Shen Bai's tone was horizontal, and his tail trembled slightly, as if the people he loved were really killed by these people.

Zhou Jue had never seen Shen Bai look so serious, he was so shocked that he didn't speak for a while, and after a while, he came back to his senses and saw that the people around him were about to make a move, so he hugged Shen Bai from behind and lowered his voice: "Okay, don't go too far, your kid's hair hasn't grown yet, don't die when you see the girl." ”

Shen Bai cared about Chunying, but he was more worried about Gu Hengzhou.

Recently, after passing through the twilight ceremony, there was a team of 100 people, and only Gu Hengzhou left with 50 camels.

Listening to the conversation between these two people just now, they simply deliberately used the team to escort the return gift this time to make that hellish sacrifice, if Gu Hengzhou and they were really in the desert when the storm came, they were afraid that they would be more auspicious.

In the previous life, Gu Hengzhou had never been to Dongheng Kingdom, nor had he passed through here, so he didn't know what the desert was like, Shen Bai's chest hurt badly, and he was afraid that because he had changed something, Gu Hengzhou would lose his life earlier.

The deeper he thought about it, the more Shen Bai felt suffocated, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, but his brain calmed down strangely.

It won't work to clash with this group of ignorant Diao people now, she needs to find a way to figure out everything that happened here as soon as possible, and then go into the desert to find Gu Hengzhou.

Thinking about what to do now, Shen Bai slowly let go of the person.

The man sorted out his crumpled clothes, glared at Shen Bai viciously, and spat at Shen Bai, Shen Bai was not angry, and rushed back to the inn with Zhou Jue.

After returning to the inn, Shen Bai told Zhao Che about the situation on the street, Zhao Che raised his eyes and looked at her inquiringly: "Do you mean that the elite soldiers who escorted the return gift this time may have been buried in the storm in the storm?" ”

Shen Bai's expression was cold, and he nodded seriously: "If they are in the desert when the storm occurs, this is very likely. ”

Zhao Che squinted slightly, his eyes were cold, and he reminded in a deep voice: "Gu Hengzhou is not a fool, do you care about it, or do you think he can't even handle this matter well?" ”

Shen Bai was indeed a little too anxious, but there was a problem with the people in the city of Dusk, and those priests and elders had even more problems, even if Gu Hengzhou felt that it was abnormal to have no horses in the city, but in order to be able to transport the return gift to Hengyang on time, he definitely didn't have time to find out about it, and it was easy to be exploited.

But Zhao Che was obviously jealous of the relationship between Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou, and Shen Bai could only make an anxious suggestion: "Those fifty horses were collected by the city lord to Brother Gu, if there is a problem, the city lord's mansion will definitely be able to find clues, and the people in the city are very hostile to us, for the sake of prudence, the young master might as well go to the city lord's mansion to live." ”

The lord of the city of twilight is equivalent to the prince of Zhaoling, and this city is his fiefdom, although the lord of the city is under the jurisdiction of the king of Dongheng, but most of the time he can be regarded as the real master of this city.

The lord of the city is hereditary, and the lord of the city of twilight is already a big family that has lasted for hundreds of years, and it is impossible for him not to know what these priests and elders are doing in the city.

The elders can be ghostly, but the city lord's mansion will not move there, and it is best to start from here.

Zhao Che pursed his lips and thought about it, and a dead man suddenly came in from outside, knelt in front of Zhao Che and said, "Master, there are people in the city who are gathering and are rushing towards the inn, and it looks like they are coming at us." ”

I can't sit still!

Shen Bai took the opportunity to continue to persuade: "Young Master, let's go to the City Lord's Mansion first, just ask what the situation is here." ”

Zhao Che nodded reservedly, Shen Bai went out and shouted at Zhou Jue and Chu Yingtian to quickly pack up her things, she didn't have anything to bring with her, only a few bottles of wound medicine and Zhao Che's favorite tea cakes.

The group went out from the back door of the inn in a low-key manner and quickly rushed to the City Lord's Mansion.

The city lord's mansion is in the north of the city, it is the only two-storey building in the twilight city, the door is two marble pillars that two people hug together, unlike Zhaoling, which is built domineering and majestic, but it is very majestic and heavy, after hundreds of years of wind and frost does not move, the precipitation of the years is coming.

There are two tall gatekeepers at the door, both of whom have a full moon scimitar pinned to their waists, and they are also decorated with animal tooth bones, which is very imposing.

Shen Bai stepped forward with the paperwork and said gently: "We are tea merchants from Zhaoling, and we have come to pay homage to the city lord. ”

The doorkeeper took the paperwork and opened it for a look, not intending to invite them in directly, his chin was slightly raised, and he said proudly, "Wait here." ”

Shen Bai hurriedly took a piece of silver and put it in the doorman's hand: "We have some treasures that we want to present to the city lord." ”

Although the development of Zhaoling in all aspects has lagged behind the surrounding countries in recent years, the economic level is still leading, and this ingot of silver in Zhaoling is enough to make ordinary people covetous, and it can naturally impress the gatekeeper of this border town.

The doorkeeper looked at Shen Bai suspiciously, and Shen Bai grinned innocently: "It's a big day outside, can we go in and stand at the door and wait?" ”

There were a lot of guards in the City Lord's Mansion, and the gate guard hesitated to let a few people in, and the heavy gate was closed, locking the group of people who came in a hurry.

Different from the vastness outside, the inside of the city lord's mansion is quite exquisitely arranged, the ground is paved with goose warm stones, the roof is very high, and there are several windows on the wall near the roof, and the windows are equipped with glass, which projects a colorful halo under the sunlight, making people feel as if they have stepped into an exotic space.

In addition to the natural daylight that comes in through the windows, there are also several night pearls on the walls.

Zhaoling also has night pearls, all of which are sent by Donghengguo every year, the number is limited, only the royal family has them, ordinary people even have few opportunities to see the night pearl, but I didn't expect the city lord of the twilight to directly inlay the night pearl on the wall for lighting.

The guards came out soon after the passage and said to Shen Bai: "The city lord has only seen one person, which of you will go?" ”

The shelves are quite sufficient.

Shen Bai volunteered: "I'll go!" ”

There are so many people here, it is better to let Zhao Che wait here than to let him go alone to meet the city lord who doesn't even know about fat, thin, beautiful and ugly.

After Shen Bai finished speaking, Zhou Jue muttered dissatisfiedly: "Why only let one person go?" I'm going too, so I can search you and leave you unarmed. ”

Shen Bai didn't expect Zhou Jue to stand up and offer to accompany him at this time, although he was very moved in his heart, his face sank and scolded coldly: "What do you mean by this?" Dongheng and Zhaoling have diplomatic relations for hundreds of years, will the city lord still hurt the people of Zhaoling? ”

These words were obviously reprimanding Zhou Jue, but in fact, they were said to the door guard, so that they all weighed and weighed how to treat the people of Zhaoling.

Zhou Jue stiffened his neck and stopped talking, only gave Shen Bai a sharp eye-shaking knife, Shen Bai couldn't see it, and followed the doorkeeper to go inside.

From the tall promenade to the left, it didn't go far before the roof was replaced by an open-air garden, and the view suddenly became clear.

There is a lot of sunshine in the autumn of the twilight, the sun is still very high at this time, it is bright and sprinkled on people, it is very comfortable, there are many vegetation in the garden, Shen Bai only knows a few of them, and the rest are special vegetation that only has in Dongheng Kingdom, seeing the green spherical plants with thorns all over his body, Shen Bai couldn't help but look at it twice, and felt very novel.

The doorkeeper was originally a little nervous, but when he saw Shen Bai looking east and west, he looked like he had never seen the world, and quickly relaxed again, Shen Bai was trying to find out if the city lord had any special hobbies, and there was a woman's cheerful laughter in front of him.

Following the prestige, there is a large open-air hot spring in the center of the garden, the spring is steaming, under the sunlight, there is a faint rainbow hanging in the air, seven or eight young women only wear belly pockets to block the important parts, or stand or stand by the pool to serve, the white and tender body is shaking so dry that there is no time to pay attention to their appearance.

Well, now you don't need to inquire to know what this city lord likes.

Shen Bai lowered his head and walked over with the doorman.

The hot spring pool is very large, it should be able to accommodate twenty or thirty people at the same time, it is repaired into the shape of a wine jug, and there is a tall and thick man sitting at the mouth of the pot, his skin is yellow and black, his facial features are high and deep, he is a typical Dongheng people, with a long beard on his face, and a large thick hair on his chest, which looks like a monkey who has been plucked at first glance.

The man sat comfortably in the pool with his hands outstretched, and the women next to him surrounded him, some helped him wipe his body, some helped him massage and wash his hair, and even helped him feed and drink, just happy like a fairy.

If it weren't for Shen Bai being a daughter, I was afraid that I would be blinded by the wine in front of me.

The two stopped a few steps away from the hot spring pool, and the doorkeeper said respectfully to the man, "Twilight Kesha, someone brought it." ”

Shen Bai walked over and saluted, and said politely: "Zhaoling tea merchant Shen Bai, on behalf of my young master, I will meet the city lord." ”

Shen Bai said gently, he didn't dare to look directly at the face of the city lord, he lowered his head, and only saw the tips of his shoes and the slightly swaying spring water.

Twilight Kesha didn't rush to speak, Shen Bai heard him breathing heavily and heavily, and was wondering if he was sick, Dusk Kesha snorted heavily, and after a while, a woman suddenly floated out of the water, her long hair flicked, Shen Bai was splashed with water, and looked up in surprise, just in time to see the woman standing in the middle of the hot spring pool, leaning her neck high, and swallowing something in her mouth with a grunt.

Shen Bai: "......"

In broad daylight, in full view of everyone, you are doing such a thing in a hot spring pool, you ...... Don't you feel disgusting?

Shen Bai was a little sick to his stomach and wanted to vomit, and Du Kesha sighed comfortably and stood up from the water with a bang.

He was born tall and strong, he has reached middle age, and his belly has grown very big after he has been blessed, Shen Bai didn't have time to bow his head, just saw the ugly and hideous things on his body, and almost vomited it directly, but fortunately, someone immediately stepped forward to help him dry his body and send clothes.

Twilight Kesha only wore a layer of underwear, and the clothes were not easy to put on, only loosely tied, revealing black hair, which only made people feel rough and brutal.

After getting dressed, someone handed over the wine, and Dusk Kesha took a big sip, and then turned his head to look at Shen Bai: "What are you doing here?" ”

Haven't you already read the paperwork? Isn't it literate?

Shen Bai suppressed the urge to roll his eyes, and said with a smile: "My young master is a well-known tea merchant in Muzhou, and he came to Dongheng to do tea business with your country. ”

Shen Bai deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of the four words "famous", implying that Zhao Che's reputation and prestige in Muzhou, if Zhao Che had an accident in Duzhou, it would definitely cause a sensation in Muzhou, and maybe it would reach the ears of Emperor Hengde, which would have a great impact on the diplomatic relations between Zhaoling and Donghengguo.

However, Du Kesha didn't care about Shen Bai's words, his eyelids raised slightly, and he said lightly: "We have goat's milk milk in the Dusk Ceremony, which is much better than your bitter and astringent tea, and I see that you Zhaoling people are all very short, it should be because you drank those teas, right?" ”

You just praise the goat's milk and milk, and what are you doing stepping on our tea?

Shen Bai could conclude that Du Kesha was a big old man, and she didn't know how to taste tea at all, so she suppressed her temper and defended: "Although our Zhaoling people are not as tall and strong as the people of Dongheng Kingdom, they have a good physique, and most of them like to practice martial arts, and they are flexible and have a long life, so maybe drinking tea can prolong life?" ”

Everyone in the world is greedy for life and afraid of death, and Shen Bai deliberately said this benefit.

However, Du Kesha didn't care about longevity at all, and looked at Shen Bai with his eyelids slightly lifted and asked, "You also practice martial arts?" ”

Twilight Kesha looked a little aggressive, Shen Bai just wanted to say no, Twilight Kesha suddenly attacked, Shen Bai subconsciously raised his hand to block, but because the disparity in strength was too great, he was pushed back several steps by Twilight Kesha.

Shen Bai's arm was shocked and numb, and he shook it twice, frowning and looking at Dusk Kesha: "My young master came to see the city lord sincerely, and wanted to benefit the city lord with mutual benefit, but the city lord not only didn't see him, but also did it to me, what does this mean?" ”

The people in charge of serving Twilight Sand stepped aside, and Twilight Sand moved his muscles and bones, licking his lips and revealing a conceited smile: "Let me see how flexible the weak chickens of Zhaoling are, and whether they can escape the hands of the prairie eagle!" ”

When the words fell, Twilight Kesha pounced towards Shen Bai again, although his figure was burly, his movements were not sluggish at all, and his strength was extremely great, every time he swung his fist, Shen Bai could feel a strong fist wind.

This kind of power is too terrifying, it is simply an absolute crushing for Shen Bai, all the moves learned in the Tai Academy will not work, even if it is used, it should be no different from tickling for Twilight Kesha.

Shen Bai could only try his best to use light skills to dodge constantly, and a layer of sweat soon appeared in his head, and Dusk Kesha gradually lost his patience, tired of this kind of drama of eagles catching chickens, and after Shen Bai dodged his attack again, he raised his head to the sky and roared, the sound was like a tiger's roar, and then hit the garden wall in a circle.

Suddenly, the bricks and stones were splashed, and the stone dust was flying, Shen Bai was so shocked that his back was cold, if this punch hit her, he was afraid that it would break her bones.

Can this still live?

Shen Bai forced himself to stabilize his mind, and after a little thought, he said to Dusk Kesha: "What kind of hero is the city lord bullying a powerless person like me, our Zhaoling Zhenguo Gong is a famous god of war, if the city lord is against him, I am afraid that he will be beaten to the point where he has no power to fight back." ”

Never heard such sharp and harsh words, Dusk Kesha's face sank instantly, but the attack action also stopped, he looked at Shen Bai coldly, as if looking at a dead person, and said, "You repeat what you just said!" ”

What's the point of saying it again? The master can scold your ancestors for eighteen generations without a single sentence.

Shen Bai secretly took a breath, clenched his fists and continued: "Zhenguo Gong is now far away at the border, and the city lord has no chance to compete with him, but Zhenguo Gong has a son under his knees, named Gu Hengzhou, who was escorted to Dongheng Kingdom by the order of His Majesty Zhaoling not long ago, calculating the time, he should have only left from the twilight ceremony a few days, has the city lord ever seen our Zhaoling, His Royal Highness?" ”

Of course, Du Kesha had seen Gu Hengzhou, his eyes flashed slightly, and Du Kesha looked at Shen Bai vigilantly: "What if you have seen it?" ”

Shen Bai had been staring at Dusk Kesha closely, taking in all the changes in his expression, seeing him like this, his heart was grabbed by an invisible big palm, did Dusk Kesha also know that there was something wrong with the fifty camels given to Gu Hengzhou? Why did he murder Zhaoling's envoys like this? Aren't you afraid of triggering a war between Zhaoling and Donghengguo?

Uncontrollably chaotic, Shen Bai gritted his teeth and endured it, and looked at Du Kesha with bright eyes: "Since the city lord has seen His Royal Highness the prince, he should know that he has inherited the heroism of the prince of Zhenguo, and he is the best person in our Zhaoling, a person like the city lord should be ashamed of bullying a weak person like me, and proud of defeating a strong person like His Royal Highness the prince, otherwise the city lord will beat me to death here today, and it will only be a joke to spread it in the future." ”

Du Kesha can't be regarded as a hero, but he is so strong, he should have the same competitive spirit and desire to conquer as those soldiers in the army, Shen Bai is well versed in this, so he took the risk of using the radical method on him.

Gu Hengzhou's strong demeanor left a deep impression on Du Kesha, he touched his chin and thought carefully, and after a while, he pierced Shen Bai's intentions: "He has left the Dusk Shrine a few days ago, and you are just afraid that I will kill you." ”

Shen Bai nodded calmly, and flattered Dusk Kesha by the way: "The city lord is really aware of everything, I am indeed afraid of death, but His Royal Highness the prince of the world is to escort the return gift, and will not stay in Hengyang for a long time, at most half a month will turn back to pass through the twilight ceremony, and then the city lord can also fight with him, if the city lord can use his fists to beat His Royal Highness the prince down, I will beat the gong and drum, so that the battle between the city lord and His Royal Highness the prince will be known to everyone!" ”

The last sentence Shen Bai said categorically, very infectious and inflammatory, Du Kesha was a little moved, he touched his chin, and the corners of his lips raised slightly: "You are still a little interesting, it's okay to keep you for a few days." ”

Shen Bai breathed a sigh of relief, his palms were already soaked with cold sweat, and he was about to relax, when another doorman hurriedly came, not caring about Shen Bai's presence, and said anxiously: "Dusk Kesha, those people escaped, they still have helpers in secret, and they are very strong, kill the five of us!" ”

Did the people from the City Lord's Mansion do something to Zhao Che?

Shen Bai was surprised, Dusk Kesha looked at Shen Bai with a cold gaze, and said in a cold tone, "You didn't tell the truth. ”

The people under Dukesha are not weak, and ordinary businessmen can't resist it at all, but Zhao Che and them not only retreated, but also killed the five of them, so their identities will naturally not be simple.

Shen Bai's eyes rolled, and he was about to defend himself, when his throat was grabbed by Dusk Kesha, and before he could react, the whole person was dragged into the hot spring pool.

Shen Bai was defenseless, choked on a large mouthful of water, her breathing was blocked, and she quickly felt the pain of suffocation in her lungs, she struggled desperately, but she couldn't shake the twilight sand in the slightest.

When she was about to drown, Twilight Kesha picked her up again, Shen Bai instinctively took a big breath, choked and coughed violently, and her heart ached, Twilight Kesha threw her to the ground and coldly ordered: "Lock him up, those people should come back to him!" ”

As soon as the words fell, two people stepped forward to set up Shen Bai, Shen Bai had just walked on the edge of life and death, and he had no strength in his body, and he was dragged away softly.

Walking through the garden, bypassing the long corridor, Shen Bai was dragged into a dungeon, the dungeon was dug a little deep, as soon as he entered Shen Bai felt a wet and cold cold, most of his body was wet, Shen Bai shivered with cold, and then was thrown into a cell.

The cell is not large, narrow and narrow, only allowing one person to lie down and stand, three sides are cold and hard stone walls, and the remaining side is cold and hard stone walls, and the cramped space instantly makes people feel a strong sense of unease and oppression.

The two of them locked the door and left immediately, Shen Bai sat up with his neck covered, coughing uncomfortably twice, his throat was very sore, and if he used a little more strength just now, he was afraid that he would directly break her neck.

After coughing for a while, a hunchbacked old man walked to the door and looked at her carefully inch by inch through the iron door.

The old man's hunchback was very serious, like carrying a turtle shell, his face was full of wrinkles, his hair was still black, and a pair of eyes burst out with a cold green glow, which made Shen Bai very uncomfortable.

After a while, Shen Bai heard him whisper, "It's boring, it's actually a leader." ”

It sounds like Twilight often throws women into it, what did he do to those women?

Shen Bai rubbed his neck and lowered his head to think, and the old man stood for a while before turning to leave.

The dungeon was empty, there was no sound, but it was cold to the bone.

Shen Bai took off his coat and wrung it out, untied his hair and wiped it with his clothes, praying that his clothes would dry faster.

There are also two daggers in the boots, Shen Bai doesn't dare to take them out now, first carefully touch the three walls and the ground of the cell, the wall is a little thick, and the ground is also hard rock, unless she knows how to escape from the ground, otherwise there is only one way to open the cell door and escape by herself, but I don't know how many guards there are.

Shen Bai decided to stay still, bouncing in place in the prison to maintain his body temperature, and slowly recovering what happened today.

It seemed that Du Kesha was with those sacrificial elders, and he dared to attack Gu Hengzhou and Zhao Che without any scruples, which showed that he didn't care about the diplomatic relationship between Donghengguo and Zhaoling at all.

Zhaoling and Dongheng are only separated by a mountain, if there is really a war, the first thing that will be affected by the war is the twilight, even if the twilight Kesha is not for the sake of the Dongheng monarch, he should also think about himself, why is he not afraid?

Shen Bai fell into a dead end, jumping more and more slowly, and began to carefully comb through the memories of his previous life, his body temperature began to drop again, and a cold wind blew, Shen Bai shivered, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and his eyes widened suddenly.

In the last life, after the fiftieth birthday of Emperor Hengde, the Ministry of Rites once said that the only passage between Muzhou and Dongheng, Nanheng plank road, was on fire, and since then, the communication between Dongheng and Zhaoling was cut off, until a few years later, Zhao Che succeeded to the throne and ordered craftsmen to rebuild the two countries to re-communicate.

In the previous life, there was no Shen Bai to help come up with ideas, and Wu Zhongyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, finally concealed that Donghengguo would not send envoys to attend the birthday banquet of Emperor Hengde, and Zhaoling did not send anyone to send a gift back to Donghengguo, and then the plank road was burned, which just solved Wu Zhongyi's urgent need, because this was no loss for Zhaoling, and he insisted on delaying it until after Emperor Hengde's birthday.

Originally, the Nanheng plank road should have been burned down a few months ago.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai couldn't imagine what Du Kesha wanted to do, he was simply a madman, he was so bold that he dared to cut off the connection between the two countries without authorization!

Shen Bai must quickly find a way to get out, even if he can't stop Dukesha from burning down the Nanheng plank road, he must let Zhao Che return to Zhaoling before the plank road burns down, otherwise Zhaoling will definitely be messed up.

The matter was already burning her eyebrows, but Shen Bai didn't dare to act rashly, she had to calm down, patiently observe the situation of the defenders of the dungeon, and at least more than fifty percent sure before acting, after all, she had to live to send the news out.

It was actually boring to sit here and stare dryly, and after his head was idle, Shen Bai couldn't help but think of Gu Hengzhou.

Reliving a life, she originally made up her mind to protect Gu Hengzhou for a hundred years of worry-free, who would have thought that she had just made a start, and planted such a big heel, if they were all folded here this time, wouldn't she be self-defeating and hurt everyone?

Gu Hengzhou and Zhou Jue's achievements were not successful, and Zhao Che did not even have time to inherit the throne, let alone become a Ming monarch who went down in history.

She was even more miserable, she had only kissed Gu Hengzhou, and she hadn't had time to do anything else, she had known that she would directly overlord the bow that night.

Shen Bai was uneasy, thinking that his thoughts were a little off-track, because his old face was hot in some exciting pictures, and he didn't feel cold for a while.

There was no daylight in the dungeon, so he couldn't tell how much time had passed, and no one had delivered food, so Shen Bai could only roughly judge the time by his hunger level.

After waiting patiently for nearly four hours, Shen Bai finally couldn't help it, tied up the hair that had been dried up a long time ago, pulled out the dagger in his boots, and moved it to the door to carefully pick the lock.

This lock has been around for some years, and Shen Bai is very experienced, and it took a quarter of an hour to pry it open, and the chain that locked the door made a rattling sound, which was particularly harsh and terrifying in the almost dead dungeon.

Shen Bai held the iron chain with his hand, carefully opened the iron door, and waited for a while without seeing anyone coming, before walking out with his waist bent.

The City Lord's Mansion was heavily guarded, and there was a terrifying Dusk Ke Sand, Shen Bai didn't dare to go there, so he could only find another way out.

Walking forward for a while, Shen Bai was stunned in place, shocked by the scene in front of him.

These slender cells had been carved straight out of the stone walls, and she was right around the corner, so she couldn't see anything else, and when she walked over, her vision suddenly widened, and she realized that she was not in a dungeon dug by man, but in a huge natural stone cave.

There is a night pearl embedded in the wall of the stone cave at intervals, and the soft light illuminates the stone cave, Shen Bai saw that the entire stone cave was densely covered with the cells she had just stayed in, which looked a bit like a sarcophagus at first glance, and what shocked Shen Bai was that in many cells, Bai Sensen's skeleton could be seen.

There are a lot of people who died here, reduced to bones.

Shen Bai had already seen the mountains of corpses and blood on the battlefield, but he still felt creepy when he suddenly saw so many human bones.

Why did Twilight build such a dungeon? And why kill so many people?

Do the gods worshiped in the city really exist? Why didn't such killings be prevented? Is it the evil spirit or the demon in human skin that makes the people of the city panic?

The cold sweat on Shen Bai's back broke out layer after layer, she clenched the dagger in her hand and continued to walk forward, a drop of cold liquid dripped onto her forehead, Shen Bai raised her hand and touched it, it was water.

It is a good sign that there is living water, Shen Bai cheered himself up, and walked forward again, there was a cold wind blowing, Shen Bai rubbed his arms, feeling that the wind was a little strong, and he was happy, since there is a vent, the exit should not be far away.

Shen Bai strode forward, but the further he went, the dimmer the light became, and there was no night pearl on the stone cave wall behind, only pitch black remained, like a monster with a big mouth that would swallow everything.

The fire fold on his body was wet, and there was no way to make a torch, Shen Bai hesitated, but still walked forward, and the road behind him also became rugged, full of slippery stones, Shen Bai staggered, and still fell to the ground with his buttocks, his buttocks hurt, and his palms were also scratched.

It's really a blood mold, the master is dedicated to the sake of the world, and he hasn't done a single bad thing, God, is it difficult for you to let the master live again?

Shen Bai secretly took a sip, grinned his teeth and got up, just about to rub his buttocks, but he saw a lot of unidentified objects the size of a pair of mung beans in the dark, scarlet as scarlet.

The body froze uncontrollably, Shen Bai swallowed his saliva with difficulty, but there were more and more red spots, not to mention hundreds.

The descriptions of those magical travels that I had seen before poured into my mind, Shen Bai's hairs stood on end, and after hearing a rough and ugly scream, he turned his head and ran away, and couldn't help but scold as he ran: "Dusk Kesha, my ancestor, you hurt Brother Gu, and raised a group of broken things to scare the master, the master will not let you go if he is a ghost!" ”

Shen Bai planted a heel on his head, his knees hurt, and seeing that the group of monsters fluttered their wings and wanted to pounce on her, a soft voice sounded: "Lie down, there are still carrion corpses here for them to eat!" ”

This voice was a little familiar, Shen Bai didn't sound for a while, but subconsciously did it, relaxed his body and lay on the ground.

The group of monsters flew over her, and the sound of flapping wings quickly stopped, and Shen Bai tentatively looked up and saw the group of monsters crowded into the three cells to grab food.

There was an unpleasant smell of corpses spreading in the air, Shen Bai turned his head and retched twice, tore off the sweat towel to cover his mouth and nose, and quickly got up and ran towards the place where the sound had just come from.

Next to this cell, there was a pearl of the night, the light and soft spread of the tulle, dispelling the cold and terrible haze just now, and a soft girl in a red gauze skirt stood in the cell.

The girl looked like she was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with her soft hair tied into a woman's bun, a beautiful five-petal lotus flower on her forehead, her eyebrows and eyes were gentle as water, and she exuded a dignified atmosphere from her bones.

Shen Bai's eyes widened slightly, and he blurted out: "Queen Mother, why are you here?" ”

Miao Ruoxi was even more stunned than Shen Bai, and asked with wide eyes in confusion: "Who do you call the queen mother?" ”

Shen Bai's whole person was in chaos, he didn't expect to meet Miao Ruoxi, the future queen of Zhaoling, here, Zhao Che asked people to rebuild the Nanheng plank road, and in the first year of the two re-exchanges, Miao Ruoxi was sent to Zhaoling and became the queen herself, but how could she appear in the dungeon of Dukesha?

But this is not the time to explain, Shen Bai picked up the dagger to help Miao Ruoxi pick the lock, Miao Ruoxi saw her intentions, and immediately said: "You don't have to worry about me, hurry up, I am the wife of the city lord who is about to marry Dukesha!" ”

Shen Bai's hand to pick the lock shook, and his first reaction was the anger of departure, how dare his grandfather of the Dongheng royal family cuckold Zhao Che openly?

Shen Bai's anger came in a hurry, and his eyes burned brightly in an instant, Miao Ruoxi was startled by the anger in her eyes, and explained in a low voice: "I was also just sent to the Twilight Shrine, and Twilight Kesha locked me up here, and I didn't help him harm anyone." ”

Miao Ruoxi has a pure nature, and after being canonized as Queen Wanrou, she managed the harem in an orderly manner, and treated the two side concubines very generously, and was known for her good character.

If Miao Ruoxi was lost here, how could Zhao Che not find out if he didn't fall red on the first night?

Shen Bai calmed down and asked while picking the lock: "You are the fifth princess of the Dongheng royal family, right?" What about the soldiers and horses that escorted you? ”

Miao Ruoxi didn't know how Shen Bai knew his identity, but he still nodded frankly: "I am indeed the fifth princess of Dongheng Kingdom, and the soldiers and horses who escorted me have left, leaving only two maidservants to follow me, but they should have already encountered an accident." ”

Speaking of this, Miao Ruoxi's tone was a little choked, dyed with sadness, Shen Bai didn't have time to comfort her, and continued to ask: "How many soldiers and horses are escorting you?" When did they leave? ”

Miao Ruoxi sighed, suppressed her emotions and said, "There are thirty people in total, and they left ten days ago. ”

Thirty people are not much, and they have been gone for ten days, it seems that the monarch of Dongheng Kingdom has no intention of taking this opportunity to get rid of Dusk Kesha, so what happened in the Dusk City after the Nanheng Plank Road was burned down in the previous life, why did Miao Ruoxi return to Dongheng Kingdom intact, and then marry Zhao Che a few years later?

Shen Bai's mind turned quickly, but he couldn't figure out the reason, he exerted force on his hand again, and the lock in his hand was picked open, Shen Bai suppressed his thoughts, opened the door and said to Miao Ruoxi: "I found that there are other exits from the cave, I'll take you out together." ”

Miao Ruoxi shook his head: "I'm not leaving, I'm the one given to Dukesha by the lord, I can't go." ”

Your lord will give you to the new emperor of Zhaoling in the future!

Shen Bai grabbed Miao Ruoxi and pulled her out without saying anything: "Dusk Kesha is a tyrannical murderer, you only have a dead end if you stay here, your lord is so far away from here, he doesn't know if you have escaped or not, what are you afraid of." ”

Shen Bai didn't know why Miao Ruoxi was safe and sound in the previous life, but many things in this life had been changed, and Shen Bai couldn't let her stay here.

Miao Ruoxi didn't have as much strength as Shen Bai, so she was so anxious that she cried: "This is my mission, you can't take me away!" ”

Shen Bai stopped and turned his head to look at Miao Ruoxi: "What mission?" ”

Twilight Kesha is a lustful person, Miao Ruoxi was born beautifully, and she is at a good age, such a person was sent to the Twilight ceremony, but Twilight Kesha did not enjoy her for the first time, but locked her up here, no matter how you look at it, it is not in line with Twilight Kesha's lustful nature.

Shen Bai's eyes were sharp, his eyes roamed up and down Miao Ruoxi's body, and he insisted on the last bite: "You were sent by your monarch to kill Dusk Kesha?" ”

Judging from Miao Ruoxi's reaction just now, she doesn't know martial arts at all, and the monarch of Dongheng Kingdom shouldn't whimsically let her assassinate Dusk Kesha, then she can only be poisoned.

But where can drugs be hidden?

Miao Ruoxi knew that he wouldn't let go if he didn't make it clear to Shen Bai, and whispered: "Our royal family has a secret medicine, after a woman drinks it, and then she is happy with a man, she can transfer the poison to the man and let him die violently." ”

No wonder Du Kesha didn't move Miao Ruoxi, he had already seen through the intentions of the Dongheng royal family.

Miao Ruoxi married Zhao Che and been the queen for so many years, and Zhao Che did not die of poison, which shows that this poison can still be solved before it is transferred.

Shen Bai didn't let go of Miao Ruoxi, and stabbed directly: "You didn't touch you on the first day you were sent, and I won't move you again in the future, come with me." ”

As soon as Shen Bai finished speaking, there was another fluttering sound next to him, and the hunchbacked old man from before appeared, looking at the two of them and sneering: "Three days later, it will be the city lord's big day, where do you want to go?" ”

The old man held a small bow and arrow in his hand, and the tip of the arrow was aimed at Shen Bai.

Shen Bai protected Miao Ruoxi behind him, he was not afraid, and looked at the old man casually: "Old man, you are so old, can you still aim accurately?" ”

The old man didn't speak, and directly released the arrow, Shen Bai pulled Miao Ruoxi to avoid it, and the arrow hit the stone wall, and the sparks burst out.

Shen Bai didn't panic at all, licked his teeth and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's an old bone, the movement is so slow, I'm afraid that even the turtle won't be able to shoot." ”

The old man had two more arrows, one arrow was dodged by Shen Bai, and the other arrow was kicked away by Shen Bai.

Taking advantage of this time, Shen Bai pulled Miao Ruoxi to a place recessed into the cave wall, just so that he could take shelter for a while.

Shen Bai pressed Miao Ruoxi and clinged to the cave wall, and two arrows flew over their clothes.

Shen Bai secretly changed the head of the dagger, only grabbed the tip of the knife, and said lazily: "Although the master's martial arts cultivation in the Tai Academy is the last, but later the master practiced archery for his sweetheart, and practiced the ability to wear Yang in a hundred steps. ”

After Shen Bai finished speaking, he suddenly stood up, locked the position of the old man, and threw the dagger in his hand with all his strength!

The old man also saw Shen Bai, he was about to shoot an arrow with a bow, but the dagger had already arrived in front of him, his eyes widened in horror, but there was no time to dodge.

The next moment, the tip of the knife sank into the center of the eyebrows, and the long arrow flew out, but it was not as strong as before, and it landed on the ground four or five steps away from Shen Bai.

The old man fell straight to the ground.

Shen Bai took out another dagger from his boots and held it in his hand, and looked at Miao Ruoxi: "Are you going with me by yourself or do you want me to knock you out and carry you away?" ”

Just killed someone, Shen Bai's eyes were colder than the clammy cold air in the cave, very different from her before, Miao Ruoxi was inexplicably a little scared, and nodded hurriedly: "I'll go with you." ”

Those monsters in the cave were attracted by the old man's vivid corpse, Shen Bai took Miao Ruoxi and walked forward quickly, and after walking for about a stick of incense, the sound of rushing water came, and there was a dark river in the depths of the cave!

Shen Bai didn't know where this dark river led, but she put the dagger into her boots very neatly, and then tied the hem of her clothes into her belt, turned her head and asked Miao Ruoxi, "Can you hold your breath?" ”

Miao Ruoxi nodded, and then asked uneasily, "Will there be anything in the water?" ”

Shen Bai moved his hands and feet, grabbed Miao Ruoxi's waist, and said lightly: "You'll know when you try it." After speaking, he pulled Miao Ruoxi into the water.

Miao Ruoxi knows how to water, which saves Shen Bai a lot of effort, the water in the dark river is cold and biting, and both of them can't stand it when they get out of the water, but Shen Bai didn't give Miao Ruoxi a chance to regret it, took a deep breath and pulled her into the water.

The water in this section was a little turbulent, and the two of them were washed out directly, I don't know how long it took, the momentum became smaller, but the surroundings were still dark, Shen Bai pulled Miao Ruoxi to swim for a while, and when he was about to hold it back, he finally saw a light and soft light.

Shen Bai pulled Miao Ruoxi to speed up and swam over, and couldn't wait to emerge from the water, unexpectedly facing a huge horse face.

Shen Bai gasped for breath, his head turned white for a while, and then he heard Gu Hengzhou's cold and unexpected voice: "Why are you here?" ”

Turning his head along the way, Shen Bai only saw a white flower, hard and tight chest.

Shen Bai: "......"