Two days later, noon is the official start of the sacrifice ceremony, and now, it is only half an hour before noon.

"Ayu, it's almost time for us to go, it will take us a moment to walk from the inn to the place of sacrifice." Murong Anlan knocked on Yuran's door, and only pushed the door open after getting an answer.

Murong Anlan walked into the room, his gaze swept towards the house, only to see Yuran's figure, and he was stunned for a moment.

"Ayu, are you Ayu?" Murong Anlan raised his hand and pointed at Yu Ran, his brows were almost twisted together, and his handsome face showed an incredible look.

In the bronze mirror, Jade Dye was finishing her hair crown, and she picked up a white jade hairpin from the table, and then passed through the center of the jade crown, leaving a few strands of hair on her forehead and sideburns. After doing this, Yuran stood up straight, and she lowered her eyes to look at herself in the bronze mirror. Her countenance was only slightly modified, not as drastically adjusted as it had been in order to conceal it.

Dressed in a man's white brocade robe, the embroidery of bamboo leaves is delicate and elegant, her face is beautiful and heroic, the jade crown is tied with hair, fluttering, and she is holding a white jade folding fan in her hand.

In Murong Anlan's eyes, how can you look at the elegant and noble son standing in front of him, right?

Yu Ran turned around and faced Murong Anlan. She raised her eyebrows and asked with a look that seemed to be a smile, "What do you think?" ”

This dress, this look...... Murong Anlan suddenly felt that a figure appeared in his mind, and that person was also dressed in a moon-white robe, like the moon and the wind was elegant, like snow out of the dust, as if there was nothing in this world to desecrate him.

Sure enough, Ayu is too similar to him!

Murong Anlan sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Ah, actually, I know you're Ayu. I didn't mean anything else just now, I just ......" Murong Anlan raised his hand and scratched the sideburns on his forehead, he smiled wryly and said, "It's just that you can dress up like this, it's amazing." Why didn't I see that Ayu, you have this preference? ”

"It's not actually a preference, but I think if you always dress as a woman, it will inevitably be inconvenient to go out. Or is this dress more suitable for wandering the rivers and lakes with our wine prince, right? Yuran blinked, pretending to exaggerate.

"Ayu, you're not wrong when you say that." Murong Anlan thought about it briefly, but nodded in agreement.

"That's right, let's almost go." Yu Ran smiled gently, she passed by Murong Anlan and walked out of the room one step faster.

Only then did Murong Anlan react, he turned around and chased towards the door, "Ayu, slow down, you wait for me!" ”

Jade Ran was in front, and Murong Anlan walked behind. When the two of them walked downstairs, Yuran's eyes just fell on the two who were paying the bill at the door.

One of them was Xue Rui, and the other must have been someone who came with him.

It seems that they are also ready to go over the sacrificial ceremony?

"Ayu, what's wrong with you, is there anything to see there?" Murong Anlan glanced twice in the direction of Yuran's stagnant gaze, but he didn't see anything famous.

Hearing this, Yu Ran instantly retracted her gaze, she raised her eyebrows slightly, and the jade fan held in her right hand gently tapped the palm of her left hand.

"It's nothing, let's go." Yu Ran said calmly.

"Oh, good." Murong Anlan didn't say anything, but glanced at the two people at the door again, and finally walked out behind Yu Ran.

The two of them walked all the way to the place of the ceremony, but Murong Anlan walked quietly beside Yuran for a while, and he rarely didn't even say a word, just hung his head as if he was seriously thinking about something.

Yuran turned her head to look at him, "What are you thinking?" ”

"I'm wondering what the hell are you thinking, Ayu." Murong Anlan responded very succinctly.

Jade Ran was surprised, "Why is that?" ”

"I always feel that Ayu has been thinking about something since she came to Rongping Town, it's just something I don't know." Murong Anlan looked at Yu Ran with certainty.

Yuran's eyes were waveless, but he was quite amazed in his heart. Although this Murong Anlan doesn't seem to care about anything and can't understand anything, he is actually extremely sensitive to the people or things around him, and his way of thinking is sometimes very special, and he can always be very close to the real answer.

What a "special" person.

"Actually, it's just boring and troublesome things that you won't want to know." Yu Ran spread his hands and pretended to say casually.

"But I want to hear it." Murong Anlan stared at Yu Ran with expectant eyes.

"But I've forgotten." Yuran answered instantly.

Murong Anlan was helpless, "Ayu, are you cheating?" I just didn't want to tell me. ”

Yu Ran grinned, indifferent, "You know and ask me." ”

Murong Anlan's heart almost wanted to cry, why did Ayu he knew seem to have a more and more poisonous mouth? This must be a fake Ayu, a fake, right?

In fact, if Yuran knew that Murong Anlan thought this way in her heart, then she would definitely tell him very normally and kindly, it was just that he didn't see the reality and essence clearly.

"Ah, here we are." By the time Murong Anlan came back to his senses, they had already walked to the place where the sacrificial ceremony was held, he looked around left and right, and then sighed: "However, there are really a lot of people!" ”

"After all, it is the grand ceremony of Rongping Town, and it seems that some dignitaries and dignitaries from other cities will also come. Because they will say that what Rongping Town wants to put on the sacrificial ceremony are some holy flowers with protection, and if they can have them, they can keep this year safe. Yuran crossed her arms around her chest, and her face was moody.

"How does this feel a little unreliable, who would really believe it?" Murong Anlan leaned down, covered his mouth with one hand, and cautiously whispered to Yu Ran.

"You don't believe, but there are many people who believe. It is estimated that even the monarch of the Shang Kingdom believes in this, so he has to carefully select several pots from Rongping Town and send them to the palace every year. Yuran's demeanor was as usual, and there was a little looseness in his tone.

"Then Ayu, do you believe it too?" Murong Anlan asked.

Yu Ran chuckled, raised his left hand, put his palm on Murong Anlan's cheek, pushed his face away, and then turned his head to look at him and said, "You said that it sounds unreliable, how can I believe it?" ”

"Ah, forget it, I can't talk about you anyway." Murong Anlan sighed and gradually quieted down beside Yu Ran.

The sacrificial ceremony started on time, but Yuran's gaze was not on the sacrificial activities at all, and a sharp luster appeared in her eyes, which seemed to be able to penetrate the crowd and directly force Xue Rui.

Xue Rui, like Yu Ran, stood at the back of the crowd, probably to facilitate his movements.

"Ayu, Ayu, look at it, that's the holy flower of Rongping Town this year!" Murong Anlan tugged at Yuran's arm.

Yu Ran turned his gaze away and glanced at the place pointed by Murong Anlan, and immediately had a bad premonition in his heart, "You said this is the Holy Flower, are there any rumors about it?" ”

"It is rumored that Rongping Town will put out a pot of holy flowers every year on the sacrificial ceremony, and the holy flowers represent the auspiciousness of the country, and it is said that even Shang Jun believes in this." Murong Anlan grinned and said, "This is what I asked when I went out yesterday. ”

Yuran's brows were raised, she pursed her lips, and when she quickly turned back to look at Xue Rui's figure again, Xue Rui was no longer visible.

"Ayu? What are you looking at? As soon as Murong Anlan turned his head, what he saw was a jade dye with his back to the memorial and a serious face.

Yu Ran didn't answer Murong Anlan directly, but grabbed his arm directly, and then opened his lips and said, "Follow me!" ”

"Ayu, what are you going to do here?" Murong Anlan was pulled forward by Yu Ran and staggered, and he said in surprise, but unfortunately the voice of the crowd was too loud, and his voice was suppressed.

Yuran turned around and exhaled, "We can't stay here any longer. ”

"Why? Ayu, you have to tell me what's going on! You tell me that we can solve it together. Murong Anlan didn't break free of Yu Ran's hand, but asked very calmly.

Yu Ran stopped, she turned around and let go of the hand that was holding Murong Anlan, and then she opened her mouth, as if trying to explain something.

But at this moment, a commotion directly interrupted her words that she was about to speak.

"Oh no, no, a thief stole the holy flower!" Someone suddenly started shouting.

And the next moment, there were people in the crowd who kept shouting in pain, and then they fell down one after another.

The crowd that had been hugging together instantly separated, and they fled in all directions in horror, when more than a dozen black-clothed men who had been stabbing in the crowd suddenly appeared.

"What are they going to do!" Murong Anlan took the initiative to stop Yu Ran behind him, and then his eyes widened in surprise.

The group of black-clothed people not only ruined the entire memorial and took away the holy flowers, but now even the ordinary people present did not let go, and every sword was cut on the people's bodies, and for a time the entire open space was splashed with blood.

"Help, help, save me......" Another person fell to the ground, directly in front of Murong Anlan and Yuran, it seemed that this person had run a long distance, but he still couldn't hold on.

"How is he?" Yu Ran looked at Murong Anlan, who was crouching down to check the injuries of the fallen man.

Murong Anlan frowned, he lowered his eyes, his expression was unusually heavy, he shook his head, and said, "No, the wound on his chest is too deep to be saved." ”

"Anlan!" Yu Ran was about to say something, but saw a man in black rushing towards them.

Murong Anlan reacted immediately, he reflexively kicked the man in black in the chest, and then his elbow pressed heavily on the shoulder of the man in black, and the sword in the man in black fell to the ground with a "clang".