The boudoir was quiet, and suddenly there was a cry.

Xia Chengyi woke up from his dream, helpless in the dark, and reached out to hold the cold and hard mast on the side in a panic, and couldn't help himself, crying bitterly.

The night is dying, the morning has not come, everything is not moving, and it is this wail that pierces the silence of the jaw king's mansion all night...

"Yiyi! Yiyi!" Xia Chenghuan got up in response, pushed open the door and rushed out.

The loss of a father at a young age is the most painful part of life, especially in the family of the emperor. It has only been four days since the funeral news came, but it seems that the house has been in spring and autumn several times, the young are getting old, and the old are declining. The roof beam has fallen, the building may fall, Xia Chenghuan is not only sad about the death of his father, but also afraid of the confusion ahead, and has not rested for four nights.

The front foot sent Mei Yuanchen away, and as soon as the back foot returned to the room, he heard his sister's mournful crying.

"Yiyi! Yiyi!" Xia Chenghuan didn't care about anything, kicked open the door and sat on the edge of the bed and hugged Xia Chengyi, "Brother is here! Brother is here! Yiyi is not afraid!" He tried his best to restrain his voice, but he couldn't stop the tears from surging.

This is distressing... I want to protect it, but I can't do it.

That's resentment... It should have been possessed, but it has been taken away.

"Brother!" Xia Chengyi clutched Xia Chenghuan's sleeve as if grasping a life-saving straw, crying, "What about my father? Brother, is my father really gone? I don't believe it... I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

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In order to travel cheaply, the streets of the capital city are built wide and flat, according to the Ministry of Industry: the longitudinal trunk road is 12 zhang wide, the horizontal trunk road is 10 zhang wide, and the road surface is paved with green bricks; the longitudinal branch road is eight zhang wide, and the horizontal branch road is five zhang wide, all paved with mud and gravel, and one foot thick.

At this time, the sky was a little white, there were few pedestrians on the street, and the roadside stalls were not opened. The road is wide, and there is no obstacle for the two riders to run in parallel, Yi Qilin and Yun Xiaomeng are in front, Mei Yuanchen and Yi are in the back, and the four riders are all strong and fast like the wind.

"It has passed Tingbi Street, and it will be more than ten miles to Chengguan. It's still early now, and you have to wait when you get to Chengguan, so it's better to slow down. Yi Qilin tugged at the reins of the horse, and the black rider under his seat quickly retracted his feet.

Yi Qingxin deliberately lagged behind Yi Qilin and Yun Xiaomeng by more than ten zhang, and Mei Yuanchen was worried about her safety, so he had to walk slowly with her.

"Brother Yuanchen!" Yi Qingxin smiled sweetly at Mei Yuanchen and called out to eat.

"Huh?" Mei Yuanchen's heart burst and he smiled back.

"Hehe... You're so stupid!" Yi Tianxin's eyes narrowed into a line, and his smile was like a ringtone.

"Huh?" Mei Yuanchen was stunned, since he was a child, no one had ever said that he was stupid, "yes." ”

"Do you want to know what Grandpa asked you before?" Yi asked with a sideways smile.

Yi Qilin asked, but he didn't hear it, Mei Yuanchen felt quite apologetic, and hurriedly replied at this time: "Well, I think." What did Senior Yi ask me?"

"Haha... I won't tell you!" Yi Qingxin laughed, drove his horse quickly, and caught up.

The accumulation of steps can lead to thousands of miles away, not to mention that the horse's hooves do not take steps, and the distance of the city pass is only more than ten miles away. Four horses Xu Xing, when they arrived at the city pass, there were a lot of people gathered at the customs clearance platform, and there was a long queue of people.

Although Mei Yuanchen was carrying Xia Muchao's token in his arms, he didn't plan to use it, so he dismounted and lined up at the end of the line with Yi Qilin and the others.

About half a cup of tea, a rough man's voice came from the city gate: "Those who are preparing to enter the city outside, prepare the nationality and customs clearance money, and open the city gate immediately!"

Sure enough, after a few breaths, with a dull "squeak", the city gate opened from the outside in, and a team of guards marched out with guns.

A piece of black pressing.

Hundreds of black horses, hundreds of black-clad people on horseback, all standing quietly.

In charge of the customs clearance platform was a commander of the capital city ruling the Jinling Mansion, and then it was his adjutant who usually opened and closed the city gates, which was a slightly chubby short-bearded man.

"Who are you, what are you doing in the city?" Seeing that these hundreds of people were all dressed in black and with blades, the adjutant man was naturally suspicious, and led a group of people forward to interrogate. Behind him, hundreds of soldiers slowly approached, and even the antlers were unconsciously erected.

The garrisons of the customs clearance station have been inspecting the past all year round, not only are they sharp-eyed than ordinary people, but they also have much more knowledge.

At this time, a person jumped out of the group of black-clothed people, paced to the adjutant and bowed slightly, took out a waist card to show him, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Although Mei Yuanchen's ears were good, he couldn't hear what he said clearly.

"It's weird!" Yun Xiaomeng approached Yi Qilin and said softly.

Yi Qilin Nu looked at the group of black-clothed people and said in a deep voice, "These people are from Xiangyang County. ”

"Oh?" Yun Xiaomeng asked, dumbfounded, "How so?"

"Those dark horses are all Xiangyang horses without exception, which is a kind of (*) horse unique to the west coast of Honghai in Xiangyang County, which is extremely rare in other places, let alone so many horses!" Yi Qilin replied softly. He has been a dart for more than 20 years, and he has never been to any place? In terms of knowledge, there are few people in the world who can compare with him.

"Look at the costumes of these people, they don't look like officers and soldiers, nor like the people of the Jianghu sect, but a bit like the Killer Hall of the Nine Palaces. Yun Xiaomeng looked outside the city gate and whispered Yi Qilin.

While the two were talking, the group of men in black had already driven through the city pass.

"Suddenly, there are so many hundreds of people, looking at their appearance, they are all fierce and cold, obviously they are all practitioners. If someone uses them against the Jaw King's Mansion, then... That's really unimaginable!" The more Mei Yuanchen thought about it, the more anxious he became, he couldn't sink anymore, he walked to Yi Qilin's side and Yun Xiaomeng, and whispered to him, "Senior Yi, Cloud Palace Master, it's better for you to go first, I have something urgent to leave for a while, and I'll come to you when the matter is done." ”

Yi Qilin glanced at Yun Xiaomeng, saw her nodding, and replied: "It's okay, let's go! These people are not weak in martial arts, if they want to do evil things, it is really not easy to resist." If the jaw king's mansion is obtained first, it can be prepared in advance, and it will not be afraid of them. We will go all the way to the official road, and if you come, you will surely meet you. "Xia Muchao was killed in Anxian, which means that there must be a very powerful opponent in the Jaw Palace, and Yi Qilin knows that Mei Yuanchen is worried that those black-clothed people will deal with the Jaw Palace, so he will not interfere.

Seeing that the men in black had left, Mei Yuanchen was a little anxious, and jumped on the horse and followed with a "hmm" in response.

"Be careful!" Looking at his departed figure, Yi poured his face full of worry, and muttered to himself in a mosquito voice.

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"Duanmu Chong, what nonsense are you talking about! Go to the west of the city to see the 210,000 graves! Go there at night and listen to the wails of those undead! If you don't take revenge, how can you be worthy of the military armor on your body? If you don't kill Xia Chengcan, how can you be worthy of the 210,000 people who died in vain?" Mu Danqing pointed at Duanmu Chong's nose and scolded, his eyes split.