Cang Wunian quietly pulled the painting and wanted to get out of the way, but the owner of the sedan chair seemed to see their intentions, and directly asked the sedan chair driver to stop the sedan chair beside them, and several of the guards who came with him immediately stepped forward to stop them, so that the two of them could neither advance nor retreat for a while.

In front of them, it seemed that the owner of the palanquin was coming for them. But they had only entered the city tonight, and had been hidden all along, so who would have discovered them at such a time and intended to trouble them?

Just when Cang Wunian was gloomy and thinking about how to deal with the situation in front of him, the sedan curtain was lifted by the people inside, and a familiar and slightly joking voice came: "Brother Ah Nian, Miss Allure, don't be nervous, it's me!"

"Qing Ci?" Cang Wunian and Hua Chengcheng were obviously stunned, this is only the time for a cup of tea, where did this kid make such a frontal battle.

Qing Ci smiled and walked out of the sedan chair. Only then did the two see more clearly that this stinky scholar not only got a gorgeous sedan chair and a powerful follower in such a short period of time, but also changed his outfit.

At this time, he was dressed in an ice-blue satin robe, with a collar, placket, belt, cuffs and corners embroidered with gold threads, and a white fox fur with good hair on the outside of the robe, a sheep fat jade crown on his head, and a white jade folding fan in his hand.

It's really a person who relies on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and Qing Ci at this time no longer looks like the elegant scholar he usually has, but looks like a noble son.

Looking at the Qing Ci in front of him, Cang Wunian and Hua Chengcheng both lost their minds for a moment, and they were used to the appearance of a scholar who was a hanger on weekdays, and suddenly became a noble son, and suddenly he was a little unaccustomed.

"What's the matter? Isn't it just that I changed my outfit and don't know each other?" Qing Ci walked up to the two of them in two steps and asked quite puzzled.

Cang Wunian glanced at him, pulled him back a few steps, and asked in a low voice, "Where are you singing?"

Qing Ci opened the folding fan with a "snap", shone half of his face, and leaned his head into Cang Wunian's ear and whispered: "Brother Ah Nian, you, the pavilion master of the Thousand Machines Pavilion, are really incompetent. No matter how you say it, this Changyue country also belongs to the human world, and since it belongs to the human world, there will be a place for the Thousand Machine Pavilion. You said that junior brother, I am a thousand machine pavilion elder, and I can't enjoy this treatment, isn't it for nothing?"

Cang Wunian was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh or cry - this stinky boy was afraid that he had already thought of this trick, so he dared to say so unscrupulously that he wanted to enter the imperial city single-handedly.

"What identity did Qianji Pavilion arrange for you?" asked Cang Wunian without thinking.

You must know that the influence of the Thousand Machines Pavilion is quite terrifying in this mortal world, if those high-ranking officials and nobles know that the core members of the Thousand Machines Pavilion appear in front of them with such a swagger, I am afraid that before anything is found, they will be respected and kept away as the living king of Hades.

"Hehe, the largest weapon workshop in the Changyue Kingdom - Long Lian, the master of the Young Fort of Qinglong Fort. Qing Ci smiled smugly.

"Such an identity...... Wouldn't it be too sensitive?" asked Cang Wunian with a frown.

The appearance of a young castle master of the imperial court weapons workshop in such a place for no reason will inevitably make people suspicious.

"Don't worry, the Changyue Kingdom has been in good weather for more than a hundred years, and there is a 'Eight Hot Volcano' on the periphery as a natural barrier to isolate it from other countries, even if you want to fight, there is nowhere to fight. Over the years, this Qinglong Fort has become a place to build weapons for those rich boys, and each weapon has been made into a flashy appearance according to their requirements. Hey, it's sad to think about. Qing Ci shook his head and sighed.

"Are you sure this identity won't be a goof?" Cang Wunian was still a little skeptical.

Qing Ci spread his hands helplessly, "Brother Ah Nian, you are the pavilion master of the Thousand Machines Pavilion, when did you have such no confidence in your subordinates? Even if you don't have confidence in them, you should have confidence in me!"

"It's come to this, and I can only believe you. Let's go, hurry inside. Cang Wunian finally shook his head helplessly, this was probably the most suitable identity they could use right now.

With that, he stretched out his hand, and a bronze mask appeared in his hand, and he buttoned the mask to his face, he glanced at Huacheng and reminded: "Painting, you should also put on the veil." ”

Hua Chengcheng nodded, and a goose-yellow gauze scarf appeared in her hand with her bare hand, and was immediately covered by her.

Immediately afterwards, Qing Ci was in front, Cang Wunian and Hua Chengcheng followed behind him, and the three of them walked straight towards the gate of Tianxi Village.

"Who's coming! Report your name!" The guard at the door saw that the two men and one woman were very eye-catching, and immediately stretched out their hands to intercept them.

The corners of Qing Ci's mouth raised lightly and smiled, he took out a triangular token from his waist and handed it to the guard, the other party immediately changed into a respectful look after seeing the token clearly, and handed the token back to him with both hands, while saying respectfully: "It turned out to be Gongzi Long, the little clumsy eyes are offended, please forgive me!"

Qing Ci still smiled faintly, reached out and took the token and put it back on his waist, and said softly: "It's okay, Ben Shao rarely walks around in the outside world, and it's reasonable that you don't know me." It's just that this Tianxi Village seems to be much more heavily guarded today, is there something big going on?"

The guard hugged his fists and replied, "Childe has always been pure-hearted and has few desires, and I am afraid that he has never paid attention to those drunken things in the city. Because tomorrow will hold the most special 'Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony' in a hundred years, so tonight someone set up a gambling game in this Tianxi Village, saying that it is a bet on whether this 'Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony' can be carried out smoothly. Because the content of the gambling game is more sensitive, there are a lot of nobles who come here today, so this guard is more strict than usual. ”

"I see, it seems that Ben Shao came at the right time. But tomorrow's festival is a festival...... I'm afraid it's really going to be very lively. Qing Ci said with a meaningful smile, turned back to Cang Wunian and Hua Chengcheng, and then stopped talking to the guard, and walked directly into Tianxi Village.

After entering Tianxi Village, Cang Wunian said lightly: "Tomorrow is the winter solstice, I know that there are indeed many places in the human world where the custom is to worship the ancestors and worship the sky on the day of the winter solstice, but this Changyue country ...... Is there such a custom?"

"As far as I know, there was no before, since this Ziqingke became the great master of the Changyue Kingdom, there has been a saying that the winter solstice sacrifices to the sky. It's just that this year's sacrifice of human life seems to be the first time in history. Qing Ci said with a solemn face.

"To sacrifice human lives to heaven, there must always be a pretense that can convince the people. 7749 lives, if one of them does not arouse the anger of the people, the king will lose more than he gains. Cang Wunian said with doubts.

"Let's go in and ask someone later, don't we?" Hua Chengcheng blinked, not understanding what these two men were struggling with, they were now in Tianxi Village, and the people who came and went were all prominent figures in Changyue Country, and there would always be so many people who knew the inside story of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony.

"Let's go, let's go to the stage first, since we're here, we have to have fun. The corners of Qing Ci's mouth hooked, and he strode towards the center of Tianxi Village.

Passing through the main entrance and courtyard of Tianxi Village, the three of them quickly found the theater in this inn.

Looking in from the door of the theater building, the stage is facing the people from the side. When you walk in, you can see that the theater building actually has two floors, the lower floor is normally a round table at the front of the stage, and the upstairs layout is somewhat similar to a semi-open private room, each private room is separated from each other, and no one can see who is in the adjacent room.

The private rooms on the second floor are surrounded by the stage in three directions, which are used by some people who claim to have a high status and do not like to be disturbed by others.

"Yo, the hierarchy is quite serious. Brother Ah Nian and Miss Allure want to sit on it or below?" Qing Ci asked with a smile as he stared at the scene in front of him.

"Come on, we didn't really come to see the play, since we wanted to come to the bottom first, naturally we sat in the positions in front of the stage, and the upstairs were all private rooms, who can you inquire?"

"Then listen to Brother Ah Nian, let's find a slightly back position, so as not to get too loud when we get close to the stage. Qing Ci nodded in agreement and walked towards the direction farther away from the stage.

Not long after the three of them sat down, a shopkeeper trotted over respectfully, "Three distinguished guests, there is still nearly half an hour before the start of this first scene, I wonder if the three of you need to have dinner first?"

Qing Ci's gaze swept over Cang Wunian and Hua Chengcheng's faces, and then said lightly: "Bring all your signature dishes here, and in addition, take two jars of the best wine." ”

"Okay, three distinguished guests, please wait a moment, the little one will go!" said the shopkeeper, and quickly retreated.

Not long after the shopkeeper left, many people came in one after another in the theater that originally looked empty, and the clothes of the people who came could feel that none of them were short of money, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were soaked in the money jar.

In less than a cup of tea, the empty theater was full.

Just as the shopkeeper returned to bring them the wine and food, there was a commotion at the door of the theater.

The three of them followed the prestige and saw two young men and women. The man looked to be about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in light armor, of medium stature, and looked somewhat rugged. At most, the woman looks like she has just passed her prime, wearing a peacock blue wide-sleeved skirt with a white fox fur on the outside, with a round face and round eyes, which is not pretty, but very cute.