When I woke up again, I was lying in a strange room.

The surroundings were silent, except for the silver-white moonlight pouring in through the window, illuminating the whole room.

Where is this?

I rubbed my temples, which had begun to swell a little from sleeping for too long, sat up slowly from the bed, and took a deep breath of the cool air of the night, but unexpectedly smelled a familiar fragrance.

This is

When I was a child, I often smelled this fragrance in my mother's dormitory, but when I was young, I only knew that it was a kind of orchid flower, but I didn't know what kind of orchid it was.

Now that I can smell this aroma in this strange room, I am intrigued for a while.

What kind of flower is it?

The cool breeze came slowly, and I looked in the direction where the fragrance of flowers came, and finally there was a pot of beautiful orchid grass by the windowsill, the slender leaves swayed slightly with the wind, and the moonlight covered it, dragging the old man of the bluegrass with mixed shadows.

In order to see more clearly, I gently stepped off the bed, and the cold touch under my feet immediately gave me goosebumps on my back like an electric shock.

When I walked to the window, I saw that the veins of the leaves were clearly visible, and there were clusters of small white flowers hidden in the leaves, the petals were slender, and in the moonlight they were like pure butterflies lying among the bluegrass, and they could not be seen at all if they did not look closely.

At this time, the breeze came slowly, mixed with the refreshing fragrance of flowers hit my heart one after another, which also made my mood a little lighter.

However, at the moment when the wind picked up, the intricate leaves of the bluegrass were blown apart by the wind, and I suddenly found a rolled parchment at the base of the leaves.

Driven by curiosity, I took out the parchment and opened it to see that there were only seven words: Danger! Get out of here!

What does that mean? Could it be someone who is reminding me? Or is it a conspiracy?

didn't have time to think about it, Shen Xiao's low voice came from behind him, "The qi is like Lan Xi and never changes, and the heart is like Lan Xi and never changes!" It's a bonsai thing! ”

"Shen Xiao?"

Turning around suddenly, I looked over through the slight glow of the moonlight, and saw Shen Xiao leaning against the door, looking at me with a smile in his dark eyes.

"When did you come in?"

"Guess what!"

Shen Xiao curled the corners of his lips and smiled mysteriously, then raised his legs and walked to my side, glancing at the parchment in my hand.

"Looks like that old healer knows you!"

"The old healer?"

Seeing the look of incomprehension on my face, Shen Xiao explained, "It's the doctor who treated you, did you forget that you fainted because of the fever?" ”

"Fever" I couldn't help whispering, and then I looked down at the window, and at this time the silver moonlight shrouded a dilapidated street, in which a few lights were lit in twos and threes, and it looked very barren, "Where is this?" ”

Shen Xiao raised his chin slightly, his eyes looked a little confused, "This is Luyang City!" ”

After listening to his words, I couldn't help but feel a wave of excitement in my heart.

So, am I already in Luyang City now? Is it possible to find Yin Linxi soon?

Shen Xiao looked at me fixedly, and a bitter smile unconsciously appeared on his thin lips, "Are you so happy?" You must know that Luyang City is now making a plague, aren't you afraid? ”

"Afraid of what?" I instinctively responded immediately, and then remembered, "By the way, I heard from the group of people who stopped me that you sent them to do this, just to prevent me from coming to Luyang, why?" ”

Shen Xiao was slightly stunned, and a hint of joke gradually appeared between his eyebrows, "Didn't I say it just now?" Luyang City has a plague, I am afraid that you are too stupid, and you rushed in without knowing it, in case you are infected with the plague, then the miracle is pitiful, after all, he is still so young. ”

"Phew! Crow's beak! I pushed him angrily, "Then since you stopped me, why did you take the initiative to bring me to Luyang?" ”

Speaking of this, the expression in Shen Xiao's eyes became serious, and he looked at me for a long time before he whispered, "If I don't let you come, won't you really come?" ”

"Shen Xiao, actually me"

"Needless to say!"

In the moonlight, he hurriedly turned around and looked at the sparsely lit but unusually silent street in the distance, leaving me with only a silhouette that looked a little lonely.

At this moment, the breeze blew and raised his sideburns like ink, but those eyes never looked at me again.

However, just as I was hesitating whether to find something to alleviate the current embarrassing atmosphere, Shen Xiao suddenly pulled me to dodge and hid in the shadows beyond the reach of the moonlight.

"What's wrong?"

I looked up at Shen Xiao with a solemn expression on his face in confusion, but I saw him put his index finger against his lips and made a silent movement, but his eyes were staring at the outside.

"What happened?" I lowered my voice and whispered.

After a long while, I saw that Shen Xiao had relaxed his guard, but he still had a cold face, as if he was pondering something.

Seeing this, I curiously stood on tiptoe and looked out the window.

Unfortunately, before I could see anything, a piercing sound of sharp arrows breaking through the wind sounded in my ears.

"Be careful!"

Shen Xiao shouted and hurriedly snatched my body.

After moving me to a safe place, he looked me nervously up and down, "How are you?" Did you get hurt? ”

"I'm fine!" Gently pushing Shen Xiao's hand away, I finally couldn't help but ask anymore, "What the hell is going on?" What do you see? ”

Shen Xiao frowned, "I'm afraid this Luyang City can't stay anymore, we must leave immediately." ”

"Why?"

Hearing my question, Shen Xiao gave me a complicated look, and finally turned away slightly.

I peeked through the gap in the window behind him, and it became clear that the moonlight, which had only been clear and transparent above the street, had been replaced by the light of the fire, which was billowing up with thick smoke.

"Fire"

I looked up at Shen Xiao blankly, "How can this be?" ”

"It's Duguao's person!" Shen Xiao said lightly.

"Why? Didn't he deliver supplies to Okawa? Why did you set fire to Luyang? There are still "people" in Luyang City!

Speaking of which, I remembered that there was a plague in Luyang City, and Dugu Ao immediately set fire to Luyang City, and the two must be closely linked.

And the reason why Dugu Ao has such courage to dare to burn the city is that he must be ordered by the emperor!

Doesn't this just show that the emperor has given up on these people? In order to stop the spread of this epidemic, he even did not hesitate to kill and turn all innocent people into ashes.

If this is the case, then Qintong, who is also a severely affected area, will not be able to escape this fate?

Ironically, the emperor hastily sentenced everyone to death without seeing the state of affairs in these two cities.

However, it can also be seen from this that the purpose of Dugu Ao's trip is really not simple!

"Let's go!"

Shen Xiao didn't explain much to me, just snorted coldly, and pulled me to run out of the door in a hurry.

But by this time, the fire had spread to the inn where we were, and the roaring flames were like insolent monsters, waving their claws to block our way out.

"What now?"

Shen Xiao, who was standing in front of me, frowned, and looked around, but there was no place to escape.

At this moment, a tile suddenly fell from the top of our head and smashed on the ground in front of us, and it immediately shattered.

Shen Xiao raised his head, and after seeing the big hole in a collapsed tile on the roof, his face was finally happy.

"Hold on to me!"

Without waiting for me to answer, Shen Xiao's eyes suddenly became more fierce when he looked at the roof, and then his big hand wrapped around my waist.

By the time I had come to my senses, I had jumped onto the roof with him, and now the flames were raging for miles between the houses beneath my feet.

The firelight shone into the air, reflecting the bright moon on a silver plate in the sky, making this originally quiet and silent night suddenly become half red and half silver-white, looking strange and bright, as if another world had descended.

Is this what is called the burning of the city?

Under the scorching light of the fire, I only felt a little blurry in front of my eyes, and my eyes were dry and painful.

Shen Xiao's hand around my waist tightened again.

"Hold on!"

After whispering a reminder, Shen Xiao jumped hard, and went to the weaker side of the fire with a good light skill.

However, the moment I turned around, on the other side of the fire, I seemed to see several dark shadows.

I couldn't make out the man's face covered, but I could clearly feel the hot gaze.

Who is it?

With this doubt, the figure was finally swallowed in the dazzling light in front of him.

"Your Highness! The subordinates didn't understand, why didn't they stop the one surnamed Shen! ”

Zhao Zhou, who was dressed in black, had a deep anger on his face, and he and the guards behind him crouched behind the man.

And the figure standing in front of everyone didn't retract his gaze for a long time, but his face was filled with joy that couldn't be dissolved.

"It's raw."

The man's star-like eyes were filled with sweetness.

The group of black-clothed guards behind him looked at each other, and finally Zhao Zhou opened his mouth, "Why did Your Highness save the princess and not take the princess?" and let the one surnamed Shen "

The man turned his head and looked at the big hole that he had smashed open not far away, and a trace of eternity finally floated on his peerless face hidden under the black scarf.

"Now is not the time, by the way, have all the people we left in the city withdrew?"

"Back to Your Highness, our people have all evacuated from the secret passage under the leadership of Doctor Zhang, and now Dugu Ao is just an empty city, but"

Zhao Zhou looked at the man in front of him, his face was a little embarrassed, and he paused before continuing, "The road from Luyang to Qindachuan has been full of ambushes, even if our people escape safely, I'm afraid they will be sad to pass the ambush." ”

"It doesn't matter! Naturally, the ambush soldiers have someone to deal with for us. ”

What does that mean?

Zhao Zhou raised his eyebrows, looked at his master suspiciously, and secretly guessed in his heart that the person he was talking about was General Qian?

But General Qian is obviously guarding the front line! At this time, he himself should be in a state of overwhelmed with intrigues and tricks, and he is really unskilled to deal with ambushes.

But apart from General Qian, he really couldn't think of anyone else who would help them.

"That's right, send someone" The man turned around and looked at the brilliant horizon in the distance, and when the woman's thin and beautiful face appeared in his mind, he couldn't help but soften his tone, "Send someone to protect the princess secretly, remember to do whatever it takes." ”

Wonderful!

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