Chapter 18: Go out together
After Shen Run came to the Phoenix Palace for the first time, it seemed to have broken a certain line, and after that, Shen Run came almost every day, staying longer or shorter, and sometimes he would send Chenguang some small things brought from Long Xiguo, such as Longxi Kingdom's special tea, medicinal materials, etc., which were generally not used by Chenguang, but she still accepted it with a smile.
After half a month like this, two people who were complete strangers began to become familiar after getting along with each other during this time. Shen Run was still gentle with Chenguang, but his tone of voice was less polite than at the beginning, and he was moderately close. Probably driven by the change in his attitude, Chenguang also gave up his guard when dealing with Shen Run, and was no longer as restrained as before.
When Shen Run came to visit Chenguang again, just in time for Chenguang to go out, she changed into a dress to go out, covering her forehead, face and long hair with a long white veil, revealing only a pair of big eyes, black and shiny, Shen Run saw that her eyes had regained their brilliance, and knew that her body was finally healed.
"Is this going out?" Shen Run asked with a smile.
When Chenguang saw him, there was a smile in his eyes, and the bright colors that flashed for a moment shook Shen Run.
Chenguang nodded and replied softly:
"Well, I'm going to the Temple of Light to make a vow."
"Temple of Light?"
"Not far from Xiangying, it is a temple dedicated to the god of fire."
Shen Run thought for a while and said with a smile: "I'll go with you." ”
Chenguang was stunned: "Your Highness also wants to go?" ”
"You're just getting better and you're going out, I'm not at ease, I'll go with you." Shen Runwen said with a smile, his tone was concerned.
The bright eyes of the morning light became warmer and warmer, looking at him, her beautiful eyebrows and eyes were bent into crescents, and she smiled and nodded.
The two sides agreed to meet at the gate of the palace in two quarters of an hour, Shen Run took Fu Li back first, Chenguang stood in front of the gate of the Phoenix Palace, holding the door frame, tiptoeing, looking at his back and disappearing into the dense green place.
Huo Wu stood behind her, looked at her thin back, paused, spoke softly, and asked:
"What does Your Highness think, what kind of person is His Royal Highness King Rong?"
Chenguang looked back and glanced at her, and although Fire Dance was expressionless, Chenguang could see a trace of worry in her swirling eyes.
Chenguang smiled, pinched Huo Wu's little face, and replied lightly:
"He is a person who can say the most heartwarming lies with the gentlest expression."
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Two quarters of an hour later, Chenguang came to the palace gate in a small sedan chair.
Shen Run has arrived, dressed in brocade and jade, riding on a camel, full of spirit and high spirits. Behind him, there were many iron-blooded soldiers standing in line, and there were so many people that Chenguang couldn't cry or laugh.
"His Royal Highness King Rong, you have brought too many people, there are no bandits in the Feng Ming Kingdom, so there is no need for so many people." She lifted the corner of the curtain, poked her head out, and said with a smile.
"It's you who bring too few people." Shen Run said with a smile.
The sedan chair she took was not big, but in terms of the financial resources of Feng Yingguo, it was also enough to meet the specifications of a princess of a country, just four sedan chairs, two maids, and one guard.
Shen Run said, his eyes fell on the only guard brought out by the morning light, his eyes flashing slightly. This man he had seen at the palace banquet before, it was the man who knelt behind Emperor Feng Ming like a poisonous snake. The guards who can kneel behind Emperor Feng Ming must have a high status, but why is he following Chenguang today?
There was such a question in his heart, but his face did not show it, he looked at the morning light and smiled softly.
As Chenguang said, Guangming Temple is not far from Xiangying, but Guangming Temple is not in Xiangying, but in an oasis near Xiangying. The oasis is not large, and you can see the end from one end, and on the opposite side is the endless desert and the extremely light blue sky above the desert.
There is only one temple of light on the small oasis, which is also made of stone, but I don't know if it is because of the architectural style, or because of the smell of fire burning from inside, this building looks solemn, solemn, with a strong religious atmosphere, which makes people feel solemn unconsciously.
Shen Run got off the camel and stood in front of the Guangming Temple, looking at the low but unusually solemn building in front of him, it was obviously a hot desert, but he felt cold inexplicably.
Carefully traced, the Fire Sect grew up in the land of Longxi Country, and the Fire Sect was the state religion of the Fengming Kingdom in the past, but since the Shen clan overthrew the old rule and established the Longxi State regime, the Fire Sect as the state religion was abolished, because the Fire Sect always has an unusual demonic nature. Especially after so many years of development and changes, in the eyes of outsiders, the Fire Cult symbolizes ignorance, evil, and uncivilized.
This was Shen Run's first close encounter with the Fire Sect, and the unexpected solemnity made him a little uncomfortable, and he frowned.
The master of the Temple of Light came out to greet him, bowed and bowed, and then retreated to the side to wait, and from the smooth reception, it could be seen that Princess Chenguang must have come here often.
Chenguang turned around and said to Shen Run with a smile:
"Your Highness is not a member of the Fire Cult, don't go in, Your Highness will wait here, and I will come out when I return my wish."
Shen Run nodded.
Chenguang followed the master of the Guangming Temple in.
The Guangming Temple is not big, even if Shen Run doesn't go in, he is standing at the door, and he can probably see the appearance inside.
The temple is dedicated to fire, and many fire lamps are lit on both sides of the main hall, and the firelight illuminates the main hall, but this lighting is different from daylight, although it is bright, but it is very gloomy, and it is a strange sense of brightness.
Directly in front of the gate is a statue of the god of fire, a statue made of unknown pieces. It was a bird, a bit like a phoenix, but it was ten million times more ferocious than a phoenix, fluttering its wings and crying. The phoenix's body was on fire, and this fire was never extinguished, and it burned very vigorously, so vigorously that it made people feel terrible.
Shen Run watched the morning light slowly walk to the burning phoenix, she was not afraid of fire, she knelt in front of the statue of the god of fire reverently, and solemnly worshipped.
Shen Run stood outside the temple gate, looking at her slender back, she was wearing a snow-white dress, the flickering firelight in all directions jumped and shadowed on her, obviously there was no wind around, but he watched the flames burn more and more, more and more fierce, when he was slightly stunned, those fires suddenly burst into flames, fierce and fierce, devouring her back in an instant.
Shen Run's heart thumped, and his breathing was confused.
However, after blinking, he found that it was just an illusion, she knelt in front of the statue of the god of fire, worshipping the god quietly, and the flames around her were also burning calmly, solemn and peaceful.
Shen Run frowned, the illusion just now made him feel ridiculous, but the discomfort that accumulated in his heart was not something that could be dismissed with a sentence of "ridiculous".
Inexplicably, he was in a bit of a bad mood.
"Your Highness," Fu Li suddenly stepped forward and whispered, "Qin Shuo said, this is Chenghuai Hill nearby. ”
Shen Run glanced at him, looked at the barren desert in the distance, and then looked at the morning light in the Guangming Temple, where the hand holding the fire dance was about to stand up.
It is a locust hill.
It is a group of Huaiqiu mines.
That place was what Princess Chenguang had told him when they first met.