Outside the city gate.
Song Lianzhou rode in on horseback. The white horse in black clothes was very elegant.
Followed closely behind were a group of guards dressed in military uniforms. They were dusty and dusty, and seemed to still carry the bloody and fierce fighting spirit on the battlefield. They all looked forward with bright eyes. The leader of the guards was Song Lianzhou's personal guard Hong.
The team had not yet entered the city, but when they saw it from a distance, the people automatically moved out of the way.
Song Lianzhou was alone in his own casual clothes, but he did not lose any of his momentum. His black and red clothes were swaying in the wind, showing off wantonly. There was a red jade dripping with blood in the middle of the black crown on his head, which matched the red color on his face. Their lips were touching each other from a distance, and the remaining half of the black hair fluttered past the lips in a tantalizing way, but the sharp eyes were intimidating, with a sense of sanctity that made people dare not blaspheme.
The sound of horse hooves gradually came closer, and the voices outside also became weaker.
In order to make way for Song Lianzhou, the carriage with Shen Zhixi tied to it was also forced to stop on the side of the road.
Shen Zhixi was still very sleepy, his eyes were slightly open and he was not energetic.
Suddenly.
The white horse galloped past the car, bringing a gust of wind that blew up the car curtain. A flash of black flashed from the outside, and then quickly disappeared, dissipating faster than a dream.
Then.
Shen Zhixi leaned back and fell asleep again, and continued to move towards the city amidst the bumps of the carriage starting again.
After an unknown amount of time, the carriage stopped in a secluded alley.
There were voices negotiating outside. From time to time, the car curtain was lifted and a face peeked out. She looked like an old woman in her fifties or sixties. After looking at Shen Zhixi, she turned around and waved. Immediately there were two or three people there. A woman dressed like a maid got into the carriage and took Shen Zhixi out of the carriage, who was limp and limp.
Under the carriage is a courtyard with an open door.
Shen Zhixi was carried on the back of a strong maid, and the other two joined hands to bring her into the yard.
The old lady just now was still talking to the man driving the carriage, and Shen Zhixi was already taken into the inner courtyard, and finally placed in a simple room. The maid took off her shoes and socks and laid her on the bed. Then left.
During the whole process, Shen Zhixi was conscious but without any strength.
After dark, no one came to the house again.
Several maids came in and helped Shen Zhixi sit up. She couldn't open her eyes but she could feel something like pills being stuffed into her mouth. It had a bitter taste and melted in her mouth. She didn't resist, guessing that it should be an antidote to her weakness and weakness.
Sure enough, not long after, she felt her strength slowly returning.
After a long pause, she sat up.
The maid was no longer in the house. She looked around the house and put on her shoes. When she stood up, her legs were weak because she had not moved for a long time and the effect of the medicine had not completely worn off, so she fell to the ground.
At this moment, the door of the house was opened from the outside again.
She raised her eyes and saw an imposing middle-aged man.
He was dressed in navy blue, embroidered with gold threads and patterns of auspicious animals. The fabric was of high quality and the workmanship was fine. It was not an ordinary person's item, and he was obviously of high status. This is nothing, what is important is that the aura of a man who has been in power for a long time is particularly oppressive, far from being comparable to that of an official like the Yangzhou prefect.
But no matter how indifferent his face was, Shen Zhixi still noticed the momentary shock in his expression when he saw her, as if he was surprised by her appearance.
Shen Zhixi didn't understand. She was sure that she had never seen him.
He stopped in front of Shen Zhixi and looked down at her.
Shen Zhixi thought about it, but his feet were still a little soft.
"My name is Xie Muyun, Marquis Ning Cheng of Yuejing City." The man announced his family name.
Shen Zhixi frowned and pursed his lips, staring at him cautiously.
Yue Jingcheng, Ning Chenghou.
It's really remarkable to be a marquis and a relative of the emperor.
But she and Marquis Ning Cheng were not even close to each other, so why did he kidnap her all the way from Yanzhou to here?
But what Xie Muyun said immediately made Shen Zhixi's hair stand on end.
He said……
"I am your father."
Shen Zhixi's bright eyes trembled. She didn't know whether she thought it was funny or scary, but a smile appeared on her lips.
"Don't believe it?" Xie Muyun knelt down and stared at her face more carefully.
After a while, he confided again: "It's really similar."
Shen Zhixi stepped back and kept her distance from him. Since he said this, he naturally meant that she looked like her mother. Even though he didn't want to, he felt in his heart that there was no need for him to tell such a lie.
"Tell me first, what are you going to do?"
Shen Zhixi was still a little scared at first, but when she heard Xie Muyun said he was her father, she suddenly wasn't afraid anymore.
Not afraid, not angry, not even hating.
I just felt very calm in my heart, as if I was facing an insignificant person.
Xie Muyun was also calm, staring at her with a half-smile.
After a long while, he slowly uttered another sentence, "Yun Danfengqing, who is so fearless and doesn't seem to care about anything, is very similar to her. Nan Qiu really gave birth to a good daughter. This..."
"Don't mention my mother!" Shen Zhixi suddenly shouted at him.
Shen Nanqiu is her mother's name.
Xie Muyun was unprepared and moved his brows slightly displeased.
Before he could speak, Shen Zhixi spoke again, "A heartless and unjust person who abandoned his wife and daughter, are you worthy of mentioning her name?"
Hearing this, Xie Muyun's eyes flashed with surprise again.
But soon, the shock was replaced by sullenness. He got up angrily and laughed out loud: "She actually said that I abandoned you?"
"if not?"
Shen Zhixi didn't understand what he meant, he just thought it was ridiculous.
He still wants to deny it, but when he reaches middle age, he wants to deny the past and erase everything, and is ready to whitewash himself and become a good person?
"Ha!" Xie Muyun sneered and turned sideways, with a deep smile, and said two more words unclearly, "That's the case..."
What kind words can Shen Nanqiu say about him?
But these are no longer important. He didn't bring Shen Zhixi to Yuejing just to reconnect with the past and recognize his relatives.
He reached into his arms and took out a golden lock of longevity wrapped in gold.
With just one glance, Shen Zhixi recognized him, "You also kidnapped my daughter?"
She didn't know where the strength suddenly came from, and she struggled to get up, but Xie Muyun reacted quickly and stepped back, holding up the jade gold lock, looking at her with indifference, and the words that came out next were even more cruel.
"If you want her to live, then be obedient and cooperate with me in taking blood."
Speaking of her daughter, Shen Zhixi could no longer calm down. She had been alone in the carriage for so long, so she thought she was the only one being kidnapped. When she heard that her daughter was also in his hands, she felt like the sky was falling. collapse.
"She's barely three years old!"
As she spoke, her whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
"Yes, she is less than three years old and she hasn't even finished the story yet. But the Taoist priest said that the blood effect of children aged two or three is better. It's a pity that she is too young. She got sick on the way here and still has no symptoms. It's not healed yet, and the blood with the sick air cannot be used...",
"You bastard scum, you will die badly!"
Xie Muyun smiled indifferently and shook the golden jade lock in his hand, "If you don't want me to give your daughter strong medicine to get her blood for treatment, then you can honestly take your daughter's place and draw some blood for me to treat. Sickness, do you understand?”
