Dongfang Ying does have some skills, and Murong Lin will be able to get out of bed to deal with the government the next day.

Murong Qi breathed a sigh of relief, although it was Murong Lin who was cured by Dongfang Ying, he still said to Shen Bai that the conditions he gave before were still counted, as long as he was in power, Nanxiang would always maintain a good-neighborly and friendly relationship with Zhaoling.

Dongfang Ying was still hostile to Shen Bai, and did not tell Murong Qi and Murong Lin about Shen Bai's proposal, and Shen Bai didn't care.

How deep the harm of incense-making is, the Dongfang family knows better than anyone else, they are willing to give up the position of the royal family, even if they do not announce to the world what the Dongfang family has experienced, but it is enough to explain everything, but there are still so many people flocking to it, it can be seen how terrible people's greed is.

Shen Bai wants to make the incense-making technique completely disappear in Nanxiang Kingdom, which is to make everyone confront humanity.

Gu Hengzhou was willing to bear the curse in exchange for her rebirth, if before that, she also knew that there was any way to bring Gu Hengzhou back to life, even if it was a catastrophe, she was willing to bear it.

Therefore, it is impossible to cut off the art of incense, even if it disappears for a while, there will always be people who will try their best to find an ancient recipe to make the art of incense reappearing.

Since it couldn't be cleared, Shen Bai could only find a way to put it on a barely correct path as much as possible.

At the moment, Shen Bai was more concerned about what Luo Li said about being replaced, she tried to mention it to Murong Qi, Murong Qi really did as Luo Li said, his temperament changed a little from when he was in Zhaoling, and he was a lot irritable, Shen Bai just mentioned it, he interrupted the topic secretly, saying that it was just Luo Li's nonsense, and warned Shen Bai not to interfere in the family affairs of the Murong family.

Shen Bai didn't do anything with Murong Qi, he went to the cell with Gu Hengzhou at night, and only a few days later, Yuanjun's hair turned white, and all the souls he raised were released, his vitality was greatly damaged, his face quickly aged, and he couldn't see his previous appearance at all.

He didn't deny the matter of exchanging Luo Li's spirit, but he refused to say who he was exchanging it for, and only told Shen Bai that the incense making technique has always been a technique that goes against the sky, and once it is cast, there is no room to turn back, so even if they know who the person who exchanged spirits with Luo Li is, they are powerless to change anything.

Shen Bai didn't give up, and after returning to the palace, he found Dongfang Ying again, and the answer given by Dongfang Ying was no different from Yuanjun, not only the spiritual arts, but all the incense making techniques were impossible to cancel.

It's like Dongfang Ying didn't really cure Murong Lin, but relieved his pain, so that his last time would not be too painful.

Hearing this result, Shen Bai's chest was a little blocked, she didn't know how to tell Luo Li the truth, hesitated for a long time, took one out of the string of Buddhist beads that she originally planned to give to Wei Ruzhao, took the time to carve it into a ball and gave it to Luo Li, lying and deceiving Luo Li that the ball could protect her and the little princess from evil invasions.

Hearing that it was made of the wood of the kite spirit tree, Luo Li was very happy and thanked Shen Bai repeatedly.

Three days later, Yuanjun's crime was made public and sentenced to the punishment of beheading him on the street.

On the day of the execution, Shen Bai went to observe the execution, and found that most of the people in the city did not feel happy, but felt a little regretful, as if it was a bad thing for such a good incense maker to be killed like this, and those innocent people who were mutilated by him were the ones who deserved to die.

Shen Bai looked at it coldly, and suddenly felt a little sad, as if in the past two hundred years, the entire people of Nanxiang have been poisoned by the incense-making technique.

The news of Yuanjun's death quickly spread in Nanxiang and became the talk of the people of Nanxiang after tea and dinner, Shen Bai and Murong Xuan walked around the city and found that ordinary people did not have much feeling about Yuanjun's death.

After all, the treatment of the incense maker in Nanxiang is very high, except for the big families, ordinary people have almost no ability to use incense making at all, they just think this matter is very new, Yuan Jun is the first incense maker to be sentenced to death after the appearance of incense making.

People from the big families will not go to the streets and alleys to participate in this kind of discussion, but they are never missing in everyone's discussion, I heard that after the death of Yuanjun, there are many families who have found Yuanjun to grow incense are panicked, they recruit new incense makers at high prices, and some families even have disputes in order to snatch the incense makers.

There are more than a dozen versions of the rumors, all of which are some things that catch the wind and shadows, and Shen Bai doesn't believe it very much, the only thing that is certain is that Yuanjun's death has a lot of impact on the family.

If this continues, Nanxiang is only afraid that there will be a big chaos.

However, Shen Bai is not from Nanxiang, and now he is barely able to get started with incense making, and he can't manage so much at all, so helping Gu Hengzhou lift the curse of sadness and joy is the most important thing.

After staying in Nanxi for two more days, Murong Lin didn't have any more pain, Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao resigned again, maybe because of Dongfang Ying's companionship, Murong Lin's attitude was a lot better, and he sent a lot of treasures for Shen Bai to bring back to Zhaoling.

Seeing Murong Lin's illness with his own eyes, Murong Xuan calmed down a lot, and before leaving, he specially went to the post station to send Shen Bai two jars of good wine, and invited Shen Bai to be a guest in Nanxiang in the future.

Shen Bai thanked him, and made a sachet from the sawdust left over from the kite spirit tree for Murong Xuan as a souvenir.

Early in the morning of the second day, the group returned to Zhaoling in a low-key carriage.

In the alternating season of autumn and winter, it is still very warm in all parts of Nanxiang, but it has also entered the rainy season, anyway, it is not in a hurry, the group of people stop and go, and it took half a month to arrive at Yiling City.

Unlike when he came, this time Dongfang Qing personally greeted him at the gate of the city, and the people in the city also welcomed him, and those who didn't know thought that Shen Bai was the commander who had returned from a victorious battle.

The City Lord's Mansion had already received the letter, and as soon as he entered the mansion, he saw lanterns everywhere, and Dongfang Qing set up a feast for Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao.

Although he was the head of the Dongfang family, he didn't study the art of making incense, and he couldn't see Gu Hengzhou and Shen Qi, Wei Ruzhao was silent again, Dongfang Qing only said hello, and put all his energy on Shen Bai.

Shen Bai answered all the questions, and told all the things about meeting Dongfang Ling and Dongfang Mengwan.

Before, Murong Qi said that Dongfang Yingtian was not afraid of the earth and was very rebellious, but in front of Yunshang and Dongfang Qing, his edge was still much more restrained, and he also knew that he had to be quiet and couldn't talk casually.

Knowing that Yunshang was abolished Neidan, Dongfang Qing's eyes flashed with regret, after all, Yunshang has a calm heart, and he can bear things and reduce the young and frivolous incense makers under him, Dongfang Ying is not enough to take on this heavy responsibility, Yunshang abolished Neidan at this time, which will have a more or less impact on the Dongfang family.

However, the Dongfang family has experienced more ups and downs over the years, Dongfang Qing quickly returned to normal, comforted Yunsheng, and personally thanked Shen Bai, thanking her for being able to agree to Dongfang Ling's request and clean up the aftermath of the Dongfang family.

Shen Bai didn't say that he was trying to lift the curse of the sad and happy face, he generously accepted Dongfang Qing's thanks, and quietly sued Dongfang Ying, Dongfang Ying tried to argue for himself, but was rounded in by Shen Bailing's teeth, and was scolded by Dongfang Qing.

Shen Bai hugged the wine glass and smiled like a fox, young man, it's always bad to be too frivolous, she also wants him to take a little less detours.

The happiest person to eat this meal was Shen Bai, she was greedy for a cup, drank a little more, and looked quite sober when she left the table, and after being brought into the house by the subordinates, she planted it on the ground like no bones.

Halfway through the planting, a strong arm unsurprisingly crossed his waist, and the whole person was fished into a cold and generous embrace without a little temperature.

Shen Bai hid the smile at the corner of his lips, completely unloaded his strength and hung on Gu Hengzhou's arm, and hummed in a low voice: "Huh? Why do you have an extra hand? ”

Gu Hengzhou directly scooped her up and put her on the bed, and was about to withdraw to leave, when his neck was hooked, and the person dyed with the fragrant aroma of wine pounced, Gu Hengzhou subconsciously tilted his head, and the soft lip flap pressed against the corner of his lips, and his sad and joyful face immediately made a sharp and piercing sound.

Gu Hengzhou's pupils shrank, and he wanted to push Shen Bai away, but Shen Bai hugged his neck faster and crushed his lips.

She was like a drunken and drunken disciple who wanted to be a thin girl, and wanted to attack the city gate in no order, Gu Hengzhou's eyebrows were furrowed, his eyes were cold, and Shen Bai whispered against his lips and teeth: "Brother Gu, I've liked you for a long time, I'll only kiss you twice, and don't do anything else, okay?" ”

She showed weakness, coquettishness, and even used the trick of pleading.

It stands to reason that Gu Hengzhou will be soft-hearted, but the sharp screams from the sad and happy face are like a knife inserted into his heart accurately, making him unable to forget how hideous and terrifying his face is now.

Without reminding, Gu Hengzhou disappeared all of a sudden, and Shen Bai suddenly lost his support, fell under the bed, and his elbow was knocked hard.

Shen Bai hissed in pain, Shen Qi walked over with his little short legs, looked at Shen Bai curiously with big black round eyes, and said sneeringly, "You eat...... Cannibalism. ”

Shen Bai rolled his eyes and said, "You just eat people." ”

Shen Qi remembered that Shen Bai didn't let him eat souls before, and he was afraid that Shen Bai would detain his fragrant cakes, so he retorted very seriously: "I haven't eaten people for a long time, you can't talk nonsense." ”

Shen Bai sat back on the bed, rubbed his elbows and said, "Okay, you don't eat people, go out and see where your father is hiding, I have known the old husband and wife for two lifetimes, even if he doesn't appreciate it if he is drunk and has some fun, what does it mean to hide?" ”

Shen Qi didn't go out, flew to the bed and sat next to Shen Bai, and said, "He's gone." ”

"I know he's gone, doesn't that show you where he's gone." Shen Bai replied casually, and after answering, Shen Qi hugged her arm and said in a milky voice: "Mother, I will listen to you obediently in the future, and I will not make you angry, if someone wants to fight with you, I will definitely stand in front of you, don't be angry and sad for that stinky man, okay?" ”

Shen Bai poked his cheek and corrected him seriously: "That's your father, respect him, who taught you that he is a stinky man?" ”

Shen Qi didn't speak, only rubbed Shen Bai's arm with his face, barely comforting Shen Bai.

Shen Bai sat on the bed and thought about it, but he was still a little unwilling, and took Shen Qi to find Wei Ruzhao, and before he could speak, Wei Ruzhao said with the old god: "I said a long time ago, everything has cause and effect, you don't have to force it, just let it be." ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Uncle, do you know that you are only a hair away from a bald donkey?

Shen Bai rolled his eyes and went back to his room, and the next day he didn't see Gu Hengzhou again, and Shen Qi grabbed her arm and didn't move.

Dongfang Qing said before that he wanted to cut some wood for Shen Bai, Shen Bai thought that a dozen pieces of wood were enough, but he didn't expect Dongfang Qing to be quite generous, and let people cut down more than a hundred pieces in one go, and the carriage alone used more than a dozen, which was even more spectacular than when Shen Bai came to Nanxiang.

It is not an easy task to transport these hundred or so pieces of wood back to Hanjing, Shen Bai wanted to refuse, Dongfang Qing had already considered these problems, and dispatched fifty nurses from Dongfang's house to help transport them, and Shen Bai didn't have to care about anything.

The head of the family said so, and Shen Bai no longer refused, and generously agreed.

After resting in Yiling for two days, he left for Zhaoling on the third day, Yunshang stayed in the City Lord's Mansion, Wei Ruzhao didn't plan to return to Zhaoling, so he also lived in the City Lord's Mansion temporarily, only Dongfang Ying went back with Shen Bai.

There were fewer people, and Shen Bai didn't have the heart to wander around on the road, so he directly changed into men's clothes and rode back to Zhaoling, fortunately, neither of them was a person with few words, and they were fighting along the way, and time passed quickly.

In the Nanxiang border to change the water back to Zhaoling, along the river up, the temperature difference between the two places was soon revealed, Zhaoling has entered the winter, the wind is cold, very cold.

I don't know if there is an incense-making technique to protect the body, Dongfang Ying didn't feel cold at all, so when the ship docked at Zhaoling Wharf, Shen Bai only bought himself a winter coat to change into, and didn't buy Dongfang Ying.

When they arrived at Zhaoling, it was evening, and the officials in the city did not receive a notice to come out to greet them, and the two stayed at the inn, and when they were eating, Shen Bai overheard that someone was injured, and he didn't listen to too much detail, so he asked the guy to send hot water.

The guy said that in the late spring and early summer, Yuanfeng County and Mozhou were affected by a very serious drought, and the imperial court exempted the three places from taxes this year, and also requisitioned grain from the southern states of Hunan to provide disaster relief, and there were corrupt officials who wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune, but they didn't expect to squeeze these people too hard, some people rebelled, and the imperial court transferred troops from Muzhou to suppress it, but I didn't expect that there was a person in the rebel army who was very good, and he actually beat the captain from Muzhou to be seriously injured.

Shen Bai's eyelids jumped when he heard this, isn't the current captain of Muzhou Gu Hengzhou, and the person who was seriously injured is also him?

These things made a fuss in Zhaoling, and the guy couldn't stop lamenting the tense relationship between the government and the people, so he grabbed his neck and asked, "Where was the captain of Muzhou injured?" Where to recuperate now? ”

The guy was frightened by Shen Bai and said the word Lingzhou in disbelief.

Shen Bai didn't have the heart to stay at the inn, so he asked Dongfang Ying to go to Lingzhou with him immediately, Dongfang Ying lazily refused to leave, Shen Bai didn't care about him, he took the horse from the stable and drove to Lingzhou.

The closer to Lingzhou, the more news about Gu Hengzhou's injury, some people say that he suddenly got off his horse in the melee, some people say that he was secretly poisoned, and some people say that he was accidentally hit by an arrow, anyway, Gu Hengzhou was injured after falling off the horse, and after being rushed to Lingzhou, he was in a coma for several days, alarming Beijing, and sent many imperial doctors to Lingzhou to treat him.

Rumors have always been untrustworthy, but it is undoubtedly true that Gu Hengzhou was seriously injured.

Shen Bai rushed to Lingzhou for five days non-stop, stepped on the curfew point to enter the city, she directly revealed her identity, and asked the soldiers guarding the city to take her to the state mansion.

Lingzhou is the second most prosperous city in Zhaoling, and the state mansion is naturally more magnificent than ordinary people, and the big stone lion at the door is half a head taller than Shen Bai.

After driving for such a long time, Shen Bai was covered in dust, and when she didn't come here, she was worried about Gu Hengzhou's injury, and when she really came to her, she suddenly became cowardly.

She knew that the reimu was fake, but thinking of what had happened in the reimeng, Shen Bai didn't know how to face Gu Hengzhou.

After standing at the gate of the state capital for a while, Shen Bai still didn't go in after all, and went to the city to find an inn to live in.

It was a little late, and the inn guy sent hot water and food to rest, Shen Bai had no appetite, picked up a few mouthfuls of food, and quickly took a shower and threw himself on the bed.

In the past few days, he was busy on the road, and Shen Qixiang had eaten less, so he finally stayed, Shen Bai gave him a piece, he seemed to be tired, and after eating the fragrant cakes, he lay down next to him and fell asleep.

Shen Bai poked him in the face, but he didn't react at all, he just kicked his leg and found Shen Bai's arm to hug him.

Shen Bai stopped bothering him, sighed and said, "I don't even know where your father went, I really raised your stupid son for nothing." ”

Of course Shen Qi wouldn't respond, Shen Bai put his other hand behind his head, and was about to sort out his thoughts when there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

She had already turned off the lights, and there shouldn't be anyone moving outside at this hour, Shen Bai immediately became vigilant, got up with Shen Qi in his arms, felt the dagger from the clothes he had changed, and walked lightly to the back of the door.

The footsteps stopped at the door, and there was no movement from the visitors, Shen Bai stood tense for a while, his feet were so cold that he couldn't help sneezing.

This movement is not small, Shen Bai can't hide it, he hurriedly opened the door to seize the opportunity, his wrist was tightly grasped, and his waist tightened, falling into a generous embrace, the bitter and unpleasant smell of medicine came to his nose, through the cold moonlight outside the window, Shen Bai saw Gu Hengzhou's cold and hard facial contours, and his heart was relieved, but his body did not relax.

Unconsciously, she was resisting his contact.

Gu Hengzhou hugged her into the house, she was only wearing underwear and pants, through the thin clothes, Gu Hengzhou easily felt the temperature of her body, and directly carried her to the bed and wrapped her in the quilt.

Before Shen Bai could react, Gu Hengzhou retreated and lit the oil lamp with a fire fold.

The dim light instantly filled the room, reflecting the eyebrows and eyes of both of them clearly.

Shen Bai's face was still a little stunned, Gu Hengzhou was completely cold, he hadn't seen him for a few months, he looked more calm and courageous, but he also had a sense of indifference that rejected people thousands of miles away.

If he hadn't had that dream, and hadn't seen Gu Hengzhou wearing a sad and joyful face, if they met again, Shen Bai would have rolled around and stuck to him shamelessly.

But now, the two looked at each other from such a close distance, but there was an embarrassment that they were speechless.

After a long time, Shen Bai couldn't help but break the silence first, and asked softly: "Gu ...... Hengzhou, why are you here? ”

She originally wanted to call Brother Gu, but when she said it, she felt that the person in the previous life was Brother Gu, and the one in front of her was just Gu Hengzhou, the son of Zhenguo.

Gu Hengzhou's temperament was already cold, and after hearing Shen Bai's words, his thin lips pursed into a straight line, like a knife blade, which would hurt people if he was not careful.

With such a face and such an expression, Shen Bai was still a little stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, he actually didn't do anything wrong, after all, she provoked him first and forcibly recognized him as Brother Gu.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai was a little weak-hearted.

She lowered her eyes to avoid Gu Hengzhou's gaze, and was about to say something to ease the atmosphere, when Gu Hengzhou suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "Since you have arrived in Lingzhou, why don't you stay in the state capital?" ”

"I don't plan to stay in Lingzhou for a long time, so I don't want to stir up the people." Shen Bai replied without hesitation, remembering that he was agile just now, and guessed that the injuries on his body should be almost healed, so he pressed and did not ask about his injuries, and said softly, "Nanxiang has decided to renew business exchanges with Zhaoling, but it is very troublesome to transport back and forth, and you have to choose what goods to sell in the past." ”

Shen Bai got down to business dryly, never thought that Gu Hengzhou would not play his cards according to common sense, and asked in a deep voice: "Why didn't you write back later?" ”

From the time she set off to Nanxiang, Shen Bai would write to Gu Hengzhou every three days, but after Lingmeng, she never wrote again, so it was more than a month.

Shen Bai licked his lips, having the illusion that he was a negative man and was caught by the girl and accused in person.

She swallowed her saliva and said, "I see that you didn't reply to the letter, I was afraid that you were busy with military affairs, so I didn't write it, and it was all those things all day long, and it didn't make sense to say it over and over again, right?" ”

"Interesting." Gu Hengzhou said, Shen Bai nodded with a smile, and only after a moment did he react to what he said, his eyes opened slightly, Gu Hengzhou looked at her fixedly, and said solemnly: "I will reply in the future." ”

So, you have to keep writing to me.

Hearing the meaning of Gu Hengzhou's words, Shen Bai was a little dumbfounded, why hadn't he seen it for a few months, and Brother Gu had become a little ...... Sticky?

Shen Bai couldn't adapt to Gu Hengzhou's change for a while, Gu Hengzhou suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand and began to untie his belt.

If this had been placed before, Shen Bai was only afraid that his eyes would immediately light up, but at this time, Shen Bai couldn't accept it, hugged the quilt and tied his tongue in a knot, and asked stammered: "Brother Gu, are you ...... What are you doing? ”

Gu Hengzhou didn't answer, he quickly took off his clothes and put them on the table, revealing the gauze wrapped around his chest.

He asked, "Have you heard that I'm hurt?" ”

Shen Bai didn't expect him to ask himself so bluntly in this way, he couldn't say anything to lie, Shen Bai could only nod.

She just heard that he was injured, so she hurried to Lingzhou day and night.

Gu Hengzhou didn't ask her why she didn't rush to see him as soon as she knew that he was injured, but only calmly explained: "I was a little seriously injured, I could have avoided it at the time, but my body didn't know why it was suddenly out of control, and then I was stabbed in the chest, and the imperial doctor said that if the sword was two inches off, I should go to see Hades on the spot." ”

The imperial doctors all said so, it must have been very serious and dangerous.

Shen Bai's heart trembled slightly, he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, Gu Hengzhou said again: "Although I can walk around the ground now, the imperial doctor told me not to stand and sit for a long time, otherwise the wound will collapse and it hurts." ”

What kind of person is Gu Hengzhou, how could he say that it hurts himself.

Shen Bai's throat choked, and the room was silent for a while, and Gu Hengzhou spoke again: "I came all the way from the state government, it took me a stick of incense, and I was bumped by you just now." ”

Speaking of this, Gu Hengzhou paused, and then said in a dumb voice: "Shen Bai, my wound hurts now." ”

When it comes to this, Shen Bai would be a fool if he didn't understand.

She jumped up from the bed after realizing it, looked at Gu Hengzhou and asked, "Do you want to lie down for a while?" ”

Gu Hengzhou was not polite and walked to the bed, but he was not in a hurry to lie down, but reached out and put Shen Bai on the bed.

Shen Bai subconsciously wanted to get up, Gu Hengzhou pressed her shoulder and said, "Don't make trouble, the wound will open." ”

Shen Bai lay down and didn't move, and by the way, he moved Shen Qi to the corner of the bed, Gu Hengzhou took off his shoes and clothes and lay next to Shen Bai, Shen Bai's body was very stiff, and he didn't dare to move, but fortunately, Gu Hengzhou didn't move too much, just pressed Shen Bai's cold feet under his legs to warm up.

Shen Bai didn't feel sleepy, although the reimeng was fake, she remembered everything that happened in the dream very clearly, including what happened in bed with Gu Hengzhou several times after she became pregnant.

In the past, her face would be enthusiastic and her heart would beat wildly when she thought about those things, but now when she thought about it, all she could do was heartache.

She couldn't forget the grievances she had suffered in her dreams.

Gu Hengzhou's breathing was steady, and after lying down for a while, Shen Bai thought he was asleep, and couldn't help but turn over and look at him, the room was dark, and only his cold and hard jaw could be seen vaguely.

Shen Bai's eyes were a little hot, and his chest was also very blocked, Gu Hengzhou suddenly asked, "Can't you sleep?" ”

Shen Bai was startled, she almost reached out to touch him.

Shen Bai retracted his claws and responded vaguely, afraid that as soon as he opened his mouth, Gu Hengzhou would notice that her emotions were wrong.

The room was quiet again, only the two of them breathed slowly, obviously they were lying on the same bed, close to each other, but there seemed to be thousands of mountains in between.

I don't know how long it took, Gu Hengzhou's hoarse voice sounded again: "I was in a coma for five days after I was injured, and during the coma, I had a very strange dream. ”

Hearing this, Shen Bai's body tensed instantly, she and Gu Hengzhou were very close, Gu Hengzhou would definitely be able to detect it immediately, but he didn't say anything, and continued: "I dreamed that we got married, living in the courtyard I bought for you before, you are pregnant, but I am busy with military affairs all day long, and I have no time to accompany you." ”

Shen Bai's eyes widened, he never expected that Gu Hengzhou would also enter the spirit dream, and he still remembered everything that happened inside.

Gu Hengzhou continued: "Not only that, but I was also forced to marry the woman named Su Xiaoqiu, and carried her into the Grand Commander's Mansion as a flat wife, you didn't resent me at all, and said that you would treat her as your own sister, but then you gave birth to a stillborn baby, in order not to make you sad, I lied to you." ”

Shen Bai's throat was so blocked that he couldn't speak, Gu Hengzhou didn't say anything about what happened later, he only reached out to hug Shen Bai, put his chin against the top of her head, and asked in a deep voice: "Shen Bai, you also know that it was just a dream, not something that really happened, right?" ”