But at this time, the woman who looked very cute was with her hands on her hips, staring at the shopkeeper in front of her with a sullen face, and asked loudly with dissatisfaction: "You shopkeeper, are you blind when you are Miss Ben?" There is obviously a place in this, but you just said no, do you look down on me and my brother?"

The man on the side was probably the woman's brother, he looked at the woman and frowned slightly, as if he was a little helpless, he wanted to reach out and pull her, but he was angry with the woman and broke free, presumably she was on the bar with this inn tonight.

The shopkeeper looked at the woman in front of him with an embarrassed face, and said with a little flattery: "Miss Huo San, this is ...... The small one is just a running hall, which one who can come to this Tianxi Village to eat, live and have fun is not a person with a head and a face, you are borrowing a small courage, and the small one does not dare to offend you! But ...... You and Master Huo are really late today, look at it, where is there any vacant space around here?"

As he spoke, the shopkeeper's hand pointed around the stage, wanting to prove that he was not talking nonsense.

The woman, who was called "Miss Huo San" by the shopkeeper, looked around in the direction of the shopkeeper's finger, and sure enough, she found that all the seats on this floor were occupied.

As for the second floor, she didn't take a second look. Although she is usually willful, she also knows that the embarrassing identity of her father is not enough for her to set foot on the second floor of this theater building.

Very annoyed, more disappointed. She knew that there would be a big gamble in the Tianxi Village today, so she specially pulled her brother to join in the fun, and she also heard that there was a very special "Oiran election" before the gambling game.

Originally, the annual "Oiran Election" was held in May every year, but now it is a cold winter, and the next "Oiran General Election" is still several months away. However, all this has undergone some special changes because of tomorrow's "Sacrifice to the Heavens".

Tonight's mysterious and special Oiran election is not a real person, but a portrait. A total of 49 portraits of beautiful women, corresponding to the 49 "saints of the heavens" who will worship tomorrow, everyone present is eligible to reward the most beautiful painting, and the so-called "saint" corresponding to the painting with the highest bounty is the Oiran of the "Oiran General Election" held this time.

Those "saints who were recruited to worship the heavens" will not live tomorrow, this is something that everyone in the imperial capital knows, but they are beautiful and have not budded, so they die like this, which makes many men who like beauty deeply regret.

So Tianxizhuang came up with such a way of choosing an oiran, so that everyone could choose the oiran and then make a price for the first night of the oiran, and the highest bidder could become the guest of the oiran tonight.

Of course, "Miss Huo San" didn't know so much about these things, she only knew that there would be a special Oiran election, purely out of curiosity, to see what kind of selection the mysterious and special "Oiran Election" was.

At this moment of disappointment and annoyance, her eyes suddenly lit up—she found that in an inconspicuous place far from the stage, there was a table with only three people sitting at it—that was where Cang Wunian, Hua Allure, and Qing Ci were.

This Miss Huo San's big round eyes flickered, and she reached out and pulled her brother up and walked towards Cang Wunian's table.

"Huh...... Miss Huo San, where are you going? Eh...... "The shopkeeper was afraid that this little girl would cause something in the store, so he hurriedly followed them and chased after them.

Miss Huo San walked to Cang Wunian's side, and then sat down on the side of Qing Ci, and said to Qing Ci with a big grin: "Hey, let's get a guy, don't you mind?"

Qing Ci raised his eyes to look at the somewhat arrogant little girl in front of him, and then looked at the helpless and apologetic man next to her, and then he looked at Cang Wunian.

Cang Wunian's deep eyes under the mask flashed slightly, but he didn't show dissatisfaction, just nodded secretly at Qing Ci.

"I'm really sorry for the three distinguished guests...... This...... Look at ......" The shopkeeper looked at the strange atmosphere of the five people at this table, and said in embarrassment.

"It's okay, these two are my friends, you can go and add two more pairs of chopsticks. Qing Ci smiled lightly and said to the shopkeeper in a calm tone.

"It turns out that a few people know each other, the little ones are clumsy, and they are clumsy. The small ones went to buy dishes and chopsticks. The shopkeeper was secretly happy in his heart, he finally didn't have to offend these gods of wealth, so he hurriedly retreated with a smile.

When the shopkeeper left, the man in light armor breathed a sigh of relief, hugged his fists at Qing Ci and said: "Thank you for this son, the sister is stubborn, she is used to being willful on weekdays, and I hope the son will bear with me!"

Qing Ci waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, anyway, there are only three of us at this table, and now with the addition of two, it will be more lively." Childe, sit down. ”

The man thanked him again and sat down.

Qing Ci poured a glass of wine for each of the two men and women, and asked seemingly casually in the process of handing the wine glass: "I just heard the shopkeeper call this young lady 'Miss Huo San', I don't know which Huo family's son and daughter are the two of you in the imperial capital?"

Hearing this, the man's face changed slightly, while the woman raised her head and said proudly: "My father is Huo Zhong, the general of the auxiliary state of the dynasty. ”

Hearing this, Qing Ci raised his eyebrows slightly, and he had a number in his heart, but he smiled very respectfully on his face: "It turns out that the two are the sons and daughters of the auxiliary generals, and they are disrespectful!"

Seeing that Qing Ci was so polite, the man sighed softly, "In Xia Huo Zhiyuan, this is my sister Huo Shudie, I don't know how many sons there are...... What do you call it?"

Qing Ci arched his hand slightly, "In Xia Qinglong Castle, this is my brother-in-law, and the one next to me is my sister-in-law." ”

Anyway, they didn't plan to show their true identities when they went out this time, so they wouldn't have any opinions on whatever name Qing Ci made up, Cang Wunian and Painting Allure. It's just that when I heard the word "sister-in-law", the heart of the painting couldn't help but move slightly, and the pretty face under the veil suddenly turned red.

Quietly glanced at Cang Wunian, but saw that Cang Wunian was also looking at her, and there seemed to be some helplessness and apology in his eyes.

"It turns out that Your Excellency is actually the young castle master of Qinglong Castle, Long Lian? It is rumored that Long Gongzi's temperament is extremely bland, and he rarely walks outside, how did he think of this complicated imperial capital today?" Huo Zhiyuan's face was very obviously excited, as if he had met an old man, and even directly ignored Cang Wunian and Hua Chengcheng.

"Isn't this going to be held tomorrow as the 'Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony', Long happened to come to see what was going on. Qing Ci replied lightly.

When it came to tomorrow's "Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony", Huo Zhiyuan and Huo Shudie's faces changed significantly, and this little girl was even more rectum, and suddenly her apricot eyes widened and said angrily: "What kind of bullshit 'Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony', I think the monarch is clearly confused by the evil sect and demon way." I have grown up in the foundation of the country for hundreds of years, and what monarch does not rule the country with benevolence, how have I ever heard of sacrificing a living person to heaven! If it weren't for the demon who killed a thousand swords......

"Fluttershy!"

Seeing Huo Shudie's eyes red as she spoke, and her voice became louder and louder, Huo Zhiyuan hurriedly interrupted her with a low shout.

Huo Shudie glanced at his brother unwillingly, and bit his lip fiercely, "I'm not wrong! If it weren't for his suggestion, my father wouldn't have entered the palace to advise the monarch, and he is still under house arrest in the palace." The forty-nine innocent women...... They're all going to die tomorrow!"

"Fluttershy, even Daddy can't solve this problem, so we're just going to have to be careful about what we say and do, so as not to get more talk for Daddy. Huo Zhiyuan shook his head and sighed bitterly.

Listening to the conversation between the two brothers and sisters, Qing Ci and Cang Wunian and Hua Chengcheng subconsciously glanced at each other, and they all saw a trace of solemnity and a trace of doubt in each other's eyes.

Originally, they sat in this theater just to inquire about the "Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony" and the great teacher "Ziqingke", but now that the children of this pair of auxiliary generals have been sent to the door, they will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.

"Previously, Long also heard that this 'Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony' requires forty-nine 'Heaven Sacrifice Saints' to be carried out, but Long didn't understand, how could the monarch agree to sacrifice to the heavens in such an absurd way?" Qing Ci slowly took a sip of wine and asked with a suspicious face.

Huo Zhiyuan was silent for a moment before he said in a low voice: "Although Young Master Long doesn't care about mundane matters, he should know that the entire northwest border of my Changyue Country is surrounded by the 'Eight Hot Volcanoes', and the territory has never been allowed to expand outward, nor can it intersect with other countries. It is said that he was not the favorite prince of the previous emperor at the beginning, but it was precisely because he had a close relationship with the Ziqing guest that he was finally able to inherit the throne of the monarch.

After inheriting the throne, he thought that he must expand his territory in his lifetime, and the demon Ziqingke came up with such a heinous method at this time, saying that he had achieved success in his cultivation in the past hundred years, and if he sacrificed to the heavens with forty-nine saintesses, he would have a way to extinguish the flames in the eight hot volcanoes, and once the flames were extinguished, it would be easy for the monarch to expand the territory. ”

"Oh, ridiculous. A half-demon wants to use this crooked evil way to fight against the Eight Heat Volcano, how can this be embarrassed by Luo Fan's predecessors!" Qing Ci muttered disdainfully.

"Senior Luo Fan?" Huo Zhiyuan and Huo Shudie were puzzled at the same time.

"Oh, that's a master of immortal cultivation I met when I was traveling abroad, and even he had to borrow a magic weapon to avoid fire when he passed through this eight-heat volcano, if he really wanted to extinguish the flames on the volcano...... Easier said than done. Qing Ci replied.