At the end of the fourteenth year of Changping, it snowed heavily. Prince Chen Futu of the Sui Dynasty arrived at Panmen and drank hundreds of jars of ice-cold Fengchun wine with the judge, and then the judge returned to Naihehai.
The deeds were first reported by the people of Panmen. After all, the existence of the judge was the most frightening to the people of Panmen. Chen Futu made the judge retreat by downplaying it. Gradually, the story was compiled by storytellers. The story became more bizarre and his reputation was short-lived. No two.
Jiang Wang also heard about it. It is naturally difficult for ordinary people to understand the cause and effect of the Naihehai incident, but the standing of Judge Baizhang is something that all the counties in Kutan have to know about. So the Sui Dynasty Prince Chen Futu single-handedly faced the judge and made him retreat, and the people will definitely spread the word.
Jiang Wang guessed that Emperor Sui had this intention when he asked Chen Futu to go to Panmen, so that the prince would have a higher reputation.
As a result, the court could not help but speculate. What Jiang Wang didn't understand was that the Sui Emperor was in his prime, so why did he want to build momentum for the prince so quickly?
What made Jiang Wang even more speechless was that in the storyteller's story, Chen Futu had a drinking contest with the judge and made the judge dizzy. .
But the thing does exist, and the storyteller tells the story beautifully. It doesn't really matter whether it is true or false, and the people won't care. As long as they identify it as the prince who drove the judge back to Naihehai, the prince's reputation will not be in vain.
Jiang Wang quickly put the matter behind him. Fearing that Li Shenyuan would lose money again and take advantage of him, Jiang Wang firmly rejected Li Shenyuan's suggestion to join Xiaoyu and A Kong in words, and faced the heavy snow at his own peril. Move your feet forward.
The first type of authenticity can no longer be maintained when he is extremely weak, so Jiang Wang currently has no way to determine the locations of Xiaoyu and A Kong. He just wants to find a place where he can avoid the cold and snow, regain some strength, and restore his soul. Out of body again and brought Xiaoyu and A Kong.
Jiang Wang was able to hear about Chen Futu because there were occasional pedestrians passing by outside the mountains. He had the opportunity to take a carriage, but because there were no towns nearby, the pedestrians he met often had to go far away, and most of them were businessmen. There were so many things in the carriage that it was difficult to sit comfortably, so we had to take a short ride down. After several days of riding, we finally arrived at a place with a town within three miles.
Seeing Jiang Wang struggling to move towards a nearby town with people from the caravan guiding him, Li Shenyuan said helplessly: "Why bother." Jiang Wang did not look back, breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Although it seems It's troublesome, but if I directly follow a caravan for dozens or even hundreds of miles, I will definitely be useless, so this is the best way at the moment." Li Shenyuan said: "There is obviously a better way. ." Jiang Wang pretended not to hear.
"Yan Guan has a firm belief and will still investigate Mr. Fu's affairs. Fortunately, Mr. Fu has returned to Jingwei, so he will not die because of this." Li Shenyuan walked side by side with Jiang Wang and said, "Even if he wants to Changing the subject, there’s no need to pretend to care about Yan Kan. He would have risked his life to capture Mr. Fu, but you really didn’t take him seriously. Maybe he thinks of you now. ." Jiang Wang said: "He is doing what he should do, and I am doing what I should do. In the final analysis, I also saved him. As for what he will think, that has nothing to do with me." Although money Shi Yi was killed because of the deal between Wang Yaoqian and Fu Zhaojun, but there are still unresolved questions in the case, such as why Wang Yaoqian wanted to kill Qian Shi Yi and what happened to the nightmare, but these are not what Jiang Wangneng cares about There was nothing he could do about it.
Li Shenyuan said seriously: "Actually, the nightmare has been in the wild forest. It wasn't until you and Mr. Fu Xiao started to fight that it hid outside. The nihility of the nightmare is difficult for Mr. Fu Xiao to detect easily. It may continue If you hide, you may commit another crime." Jiang Wang said: "If someone deliberately provokes me, then I can't do anything. At least many things have proved that nightmares can only dream about evil people, and we can't find nightmares, so there is nothing we can do. It's impossible." Li Shenyuan nodded and said, "Thinking about this is really unfounded." Jiang Wang could already vaguely see the outline of the town, but he was very tired, so he took out a wicker chair, placed it by the roadside, and lay down directly. He let the cold snowflakes beat on his body, making him shiver with cold.
Looking at this picture, Li Shenyuan really didn't know how to say some words. He couldn't let himself use his words. It was just an excuse. It was very troublesome to move around in several caravans. It can be said that there was no other way. There is a way, but the town is clearly right in front of you, why do you lie down?
Jiang Wang seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Li Shenyuan tremblingly, asking, "Can you make me warmer?" Li Shenyuan was slightly startled, and said sarcastically: "You're not afraid now?" Jiang Wang smiled. Then he said: "Just keep me warm, it shouldn't cause too much loss to you, right? Of course I have to avoid risks, but if there are no risks, why should I let myself freeze stupidly." Li Shenyuan shook his head. After shaking his head and saying "Don't be afraid of the severe cold", Jiang Wang really didn't feel the slightest chill anymore.
Jiang Wang continued to lie down comfortably. Li Shenyuan asked in surprise: "Why aren't you leaving?" Jiang Wang closed his eyes and said casually: "Although it's not cold anymore, I'm tired. I don't want to move when I'm lying down." Be diligent when you should be diligent, and be diligent when you should be. When you are lazy, you have to be lazy. Jiang Wang stopped Li Shenyuan from using his words any more, and the two of them just stood there in the ice and snow.
Just when Li Shenyuan was getting emotional and wanted to drag Jiang Wang away, another caravan appeared with a crunching sound.
Jiang Wang opened one eye and said with emotion: "It's snowing heavily, and caravans are coming in an endless stream. It's really hard to earn a few taels of silver." Li Shenyuan said: "Although such merchants can make a lot of money. There are more than a few taels of broken silver, but I have encountered caravans one after another in the past few days, which is a bit strange." Jiang Wang said: "Maybe this is the only way?" Although he met many caravans and listened to their various chats, Jiang Wang said It is true that Wang and Li Shenyuan did not deliberately make friends. They even knew nothing about the business that some caravans were doing and simply did not care.
The caravan that appeared at this time was smaller than the one Jiang Wang encountered before, because except for a carriage, two trucks and a few guards, there was nothing else.
They watched the caravan, and it was difficult for the caravan not to watch them. The snow was falling quite heavily. Although they were in a hurry to find a place to stay, they could only walk slowly. Every guard wrapped themselves tightly. It was strange to have a wicker chair on the roadside, but there was actually something on the wicker chair. There was a man lying down, his body covered with falling snow. Next to him stood a girl in red, with a thin veil covering her face. Night was approaching. This scene made the guards more vigilant.
Li Shenyuan felt a little embarrassed. She turned slightly sideways and stopped looking at the caravan, but Jiang Wang still looked at it with a smile and even waved hello.
The guard driving the car was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously drove the horse to speed up. The guards on both sides were even more energetic. Perhaps because they were nervous and a little panicked, they clearly noticed the snow-covered rocks on the side, but when they came to them, Still unable to avoid it, the left wheel hit a rock and the carriage almost overturned.
Jiang Wang lowered his raised hand silently, thinking it had nothing to do with me, right? The guards were in a mess, and the neighing of horses could be heard. The guard driving the car immediately asked the people in the carriage,
"Madam, are you okay?!" A similarly panicked voice came from the carriage, but it was soft and sweet.
"I'm fine...what happened?" the guard responded: "I hit a rock. Just be fine, Madam!" Sensing the hostile looks from the guards, Jiang Wang, who was lying on the wicker chair, was very worried. Helpless, he said: "I just waved my hand, but nothing was done. Why do you have to panic?" The guards knew that no one else was to blame, so they could only check whether the wheels were damaged. Sadly, they found that there were cracks in the rims and two spokes. The roots were directly broken. Although it was still possible to drive, it was inevitably dangerous when there was a lot of snow on the road.
When the lady learned of the problem, she could only say softly: "I'll take the truck at the back. It's better to find a place to stay as soon as possible than to stay here." The guards could only agree. After all, it was better to squeeze into the truck than to let the lady suffer here. Freeze well.
The curtain was lifted, and a plump woman wearing a black cloak stepped out of the carriage with her waist lowered. The guard driving the car had already landed first, raising his arm so that Madam could use his strength to get out of the carriage. The cold wind blew snowflakes, making Madam's forehead hair grow. Silk flew up, slightly covering his eyes.
Jiang looked to the side and in front, and his wife easily noticed the figure lying on the wicker chair by the roadside. But Jiang Wang's face was covered with snow, and his wife just wondered why this man was lying here. She had no other reaction and walked straight towards the truck behind her.
The guards worked together to move the carriage aside, move everything in the carriage to another truck, and then set off again when everything was ready.
Jiang Wang looked at it curiously. He could clearly see the lady's grace and grace, but his face was still calm. After all, he was very weak. The direction of the caravan was exactly where the town pointed out to Jiang Wang by the previous caravan was, so Jiang Wang There was no need to remind them where to stay.
Li Shenyuan watched the caravan drift away, looked back at Jiang Wang and said: "This place is very close to that town. It won't cost me anything to follow my words, and staying here is like a fool. So you have no right to refuse now." Before Jiang Wang could say anything, Li Shenyuan said directly: "Jiang Wang and I are in the town ahead." Jiang Wang felt dazed for a moment, and a shop appeared in front of him. , he looked around. This was a street with shops on both sides. Because night was approaching and it was snowing, there were no people on the street.
He was still lying on the wicker chair, secretly sighing that such ability was great. Li Shenyuan ignored Jiang Wang and prepared to find an inn.
Jiang Wang thought for a while, then slowly moved the wicker chair, changed its direction, and stayed under the eaves beside the shop door, looking at the street and continuing to lie down.
Occasionally, pedestrians passing by on the street would inevitably glance at him. Jiang Wang didn't care. Not far away, there was a pavilion across the street, with several people standing on it. Because Jiang Wang was under the eaves, they didn't pay attention and were chatting to themselves.
"This snowfall happened suddenly, and many mountain roads were blocked. Therefore, caravans were entering the town one after another. I saw some caravans still moving forward in the snow, fearing that they would never return." After hearing this, the faces of the other people appeared. Fear, the town has never been peaceful, but most of the time it is very peaceful. Unless it snows, the people in the town do not move out when there is no snow. This is all because there is a special being in the town who can Make it as peaceful as possible on snowy days.
After all, this is the place where they grew up. Some people are afraid and will only move away temporarily before winter and come back when spring comes. Some people will still stay in the town, so this is the biggest reason why the streets of the small town are empty. reason.
It's not just the town that's dangerous, but the area that's dozens of miles around. Therefore, in the cold winter, people who stay in the town will not go out again. The town will be safer than the outside.
"Who is the person who protects the town?" someone asked,
"None of the elders in the family could give me the answer. They only said that the man lived in a small town, but no one knew where he lived. I doubt that it was a god who protected the town." There were five people standing on the pavilion. A man was lying on the railing. He was wearing patched coarse linen clothes and tattered straw sandals with his toes exposed. Although the others were not very well dressed, compared to him, they seemed to be rich.
Hearing the words of the person in front of him, he suddenly sneered and said, "Then I think he must be a very good-looking god."
"Isn't it true that gods are good-looking?" The person who spoke first looked at him and said: "Su Changluo, why do you never wear the clothes we gave you? Forget it, it's snowing heavily and the weather is freezing. You are wearing rags, are you really not cold?" Su Changluo smiled and said: "If you are strong, you will naturally not be cold, unlike you who are so weak." Although he knew Su Changluo's character very well, after hearing this After saying this, they rushed forward in a hurry, causing Su Changluo to quickly start begging for mercy, and left the pavilion road while fighting and making a fuss.
Jiang Wang heard some noise and wanted to stick his head out to take a look, but found that it was very difficult and he had to leave the wicker chair, so he lay back down again.
He glanced sideways and saw a very familiar caravan approaching. The guards also saw Jiang Wang. They looked at each other, feeling a chill running down their spines.
what happened? The town was two miles away from the mountain road. Why did this person come to the town faster than them?
Jiang Wang stretched out his hand to say hello again. The guards looked stiff, and they naturally had no intention of returning the favor. Instead, he was even more panicked and wanted to stay away from Jiang Wang.
But at this moment, a roar suddenly sounded outside the town, causing the earth to tremble. The guards controlled the frightened horses. Even if the guards fell off their horses, they immediately got up to protect the lady in the truck.
They didn't think about what the roar was about. They just thought that something went wrong when they met Jiang Wang twice. It was difficult not to make people suspect that this man might be a monster!
Jiang Wang frowned, watching the lady being helped out of the carriage by the guards, her beauty turned pale, and then he caught a glimpse of Li Shenyuan's sudden appearance. He asked, "Is it a monster?" Li Shenyuan nodded and said, "And It's a very hostile monster, and the roar seems to be a provocation, but the target shouldn't be us."
