Your Majesty Cheng Huan

The five requested two rooms, and Xiao He and Li Chenghuan slept in the same room, and I don't know how the other three of them are crowded.When Li Chenghuan had just fallen asleep at night, he was awakened by a commotion outside.

Xiao He rubbed his eyes in a daze, and Li Chenghuan whispered in his ear: "Go on to sleep, sir, go and have a look."

He put on his clothes and went out, and saw Hongye walking towards him: "Master, are you awakened?"

"Outside... what happened here?"

At this time, many people opened the door and came out, lying on the railing to watch the excitement below.Hong Ye said: "A few gamblers, those who lost the bet turned their faces, and started arguing with those who won the bet. Don't worry about it, my lord."

Li Chenghuan nodded. At this time, those who watched the excitement suddenly became excited, applauded one by one, and pointed down.

"Now it's fighting again." Hongye said, quite disdainful, and then said to him, "It's cold in the room, it's hard to sleep, the young master asked me to ask you, do you want the store to add a stove to the room?" charcoal fire?"

It took Li Chenghuan a long time to realize who she was referring to by "Young Master", and said, "No need, Heer has already warmed up before going to sleep." He looked into the room and said, " Besides, he has fallen asleep now, and he will have to wake him up later."

Hong Ye nodded yes, and Li Chenghuan went back to the room to rest.The movement downstairs didn't stop until midnight, and when Li Chenghuan woke up the next morning, he found that something was wrong in the inn.The difference from the previous day was that the entire inn was quiet, but at this hour, there should be quite a few people getting up.

He came down to the lobby, and there was no one else in the lobby, only the accountant was behind the counter doing some calculations, licking his fingers to get some saliva from time to time, and flipping through the account book at hand.

Li Chenghuan took a closer look, and most of them were check-out records.He asked: "Excuse me, sir, why is the inn so quiet today? Wasn't it very lively yesterday?"

The accountant rolled his eyes and glanced at him, and said, "They're all gone."

"gone?"

"A person was killed here yesterday, and the merchants thought it was bad luck, so they checked out overnight."

Li Chenghuan turned around and saw that it was the woman from yesterday, so he smiled and said: "So it's you, girl. Thank you for your hand towel yesterday. I dried it in the room all night, and it should be done now. I will call you later." He'er will send it to you."

"It's just a hand towel. When I left yesterday, you said that. When you saw me today, you said this again in the first sentence." The woman seemed a little dissatisfied.Li Chenghuan was at a loss, when she heard her say, "You want to thank, don't thank me, but thank the one over there."

Li Chenghuan looked in the direction of her finger, and saw two people sitting at a table in the corner.A man and a woman, the man didn't look at him, but the woman looked at him and smiled.

"This……"

At this time, the door of the inn opened, and the young man of the inn led a middle-aged man in a black robe in, and kept saying, "Wizard, this way please."

The accountant closed the books and went into the back room.After a while, the innkeeper came out.

"The wizard is coming!"

According to the customs of the Shu region, after a person dies, a shaman is invited to "walk the field" so that the soul of the deceased can rest in peace and continue to serve the shaman god in the next life.But the Daxia people didn't believe this. After the corpse was taken away last night, the government never thought of inviting a wizard.But the business of the inn still needs to go on, and it will be bad for future luck if you don't wander around. That's why the boss invited a wizard.

Li Chenghuan had read a book describing the walks of wizards in Shu, so he was able to see it in person this time, so naturally he would not let this opportunity go easily.

The wizard walked to the middle of the hall and stood still, closed his eyes for a while, then opened his eyes, and circled around the place where he just stood.As he walked, he was still muttering words - Li Chenghuan could only hear that he was speaking in Shu dialect, but he couldn't make out what he was saying.

After turning around twice in this way, it turned around again in the opposite direction.After spinning, the wizard took out a piece of paper full of runes from his arms, and raised his hand in the air, and the runes burned.The ashes of paper fluttered to the ground one after another, ignited and cooled...

The boss, the clerk, the accountant, and the women around Li Chenghuan all bowed to the wizard, and Li Chenghuan followed suit.After bowing, the show is over.

After walking around the venue, the boss and the accountant took the wizard to the back room to pay the bill. The boy brought a dustpan and a broom, swept the paper dust, took it out and dumped it under the pillar base in front of the inn door.Li Chenghuan heard him muttering as he walked: "It's really hard to die now...Brother, judging by what you did in life, you are probably not a kind person, and you will trouble us after you die. But since you are dead now, just be good." rest in peace--"

"Since you Daxia people came, many wizards in Shu have been hired by those high-ranking officials. There are fewer and fewer people who can be hired, and the price is getting higher and higher." The woman said. , "When people die in common people's homes, if they can't invite wizards, or can't afford wizards, there will be more and more poor lonely souls and wild ghosts in this world. Sooner or later, the last bit of kindness left by the witch gods in the world will be lost. was defeated."

Li Chenghuan turned to look at her, the woman only gave him a sighing look, but then she smiled easily and said, "Don't forget my hand towel."

Li Chenghuan said: "Definitely."

Witnessing this behind-the-scenes incident, Li Chenghuan felt a little heavy.Xiao Qian didn't say how long he left the inn, so he stayed in the room with Xiao He to learn Shu language and Wen.But with things hidden in his heart, he always seemed absent-minded, and in the end he was scolded by Xiao and the kid.

"Sir, you are so dedicated to learning, you have lost your mind several times."

Li Chenghuan felt ashamed, so he simply closed the book, pulled Xiao He to sit beside him, and asked him, "He'er, what do you think of that sister?"

He'er said, "Is it the sister who lent us the handkerchief?"

"Yes, that sister is from Xishu, and like many Xishu people, she doesn't like Daxia people that much."

"But my sister likes He'er very much. I went to return the handkerchief just now, and my sister even hugged He'er."

"Does He'er like sister?"

Xiao He thought for a while, then nodded vigorously: "I like it."

"Then..." Li Chenghuan said, "If the elder sister you like accuses your father of bringing disaster to Xishu, saying that your father is a bad person, will He'er feel sad?"

This question seemed beyond Xiao He's comprehension, he just blinked and said, "Is Father really a bad person?"

Li Chenghuan pinched his nose and smiled - he was indeed still a child.Li Chenghuan said: "Your father is an enlightened and benevolent monarch, and in this world, the one who loves the most and his son is the father."

"What about Mr.?" Xiao He asked.

"Mister also loves Heer—"

"Sir is the second, the imperial concubine is the third, Aunt Hetang is the fourth, um - but there is also Grandma Huang, what should I do?"

Looking at his tangled face, Li Chenghuan couldn't help but think, if everything in the world was as simple as this, love or not, right and wrong, right and wrong, can be from the first to the last, Arrange them one by one, you are first, I am second, and he is third.

Outside the Ping An Inn, on the second floor of Rongsheng Restaurant, from the window here, you can directly see the gate of the opposite Ping An Inn, without worrying about being seen by the people in the inn. If you are watching the wind, it is definitely the best location.

Standing by the window was a very tall man from the back, his eyes were fixed on the street outside the window, like a lonely warrior.There were footsteps gradually approaching, and someone knelt in front of this person, respectfully said: "My lord, it has been dealt with cleanly."

The man closed the window, turned around, nodded, and said, "Doro, this time, you did a good job."

"Doro swears allegiance to the king to the death."

"Is it just allegiance?" The man raised his chin, his eyes were sharp, but the words he said seemed flirtatious, "I haven't seen me in so many days, do you miss me?"

Doro pursed her lips, and did not hide her humble love for the person in front of her at all: "Doro... Doro misses you every day, Wang—"

"It's really my loyal slave..." The man sighed and said, "Then tonight, just behave well, it's my gift to you."

"Thank you King for your grace—"

"I said, at times like this, call me by my name."

"Yes, Wang—ah! No—" Doro raised his head, looked up at the man in front of him, and said, "Tuoerba—"

Li Chenghuan coaxed Xiao He to sleep early, but after Xiao He fell asleep, he changed his clothes and went out.After walking a few steps, he saw that the light in that room was still on. He hesitated in front of the door for a while, then raised his hand and knocked lightly.

There was a voice inside: "Come in." Li Chenghuan pushed the door open and went in, and saw Xiao Qian standing up straight and writing in front of the desk, looked up and saw that it was him, but still did not put down his pen.

Li Chenghuan didn't see Hongye and Zhang Wei in the room, so he asked, "Where are Hongye and Brother Zhang?"

Xiao Qian didn't raise his head, his eyes were still looking at the words in his pen, and he said, "I let them go out to do errands."

"Oh." He had nothing to say for a while, and stood quietly for a while.

What Xiao Qian wrote was in Shu language, and his style of writing changed greatly. After finishing writing, he put down the pen and said to Li Chenghuan, "Come and see, how is the writing?"

Li Chenghuan went to take a closer look, and saw that what he wrote was "If you want to destroy Qi, first enslave its people".This sentence immediately pierced Li Chenghuan's heart, and for a while, he didn't even care about evaluating how the writing was written.

"Do you really think so? If you want to destroy the country, you must first enslave the people. You want to completely smooth out the wildness of the people of Shu and make the Kingdom of Shu disappear forever?"

Xiao Qian looked at him and said, "If I really think so, the current Xishu should not be the Xishu Mansion, but the Xishu Prefecture." , There was a "hiss" from the middle, and it was torn.

"If the handwriting is not good, this sentence is also not good." Xiao Qian said, "Father is well versed in the principles of the eight characters, but I have not been able to learn this from him."

"If that's the case, why did you attack the Kingdom of Shu in the first place?" Li Chenghuan regretted it as soon as he said this. When the Daxia army invaded the Kingdom of Shu, Xiao Qian hadn't really taken power. He didn't do it, and how could he accuse him so confidently?

Xiao Qian came out from behind the case and said: "When the Great Xia destroyed Shu, I was 16 years old. I personally served General Luo Yong's Zhuang Xingjiu to him, and I also made the imperial edict."

Li Chenghuan shook his head and said, "No, this is not you, this should not be you."

Xiao Qian came over, held his shoulders, looked into his eyes, and said, "How can you be sure that attacking Shu is not my intention?"

Li Chenghuan turned his head away.You said that you want to be a prosperous Mingjun, and you want every inch of Daxia's land to be prosperous and healthy.

"Alas—" Xiao Qian sighed, and said, "Actually, attacking the Kingdom of Shu is the imperial father's will."

Li Chenghuan raised his head suddenly, never thought that Emperor Xia Weiwu would not forget his great cause of unifying Central Continent before his death, and left such a will on purpose.But why is it only the Kingdom of Shu?What about sweating?

"Before my father passed away, I left a posthumous edict, which mentioned that no matter who ascends the throne, the descendants of the Xiao family must regard the recovery of the Shu Kingdom as a great cause that must be completed in their lifetime. I don't know why my father only Du has such a big obsession with the Kingdom of Shu, and I hope to find the answer to this question when I come to Xishu this time. Cheng Huan, there may still be many secrets hidden in this place that we don’t know, and if we don’t come here in person, we will May never know."