Thousands of years

Diffuse, it is the beginning of spring at this time, and the sky is full of dust and dust. In the past, business travelers were struggling in the strong wind, and they all rushed to the Tianfu Inn in front of them before dark. No one wanted to sleep in the wild in such weather.

Tianfu Inn is specially prepared for these passing merchants to rest their feet. Although the place is a little crude, it is better than spacious. The lobby is full of various vendors from south to north. The shopkeeper, Jin Sanniang, is a 30-year-old style A widow of all kinds is sitting on the lap of a bearded trader and teasing him.

I only heard the horse's hooves trampling outside the door, and then a man came up to meet him, and a warm voice sounded outside the door: "Xiao Er, please give me the fodder that is ready soon."

"Okay, don't worry, guest officer." Xiao Er responded enthusiastically.

With the intrusion of a gust of wind and sand, the door was suddenly dark, and a young man about 24 or [-] years old entered the door. He was tall and tall, dressed in blue uniform and white collar, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of dust. It is hard to hide his handsome face, with a blue burden on his left shoulder and a simple sword in his right hand, this person is Zhan Zhao who has rushed thousands of miles to the Western Regions.

Everyone had never seen such a character in this remote desert, and they couldn't help but take a second look.

The boss, Jin Sanniang, stood up with a smile all over her face, and walked towards Zhan Zhao with three steps: "Hey, guest officer, do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?"

Zhan Zhao leaned over and flicked the dust off his body, smiled slightly and said, "Eat first, then stay in the hotel." Then he sat down at the table.

Jin Sanniang was shaken by this smile, then she came back to her senses, stepped forward to wipe the table clean, and said with a smile: "Then what does the guest officer want to eat?"

"Just a couple of side dishes and a few steamed buns." Zhan Zhao replied softly.

Lin Sanniang turned around and told Xiao Er who had just entered the door: "Hurry up and prepare wine, vegetables and steamed buns for this guest officer, and prepare another room for the guest." Xiao Er agreed to go down.

Jin Sanniang graciously poured Zhan Zhao a cup of tea and handed it to him. Zhan Zhao glanced at her and said, "Thank you." Put it on the table.

Seeing this, the merchants on the side all laughed out loud: "I said, Sanniang, you are too old and people won't take a fancy to you, so you should come to me."

Jin Sanniang was bored, but she was not discouraged.Seeing Xiao Er serving the food, she still put the food on the table with a smile on her face: "Guest officer, you can try this dish, which is not bad even though the shop is remote. Come, try this piece of meat first." She He couldn't help saying that he picked up a piece of meat and was about to put it into Zhan Zhao's mouth.

Zhan Zhao didn't move at all, and her chopsticks just stopped less than half an inch away from him. The smile in Jin Sanniang's Danfeng eyes gradually disappeared, and Zhan Zhao just looked at him with a slight smile in his eyes. Looking at her, she shyly put the chopsticks back on the table and closed her eyes.

A loud laugh came from over there: "Oh, I didn't expect our coquettish Jin Sanniang to be deflated. It's the first time I've seen such a ignorant person." Everyone looked at Zhan Zhao with expressions in their eyes. different.

Zhan Zhao didn't care, he smiled gently at Jin Sanniang, and said, "Miss Boss, I want to ask you about someone?"

Jin Sanniang looked back into his eyes. For some reason, the smile in the eyes of the person in front of her gave her a strange feeling. She couldn't help but recall the first time she had with that person in the spring rain of apricot blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River more than ten years ago. When we met once, the same eyes, with a smile on the corner of the mouth, made people unforgettable.

Zhan Zhao coughed lightly, bringing Jin Sanniang back from her memories, she smiled awkwardly at Zhan Zhao, "I wonder who the guest officer wants to ask?"

"It's a young man in white clothes and holding a white sword. I wonder if the proprietress has seen it before?" Zhan Zhao asked politely.

Jin Sanniang thought for a while, "It seems that there is such a person, who stayed with me about three days ago." She looked Zhan Zhao up and down again, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, you know each other, no wonder you are such a good-looking person."

"Then please tell me where that person went?" Zhan Zhao asked seriously, ignoring her words.

Jin Sanniang looked at Zhan Zhao's appearance, and felt a little displeased. She bent over and was about to sit on Zhan Zhao's lap, and said coquettishly, "Guest officer, you treat my family like this, but my family can't think of anything." Get up." Zhan Zhao took a step back, and moved the stool back more than half a foot, but fortunately, Jin Sanniang quickly supported the table, otherwise she would really sit on the ground, and the people around could no longer hold back the noise laughing out loud.Jin Sanniang stood up straight, her face turned red and white, she looked at Zhan Zhao and gritted her teeth and said, "The person you are looking for is probably dead by now."

"What did you say?" Zhan Zhao suddenly stood up and asked in a deep voice.

"He asked me how to get to Yingyue Palace? Everyone here knows that Yingyue Palace is full of poisons, but if outsiders accidentally break in, they don't even know how they died. In the end, there are no dead bodies. Your friend is alone. Going to Yingyue Palace, is it obvious that you are going to die?" Jin Sanniang said with a determined face.

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When Zhan Zhao heard this, he didn't hesitate, picked up the giant que with his left hand, carried the burden on his shoulder with his right hand, turned around and was about to go out.

"Guest officer, wait." Jin Sanniang's voice sounded behind her, and Zhan Zhao stopped but didn't look back.

Jin Sanniang walked up to Zhan Zhao gracefully, circled around him, and said with a smile: "It's already dark today, and the climate in this desert is changeable, especially at night, there are countless people buried by wind and sand. I advise the guest officer to spend the night here, and go on the road tomorrow morning."

Seeing that Zhan Zhaoyou was thinking about it, Jin Sanniang went on to say, "Your friend didn't come here alone, there are two helpers, so it should be fine. You can rest assured."

"Oh?" Zhan Zhao wondered, "What do his two assistants look like?"

"Well, one is not tall and is very stocky, and the other is thin and has a mustache on his face, which looks very festive. I heard that the man in white called them the second brother and the fourth brother." Jin Sanniang said She still has the ability to know people after opening the shop for many years. As soon as these people came, she could see that they were not businessmen and they looked special, so she remembered them very clearly.

Hearing what she said, Zhan Zhao knew in his heart that these two people should be Han Zhang and Jiang Ping, and he felt relieved when he realized that Bai Yutang was not alone.Turning around, she said to Jin Sanniang, "Then I'd rather be respectful than follow orders, stay here for one night and leave early tomorrow morning."

Jin Sanniang smiled charmingly: "That's right, if there is any urgent matter for the guest officer, it's not too late tonight. Come and sit down and eat, the food won't taste good when it's cold." Jin Sanniang turned sideways to the exhibition Zhao let the way go, Zhan Zhao gave her a slight nod, and sat back at the table again.

"Hey, Sanniang, I'm afraid you've taken a liking to this little boy, and you're so worried about his safety." The people around continued to tease Jin Sanniang, but Jin Sanniang didn't care, pinching her waist with one hand and pointing at them: "Old lady How about just falling in love with him? Take a look at each of you, who has a good-looking parent. "

"It seems that Sanniang has a purpose to force them to stay overnight. Hey, little boy, be careful that you are drugged in the food and then Sanniang touches your room in the middle of the night, haha." The more these people speak, the more vulgar they are, Zhan Zhao He couldn't help frowning, gave them a cold look, and then ate the food without saying a word, while Jin Sanniang at the side didn't seem to hear what they said, just looked at Zhan Zhao thoughtfully.

Seeing that neither of them responded, those people lost their meaning and began to change the subject: "Have you heard that? Hua Yingyue, the lord of Yingyue Palace, has been missing for more than half a year, and as soon as she came back, she began to talk to the four people in the palace. The Great Protector made a murderous move, and two of them were eliminated at once. It is estimated that the other two will follow."

"That Hua Yingyue has always been a ruthless character who doesn't miss old feelings. Didn't she use coquettish techniques to get rid of the two guardians two years ago? Now that the four elders are removed, the Yingyue Palace is her and Chu Tianyi's. The world is over."

"Early in the morning, I saw that these two people working together is not a good thing. They made a good Yingyue Palace into what it is today. I don't know what troubles these two people will cause again. Remember to go around when we go on the road tomorrow." Go there and don't accidentally throw your life there." Zhan Zhao, who was on the side, heard their discussion, but remained calm but tightened his chopsticks hand.

It has to be admitted that the location of Yingyue Palace in the vast desert of the Western Regions is unique.It is located in one of the few oases in the Western Regions. It is dominated by pines and cypresses, and is surrounded by several small streams in the middle. It is the only water source in this desert. You can go in and take a break to get water and drink at will, but since Hua Yingyue took charge of Yingyue Palace, she has designated this area with a radius of tens of miles as the site of Yingyue Palace. Passers-by pass through, and all places with water sources inside are sealed off.There was a passerby who was so thirsty that he ventured into it boldly, and was bitten to death by the poisonous insects raised inside, not even a bone left.Since then, no one has dared to trespass into the territory of Yingyue Palace, and the legend about Yingyue Palace and its lord, Hua Yingyue, has become even more mysterious.

Under the shade of green trees, a two-story flat-roofed building is the residence of the palace owner Hua Yingyue. A woman in white is bowing her head and writing something in front of the open window on the first floor.This is Lin Ruoqing who was brought here by Chu Tianyi. She was imprisoned in this building every day, except for that day when she was taken out to perform a play. After getting rid of the two elders, Feng Yu, she never went out again .

Here, she practices brush calligraphy every day to pass the time. Since she arrived in the Northern Song Dynasty, she has hardly ever picked up a brush. One is that she has no time and the other is that she really can’t handle calligraphy. She never expected that there would be a thousand miles away in the Western Regions. Time to practice.

She wrote carefully stroke by stroke, thinking of