In the capital of Southern Xia, the news of the people sent by Zhao Guang to the frontier finally came back, the Shen family was wiped out, and only the whereabouts of Miss Yuexi of the Shen family are unknown, as for who did it,

"Shen Yuexi?" Zhao Guang looked at the secret fold, and muttered the name in his mouth, "Shen Yuexi, Yuexi, Yue Xi......" Zhao Guang's face showed a meaningful expression, he looked at Sun Delu, "Do you remember that I once said that Yue Xi in the Seven Princes' Mansion is very similar to a person?" ”

Sun Delu nodded, "The slave remembers that you said that she looked a little like Shen Qingshan between her eyebrows and eyes. ”

When Zhao Guang heard this, the smile on his face froze, and he slapped his hand on the dense fold, "Okay, very good, I finally understand why Lao Qi named her Yue Xi, it turns out that this Yue Xi is not Yue Xi, he dared to play his wrist under my nose." ”

Sun Delu heard the clue on the side, and couldn't help but be taken aback, could it be that the Yuexi girl in Zhao Qiye's mansion turned out to be Shen Qingshan's daughter Shen Yuexi?

Zhao Qiye is really too bold, not to mention taking in the daughter of a criminal minister, he even married her as his wife, in terms of it, this is the crime of bullying the king.

"Where has the seventh gone now?" After thinking for a while, Zhao Guang asked Sun Delu.

"There was news a few days ago that the Seventh Prince and his entourage arrived in Red Cliff City, that place is close to the sea, and if you walk northeast for a few days, it will be very close to the frontier." Sun Delu replied.

"That's right," Zhao Guang understood, "Shen Yuexi, as the only living person of the Shen family, naturally has to track down the truth and find out the murderer in order to avenge the Shen family." ”

Sun Delu nodded abruptly.

"In this way, it is not difficult to explain the Beihu women a few days ago, they should also come to Shen Yuexi, the Beihu people are interfering in this matter, so the death of Shen Qingshan's family is likely to be related to the Beihu people." Zhao Guang continued to speculate.

This speculation made Zhao Guang a little relieved, if the appearance of those Beihu women was related to Shen Yuexi, it meant that Beihu had no plans to be enemies of Nanxia at present, so the messenger he sent to Beihu must have sent back good news, and the matter of harmony must have been achieved.

In this way, the external troubles can be put aside for the time being, and now it only depends on the movements of the king of southern Yunnan after he knows the news of Pang Shicong's death. As long as Beihu does not take advantage of the fire to rob and only deal with one king of southern Yunnan, Zhao Guang is still sure.

"Didn't Shen Qingshan work for the Beihu people in Youzhou City, and why did the Beihu people kill him?" Sun Delu was a little puzzled.

Zhao Guang naturally didn't know why, but the Beihu people were barbaric, ruthless, bloodthirsty, and could do everything, so it was not necessary that Shen Qingshan offended anyone.

Sun Delu also wanted to ask Zhao Guang how he wanted to deal with Zhao Qiye, but after thinking about it, he didn't ask, no matter what the emperor wanted to do with Zhao Qiye, Zhao Qiye was not in the capital at the moment, and he could only wait for Zhao Qiye to come back.

But in the final analysis, Sun Delu felt that Shen Yuexi was not guilty of any serious crime, and Zhao Qiye had no choice but to take Shen Yuexi in and conceal her identity. A matter of thought.

**

In Red Cliff City, Zhao Zheng and his entourage stayed at the inn.

This is a city by the sea, and the inn where they stayed is also close to the sea, and from the second floor of the inn, you can see the vast sea in winter.

"This is the second time I've seen the sea." Shen Yuexi lay on the fence of the inn and looked at the sea and said.

"When was the first time?" Zhao Zheng thought about it, back then, the Shen clan sent out the frontier, and the normal route was not to walk through the seaside.

Sure enough, Shen Yuexi was silent for a while, "The year before last, I came with my brother." ”

That time, of course, it was not only Shen Yi who came together, but also clumsiness.

Originally, he was clumsy to take Shen Yuexi to see the sea, but in the summer, but in the end, the lonely man and widow were not very good, so Shen Yi came with him. This is also what Shen Qingshan meant.

Riding a horse from Youzhou City, I traveled all the way for half a moon to reach Black Cliff Town, a town half surrounded by the sea.

Red Cliff City and Black Cliff Town are not far apart, about two days away, they lived in Black Cliff Town for a few days, and then came to Red Cliff City to live for a few days, Shen Yuexi and Hu Zhuo followed the local fishermen to catch seafood in the mud by the sea, and they were very happy every day.

At that time, the inn where they lived was this Wanghai Inn.

When Shen Yuexi lay on the railing again, she had the illusion of a dream, and when she turned her head to look at Zhao Zheng, she saw a clumsy shadow for a moment.

At that time, she thought that she could be happy with Clumsy until she grew old.

"The seafood pot here is delicious, but I don't know if there will be such fresh seafood in winter." Shen Yuexi looked at the back kitchen on the first floor and said to herself.

"I'll ask." After Zhao Zheng said this, he went downstairs.

Shen Yuexi was still lying on the railing, looking at Zhao Zheng's back, with indescribable complicated feelings in her heart.

If time and space would be staggered, Zhao Zheng and Hu Zhuo should have passed by on the stairs just now. The two important men in her Shen Yuexi's life overlap at this moment.

Xiao Luzi was curious and ran down.

"If I have the opportunity to come to Japan, I hope to come here with Zhao He." Shen Yuexi said to herself again.

But this sentence sounds more like it was said to Lang Kuo.

Lang Kuo glanced at Shen Yuexi, looking a little overwhelmed.

His overwhelm was only because he didn't expect to suddenly hear Zhao He's name from someone else's mouth, and when he heard this name, his heart couldn't help beating violently.

Seeing that Lang Kuo didn't speak, Zhao He turned his head to look at him, and then continued to look at the back kitchen.

Zhao Zheng and Xiao Luzi had already entered the kitchen, and the courtyard was empty, because it was winter, there were not many guests in the inn.

In the summer, the inn is lively, there are many Beihu people who come to see the sea, eat some seafood that is rarely eaten, and then take some dried seafood away.

You can't eat seafood in Youzhou City, but you can eat dried seafood, such as dried shrimp and dried shellfish, soaked in water and used to cook vegetables, you can still taste umami.

Similarly, the fishermen of Black Cliff Town and Red Cliff City also like to buy some Beihu foods such as bacon and milk wine, so there is actually a close trade relationship between this and Beihu.

Hu Zhuo is also because of this often has contacts with the people here, Beihu has lake salt, and there is sea salt here, salt is a thing that the imperial court prohibits smuggling, but Hu Zhuo can sell sea salt from here to Beihu, the king of Beihu turns a blind eye, after all, Hu Zhuo is burdened with a huge military camp, selling sea salt, and can also subsidize some military use.

Shen Yuexi likes the sea and the grassland, and Hu Zhuo said to Shen Yuexi at that time that they can buy a house in Black Cliff Town or Red Cliff City, and come to live from time to time to experience different cultural customs.

Shen Yuexi strongly agreed. Very desirable.

It's a pity that later, there is no later.

Shen Yuexi's memories were interrupted by Zhao Zheng, he and Xiao Luzi came out of the back kitchen, and nodded at Shen Yuexi lying on the railing on the second floor, Shen Yuexi knew that she could eat the seafood pot tonight.

"This is a silt beach, even in winter, you can dig up all kinds of shellfish crabs or octopus, just watched in the back kitchen, raised in a wooden basin, and still alive." Zhao Zheng went upstairs and whispered to Shen Yuexi.

Shen Yuexi, who could have a seafood pot to eat, was in a little brighter, she looked at Zhao Zheng and said, "You will know the deliciousness when you taste it, and you should want to come again." ”

"If that's the case, then we'll buy a house here and come here for a few days every year." Zhao Zheng said.

Shen Yuexi was stunned. Zhao Zheng actually said the same thing as Clumsy, which made her feel even more trance.

That night, in a copper pot grilled over a charcoal fire, a variety of seafood, dried mushrooms, dried vegetables, and tofu were placed...... Zhao Zheng and his entourage sat in a circle around the copper pot and enjoyed the rare delicious food.

Seafood, because of its regional specificity, cannot be eaten even in the palace, so it is even more precious.

Xiao Luzi eats the most happily, because he has no distractions and no worries.

Lang Kuo was thinking, if Zhao He came together, she would also like to eat such a hot seafood pot on a winter night, right?

Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi have more things on their minds, and after leaving Red Cliff City, they are getting closer and closer to the frontier, and they are getting closer and closer to those unknown truths. with the future.

**

**

Suddenly, he galloped all the way to the capital.

Their group is tall and tall, with obvious facial contours, which are a little different from the people of Nanxia, if so many people enter the city together, they are afraid that it will attract attention, so they rest outside the city for two days, and let the Jingwei enter the capital in twos and threes.

And when he stayed outside the city, he had nothing to do during the day, and asked the innkeeper if there was anything worth going around, and the boss thought about it, and there was only the Yunyou Temple not far away.

So he took half a day to go to Yunyou Temple.

There are few pilgrims in winter, and pilgrims like Hu Zhuo are even rarer, and the monks in the Yunyou Temple are all people who know people, and the breath on Hu Zhuo's body is obviously different, and he doesn't even look like a Nanxia person.

A monk secretly reported the matter to Hui Neng, Hui Neng came out of the meditation room, walked slowly to the front yard of the temple, under the towering pine forest, suddenly looked up, the mountains in the border area can see the pine trees, and outside the capital of Nanxia, there is such a large pine forest, some rare.

Hui Neng didn't bother Hu Clumsy, just kept quietly watching his back, until Hu Clumsy turned around and saw Hui Neng, he smiled slightly, "These pine trees grow so well." ”

Hearing this, Huineng also smiled slightly, "Yunyou Temple has a history of 100 years, these pine trees were picked by the ancestors of the year, and now they have grown into a forest shade and are the virtues of the ancestors." ”

Hu Zhuo didn't say anything more, turned his head to look at the empty temple, and asked, "I wonder if I can go to the Buddha in the main hall to put a stick of incense?" ”

Hu Zhuo didn't believe in Buddhism very much, but for the sake of Shen Yuexi, he was willing to kneel in front of the Buddha once.