Since King Zhao took office, he has explicitly forbidden monsters to step into the mortal realm, and these monsters are so openly wandering in the realm that in her eyes, they are nakedly provoking the royal family.

Mo Bai raised his eyes to look at her, the girl's appearance was no longer what it used to be, and the clothes she was wearing were not luxurious, the same coarse linen clothes as ordinary people, and there was nothing on her body that could attract people's attention.

- Only those eyes.

Those beautiful eyes reflected the countless bright and clear lights of the street, and they were full of light. inexplicably revealed a kind of pyrotechnic heating that did not match her temperament.

Those were the eyes of Princess Zhao Yuanling.

He raised his chin, and his voice didn't fluctuate, "Perhaps, the demon is not as bad as the princess thinks." ”

"Do you know what you're talking about?" Zhao Yuanling stopped, and his two slender eyebrows twisted up.

"Demons are cold and evil, they burn, kill, plunder and mutilate the people, how many people have been ruined by them?"

She stared into her white eyes in disbelief, as if to ask him why he could say such a thing.

The human race regards monsters as flood beasts, and in order to survive, they directly rob the people's crops and food, and even feed on people. Arrogant and unreasonable, completely inhumane.

Most of the daily memoranda handed by the ministers of the court were accusations that monsters were harassing the people.

The civil officials sent to negotiate with the demon clan all returned to the court scarred to resume their lives. So King Zhao had no choice but to chase the demon leader, but if there were demons in the realm of human activities, kill and drive them away.

Zhao Yuanling unfortunately saw a monster once when he was young, and the prototype was revealed, they were man-eating beasts, and they only had killing in their eyes.

Zhao Yuanling looked at Mo Bai coldly, bent his lips, and left with a coolness.

The night market after the end of the night has a similar liveliness as the daytime, but with a different taste.

The orange glow of the fire shrouded everything around it in a hazy haze. The whole town was like a giant beast lurking in the light of fire, its mouth wide open, as if it wanted to swallow her.

Zhao Yuanling's pace was hurried, and he accidentally bumped into an eldest lady.

The eldest lady knelt on the ground in ragged clothes, and a little girl knelt beside her.

The little girl looked no more than eleven or twelve years old, and her slender and thin body seemed to be able to blow people away with a gust of wind.

"This girl, okay, we haven't eaten for a long time......" The eldest lady knelt at her feet and begged when she saw Zhao Yuanling as if she had seen a bodhisattva.

Looking at the little girl with the sign of "selling women" and the ragged lady, Zhao Yuanling couldn't bear it and stopped.

"Auntie, get up quickly." Zhao Yuanling helped the person up and asked about the situation of the two.

"Our mother and mother were forced to leave their hometown in order to avoid the enemy, and they met robbers on the road, and all the entanglements on their bodies were robbed......" The eldest mother cried silently, and knelt in front of Zhao Yuanling with her daughter.

"I can do laundry and cooking, you can buy me......"

"The little girl can only endure hardships if she stays with me, so let her follow the girl, please......"

The two knelt on the ground kowtowing and wailing, and Zhao Yuanling was suddenly a little at a loss.

At this time, a big brother who sold wild boar came over, looking like a tiger's back and a layer of black and gray fur on his skin.

It's a demon again!

"Go away, go away! This is my territory! The black bear spirit's voice was thick and rough, which scared Zhao Yuanling's body.

"What's your place! Don't do my good thing, you bully! The eldest lady stood up neatly and scolded the black bear spirit.

"What about bullies? It's better than you two beggars! ”

Immediately, Zhao Yuanling was furious, and then reprimanded together: "They are all so pitiful, can you have a little sympathy!" ”

"Compassion?!" The black bear spirit pointed to his nose, blew his beard and glared at Zhao Yuanling, "These two girls are naked and deceiving, you don't have long eyes to see?" Look at what that little girl is wearing! ”

Zhao Yuanling looked at the little girl's hand, only to see that she was protecting her wrist in a panic, revealing only a touch of silver.

"That'...... It was a relic that my father left me. ”

The black bear spirit snorted: "If you really want to starve to death, what kind of fucking relics do you care!" ”

Zhao Yuanling was trembling and cold, she didn't expect that folk life was so hard, but fortunately, the girl had filial piety, which moved her.

Zhao Yuanling immediately made a decision, and she turned her head and found Mo Bai's location at a glance.

Whether she was angry with him or not, he always stood ten meters away from him.

At this moment, she was still annoyed with him because of what happened just now, but she didn't care so much, so she ran directly to him, grabbed his sleeve and said, "Lend me some silver." ”

The faint tone and expression, although there was no commanding tone, people couldn't help but obey, and Mo Bai subconsciously put his hand on the money bag.

Zhao Yuanling took the money bag and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Mo Bai's expression moved slightly, and he soon returned to normal.

He said: "If you want to buy maids, there is a market during the day for buying and selling. ”

"This little girl is destined for me, why don't you buy her, I will pay you back this money in the future."

The little princess, who didn't know that money was hard to come by, just gave all the silver to the eldest lady.

When the eldest lady got the silver bag, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, girl, thank you, girl!" What a bodhisattva is alive! ”

Seeing that Zhao Yuanling hadn't listened to his previous dissuasion, the black bear spirit snorted coldly and shouted at Zhao Yuanling: "I have persuaded you!" ”

Zhao Yuanling ignored him, took the newly bought little girl back to the house, and told her to wash up properly. Finally, I gave her some old clothes.

The next day, Zhao Yuanling woke up early.

She sat on the edge of the bed, yawned with her eyes, and called out the door, "Little Cui."

Xiaocui is the name of the little girl, and Zhao Yuanling, who was waiting for someone to wait, sat on the edge of the bed and waited for a while, and screamed a few times but still didn't hear anyone respond.

"What about people?" She looked around suspiciously, put on her clothes, pushed the door open, and walked out.

There was only one person in the narrow courtyard.

"Where's Tsui?"

Mo Bai clapped her hands, gave her the washing water, and finally jumped up the tree on tiptoe.

He had a branch and leaf in his mouth, his hands behind his head, and his eyes squinted slightly at the sky, "You might as well look at what you lost." ”

Zhao Yuanling looked at him blankly, and finally walked calmly to the house.

Seeing the messy clothes in the cabinet, her heart instantly cooled.

Zhao Yuanling looked dazed, as if he didn't believe the facts in front of him, and ran out of the courtyard with a calm face.

She's back to last night's night market.

It's daytime, the streets are bustling with pedestrians. But where is the figure of the mother and son.

"Auntie, have you seen a mother and daughter? Dressed in tatters, the girl still has a silver bracelet on her hand? ”

"This big brother, did you see a mother and daughter here last night?"

“……”

Zhao Yuanling asked a few times in the nearby shops, and everyone shook their heads to say that they hadn't seen it.

The air was filled with the smell of pancakes and steamed buns, and the cries of selling came and went. Compared with the night, the daytime market is more humane, and those demons don't know where they have gone.

Zhao Yuanling looked at the strange town in front of him with no mastery, and inadvertently turned his head and bumped into a pair of dark and translucent eyes.

"You already knew they were liars?" His voice was buzzing, and his eyes couldn't hide his gloom.

"Yes." Mo Bai lowered his head and said.

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhao Yuanling was annoyed, and then he lowered his head when he thought of something.

At the beginning, I didn't listen to persuasion and insisted on buying that girl, but I really can't blame others.

Seeing that she was so angry that she chopped her feet fiercely, Mo Bai smiled dumbly.

She is the only princess of Zhao Kingdom, and she was born to be the pearl of the whole country.

Thousands of favors are in one, but unlike other noble ladies who are so pampered and wanton, she always tries her best to do things, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and familiar with the art of war.

He once asked her why she had to work so hard, and she said: The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, and the people are still in the midst of water and fire, how can I enjoy myself in peace?

The corners of Mo Bai's mouth rose silently, "Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, no loss." ”

The person in front of him didn't pay attention to him, and Mo Bai then said, "The two of them said that they met robbers on the road, and they were all snatched away, but they only left a silver bracelet for the girl, doesn't the princess think this is suspicious?" ”

"What's suspicious? It was her father's relic, maybe the robbers would ...... if they relented," Zhao Yuanling said, his voice becoming more and more low.

"Oh, soft-hearted and robbed."

Zhao Yuanling was dumbfounded, looking at the face that was smiling playfully, and his anger became more and more untouchable.

"But that alone isn't enough to see that the mother and daughter are liars, right?"

Mo Bai pursed his lips, and threw two copper plates to the money basket as if he was doing a trick, and with a "clang", Xiao Er smiled and handed him a big meat bun that had just come out of the cage.

"That's one of them."

Second, the butcher shop owner is right, he would rather sell his body than take the bracelet away, which is not credible. Moreover, although the mother and daughter were in rags, their hair was not messy in the slightest. ”

Zhao Yuanling didn't speak, thinking about it carefully, it was indeed full of loopholes.

She hung her head and reflected on herself.

However, the meat bun in front of her was so fragrant that her stomach couldn't help but growl. Zhao Yuanling cautiously raised his head and found that he had already eaten most of the meat bun.

"Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious."

Zhao Yuanling couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and said with a somewhat uncomfortable expression: "Then buy me one too." ”

Mo Bai agreed very happily: "Okay." ”

The haze on Zhao Yuanling's face was swept away, but in the next moment, a smile froze on his face.

"But I don't have any money."

"Okay, you're kidding me!"

Mo Bai waved his hands and made a helpless look.

"The money bag was given to you last night, and these two copper coins were earned this morning by helping others chop wood."

"What then?" The smile instantly froze on his face, and Zhao Yuanling looked at him with a dull expression.

In the palace, she doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, even if she sneaks away to go outside the palace, there are palace maids behind her to pay for her.

There was nothing she couldn't buy, only something she didn't want to buy. But now I can't get two pennies.