Lu Chuan shook his head and said, "You have been poor for a long time, you don't know what the upper class society is like, you don't know how good-looking the palace maids in this palace are, I guarantee that you won't be able to walk when you see it." ”

Hearing this, Chu Liusheng thrust the ancient sword into the ground and said, "I'd rather not want to know, I think it's okay to find a house that doesn't leak to live in three meals of haggis soup a day." ”

Lu Chuan frowned, looked at Chu Liusheng and pondered for a while, and asked him, "Ergou, then let me ask you, apart from eating and drinking well and sleeping well, what do you want most?"

Chu Liusheng turned his head and said, "What do you want most?" I want to know most who I am, what my name is, where my father and mother are, and why I have amnesia. It's been over a year, and I can't think of anything. ”

Lu Chuan smiled again, beckoned to him and said, "Then you have found the right person, come, come here." ”

Chu Liusheng couldn't help frowning, walked over with a suspicious face, and said, "I can tell you that it's okay for me to practice swords without working, but let me go to Qin State to do something, I won't do it." Maybe as soon as I get there, I'll be hacked to death by a sword. ”

When Chu Liusheng came to Lu Chuan and squatted down, Lu Chuan showed a sly smile, seeing that Chu Liusheng had some ominous premonitions.

Lu Chuan whispered to him, "Do you know the Xilu Academy of the Qin Kingdom?"

Chu Liusheng said: "I know." When we were in the Qin Kingdom before, we heard that Xilu Academy is the most famous place in the world, and the gentlemen in it have vast magical powers, and they know everything...... What am I doing here, you ask?"

"The dean of Xilu Academy, named Master, he is the real saint, there is nothing in the world that he doesn't know, he is familiar with history, knows the future, and only he knows what you are in the whole world. Lu Chuan said.

Chu Liusheng said: "You are a thing...... The dean of Xilu Academy...... Is it so powerful?"

Lu Chuan patted his thigh and said, "That's for sure, otherwise how can you become the boss of Xilu Academy? If you want to know your background and ask him, he will definitely know." ”

For more than a year, Chu Liusheng has tried all the methods and clues in order to know his origin, but he has returned in vain. Lu Chuan's words gave him a glimmer of hope, whether Lu Chuan was fooling people or not, he felt that there was some truth.

"Why didn't you tell me when we were in the Qin State before?" Chu Liusheng asked.

Lu Chuan said: "Because the master went to practice at that time, he just came back recently because of the Qin State's recruitment of Keqing." How about it, let's put the matter of sword training aside first, if you want to know your life experience, I will take you to Qin State to find him, how about it?"

"Okay, that's a deal. ”

At dusk.

Xijingzhou.

Shen Mengxi sat in the driver's seat, urging the camels, bumpy all the way, suffering from the invasion of wind and sand, and finally felt the gate of Xijing before sunset. If it is dark, not to mention the wandering horse bandits, even the hordes of wild beasts in the desert are terrifying.

The carriage entered the sand-barred cedar forest outside the city walls, and drove all the way down the long forest path to the city gate. Shen Mengxi wrapped his entire face tightly, revealing only two eyes. She turned back and shouted into the carriage, "Princess, we are about to arrive." ”

Han Luyao's faint voice came from the carriage, and said: "After entering the city, hurry up and find an inn to stay, I have to do something at night." ”

When Shen Mengxi heard this, he hurriedly said: "However, the national teacher won't let you run around casually." ”

Han Luyao wiped the dagger alone in the carriage, the viscous blood stains had faded, and the dagger was still shining cold.

"You don't have to worry, I have my own number. Han Luyao finished wiping the dagger, put it on his waist, and said to Shen Mengxi.

The carriage slowly came to the city gate, and Shen Mengxi threw a tael of gold at the soldiers guarding the city gate, and the soldiers immediately smiled and generously invited them into the city.

The wind and sand inside the city gate were still too big to open your eyes, and on both sides of the road, dozens of camel carts and horse-drawn carts were parked there, and the stench of livestock made people walk around. The drivers of the camel carts and horse-drawn carriages were leaning against the wall in groups, boredom knocking melon seeds, looking at the passers-by, a few of them wearing dusty shirts, and when they saw people going out of the city, they crowded up, and asked if they wanted to take a ride with a thick Western accent. Most of the drivers still crouched in one place, shouting at the top of their lungs.

Shen Mengxi drove the camel cart into the city, and the eyes of those coachmen were all focused on her. No one had ever seen a young woman dressed in a long dress sitting in the coachman's seat, pulling the reins of a camel. Their expressions became strange.

Shen Mengxi was a little embarrassed, pretended not to care, and walked straight to the street.

Xijing is not more prosperous than Chang'an, and there is even a big gap. This is a gathering place for many people from the Western Regions, and there are low-rise bungalows on the side of the road, and there are no carved beams and paintings in the Central Plains style, which looks like they are made of stones and grass. Most of the street vendors sell handicrafts, small decorations, and dirty pastries. Several Western Regions Cultists in black robes were walking on the streets, their eyes deep-set, and their gaze was like a pinprick in a needle.

Shen Mengxi drove a camel cart through several streets, and the buildings around her were the same, and she finally found a relatively large inn and stopped at the door.

Without Xiao Er coming out to greet him, Han Luyao slowly walked out of the carriage and entered the inn with Shen Mengxi.

The lobby was particularly dim, there were few windows, and the sun couldn't shine in, not to mention that it was almost dark, the sun was gone, and the sky gradually dimmed.

A faint kerosene lamp was lit at the counter in the lobby, and a little light illuminated a figure behind the counter.

Han Luyao looked at the lobby, there were only a few tables, the oil stains on them had not dried, and there were several shirtless men sitting at a table in the corner, burly, with a full face, staring at the two of them with a fierce face.

Shen Mengxi was not afraid, walked to the counter generously, and said to the figure: "Shopkeeper, is there still a room in this inn?"

The figure heard the movement, slowly raised his head, and by the faint light of the fire, Shen Mengxi saw that the face of the figure was an old woman with long eyelids, a shriveled face, and a wrinkled face.

The old woman said in a voice like an iron tool rubbing against a stone, "How many?"

Shen Mengxi raised two fingers and said, "Two of you, just open a room." ”

After hearing this, the old woman slowly stretched out her arm, and through the black sleeve tube that was no longer discernible to show her hands, her nails were blue-gray, and she took out a bunch of keys from the counter with trembling. She struggled to her feet, her stature not much taller than the counter.

"Come with me. The old woman spoke, walked out of the counter, took out a kerosene lamp from the corner, and walked into the lobby.

Han Luyao glanced around at the darkness, and an eerie and oppressive atmosphere permeated the surroundings. She glanced again at the men sitting in the corner, staring at them with the eyes of a wolf in the desert.

Walking through the lobby, there is a long hallway. By the light of the kerosene lamp, the old woman led them to a dilapidated door, stopped, took the key and opened it.

The corridors were completely covered in darkness at both ends, without a single light, and looked bottomless.

Shen Mengxi was a little stunned in her heart, she secretly tugged at the hem of Han Luyao's skirt and got closer to her, which was considered to have a sense of security.

The door opened, and a deep blue light shone through. Inside the room there was a huge window that took up almost an entire wall, and the window was open, facing the sky. At this time, the sky had already entered the evening, the sky was cloudless, and the huge sky seemed to be like a melancholy lake, quietly rippling with the evening breeze. As far as the eye can see, you can see several faint stars twinkling in the sky, which makes people's hearts unconsciously calm.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, two beds, two sets of tables and chairs, a few old wooden shelves, and there is nothing superfluous. There was a faint smell of spices from the Western Regions.

The night in Xijing is also different from Chang'an, once it is late at night, the temperature drops a lot after the heat on the ground is dissipated. At this time, the wind is also extraordinarily gentle, not carrying sand and dust like during the day, and it is violently irritable.

The worries in Shen Mengxi's heart were swept away, and she quickly stepped into the room and walked to the window. Although it is on the first floor of the inn, it is located on a hillside, and from the window you can see the panoramic view of most of Xijing, and the sky is as beautiful as the pupil.

Outside the window, you can see Xijing at a glance, most of which are scattered like sandboxes, and there are several tall buildings in them, which seem to stand out from the crowd of low-rise buildings. There is a rather tall Buddhist temple, Shen Mengxi can recognize it at a glance, this is known as the light of the East in the Western Regions, Xihe Tower.

"Ten taels of silver a night, a deposit of five taels. Behind Shen Mengxi, the voice of the old woman suddenly came, although the volume was not high, but it sounded unusually harsh.

Han Luyao walked into the room from the old woman's side, took out a tael of gold, gently put it in the old woman's hand, and said, "No need to look for it." ”

The old woman took the gold, did not speak, turned slowly, exited the room, and closed the door.

Han Luyao turned his head slightly, and glanced at the back of the old woman leaving with the corner of his eye.

"Princess, princess. Shen Mengxi waved to Han Luyao in front of the window, and the excitement that could not be hidden under the veil on his face.

Han Luyao heard Shen Mengxi's soft shout, and was stunned: "What's wrong?"

She walked to the window and looked out with Shen Mengxi, the gentle evening breeze swept away the heat brought by Xijing during the day, blowing the long hair in Han Luyao's ears.

"Look. Shen Mengxi pointed to the Xihe Pagoda in the distance with some excitement, like a child who has received a beloved toy, and said, "It's Xihe Pagoda, when I was in the palace before, I really wanted to come to Xihe Pagoda to have a look. The bright moon wants to be more beautiful than Xi and Jiao, and does not try incense candles with the long night. ”

Han Luyao quietly looked at Xihe Tower, the tower depicts the Vajra beasts in the Buddhist scriptures, beautiful, with a strong Western Regions color, the tower has eighteen layers, representing the eighteen layers of purgatory in the Buddhist scriptures, the structure in each layer is ingenious, with a strong sense of the times. Among them, the building materials are rare porcelain kiln bricks and glazed tiles, which are expensive to build. The finishing touch is a night pearl on the top of the tower, faintly glowing with a peaceful glimmer in the night sky.