The crowd of onlookers caused a commotion, and dozens of pairs of eyes looked at the soldier in silence.

He sheathed the bloody knife, glanced at the crowd, and shouted, "Keep checking for me! No one is allowed to leave until the person is found!"

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen soldiers plunged straight into the crowd, tugging at the collars of the people, and scattering the crowd. Many women screamed in panic.

The tall steward, who was on the horse, looked lazily down and yawned, as if he were an outsider.

Inside the inn.

Shen Mengxi watched from the window as the Qi soldiers gathered more and more, blocked the entire street, smashed the doors door to door, and forcibly dragged the residents inside out and pulled them to the street.

Her heart was filled with sorrow, and the sky was slowly whitening.

After a few moments, there was a faint knock on the door.

She walked over briskly and saw Han Luyao's pale face through the crack in the door.

Shen Mengxi hurriedly opened the door and let her in, but before she could speak, she was startled by her appearance. Her long skirt was torn, rags hung from her thighs, and shredded silk floated outside. There were dozens of horrific scars on the white legs, and the blood coagulated on them, and the blood stains covered the entire leg one by one. Her upper body was even more miserable, the clothes on her abdomen were torn with a large hole, which was covered with red and blackened pools of blood, and there were several cuts on her face, and she could barely see the original appearance.

"How...... What's wrong, princess, where have you been?" Shen Mengxi asked her in surprise.

Han Luyao was so weak that she couldn't stand anymore, she propped up the wall and waved her hand at Shen Mengxi, signaling her not to ask again. Shen Mengxi hurriedly helped her to the bed and sat down.

"Be careful, the people out there are coming for us. As soon as Han Luyao sat down, he said to Shen Mengxi in a hoarse voice.

Shen Mengxi listened, looked around, got up to get her package, and said, "You wait a while, I'll bandage you." ”

She took out a packet of herbs to stop bleeding and a piece of gauze from her luggage, returned to Han Luyao's side, and started to work on her lap.

Han Luyao let her heal in a hurry, and said to her tiredly: "I'm in Chang'an Siyun Building...... I saw the people of Otsuki Country. ”

Shen Mengxi was stunned for a moment, and said while tearing off a piece of gauze: "Dayue Kingdom, are they also in Siyun Building, do they recognize you?"

Han Luyao nodded slightly, and Shen Mengxi sprinkled herbs on her wound, which made her frown.

"What about you...... Got into a fight with them?" Shen Mengxi hurriedly tied gauze around her thigh and asked.

"Ye does not stay...... He knows I'm here. Han Luyao said softly, "Even if I don't go look for him, he will find here." I don't feel at ease with you. ”

Shen Mengxi listened to this, bit his lip, tied a knot in the wound on his leg, and said, "Then you should also tell me, the road outside is blocked, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back." What about Ye Buliu?"

Han Luyao's expression became cold, and he said softly: "I'm afraid he already knows...... The news that Chu Liusheng is still alive. ”

Shen Mengxi was stunned, looked at her with wide eyes, and his voice unconsciously raised a few points, "What? How would he know......

Han Luyao gave her a silent expression and said, "Last year...... After Chu Liusheng and I were intercepted by him, I fought with him, and at that time, his sword spirit had a unique bonus in the Great Moon Kingdom, and I was defeated by him and trapped by his sword spirit. Then I saw him cut off Chu Liusheng's limbs...... Later, Ye Buliu wanted to kill me, the national teacher made a move, he had already preliminarily practiced the secret art of time, and after driving Ye Buliu away, he ......"

Speaking of this, Han Luyao looked at Shen Mengxi and stopped talking.

Shen Mengxi took out a piece of cotton cloth, sprinkled some medicine powder to stop bleeding, gently applied it to her abdomen, looked at her and pleaded softly, "Princess, just tell me...... I haven't asked you for a year, and I know that the National Teacher won't let me say it, but ...... I just want to know how he's doing. ”

Han Luyao's eyes softened when he looked at her, and said, "He's fine." The National Teacher said that all his existing memories were only in the moment before he was killed by Ye Buliu, and he couldn't remember anything else. Later, the people of the Great Moon Kingdom fought with the reinforcements of the Chu army, and I was separated from them, and the national teacher took him away. ”

Shen Mengxi bit his lip and trembled a little. She didn't tell Han Luyao that she was the intermediary of the national teacher's exchange of information, and the national teacher also asked her to keep her mouth shut about Han Luyao, although she didn't know the reason, she still did it.

Han Luyao looked at her, and continued: "However, the time secret technique of the National Teacher at that time had just been practiced, and the time was pressing, Chu Liusheng had to carry the side effects of the secret technique in his body, and after more than four hundred days, he would be reinvolved in the time secret technique, and he would never be reincarnated." ”

Shen Mengxi looked at her with a shocked face and said, "What, princess, is it true?"

Han Luyao nodded lightly and said, "Three years." The Temporal Arcane lasts for up to three years. If you want to extend the time even longer, you must obtain all the magic weapons and rearrange the formation. I haven't told you for so long because ...... Now that Ye Buliu also knows this secret, I'm afraid that if I don't tell it, he will also find an opportunity to tell you. ”

She was still silent about Shen Mengxi, lowered her eyes, and lowered her head tiredly. Shen Mengxi's face turned pale, her lips trembled slightly, and she slowly stretched out her hands and carefully tied it with gauze on the wound on her abdomen.

"Princess, what is the secret technique of time?" asked Shen Mengxi after she finished cleaning up.

Han Luyao raised his head and looked at her and said, "I don't know either." It is said that this secret technique can control time, and can bring people back from the dead, even immortality, or make people old all of a sudden, and I am not there when the national teacher performs the secret arts. The people in the world who can practice the secret art of time, except for the national teacher, I am afraid that the only one is the master of the Xilu Academy of the Qin State......"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion from the window, mixed with the yelling and scolding of many people, and it looked like a group of people marching through the streets, and the sound seemed to tear down the roof.

Shen Mengxi was startled by this movement, hurriedly twisted his head out the window, and got up from the bed.

"Don't panic, there's chaos in the streets. Han Luyao whispered to her.

Shen Mengxi looked back at her, a little dazed.

Han Luyao leaned down, the sharp pain from the wounds on her body and the depletion of her internal strength made her look exhausted. She said to Shen Mengxi: "This inn, if I'm not mistaken, should be the territory of the bandits." ”

"Bandit?" Shen Mengxi couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this, and asked.

Han Luyao nodded weakly and said, "The predecessor of the bandits was a group of refugees who rebelled. They are different from ordinary horse bandits, they are mostly from the Western Regions, they came to Qi for refuge, and they were oppressed and oppressed by the bureaucracy here, so they became wandering horse bandits, in fact, they have been secretly gathering forces to prepare for an uprising and rebellion, wanting to overthrow the rule of Qi. And here, it is the place with the most people in the Western Regions, and it is also the place where the hidden power of the bandits is the largest. That's why we're here, and the dispute between the bandits and the Qi court can help us to hide. ”

Shen Mengxi nodded as if he didn't understand, and asked Han Luyao, "Then princess, what should we do now?"

"Don't panic. Han Luyao raised his eyes, looked at her and said, "When the Qi army comes to search this inn in a while, the bandits will definitely resist." Then we will take advantage of the chaos to get out. Remember, don't fight the Qi army unless you have to. ”

Shen Mengxi answered and sat back on the bed.

The kerosene lamp next to the bed holds bean-sized candles, and it is crumbling against the morning glow outside the window.

The faint smell of spices in the room lingered for a long time, and the voices outside the inn were full of people, as if there was some kind of dispute, and the shouts of the Qi soldiers and the cries of the people were mixed together. There was still a dead silence in the room, the two of them sat on the bed and waited quietly, Shen Mengxi had not yet recovered from Han Luyao's words, his face was full of sorrow, and Han Luyao leaned on the bed to close his eyes and recuperate, operating his internal force, each with his own thoughts, tacitly.

on the streets.

Mr. Gao rode on his horse, watching the sky gradually turn white, and there was a trace of impatience on his face. He glanced at the noisy crowd that was gathering more and more on the official road, and many people looked at him with resentment and anger in their eyes. He turned his head to the Qi soldiers beside him and said, "Eh, what are you pulling so many people here for? The person we are looking for is a woman, why are you pulling everyone out?"

The soldier saluted him and said, "Lord Steward, these people are all living together in several families, and just pulling the woman out will cause trouble among the other members of the house, for fear that we will take them away......

"Tsk. Manager Gao frowned and said, "Do you understand what you do, when will you be able to finish the investigation? You see that the day is about to dawn, who can afford to delay the affairs of His Royal Highness the Prince? Go and do as I say, pull all the women out alone, and leave them as if they were like gods, and would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go." ”

"However, Lord Steward......" the soldier hesitated, "Most of the people in Xijing are from the Western Regions, and there is a lack of government discipline on weekdays, and the order is chaotic, so if you take so many women away like this, I am afraid it will cause chaos." ”

"How is that possible?" said to the soldiers, "the people of the Western Regions, they are all a group of unarmed people called Huazi, how can they be chaotic? Give them a hundred guts, what are you afraid of with a knife? They will howl twice at most." Just go. ”

When the soldiers heard this, they were ordered to leave.

The arguing in the crowd grew louder and louder, and the soldiers rushed into the crowd and dragged the women out of the clothes, and the men violently resisted to the cries of the women. The soldiers raised their knives and suppressed those who resisted, showing no mercy to them. After a while, there were several more corpses on the ground, and the pool of blood gradually spread.

The whole street was already in chaos, many people were enraged by the barbaric behavior of the Qi army, and waved their fists at them, and the streets and alleys were full of people running in a panic, and the vigilant soldiers were riding horses and wielding knives, galloping down the road to maintain order.

Outside the inn, there was finally a knock on the door.

Three or five soldiers stood in the doorway, surveying the black inn.

The door opened a crack, and it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen.

The leading soldier kicked the door open, and he was greeted by a spear glowing with cold light.

With a pop, the spear plunged deep into his chest and pierced his back, its blade soaked in blood. The soldier's eyes widened and he looked in disbelief.

Several soldiers next to him were startled, and they all pulled out their official knives at their waists and pointed them at the door of the inn.