Chapter 146 Devout Believers
This is not a solution.
Wen Wan paused, a gleam in her eyes, and looked to the side, where Shen Yu was walking leisurely.
Shen Yu's scalp tingled when she looked at him. "Why are you looking at me like that in public? Be more reserved. It's not convenient in broad daylight. If you really want to do something, let's close the door at night. I can do whatever you want."
Perhaps because he was about to leave the Mobei Royal Court, he was in a clear good mood and even started joking.
Although this joke is not very serious.
Wen Wan glared at him, ran to the steward to ask for a large cloth bag, then took off most of the heavy jewelry on her body and stuffed it all into the cloth bag.
She stuffed the cloth bag into Shen Yu's arms and grinned, revealing eight shining white teeth.
"Well, you're right. Some things have to be done behind closed doors at night. How about this, you keep these for me, and I'll come find you in the evening. Then... I'll do whatever you say."
She returned the last sentence, exactly the same, to him intact.
Shen Yu: “…”
He was just joking, but she was going to climb up the ladder? And she was trying to seduce him with her beauty?
Is he the kind of person who would do hard labor for others for any reason?
Shen Yu snorted coldly and carried the package on his shoulder calmly.
He is not doing hard labor, he just likes to help others and likes to help people carry packages, that's all.
Shen Yu, who was very successful in comforting himself, took the bait of beauty without any psychological burden.
*
After leaving the royal court, they walked east along the long street. It took the huge team an hour to reach the foot of the mountain.
Along the way, Wen Wan saw the cultural customs of Mobei along the way. This was also the first time that Wen Wan saw a place outside the royal court since entering Mobei.
Unlike the extremely luxurious style of the Mobei Royal Court, the lives of ordinary Mobei people just across the wall can be described as poor and miserable.
Not only are the houses dilapidated, but even the streets are bumpy. At first glance, it looks even worse than the old town in the border town.
The faces of ordinary people in Mobei were filled with struggles with life and fear of the royal family.
It is said that poverty and bad waters produce unruly people. These people who have been oppressed by life to the point of despair have extremely fierce eyes. If it were not for the deterrence of the guards with raised knives, no one knows what will happen in the next moment.
The team stopped at the foot of the mountain for a short rest.
Wen Wan stood in the corner in silence. The joy brought to her by her sudden wealth finally disappeared completely after she saw the situation outside the royal court.
Shen Yu came over with a water bottle and said, "Drink some water. The way up the mountain will be more difficult to walk on."
Wen Wan took the kettle and took a sip, but her mood was still low.
"Before today, I was trapped in a small courtyard in the royal court. All I saw were people like us: palace maids who would secretly gossip, chefs who could cook all kinds of delicious food, and stewards who would nag like a mother-in-law."
"I thought not all Mobei people were evil..."
She did not deny that she had wavered and almost thought that the border dispute was just a fight between two imperial forces.
"What about now?" Shen Yu asked with a frown.
"Now," Wen Wan said with a gloomy expression and a bitter smile, "Now, I feel that everything in the Mobei Royal Court is like crocodile tears."
She suddenly understood why Wen En, despite being so reluctant, still sent her away without hesitation after Shen Yu appeared.
Although he was in hell, he wanted to help her escape from the quagmire of sin.
She may not know what he went through in this process, but she knows how much courage it takes to make this decision.
Shen Yu was surprised by Wen Wan's answer, but at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, you don't have a woman's heart."
Wen Wan didn't say anything, but just glanced from a distance in the direction of the little prince's carriage. Unfortunately, the curtain was lowered and she didn't see Wen En.
In the carriage, Winn lowered his head and fiddled with an inch-long knife.
This knife was originally used to cut meat, but now, he uses it to carve a thumb-sized stone.
The stone was completely black with sharp edges. However, after carving just a few words, his palm was scratched. Drops of blood fell along the edge of his palm, but he didn't care at all.
The steward lifted the curtain and saw the scene in the carriage, and his face turned pale with fright.
"Your Highness, please stop. This kind of work should be done by a craftsman. We have capable craftsmen in our royal court..."
"Get out." Wen En said one word coldly without even raising his head.
When the steward heard this, he dared not try to persuade him anymore. He could only watch helplessly as his blood stained his pure white fox fur coat.
*
After starting to walk up the mountain, the cavalry dismounted and walked, but their speed was not slow. After half an hour, they finally reached the halfway point of the mountain.
As soon as Wen Wan stepped onto the platform, she saw the legendary meteorite tree.
It is not as lush and leafy as imagined, nor does it have a high-end appearance. It is just an ordinary locust tree two stories high, with sparse branches and sparse small white flowers. Occasionally, when the wind blows, a few dead leaves fall pitifully.
No matter how you look at it, he looks malnourished.
But on second thought, this tree is quite strong-willed to be able to survive in a place like Mobei where the land is so barren.
A half-person-high earthen wall was built around the Demonic Meteorite Tree, and various offerings were placed on the wall.
Wen En stepped on the back of a palace servant to get off the carriage, with an air of indifference all over his body. He didn't even look at everyone kneeling around him.
So this is his true appearance in front of others?
For some reason, Wen Wan felt a little blocked in her heart and felt something was wrong.
The people from the Priest Pavilion were performing a pre-prayer ceremony under the Demonic Meteorite Tree, chanting words that Wen Wan could not understand.
From beginning to end, Wen En knelt devoutly under the Demonic Meteorite Tree, holding a pitch-black stone in his hand. The stone was strung with a long braided rope, like something that could be worn around the neck.
Wen Wan took a look and thought to herself that he seemed to really believe in the power of this magic meteorite tree and was actually making a solemn wish.
After a moment, the ceremony ended.
Winn stood up and whispered something to the steward.
The steward hurriedly walked up to Wen Wan and Shen Yu and said in front of everyone:
"Your Highness has the grace to allow you two to go and pray."
Wen Wan and Shen Yu responded and followed the steward to the Demonic Meteorite Tree.
Under the priest's command, the two men knelt down properly, and then the priest began to chant those incomprehensible words.
Wen En stood at the side, three steps away from Wen Wan, staring at her back greedily.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened.
On the top of the mountain, huge rocks rolled down, and the rumbling sound was deafening.
As the boulders rolled down, countless arrows shot out, one of which was aimed at Wen Wan's head.
When Wen Wan looked up, she saw a white light flash before her eyes. She gasped and didn't even have time to scream.
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