Gwangju Metropolitan City, where the sun sets in the west, is still in the middle of the new year, but the populous city has also recently canceled the original lively New Year's celebrations, and every household wears plain clothes, hangs mourning curtains, and spontaneously pays tribute.

The square gate of the city will generally close when the sun goes down, and then it will be impossible to enter and exit, so at this time, under the glimmer of the sunset, the people who enter the city at the city gate are in a hurry, and even more, they pick up their bags and run all the way.

Suddenly, outside the south gate of the Wide Area City, at the end of the Great Xia Road not far away, a carriage appeared, which was racing against the darkness at a very fast speed at this time.

Tall and mighty, the hair on his body is like silk, and he exudes a bronze-like light under the sunset.

This bronze horse is particularly large, even about the same size as the carriage behind it, and between the four hooves and the rapid rush, the originally heavy carriage seems to float upwards in its entirety, which shows the speed of the horse.

Sima Annan, who had a handsome face, was sitting in front of the carriage at this time, constantly waving the reins, controlling the bronze horse to speed up, and rushing towards the city gate that was about to close in front of him, and in the carriage behind him, a girl's screams came out, almost wanting to puncture people's eardrums.

Sima Annan grabbed the reins with one hand, stretched out the other, covered his ears, and then opened his mouth and shouted:

"You Rui'er, can you be quiet for a while, my son's ears are going to be deaf by you. ”

"But I'm afraid, ahhhhhh

Inside the carriage, the girl still responded with a scream, and at this time, the whole carriage happened to pass by a gentle slope, and suddenly the carriage was violently bumped, and the screams in the carriage were even worse:

"Slow down, slow down!"

After Sima Anan heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a meaningful smile, he found for the first time that the only daughter of the Ministry of Rites, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, was afraid of fast, which was too unbelievable, and then Sima Annan opened his mouth, and the voice continued to come out:

"As soon as the sun sets, the gates of this vast city will be closed, if you don't want to spend the night outside this city with me, then be quiet, it will be dark soon!"

After a hundred breaths, the sunset above the sky completely sank over the horizon, and then the ancient gate of the Vast City slowly closed, and just before it closed, the bronze horse dragged the carriage into the city mysteriously, accompanied by You Rui'er's pig-like scream.

The momentum of the carriage impact was extremely huge, so the people who were still walking inside the city gate scattered in all directions, Sima Annan pulled the reins back fiercely, controlled the bronze horse to gradually stop, and then got up and saluted apologetically to the panicked people around.

However, before his actions were completed, the curtain of the carriage behind him was opened, and then his face was flushed, and the angry You Ruier threw himself out of it, raised his fist, and hit Sima Annan with a burst of explosive hammering, coughing while hammering, and even his voice was hoarse:

"Sima Annan, if I don't kill you today, I'll write the three words You Rui'er upside down!"

A moment later, night completely fell on the Wide Area City, and Sima Annan, who was not wearing silk and white clothes today, but was dressed in coarse cloth, drove the carriage slowly on the streets of the Wide Area City, while You Rui'er, who was still puffing up, was not in the carriage, but sat next to the former, curiously looking around at the city with the longest history in Great Xia.

On both sides of the road, at the door of every house, the people spontaneously lit a red candle, emitting a faint light, looking from a distance, it is like a dreamlike sea of stars, and it is like a shining lighthouse, guiding the direction of the return of the deceased.

In such an atmosphere of mourning for the whole city, You Rui'er's mood also became sad, and as the carriage drove by, there were many people who spontaneously burned paper money in front of the door, and then the girl sighed quietly and said softly:

"In previous years, a few days before the New Year's Festival, the White Emperor Palace will set up a private banquet to invite hundreds of officials, and my father will also take me, then I will see the Queen Mother and her old man, when I was a child, I naively thought that the Queen Mother would never be old, because every private banquet she is so dignified and kind, and once she speaks, the New Year's money issued in the palace will double. ”

Speaking of this, You Rui'er's eyes were already full of tears, and a slightly choked voice continued to come out:

"But as my father always said, time does not bypass people, and people are destined to end from birth. ”

Sima Annan, who was beside You Rui'er, looked at the candle flames in the city beside him, his handsome face was also full of solemnity, and then he responded lightly:

"Today is the first seven days of the Empress Dowager's old man's house, I estimate that the whole Great Xia has lit candles, this Great Xia is her hometown, and we are all his relatives. ”

With Sima Annan's soft voice, the carriage gradually drove into a small alley, and at the end of this alley, there was an old mansion.

Before the carriage approached, several ghost-like figures appeared from the dark shadows, and then Sima Annan patted his waist lightly, and a key loomed, and in the next breath, these figures faded, coming and going without a trace, and the speed was so fast that even You Rui'er didn't notice it.

Then the carriage stopped at the entrance of the house, Sima Annan took out the key on his waist, opened it gently, pushed the door in, followed You Rui'er behind the former into the courtyard, looked around for a week, and asked:

"Where is this? I didn't expect you, a charlatan, to have an old mansion in Broad City, it's really incredible, isn't your family in Jiangling City, Jinzhou?"

"This house is not mine. ”

Sima Annan walked to the center of the courtyard, looking at the spotless appearance around him, and his voice continued to come out faintly:

"This house belongs to Your Majesty, I just borrowed it, after all, you also know that I have a good relationship with Your Majesty. ”

When the words fell, You Rui'er pursed the corners of her mouth, obviously showing disbelief, and then she raised her hand and patted Sima Annan's shoulder, and said again:

"I originally thought that after the New Year's Festival, I would be directly teleported back to Shenjing, but I didn't expect to take a carriage to this Gwangju Metropolitan City, could it be that you, a liar, found out with a conscience, knowing that my father must have taken someone to guard me at Shenjing Station, so he took the carriage all the way north?"

"Then you're completely worried!"

Sima Annan rolled his eyes, turned to face the east, and followed his gaze, there was a shadow in the dark night that went straight into the sky, like a sword that almost pierced the sky.

Then Sima Annan's eyes flickered, and he continued to speak quietly:

"This Wide Area City, it's going to be very lively, and we're going to have to stay here for a while. ”