The imperial capital has long since lifted the ban on flying, but the city gate is still closed at night and open in the early morning, no matter how many people fly overhead, the rules are still rules, at least they are still valid for mortals.

In recent days, the rules have been restored very well, not because the cultivators suddenly began to understand the benefits of being down-to-earth, but because most of them left, some followed the Taoist priests to attack Yelin Town, and others joined the army of the Holy Rune Dynasty and drove to the frontier to make a contribution in the final battle between humans and demons.

Emperor Ci drove the expedition in person, and almost all the women left in the imperial capital were old and weak, women and children, so at dawn, two women wearing veils and riding donkeys out of the city did not receive special attention.

The outside of the city is even more deserted, the houses on both sides of the road are still very new, they were rebuilt more than ten years ago, and now the male owner rushed to the battlefield, and the family members have basically moved to the city, and only a small number of vegetable farmers on the road carry the burden into the city, all of them are old women with sad faces, and some people are still holding children in their hands.

"No matter how the world changes, some people's lives will always stay the same. Queen Xun whispered through the veil that she could share the hardships with the people during the war, but she rarely went out of the palace to contact the civilians in peacetime, and she felt more emotional.

Zeng Fu had less contact with the outside world, "Do you mean these vegetable farmers? They may also want to 'change', but they don't have this strength, it's similar to when I was in Pangshan, if it weren't for the destruction of Old Ancestor Peak, I would never have left there, and how the Taoist priests kill demons outside will not affect me." ”

"Do you miss your life?"

"I often dream of the old ancestral peak, but that's not nostalgia, because there is nothing to miss, my naked eyes have not even seen the real appearance of the old ancestral peak, it is said to be very magnificent, for me it is just a mountain, some pavilions, the trees are relatively high. There were also a lot of weird animals - of course, I didn't think they were weird at all, I thought unicorns were common. Now that I think about it, I'm similar to a spirit animal, not as good as a spirit animal, I don't have them as precious. At least I won't feel that I am much worse than others in Huangjing, look, I can still run away with you, in Lao Zufeng, I will only be taken by Taoist priests. Either hidden in your sleeve, or burrowed into a magic weapon, you feel like a piece of waste......"

Zeng Fu talked a lot, and Queen Xun listened quietly, laughing from time to time.

Walking up a slope, Empress Xun stopped her donkey and turned to look back at the imperial capital a few miles away, where she had fought for supreme power in the city as the ultimate goal. It turns out that after success, the goal is insignificant.

Zeng Fu also turned the donkey, her feelings for Huangjing were not so complicated and deep, and the object of her distant gaze was the Daotong Tower floating in mid-air, and she sighed softly. "Empress Xun, have you really thought about it? When the people in the palace and the ministers find out the letter you left, you will no longer be the queen in their minds. ”

Queen Xun pondered for a while, and quite seriously explored the true thoughts in her heart. to make sure that he was not impulsive, "Now that you are gone, don't call me 'Queen' again." ”

"What's that calling you. Princess?"

"I'm not a princess either, my name is ...... Xin young smoked. ”

"Call him by his first name like a Taoist priest?"

"Well, like a Taoist priest. Hello, Zeng Fu. ”

"Hello, Xin Youxuan. ”

The two laughed together.

"Daotong Pagoda ......" Zeng Fu was a little surprised.

"What's wrong?"

"I seem to shake for a moment...... It's nothing, let's go, it's still on the edge of the city. ”

They were all mortals, and they could not feel the subtle changes that were hidden but not obvious, and the two little donkeys seemed to sense something, first pricked up their ears, then turned their heads, and ran as fast as a tall horse, and the few pedestrians on the road avoided them, and then praised "good talismans".

After noon, the two had traveled all the way north for nearly a hundred miles, and there were no pursuers behind them, so they slowed down, the donkey was fine, but the donkey rider felt tired.

"We really can't be Taoist priests. Zeng Fu looked up at the sky, "If the Imperial Capital sends a talisman master, he can catch up with us in the blink of an eye, right?"

"I have already issued an order that I am not feeling well, and that the palace maids are not allowed to enter and disturb me, and no one should find me leaving before tomorrow morning, and there is a market town not far ahead, from where we will change our route to the east and go around the country of Dongjie to the country of Xijie. Rest assured, I know that those who remain in the Imperial Capital will be in a mess when they see my letter, and they will not be able to send anyone out of the capital until tomorrow afternoon, and if they cannot find me in the next three days, they will be even more panicked and issue a mess of orders. ”

"What about the Emperor? They will send the news to the Emperor as soon as possible. ”

"Emperor Ci is bent on exterminating the demon clan and establishing an unprecedented great deed, he will ...... He'll declare me dead and focus on the decisive battle. ”

"Everything has been thought of, isn't it tiring to think about it like you, and without the support of Nedan?" Zeng Fu was very curious.

"You don't need to think about it often, you just need to look at the problem simply: Taoism is the source of power, it used to be very hidden, mortals can still fight around, but now it is public, even if you are an emperor, you are just a superfluous person. There is nothing to fight for, the queen and the princess have become unintentional titles, and my 'Old Ancestor Peak' has fallen. ”

"Are you happy or unhappy?"

"Like you, I may dream of the Imperial Capital, but I won't miss it. ”

"Alas, it would be nice if gossip could fill your stomach, and what I envy most about Taoist priests is that they don't have to eat often. ”

Xin Youxun insisted on resting after passing through the market town and turning eastward, and Zeng Fu had no choice but to agree.

The market town was small and deserted, and all the young and strong men had gone to the front, and an old woman with a wrinkled face stood in the street and scolded, and no one would listen to him.

"It's only been a few years of quiet life, and there are wars, men are dying in battle, women are tired to death, who farms the land, who supports the family, and everyone commits suicide together. Emperor Ci was also merciful at all, and after smoking, he smoked it into a miasma......"

Several neighbors were frightened, rushed up, and dragged the old woman away, "You are crazy, no one cares about you now, and when the battle is over at the front, I will still behead you all over the house." ”

The old woman cried, "My three sons have been conscripted to fight, I don't know whether they are alive or dead, and the whereabouts of my daughter-in-law who is a few months pregnant is unknown, what do I care about?"

Xin Youxun listened for a while, and then became silent when he went on the road again.

After leaving the town, Zeng Fu persuaded: "The common people don't understand anything, they don't know that it is the Taoist who is in power now, and the emperor doesn't count." ”

Xin Youxun shook his head. "Emperor Ci and I had made a promise to the people, but we all broke our promise just because a greater force had come. ”

Zeng Fu didn't know how to persuade him, but suddenly heard a voice passing overhead, and when he looked up, it was a strange monk flying in the air.

The monk imitated the Taoist priest's attire, except that his hair was in a higher bun, the hairpin was longer, and his robe was painted with some tricky patterns, and he passed over the heads of the two women, and suddenly descended and turned around. Look at them with an unbridled gaze.

The monk had a long, lanky horse's face, a sparse beard, and a vigilant and ferocious gaze, as if he were being pursued by something.

Zeng Fu sighed in his heart, thinking that Xin Youxun had guessed wrong this time, and the ministers of the imperial capital reacted very quickly, so they sent someone to catch up, holding the reins with both hands, and said loudly: "What are you doing? Do you dare to rob on the road in broad daylight?"

The monk snorted coldly. He took out a bronze mirror from his bosom and shone it with a ruby set on the back, and a thin light swept over the lower abdomen of the two women, and the monk turned and raised it. Continued to fly east, without saying a word.

"Who is he, what do you want to do?" Zeng Fu was puzzled.

"Keep up with him. Xin Youxun's heart moved, urging the donkey to move quickly, and Zeng Fu became more and more puzzled. But following closely behind, I believe that Xin Youxun's approach must be reasonable.

The monk did not deliberately hide his tracks, but flew like a big bird in front of him. After a few miles, turning into the wilderness, Xin Youxun stopped on the side of the road and looked at it for a while, "He went to the house over there, and there is a path in front of him." ”

Three or four miles south of the road, there is a courtyard shaded by trees, like a suburban manor of a noble family.

Xin Youxun was about to urge the donkey forward again, but Zeng Fu stopped in front, "Wait, tell me what's going on first?

Xin Youxun shook her head, "Remember, the old woman in the town said that her daughter-in-law was missing?"

"Hmm. ”

"The monk used a magic device to check if we were pregnant. ”

"Yes, so what, do you just guess that there is something wrong with him? Maybe he was helping the old woman find a daughter-in-law. ”

"It's impossible, normal monks have joined the Holy Rune Army or the Dao Command Army, this person is hiding here, his eyes are not right, there must be a problem, I am worried...... He wants to use babies to perform evil magic, and we can't see death without help. ”

Xin Youxun urged the donkey forward, but Zeng Fu couldn't dissuade him, so he could only follow behind and mutter: "Oh my God, why do I say that you are like a Taoist priest? You are not a Taoist priest, just a mortal, 'you can't see death without saving'—you are sending you to death." ”

Xin Youxun patted the small bag hanging on the donkey's back, and said without looking back: "Don't be afraid, I have a talisman." ”

"You're not a talisman master at all, have you ever learned a talisman?" Zeng said with a flick of his mouth, but he made the donkey run faster, even more than Xin Youxun's half-head.

"The royal family has learned the ritual talismans, and I am not that powerful, but I am still sure of dealing with a small monk. ”

"Have you fought with Sanxiu?"

"When I was in the Western ......"

"Needless to say, I understand that you are bullying people as a princess, and Sanxiu doesn't dare to offend you, so I have to pretend that I can't fight. ”

Xin Youxun smiled, his confidence was not reduced, but he took out more than a dozen paper talismans from the bag in advance, identified them one by one, left two sheets, and put the others in his sleeve, and then carefully folded the paper talismans in his hand and hid them in the palm of his hand.

Zeng Fu looked in his eyes, sighed helplessly, patted the donkey's head, and whispered: "Broom, although the name I gave you is not good, you have to thank me, and you must strive to save the Lord later." ”

The donkey nodded as he ran, but he didn't know if he understood.

The two rode the unicorn transformed into donkeys and followed the monk all the way to the manor, only to see that the gate was closed, and there was a lot of dust in front of the door, which had obviously not been opened for a long time.

A loud voice sounded in the courtyard, "Pregnant women within thirty miles of the surrounding area have been found, is there anything you want?"

"Don't worry, you have to find out the real reason why Dao Tong is looking around for pregnant women first, anyway, it can't be wrong to have it in advance in advance. Brother Liao, didn't you notice it? The spells of the Dao Tong Tower are declining sharply, I'm afraid that if you don't last until midnight today, there must be something wrong with the ancestor. Without the help of the ancestors' spells, the cultivation speed would return to the way it used to be, and I expected this day to come, so I made arrangements in advance. Believe me, the future of the Taoist system and the future of the monks depends on these pregnant women!"

"Who's out there?"

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