Li Zesi lay on the bed without strength: "You have no humanity. Shen Luo smiled brightly: "It's serious, we just lack it." Zhou Hui kept looking out the window and didn't say a word. Li Zesi looked out of his line of sight and found that there was an old eunuch outside, leading a small eunuch to teach him the etiquette of advance and retreat. Li Zesi asked, "What's wrong?" Zhou Hui After a while, he suddenly replied: "If I become a father in the future, no matter what kind of son, I will not discard it." ”

Li Zesi was stunned: "What? Zhou Hui did not look back: "No matter who their mother is, how humble she is, and what he looks like, I will let them grow up healthy." Li Zesi smiled bitterly: "Even if they don't like you?" "Yes." The warm light of the summer day calmly fills the room from the window.

In the beginning, everything was ignorant. No color, no smell, no temperature. Everybody's just waiting here...... Everyone? Who are you talking about? Oh yes, it's "we". What are we waiting for? There was a voice that seemed to be whispering far away: Wait, become "I". What is "I"? What is the difference between "I" and "We"? Is "I" more important and smarter? We are confused, but we firmly believe that one day, we will become "me". When that day comes, we will have nothing to fear.

"There's one more here!" "What's the situation?" "It's also robbery. It is estimated that it was from behind, wrapped in a cloth and smashed on the back of the head cleanly. "The cause of death of the male corpse lying there was a blunt blow to the back of the head, which caused the skull to be shattered and collapsed. Dugu Sheng, the leader of the fast catch, looked at the ground with annoyance.

The carcass that had been eaten by hungry dingoes now looked fresh. Judging from the torn flesh and blood, it was not long before the victim was killed. The blood distribution is also very regular, there should not be much fighting, "bang", and it is over. Clothes and belongings were stripped of all the clothes, and there were some juices scattered around the area that were different from the color of blood, as well as fragments of high-end spoons and porcelain bowls, which could be seen to be high-end desserts that only the wealthy could afford.

As soon as summer begins, the number of dead continues to increase. This is all due to the fact that there are many night tours, and the night markets and festivals that close early in the winter are now open until late at night. In the past, when there was a curfew, it was fine, pedestrians would be warned when they returned late, and those with suspicious deeds would be arrested immediately, and the security was not good, but it was not bad, but now? Every two or three days, there are murders. Dugu Sheng secretly compared himself in his heart, feeling that he was actually like an old man, and he hated it now.

Since there are still poor people who do evil for money, there should not be so many places for the rich to enjoy themselves. Blindly changing ways to satisfy the rich and let them spend all their time drinking will only increase the risk of their victimization. Thinking of this, Dugu Sheng turned his head to look at the beggars and homeless people who were watching from a distance, sighed, and told his subordinates: "Go and get a whip to disperse, get in the way." ”

With the vicious wind brought by more than a dozen whips and the screams that gradually faded away, Dugu Sheng straightened up, he was a man of medium stature in his early thirties, just young and strong, although he was not very tall, but because of years of martial arts, his limbs were strong and powerful, and his fists were clenched like a hammer. He has been in this business for nearly ten years, and has risen from the lowest rookie to his current position, developing a pair of discerning eagle eyes and a strong physique that can beat people as he wants. Dugu Sheng covered the deceased's face with a cloth, instinctively scanned the surroundings, and in a dark corner a dozen steps away from the corpse, something flashed and attracted his attention.

He walked over and looked in the shadows: it was a wild dog. The kind that can be seen everywhere, hungry and thin, and covered with alopecia areata. At this time, the thing fell silently in the dust, because its head, neatly severed from its neck. Dugu Sheng narrowed his eyes, thinking that he had seen something wrong. But after looking at it again, and even reaching out and flipping through it, he concluded that this was not an illusion, it was true:

This dog was cut off by some extremely sharp weapon, with one blow. And from the point of view of freshness, the moment of death should be the moment of death and the death of the deceased. Is it a looter's knife? Or is it the dying counterattack of the victims? Dugu Sheng stood up suddenly, and an ominous shadow passed through his heart: he could cut off the dog's head with one knife, this was definitely not a knife used to cut fruit, and the butchers' knives could not do such a beautiful and quick blow.

Dugu Sheng clearly remembered all the civilians in the entire Tian Yuan City who were armed with knives, and they would not exceed a hundred, as for how many nobles there were, he didn't know. Dugu Sheng glanced at the sweets that had been spilled on the ground in disgust, kicked the wild dog into the drainage ditch with his head and body, and then shouted: "Call it a day!" ”

At the end of spring, the warm, lazy atmosphere in the air is swept away by the heat. The opening time of the market is getting earlier and earlier, and as soon as the sun turns to the west, there are people who set up iceberg stalls in the streets—whether it is the snow house in the palace or outside the palace, they are all opened, and they are sent to the houses and markets every day. Skilled ice masters stir the newly grown grass fruits in ice water, grind them into powdered juice, mix them with syrup, pour them on bowls of ice cheese, and immediately deliver them to people. The person who ate it took a spoonful and sent it down, and the anxious mood calmed down.

There are few toppings for sale outside, but there are more than a dozen kinds of toppings, there are more syrup, less fresh fruits, and if there are many people who buy them, they will be gone in two hours; It's much better in the houses of big families, all the colors are puree, mixed with ice chips, and it tastes a little frozen. On the dusty streets, there are people everywhere buying this kind of cooling good. But around everyone who pays, there are always more people who look at it with envy. Among those who could not afford to eat, in addition to the poor in ragged clothes, there were also well-dressed Svens.

However, those merchants who were restricted from wearing five-colored clothes were not merciless in buying. So in the dark alley, the people who died on the ground because they bought a cup of frozen snow also naturally appeared. In addition to iceberg sherbet, the popular one is also the red fruit curd, which is soaked in honey with the current sorrel (big red berries, with thorns on the outside and soft juice on the inside), and then the milk, eggs and flour are boiled over high heat to make a paste, dripping some wine, and then stirred together, packed in separate vessels, and left in the snow cellar to freeze for a few hours. However, the red fruit condensation is not comparable to the iceberg, the effort is long, the ingredients are also expensive, and the amount of food made every day is so much, so there are few people who eat it.

In addition to these, there are many delicate desserts that have been renovated in different ways, but without exception, they are all beautiful foods that can be eaten in the mouth and make you forget the difference between reality and fantasy. And if in the early summer afternoon, a few people gather in the pavilion on the water, put these sweets in the ice tray and put them on the table, next to a water tank with ice cubes, soaked in the morning watermelon and other fruits, the breeze is refreshing, and the cool air on the face and the fragrance of flowers and fruits are leisurely sent to the - this kind of life should be comfortable to the limit.

At this moment, there are several people who are enjoying this kind of life. On the pavilion of the Five Princes Wu Wang's Mansion, several men and women are lying or sitting, quietly savoring this rare summer rest. King Wu Zhou Hui leaned his whole body on the railing of the pavilion, flipping through a few pages of a list in his hand. He was a tall, muscular man, but he didn't seem to have much interest in showing off his muscles, so his clothes were loosely piled up on his body, except for the ornamental jade at his waist that hung down and shook occasionally twice.

He quickly read the list of items, raised his eyes and asked the palace maid standing respectfully in front of him: "Did you say anything when you sent it to the second brother?" The girl tilted her head and thought about it: "Second Highness just nodded and said bother. "Where's the big brother?" This time, the girl reacted quickly: "I didn't see Your Highness, the housekeeper said to send it in." Lying not far from Zhou Hui, a man in white who was eating red fruit condensation suddenly snorted, and said in his thin lips: "It's quite a spectrum." ”

Zhou Hui didn't say anything, but just scanned the list from beginning to end: "There are no leaks, right?" "Nope. Send one, I'll hook one. "Okay." Zhou Hui took out a delicate small bamboo basket from under the table, "This is kept, it is specially prepared for you, take it back and eat it!" The girl took it happily, with a smile on her face like a flower: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the sugar crab!" The sugar crab pickled in the secret recipe of Zhou Hui of the Fifth Highness had not been delivered by the Tianyuan Wang clan next to the door, and the sound of praise spread throughout the city. It is no wonder that she is so excited to get the same gifts as the nobles.

The girl was holding the precious bamboo basket, turned her head and was about to rush down the pavilion, when suddenly she was hit head-on with a strong force, she was caught off guard, she was unsteady on her feet, and she fell straight down from the pavilion. None of the people in the pavilion expected this to happen, Zhou Hui exclaimed, and before he could get up, the girl's figure had already disappeared outside the railing. He was so anxious that he threw down the list and took two steps to save the unfortunate child.

However, the expected sound of water did not sound. At the same time, before Zhou Hui ran to the railing, he was blocked. He was already tall enough, but the man who stopped him was able to cover him in his own shadow. Zhou Hui raised his head impatiently and looked at the other party, and as soon as he saw the face of the visitor, a feeling of nausea almost made him vomit. This big face is a foot square, there seems to be no skin covering it, only the muscles spasm to outline the position of the facial features, the eyeballs bulge from the sockets horribly, every time they turn as if they are about to fall to the ground, the nose is almost left with two black holes, the surrounding pink and white flesh twitches from time to time with breathing, and the mouth is unexpectedly complete, glowing with a layer of pearlescent, combined with the surroundings there is only one sentence: weird to the extreme.

He was a head taller than Zhou Hui, his head almost touching the top of the pavilion, his whole body was pitch black, and the huge cloak outside covered most of his body. Zhou Hui looked at it and felt a chill in his heart: "Hurry up and get out of the way!" It's important to save people! The weirdo didn't move. However, outside the pavilion, the palace maid Ran Ran, who had just reported the news, rose from behind the railing. An invisible force grabbed the collar of her dress, picked her up out of thin air, and threw her on the ground with a "snap".

The girl had already fainted with fright, still holding the bamboo basket in her arms. Zhou Hui hurriedly leaned down to look, and found that he was just frightened and fainted, so he relieved himself and helped her to the side to lie down, then turned around and asked, "What are you doing?" Why did you just come in? The tone is not like questioning an uninvited guest, but blaming the subordinate for carelessness. There is no doubt that this is a blatant contempt for those who come. But the giant-faced man didn't seem to hear it, he just took a step forward and flashed into the gazebo, and when his huge body made this movement, it was so light that there was no movement at all. As he moved, the air around him seemed to tremble, lowering the temperature.

At the same time, everyone present felt as if there was a rolling thunder passing silently from underground, which shook people's hearts.

The giant's voice was a belly sound that gushed from deep in his throat, concise and to the point, but enough to force the listener to be impressed: "Fifth Highness, return the salute." Zhou Hui was frightened by this powerful aura, and suddenly became angry, and was about to scold him loudly, when he suddenly heard that there were servants below who were out of breath kneeling on the shore and replied loudly: "Big ...... His Royal Highness the Great Prince's ...... "What? The fifth prince choked up, got angry to his mouth, and swallowed again.

The giant was directly opposite him, his head bowed, and with his violent eyes that were about to drip water, staring straight at his face, Zhou Hui felt disgusted. He unconsciously retreated half a step, and the words of the answer were fiercely turned in his mind, and before he had time to sort it out, the man who had been half-lying and half-lying, concentrating on eating red fruit condensation, just now raised his head, smiled lightly, and spoke first: "Your Highness has a score, and even a return gift is so grand, it is worthy of being the person who leads the troops." Hey, I said big man, what's your name? ”

The giant-faced man's bulging eyes turned dangerously to the corner of his eye, but then he calmly took a step forward, ignoring it at all. Lying on her back on the cool bed in the other corner of the pavilion, the woman who covered her face with a scarf sneered and laughed, and pointed directly at the man who spoke just now: "Shenluo, even I don't think I need to pay attention to you, who are you?" Shen Luo threw down the dessert in his hand, straightened up, and his eyes narrowed into a line: "Indeed, it doesn't matter who I am, but I can't see anyone scattered, what should I do?" ”

The giant-faced man didn't move, and even the muscle lines on his face didn't bend.