Early in the morning three days later, Lin Qingzhi and Murong Qing, who had taken care of everything, embarked on the journey to Luoyang.

Because Lin Qingzhi was pregnant, the mountain road was slippery and difficult to walk, so Elder Xuanji arranged a soft sedan chair to carry her down the mountain, and the rest of the people went down the mountain on foot.

In addition to Murong Qing, there were also Wuyu and Lily, as well as four guards with profound martial arts.

When a few people arrived at the bottom of the mountain, they took a carriage instead, and Murong Qing also brought two guards beside him, and several of them were dressed as delivery merchants, so they were dressed very low-key and simple, not eye-catching.

As soon as I reached the boundary of Huizhou, the sky was gray and white, and the snow began to fall.

The winter weather is not as warm and fragrant as spring, nor is it as green as summer, but the bleak scene is even worse, just like Lin Qingzhi's mood at the moment, it is as cold as a thick snow cover, only the warm water bag wrapped in animal skin in his hand is a little hot, but it can't warm the scarred and cold heart.

The carriage is covered with a thick quilt, sitting in it will not feel too bumpy, Lin Qingzhi reclined on the cotton pillow in the car and closed her eyes to rest, although the carriage has tried its best to slow down, but Lin Qingzhi still feels that her chest is churning unbearably, a wave of nausea is coming, Lin Qingzhi lifted the heavy curtain, and vomited the food she ate in the morning out of the window, the cold wind hit her face, breathing the cold air, and felt a little more comfortable in her heart.

Murong Qing was sitting on a brown horse next to the carriage, and when he saw that Lin Qingzhi's condition was not good, he immediately stopped everyone. Turning over and dismounting, bending down and walking into the carriage, Lin Qingzhi's face was horribly pale, Wu Yu poured a cup of hot water and handed it to her to moisten her throat, and exhaled deeply.

After a quarter of an hour's rest, the team slowly walked forward, Murong Qing sat in the carriage, the two would occasionally say a few words to divert Lin Qingzhi's attention, the sky became dark, and the carriage finally walked out of the boundary of Huizhou, arrived in Lingyang County, and the carriage slowly drove into the territory of Lingyang County.

Murong Qing took out a human skin mask from his arms, handed it to Lin Qingzhi, and after putting it on, it was lifelike, as if he had changed a person, and even Wu Xuan couldn't help but widen his round eyes, and said in surprise: "Although this mask looks ordinary, it is really realistic, just like a different face!" ”

Lin Qingzhi touched the human skin mask on her face, her eyes showed gratitude, she looked at Murong Qing and said, "Senior brother, thank you for your thoughtfulness, I originally had one, but it was not as delicate and realistic as yours." ”

Murong Qing saw the faint smile on Lin Qingzhi's face, narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile: "Do you remember that there was a strange person on the rivers and lakes who claimed to be able to transform dozens of faces in an instant? People give the nickname Thousand Faces Langjun, this person has only been hidden in recent years, and there is no trace and news, this human skin mask is from his hand, natural and ordinary things are incomparable, and I also brought an extra one for use when necessary. ”

"In everyone's hearts, Lin Qingzhi is dead, I really need a new identity in the capital, and in the future, for convenience, don't call me by my real name if it is not necessary, remember, Wuxuan?" Lin Qingzhi put on that new delicate and ordinary face, looked at Wu Yu and said softly.

Lingyang County is an ancient city, under the Phoenix Mountain in the territory, there is a Jinniu Cave mining area, rich in brass, the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu Emperor set up the copper official in the Tongguan Mountain, until now, the copper mining and smelting of the Tongguan Mountain has not been interrupted, and the Phoenix Mountain is rich in Chinese medicinal materials Danpi, so the Lingyang generation has always been a rich place.

But Lin Qingzhi, Murong Qing and others did not see the scene of prosperity and wealth, the small villages and towns they passed by were all closed, and the farmland and crops they passed by were all in a state of decay, and even many fields were barren, no crops were planted at all, and there was no vitality at all.

When she walked two or three miles away from the city gate, she heard the sound of wailing and moaning and crying, and Lin Qingzhi lifted the curtain, and all she saw were ragged, skinny old and weak women and children.

In the cold winter weather, many people are unclothed, standing or sitting or lying on the cold roadside, with only a little wheat straw and straw under them.

Lin Qingzhi and Murong Qing's faces were not very good-looking, their faces were gloomy, and their brows were deeply locked.

Suddenly felt that the carriage stopped suddenly, and the three people in the car involuntarily leaned forward, and Murong Qing raised his hand to support Lin Qingzhi.

After settling down, he opened the curtain of the carriage door, and saw a woman wearing a crimson dress and a gorgeous color sitting on a horse that had just stopped.

It's just that the delicate face on the pink face is slightly distorted because of anger, and the woman is a little boy about seven or eight years old, who is about seven or eight years old, and cries in fright.

The tears that flowed were mixed with the dirt and dust on the face, wiped like a flower cat, due to the cold weather, the little face was frozen red, rubbing a pair of small hands to wipe the tears, the hands were red and swollen, and even two places had broken skin and scabs.

Next to the little boy, a woman who was also dressed in tattered clothes kept kowtowing to the woman on the horse, her forehead was already red and swollen but she didn't dare to stop, and prayed loudly: "Please Miss raise your noble hand, the child is not sensible, and has collided with your noble car, please let her go!" ”

The corners of the woman's mouth on the horse raised, and a touch of disdain and disdain climbed onto her gorgeous face, and she said crisply: "You said let it go?" When does Miss Ben need a lowly beggar to teach her, this amazing cloud mount of mine, but the reward in the palace, can you afford it? ”

When the woman heard that it was a thing in the palace, her body trembled like chaff, and she begged: "It's all a child who is ignorant, please let me, a mother, accept the punishment on his behalf, if you are angry, even if you beat me and scold me, but I really don't have the money to compensate you for this horse." ”

"Okay, since you can't afford to pay it, then take me ten lashes to relieve my anger, Miss Ben's good mood today has been ruined by untouchables like you, it's really hard to swallow this breath!"

The woman on horseback raised the whip in her hand and was about to throw it off, but the woman instinctively held her young son in her arms.

Just as the long whip was about to fall on the woman, a figure floated over, holding the long whip tightly with a wide palm, gritting his teeth and saying: "I didn't expect that in Lingyang County, there are such high-flying and domineering people, who rode horses in the street and almost injured people, but they bit back, saying that others had rammed your horse, and wanted to whip people, I want to see how powerful you are!" ”

The woman was choked by Murong Qing's words, and her face turned blue and white for a while, but seeing Murong Qingqing's extraordinary bearing and handsome appearance, the anger in her heart disappeared a lot, but when she saw Lin Qingzhi walking out of the carriage, she thought that there was only a woman of this posture next to such a handsome man, and she was born with such a beautiful appearance, and in terms of family background and power, she was no worse than ordinary people, and she couldn't help but feel a fire of jealousy in her heart, and her eyes were also fierce when she saw Lin Qingzhi.

Lin Qingzhi saw the woman on the horse looking at her, with unconcealed hostility in her eyes, she only looked at her quietly, she knew it in her heart, and a touch of ridicule appeared on her face, and then she slowly walked to the woman and the child and squatted down, comforting her gently.