After the hero goes crazy

Chapter 356

The carriage drove out of the back door of Yao's house, the wheels ran over the threshold, and set foot on the road in the back alley.

Yao Shouning supported Lu Zhi's shoulders and knelt behind him.

The two changed the subject, and subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. When they passed the back door of Wen's house, the two who were joking instinctively stopped talking and turned their heads in unison.

After hearing Shizi's 'voice', many things seemed to be different from before.

Although she avoided Lu Zhi's questioning and forcibly smoothed everything over, she knew that everything could no longer go back to the past when it was simple.

——For example, when she passed Wen's house at this moment, she felt guilty.

Wen Jingsui's face appeared in her mind, and she somehow remembered the scene of the two meeting on the Lantern Festival.

At that time, she was ignorant and naive, and she had a premonition that the flood was coming, and she was anxious to go to the general's mansion to report the news;
When the Wen family came to visit, conflict broke out between Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Wen.

Wen Jingsui proposed several times to send her off, but in the end it was his grandfather who summoned a crane to send her away.

She hadn't been in love before and couldn't understand Wen Jingsui's eyes. Now that she thought about the scene at that time, she could clearly see the great loss in Wen Jingsui's eyes.

Lu Zhi's 'inner voice' was like a sharp knife, piercing through her defenses, and many things that she had ignored before came to her mind one by one.

She realized that before she realized it, she seemed to have hurt Wen Jingsui.

"It's all your fault!"

Yao Shouning was a little annoyed and patted Lu Zhi on the shoulder.

"What did I do again?" Shizi was puzzled and felt aggrieved.

He also stared at the back door of Wen's house vigilantly, fearing that if the door was opened, Wen Jingsui would appear in the way.

"It's all your fault anyway..."

Naturally, he couldn't tell Lu Zhi about being able to hear the 'voice of the heart'.

Yao Shouning looked confused, and sat beside Lu Zhi.

"I think you're just in a bad mood, and you're deliberately venting your anger on me..." Shizi muttered.

"Yes." Yao Shouning confidently pointed out the culprit:
"It's because of you—"

Because of his unguarded voice, she was at a loss.

Hearing this, the prince finally turned his head.

His lips were slightly parted, and a hurt and bewildered expression appeared in those pitch-black peach eyes.

"—Who told you not to come to play with me for one or two months!" Yao Shouning's body reacted faster than his thoughts, she didn't want to see Shi Zi like this.

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Lu Zhi raised his drooping brows, and there was a look of 'seeing through everything' in his eyes, a little helpless and aggrieved:
"You still say it's not because of this!"

"Yes, yes!"

Yao Shouning sighed. The moment she saw Shi Zi's expression, she instinctively lied and concealed her true feelings.

"I've said it all, I didn't do it on purpose." After Lu Zhi finished speaking, seeing that she was silent, he freed up a hand to poke her wrist, and said in a low voice:

"Don't be angry." He lowered his head, persistently looked for her eyes, and met her gaze:

"It's a big deal, next time I go out, I'll tell you in advance, okay?"

The young man in front of him had white skin and red lips, as beautiful as a flower.

Half of her untied long hair was hanging down, but there was sincerity in the eyes that looked at her.

He didn't know the real reason for his awkwardness, he didn't defend at all in front of her, and insisted on showing his sincerity.

Her heart pounded slightly.

"Okay." She hesitated and nodded in agreement, and Lu Zhi grinned with a big smile.

Yao Shouning clenched his lower lip, controlled the joy in his heart, and stretched out his hand to push his forehead:

"Drive well, don't look around!"

"Shouning touched me!" He said in his heart, "Shouning's fingers are so soft and fragrant."

"..." She blushed and wanted to spit at him, but she couldn't find a reason, so she drew back her toes and tried to stay away from him.

"Stupid." She said in her heart, but the moment the thought formed, she subconsciously covered her mouth.

……

The carriage drove out of the North City, and when it entered the center of the South City, it was gradually blocked.

As Liu said, the later you go out, the more people there will be.

The sacrificial altar was set up by the Bailing River in the south of the city. It was not the time for offering sacrifices, but the sound of gongs and drums could already be heard from the river.

After the flood, many civilians in the five cities died. Even though the disaster has passed for a long time, the city of God is still shrouded in a faint shadow.

Yao Shouning came all the way with the son, and saw that many shops along the street were closed, and some of the fronts were dilapidated, covered with cobwebs and covered with moss, as if they hadn't been lived in for a long time.

But after entering the south of the city, everything changed.

The streets in the south of the city were crowded with people, and all the shops on both sides were open.

There are many hawkers setting up stalls on the street, as well as shopkeepers carrying loads. There is an endless stream of pedestrians interspersed between the streets...

The sounds of talking, hawking, and beating of gongs and drums gathered together to form an extremely lively scene.

"Master! Master!"

A familiar voice shouted, Lu Zhi and Yao Shouning turned their heads at the same time, and saw Luo Ziwen in a Confucian uniform leaning against the door of a study in the distance, beckoning to them.

"Let's get out of the car first."

There are more and more people walking here, and it is difficult for the carriage to move forward, so it is better to get out of the carriage and walk to the river.

Yao Shouning jumped out of the car and nodded:
"What about the car?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Duan Changya's voice was heard:
"Miss Shouning, don't worry, I'll drive the car away first."

After finishing speaking, Duan Changya's figure emerged from the side of the carriage.

He didn't wear heavy clothes today, but a slightly loose martial robe.

The robe is open in front, and the collar reaches to the chest, exposing the collarbone.

The robe reaches to the knees, leather boots are worn on the feet, a belt is wrapped around the waist, and a half-foot-long dagger is hung.

And there was a small bell hanging on the top of the dagger, which looked quite delicate, but the copper beads inside might have fallen off, and Duan Changya didn't ring when he walked around.

The short halberd that Duan Changya often carried on weekdays was hidden somewhere by him, and he looked refreshing and heroic.

"Big Brother Duan!"

When Yao Shouning saw his face, he greeted him with a smile.

"Brother Duan..." Shizi learned a sentence with a tinge of yin and yang in his heart, and thought sourly: Why does Shouning, who is surnamed Wen, as well as Ziwen and Chang Ya, both call him big brother, and only call me Shizi, not big brother Lu?

"..."

Yao Shouning's face flushed red, wishing he could cover his ears.

She wanted to turn her head and stare at Shizi, but Duan Changya had already got into the carriage, sat at the place where Shizi was driving before, and greeted her with a smile:
"Miss Shouning, long time no see."

He and Luo Ziwen went to Jinzhou with the son before, and it is true that they have not seen each other for a long time.

The people in the General's Mansion had a deep impression of Yao Shouning, especially since she had acted with the prince several times before and rescued Zhou Rongying, Duan Changya had an even better impression of her.

He had a few masks hanging on his waist, pulled two off at this time, and handed them to Lu Zhi and Yao Shouning:

"There is a ring booth in front, I won!"

After the floods this year, the city of Shendu was shrouded in clouds, and everyone's suppressed emotions seemed to be vented out through the Shangsi Festival.

There are so many things to do today, Duan Changya, Luo Ziwen and others took advantage of Lu Zhi's time to pick up people, and they have already played around.

"I heard that there will be a dragon dance team passing by later—"

Yao Shouning's eyes sparkled when he heard it, he took the mask, and if he wanted to ask again, Lu Zhi pulled her:
"Go away."

"Ehhh-"

Yao Shouning was dragged away by him, Duan Changya waved his hand with a smile, and turned the carriage around.

She took the mask and put it on her face, Shi Zi was a little unhappy:
"I can also get it, and I can get more than Changya."

"I know you can put it on, but now that you have it, let's put it on first, and then change to other ones later." Yao Shouning coaxed him.

The two of them had outstanding looks. Standing in the crowd, they had already attracted the amazement of many passers-by.

Yao Shouning went to get the mask in Lu Zhi's hand. The mask was made of wood with paint painted on it to look like a pig's head. She took it and stuck it on Shi Zi's cheek.

"You lower down."

Lu Zhi was obsessed, and lowered his head obediently.

There are thin hemp ropes on the left and right sides of the mask. She stood on tiptoe and tied the hemp rope behind his head.

The two of them had been close before, but at that time they were either robbing tombs, or on the way to robbing tombs, the process might be very dangerous, so naturally they had no intention of charming.

But this time is different.

On the street with people coming and going, Shizi naturally kept the noisy voices out of his ears.

The moment he lowered his head, he saw the girl approaching actively.

Yao Shouning's face was very close, and he could smell the girl's hair tips and the faint fragrance of her body. Her smooth, porcelain-like skin, with fine down, was absorbed in his eyes one by one.

The girl's arms passed through both sides of his cheeks, and his whole body seemed to be surrounded by her breath.

Under the mask, Lu Zhi's cheeks flushed red, and he put his hands behind his back a little at a loss.

"All right."

Yao Shouning said happily.

Shizi's unparalleled beauty was blocked by a fat pig's face, but he was tall and tall, with outstanding temperament, and his thick black hair was soft and smooth, which added a bit of cuteness to the ugly mask on his face .

She couldn't help laughing, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that the two were too close.

Lu Zhi's eyes were gloomy.

The mask covered his face, and his eyes looked extraordinarily deep, like two clear pools, reflecting Yao Shouning's face in them.

His breath blew on her cheeks, Yao Shouning could almost see her red cheeks and flustered expression from his eyes.

Yao Shouning's smile faltered, and he quickly backed away, covering his face with the mask in his hand like a guilty conscience, covering her face completely.

"Be careful." Lu Zhi gave her a hand.

Holding the windmill, the two children brushed past Yao Shouning's legs with a smile. When they realized that they had almost hit someone, they turned around and stuck out their tongues at her.

She wanted to put the grimace back on, but the mask blocked her movements.

Luo Ziwen quickly came over to coax the two children away, and continued:
"My lord, I think it's weird."

His words aroused Yao Shouning's vigilance, and made her feel tense again after wearing a mask.

"What kind of weird method?"

An inexplicable chill shot up from the soles of her feet, making her shiver.

Yao Shouning subconsciously approached Lu Zhi and stamped his feet.

"When we just came to the south of the city, Mr. Xu said—" People around him were coming and going, and it was inconvenient to talk. Luo Ziwen protected the two of them to the corner, and then whispered:

"There is a demon here."

"Demon?"

Lu Zhi frowned.

Luo Ziwen nodded and said:
"Mr. Xu said that this evil spirit is very strange."

The two masked faces stared at him, and the corners of Luo Ziwen's mouth twitched:
"He said that the demonic aura here is so strong that it soars to the sky, but also seems to be invisible, as if it is suppressed by some kind of prohibition."

Yao Shouning's eyes fell on his waist. There was a string of tassels hanging from his waist. On the tassels were two brass bells, about the size of a longan's eye. Duan Changya had also admired such ornaments before.

As if aware of Yao Shouning's gaze, Luo Ziwen reached out and held the tassel in his hand.

When he moved, the copper bells collided with each other, but they didn't ring strangely.

Luo Ziwen shook it twice, but the copper bell did not make a sound. He explained with a smile:

"There are a lot of people today. To prevent evil spirits from mixing in, we brought a demon bell. This is something from the Shenwumen. A spell has been cast on it. The bell will only ring when there is evil spirit."

Yao Shouning heard this explanation, and before he could nod his head, the scene in front of him changed in an instant.

The light on the street quickly dimmed, and most of the people who passed by on the street changed their faces and twisted into various monsters.

Black and red demonic aura soared into the sky, and these 'people' walked in the demonic aura with hideous and terrifying faces.

"what!"

She let out a cry of surprise and grabbed Shizi's arm.

"what happened?"

Lu Zhi quickly turned his head to look at her, his voice broke the terrifying illusion in front of Yao Shouning.

"Hello candied haws—"

"Wave drums, one penny each..."

"Tofu nao, tofu nao, delicious tofu nao."

"Guest, would you like a bowl..."

The sound of hawking and yelling came and went, the sun shone directly down, the evil spirit in the illusion was dispelled, and the pedestrians in twos and threes were smiling.

"...Hoohoo..."

Yao Shouning was undecided in surprise and gasped for breath. Before he could speak, he suddenly heard the commotion of the crowd.

"I'm coming--"

"What's coming?"

The three of them turned their heads to look in the direction of the crowd. There was a loud noise in the distance, as if a large number of people were coming this way.

"It should be a dragon dance team."

Yao Shouning's heart moved and he said something.

As soon as she finished speaking, the drums and gongs of "dongdongdong" sounded.

With the sound of the gongs and drums, Yao Shouning's heart also began to "thumb", an ominous premonition arose in her heart, and she took Lu Zhi's hand:
"My son—"

At the same time, on the observatory platform of Si Tianjian, Chen Taiwei was standing on the high platform, overlooking the direction of the south of the city of God.

Below him, apart from the thin clouds and mists, there are also layers of black air gathering.

Wherever his eyes went, a little red shadow appeared—it was a 'dragon' made of red cloth, which was held high in the air, and looked down from above, it was extremely eye-catching.

With the appearance of this 'dragon', the sound of gongs and drums followed closely.

In midair, a thin red smoke appeared, turned into a hill-like shadow, and appeared above Chen Taiwei's body.

The six tails swayed gently, and the young Taoist showed an undisguised disgust on his face:

"Why are you here again?"

The face of the demon king was hidden in the red mist, and a pair of long and narrow dark red eyes shone with malicious luster.

It didn't care about Chen Taiwei's cold face, this Taoist priest who was once abandoned by humans, has always been vicious and mean to evil spirits.

"How can I miss such a good show?" The voice of the demon king sounded, and in mid-air, the ears raised in the shadow moved:
"Listen, how happy they are laughing."

'Clack-cluck--' it was very happy, and asked:
"Tell me, if they find something strange, can they still laugh?"

The fox demon king sighed: "The laughter of human beings is too harsh." There was a strong evil in its tone, and some doubts: "Human nature is fragile and selfish, and the human body is weak and short-lived. , the power is weak, and life is like ants, what is there to be happy about?" Under the rule of Emperor Shenqi, the capital of God is like a decaying and dying creature. A great psychological shadow has come, but a mere festival, a sacrifice, can make these people feel short-term happiness.

The Fox Demon King really didn't understand, the shadow in mid-air flicked its tail and said, "I prefer to hear them cry rather than hear them laugh." "Screaming, howling, fear and cowardice are the most beautiful things in this world." A gift for you——" After speaking, the hill-like head moved, and asked Chen Taiwei: "What do you think?" Chen Taiwei didn't speak.

Well frogs cannot speak of the sea, and summer insects cannot speak of ice.

An evil animal is an evil animal, how can it be possible to understand the complex emotions of being a human being?
(End of this chapter)