Yan Jin waited boredly under the old locust tree for a long time, seeing that the sun had begun to gradually set westward, but she still didn't see Ming Haoqi's figure. Yan Jin played with a few locust leaves in his hands, and stared closely at the passers-by on the street not far away, for fear of missing Ming Haoqi, and at this time, his stomach was already hungry.

Yan Jin touched his belly, which had been "cooing", and muttered in a low voice, "I knew that I would eat more flowers in Baihualou......" The words of annoyance and regret were not finished complaining, suddenly, Yan Jin's eyes lit up suddenly, and not far away, he saw Ming Haoqi walking towards him with the afterglow of the setting sun, and Yan Nian was still following behind him. At this time, although Yan Jin couldn't see the expressions on Haoqi's faces, he knew that his own face must have been full of joy.

Yan Jin jumped up from the ground, and before she had time to pat off the dust on her clothes, she hurriedly ran to Ming Haoqi, looked at the handsome face in front of her that she hadn't seen for many days but was still extremely kind and familiar, and said with a smile, "Ming Haoqi, you can be regarded as coming, I thought you couldn't find me, so you won't come!" ”

Ming Haoqi was stunned when he heard Yan Jin's words, he looked at the person in front of him, the smile on his face was slightly bitter, and he only heard him whisper, "What I said to you, I will definitely not break my word." ”

Yan Jin didn't think carefully about Ming Haoqi's words, he stepped forward and pulled Ming Haoqi's sleeve, and there was a slight coquettishness in his eager tone, and said, "Ming Haoqi, I'm about to starve to death, let's quickly find a place to eat!" ”

During the meal, Ming Haoqi and Yan Nian didn't say a few words, most of the time Yan Jin was talking non-stop, Yan Jin knew the rules of the disciples in the clouds who didn't say anything, and Yan Jin had always said little, so Yan Jin was already accustomed to the silence of the two people in front of him, and he didn't take it to heart.

After eating, it was already dark, but at this time the streets were already brightly lit, and in such a bustling big city, the nightlife had just begun.

The three of them were wandering on the street, Yan Jin walked in the front, full of interest in everything on the street, Ming Haoqi did not tell him what happened in Huacheng when he was eating, although Yan Jin also had many questions in his heart at this time, but now that Ming Haoqi and Yan Nian were around, he had nothing to worry about, and everything in front of him did not seem to have anything suspicious, maybe Fang Cai did not wake up, or he was so hungry that he was dizzy and did not hear clearly, in short, he was reluctant to do something, He will always have thousands of reasons to convince himself, even if it is not true.

The stalls on the street were full of all kinds of colorful gadgets, and Yan Jin was already dazzled all the way, and he didn't know what to look at for a while.

Not far away, a faint fragrance came to her nose, Yan Jin followed the fragrance to a small stall, only to see that the small stall in front of her was full of all kinds of objects used by women to dress up, and the fragrance that Yan Jin smelled just now was the smell of some rouge incense powder wafting out of the stall.

Yan Jin casually picked up a hairpin from the stall, and when the stall owner saw this, he immediately leaned over with a smile, pulled a sharp voice, and said, "This boy is really knowledgeable, this hairpin is a new product that just came the day before yesterday, and it is out of print, I guarantee that there is only one in the entire Xiaoyue Kingdom, and she will definitely like it when the son buys it and gives it to the lady." ”

When Yan Jin heard the stall owner's words, he smiled and bent over, and while laughing, he said, "Big brother, what should I do if I don't have a lady?" Can you give me a lady if you buy your hairpin? ”

"This, this ......" The stall owner had never met a guest like Yan Jin, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, he stammered, and his whole face turned red.

Although the stall owner's words just now were somewhat exaggerated, Yan Jin looked around, and the things on the stall in front of him were really complete, beaded flowers, hairpins, peach wood combs, and rouge powder...... But there are all kinds of things that women use to dress up, and there are many patterns.

Yan Jin picked up a box of rouge and looked at it carefully, the box in his hand was very beautiful, he had seen and heard this thing many times in TV dramas before, but it was the first time he saw it in reality, I don't know how it works compared with the precious cosmetics such as fairy water, poplar forest, and bullets that girls often mention.

Yan Jin unscrewed the rouge box in his hand, wiped it lightly with his hand, then turned around and quickly wiped it on one of Yan Nian's cheeks, and then deliberately teased him, "Ah Nian, how about letting my brother see this rouge?" In fact, he wanted to wipe it on Ming Haoqi's face at first, but after hesitating, he still didn't dare.

Yan Nian was caught off guard by Yan Jin with a faint layer of pink rouge on his face, and hurriedly raised his hand to wipe it on his face, Yan Jin saw this, hurriedly grabbed his hand, and stopped with a smile in his mouth, "Ah Nian, don't don't, you first see if it looks good and then wipe it off!" ”

Yan Jin hurriedly turned his head and glanced around the stall, Yan Nian took advantage of Yan Jin's gap to find something, and quickly wiped the fat powder on his face with his other hand, and when Yan Jin turned his head again, his face was already clean, and he couldn't see the color of rouge at all.

Yan Jin looked at Yan Nian, her face was full of regret, and said, "Ah Nian, how nice it would be if you were a girl, my brother will definitely buy you the best rouge gouache, the best jewelry, and dress you up beautifully!" ”

Yan Nian heard Yan Jin's slightly regretful tone, and his handsome face twitched almost inaudibly, but he didn't make a sound.

After the three of them left the stall, Yan Jin was still at the forefront, but his interest was not as high as Fang Cai.

Ming Haoqi slowly walked to Yan Jin's side, looked at his slightly lowered head, and finally said, "Xiao Yun, we can't stay in this place for too long, we have to go back quickly." ”

"Oh." Yan Jin lowered her head and responded. For some reason, Yan Jin likes this place very much, and the environment and customs here make him feel very comfortable inexplicably. In fact, from the expressions on Ming Haoqi and Yan Nian when they came here at the beginning, he had already seen that this place was abnormal, but he just wanted to stay here for a little longer, even if it was a day, an hour, or even just a minute and a second, he was willing. However, now that Ming Haoqi has already brought it up, he can't say anything more.

Yan Jin whispered, "Then how are we going to get out of here?" ”

"Xiaoyun, do you remember how you got here?"

Yan Jin didn't think too much about it, and replied truthfully, "I don't know, I slept for a while, and when I woke up, I was already over there." He raised his hand and pointed in a direction, Yan Jin had always had a bad sense of direction, but in the dim night at this time, he was very sure that there must be an old locust tree in the direction of his finger, and that was where he woke up just now.

Ming Haoqi glanced in the direction of Yan Jin's finger, then retracted her gaze and said, "Then do you know how long you slept in that place?" ”

Yan Jin looked at Ming Haoqi with a suspicious face, and replied hesitantly, "One... An hour or two, I remember that it was already mid-morning when I came out of Baihualou, and it was just noon when I woke up, and it would definitely not be more than two hours. In the end, Yan Jin's tone became more and more affirmative.

Ming Haoqi looked at Yan Jin's categorical appearance, and said softly, "Xiao Yun, we have been looking for you for a whole day, that is to say, in fact, you have already come here yesterday, but you didn't wake up until noon today." ”

Hearing Ming Haoqi's words, Yan Jin's eyes widened in surprise, he came here yesterday? Did he sleep all day under that big locust tree? No wonder I woke up with a sore back and starvation, but Yan Jin felt that something was wrong, so she asked, "But, if I sit and sleep under a tree for a day, how can no one come and wake me up when there are so many people coming and going on this street?" ”

Ming Haoqi thought for a while and said, "I'm not sure, but the only possibility is that for your situation, the people here are used to it." ”

"Accustomed to? Do people often fall asleep there? Yan Jin exclaimed, he knew something was wrong here, but it was too incredible.

"Maybe every single one here... Well... Everyone is like you, wake up like this, and then continue a new life here, after a long time, there are more and more people here, and life here is always beautiful, no troubles, no birth, old age, sickness and death, it is the kind of life that everyone wants to live, but does such a paradise really exist? Xiaoyun, the only difference between you and them is that they woke up and forgot everything before, while you didn't. At this time, Ming Haoqi suddenly felt very lucky, he was lucky that Yan Jin still remembered him and remembered everything.

Yan Jin said abruptly, "How do you know that the people here have forgotten everything before, you have been here for less than half a day, and what does it mean that there is no birth, old age, sickness and death?" Immortal and immortal? How is this possible? Yan Jin looked around, the people here were the same as he had seen on weekdays, there was nothing different, but he felt that the smiles on their faces were brighter, more like the kind of happy smiles from the bottom of his heart.

Ming Haoqi did not have any dissatisfaction with Yan Jin's jumping rebuttal, and still explained very patiently, "Xiao Yun, I have been to the capital city of Xiaoyue Country, although this place is almost exactly the same as the capital city of Xiaoyue Kingdom, but this place is not the real capital city of Xiaoyue Kingdom, there are two kinds of shops missing here, two kinds of shops that are extremely important and indispensable in people's lives. ”

Hearing Ming Haoqi's words, Yan Jin glanced around, and didn't have a clue for a while, so she asked, "Shop?" What store? ”

"Medicinal herb shops and coffin shops, there are all kinds of shops in this city, but there are no herb shops and coffin shops, do you know what the reason is? That's because people here don't need either of these things at all, they don't die or get sick. In addition, if the people here still remember the past, they will definitely try their best to find their relatives and friends, just like when you just woke up, how can you be so at ease and live and work here! Xiao Yun, look at these people on the street, have they ever looked half reluctant? ”

"Then according to what you say, if this is not the real capital of Xiaoyue Kingdom, then what kind of place is it?" Although Yan Jin also knew that this could not be the real capital of Xiaoyue Kingdom, he really didn't know what kind of place it was.

"Ah Nian", Ming Haoqi suddenly opened her mouth and called out a silent voice that had been following the two of them, and said, "Have you noticed anything unusual here?" ”