Mu Cheng held Xiao Chi, who was drinking the new flavor of juice, and arrived in the village before Lie'an set off.

Lie'an saw that Mu Cheng was really fine, so he ran over with an excited face and really gave Mu Cheng a bear hug.

I heard Xiao Chi say that Mu Cheng was fine, but he was a little injured, and Lie'an has been suspicious, after all, it's been a week, and seeing that Mu Cheng is about to leave, Mu Cheng hasn't come yet, Lie'an is more and more suspicious that this is really a minor injury?

If Mu Cheng was fatally injured for them, then Lie'an would be afraid that he would have trouble sleeping for the rest of his life, and unconsciously, Mu Cheng had become the backbone behind them.

Luckily, he came.

"Okay, such an adult, still coquettish to children in front of everyone, it's not a shame. ”

Of course, Mu Cheng understood what Lie An was thinking, looked at the big man funny, and teased.

", stinky little devil, I call this worry, worry do you understand? It's really kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs. ”

Lie An heard Mu Cheng laughing at him in front of everyone, as the head of a village, he suddenly had a little trouble in his face, pushed Mu Cheng away, and hit Mu Cheng on the head with a chestnut in his backhand.

Everyone has been together for so long, Mu Cheng and Lie An have long become good friends, good brothers, and mutual damage is also a common thing, so this little thing is normal, and it will not be angry.

"What do you say, Uncle An, are you ready to go?"

"Well, I'm just waiting for you, the other villages have already set off first, and I pressed our village to the end, I just hope that the two of you can catch up, fortunately, my choice is not wrong. ”

Seeing Mu Cheng asking about business, Lie An replied with some sighs.

"In that case, without further ado, let's go now, and we'll talk about other things on the road. ”

When Liean heard Mu Cheng say this, he nodded at him, roared and set off, and the group began to march in the direction of Dragon Palace City.

After years of exploitation, the dragons outside the city were extremely poor, and along the way, although they encountered teams from several villages, without exception, they all advanced on foot.

Perhaps because this was the day of prayer, the dragons of any village wore aqua-blue robes, which were uniform in style, wide and simple, except for some white borders and white water temple symbols.

But Mu Cheng could clearly see that every dragon person cherished this robe very much, not only because of the new, but also because of their behavior - carefully carrying the robe, this is to avoid being rubbed by the dirty things on the ground.

Mu Cheng saw that all the little dragon people were learning from adults, cautiously, and a little sour in his heart, whether this was the belief and respect for the goddess of water, or because the Dragon Palace City Water Temple was afraid and cautious, Mu Cheng had no way of knowing, but no matter what, what Mu Cheng wanted to do was nothing more than to give the children a happy childhood.

"Juan, why do you still have to take the children with you? There will definitely be a fight today, do you still want the children to go to war?"

Mu Cheng looked at Lie An dissatisfied, when he discussed the plan before, he ignored this problem, after all, no matter how smart Mu Cheng was, he would not have expected that someone would fight and bring a child.

"I can't help it, this is the rule of Dragon Palace City, no matter how old or young, everyone must go to pray for blessings, otherwise Dragon Palace City will be so relieved to let people outside enter Dragon Palace City?

But don't worry, the person who led the children to pray this time is the archbishop of the water temple, the archbishop is decent, fair and just, and loves children, and with his people, no matter what happens, he will protect the children thoroughly. ”

After listening to Lie'an's words, Mu Cheng nodded, this is fine, otherwise taking the children as hostages and threatening them is equivalent to holding a knife behind his back.

With the edge on the back, how can you win?

"But even so, I still have to send some people to protect the children, otherwise I am afraid that the Dragon Mother will make a desperate bet and attack the water temple regardless of the belief in the water god. ”

"Don't worry about this, the Water Temple is guarded by Templars, if there is a real fight, presumably the Mother of Dragons will definitely not choose to go to war with the Templars again, and isn't there still the two of you?"

After speaking, Lie'an winked at Mu Cheng and Xiao Chi, looking optimistic about you.

Mu Cheng was stunned, what does this mean? Don't let me join the war, let me be a nanny? Mu Cheng hurriedly shook his head.

"What do you mean? Let me be a babysitter with these little kids? No, no, no, I have my own business, and I can't take them with me. ”

"Otherwise, can you say that you are an adult and follow us? But don't worry, you just need to get them safely between prayers.

And following the children is also conducive to your actions, our side is sure that the Mother of Dragons will be watching, and on the children's side, because of the pressure of the archbishop, there will definitely not be too many people guarding it. ”

Liean seemed to know that Mu Cheng would refuse, and told Mu Cheng the plan he had already thought of.

Mu Cheng sighed after hearing this, if he started to act on his own, and a group of little dragons were followed by him, it would be terrible.

"By the way, what about the weapons and equipment you are like now? And the children's problems are solved, so what about the old people?"

"Some of the weapons and equipment have already been dragged in, and there are also people who are dissatisfied with the domineering rule of the Dragon Mother in Dragon Palace City, so the other part of them will provide it.

It's just that no matter what, there will still be a gap in weapons and equipment, and personal combat power, and our advantage... It's just the number of people, so the elders decided that for the sake of the children's future ... ”

Lie'an said this, paused, choked, and was silent, the rest of the words, there is no need to say it, everyone understands, you know, among these old people, including Lie'an's relatives, this kind of thing, what an unbearable decision for Lie'an.

Mu Cheng stopped talking, Lie An was also sorting out his mood, everyone had their own heavy hearts, and quietly walked towards Dragon Palace City, no one spoke along the way, some were just the sound of cloth rubbing between the crowd walking.

Although the mood is heavy, the morale is high, because everyone knows that this battle must be won, there is no way back, either rebirth or destruction, there is no third way to choose.

The gate of the dragon palace is very beautiful, the green moss is piled up, the mountain trees are clustered, the jade mussel opens and closes, the white pearl is dazzling, the magnificent colossus on both sides of the city gate is like the giant god who stands in the sky, it is daunting.

It's just that Mu Cheng didn't have the heart to watch everything, and the choices of the old people were small and great, impacting Mu Cheng's heart from time to time.

Mu Cheng didn't know when, he and Xiao Chi broke away from the team of Lie'an and the others, and had already followed a group of little dragons, followed by a very old dragon man wearing purple clothes, kind eyebrows, and very old, walking towards the city.

Presumably, this old dragon man is the archbishop that Lean said, right?

Maybe it's because of the archbishop, or maybe it's because everyone is a child, so that the dragonmen who check at the city gate don't feel threatened, and the two dragonmen city guards who checked the children's side just glanced at them casually, and let them go.

On the side of inspecting adult dragons, it is different, not only are there several groups of city guards taking turns to inspect, but what is more excessive is that there are also city guards who use the name of inspection to hand over women, which is really hateful.

But fortunately, because of the special nature of this festival and the public, the city guards can only let them go with a little salty pig's hand, otherwise they don't know how many lovers will be ruined.

Unlike the adult dragons, the children passed through the outer hall and all walked towards the inner hall.

The outer hall is gorgeous and magnificent, and it is a place for ordinary people in Ryugu Castle to pray every day, and on the day of prayer, all the adult dragons on the periphery will gather here to pray, and the ordinary people in the city are generally their rest days, and there is no need to pray.

The inner hall is sacred and exquisite, and it is a place of daily prayer for the people inside the water temple, and on the day of prayer, the small dragons from the periphery will be specially allowed to enter here to pray, listen to the favor of the gods, and listen to the stories told by the archbishop.

After all is done, the little dragons wait here for all the adults outside to complete their prayers, so there will be a long free time, and this time is also the happiest time for the little dragons, because the little dragons can eat the exquisite pastries prepared for them by the clergy.

After all the dragons entered the nave, the archbishop stood on the podium, and the ordinary clergy around arranged for the dragons to sit quietly on the ground, waiting to listen to the high priest's teachings.

Mu Cheng listened to the archbishop's boring teachings, and almost fell asleep, as for those stories, they were nothing more than all kinds of touting how powerful the goddess of water was, how she created the illusion of the Dragon Palace, and gave her heavenly blessings.

It's just a lot of things, Mu Cheng and Xiao Chi, two outsiders, have long understood the reason, so they also scoffed at the story of the archbishop, it's okay to deceive the children, it's impossible to deceive the two of them.

It's just that I don't know what's going on, Mu Cheng and Xiao Chi seem to be being targeted by the archbishop, Mu Cheng originally planned to find a chance to sneak away or sleep, but since he was targeted, he could only beat his spirit and pretend to listen to the high priest very seriously.

Finally waited for free time, although the archbishop said that he couldn't leave this nave hall, but this could stump Mu Cheng and Xiao Chi, just now the two of them looked at each other, and they wanted to escape, and they didn't want a clergyman to run from behind.

"Two lovely little friends, the great archbishop would like to talk to you, please come with me. ”

Hearing what the clergyman said, Mu Cheng and Xiao Chi's faces darkened, this intoxicating, what are you afraid of, you want to refuse?

Both of them are human spirits, and when they turn their backs, they have big black faces, but when they turn around, they all look innocent and cute, and they are extremely excited.

"Your Excellency the Archbishop came to us, it was incredible, I was a little scared, afraid that I would accidentally offend the Archbishop by saying the wrong thing. ”

Mu Cheng still didn't give up, trying to find an excuse not to go to the archbishop.

"It doesn't matter, your Excellency the Great Archbishop, who likes children the most, come with me. ”

Looking at the determined clergyman in front of him, the archbishop behind the clergyman staring at the two of them with a smile on his face, Mu Cheng Xiaochi glanced at each other helplessly, knowing that he couldn't hide this time, so he could only follow the clergy to the archbishop.