Chang Huanxi

It snowed until late at night.

Shen Yanhuan felt a sore and itchy pain in his shoulder, he moved slightly, even though he tried his best not to make a sound, Qi Yuan still woke up.

Candles were quickly lit in the room, knowing that he must have a shoulder pain, Qi Yuan took advantage of the weak light of the fire, put on a single coat and got out of bed to find a small white porcelain bottle in their luggage.

It contained the medicated oil that doctor Zhang had prepared for him, which could relieve his discomfort caused by rainy and snowy days.

Shen Yanhuan opened his eyes a little and looked at the thing in his hand, which he kept in the cabinet all the time.

Because the weather was always good before he left, he had already forgotten about it, it was hard for Qi Yuan to remember it.

"Did I wake you up?"

"No..." Qi Yuan helped him sit up, "I was thinking about something just now, and I didn't fall asleep."

The medicated oil melted and seeped into the skin, and the place where he touched his palm suddenly became hot. The heat overwhelmed the numbness and pain, and the pain was a little weaker, but it was still itchy.

Qi Yuan didn't speak, there was an ugly scar on the fair skin under his palm, and the newborn skin around him was still tender pink.It can still be vaguely seen that it is a hexagonal star that has been cut horizontally.

"Thinking about what the old man said? Actually, don't worry about it. I'm not Shen Yan from my previous life, and you're not him either. We're different."

Shen Yanhuan leaned against him and sighed, "I would rather the old man could forget all the past life and just regard this as a brand new life."

Bai Rensheng said that Shen Yanhuan was shot to death by random arrows in order to protect him in the last life, and the deadliest arrow was shot right in his heart.

This arrow came from his hand.

That year when Shen Yan was 15 years old, Bai Rensheng carried his body and threw himself into the cavalry and arrows that came to hunt them down.The so-called Qingwu rebel, he was the only one left in the end.

In the end, there was no one left.

That's where it all ends, and that's where the story begins.

Bai Rensheng opened his eyes from the darkness, three inches in front of him was a sharp blade shining with cold light, and standing beside him were hundreds of famous swordsmen.

"Yan Yan is right." Qi Yuan pulled his clothes on him and made him lie on his left shoulder, turned around and blew out the candle.

After another half a month, just when everyone thought everything was on the right track and started to get better, the bad news came.

The only food left in the government can't support the daily life of so many people. The Miku has bottomed out, and the noodle bank can't last long.The rations distributed to the people have dropped sharply, and many people have reached the point where it is difficult to feed themselves.

The fierce cold wind whizzed past, and the cold winter really came.

"Jing Chuan refused to help..." Xu Mao sat down on the chair.His eyes were empty and he didn't know where to put them.

Hongling stood beside Hongyue, her expression was not very good.The distress letter sent back was returned intact, which showed Jingchuan Jianzong's attitude.

"Hmph! These turtle grandchildren!" Bai Rensheng said, "This is their territory, right? Just leave it alone when something like this happens in your own family?"

To Shen Yanhuan's surprise, Hongyue didn't refute him, but just paralyzed on Hongling with the look of "my heart is so tired", her white wrist slipped out from the sleeve, and the silver chain hanging on it jingled rattle.

"Jingchuan Sword Sect, has it changed?"

The day they heard that the food and medicine had been robbed, they sent a letter back to the king's city, and the man in the palace didn't dare to delay. After receiving the news, they immediately sent people to reorganize their chariots and horses and rushed to Ganzhou with a large group of soldiers and supplies.

But not counting the obstructions of the people on the road, just talking about the heavy snow in winter, and the detour alone will take nearly a month longer than them.

But people can't wait...

"Fourth Highness! Master Xu!" The coachman Xu Chuan who came with them hurried over.

Xu Mao quickly gave him his seat so that he could catch his breath before speaking.

"My lord! In the city, another child is missing in the city!"

"what?!"

Xu Chuan was originally assigned to count the number of sick people in the city every day. Today, he took the booklet and went door-to-door to inquire, but no one came to answer the door for a long time.

If it was normal, Xu Chuan might leave first, and come back after counting the rest of the people.

But today he took two steps and suddenly turned back, because he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Usually when he knocked on the door, the children in this family would cry.But not today, the house was so quiet that no one lived there.

He thought for a while and then came back to knock on the door. The people in the room couldn't bear his knocking, so they opened the door a little.

The woman looked out the door very vigilantly, and said that their house was as usual, no one was sick, and told Xu Chuan not to come again.

"I just asked how your child is doing. Why didn't you cry today?" Xu Chuan raised his head and took a sip of water, "I didn't expect that woman's face to suddenly turn pale, and she hesitated and said something nonsense. Our door Several people pushed her open and entered the door, and all the men and women in her family were there, but the child was missing."

"Where are they now?" Qi Yuan asked.

Xu Chuan said: "Ask the remaining brothers to surround the house and guard it, and they are all in the house."

Shen Yanhuan nodded to Qi Yuan, it's not too late, she still has to go and have a look.A few people got on their horses, and Xu Chuan led them to the family's house without anyone saying anything.

These horses were all brought over by them. They were strong and powerful when they came, but there was nothing to feed them in the past few months, so they were a little weak when they ran.

The front of the small dilapidated house was indeed surrounded by a few men dressed as cooks as Xu Chuan said. They seemed to be sitting casually and lazily around the house, but in fact they were watching the people coming and going and the people in the house with their eyes. move.

Seeing them coming, several of them stepped forward and gave way to the door.

The door was pushed open vigorously, and the sudden sunlight that shone into the room stimulated the three of them shivering in the corner, looking at them timidly.

The interrogation was handed over to Xu Mao, and Shen Yanhuan and Qi Yuan pushed open two doors leading to the backyard.

Qi Yuan went straight into the bedroom on the left. This room was not too small. It should have been lived in by a young man with some wealth.

A few unwashed clothes with a smell were scattered on the bed.Qi Yuan picked it up with a small wooden stick and looked at it. Under the ripped gown, there were several children's cotton jackets. The cotton jackets were very old, but the stitches on them were fine and tight. It seemed that they had been mended with great care.

Before he could see anything else, there was a dull loud noise from the backyard.When Qi Yuan came out of the room, he saw Shen Yanhuan leaving the kitchen with her mouth covered and her face pale.

"what happened?"

Shen Yanhuan took a deep look at him, pointed to the kitchen, and then ran to the courtyard to hold a dead old locust tree and retched as if she couldn't bear it anymore.

The people in the front yard rushed over when they heard the noise, Qi Yuan asked them to see what was in the kitchen first, and walked to Shen Yanhuan's side to help him pat his back.

Looking at it like this, there must be something extraordinary inside.

He didn't eat anything these days, his stomach was so empty that he couldn't vomit anything, he just felt uncomfortable.At the same time, the few people who went in let out an exclamation almost at the same time.

"Are you uncomfortable? I'll go get you some water?" Qi Yuan supported his waist, otherwise he would lose his strength and fall down.

Shen Yanhuan shook his head, let alone water, he didn't even want to swallow his saliva now.

Seeing him like this, Qi Yuan frowned and said, "What's there?"

Shen Yanhuan clenched his arm tightly, his knuckles turned white, "meat..." he squeezed out a few words through his teeth, "it's a pot of meat."

In such weather, food is almost running out. Where can I get such a pot of meat?

Unfortunately, their family is missing a child.

Xu Mao jumped out of the kitchen with red eyes, pointed at the three people who were brought over in the courtyard and shouted: "Take them back to the Yamen!"

"Are we late? Why can't they wait a little longer? The food is already on the way, isn't it?" Shen Yanhuan asked in a low voice on the way back.

They didn't ride the horse because they brought the three extra people. Qi Yuan took him to his side, "Most of us cultivators believe in a saying: "There are thousands of unsatisfactory things in the world, but even if there are all kinds of faults, don't blame yourself. Just ask for a clear conscience.” We have already done what we can, and we don’t need to think too much about the rest. "

Shen Yanhuan smiled a little, "Although I don't understand it very well, I'll just listen to you. It seems that I can live a happier life this way."

The three of them knelt down in the hall, but no one made a sound in tacit understanding.

There weren't enough horses in the first place, and Hong Ling and the others didn't follow. It was a little strange to see their expressions becoming more serious now, "Didn't you say that there was one child missing? What's going on with these people?"

Shen Yanhuan hesitated for a while and said, "Maybe something bad happened."

Hearing Xu Mao slap the gavel in his hand, everyone's eyes were on him.

"Bold and unreasonable! To eat your own youngest son in broad daylight! I ask you when you killed your youngest son. If you have any excuses, you'd better say it quickly!"

hiss!Hongling took a deep breath, did she eat a child?

The woman opened her mouth, but was stopped by her husband.Xu Mao explained a few words to the master in a low voice, and the master took the order to go out.

Xu Maodao: "If you don't say it, you're gone? Come on, drag this man out first and beat me! Beat him until he tells everything!"

The two strong servants shouted yes, and then dragged the man out.

After a while, a man's screams came from the courtyard.

The old woman rolled her eyes and passed out when she heard it. The woman gritted her teeth and turned around several times. After all, she climbed up and kowtowed a few times: "My lord! My lord, please spare me! I will say everything! Say everything! Then The child does not belong to my family, it was exchanged with the sacred tree!"

Everyone was taken aback, Du Heng is locked in the dungeon now, what happened to this sacred tree?