Chapter 18: The Mystery Looms

Zhen Yue had just emerged from the corner of the dry food bag, and those refugees who were extremely hungry rushed to rush in.

In an instant, Zhen Yue was blocked in the center, the horse was frightened and neighed, the scene was beyond imagination for a while, and before she could react, all the food and the money bag around her waist were torn away, and the more daring ones began to tear Zhen Yue's cloak and robe.

She didn't expect that these desperate refugees would go crazy to the point of hideousness, with bony blue eyes.

"All backwards!" Qiu Sheng, who was not far away, swung his sword at him, and the angry blade of the sword was like a silk thread tearing open a gap.

The frenzied refugee was instantly frightened, covering the pain caused by the sword qi, and took half a step back, not daring to provoke the angry and majestic man on horseback.

Seeing this, Zhen Yue immediately stepped forward and sighed, "I'm fine, let's go." ”

Qiu Sheng couldn't help but be a little angry, and finally calmed down his anger and said: "I am kind enough to give you relief, but you are not grateful and try to hurt others!" ”

The hungry refugees lowered their eyes in shame and took half a step back to make way for the two.

Qiu Sheng returned to his horse and took out the food from the grain bag and threw it to the refugees, who were full of coaxing with bright eyes.

"Let's go!" Then he left with Zhen Yueze.

Zhen Yue smiled at the corner of her mouth while riding a horse, and the cold wind blew her green silk flying, like a shallow pond willow leaf, clear and bright.

"Laugh at what! Silly girl! Qiu Sheng glanced at her and smiled.

"Nothing." Then he ran ahead of him with the horse's belly between his legs.

The famine caused by the snow disaster lasted for four months, but it did not improve in the slightest, and the Praetorian Guards on the main road of the Nine Shadows joined the team to drive away the refugees, and one after another the pamphlets asking for disaster relief sank into the sea, and they could not stir up the slightest wave in the center of the imperial capital filled with musk.

Qiu Sheng looked at the snowfall in Shu and muttered: "The destruction of Shu is probably just around the corner!" ”

Six years ago, the Didu Rebellion made the fierce Beiying completely set foot on the Shu Kingdom, their iron cavalry trampled on the surrounding four cities, and a decree was passed from the strict and mysterious Northern Xinjiang Country, and the crazy Xinjiang hooves were intercepted, so that the countries could not figure it out, and the chaotic Dongtan Kingdom and the Xitan Kingdom wanted to get a piece of the pie, but they could only secretly want to move.

Beiying divided the six cities of Shu but immersed like a deep pool, the wars of Shu to regain lost territory are large and small, but they are like watching flowers, and with the blood being covered, the two countries are both deadlocked, with the Chihe River as the boundary, living a calm life, when the time comes, the cowardly and greedy nature of the king of Shu quietly spreads, and the nobles with strong family backgrounds silently lead their families to leave Shu, and they have seen the flesh of ** tumbling from the depths of the ground.

In the dark night, thick ink smeared the sky, and the street vendors slowly closed their doors in the cold.

"Phew!" A deep male voice stopped in front of the elegant inn.

The little guy waiting outside the inn had his eyes lit up, stepped forward to take the reins of the two guest officers, bent down and smiled: "Please come inside the guest officer." ”

After a day of traveling, full of wind and frost, Zhen Yue and Qiu Sheng nodded and stepped into the inn, and when they boarded, bursts of noise came to their faces, and hearty laughter mixed with the aroma of food overflowed and drifted away.

The boss of the counter narrowed his eyes and stepped forward courteously: "Guest officer, is it a tip or a hotel?" The small shop is famous for its comfort and cleanliness, and there is a lot of food. ”

The hall was full of people, and it seemed that business was booming, Zhen Yue stepped forward and said, "Two upper rooms, one elegant room for dining." ”

"Two upper rooms!" The shopkeeper shouted, and then the little two upstairs replied loudly.

The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes again, and smiled embarrassedly: "Guest officer, the private dining room is full, and only one table is left in the hall." "The 50-year-old shopkeeper saw that the two were not ordinary people from the two of them entering the store, although they were dressed simply, they were all extravagant, especially the man in the white robe had a good face, but he was full of cold air; The shopkeeper was afraid of offending the two, and apologized again and again.

Zhen Yue glanced at all kinds of people in the hall, and suddenly felt a trace of popularity that she hadn't seen for a long time, and said softly: "Let's go to the hall to eat." ”

Qiu Sheng was afraid that she would be restrained, but seeing the warmth between her eyebrows, he nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

The two of them sat down by the window and ordered a few dishes recommended by the store, feeling that it was warm and suitable.

The wind outside the house hit the window lattice, but the house was filled with the atmosphere of rivers and lakes, everyone drank wine, nibbled on mutton, and told interesting stories.

The delicacies are served on the table, fragrant and attractive, and indeed worthy of a full house of guests, who used to eat blood steamed buns in the concentration camp for six years, but now they have a rich life that has not forgotten the hardships of the past.

Zhen Yue peeked at Qiu Sheng opposite while picking vegetables, the pale yellow light was light and shallow, looking hazy and gentle, she used to think that he was elegant to eat, even if he was gnawing on hard steamed buns, he was still elegant.

Qiu Sheng noticed her gaze, frowned and smiled, and put a piece of bamboo shoot in her bowl: "Hurry up and eat, after a day's journey, you should be tired, rest early after eating." ”

"Oh." She smiled and ate the bamboo shoots, feeling sweet on the tip of her tongue.

"Have you heard that Prime Minister Wu Xun of Dongtan and Emperor Xuanwen robbed women?" The thin man at the next table asked with a smile, touching his chin with a lewd look.

The thick-armed man on the opposite side grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth: "Beauties gather in Jiangnan, the master of Tan State is pretty, I have never seen a master, according to legend, he looks very beautiful, the romantic history of Prime Minister Wu Xun and Emperor Xuanwen has been passed to our Shu Kingdom, and it is really a shame on the face of the ancestor of Tan State." ”

The thin man cautiously patted the man opposite, and seeing that no one heard, he lowered his voice and said: "Be quiet, although this is not Tanguo, lest there be a spy who gets in, and now the world is chaotic, be careful to set yourself on fire."

"What are you afraid of! Who doesn't know that Emperor Xuanwen killed his father and brother, Wu Xuncheng coerced the prince to order the princes and monopolize the government, and the little emperor was just a poor puppet, he couldn't even snatch a woman, and he was really cowardly. ”

"If the name is not right, you can only rely on the powerful Prime Minister Wu Xun, in other words, the prince of Tan is really dead?"

The thick-armed man took a sip of wine, smiled, and made a throat-cutting motion: "I have a distant relative in the Wuling camp of Tan State, six years ago Prime Minister Wu Xun took advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, killed the prince, and the prince of Su Kai, who did not usurp the throne at that time, was embarrassed, a fire burned Shengjing Palace, not even the scum left, the princess and princess were ravaged to death by red-eyed soldiers, it is said that there was a bloody rain that year, and there were bursts of roars in the bloody sky for a long time, it was really miserable....... ”

Dang! The porcelain cup collided violently with the wooden table.

"I'll go back to my room first." Qiu Sheng's face was cold as usual, and he didn't look at Zhen Yue, who was stunned, he turned around and left, and the hem of his robe brought a cold wind.