After having breakfast in a hurry, Ye Hua discussed how to find out how to enter the palace on the rag reception. Ye Hua was about to pull Miao Sen and go out, he felt that he was not familiar with life at this time, and he couldn't think of any way, so it was better to go to the scene and have a look.

Yan Xi planned to work with Ye Hua, Ye Hua was different at first, but Yan Xi said that he was from Xibei, and it was not easy to be suspected if he was seen or something.

It's good to say that Ye Hua finally agreed, and the three of them were about to go out when they were ready.

"Where are you going, are you leaving?" the old man asked when he saw the three of them.

"Old man, I have been living abroad for many years, and I will definitely stay for a long time when I come back this time. Yan Xi explained to the old man.

"We're just out for a walk and haven't planned to leave yet. Ye Hua hurriedly walked to the old man's side and took out a silver ingot from his clothes, "You take these first, the horse will help me take care of it, we will go around the city, we should live here for the next two days, and we will find another house when it is stable." ”

"Okay!" The old man was full of joy when he took the silver, not to mention the money Ye Hua gave him to live for a few days, even if it was enough for half a year. "Don't worry, you won't treat your horse badly. ”

After thanking the old man, the three of them went out. At this time, Yan Xi had already changed into a set of characteristic costumes of the West Night People, and against the backdrop of the unique style of West Night Costumes, Yan Xi looked so natural and moving, Ye Hua looked at it and nodded again and again.

"It is worthy of being a Xibei person, or it is most appropriate to wear the clothes of your own people. ”

Childe laughed. Yan Xi was embarrassed by Ye Hua's praise, and they chatted one by one, and walked in the direction of the main road of the palace.

Before approaching the palace, Ye Hua couldn't feel it, and when he arrived in front of the palace wall, he found that the palace wall here was so grand, its height was not much shorter than the city wall of the Xuantian Kingdom, and the palace was stacked layer by layer, the highest palace top looked like it was in the clouds from afar, and there was a moat with a width of more than ten zhang outside the palace wall.

"Is this still the palace of the king of the Ancient Kingdom of the Western Night?" Ye Hua couldn't help but admire, "It's even better than the Xuantian Palace." ”

"What should we do now, it is impossible for us to climb such a high wall, let alone the wall, and even the moat in front of us is difficult to cross. Miao Sen looked up at the high palace wall, feeling that the world inside and the outer gate were completely separated by such a wall and a river.

"I don't know, take a look at it again?" Ye Hua kept observing the entire palace with his discerning eyes, and he found that the closer he walked, the stronger the strange feeling in the morning became, which made him convinced of his judgment. "I suggest go around this palace and see what you find. ”

"What can be found. Complaining is complaining, Miao Sen still listened to Ye Hua's words, and the three of them discussed Miao Sen to go to one side, while Ye Hua and Yan Xi to go to the other side.

"Did you have something to say just now?" After Miao Sen left, Yan Xi turned around and asked Ye Hua.

"The closer I got, the more I felt that this palace contained a secret in it. Ye Hua said, "Did you find it, on the way we came, although there were a lot of passers-by, the closer we got here, there were fewer and fewer people, and it seemed that everyone was deliberately avoiding here." ”

"What's so strange about this, the palace is heavily guarded, no one would think of ordinary people coming here, right?"

"If this place is really as peaceful as it seems, why doesn't the boss even want to come to the moat, although the palace of the Xuantian Kingdom is on top of Lishan, but at the foot of Lishan is people coming and going, many people. Ye Hua shook his head and disagreed with Yan Xi's opinion, he continued: "And the people here are peaceful on the surface, but they are all afraid of this palace, I don't know why. ”

The two walked along the riverside road near the moat towards the palace gate.

On the way, Yan Xi also paid attention to what Ye Hua said at this time, in fact, there are many houses around the moat, it stands to reason that the popularity here should be no less than that of a place far away from the palace, or that this place is close to the palace should be the most prosperous area of Xibei City, but many houses here are vacant, no one lives at all, and there are almost no people on the street.

"There used to be people living here, why did they all move away?" Yan Xi couldn't figure it out.

"It just shows what they're afraid of. ”

"Is it related to the celestial beings who appeared during the curfew at night?" Yan Xi also heard that the old man told Ye Hua about their curfew.

"I didn't know, I wanted to know more, but they didn't want to say more. Ye Hua was also in trouble, he couldn't enter the palace, and he had no other clues, and now he was in a predicament.

"Don't be discouraged, let's go ahead and find out. Yan Xi comforted Ye Hua.

The two soon arrived at the bridge in front of the palace gate, which is a large arch bridge made of stone, and the bridge is carved with various Western Night characteristic patterns. Ye Hua had never seen these patterns, it was some kind of beast with wings, teeth and claws, Yan Xi told Ye Hua that this was a divine beast called Mier, one of the ancient divine beasts of the Western Night Kingdom, and I heard that this kind of divine beast can change fate.

"And such mythical beasts. "Ye Hua has never heard of it, not even in the book.

"This kind of mythical beast is only spread in the West Night, and it is difficult to see it in other places, there is still a spread in Xibei, because I was born in Xibei, so I still want to know as much as possible about some of the culture of Xibei, so I asked Lord Zhao to help me find some information about Xibei. ”

Ye Hua looked at the palace in the distance along the stone arch bridge, the gate was closed at this time, and there was only a small door left next to it for people to enter and exit, and the doorman could be seen standing in front of the door from a distance, and the city wall was also full of guards.

"This place is so heavily guarded?" Although it is far away, Ye Hua has the help of his discernment, and he can see everything on the city wall clearly, "There are at least more than two hundred people near the city gate alone, and you can also see the guards walking back and forth on the wall on the way just now, they are much stricter than the Xuantian Kingdom Palace, this city is peaceful, what are they guarding against?"

Just when Ye Hua was fascinated, he heard a cry.

"Childe, look over there!"

Ye Hua followed Yan Xide's gesture and looked at the other end of the bridge, only to see an old woman kneeling on the ground, crying to a person who looked like an officer and soldier.

"Master officers and soldiers, save my son, his father's old problem last night, he went out to buy medicine for his father, but he didn't come back this morning. The old woman cried and begged the officer, "Please help me find my son." ”

"Do you dare to go out at night with a curfew?" the officers and soldiers looked numb, "I'm afraid that I will be captured by the heavens, and there is nothing we can do!"

"I can't help it, it was not too late to see the sky at that time, my son was anxious about the old man's illness, insisted on going out to buy medicine, please save him, I heard them say that the heavenly people will arrest people in the palace, I saw that the officers and soldiers just came out of the palace, please help me believe in the way, I just want to know if my son was arrested by the heavenly people into the palace. The old woman prayed to each other with a sad look on her face.

"You are so bold, you dare to discuss the situation in the palace casually!" The officers and soldiers did not appreciate it, and he scolded the old woman even more harshly, "Your son violated the curfew, and I can't do anything if he is caught by the heavens when he goes out at night, you just wait, maybe one day the heavens will return your son." ”

After that, the officer ignored the old woman, and left mercilessly with his men, and the crowd that had been quietly attracted to the onlookers was also dispersed by them, leaving the old woman to sit alone on the ground, crying in a low voice.

"Let's go over and see. Their words aroused Ye Hua's curiosity, and when he saw the officers and soldiers leaving, he pulled Yan Xi and was about to move forward. "No, you have to go, I'm too easy to misunderstand as an outsider. ”

Yan Xi nodded and walked up.

"Hello!" Yan Xi came to the old woman's side, "What happened just now, I hope I can help a little." ”

"Girl?" The old woman looked at Yan Xi suspiciously, but she still repeated what she had just said to Yan Xi again.

"My son is gone, woo~~" The old woman cried again.

"Don't be too sad, aunt, just now I heard the officers and soldiers say from time to time that the heavenly people will release your son, isn't it?"

I wanted to stabilize the other party, but I didn't expect the old woman to cry even more when she heard this, "What's the use of putting it back, the person who was caught by the celestial people will either be stupid or stunned when he comes back." ”

"Stunned?" Yan Xi didn't understand, "Why is this happening." ”

"I don't know, I heard that I was stunned, I became a strange person like a wooden man, I don't know anything when I go out to eat and sleep, this is different from a dead person?" The old woman looked excited as she spoke, and her hands trembled.

"Auntie, how can you be sure that your son must have been caught in the palace by the celestials, what are you going to do?" Yan Xi saw that the other party was excited, she didn't want to ask again, but she couldn't help it.

"Isn't the girl from Xibei, this is something that everyone in Xibei knows?" The old woman looked at Yan Xi suspiciously, she didn't understand how the other party looked at Xibei.

"That's right, I've been living abroad for a long time, and I've only recently returned here, and I don't know much about the current Xibei, so I hope the old lady will give me some advice. Yan Xi hurriedly explained.

"Everyone is so legendary, more than ten years ago after the country was closed, the curfew began, the legend is that the king sought the help of the heavens, and reached an agreement with the heavens, one of the jumps is the night curfew, if the curfew is violated, the celestials will be arrested, and will be severely punished. The old woman said.

"If I want to go into the palace and help you find out if your son has been captured, there is a way. Yan Xi asked more directly this time.

"I see that you are young, girl, it is better not to take care of the affairs of the old student, the old student thank you for your kindness. The old woman didn't expect Yan Xi to have such an idea, she persuaded the other party so much: "This palace is not just to enter, since that incident happened more than ten years ago, the king has never appeared, and the palace has also strengthened its vigilance since then, if you want to enter it is more difficult than ascending to the sky." ”