Chapter 300: Planning, Premeditation, and Mystery of Origin
Shi Meiyan looked up at Shen Linfeng's side face, and the flickering light shone on his face.
"What about you?"
"Me?"
"Well, the story you just told is that you are the young man who eliminated harm for the people, right?"
Shen Linfeng was interested, and he sat down again.
"How can you be so sure?"
Shi Meiyan showed a playful look on her face.
"Not only can I guess this, but I also know that your savior is the girl sitting next to you tonight. ”
"Haha...... It's a good eyesight. How do you see that? Teach me as well. ”
"You?" Shi Meiyan shook her head.
"No, no! it's innate. ”
Shen Linfeng laughed again, it seems that this beautiful girl is not as cold as ice. She also has a lovely and innocent side in her heart, but this precious side has been deeply buried by the hatred in her heart.
Shi Meiyan coughed lightly and said, "When I poured wine for you, I found that the girl next to you had been watching you. There is a slight tenderness in your eyes, but you force yourself to look away. And she kept pinching the silver spoon in her hand, as if she was reproaching herself for the two eyes she had just looked at you. ”
Shen Linfeng: "......"
"If I'm not mistaken, the girl...... Love you!"
Shen Linfeng: "......"
Shi Meiyan was sure that she guessed correctly, and the smile on her face was even stronger.
"She observes you because she likes it, but she has to take her loving gaze off you. This suggests...... She wants to love but can't. ”
The smile on Shi Meiyan's face gradually disappeared, and she kneaded the corners of her clothes.
"Why shouldn't I?"
Although this sentence was said very lightly, Shen Linfeng still heard it clearly.
Shi Meiyan may have sensed that she was wrong, and she hurriedly got up.
"What I said to you tonight cannot be mentioned to anyone. ”
"Don't worry!"
The lanterns in the four corners of the gazebo flickered, and a bright light swayed back and forth between the two. Shi Meiyan's face was slightly red, and she picked up the bamboo basket and turned away.
"Why shouldn't I?" Shen Linfeng savored the meaning of this sentence. She just wanted to give her dead father an explanation, and the forest of transformation could not be said to be without fault. But in the final analysis, isn't the source of all this the bandits who burn and loot?
If you can kill these bandits, it will be equivalent to breaking Shi Meiyan's heart knot. Maybe...... It can really make a beautiful marriage.
Thinking of this, Shen Linfeng had already secretly made a decision, he wanted to do something for this brother who had just become righteous.
The bright moon hung in the air, and the light sprinkled enveloped the hundred-year-old tree, and Shen Linfeng's elongated figure gradually disappeared from the steps.
The evening breeze swept by, and the lanterns shook even more violently. The thick trunk of the ancient tree was bright and dark, and the two figures behind it were equally hidden.
"Did you hear what this stinky boy said just now?"
"Hmm!"
"Hmph, so what are you waiting for?"
"I ...... I didn't have the time to do it. Besides, I can't beat him,"
"Since you can't beat it, then you will outwit it!"
"Outwitted?"
"Didn't they go on their way the day after tomorrow? You must go with them as best you can. ”
"And then?"
"Here, you hold this dagger, I've dipped it in poison. There is also this poison, which is colorless and odorless, and extremely difficult to find. When the time comes, you'll ...... Do you understand?"
"I ...... Hmmm!"
Following.
The sun is shining and the morning breeze is gentle.
A few birds happily walked up and down the trees, and the branches were covered with crystal dewdrops. The birds landed on the branches and shook slightly, and the dewdrops, which were already crumbling, fell instantly.
There is a square wooden table under the tree, and the wine and meat on the table are in a mess. A few plainly dressed men fell asleep on the table. A few daring birds landed on their shoulders, and they didn't even notice it.
Under the big trees on the side of the street, almost all of them are like this. The townspeople reveled all night, so much so that they did not wake up at sunset.
"Bell!" a gong reverberated throughout the city like a flat thunderbolt.
The birds fluttered their wings and flew high, the branches shook violently, and a row of cold dew fell in unison.
"Ouch!"
A sleeping man suddenly got up, and the cold dew ran down the back of his neck and into his clothes, which suddenly made him sober up a lot.
Residents on both sides of the street opened their doors one after another, or opened their windows to look around. As for the men sleeping on the streets, they also opened their sleepy eyes.
"Yo. What the hell is this?"
"You're fucking drunk and confused, aren't you? Today is the day when the City Lord Order is issued!"
"Again?"
"I heard that the jade plate hanging on the waist of Hua Gongzi was lost. ”
“......”
"Bell!" the leading guards slammed the gong, as if they were deliberately waking up the citizens who had been crazy all night.
The streets gradually filled with onlookers.
When the guards saw that everyone was almost there, they raised their heads and shouted: "At the beginning of today, the water platform in the city issued an order for the city lord. Citizens of the city are welcome to come and watch. ”
"Bell!"
"Today, the water platform in the city is ......"
The guard struck the gong in his hand as he walked slowly forward.
Shen Linfeng leaned on the fence of the aisle and watched the guards in front of him slowly walk by. Regarding today's city lord order, he heard Zhong Ruida mention a few words. It is said that the last time Huazhilin went hunting in the Maze Forest, he lost a precious white jade waist card.
Therefore, today I will offer a reward of five hundred taels of gold to send people into the labyrinth forest.
That's weird.
Shen Linfeng held his palm on his cheek, why didn't he directly entrust us to find it when he first entered the Lost Forest? Could it be that he had just discovered that the jade plate was missing?
However, with his financial resources, what is the need for a mere jade plate. Could it be that this jade plaque means a lot to him, and if it is so important, why is there only a reward of 500 taels?
Could it be that the jade plaque so important to him is less than a horse?
The more Shen Linfeng thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, Hua Zhilin once said that he was a man who loved horses. That's why the reward is so high.
However, Shen Linfeng went to the stable in the city yesterday to settle the horse. The stables are full of ordinary horses, can a horse lover not even have a good horse?
Moreover, when Shen Linfeng brought the horses back to Huashan City. There was no joy at all in the forest of transformation, and it was not at all like seeing the beloved thing.
All kinds of questions surged into Shen Linfeng's heart, including the city in front of him.
Also, the guards in the city.
Shen Linfeng had seen their equipment before, and it was almost the same as the equipment of the Celestial Empire army, and some were even much higher.
Although Shen Linfeng had not carefully counted the number of these guards, he estimated that it would definitely not be less than 5,000.
Moreover, Huashan Castle is located north of the Celestial Empire. It is very close to the Ulan country, which is eyeing the tiger, if the Ulan country attacks in a big way. Then Huashan City is the only place they must pass through to enter the Central Plains.