Chapter 1 Heavy Snow in the World
At the end of the fourteenth year of Changping, it snowed heavily. Chen Fudi, the prince of Sui, arrived at Panmen and drank a hundred jars of ice and spring wine with the judge, and then the judge retreated to the Nai He Sea.
The deeds were first spread by the people of Panmen, after all, the existence of the judge, for the people of Panmen is the most frightened, Chen Fudi understated that the judge retreated, and gradually was compiled by the storyteller, the story became more bizarre, and the fame was unmatched for a while.
Jiang Wang also heard about it. It is naturally difficult for ordinary people to understand the causes and consequences of the Naihehai incident, but the standing of the Baizhang Judge is something that all the counties of Kutan have to know, so the Sui Prince Chen Futu will judge alone and make him retreat, and the people will inevitably praise it.
Jiang Wang guessed that Emperor Sui let Chen Fudi go to Panmen, which should have this meaning, so that the prince would have a higher prestige.
In this way, it is inevitable that the court will speculate, what Jiang Wang didn't understand is that Emperor Sui is in the prime of life, what is the purpose of building momentum for the prince so quickly?
What made Jiang Wang even more speechless was that in the storyteller's story, Chen Fudi and the judge drank together, drank the judge dizzy, and then beat him, and the judge said in awe that he would not enter the country for a hundred years, no matter how he thought about it, it was nonsense.
But the thing does exist, and the storyteller tells the story well, it doesn't matter if it's true or not, and the people won't care, as long as they recognize that it was the prince who drove the judge back to Naihehai, the prince's reputation will not be false.
Jiang Wang quickly put the matter behind him. For fear that Li Shenyuan would suffer another loss and take advantage of him, Jiang Wang firmly rejected Li Shenyuan's proposal to follow Xiaoyu and Ah Kong in his words, and faced the heavy snow with his own hardships, moving forward one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The first type of true nature has long been unable to maintain when he is extremely weak, so Jiang Wang has no way to determine the location of Xiaoyu and Ah Kong at present, so he just needs to find a place where he can avoid the cold and snow, recover some strength, and let the Yuan Shen go out of his body again to bring Xiao Yu and Ah Kong.
Jiang Wang can hear about Chen Fudi's matter, because there are occasional pedestrians passing by outside the mountain, he has the opportunity to take a carriage, but also because there is no town nearby, every time he meets pedestrians have to go to a far place, and most of them are caravans, there are many sundries in the carriage, it is difficult to sit comfortably, they all take a section of the road to get down, a few days, several rides, and finally come to a place where there is a town within three miles.
Looking at Jiang Wang, who was struggling to walk towards the nearby town with the guidance of the caravan people, Li Shenyuan said helplessly: "Why bother. Jiang Wang didn't look back, sighed coldly, and said: "Although it seems troublesome, if I directly follow a certain caravan all the way and travel dozens or even hundreds of miles, I will definitely be wasted, so this is the best way at present." Li Shenyuan said: "There is obviously a better way. Jiang Wang pretended not to hear.
"Yan Kan has a firm belief that he should still investigate the matter of Fu Xiaojun, but fortunately, Fu Xiaojun has returned to Jingwei, and he will not die because of this." Li Shenyuan and Jiang Wang walked side by side, and said: "Even if you want to change the topic, you don't need to pretend to care about that Yan Kan, he can take his life in order to capture Xiao Jun, but you really don't take him seriously, maybe what he thinks of you now." Jiang Wang said: "He is doing what he should do, I am also doing what I should do, in the final analysis, I also saved him, as for what he will think, it has nothing to do with me." "Although Qian Shiyi was killed because Wang Yaoqian and Fu Xiaojun made a deal, there are still unresolved problems in the case, such as why Wang Yaoqian wanted to kill Qian Shiyi, and what happened to the nightmare, but these are not things that Jiang Wangneng cares about, and he can't do anything about it.
Li Shenyuan said very seriously: "Actually, the nightmare has been in the barren forest until you start fighting with the Whisker, it will hide outside, the nothingness of the nightmare is difficult for the Whisk to be easily detected, it may continue to hide, and it may commit crimes again." Jiang Wang said: "If someone deliberately provokes, then I can't help it, at least many things prove that nightmares will only dream of evil people, and we can't find nightmares, so it's impossible to really do anything." Li Shenyuan nodded and said, "It's really worrying about this. Jiang Wang could faintly see the outline of the town, but he was very tired, so he took out the rattan chair, placed it on the side of the road, and lay down directly, letting the cold snowflakes lap on his body, making him shiver from the cold.
Looking at this picture, Li Shenyuan really didn't know what to say, and he didn't let himself use his words to follow the law, which was barely excusable, and it was very troublesome to toss in several caravans, and it could also be said that there was no way, but it was clear that the town was in front of him, why did he lie down?
Jiang Wang seemed to think of something, looked at Li Shenyuan tremblingly, and asked, "Can you make me warmer?" Li Shenyuan was slightly stunned, and said with a slight sneer: "Now you're not afraid?" Jiang Wang said with a smile: "Just let me warm up, it shouldn't bring you too much loss, right?" Of course, I have to avoid risks, but if there are no risks, why should I let myself be stupid. Li Shenyuan shook his head and said straightforwardly, not afraid of the cold, Jiang Wang really couldn't feel the slightest chill.
Jiang Wang continued to lie down comfortably. Li Shenyuan was surprised: "Why don't you leave yet?" Jiang Wang closed his eyes and said casually: "Although it's not cold, I'm tired, and I don't want to move when I'm lying down." "Be diligent when you should be diligent, and be lazy when you should be lazy, Jiang Wang stopped Li Shenyuan from using his words again, and the two of them were stupid in the ice and snow.
Just when Li Shenyuan gradually became emotional and wanted to drag Jiang Wang away directly, with the sound of crunching, another caravan appeared.
Jiang Wang opened one eye and said with emotion: "The snow is falling, the caravans are endless, and it is really hard to earn a few taels of silver." Li Shenyuan said: "Although such a trader earns far more than a few taels of silver, it is a little strange to encounter caravans one after another in the past few days. Jiang Wang said: "Xu is the only way? Although they came into contact with many caravans and listened to their various chats, Jiang Wang and Li Shenyuan really didn't deliberately make friends, and even what kind of business some caravans were doing, they didn't know anything, they simply didn't care.
The caravan that appeared at this time was smaller than the one Jiang Wang had encountered earlier, because there was nothing else except a carriage, two wagons, and a few guards.
They watched the caravan, and it was hard for the caravan not to look at them. The snow is a little big, although anxious to find a place to stay, but it can only go slowly, each guard wraps himself very tightly, there is a rattan chair on the side of the road is very strange, there is still a person lying on the rattan chair, the body is covered with snow, next to the girl in red, there is a light veil to cover her face, night is coming, this picture makes the guards vigilant.
Li Shenyuan felt a little embarrassed, she turned sideways slightly, no longer looking at the caravan, but Jiang Wang still looked at it with a smile, and even waved his hand to say hello.
The guards who drove the car were stunned for a moment, subconsciously drove the horse to speed up, and the guards on both sides were even more energetic, perhaps because of nervousness and a little panic, obviously noticed that there were snow-covered stones on the side, but when they came to the front, they still couldn't avoid it, and the left wheel hit the stone, and the carriage almost overturned.
Jiang Wang's raised hand was silently put down, thinking that it had nothing to do with me, right? The guards were in a mess, the neighing of the horses resounded, and the guards driving the car asked the people in the carriage for the first time,
"Ma'am, are you alright?!" There was a voice in the carriage that also seemed panicked, but it was soft and glutinous.
"I'm fine...... What's wrong? The guard responded, "I hit the rock, Madame is fine!" Sensing the hostile gaze of the guards, Jiang Wang, who was lying on the rattan chair, was helpless and said, "I just waved my hand, but I didn't do anything, why do you have to panic?" The guards also knew that they could not blame others, so they could only check whether the wheels were damaged, and sadly found that the rims were cracked, and the spokes were also two directly broken.
When the lady learned of the problem, she could only say softly: "I'll take the truck in the back, and find a place to stay as soon as possible, it's better than delaying here." The guards had no choice but to agree, after all, it was better to squeeze the wagons than to let the lady freeze here.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the plump woman in the black coat stepped out of the carriage with her waist down, and the escort who drove the car had landed first, raising her arm so that Mrs. could get off the carriage with the help of her strength, and the cold wind blew the snowflakes, making the hair on Mrs. De's forehead fly, slightly covering her eyes.
Jiang looked in front of him, and Madame easily noticed the figure lying on the rattan chair on the side of the road. But Jiang Wang's face was also covered with snow, and Madame just wondered why this person was lying here, but she didn't have any other reaction, and went straight to the truck behind.
The guards worked together to move the carriage aside, and to carry all the contents of the carriage to another wagon, and when they were ready, they set off again.
Jiang Wang looked at it curiously, he could see the lady's demeanor very clearly, but he still looked calm, after all, he was very empty, and the direction of the caravan was exactly where the town pointed out to Jiang Wang by the previous caravan, so Jiang Wang did not have any extra reminders where they could stay.
Li Shenyuan watched the caravan drift away, looked back at Jiang Wang and said, "This place is very close to that town, and I won't have any consumption if I say anything, and I'll be like a fool to stay here, so you don't have the right to refuse now." Without waiting for Jiang Wang to say anything, Li Shenyuan said directly: "Jiang Wang and I are in the town in front. Jiang Wang only felt that his spirit was in a trance, and a shop had already appeared in front of him, he looked around left and right, this was the street, there were shops on both sides, because the night was approaching, and it was snowing, there was no one on the street.
He was still lying on the rattan chair, secretly feeling that it was good to be able to do this. Li Shenyuan ignored Jiang Wang and prepared to find an inn.
Jiang Wang thought about it, slowly moved the rattan chair, changed directions, stayed under the eaves on the side of the shop, stared at the street, and continued to lie down.
Occasionally, pedestrians pass by on the street, and it is inevitable to take a few looks. Jiang Wang didn't care. Just not far away, there is a pavilion road, and there are a few people standing on it, because Jiang Wang is under the eaves, they don't pay attention, and they are chatting with themselves.
"This snow is very sudden, and many mountain roads are blocked, so there are caravans entering the town one after another, and I see that some caravans are still moving forward in the snow, and I am afraid that there will be no return." Hearing this, the rest of the people's faces showed fear, the town has not been peaceful, but most of the time it is very peaceful, unless it is going to snow, the people in the town did not take advantage of the lack of snow to move away, all because there is a special existence in the town, can make this place as peaceful as possible on a snowy day.
After all, it is a place where they grew up, and some people are afraid that they will only move out temporarily before the winter and come back in the spring, while others will still stay in the town, so this is the biggest reason why the streets of the town are empty.
It's not just the town that's dangerous, it's a radius of tens of miles, so in the dead of winter, people who stay in the town won't go out again, and the town will be safer than outside.
"Who the hell is protecting the town?" Some people asked,
"None of the elders in the family gave me an answer, only that the man lived in the town, but no one knew where he lived, and I doubted that it was the gods who protected the town." There were five people standing in the pavilion, only one of whom was lying on the railing, he was dressed in a patched coarse linen robe, and his tattered straw sandals showed his toes.
Hearing the words of the person in front of him, he suddenly sneered and said, "Then I think he should be an extremely good-looking immortal." ”
"Immortals don't necessarily look good, do they?" The person who spoke first looked at him and said, "Su Changluo, why don't you ever wear those clothes we sent, forget it, it's snowing heavily, the weather is cold, you are wearing rags, is it really not cold?" Su Changluo said with a smile: "If you have a strong body, you will naturally not be cold, which is like your hypocrisy." Although he was very clear about Su Changluo's character, when they heard this, they made a gesture and rushed up, so that Su Changluo soon began to beg for mercy, and left the pavilion in a fight.
Jiang Wang heard some movement, and wanted to poke his head out to take a look, but found that it was very difficult and needed to leave the rattan chair, so he lay back again.
He looked sideways at the familiar caravan approaching. The guards also saw Jiang Wang. They looked at each other, and felt a chill down their backs.
What's going on? How could the town be two miles away from that mountain road, why did this person come to the town faster than them?
Jiang Wang stretched out his hand again to say hello. The guards' faces stiffened, and they naturally had no intention of returning the salute. Instead, he was even more flustered and wanted to stay away from Jiang Wang.
But at this moment, a roar suddenly sounded outside the town, causing a great earthquake to tremble, and the guards controlled the frightened horses, and even the guards who fell off their horses were the first to get up to protect the lady in the wagon.
They didn't think about what that roar was all about, they only thought that there was a problem when they met Jiang Wang twice, and it was hard not to suspect that this person might be a demon!
Jiang Wang frowned, watching the lady being helped out of the carriage by the guards, her discolored appearance, and then glimpsed the figure of Li Shenyuan suddenly appeared, and he asked, "Is it a monster?" Li Shenyuan nodded and said, "And it's a very hostile monster, that roar seems to be provocative, but the target shouldn't be us." ”