Chapter 3359 Did you hear anything?
Just thinking about it made everyone's scalps tingle. The already dark house looked even more ghostly under the flickering firelight.
Just then, Ying Shao walked over and touched the earthenware jar, then looked at the corner again.
Then he said calmly, "What are you yelling about? The rabbit we just caught has been nestling there, and the jar is just getting warm from it."
After hearing what he said, everyone came to their senses.
Nan Yan breathed a long sigh of relief.
Zhu Feng turned to look at her. Nan Yan felt a little embarrassed and said stubbornly, "Who knows what kind of monsters there are in this place?"
Zhu Feng smiled faintly, and without saying much, he just waved his hand and ordered: "Don't be suspicious, clean up quickly."
The people below didn't dare to neglect and immediately got busy. After a while, they had cleared out the houses. Although the houses were dilapidated, they still had a roof to protect them from the wind and rain, which was different from being outside. After making the beds, Ying Shao led his men to light a bonfire outside and cook dinner for the emperor and the imperial concubine.
Zhu Feng also specifically warned: "Stay away. The Wen family's ancestral tomb is outside, don't let them bump into it."
Ying Shao said, "Yes."
Zhu Feng remained standing by the window, watching them walk away. Through the crumbling window frame, he could see that the sky outside had completely darkened. Bonfires burned everywhere, like stars in the pitch-black night. The glittering light reflected in his eyes was like a flickering object in the darkness, always leading him forward. But as he approached, he found that the object had also moved further away.
His brow furrowed even more.
Nan Yan walked around the house and came back, feeling a little sad that Wen Bieyu and his family had lived in a place like this, and it had been their home for generations. She felt quite sad, and when she walked over, she saw Zhu Feng's solemn expression in the night.
She walked over and whispered, "Your Majesty?"
“…”
Zhu Feng was silent for a moment before he came to his senses and turned to look at her: "Hmm?"
Nan Yan asked carefully, "Your Majesty, have you remembered something?"
Zhu Feng smiled faintly and said, "What are you thinking about?"
“…”
"I have been here before. If I could remember anything, I would have remembered it then. Why would I have waited until today?"
Nan Yan said, "But when the emperor came here, Xue Yun hadn't yet detoxified him."
Zhu Feng's expression froze.
Nan Yan said softly, "Your Majesty, no matter what you think of or feel, you must tell me first. Don't hide it."
As she spoke, she reached out and gently took Zhu Feng's sleeve.
"Don't let me worry."
Her soft words touched Zhu Feng's heart, which had been suppressed. He smiled and held Nan Yan's hand: "I promise you."
After saying that, he turned around and looked outside again.
Once no one disturbed him, his expression became a little dazed, as if his soul had fallen into some dark abyss.
Nan Yan was worried about him being like this.
After thinking for a moment, she took his arm again and said, "Your Majesty, that stone tablet we saw just now seems quite interesting. I'd like to take another look at it. Your Majesty, please come with me."
Zhu Feng frowned: "What's so good about a broken stone tablet?"
Nan Yan said, "I haven't seen it before, why don't you go and take a look."
Zhu Feng remained indifferent.
Nan Yan deliberately snorted coldly and said, "I heard that the last time the emperor came here, he and Xue Yun went to see the stone tablet together, and they even talked about their feelings with each other there..."
Before she could finish her words, Zhu Feng's face turned red with anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Nan Yan said, "Otherwise, why didn't the emperor bring me with him? Is it because the people around him are different?"
Zhu Feng was so angry that he was speechless, but it was not appropriate to argue with her here, so he stood up angrily and said through gritted teeth: "Okay, I'll take you to see it and see what you can see!"
Nan Yan walked out with him smiling.
The two of them didn't bring anyone else. Only Nan Yan, carrying a simple lantern, followed Zhu Feng to the tall stone tablet. The dim light illuminated the few lines of words on it. The mottled handwriting spoke of the bitterness of a hundred years. Nan Yan said softly, "Who would have thought that so many things would happen in such a desolate place?"
Zhu Feng was silent for a long time before he whispered, "There are so many things in this world that people can't imagine."
Nan Yan turned and looked at him.
At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew over with sand and dust, and the lantern in her hand began to shake. The flickering light reflected on Zhu Feng's face, making his deep eyes seem even more unfathomable.
Nan Yan whispered, "Your Majesty...?"
For a moment, she didn't know what to say. The wind grew stronger, blowing sand and dust directly into their faces, blowing out the lanterns. Nan Yan swallowed a mouthful of sand and immediately raised her hands to block her eyes. Zhu Feng hugged her tightly and said, "I told you not to come out, but you refused to listen!"
Nan Yan spat on the ground several times, with sand still in her mouth. Zhu Feng took her back to the mud house in a bad mood.
The wind outside was getting stronger and stronger. Although it was completely dark and they couldn't see clearly what was happening, sand kept falling from the roof. They knew that the wind and sand were going to be strong tonight. Even the horses tied outside kept neighing with their necks tilted back.
Ying Shao personally brought someone to deliver dinner.
Then he said, "It's quite windy and dusty tonight. Your Majesty and Your Majesty should rest early after dinner."
Zhu Feng nodded.
Although he had no appetite, under Nan Yan's persuasion, he tore off a roasted, shiny rabbit leg and ate it, and then went to bed.
It was the first time for Nan Yan to spend the night in such a place.
However, after all, a mud house with walls was indeed much more comfortable than camping in the wilderness. Plus, she was a little tired after riding a horse all day. Not long after she lay down on the bed, her eyelids began to droop.
But after struggling for a long time, I couldn't fall asleep.
Because she could always hear Zhu Feng's clear and heavy breathing as he lay beside her.
Nan Yan raised her heavy eyelids in a daze, and saw that although Zhu Feng was lying motionless, his eyes were wide open, looking at the faint light coming in from the window. It was the bonfire around which the guards were sitting. The wind was whistling, passing through the broken earthen walls and corridors of this earthen city, making a low humming sound.
Nan Yan whispered, "Your Majesty, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
“…”
Zhu Feng was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "Did you hear anything?"
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