It's not too much to say that a beauty is a little bit stronger

Xiao Huai woke up in a daze. The sky outside the window was already getting dark, and the carriage was shaking and bumping slightly.

He blinked, his consciousness still a little fuzzy. Just as he was about to raise his hand to support himself, he suddenly met a pair of smiling eyes.

Lu Yuanshi was sitting opposite him, leaning against the car wall, looking at him sideways with a faint smile on his lips, as if he was waiting patiently for him to wake up.

Xiao Huai was stunned for a moment. His heavy military uniform had been replaced by a set of light and comfortable clothes.

"Why did I fall asleep?"

He just leaned on Lu Yuanshi's shoulder. He wouldn't fall asleep so quickly.

"You weren't the only one who fell asleep." Lu Yuanshi looked at Xiao Huai, "Most of the princes who attended the banquet couldn't hold their liquor and left early."

Xiao Huai raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes turning cold.

Too drunk?

He never drank a drop of alcohol.

Xiao Huai lowered his eyes and began to recall carefully.

His attention was indeed focused on the glass of wine at that time.

The wine in the glass was an unusually red color.

So he didn't drink at all.

But now I think that maybe it was because he was too cautious and focused on the wine, but ignored other things.

His gaze fixed, and he thought of the candlelight that was everywhere at the banquet.

candlelight.

Xiao Huai closed his eyes, as if recalling the smell that was almost ignored.

It's faint, but with a hint of weirdness.

At that time he thought it was just an ordinary spice, but now it seems that King Zhou must have mixed some hypnotic ingredient into the candlelight.

Xiao Huai slowly raised his eyes and looked at Lu Yuanshi.

The hidden meaning in their eyes was self-evident.

"Is the King of Zhou hiding something from the princes?" Xiao Huai's voice was cold and firm.

Lu Yuanshi nodded slightly.

The air in the carriage fell into a brief silence. After a while, Xiao Huai raised his head again and suddenly asked, "By the way, Xuan Ji..."

Before he could finish his words, Lu Yuanshi seemed to have guessed what he was going to ask. The smile on his lips deepened a little, "About Xuan Ji?"

He moved a little closer to Xiao Huai, and the distance between them was very close.

As the car curtain swayed, Lu Yuanshi's eyelashes cast a faint shadow in the light and shadow.

Then, the corners of his lips moved slightly, and his voice slowly fell in a low voice: "I'm just simply... jealous."

Although the voice was calm, it was like a stone thrown into a lake, causing ripples that went straight into people's hearts.

At this moment, Xiao Huai's usual calmness was broken.

He raised his chin and looked at Lu Yuan with his eyes open, showing a rare unnatural expression.

Seeing this, Lu Yuanshi chuckled softly, and his low laugh echoed in the car, "Well, is there any problem?"

Xiao Huai stared at him blankly for a moment, then turned his face away, with the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

The carriage fell silent for a moment. Xiao Huai leaned against the wall, and the faint blush on his ears gave his answer.

After a long time, Xiao Huai's voice sounded in the carriage:

"This is already the sixteenth level of the game copy."

His gaze fell on Lu Yuanshi's face, and his voice was very soft: "Are you accompanying me now as a player?"

When Lu Yuanshi heard this, countless memories emerged in the depths of his eyes.

He has been an NPC and a player, fighting for survival with Xiao Huai.

He also stood against Xiao Huai and tried to stop him.

He paused, his expression more serious than ever before, "No matter what my status is, I am on your side."

Whether it's a player, NPC, or anyone.

They are close friends, partners, and the people who care about and love each other the most.

Xiao Huai was stunned for a moment, a trace of emotion flashed across his red eyes, and then he returned to his usual calmness.

But after Lu Yuanshi said this, a smile seemed to appear on Xiao Huai's face.

He raised his hand to call out his system interface, setting it to be visible to other players. Then he pushed the system interface forward, and the main quest on the screen was clearly displayed -

[Resolve the war crisis, save the fate of the Zhou Dynasty, and help the dynasty continue]

Lu Yuanshi could indeed see it.

"The demise of a dynasty is often linked to the fate of heaven, earth, and humanity," Xiao Huai said calmly and rationally. "What could be the reason for the Zhou Dynasty here?"

Judging from the scene just now, King Zhou is a tyrant.

He was licentious and immoral, and he mocked the princes at will, but no one dared to say a word.

I don’t dare and I can’t.

No one wants to be beheaded.

As for those black-eyed soldiers, there was something strange about them, and everyone showed obvious fear of them.

Xiao Huai slowly stated his speculation: "The King of Zhou must control some terrifying military force. If we want to find a breakthrough, we can find a point of entry from those soldiers."

Lu Yuanshi was very satisfied with Xiao Huai's analysis, and then showed his own task to Xiao Huai.

But his mission is different from Xiao Huai's.

The task above was so simple it was almost absurd, consisting of only four short words.

[Rescue Xuan Ji]

Xuan Ji?

Why is it related to Xuan Ji?

And he used the word 'rescue'.

On the surface, Xuan Ji was just a favorite concubine of King Zhou, and there was nothing special about her. However, Lu Yuanshi's mission was directly linked to her, so she could not be underestimated.

At this moment, a burst of noisy shouting suddenly came from outside the carriage, mixed with the hawkers' calls, children's play, and the voices of people talking in groups of three or two, which was very lively.

Xiao Huai reached out and lifted the curtain of the car. A breeze rolled up the gauze, and his attention was instantly attracted by the scene outside.

What comes into view is a bustling ancient market.

There are shops on both sides of the street with red lanterns hanging high. The vendors are enthusiastically calling out for business. People are coming and going among them. The vendors have a wide variety of goods and the aroma of street snacks is wafting in the air.

The storyteller on the roadside was waving a folding fan and telling a story, and the crowd around him burst into laughter from time to time.

Occasionally, a naughty child would run past the stall, and the corner of his clothes would stir up a gust of wind, knocking over a pile of fruits and vegetables, causing the stall owner to yell and curse.

He had never seen such a human-like horror game copy.

Xiao Huai thought that Lu Yuanshi's mansion was nearby, but the carriage finally stopped in a slightly abrupt place.

He looked up and saw a gorgeously decorated but somewhat gaudy building not far away. Two strings of swaying red gauze lanterns hung at the door, revealing a faint sense of ambiguity.

On the steps in front of the door, several women in brightly dressed clothes were smiling and greeting the men passing by. Their gentle voices were like a spring breeze.

Xiao Huai frowned slightly, glanced at the women coldly, and then looked away.

Then Lu Yuanshi's voice rang out: "We have arrived at our destination."

Xiao Huai opened his eyes wide after hearing this, "Are you sure?"

No matter how little he understood, he knew where this place was.

Lu Yuanshi raised his eyes, as if trying to provoke her, with a hint of a smile on his lips, and whispered, "Why, are you scared?"

Xiao Huai immediately shook his head and said calmly, "Afraid?"