After nightfall, Luoyi was dark, even if there were few lights near the palace, Wu Ye stood on a high place and looked around a few times, this city that was dull during the day, at night it was like a hopeless silence drowning in deep water. Wu Ye sighed helplessly and returned to the room to rest. There was a thunderous snoring sound from Dr. Huang Cheng next door, mixed with the sound of smacking lips and aftertaste, it seems that although it is boring to do nothing, it is helpful to sleep.

Wu Ye lay on his side on the bed, thinking about it, Wu Yong should be about to arrive in the territory of Weiguo Chaoge now, I don't know how it is now, and I unconsciously fell asleep.

Suddenly, Wu Ye felt that someone had entered the room, he suddenly opened his eyes, and in front of him, there was also a young man lying on his side on the bed, staring at him face to face.

Wu Ye wanted to get up and distance himself, but his whole body was like falling into mud and couldn't move, and he couldn't use half of his strength.

The young man frowned, as if he had a sorrow that would never be resolved, he looked at Wu Ye and said, "Why did you come back?" ”

Wu Ye didn't understand what he was talking about, but it seemed that the young man knew him.

The young man continued, "Come back, will you come to see me?" ”

Wu Ye wanted to speak, but he couldn't make a sound, and he was very anxious at the moment.

The young man said, "Do you know where I am? You should know, I'm here, I'm not here, there are thousands of me, can you tell which one is the real me? ”

The young man stretched out his hand, which was a pale and emaciated hand, slowly approaching Wu Ye's face, as if to touch Wu Ye.

At the same time, Wu Ye's heart was beating violently, and nine rhythms with the same rhythm came from the earth, resonating with Wu Ye's heartbeat, and Wu Ye felt that his heart was about to explode.

When the young man's hand touched Wu Ye's face, it was like being pressed against a poisonous snake on his face, and the cold feeling swept through Wu Ye's body.

Wu Ye used all his strength to finally break free from the restraints, he shouted, covered in sweat, and woke up from his sleep.

Was it a dream?

Dreams are too real.

Wu Ye touched his face, the face that had just been touched in the dream seemed to be cold, and his manic heartbeat did not slow down.

When Wu Ye looked at the bed, the whole person froze, there were two traces of slight depression on the flat bed, one was that he had just slept out, so what about the other?

Wu Ye's whole person seemed to have been doused with ice water.

When Wu Ye was sluggish, Huang Cheng's dissatisfied voice came from next door: "I don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you shouting, you read books if you can't sleep, you have to read more if you are ugly, don't you know?" ”

There was a sound of turning over from next door, and soon the snoring started again, but this time the snoring even became a little kind in Wu Ye's ears, driving away a lot of the clammy chill in his heart just now.

Wu Ye's heart moved, he reached out and grabbed it, and the book on the desk fell into his hand, and he opened the book by moonlight.

At this time, the book was filled with a faint gentle yellow light, which slowly flowed into his body through Wu Ye's fingertips, eliminating the clammy and cold cold. Wu Ye glanced thoughtfully at the wall, he didn't know if Huang Cheng's reminder across the wall was intentional, but the snoring and the book did eliminate the sudden fear in his heart.

Luoyi City may not be as simple as he imagined!

The next morning, Huang Cheng opened the door and saw the respectful Wu Ye standing at the door, and said disdainfully, "Young man, what do you want to do?" ”

Wu Ye wanted to say something grateful, but when he saw Huang Cheng's disdainful eyes, he suddenly understood something, gave up his humble posture, and returned to his usual ease and ease, took out another ingot of gold from his arms, and said: "It's not easy to come to Luoyi, naturally I want to taste more of Dr. Huang's craftsmanship, I don't know if I have this blessing." ”

Huang Cheng quickly put the gold into his arms, and said casually: "Young man, go early and return early, and there is no surplus food in the palace, you know?" ”

Wu Ye nodded, then left Honglu Temple and walked towards the palace.

Huang Cheng looked at Wu Ye's departing back, restrained his cynical smile, and said to himself: "There are so many outsiders, why come here to join in the fun?" ”

Huang Cheng's arms shook, and the doors of the hundreds of houses in Honglu Temple were all opened, and endless dust rolled out.

Huang Cheng took a broom in his hand and began to clean carefully from room to room, maybe it won't be long before Luoyi will return to its former prosperity.

Wu Ye came to the palace again and saw Qi Tai, who wore many hats, changed into a brand new work clothes: court clothes. The upper corners of the black court dress are embroidered with dark gold auspicious cloud patterns, which are very solemn and serious. Qi Tai also changed his usual bitterness and sorrow, and said with a serious expression: "The king is already waiting in the palace, you follow me into the palace first." ”

Wu Ye thanked him and followed Qi Tai up the steps of the palace.

Qi Tai instructed as he walked: "The king of the court should be respectful and restrain your cynicism, you know?" ”

Wu Ye said cautiously: "General Qi is joking, how dare you make a mistake in the palace." ”

Qi Tai sighed and said: "Today's princes are becoming more and more rampant and rude, and they have not seen my king for many years, and their etiquette has been abolished. The end of the collapse of etiquette is chaos in the world. You see that Qin and Jin have already been at war, and this war will soon sweep through the countries, and then the world will be in chaos. ”

Wu Ye hummed noncommittally, he didn't understand why Qi Tai suddenly said this. Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the palace square he passed by, the originally majestic square was overgrown with weeds and desolate, and the decay of the Zhou Room had reached a shocking point. As the general of the Zhou Chamber, Qi Tai is in the prime of life, and perhaps the day when he will never be able to see the revitalization of the Zhou Chamber again in his lifetime, it is really a cruel fact that his life will wither along with the Zhou Chamber. However, even if Qi Tai was full of sadness yesterday, when he wanted to meet King Zhou today, he became meticulous and conscientious, without complaining.

Wu Ye asked endlessly: "Has the general ever thought about leaving Luoyi?" ”

Qi Tai, who had been explaining the rules to Wu Ye, suddenly said in a sad tone: "My legs and feet are not numb, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of Luoyi in this life." ”

Wu Ye didn't speak again, and followed behind Qi Tai without saying a word. The two walked through the silent and empty square, and then crossed a palace gate, in front of them was still a square, the same desolation and loneliness, at the end of the square was a high upward jade staircase, above the stairs should be the palace hall.

Such a long journey fully reflects the majesty of the Zhou family in the past, but today, the meaning of the steps has completely changed, and it is full of the sadness of the lonely royal family.

Qi Tai led Wu Ye up the jade stairs, and the magnificent palace gate was finally revealed in front of him. Qi Tai took a deep breath and stepped over the threshold of the main hall.