They stick to the wall, taking as little light as possible.

The palace people with rotten and blurred faces came and went on the road.

Some swept the floor with a broom with only one stick left, and some carried a copper basin splattered with dark blood......

These carrion corpses seem to have no idea that they are already dead, and they are still in a state of confusion to maintain their former activities.

Wan Yanjing gasped, the scene in front of her made her scalp tingle, and the chill squirmed all the way up her back from the tail vertebrae.

She was frightened and pressed the back of her left hand against the hand of the person next to her, but she felt that the wrist was cold like something, there was no breath of a living person, and the sound of teeth clashing up and down was "gurgling" very close to her.

“……！？？”

Wan Yanjing had a bad premonition in her heart, her neck stiffened, and she looked up at her side with difficulty.

Thankfully, she didn't see anything terrible, Huo Xiang's human form was complete, except for his slightly pale face, his side face was still as handsome as before.

His teeth chattered up and down, making a "gurgling" sound.

As if sensing Wan Yanjing's gaze, Huo Xiang also turned his head to look, his slightly round eyes full of horror and helplessness.

"Mother...... Giggles, I, I'm scared ......"

“……”

Wan Yanjing's heart beating violently due to fear calmed down inexplicably, she moved her gaze back expressionlessly, and said indifferently: "Get out, I'm not your mother!" ”

"Lady."

Huo Xiang whispered again, he stretched out his hands and took them back, pinching and kneading each other helplessly, as if he wanted to hug Wan Yanjing's arm, but he was afraid that it would affect her to play with her good-looking big knife, so he could only carefully and carefully shoulder to shoulder with her.

Wan Yan Jing glanced at him: "You're so useless!" ”

Huo Xiang pursed his light-colored lips and did not refute, looking like an aggrieved little daughter-in-law.

His virtue made Wan Yanjing a little trance-like, as if he had been familiar many years ago.

There were already living corpses passing by, noticing the difference between the two of them, and began to gather on their side, but Wan Yanjing's thoughts at this time diverged to the memories of many years ago.

That was her first year of marrying Huo Xiang.

In the first year of surrender, Wan Yanjing lived a low-key and humble life.

Wang Xiaolan and others often come to the house to discuss matters, she hides in the backyard, and every time she hears the news from the maidservants, she is angry to death.

Huo Xiang kept echoing in her mind saying that she was a useless royal girl.

At that time, the Qin State had not yet moved its capital to Beijing, and the Wuxuan Mansion did not have the grandeur of the day after tomorrow, it was just an ordinary three-entry house, and Princess Yi'an was going to die of grievance.

But she would rather be aggrieved than go out, never go to unnecessary entertainment, and stay at home every day either to practice calligraphy or read a script.

However, the predecessor of the Qin State, the Wei State, founded the country with rites, and the Qin State, which was based on the old ministers of the Wei State, was inevitably complicated by the number of rituals, and various palace banquets, sacrifices, and hunting activities emerged in an endless stream.

But among them, hunting activities are Wan Yanjing's favorite.

Daikin has no rules, and women can also ride and shoot on horseback.

Although Wan Yanjing is plain and quiet, her riding and archery skills are not bad, and women are not allowed to go hunting in the Qin Kingdom, but it is also quite interesting for her to watch other people's horse racing and hunting during the banquet.

Hunting grounds, racecourses...... In full swing, no matter how big or small the official is, what his identity is, everyone is scrambling to behave in front of the emperor, only Huo Xiang is an outlier, sitting in a flowing gold-patterned white dress in the banquet, tasting wine without hurry, and thinking that he is a delicate and frail literati scholar.

Wan Yanjing looked at the field with great interest, ignored Huo Xiangli beside him, showed twelve points of disgust, and happily asked Yushi to take out the silver to bet on the knight he was optimistic about.

At this time, Huo Xiang opened his mouth abruptly, his voice was still cold, just the content, Wan Yanjing almost thought that she had heard it wrong.

"You like horseback riding, too?"

Wan Yanjing glanced at him inexplicably: "What's the matter with you!" ”

Unexpectedly, the sun seemed to come out in the west that day, Huo Xiang was choked by her and was not angry, and even told her:

"If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Wan Yanjing pursed her lips, squinted her eyes and mocked: "I can ride a horse and shoot rabbits at the age of ten, and I still need you to teach, the royal family doesn't dare to bother King Xuan, you should take care of Miss Wang more." ”

Huo Xiang let out a surprised sigh, reached out and pinched her little arm, and quickly withdrew it, avoiding Wan Yan Jing throwing over and hitting him on the sleeve:

"You have a small thin arm, you can also beat rabbits? Fool whom? ”

The questioned Wanyan was not light, but with so many people watching during the banquet, she couldn't have a seizure, so she could only sulk by herself.

Huo Xiang paused and said, "I happened to get two good horses a few days ago, how about going to the woods for a walk?" If you can really beat a rabbit and come back, the last time you were clamoring to buy the jack-of-all-trades, it will be a bet for you, how about it, how about it? ”

"That's called Wan Jin Liu, what the hell is Wan Jin Lu? But are you serious? If I do hit the rabbit, you can't go back! Wan Yan Jing looked at him suspiciously.

Huo Xiang sneered: "Although that kind of jack-of-all-trades are useless except for being expensive, and they are rubbish-like things, but this king has money, and he can still afford to lose a bet." ”

Wan Yanjing scoffed at the conclusion that "there is money", thinking that if she was really rich, why not return her dowry.

But Huo Xiang actually planned to take her to play for the first time, and she didn't want to mention this matter to stimulate him, if she really angered people, she wouldn't be able to play.

So they quietly left the table, and after changing into light clothes, they went to the back mountain of the hunting ground, which was inaccessible.

Although she hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, Wan Yanjing regained her senses after running two laps and shot a pheasant with a short bow in hand.

"I shot, this chicken has more meat than a rabbit." Wan Yanjing skillfully dismounted, brought back her prey, and said triumphantly at Huo Xiang behind her.

Huo Xiang rode a horse and followed behind without hurry, but replied to her carelessly: "Okay, then you won." ”

His foolish attitude made Wan Yanjing a little annoyed, and she wanted to scold him a few words, but she looked around and found that she had unconsciously reached a deeper forest, and the sky was gradually darkening, and she couldn't help but feel a little scared in her heart.

"Then let's go back, it's going to be dark."

She tugged on the reins and prepared to return, but Huo Xiang, who was behind her, blocked her way.

"I'm not in a hurry to go back, I still have a few old friends to meet for a while, not to mention, it seems that there is no wild interest in living in the mountains and forests at night."

Huo Xiang's voice was faint, his face was dim in the shadows of the backlight, and he might be staring at her like a poisonous snake with an evil expression.

Wan Yanjing froze.

(End of chapter)