Chapter 4: Loulan (Part I)

Kyoshi caught fire.

The red flames burned from the Qujiang Pond and spread along the three major canals of Longshou, Qingming, and Yong'an, igniting the entire Chang'an in an instant.

The Flying Dragon Guards were ordered to protect the palace, and Wang Xun carried buckets in both hands and kept pouring water on the red palace walls. Bucket after bucket, but to no avail.

Every bucket of water poured down immediately turned into a mist.

In the Taiji Palace, there were still people smiling and throwing dry firewood into the fire, one bundle after another.

"What are you doing? What the hell are you going to do? Wang Xun shouted angrily.

No one paid any attention to him. Hua Gon, the purple-robed firewood thrower, was dismissive of his little lieutenant. "I don't care anymore!" Wang Xun dropped the bucket and walked away. In a blink of an eye, he came to the door of his house, Chongrenfang was still the same Chongrenfang, but the neighbors were all replaced with unfamiliar faces. When I saw him come back, my face was full of fear.

He hesitated to walk up the steps, and before he could pull the knocker, the door and side doors fell inward at the same time. Smoke billowed out of it, rising up and covering people's eyes.

"Angelica ——!" He shouted loudly, and there was no response in the smoke.

"Purple Radish——! "Aunt Yun——!" Desperate to plunge into the smoke, he tried to find it, but found nothing. The courtyard, where you can't go wrong with your eyes closed, suddenly became very unfamiliar, with houses next to each other, without doors or windows. They were all smoking, they were on fire, and the smell of sulfur made snot and tears flow out.

"Wang Fu ——!" "Wang Ji ——!" "Wang Xiang ——!" Wang Xun went completely crazy and slammed his shoulder against the wall closest to him. The flaming walls vanished instantly, and he broke into a room where smoke was rising. There was a very beautiful woman, lying in a wooden barrel sprinkled with flower petals, and her jade arms were lightly stretched.

Water fell from her verdant fingers and fell like flowers on her towering chest. The two points of red are particularly dazzling under the stimulation of the water.

It's Mrs. Yuguo. No! It's plumper than Mrs. Qiuguo, oh my God, it's the concubine. His heart suddenly tightened, and Wang Xun pulled out his legs and fled. The door that was empty before, but tens of thousands of Hexi soldiers poured out in an instant, holding knives and surrounding them, trapping them in the center.

"I didn't see anything! Didn't see anything! He explained aloud, but no one listened. Yang Guozhong, Gao Lishi, Chen Xuanli, Ge Shuhan, and many other dignitaries with unknown surnames approached with a cruel smile, dripping blood on the blade. Aunt Yun, Ziluo, Bai Jingzhi, Pony Fang, and Huanyu Wenzhi were cut down, rolling and struggling in a pool of blood.

"No ——!" Wang Xun shouted. "One person does things, one person is responsible. Don't kill them, don't kill them! ”

Yang Guozhong and the others disappeared in an instant, and Aunt Yun, Ziluo and the others also disappeared. Red flames emerge from the ground and engulf everything in the world.

It's a dream, it's a dream! Wang Xun punched and kicked, struggling desperately. Finally, the flames were gone, and he opened his eyes to see a gray sky.

It was almost raining, the clouds were rolling overhead, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur.

Where is this? Wang Xun was startled, and quickly turned his head, but saw a verdant green. Several subordinate figures sat nearby, whispering and laughing around a girl with a veil on her face. Hearing the movement on his side, they all turned their faces.

"The captain is awake!"

"The captain is awake!" Fang Ziling and Wei Feng ran forward at the same time, elated.

followed by Lao Zhou, whose forehead was covered with a white cloth, Zhu Wuyi, who hung his arms around his neck, and a group of black heads, either from the Flying Dragon Guards or from Minzhuang, all with happy faces.

"I'm awake?" Wang Xun didn't dare to confirm it. I vaguely remember that when I fell, it was November. Now, however, there is a warm feeling in the air around them.

"That's what I asked!" Everyone laughed and responded, "Of course you're awake." Otherwise, how can you see us! ”

It was a long night's sleep. Wang Xun turned his neck with difficulty, and his gaze passed through the crack of the person to confirm that he was not mistaken. It's all green, at least in late spring! I actually fell asleep for four or five months! Oh, my God! "Where is this? How long have I been in a coma? How did you get out? What about the sand pirates, you have defeated the sand pirates as well? ”

A series of questions made everyone not know how to answer. Especially the last question, which made everyone feel embarrassed. Fang Ziling and Wei Feng turned their heads at the same time and looked behind them in disdain. Wang Xun's gaze followed, and in that direction, he saw a pink veil and a pair of eyes full of anger.

"This is the Nai Ho Bridge. You're all dead, they're all ghosts! "The eyes are beautiful, but the words that come from behind the veil are as cold as knives.

The Janissaries sneered and moved out of the way. Let the owner of the veil bring a bowl of black and thick medicinal soup to Wang Xun. "Drink, drink this bowl of Meng Po soup, so that you can be reincarnated!"

"Meng Po soup?" Wang Xun took the flute, not for the medicinal juice in the bowl, but for the familiarity of the veil owner with the Central Plains culture. Judging from the pale blue eyes and white skin exposed outside the veil, this woman is definitely not from the Central Plains. But her Tang Yan is very authentic, and there is a faint Chang'an accent,

"Drink, Miss Xiao Luo is clever in her methods! She saved the lives of many of our brothers! The misunderstood meaning of the boss squatted into Wang Xun's ear, and Fang Ziling explained in a low voice.

"I've poisoned it. You can make it attack whenever you want. Once the attack starts, let you all be unable to survive and die! The anger in the eyes of the owner of the veil had not subsided, but there was a faint smile at the end of the voice.

"Xiao Luo?" Wang Xun was stunned again, and silently recited the name of the owner of the veil in his heart. Obviously, this is a very ordinary name for a girl from the Central Plains. And it is not from some high-class family. Maybe her own surname is Luo, or maybe her parents didn't bother to ask Mr. Jiaoshu to name the girl, so they simply called it casually. It sounds very smooth, but people can immediately tell that she is from a humble background.

"Do you even drink?" Miss Xiaoluo was still in a hurry, and when she saw Wang Xun frowning, she slammed the medicinal soup to the side of the bed, and made a "dang" sound.

The medicine bowl is copper! I don't know if it's because of the smoke in the dream that spoils my mind, or if it's something else. At this moment, Wang Xun's first thought was not how to apologize to the other party, but the texture of the medicine bowl. Such a large bowl requires at least three taels of refined copper to make. That's more than 30 dollars, enough for an average farmer's expenses for a whole month! (Note 1)

"If you don't open your mouth again, I'll pinch your nose!" Seeing that Wang Xun was still full of blankness, Miss Xiaoluo raised her eyes and asked sharply.

"Well, drink, can't I drink it?" Wang Xun agreed repeatedly, lest he delay for a moment and be poured the medicinal soup directly on his face.

"Is that right? Come on, open your mouth! The anger in Miss Xiaoluo's eyes disappeared instantly, and was replaced by an indescribable tenderness, "Drink it, it's not bitter, I put a lot of sugar in it!" Shrewd! ”

Note 1: The weight of Kaiyuan Tongbao is relatively standardized, about one tael of ten. Half the weight of a five-baht penny.