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The three of them quickly left the beach, crossed Fengyuejian, and went straight to the street.
It was only later that Mu Ziling discovered that since they came here, the room they had been living in, although they had to pass by Fengyuejian, had already deviated from Fengyuejian after going through a tortuous journey. That semi-circular area is alone near the sea.
And just after they walked out of Fengyuejian, a servant inside hurriedly chased them out and told them that Bai Xiaosheng was hosting a banquet tonight, and the three of them were specially invited.
The boy left after delivering the message.
"Bai Xiaosheng invited us to a banquet?" Mu Ziling's expression flashed strangely: "Didn't that boy just tell the wrong story?"
You know, they have been in Zhongjun City for more than a month, and Bai Xiaosheng manages such a big Fengyue Gorge. He can be regarded as more than half of the landlords in Zhongjun City. What kind of landlord friendship, let alone treat guests.
On the contrary, Bai Xiaosheng would come to them almost every day, and he would always come on time to find the meal, and then he would eat and drink a lot, and when he was full, he would just pat his butt and leave.
At first, Mu Ziling was speechless inwardly, seeing Bai Xiaosheng who was different from his appearance, temperament and demeanor, who only knew to eat the overlord's meal, but then gradually got used to it.
But in a sense, Bai Xiaosheng is not eating their food for free, because every time he comes over, he will bring some fresh news from outside.
Therefore, even though this month seems to be staying at home, Mu Ziling can still know from Bai Xiaosheng's mouth the turmoil in various parts of the mainland... Big things include changes in the rivers and lakes and the court, and small things include small people's gossip topics after dinner.
For example, which officials and nobles pretended to be self-serving and enriched their own pockets; another example was which wealthy officials robbed women from outsiders and forced them into prostitution; A new choice for power ranking.
There are many more trivial incidents like this, but none of them can match the sudden change of dynasty after the Four Kingdoms War.
After the Four Kingdoms War, Jialuo Emperor Long Wenyin suddenly announced his abdication, and ordered the newly appointed Crown Prince Long Xiaonan to inherit the throne.
Because when Long Xiaonan was the crown prince, he often observed the people's secrets, did good deeds, helped the poor, and was loved by all the people for this reason. Therefore, although he ascended the throne suddenly, there were almost no doubts behind him.
The new emperor ascended the throne with three swords. After the new emperor Jialuo ascended the throne, he ordered to reorganize the government, exclude dissidents, eliminate traitors, and even deal with the Nanfeng Kingdom and Qinglan Kingdom, which were previously colluded with the two major cults and were criticized by thousands of people as losing power and humiliating the country. , launched a coercive crusade.
Nanfeng Kingdom and Qinglan Kingdom, which had already retreated in defeat, were facing a crisis from all sides. In the end, the two countries whose national style was ruined could not bear the heavy humiliation, and successively handed over the letters of surrender to Jialuo Kingdom. The rich and powerful Jialuo country is now in full swing and unshakable. The previous rumors of the unification of the four countries seem to be self-defeating.
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Here, after listening to Bai Xiaosheng's courteous news every day, Mu Ziling deeply expressed: Fengyuejian is really romantic, and Bai Xiaosheng really lives up to his reputation.
"Let's go, the news brought by the little boy this time is the purpose of our trip." Long Xiaoyu's ambiguous words contained a lot of meaning.
Mu Ziling glanced at him suspiciously, as if she understood something, she didn't ask further, she subconsciously looked at the Martian girl beside her.
At this time, the Martian girl seemed to know that she couldn't eat desserts, and her playful face drooped with grievances at some point, but she stuffed another candied haws into her mouth, which seemed to heal everything, and she immediately recovered smiley.
She smiled sweetly at Mu Ziling: "Little sister-in-law, let's go quickly, I haven't eaten the food at Uncle Xiaobai's house for a long time, I miss it a little."
"Well, let's go." Mu Ziling seemed to be used to it, she raised the corners of her lips, directly took the Martian girl's hand, and turned into Fengyuejian again.
Behind him, Long Xiaoyu stretched out to hold the hand of his little woman, just froze in mid-air alone, and then his gaze was like a ray, projecting fiercely to the two hands in front that were tightly glued together, It's like marking it, and I can't take my eyes off it anymore.
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Mu Ziling was not very familiar with Fengyuejian, but with the Martian girl leading the way, they soon arrived at the banquet hall.
The banquet living room is very spacious, unlike the feasting and feasting outside, the structure is simple and the furnishings are the same. There is only a long table in the middle of the hall that can seat twenty people. The long table is already filled with a variety of delicacies. , at a glance, there is a posture of a full banquet of Man and Han.
The aroma of all kinds of dishes is tangy, which makes people's index fingers move.
The Martian girl couldn't wait to take her seat, and immediately caught her favorite sweets on the table. She kept her eyes on the delicious food on the table, and asked Bai Xiaosheng who was sitting beside her: "Uncle Bai, that...can I eat first?"
"Of course, let's eat." In order to avoid being blown away by this little ancestor, Bai Xiaosheng moved his position calmly, with a warm and bright smile on his face, and introduced with squinting eyes: "Little Xingxing , Look at this whip cake, kidney bean roll, coconut bowl, candied crabapple...all are prepared for you, you can eat whatever you want, you can eat as you please, there is no limit today, you can eat as much as you want."
"Really? Hee hee... Thank you, Uncle Xiaobai, I'm being rude." The Martian girl's eyes sparkled, and she immediately started to eat.
Looking at this scene, Mu Ziling, who was still standing at the door, seemed to see an uncle wearing a fox tail, who was about to sell the innocent little girl. .
"Little girl, what are you doing there?" Bai Xiaosheng turned to Mu Ziling, beckoning enthusiastically: "Come on, sit down and eat together, these foods come from all over the mainland, and you can't usually eat them outside. "
Seeing this table of gluttonous feast, Mu Ziling twitched the corners of his mouth, and said in a teasing voice: "Are you going to make a big meal from us for a month? But it's not enough, as you For those who ate, at least three meals will be paid back."
"No, no, no... the ones I ate have already been sold for the news, so there is no reason to return them." Bai Xiaosheng waved his hands cheekily, and explained: "Today's meal is a farewell feast specially prepared for you. This time, there will be no next time."
Farewell banquet
Is this going to leave
Mu Ziling's eyebrows twitched, and she turned her gaze to Long Xiaoyu who was beside her inquiringly.
But before she could open her mouth, Long Xiaoyu grabbed her wrist, took her to the place farthest from the Martian girl and sat down without saying a word, then poured a glass of white water and soaked the brocade handkerchief. Holding Mu Ziling's fair hand, he carefully wiped one finger at a time.
"..." Mu Ziling was stunned, then stunned again, and then lost her temper, but she resentfully didn't let herself explode.
Because in front of this extremely cautious evildoer at this moment, her dissatisfaction will not have any effect at all, on the contrary, it may have the opposite effect.
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Until the end of this extremely extravagant feast, no one came to the table that could seat twenty people.
After the meal, Bai Xiaosheng's whole mood was full of elation, and the whole meal process was extremely enthusiastic. People who don't know will think that he is a hospitable owner, but only he knows in his heart what he is really happy about.
After they were full, Bai Xiaosheng ordered his servants to return all the plates, and then he snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, a masked white figure appeared, and he took out two scrolls and handed them to Bai Xiaosheng.
Bai Xiaosheng didn't open the scrolls, but directly moved the two scrolls to Mu Ziling on the table, raised his eyebrows and said, "Open it and have a look, do you know the people inside?"
Mu Ziling gave him a strange look, and then opened one of the scrolls.
The painting on the scroll is a woman, probably in her early thirties, with extremely beautiful complexion and arrogance, and she still has a kind of delicate beauty that stands out from the crowd of thousands of flowers.
"I don't know." Mu Ziling shook his head almost without thinking, and asked suspiciously, "Who is this person?"
Bai Xiaosheng didn't make a sound, but pouted, motioning for her to open another one.
Mu Ziling opened another scroll, and there was also a woman inside.
If the woman in the previous picture is gorgeous, then the woman in the picture in front of her is so ordinary that it seems that once she disappears into the crowd, she will be hard to find. Both her appearance and temperament are too ordinary and simple.
These two picture scrolls of women with worlds of difference in appearance gave Mu Ziling the first feeling of three words: I don't know each other.
Although it was an unfamiliar impression, but thinking that Bai Xiaosheng would not be aimless, Mu Ziling looked at the two paintings again seriously.
Looking at it, her gaze involuntarily fixed on the painting scroll of the simple woman, and then inexplicably felt that this woman was a little familiar, and then, frame after frame of blood stained her mind unconsciously. Fragments of light.
There are cries, fear, and grinning in the clip...
At this moment, Mu Ziling only felt her head was hit hard by something, the sharp pain made her hug her head subconsciously.
"What's wrong?" Long Xiaoyu noticed her strangeness and asked nervously.
"No... Just seeing the person in this painting, I suddenly thought of something that happened a long time ago." Mu Ziling breathed a sigh of relief, then pointed at the simple woman, and asked, "This person... is Bai Susu? "
Although it was a question, she asked with certainty.
The frame-by-frame fragments that flashed through her mind just now, although they flashed quickly, were enough to shock her heart.
because…
(end of this chapter)