in the direction of Fengle Building!"

The escort team bore the brunt of the rush and rushed forward, and Su Can and Ye Langxing also chased after them. Zhao Ji only felt a slap from a fan in front of him, shook his head and trembled slightly, when he opened his eyes, only Wang Chuli was in front of him, stretched out his finger and nodded his forehead, and said with a smile: "If the escort team has a reaction speed like yours, I'm afraid that someone will be killed before they can make a move." ”

Zhao Ji immediately bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry for worrying you again, you hurry up, I'll catch up." ”

"There's no need. I can't help at all in the past, and in their eyes, my level is not much different from yours, and I don't know anything. Wang Chuli smiled, "However, that arrow is quite useful, saving a lot of time to find the 'demon beast'." I wanted you to find something with me. ”

"Okay. Zhao Ji hurriedly said, "What are you looking for......?" Frostmoon Street should have everything. ”

"There will definitely be. Because the escort team has already searched all the places we have passed, the places we passed just now must be safe, and we can find them from these places. It just so happened that I also remembered that a short walk from the entrance of Frost Moon Street, there were several weapons shops. After Wang Chuli finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his arm, showed him the bow in his hand, and said, "See, if the arrow is gone, you can still find something to replace it, but my bow has been completely destroyed." ”

It is completely different from when Zhao Ji first saw this bow, the bow at this moment is covered with terrifying cracks of large and small denseness, like ice cubes being knocked hard, shattering thousands of strands of white from the inside out, and this bow is also covered with white cracks, like a dying worm entangled in spider silk. No wonder before this, Wang Chuli's hand didn't move much: the moment she raised her hand, the whole bow exploded into thousands of pieces, and snowflakes fluttered to the ground like debris, and she shook her sleeves like shaking out the petals of a flower.

Her eyes darkened, and she said, "Let's go." ”

Zhao Ji said: "Okay." I'm sure I'll find it, don't worry. ”

Although swords are forbidden, there are not a few people who want to wear one on their waist and look high-spirited, and if they have financial support, it is more convenient and fast, and generally they can return satisfied. The so-called blacksmith shop is actually just a small house, smaller than the others, there is a oven in the middle of the room, next to it is the bellows that ignites the fire, the iron is arbitrarily kneaded into various shapes in the flames, and the blade flashes cold light in the heat, which is the soul of the weapon itself. The crafted weapon is hung on the wall, and in a few days it will be picked up by the reserved customer, so it will be replaced and hung up. There are all kinds of different shapes, and there is no need to bother with design, just the "dreams" of the guests on display are enough to open people's eyes.

"Actually, the chopsticks you found temporarily are quite good," Wang Chuli looked at the first wall one weapon after another, "It's just a little oily." ”

"Ah......" Zhao Ji said, "I got your hands dirty, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”

"Not really. I'm thinking of something, not that you're bad. If it weren't for something like this you found, everyone would still be out there figuring out what's going on. I remember that when my father was still awake, he always said that I was not in good health, and asked Ah Li to make a very strict recipe for me, less oil and less salt, which was very unpalatable. I said that I wanted to keep the food taste, so I had to eat less spices, but I always felt very unhappy about eating, and I always asked my brother to bring me food from Frost Moon Street. Wang Chuli said and walked forward, "I like to eat fried radish cakes." Fragrant and hot, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It stands to reason that I shouldn't eat turnips but ginseng, but I just like to eat turnips, and it didn't help to teach me how many times Ah Li taught me. I occasionally feel that this is too 'disqualified', my taste is very low-level, will it be a shame for the family. ”

As soon as he heard what he was eating, Zhao Ji was immediately able to express his opinion: "How can there be a distinction between high and low food? I love to eat radish cakes too. Golden and yellow, like a hot full moon, beautiful and delicious. But if you don't have the know-how to make this thing, you can't do it well. Do you want to know how this is done?"

Wang Chuli glanced at him and said with a smile: "You know this?"

"I know, it's easy. Wash and peel the white radish, rub it into shreds, marinate it with coarse salt for a quarter of an hour, wait until the water is precipitated from the shredded radish, wring it out, and add chopped green onions. Then add water and salt to the prepared dough, roll it into long strips, knead it into small pieces, roll it out and wrap it in shredded radish, seal it and pat it into a cake, and then throw it into the oil pan and fry it until golden brown on both sides...... That's it!"

"You really know a lot," Wang Chuli said, "You're really a very different prince." ”

Zhao Ji smiled: "Because I always go to Frost Moon Street! not because of anything else, but because its things are delicious." It's not the mountains, it's everyone, everyone really likes to eat. This kind of 'like' is the capital they rely on to survive, and they do not follow a strict old score, which is unchanged and boring, but strives to explore the changes in everyone's preferences and make improvements. The things on Frostmoon Street are all very smart food. And, in my opinion, the simplest cooking methods, such as frying or steaming, are the most demanding of the ingredients, because you can see the ingredients in their original state. Even if it is a vegetarian dish such as shredded white radish, if it is not fresh, you can know it at a glance and understand it when you smell it. And for those meat dishes, especially meat, the requirements for knife skills are also very high. There are special knife techniques when handling various meats, and if you don't cut it well, it will also affect the taste. These foods come from the bottom of the people, but that doesn't mean it's not exquisite. If you want to make it delicious, you can be much more elaborate than in the palace!"

Wang Chuli looked at him, smiled, turned around, and saw the wall again: "Exquisite, exquisite." I wish I could do whatever I wanted like you. ”

"Isn't Sister Chuli doing what she wants?" Zhao Ji looked at her slender back, "You just happened to save me." ”

"Did I save you? That's great. Wang Chuli's voice was filled with a helpless smile, and she sighed lightly, "If only I could save myself." Okay, Zhao Ji, help me find it, do you have any weapons in my hand? I remember there is a bow and crossbow in here, and when I came here to shop the night before, I saw it, and I hope no one takes it away......"

"Of course, I've seen it in books, and I'm one of the best in terms of kung fu on paper!" Zhao Ji raised his head and searched the wall carefully: "This is a pole whip, this is a three-edged gun, and this is an iron slingshot...... Ah, this slingshot is good, easy to use. He took out a slingshot and prepared to hand it over to Wang Chuli, saying, "When I was a child, I could use it to hit the little yellow finch." ”

Wang Chuli didn't stretch out his hand. Her answer was very simple: "No." ”