Originally, the movement restriction order was lifted before the Double Ninth Festival, but the luggage has not arrived. Although they are not too important items, they are just a change of clothes. Shan Hai had already brought the more expensive ones with her, and the most valuable one was probably Dai Luan's medicine box. After all, it was something given to her by Lord Ruyue. Besides, the letter has been sent and the escort has been hired. Anyway, there is no rush to find Wan Guizhi, just wait.
After complaining for two days, the escort finally arrived. When he went to the hotel to find them, only Mu Wan was drinking tea downstairs, and the rest went to buy things. She didn't want to go, and she happened to catch up with the delivery.
The bodyguard was wearing a moon-green cross-collar long coat, but it was a little dirty. You could see that the hem and cuffs were intermittently embroidered with silver thread patterns of auspicious clouds. He is tall and straight, with a jade crown clasping some of his long hair. There are lake blue ribbons hanging on both sides of the hairpin, and two transparent jade beads are attached to it. The jade crown is quite clean, and most likely it was taken out and worn after meeting the guests.
"I'm looking for Lin Shanhai." He said to the cashier at the front desk.
"Oh, the Taoist priest is not here. Just ask that girl, they are from the same family."
Mu Wan heard this conversation and looked over. So the escort came over carrying large and small bags and unloaded the goods in front of her. This man looked elegant and frail, and he was dressed like a scholar. Unexpectedly, he was quite capable of carrying things.
"Yue Sheng in the lower section."
"I am at Liangqiu Muwan."
"Oh - hello, Miss Liang."
"Pfft."
Mu Wan's face turned livid in an instant, and when he heard another silly sound, he turned around with Duan Yuesheng and saw the accountant covering his mouth, writing and settling accounts as if nothing had happened. The two looked at each other, and Duan Yuesheng scratched his head, feeling as if he had said the wrong thing, but he didn't know where he went wrong.
"Uh, how about Miss Liang take stock first?"
"..."
Mu Wan said nothing, lowered his head and began to unpack the package, looking for the documents one by one. The cashier in the distance was lip-syncing crazily at him.
"Liang——Qiu——"
"What...? Two...what balls?"
Seeing Mu Wan's face getting more and more ugly, the accountant simply shut his mouth.
He looks like a scholar, but he is actually a fool.
"……No problem."
After a long while, she held back this sentence. She originally wanted to try to explain, but since they would never meet again, she decided not to bother. I just didn't expect him to keep yelling, which made people feel very upset. At this time, Duan Yuesheng didn't know what smell he smelled. His nose moved slightly, looking around for something.
Until he accidentally got closer to Mu Wan, she pushed his head away so hard that the jade crown tilted.
"Uh, I'm sorry, Miss Liang, I smell a very fragrant smell."
"The kitchen is at the back." She pointed.
"Ahem, you're like this girl. Our brothers suffered a lot on the grassland along the way. You see..."
"Thank you for your hard work. I haven't touched this cup of tea yet. Here it is for you."
He didn't know whether she really didn't understand or was pretending, but Duan Yuesheng felt that he had hinted very directly.
"...Look, my knife is broken. Can you take pity on me and give me some time?"
"You are allowed to pour me another glass." Mu Wan glanced at his waist, "But how could the knife break?"
"Hey, it's already old, with holes all over it. As a result, we were unlucky. Somehow, we ran into a bunch of thugs from the prairie. They chased us and beat us up... The spears on the prairie were heavy and blunt. , the knife will be broken after hitting it. It’s true, I’ve heard that they are xenophobic, but I didn’t know that they are so vicious.”
For a moment, Mu Wan didn't know what expression to make. Her mood was very complicated, but she didn't dare to say a word. She silently took out a little bit of silver from her purse and put it on the table.
"Hey, thank you, Miss Liang, you're so generous."
Please leave quickly. If you don't leave, I will report you to the police.
When she turned around, the accountant was laughing under the table. She was really angry. Mu Wan looked at the door again, thinking about the old scabbard on his waist, and suddenly subconsciously touched his side.
Sachet...? No way, wouldn’t it have lost its flavor a long time ago?
The others came back at noon. They were very happy to see their packages and decided to set off in the afternoon. After having lunch and changing their horses, they left the city smoothly. After walking a few miles, we arrived at another city—Wule City. It was still some time before the sun went down, so a few people strolled around and looked for a place to stay.
Walking on the road, Dai Luan suddenly pointed to the northern sky.
"Look, why is it still dark over there?"
Others looked over and found that the sky was still as dark as night, but there were no stars or moon. Looking more carefully, it seems that the square cloud is pitch black, much denser than the dark clouds, as if soaked in ink.
"This is really weird. Isn't it already dawn? Maybe there is some kind of monster..."
Mu Wan muttered. Seeing that he wanted to see the mountains and seas with great interest, she quickly stopped him and advised him to find a room quickly as it was getting late.
Compared with Cangyi City to the west, Wule City is also very prosperous, busy and lively. This place has not yet reached the most crowded area, but the small shops on the edge of the city are doing such a prosperous business, maybe because it is too close to Cangyi City. They asked several stores, but they were either full or too expensive. Seeing that it was almost getting dark, they found a small teahouse in a remote corner. It only had two floors, with accommodation above. Even so, it was extremely expensive. Every inch of land was really valuable.
Not even a single row of dishes was filled with signboards. They ordered one of each dish but were reluctant to order a plate of meat. Fortunately, it's a good teahouse, and the tea is pretty good.
As soon as he stepped into the store, Shi Wuqi noticed a familiar scent, but he couldn't place it. He just took his seat absentmindedly and waited blankly for the food to be served. It was lunch time, and even the small teahouse was bustling. There were not enough seats, so a mother and her son shared a table with them. Behind Shi Wuqi, there were two tables, but they were small tables, leaning against the wall. There were two people sitting at one table talking in low voices, who seemed inconvenient to disturb; there was only one person sitting at the other table, a man with a knife, and no one dared to approach him.
The woman was very talkative. It was obvious at first glance that they were foreigners, and they soon started chatting with their children in their arms.
"If my eldest son were still alive, he might be taller than this girl." The woman pointed at Dai Luan.
"Your son, is he on a business trip, or..."
"He's dead, he's been dead for a long time." She showed a relieved smile, "He was still young, and he went to learn erhu from the opera troupe... Eight years ago, the city lord purged geishas, and the persecution was blamed on his master. He went to rip off people. His legs were kicked away, and his head was knocked on the step."
"This..." Shanhai's throat felt a little uncomfortable, "This, well, why would the city want..."
"Ah, I almost forgot to say, when you come here, please don't sing or play any musical instruments. This order is still on people's heads."
Mu Wan asked: "What order?"
"Music is not allowed in Wule City. When the former city lord was in power, this place was called Wule City. He liked music very much. So everyone in the city liked musical instruments and knew how to play and sing. But I didn't expect that, He was assassinated by a musician. Although he has been caught, the city lord is gone. The current city lord is his son. When he was a child, he was forced to learn everything. He hated singing very much. In addition, this happened. Son, he issued a death order to destroy all the musical instruments in the city and stopped learning them. All the descendants of the musicians were also prohibited from serving as officials. In addition, the investigation of the case of the relevant person involved a lot of people."
"absurd!"
"Hush - right, we think it's ridiculous too... Who would have thought he was serious? His father and grandfather are both too obsessed with musical instruments. He knows nothing about studying, being a man, or solving crimes and governing the city. In addition, those When the order was carried out, many people accidentally killed many people out of revenge or profit. The skills and skills accumulated for generations were all lost..."
Although Shi Wuqi was a little distracted, he heard these words. He was also a little puzzled and felt that this matter was extremely ridiculous. He glanced at Shanhai, his expression was very solemn. Then several people immediately realized that he was thinking about Lord Jiyue.
It's really ironic that hundreds of thousands of years have passed.
"But unfortunately no one on the road is in a good mood and hums a few songs. Otherwise, I'd be arrested immediately."
Shi Wuqi made a wisecrack, and everyone at the table smiled heavily. In addition to what the woman said, he heard two people at the next table lowering their heads and muttering something. He had good ears and heard everything. It was said that there was a theater building in the north of the city - it used to be, but it is no longer - called Hanying Building, and it was burned down. The fire lasted for three days and three nights, and was extinguished early this morning. When people walk in, the floor creaks and may collapse at any time, so they dare not go upstairs. No body could be found inside, only vaguely mutilated humanoid outlines could be seen, all turned into carbon and easily shattered at a touch, let alone moved out. Smoke was still rising from the building, turning the entire sky black.
What's even more strange is that, except for Hanying Tower, every plant and tree on the side is intact, and not a single spark has been splashed.
While he was listening halfway, a waiter was serving food next door. The store was a little cramped, and Wuqi’s chopsticks were accidentally knocked off. He wanted to ask someone to change, but seeing that they were all busy, he got up and went to the counter at the door to get it. After taking the chopsticks, he turned around and walked back to where he was, passing by a customer who was walking out of the store.
They were a pair of determined, amber eyes. Wu Qi suddenly stopped. He turned around and saw the man's hair tied back, and he felt more and more familiar.
Especially the ominous aura exuding from him. Some of them are actually similar to those on Mu Wan.
Compared with the impression, this kind of aura is more sophisticated, a little more determined, a little decisive, and a little... a little violent.
Shi Wuqi was very concerned, but it was obviously not appropriate to chase him out like this. He took the chopsticks and sat back down, picking up the vegetables. The child in the mother's arms sitting opposite was looking at him stupidly with her big round eyes open. So he gestured with a smile.
Suddenly, the smile froze on his face.
He remembered - he remembered that he had indeed seen that man.
