Chapter 53: The Man Behind the Scenes
"This is our annual custom here, and three months before Chinese New Year's Eve, General Tuoba Xinglie and a team of soldiers will release countless birds and beasts in the "Wan Cheng Forest" in the southwest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "This time, Tuoba Ruchen has not yet spoken, but the shopkeeper has introduced it first.
"Oh, what's the point here?" It is not the first time that this is the first time to come to the desert country, and it is also the first time to hear of such a custom.
"Then, two months after the release, one month before the start of Chinese New Year's Eve, registration begins, and twenty days later the competition officially begins, lasting seven days, and whoever gets the most animal carcasses will be the winner."
"Oh? This is interesting. Sure enough, Shen Tao just likes this atmosphere.
"This young man also wants to participate?" This kind of competition is very rare to see outside participants, if outsiders participate, maybe more interesting, so the shopkeeper seems more attentive.
"Can I still sign up?" Lin Zixu was also eager to try.
"Today is the last day, this year is much more interesting than in previous years, I see a few extraordinary skills, maybe they can get a good ranking is unknown." Someone who can walk with the prince, this compliment will not be bad after all.
"Oh, what's that funny?" Long Yanran and his entourage were boring and boring all the way, and now that they heard about such a thing, even Shen Dong, who had always been silent, seemed very enthusiastic at this time.
"This year, the birds and animals that were released all had a bead hanging on their bodies, and in the end, it was up to them to see who got the most beads, and so on to select the first place."
"It's ingenious and interesting." Even Long Yanran thinks it's good, it seems that everyone is interested in this hunt.
"That's exactly what Jing'er's girl had in mind." The corners of Tuoba Ruchen's mouth were smiling, and a touch of happiness jumped on the paper.
Looking at Tuoba Ruchen's eyes staring at him, Xuan Daofeng was awkward, but he could only reply helplessly, "Oh? Is it. "It's that girl again, how did I forget this stubble, I really hate it.
"Alright, you go down." Tuoba Ruchen retired the shopkeeper first, obviously having something to say to a few people.
Tuoba Ruchen looked around for a while, perhaps still feeling unsafe, and called a few people into the room, and then spoke.
"Brother Xian, please speak clearly." How could Xuan Dao Feng not understand him.
"The so-called hunting competition was originally just an event a few days before Chinese New Year's Eve, so that the big guys could unite and participate together, implying a bumper harvest every year, a new year of national wealth and people's abundance." Tuoba Ruchen glanced at a few people as he spoke, and saw them nodding their heads, so he continued.
"But you can also imagine that the living environment in this desert is not a little worse than the outside world, so every time there is a hunting competition, it will make a miasma, and the whole forest is very bloody." Speaking of this, he could only shake his head helplessly.
"This is understandable, after all, the people here are fierce, and with a strong sense of competition, it is naturally more bloody." Although Long Yanran didn't want to admit it, the facts are the facts.
"Even if it were, it's nothing, right?" Shen Dong was also very curious about what Tuoba Ruchen would say next.
"Originally, this was an insignificant matter, but what we lacked the most here was the water source, so it was very difficult for the aftermath of the "Wan Ling Lin" aftermath. ”
"That's why you came up with the beads this time?" Lin Zixu realized something and suddenly realized.
Tuoba Ruchen nodded, "Exactly, but what you don't know is that in this hunting competition, the winner of the first place can make a condition to the Desert King." ”
"This temptation is quite big, if it were a change, I would definitely actively sign up." Shen Tao's eyes suddenly lit up.
From the beginning to the end, the six people seemed to be caught in the exchange, but one person rarely spoke, and even if he spoke, it was only a few words, and this person was Xuandaofeng.
He listened quietly the whole time, and he felt that things were far from that simple.
Thinking about it here, but it didn't interfere with the conversation on the other side in the slightest, no, not long after it was quiet, the voice rose again.
"And my sister Tuoba Jing has also reached marriageable age." It's also strange to say that this Tuoba Ruchen is full of smiles every time he mentions his sister This is easy to understand, but every time you look at Xuan Dao Feng as if nothing This is a few meanings.
"Wait, Brother Ruchen, you don't mean this first place and your sister... That's what it is. Although Shen Tao gives people a feeling that he is not afraid of big things, his heart is still a little delicate, and he stretched out his hand at this time and gestured with embarrassment.
Tuoba Ruchen just nodded in response, but the meaning was already very clear.
"Wan Ling Forest", the reason why it is used as the site of this hunt, then we have to talk about its title.
There are many trees in it, and if it is just like this, there is really nothing to say, but the deeper it goes, the more overgrown it becomes, and the branches are intertwined, as if it were an ancient forest, and this is the strangest place, because it feels like being in a corner of the land, not a desert.
In such an environment, the person who finally strides out with his head held high, how can he be an ordinary man, a rural village man and the like, undoubtedly a masterpiece, even if he is not now, he will definitely become in the future.
If one condition, plus the princess, has these two prerequisites, then life after that becomes uncontrollable, unknown, and terrifying.
But as soon as the words are spoken, it is like water that has been spilled, how can it be recovered, not to mention the emperor's house, the most important thing is the promise.
Although Long Yanran and his entourage will have a rest all the way, but this is just a physical rest, their (her) spirit is very weak, but Rao is in such a tired state, a few people still quickly sorted out their thoughts, Tuoba Ruchen needs to do is only to persuade a few people to participate in the hunting competition and win the first place.
"So Ruchen implored my sister and her party to participate in the competition to relieve me of the danger of Tuoba." Obviously, this Tuoba Ruchen is also a smart person, he knows that Long Yanran is the real decision-maker, and he knows even more about how powerful the five people in this line are united.
The eyes of the other four of them were all fixed on Long Yanran, waiting for her to make a decision, even though it was already a foregone conclusion.
I saw that Long Yanran's expression was like a mirror without leaving a trace, because just now, she made a decision, a decision that has nothing to do with this matter, that is, she must become stronger, and he will kill all the dogs in the world if Long Yanran returns to the throne.
But now, she just showed a bleak smile, no, it should be said that it was a bright smile, which was enough to dispel the haze in the sky, "Senior Brother Shen Dong and I are enough." ”
"It's... It's better to be together, right? Tuoba Ruchen obviously didn't think that Long Yanran and Shen Dong alone would be able to do things.
"Senior sister is weak, I need Senior Brother Shen Tao to recuperate well, and I can have Senior Brother Daofeng to protect them (her) so that I can have no distractions." Long Yanran refused very decisively.
"This..."
Don't say that Tuoba Ruchen didn't agree, even the Xuandaofeng people couldn't rest assured.
"I promise I won't hold back, junior sister, you let me go with you." Lin Zixu's voice is a junior sister, but she is called kindly, so that the other party can't suppress her with her identity.
"Senior sister." Xuan Daofeng also expressed concern, after all, Long Yanran and Shen Dong's opponents were too strong.
"I'll go with you, and if you accidentally get hurt, I can heal you." Although Shen Tao is not good at martial arts, his medical skills are unparalleled.
"I'm not talking to you as Long Yanran now, I'm the Tianyuan Empress, do you want to disobey?" Long Yanran's voice suddenly became a little higher than before.
Then she turned her head to look at Tuoba Ruchen, "If we get the first place, I hope that my brother will fulfill your promise." ”
Tuoba Ruchen said politely, "What is my sister talking about, even if you don't compete, my brother will help you." ”
"That's good, you see we've been tired enough along the way, so we won't keep my brother more." Long Yanran's words already had the meaning of chasing away customers.
"Oh, it's that I'm not thoughtful, then I won't disturb everyone's rest, by the way, tonight will be one night for the time being, after I see my father and queen mother, I will take everyone into the palace early tomorrow morning." Tuoba Ruchen looked embarrassed, as if he was very embarrassed.
"Brother Xian, walk slowly."
Tuoba Ruchen walked straight out of the room and walked out alone.
And Long Yanran and his entourage immediately dispersed and walked to their residence.
At this time, outside a room next to the stairs, a man's figure flashed, "Tonight is the last chance, be sure to annihilate them in one fell swoop while they are tired and tired." "At the end of the day, there was a terrible look in the eyes.
"Yes." The man next to the man nodded his head, "Then I'll arrange it now." The moment he looked up and turned around, his face seemed to be very much like that of a person, yes, it was the shopkeeper who had led the way in the first place.
"Wait a minute."
Hearing the man's words, the shopkeeper hurriedly withdrew his right foot and lifted it back from the steps.
"The man who is calm and relaxed, and the closest man who walks with the woman in the lead is the highest martial artist in this line, and the man who is taciturn, he is good at arranging formations, you must be careful when you fall, kill the remaining two women and one man first."
"I understand, hard bones can only taste when they are gnawed slowly." I saw the corner of the shopkeeper's mouth grinning, and a row of teeth exposed to the air, which was very terrifying.
"They're just a bunch of wretched creatures." The man smiled contemptuously, then calmly descended the stairs.