The street suddenly became flustered and noisy, and if you looked closely, you could see that the men on the street did not move, and the young women and old women all got up and hurried back.

The girl who threw the hawthorn at Zhao Che also walked forward quickly with her skirt, Shen Bai subconsciously chased two steps, and was blocked by two men, so she could only ask loudly: "Sister, can you tell me Fang's name, and when my sister is done, I will come to my sister." ”

The girl stopped, she really liked Shen Bai, and turned her head to show a bright smile: "My name is Chunying, Xiao Langjun lives in the city, I have my own way to come to you." ”

Chunying is good-looking, the women here don't need to follow the rules like the women in Zhaoling, smile without showing their teeth, when they laugh, a mouthful of neat and white teeth reflect the fine light, very bright.

Shen Bai's heart warmed when he saw it, and he tore off the sachet on his waist and threw it to Chunying: "This is my promise to my sister, my sister has to keep it!" ”

Chunying caught the sachet steadily, the bell rang again, and she didn't have time to say anything more, so she trotted away.

The girls and old women on the street soon disappeared, leaving only men wearing short shirts and long pants and turbans, for some reason, the faces of the men here were generally a little old, and after the bell disappeared, the expressions on their faces became numb and indifferent, and even the eyes of Shen Bai became hostile.

Zhou Jue and the three dead men subconsciously tensed their bodies, beware of someone who would be unfavorable to Zhao Che.

Shen Bai pretended not to feel the hostility of these people, looked at one of the people who stopped him and asked, "Uncle, what does the bell mean?" Why did all the women leave after hearing the bell, and where were they going? ”

The uncle didn't answer, glanced at Shen Bai, and left with another person.

Shen Bai returned to Zhao Che's side, and seeing that the other people were all nervous, he lowered his voice and deliberately said, "Young Master, you seem to be too handsome, and the people here are very jealous of you." ”

Zhou Jue unceremoniously knocked on Shen Bai's head: "Jealous ghost, do you have long eyes to be used as decorations?" ”

Shen Bai covered his head and made two moves with Zhou Jue, and Zhao Che said in a deep voice: "Okay." ”

The two stopped, and the tension dissipated a lot.

The group first went to the inn in the city to stay, the inn here is also a bungalow, the accommodation conditions can not even catch up with the inn in Muzhou City, there are many merchants in this season, seven people only need to go to three rooms.

The accommodation conditions are already poor enough, Zhao Che naturally wants a separate room, the remaining Shen Bai, Zhou Jue and Chu Yingtian have one room, and the three dead people have one room.

Their carriages and horses all stayed in Muzhou, and after settling down, Shen Bai and Zhou Jue went out to buy new carriages and horses and other things, and walked around the street, but they didn't even see a single horsehair, only mules and camels.

Others don't care, it's just that Zhao Chegui is the prince of a country, and riding a mule on the road is really too damaging to the image.

Zhou Jue followed Shen Bai with his hands around his chest, seizing the opportunity to gloat: "Don't talk about carriages, there are not even horses here, go back and see how you explain to the young master!" ”

Shen Bai twisted his eyebrows, Zhaoling wanted to send a return gift to Donghengguo, the Ministry of Rites had already sent someone to send a letter to the people of Donghengguo, even if the officials of the twilight ceremony bought a large number of horses for Gu Hengzhou to use, in such a big city, there shouldn't even be a horse.

Shen Bai asked a few more people, these people shook their heads when they heard that they were going to buy horses, and Shen Bai asked about the others, but they didn't say anything.

This fact is very strange.

Shen Bai couldn't help but think in his heart, Zhou Jue felt that there was nothing to visit in the city, and was about to let Shen Bai buy other back to the inn first, when there was a crisp sound of ringing in his ears, and the two turned around at the same time, and saw Chun Ying walking with a basket on his back and a smile.

Shen Bai suppressed his thoughts and said happily: "Sister Chunying, you're back!" ”

Zhou Jue rolled his eyes fiercely beside him, and called someone sister when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth, what a shame!

Chunying came specifically to find Shen Bai, she took off the bright red bracelet on her wrist and handed it to Shen Bai: "This is when I was sixteen years old, my mother made it for me, you take it, our twilight girl is not far to marry, you write to the family, if you can stay in the twilight, take it to marry me, if you don't want to stay, when you leave, return it to me." ”

After the women of Zhaoling got married, they had to live in their husband's house, and there were only a few opportunities to return to their parents' house a year, and Zhou Jue heard for the first time that women were not far away to marry, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that so many people in the city were recruited by you from other places?" ”

Chunying was very proud, her chin was slightly raised, and her eyes were curved like crescent moons: "This is natural, whether it is a child in the city or a merchant who comes and goes, they will like our girls in the twilight, and it is not surprising that they are willing to stay here for the girls." ”

Zhou Jue couldn't accept it, a good man has ambitions in all directions, and the only concern is his family, how can he ignore his family in his hometown because of the woman he met on the road?

Shen Bai bumped Zhou Jue with his elbow, glanced at him angrily, signaled him not to talk nonsense, and asked Chunying casually: "The young master wants to go to Hengyang, the capital of Dongheng, and the twilight is still thousands of miles away from Hengyang, I want to buy two cars and horses to travel, but I asked many people in the city and said that there are no horses for sale, and my sister may help?" ”

Shen Bai made the distance and intentions very clear, and bowed to Chunying to thank him first, polite and sincere, Chunying was not easy to refuse, looked left and right, led Shen Bai and Zhou Jue to a secluded corner and whispered: "There are no horses in the city this year, and there is no way for you to find anyone." ”

Shen Bai was surprised and asked curiously, "Why?" Was it requisitioned by your lord? ”

Chunying shook her head: "There are no horses in the city, not even the city lord." ”

Shen Bai's brows furrowed even tighter: "Our Majesty Zhaoling only sent an envoy to Dongheng some time ago, if there is no horse in the twilight, how can they go to Hengyang?" ”

Chunying thought for a while, remembering that some time ago, there was indeed a large group of people from the twilight, and Lang Jun, who was the leader, was wearing dark golden armor and was majestic, and his appearance was not inferior to today's Zhao Che, who should be the envoy of Zhaoling.

Chunying said, "They didn't have horses either, so the lord of the city sent fifty camels to them. ”

The foot strength of a camel is far worse than that of a horse, and Gu Hengzhou and those soldiers have never ridden a camel, if the camel herd gets out of control, I am afraid that there will be many accidents.

Shen Bai was faintly worried, Chun Ying was careful, she could see it at a glance, and comforted Shen Bai: "There is a large desert between the twilight ceremony and the east lining, and there are many storms in this season, and camels can also help them resist the storm, which is better than horses." ”

Shen Baihu wondered: "Did this desert appear suddenly?" Why haven't you heard of it before? ”

In the last Zhaoling, the country was closed for many years, and the rules of the literati were more restrictive, and the travel records collected by Shen Bai were all many years ago, and the officials of the various ministries in Beijing had very little information circulation, Shen Bai's understanding of Donghengguo and Duxi was still very superficial, and she thought that Gu Hengzhou and they would be able to change their waterways to Hengyang not long after they arrived at Dui.

Chunying was also very worried about this desert, and sighed: "This desert has always existed, but the area was not large in the early years, and when the storm came, it only rolled up the sand and gravel in the sky to make it difficult to travel, but in the past two years, the number of people in the city has gradually increased, and there are a lot of cattle and sheep, and the grassland has been eaten to the roots, and the area of the desert has expanded rapidly, and now it has a terrifying destructive power." ”

Overgrazing and logging will lead to these problems, and Shen Bai breathed a sigh of relief, as long as someone didn't deliberately do it and spent more time on governance, this desert could still be managed.

Shen Bai's expression was slightly relaxed, but Chun Ying said seriously: "Xiao Baibai, I came here to tell you that there may be a storm tomorrow, you all stay in the inn and don't run around, you know?" ”

Shen Bai looked at her young age, and after exchanging tokens, Chunying spontaneously gave her a nickname.

Zhou Jue snorted and laughed, Shen Bai didn't have time to pay attention to him, and looked at Chunying suspiciously: "Is the bell just now just to summon you to talk about it?" Why didn't the men in the city go? ”

Chunying's eyes flashed with fear, and she smiled reluctantly: "Because we know that we will tell others to know in the future, okay, the hour is not early, you go back to the inn quickly, don't go around anymore." ”

After Chunying finished speaking, she trotted away with the basket on her back, Shen Bai looked at her back, and always felt that something was strange in the twilight city, something was wrong, Zhou Jue deliberately bumped into Shen Bai, and said jokingly: "Xiao Baibai, your fiancée asked you to go back to the inn to stay, and you still don't go back honestly?" ”

Shen Bai kicked Zhou Jue angrily: "The master just recruits girls to like it, unlike you, you are still a bachelor until you die!" ”

Zhou Jue jumped up holding his legs: "You kid curse me to death again, believe it or not, the master castrated you with a sword and made your Shen family cut off your children and grandchildren?" ”

Shen Bai was not afraid at all, and said lazily: "If you talk too much and waste time, go back and see who the young master will castrate." ”

The news that the storm was coming quickly spread throughout the city, and many shops hurriedly closed their doors, but fortunately, Shen Bai and Zhou Jue were quick to go back before the inn closed.

The dark clouds soon covered the blood-red sunset, wrapped in the darkness of the night, and the innkeepers prepared meals in advance and sent them into the room, and told them that if the storm hit the city, the city would be very scarce, so they would not provide hot water and lamp oil tonight, and everyone should stay in their rooms to rest after eating, and they were not allowed to jump around.

It doesn't matter to the others, but they can't be bitter Zhao Che.

After eating, Shen Bai won a basin of hot water for Zhao Che at a high price of one or two, although he couldn't take a bath, he could still soak in hot water comfortably.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was still some oil in the lamp, Shen Bai entered Zhao Che's room with hot water, and smiled flatteringly: "Young master, I am wronged tonight, there is water here to wash your face and soak your feet, if you feel uncomfortable, you can also take off your clothes and let me help you wipe your body briefly." ”

Seeing this kind of thing frankly, there have been countless times for the first time, and after taking care of him all the way, Shen Bai has been able to face His Royal Highness the Crown Prince very calmly.

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble." Zhao Che said in a deep voice, he was no longer the prince of Jin Gui who had just left Han Shangjing, and it was nothing if he didn't take a bath for a day, and after Shen Bai twisted the handkerchief and handed it to him, he asked, "What did you find in the city today?" ”

Shen Bai truthfully told everything he saw and heard in the city today, Zhao Che washed his face and wiped his hands slowly, and finally twisted his eyebrows and asked, "So in the end, you didn't figure out why there wasn't a single horse in the city?" ”

Zhao Che's tone was cold, although he didn't have much anger, but he was also wrapped in a lot of coercion, Shen Bai wasn't sure if he wanted to ask about his sin, so he hesitated and spoke: "I think this matter is so strange, should the young master stay in the twilight ceremony for a few more days?" ”

The words fell, and there was a whining sound like a whimper and a wailing sound outside.

The wind is up, the storm is coming.

It was the first time for Shen Bai and Zhao Che to see such a big storm, and the doors and windows were blown crackling, as if there were countless ghosts banging on the door outside and roaring, making people panic and palpitate, and they didn't know what would happen.

Shen Bai's eyelids jumped slightly, a little worried about Gu Hengzhou, I don't know how many days they left the Dusk Ceremony, whether they had safely passed this desert, if they were still in the desert, what should they do if they encountered such a big storm?

Pretending to be in his heart, Shen Bai twisted the handkerchief absent-mindedly.

The wind poured into the room through the crack in the door, and the faint light of the oil lamp shook a few times before it was extinguished.

Falling into darkness in front of him, Shen Bai heard Zhao Che's cold voice: "Are you worried about Gu Hengzhou?" ”

There was no light, Shen Bai couldn't see Zhao Che's expression, only when he was very jealous of this matter, he skillfully played an official tone: "I'm not just worried about Brother Gu, after all, this action is related to the diplomatic relations between Zhaoling and Dongheng, and it is not allowed to be careless, if something happens, the young master will be unhappy, and if the young master is unhappy, I will be even more unhappy." ”

As far as she can talk.

Zhao Che didn't continue the topic, took two steps back and sat on the bed, and said to Shen Bai, "Bring the water here." ”

"Oh."

Shen Bai answered, groped with the water, and skillfully helped Zhao Che take off his shoes and put them in the basin.

After walking a lot during the day, he put his feet into the warm water, and most of the fatigue around his body suddenly disappeared, Zhao Che's brows were slightly relaxed, and when he lost his light, his other senses were much more sensitive than usual, and he clearly felt that the hands on his feet were no longer wrapped around his fingertips with gauze, revealing smooth and soft new flesh, and his feet were a little itchy.

Zhao Che asked, "Are your hands raised?" ”

Shen Bai didn't expect Zhao Che to notice this kind of detail, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "How can you get better so quickly after hurting your muscles and bones for a hundred days, but before leaving, Imperial Doctor Zhang told you not to cover it with gauze when the new meat grows, which is not conducive to recovery." ”

The fingertips didn't grow well, the wound was quite ugly, Shen Bai was narcissistic, but he didn't have a good face, he didn't dismantle it during the day, so he followed the doctor's instructions to open it and dry it for a while at night, but he didn't expect to be discovered by Zhao Che.

Zhao Che started the topic and didn't go any further, Shen Bai was a little irritable by the wind outside, and didn't speak again, quietly helped Zhao Che wash his feet and dry them, and was about to take the dirty water away, but Zhao Che spoke again: "I heard that you have a cold disease before, and you have to have attacks several times a month, is the day coming?" ”

Shen Bai was surprised: "Huh? Young master, do you remember the days when I contracted the cold? ”

In the last life, Shen Bai rejected Kwai Shui, and completely regarded himself as a man, although he was tossed enough by Kwai Shui last time, he didn't have any concept in his mind, and he didn't expect that he would come to Kwai Shui again this month.

Zhao Che asked rhetorically: "You don't take such an important matter to heart, and you still expect me to remember it for you?" If you suddenly fall ill on the way, I won't get you a doctor. ”

Having said that, Shen Bai felt warmer in his heart, in the last life, she fell into a sick body, although Zhao Che didn't say it, if the hospital researched any new formula, he would always give it to Shen Bai as soon as possible, in general, this majesty is still very good to her.

Shen Bai said with a thick face: "Young Master Xie cares!" ”

Zhao Che snorted: "It doesn't matter what you think, no matter how painful it is when you are sick, you can endure it for me." ”

Shen Bai was not angry, and said with a smile: "Okay, even if I die, I will definitely not drag down the young master." ”

After Shen Bai finished speaking, he bent down to carry the water, and was about to leave, Zhao Che said: "It's too windy outside, and it will fall again tomorrow." ”

His Royal Highness has grown up quite intimately, Shen Bai hooked his lips with satisfaction, and was just about to nod, but he reacted suddenly, and asked in surprise: "Young Master, do you want me to stay tonight?" ”

The room was dark, Zhao Che didn't say anything, the wind outside was louder, the whole room seemed to be shaking, although Shen Bai was uneasy, he was not afraid, thinking that Zhao Che was only nineteen now, and he had not experienced the tempering of the bloody wind and rain, Shen Bai judged that Zhao Che was scared, put the footbath on the ground, and turned back to the bedside.

The bed in the room of the Twilight Inn is not like the bed in Zhaoling, Shen Bai touched it, there was no one on the edge of the bed, and Zhao Che slept inside.

Shen Bai asked tentatively: "Young Master, can the little one dare to sleep next to you?" ”

Zhao Che still didn't make a sound, Shen Bai took off his shoes and lay down bravely.

The bed was not wide, as soon as Shen Bai lay down, his left arm touched Zhao Che's, it had been some time in autumn, his clothes had thickened a layer, and after a while, Shen Bai still clearly felt the warm body temperature on Zhao Che's body.

Unlike lying on Gu Hengzhou's bed, Shen Bai did not have a fast heartbeat, but felt very peaceful and peaceful.

After the last life, Zhao Che often left her alone to discuss matters, sometimes the discussion was too intense and forgot the time, the palace door was locked, she and Zhao Che stayed all night together in the imperial study, and several times Shen Bai woke up to find himself and Zhao Che lying side by side on the soft collapse to rest.

Shen Bai was taught by Zhao Che all the methods to deal with those old foxes in the court, she was actually very straightforward, and she had suffered a lot of losses, at first she relied on Zhao Che to protect her, otherwise she would have been killed by those old foxes.

From the moment she joined the ranks, Zhao Che told her that he wanted to sharpen a knife, and that knife should be extremely sharp, and it was only for him.

He spent many years patiently, polishing off the edges and corners of Shen Bai's body little by little, and polishing Shen Bai's edge with the tragic sound of the horn and the flesh and blood little by little.

After Gu Hengzhou's death, Zhao Che summoned Shen Bai into the imperial study, looked at her secretively and said, "Shen Bai, you are a knife that I have worked hard to polish, and I need you." ”

That was the first time Zhao Che affirmed Shen Bai's ability, and it was also the first time he showed weakness to Shen Bai and said that he needed her.

But Gu Hengzhou died, Shen Bai's heart was also hollowed out, and there was only an invisible blood hole in his chest, and the wind passed through it, which was biting cold.

At that time, Shen Bai said to him: "Your Majesty, the reason why the minister can become the knife in your hand is because of the whetstone of Gu Hengzhou, and now that the stone has been broken, my knife is also destined to rust." ”

The letter to Yuexi actually only needs Zhou Jue to go alone, it was Shen Bai who was in the imperial study that night, kowtowed 1,232 heads and begged Zhao Che.

She didn't know where to collect Gu Hengzhou's body, but she wanted to see what kind of person killed Gu Hengzhou.

The memories of the previous life kept churning in his mind, Shen Bai didn't feel sleepy, he felt cold after lying for a long time, he heard Zhao Che next to him breathing evenly, thinking that he was already asleep, and secretly reached out to find the quilt, but his wrist was suddenly tightly clasped: "What are you doing?" ”

Shen Bai was taken aback, swallowed his saliva, and said pitifully, "Young master, I'm cold." ”

Zhao Che let go and gave half of the quilt to Shen Bai.

Shen Bai was honest now, he didn't dare to move anymore, closed his eyes and slept obediently.

She had the most to worry about along the way, and finally had a familiar person to accompany her, even the sound of the wind whistling outside couldn't stop the surging sleepiness.

Shen Bai's breathing quickly became long, and Zhao Che listened quietly for a while before relaxing his body and falling asleep.

Running all the way, although the entourage had done their best to take care of him, Zhao Che actually didn't sleep well, but tonight lying in the same bed with Shen Bai, Zhao Che felt a strange sense of relief, and slept directly until dawn.

"Young master, young master, it's not good, something happened!"

Early in the morning, Zhou Jue's anxious voice came from outside the door, Zhao Che hadn't fully woken up, Shen Bai was so shocked that he turned over and fell from the side of the bed, and when he got up, he suddenly felt angry in his heart, rushed over and opened the door with a tense face and roared: "What are you yelling, the eyebrows are burning or the buttocks are on fire, can you be calm!" ”

Zhou Jue was stunned, and after a while, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Shen Bai in disbelief: "You ......"

Shen Bai glared at him with arrogance: "What am I?" ”

Zhou Jue pushed Shen Bai aside, and when he saw Zhao Che sitting up from the bed in a loose middle coat, he couldn't wait to poke his eyes: "Young Master, how can you let this stinky butler share the bed with you?" ”

Being reminded by Zhou Jue like this, Shen Baicai suddenly remembered that she slept in Zhao Che's room last night, and she should have returned to her room this morning, but she didn't expect to oversleep.

Although the two of them were innocent and nothing happened, after being broken by Zhou Jue, Shen Bai inexplicably had the illusion of betraying Gu Hengzhou, and subconsciously denied it: "What nonsense, I'm here to wait for the young master to get up!" ”

When the words fell, Zhao Che's gaze fell on Shen Bai, a little scorching, and he asked silently: Do you think it is a very unpleasant thing to share a bed with this palace?

Shen Bai's scalp was numb when he saw it, and he was afraid that the more he explained, the more chaotic it became, so he hurriedly changed the topic and asked Zhou Jue: "What did you just shout, what happened?" ”

Zhou Jue glared at her angrily: "When I got up, I found that you were not in the room, and I thought that your kid was blown away by the wind last night!" ”

Shen Bai was speechless: "Can a person as big as me be blown away by the wind?" ”

Zhou Jue rolled his eyes: "Why can't you?" Last night, several pots of people's roofs were blown away by the wind. ”

How strong was the wind last night?

Shen Bai was surprised, went out to take a look, and found that there was an inch of yellow sand in the courtyard and on the wall of the inn, and it seemed to be snowing everywhere.

As soon as they finished reading, the innkeeper came to them with a pot of hot water and said, "Don't go out and walk around today, there are sacrifices in the city, and if you strangers go around and disturb the gods, you will be punished by the gods." ”

Sacrifice?

Shen Baihu was suspicious, grabbed the guy and asked, "Where is the sacrifice held, and when will it end?" We still want to go around the city, we can't stay in the house all day, right? ”

The man was very impressed by Shen Bai's generosity, looked around vigilantly, and made a gesture to ask for money at Shen Bai, Shen Bai took a piece of broken silver to him, and the man leaned into Shen Bai's ear and whispered: "The priests and elders will sing a sacred song in the city to calm the anger of the gods, and the gods will choose one through the elders to bear the anger, so that the others can be safe and sound." ”

Is it necessary to put that person to death if he bears the wrath of the whole city?

Shen Bai had seen this terrifying custom in other people's travel stories, but those travel records involved immortals and demons, which were obviously fictional worlds, and he didn't expect them to exist in real life.

Shen Bai pretended to be surprised and asked, "Is there any basis for that person to be selected?" Or do the elders choose whoever they say? ”

The guy was very taboo about this topic, and when he heard Shen Bai say this, he immediately corrected it: "That is the will of the gods, it has nothing to do with the elders, you can stay in the room for a long time, and I will naturally come to inform you after the sacrifice." ”

The guy didn't want to say more, so he broke away and left in a hurry with Shen Bai carrying the kettle.

Shen Bai went to fetch hot water to serve Zhao Che to wash, and by the way, he said about the sacrifice, and then looked at Zhao Che expectantly, Zhao Che looked cold, and reminded lightly: "This is Donghengguo, not Zhaoling, and there are thousands of people in the city, you better not make more trouble, otherwise no one will be able to save you." ”

There are only seven of them, and there are only twenty of them at most, plus the secret guards who are secretly protected, Shen Bai and Chu Yingtian are not capable of fighting, if they accidentally commit public anger, it is probably not easy to show Zhao Che's identity as the prince of Zhaoling.

Shen Bai touched the tip of his nose in a sneer: "What the young master said is that I'm just a little curious about what they want to do in the sacrifice." ”

Zhao Che glanced at Shen Bai: "There are some things, don't be curious if you shouldn't be curious." ”

"Oh."

Shen Bai answered lazily, picked up a wooden comb to help Zhao Che tie his hair.

After eating breakfast and not being able to go out, Shen Bai returned to his room bored and sat down, searched for a long time, and found the hawthorn that Chunying threw to Zhao Che yesterday from his arms.

After thinking about it all night, the hawthorn was a little embarrassed, it didn't look as moist and delicious as yesterday, Shen Bai wiped it casually, put it in his mouth and took a bite, the sweet and sour taste exploded in the taste buds, and his tongue was suddenly full of relish.

The sour taste is much heavier than the sweet taste, Shen Bai subconsciously wanted to spit it out, a bright and bright smile appeared in his mind, and he chewed it twice and swallowed it.

Most of the remaining Shen Bai didn't want to eat, but he was reluctant not to throw it away, looking at it with a bitter and hateful face, there was a low and long chant outside, the voice was very old, like an old man over half a hundred years old, male and female are difficult to distinguish, at first glance it sounds a bit like the Sanskrit sound chanted in the Buddhist hall, which can wash people's hearts.

Shen Bai stopped, pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and after a while, the voice gradually faded away and became a little inaudible.

Shen Bai continued to eat hawthorn, and Chu Yingtian suddenly spoke: "Brother Shen, what the person outside just sang was the tune you played to Ah Wan that day. ”

Shen Bai paused, turned his head to look at Chu Yingtian: "Are you sure?" ”

The chant was very short, Shen Bai only paid attention to the voice of the sacrificial elder, but he didn't pay much attention to the melody, Zhou Jue, who was lying on the bed to recuperate, sat up all of a sudden, and looked at Chu Yingtian curiously: "This is a sacrifice that only exists in the twilight ceremony, how could you two have heard this song?" ”

After all, he didn't listen to the whole tune, Chu Yingtian said cautiously: "The tune that Brother Shen played that day has been echoing in my mind for a while, and I have memorized it backwards, and the sentence just now is indeed exactly the same as one of the lines of the tune played by Brother Shen." ”

Shen Bai was shocked, that requiem was a song in the Zhaoling army, ordinary people didn't know it at all, if it wasn't for Gu Hengzhou in the previous life, Shen Bai wouldn't have known.

Could it be that this elder is from Zhaoling, and he has also served in the army, but how can this person appear in the Dusk Ceremony, and say that the requiem in the Zhaoling army is a hymn that calms the anger of the gods?

Shen Bai felt more and more that something was wrong, threw all the remaining hawthorns into his mouth, and wanted to go out to see, but after walking a few steps, he was stopped by two strong men, both of whom had firewood knives pinned to their waists, and they were not easy to mess with at first glance.

Shen Bai stopped and asked in a soft tone: "It's too boring to stay in the house, can't I just walk around the yard?" ”

The two strong men said in unison: "No, please go back." ”

said yes, but the tone was very tough.

Shen Bai turned around, but instead of going back to his room, he went to Zhao Che's room.

Zhao Che studied the ink himself and was about to write something, Shen Bai walked over and whispered, "Young Master, do you feel familiar with the chanting outside?" ”

The music bureau will arrange a variety of different tunes for each palace banquet, and Zhao Che has not heard a thousand or eight hundred, but these tunes are only amazing at the time, and they can't be remembered for long.

Zhao Che calmly put down the pen on the paper and said coldly: "If you have something to say, you can say it directly." ”

Shen Bai didn't go around the bend either, and said bluntly: "When I was in the lieutenant's camp, I listened to the people in the camp humming a requiem, and the melody of the requiem in our Zhaoling army was exactly the same!" ”

The tip of Zhao Che's nose paused, and a good handful of it was smeared with too much ink.

Shen Bai took a step forward, pretended to help Zhao Che grind, and said in a low voice: "Young master, I'm afraid we can't ignore this matter." ”

Zhao Che pursed his lips and didn't hurry to speak, there were too few of them, judging from the current situation, all the people in the city believed in this sacrificial elder.

Since this elder can convince so many people to believe in himself, he must have his own merits, if something happens, he will definitely be able to incite the people in the city to be unfavorable to them, although Zhao Che is bringing all the dead soldiers who can be a hundred, but two fists are invincible with four hands, if they are surrounded by thousands of people, the situation is too bad.

Shen Bai also knew that the situation was not optimistic, so he took a step back and said, "Young Master, although we can't interfere openly, we can investigate more in private, if we really find something wrong, we can leave first, go to Hengyang, and let the monarch of Dongheng send troops here." ”

This is Donghengguo's business, it is best to let their monarch send troops, and if there is really a cat in the city, they can be regarded as a great favor to Donghengguo, and if there is anything that needs Donghengguo's help in the future, it is much easier to open up.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Che threw aside the dirty white paper, picked up the pen again, and wrote down the word "Jun" smoothly, and then said, "Yes." ”

With permission, Shen Bai returned to the room and told Zhou Jue the ins and outs of the matter, asking him to go to the city with him later to find out the news.

However, the sacrifice lasted until the second half of the night, and there were not only one of the elders of the sacrifice, but many, who had been wandering around the city, chanting the requiem incessantly, and adding bells and drums to accompaniment, the bells were long, and the drums were thick, which was two more tragic than the song that Shen Bai played with leaves.

Shen Bai and Zhou Jue didn't sleep all the time, and after everyone else in the inn turned off the lights and fell asleep, they quietly jumped out of the inn with light skills.

Tonight, the dark clouds were rolling, there was no moon, all the lights in the city were extinguished, there was no light in sight, there was a dead silence all around, there was no sound of watching, not even the sound of insects, Shen Bai felt for a moment that the whole city was dead.

She shook her head, a strong uneasiness welled up in her chest, Zhou Jue, who was walking in front, turned her head and beckoned to her, and Shen Bai stepped up to follow.

After walking around the city, except for being too quiet, Shen Bai and Zhou Jue didn't find anything abnormal, there was no fixed altar for this sacrifice, and they didn't even see a fire, let alone looking for the person who was chosen to sacrifice in such a night.

The two stopped on one roof, and Zhou Jue lowered his voice and said to Shen Bai: "This sacrifice won't just end with singing, right?" ”

Shen Bai pursed his lips, not believing that things would be so simple, but he really couldn't find anything at this time, and he couldn't waste it, so he went back to the inn with Zhou Jue to rest first.

The next day, Shen Bai and Zhou Jue got up early in the morning, the two went out together, unlike yesterday, today the morning market in the city has opened, the street is crowded, and the merchants who come and go continue to pass, the beautiful girl wears a beautiful dress and walks through the street with a bright smile, the storm seems to have never happened, and yesterday's dead silence seems to be just a dream of Shen Bai.

Shen Bai and Zhou Jue were both in a trance, and the two walked forward slowly, observing the expressions on the faces of everyone passing by, their expressions were as usual, but they were different, fresh and ordinary.

The two walked two streets and didn't find anything abnormal, Zhou Jue was about to say that they were doing useless work, Shen Bai stopped suddenly, and his gaze stopped in an inconspicuous corner around the corner.

Zhou Jue became nervous: "What's wrong?" ”

Shen Bai didn't speak, and after a while, he strode over and picked up a sachet from the ground.

It was a sachet that Shen Bai bought out of his own pocket in Muzhou, the sachet was white, and there was a cute kitten embroidered on it, which was embroidered by the best embroiderer in Muzhou City, with a double-sided embroidery method, the kitten's hair was distinct, and a pair of eyes were full of water, which was very smart.

This sachet was untied from Shen Bai's waist in front of everyone and given to the girl named Chunying as a token of love, but now the sachet was thrown to the ground, trampled dirty, and it was almost impossible to see the original appearance.

There were still things in the sachet, and when Shen Bai opened it, there were a few hawthorns that had been trampled on.

Zhou Jue also recognized this sachet, and seeing that Shen Bai had been stunned, he bumped into her: "What are you doing stupidly, why don't you hurry up and find someone?" ”

Shen Bai's hand trembled, put the sachet into his arms, took out a piece of broken silver to a seller next to him, and asked: "Where is Chunying's home, I exchanged love tokens with her yesterday, and I want to visit her home." ”

The seller didn't take the ingot of broken silver, and replied calmly: "I don't know this person, Xiao Langjun will ask someone else." ”

Don't recognize?

Shen Bai frowned, and went to the direction of the city gate with Zhou Jue, there was no change here from the day they entered the city, Shen Bai looked around in the crowd, and saw the uncle who stopped her that day, and immediately rushed over: "I am Chunying's fiancé, tell me where Chunying is now!" ”

The uncle frowned, disgust flashed in his eyes, he pushed Shen Bai away, and scolded in a low voice: "What Chunying, I don't know this person at all, go away!" ”

He had a lot of strength, so much that Shen Bai staggered back a few steps, but fortunately Zhou Jue helped her so that she didn't fall.

If the soft one doesn't work, then come to the hard one!

Zhou Jue took off the sword, didn't open it, and slammed the scabbard on the uncle's stall: "You obviously saw that girl the day before yesterday, and you blocked our way, can you say that you don't know each other?" ”

After Zhou Jue finished speaking, the lively bazaar suddenly quieted down, and everyone looked at him and Shen Bai, as hostile as after the bell rang the day before.

If Zhou Jue dares to make a move, he is afraid that everyone here will attack him in groups.

Shen Bai forced himself to sort out his emotions, grabbed Zhou Jue, and smiled apologetically at the uncle: "I'm sorry, we remembered wrong." ”

These people still looked at them coldly, and Shen Bai pulled Zhou Jue away, and the eyes of both of them were solemn.

Everyone in the city said in a strange unified voice that they didn't know Chunying, and it should be that Chunying had encountered an accident in the sacrifice yesterday.

A girl with such a bright smile will express her favorite girl frankly and crisply, because of an inexplicable sacrifice, she lost her fresh life, and everyone is still indifferent, how sad and pitiful is this?

Shen Bai had an even more terrifying thought in his heart, perhaps, Chunying was chosen to sacrifice because she had spoken to her, a foreigner?

This thought disturbed Shen Bai's chest for a while, and halfway through, he heard someone talking in a low voice next to him.

"This storm has been stopped outside the city, this is the first time in several years, and the last sacrifice really worked."

"This is natural, you don't look at how good the sacrifice was last time, not to mention so many car treasures, just those hundred or so people, it is enough to sacrifice to the gods as a divine army."

"Yes, it turns out that the gods scattered horse plague for this, but it's a pity that those fifty camels are gone."

"Fifty camels are nothing, only when the gods are happy, can we have a smooth wind and rain, peace and tranquility here."

Shen Bai turned around abruptly, rushed to the two people who bowed their heads and spoke, grabbed one of them by the collar and asked coldly: "Say what you just said to the master!" ”

The man was suddenly grabbed by the collar, startled, and was about to get angry, Shen Bai pulled out a dagger and put it against his neck: "If you don't want to die, tell me well, why don't you have horses in the city, what's the matter with the fifty camels, and the girl named Chunying, what did you do to her?" ”

Shen Bai pulled out his sword, and the other people on the street immediately stopped, the atmosphere became tense, Zhou Jue vigilantly protected Shen Bai, and reminded in a low voice: "Forget it, let's talk about it when I go back." ”

Shen Bai's eyes were red, and he said loudly: "No! They moved the master's favorite person! ”