Chapter 200: After the Fact
After listening to Tang Dou's story, Sha Yunyue was silent for a long time, and after a long while, she said, "I'm sure it's Elder Vivian. But why her strength has dropped to such an extent is not clear to me. When I was a child, I heard that the priests of the Night Elves had some taboos, and once they violated them, their strength would decrease. But if it's not true, I don't know! β
"Why don't you know what is going on inside your elves?" Tang Dou was a little surprised. In fact, he had already guessed that Sha Yunyue's status among the elves was not low, otherwise there would be no situation against her that would divide the elves into multiple opinions. An ordinary elf was directly executed, and only elves with a very high status could not be disposed of casually.
The elf beauty glanced at Tang Dou, knowing in her heart that this guy was testing herself, and said angrily: "Brother Tang, when the time is ripe, even if you don't want to ask me, I will tell you." Does it make sense to tempt me now? β
"Ahaha!" Tang Dou smiled.
"The four major elven clans are actually governed separately, and each clan has a patriarch and an elders' council. Although the Golden Elves are royalty, they will not intervene in the internal affairs of each clan, and will only play a commanding role when the Elves are at war with foreign enemies. The high priest of the Night Elf clan has a very high status among the elves, and belongs to the spiritual leader of the elf clan, and his status is equal to that of the elven emperor of the golden elf clan. Therefore, all the secrets about the high priest are known only to her and the Elven Emperor, and other elves are not qualified to know! β
Although she complained a little about Tang Dou's temptation, the elven beauty still patiently explained: "Elder Vivien is the third high priest of the elven clan in the history of the records, and the most successful one. The hundred-year war between humans and demons thousands of years ago was that Elder Vivien tried his best to make the elves not participate in the war, but tried to reconcile the relationship between the two sides. If Brother Tang can turn to the ancient documents of humans or demons thousands of years ago, you can see that at the signing ceremony of the Helga Agreement that year, Elder Vivian was the representative of our elven race, and he was also the guarantor of humans and demons! β
Tang Dou was really shocked this time, he really didn't expect that he would meet such a famous celebrity.
"But what Elder Vivien is doing now is not like the pacifist she was back then. It's not surprising that she's stepped back from the position of High Priestess, but it's strange that she actually joined your elven clan and did the executioner's job. Isn't there anyone in your elves who feels strange about this? β
"Of course not, because except for a very few people, no one knew that Elder Vivien had joined the pursuit team. Even the people in the pursuit party are known only to the leader, and no one else knows. For the vast majority of the elven people, Elder Vivien has been buried under the Elven Sacred Tree and has returned to the Elven Goddess! Sha Yunyue said.
"I see. This Vivian Elder played a trick of secretly crossing Chen Cang. Tang Dou nodded: "Then the question now is, what does she want to do?" Let's not talk about whether her strength has declined. Even if she's really just below the fifth level of platinum. With her ability to summon tree people, there is absolutely no problem in completely leveling the Tianwu army. In addition, she herself admitted that it was a cooperative relationship with the old god stick. Then she has a reason and the ability to do all this. But why didn't it happen? β
"Also, is my meeting with her real, or is it just an exchange imprinted into the spiritual world? She seemed to want to convey to me that she was an elegant executioner, saying hello before striking at her target. But is this really the case? β
Facing Tang Dou's question, Sha Yunyue shook her head: "I don't know either." But one thing I'm sure of is whether Elder Vivien is a platinum tier or a legendary diamond. None of us can fight her down there. And after the signing of the Helga Agreement, she automatically stepped down as the High Priestess, and until she faked her death and joined the hunt five hundred years ago, her style became more and more mysterious. The only person who can talk to her is the Elf Emperor! β
After a pause, she sighed softly, "I...... My family told me that when I was born, Elder Vivien was in retreat, so I grew up peacefully to be 150 years old. Later, when I escaped from the Elven Clan and came to the Nine Screams Continent, Elder Vivien happened to be out of the border, and at that time she indicated that she must execute me. However, there has been no concrete action. But I'm sure that if she hadn't been in retreat, I would have been dead when I was born! β
Tang Dou could see that Sha Yunyue was quite afraid of Vivian, which was no longer a fear of death, but a fear that surpassed death.
To sum up with what the elf beauty once said to Tang Dou, she is "greedy for life, but not afraid of death". So she has no fear of death, and if it is an unavoidable death, she will face it calmly. Theoretically, she shouldn't be afraid of Vivien as a pursuer, but in fact, she was far more afraid of Vivien than she had imagined.
Vivien, to Sha Yunyue, is more terrifying than death itself.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you! At least while I'm alive, there's no way she'll hurt you! Seeing that Sha Yunyue, who had always been indifferent, was so frightened, Tang Dou was in no mood to continue, stepped forward and patted the other party's head gently, and comforted him softly.
"No matter who she is, she dares to come and kill her!" Chihuo had been listening silently from the sidelines, and at this time he also waved his fist and said hatefully: "Kill everyone who wants to deal with us!" β
Tang Dou looked at Chihuo with a smile: "The problem is that we can't beat it!" β
"Then run! Anyway, Po is running fast! "Chihuo's theory is very simple, if you can fight, you can fight, and if you can't run, you just can't run.
"What if you can't run? There is always someone who can run faster than Po! Tang Dou continued to tease this tsundere girl.
"Then desperately. Anyway, even if you die, you can't make it easy for the other party. If you bite, you have to bite off a bite of each other's meat. Chihuo said resolutely, followed by a hint of cunning light flashing in his bright eyes: "But before I die, I will eat you." Otherwise, I'll lose! β
Tang Dou's eyes rolled and he fell to the ground.
"Before you die, you want to have monkeys with your brother!" Little Lori also took this opportunity to join in the fun. She still doesn't understand the concept of death at all, but simply thinks that "death" is similar to "leaving" and "sleeping", so she must have a monkey with her brother before this.
Regarding the matter of giving birth to a monkey, Tang Dou has given up correcting the true meaning of this little Lori's words. Fortunately, Xiao Lori will only say this to Tang Dou persistently at present, and no one else will say it.
Tang Dou foamed directly on the ground now.
Sha Yunyue looked at the three living treasures and smiled dumbly, knowing that this was their comfort to herself. Shaking his head, he struggled to shake off his fear of Vivien and his worries about the future, and looked into the distanceβthat direction was where the Heavenly Wind Continent was located.
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In a big battle, the Tianwu army lost more than 30,000 people, not counting the more than 10,000 people who were rescued by Sha Yunyue and the medical soldiers who were so tired that they almost vomited blood. The tide of beasts surrounded by mountains and forests, even if it is a parallel import, is not easy to stop.
Sun Nansong's hands were trembling when he held the report. He took these heavenly warriors to Niuqi Mountain, without any merits, and returned alone, but was killed by the beast tide on the way, 30,000 people. You must know that this cannot be regarded as a military merit in terms of the merits of the military department - is it necessary to write epitaphs such as "XXX died in the beast tide of Niuqi Mountain, beheaded three beasts, and made two turns of military merit" on the tombstones of those dead soldiers?
The royal family and the military department will definitely give out some money, but there is absolutely no military merit.
Tianwu soldiers are proud of their military exploits. How sad it is to die on the battlefield, but not to achieve anything.
"Shuai, there are still more than 5,000 brothers who can't act immediately. What should we do next? Lu Yuanzhi stood beside Sun Nansong.
"We can't stop here. Otherwise, you may face another beast tide at any time. And this expedition is full of mysteries, and we must get the army back home immediately. The order went down, and all the wounded got into the beast cart and immediately rushed as planned! If there are not enough animal cars, cut down trees to make cars. We're going to move overnight tonight, and we're going to get out of the confines of Niuqi Mountain by tomorrow evening!" Sun Nansong said in a deep voice.
If you go out of Niuqi Mountain and encounter the same tide of parallel beasts, the casualties will not be so large. In the mountains and forests, the military formation cannot be fully unfolded at all, and many times the Tianwu warriors are in groups of three or three, resisting the demon beasts in a small area, and their casualties are naturally large.
"Yes!" Lu Yuanzhi listened to the order.
"In addition, invite Your Majesty and Di Renjie all of them!" Sun Nansong commanded again.
"Yes!" After Lu Yuanzhi saluted, he went to herald someone.
By the time Tang Dou and the others came to Sun Nansong's tent, the army had already begun to cut down trees and build cars.
"Marshal Sun, there are still many soldiers who are too seriously injured, and if they suffer from bumps at this time, even I can't guarantee that they will survive. Now we lack medicine, just acupuncture, and we can't do everything! The first thing the kind-hearted Sha Yunyue said when she saw Sun Nansong was to care about the soldiers who were still seriously injured.
"On behalf of the Tianwu Kingdom and all the soldiers of the 200,000 army, I would like to thank the sand girl for her help!" Sun Nansong avoided Sha Yunyue's question, just bowed down, and made such a choice, his heart was also dripping blood, but he had to do it.
"I am a doctor, and it is my duty to save lives and help the wounded, but ......" Sha Yunyue still wanted to persuade him, but was stopped by Tang Dou.
"Shasha, the marshal is obliged to go. Now that the beast tide has dispersed, the army is not safe. Even if our enemies are unable to gather monsters and launch a beast tide in a short period of time, it will be too easy to deal with an army in the mountains and forests. Burning forests, poisoning, blocking roads, and starving food, even I can think of a dozen ideas to kill the entire Tianwu army. It is too dangerous to continue in the Niuqi Mountain. β
Sha Yunyue's face changed, after she knew that the enemy this time was Vivian, she always thought that the Tianwu army was completely implicated by herself, and after listening to Tang Dou's words, her face became pale, and her body was shaky.
"Silly girl, Elder Vivien is just a doer, and the real planner is the old god stick. Don't take things you don't have on yourself. The Tianwu army was already on the death list when the 300,000 army of the Shinra army was killed, and now it is only more than 30,000 dead, which is already the result of our efforts. If you have that time to blame yourself, it is better to cheer up and think about how to let those more than 5,000 wounded survive in the absence of medicine! β
Tang Dou grabbed the elf beauty and diverted the other party's attention.
"Yes, it's more important to save people now. Brother Di, Sister Ruiji and I will go and have a look! Sha Yunyue was really distracted by Tang Dou.
"Well, let Bai Yue accompany you. That medicine...... Dilute it and use it! Tang Dou knew that it was impossible to stop Sha Yunyue from using that medicine at this time.
Sha Yunyue knew that this was Tang Dou's connivance with him, and glanced at him gratefully, and then left the tent with the soft girl.
"Compassion for the heavens, the great luck of the heavenly martial arts!" Sun Nansong looked at the backs of the two girls leaving, and was moved.
"Your Excellency, I have to charge for it. My Sasha and Rei are not free labor! No matter how touching the scene is, with Tang Dou, a slut, it will immediately be filled with the smell of copper.
Sun Nansong's expression froze on his face, his brain couldn't turn around, and he was stunned for a while before he looked at Tang Dou helplessly: "Di Renjie, do you have to make yourself unliked to be satisfied?" β
Before Tang Dou could speak, the strange emperor on the side spoke: "No, I like big brother." And I'm going to take my big brother as an example. Uncle Nan, what the eldest brother said is right, the two elder sisters of Sha Girl and Rui Ji Girl were not from my Tianwu in the first place, they worked hard to treat the wounded, so that the number of casualties that could have reached more than 40,000 was reduced by a quarter, and now they are running back and forth in order to let the 5,000 seriously wounded go back and forth. I think it's only right for my eldest brother to ask for a reward! β
"Big brother, don't worry. After I return to Xianyang, I will use my inner treasury, and I will find you all the rewards! Zhengde patted his chest as a reassurance.
The inner treasury was the emperor's small treasury. At the same time, it is also something for the ministers to fool the emperor. Stuff some things that are valuable, but cannot be used casually, and can be called "national treasures", into the inner treasury. On the surface, the inner treasury was rich and there was a lot of it, but in fact the emperor couldn't take out much.
This was a means to prevent the emperor from misusing his money β especially with a strange emperor like Zhengde.
"I don't want money, it's too cheesy to talk about money among our brothers. If there is any heavenly treasure, you can bring the elixir fairy grass. Anyway, it's useless for you to put it away, let my family Sasha take it to mix Wu Dan medicine, that is the rational use of resources. Don't underestimate my family's shasha, saving lives and helping the injured is her ability, Lian Dan Pharmaceutical, it's not bad! β
The word "cheap" is no longer enough to describe Tang Dou.
But Zhengde ate this set: "Okay, I originally said that those things in the inner library are useless." The ministers even fooled me with those things, saying that they were priceless, and the result was that they were moldy in the inner treasury. It just so happened that the eldest brother took it and asked Sister Sha to match Wu Dan medicine, and then sold it to our brothers! β
"No problem. Twenty-one is added to five, and our brothers are one and a half! What do you think? Fair, right? We still have to pay for the cost of compatibility and training, if I am an ordinary person, I will definitely have two or eight points, and I will definitely not earn eight points. But brother, you're different, we're divided evenly! Don't shirk, you, the emperor, have to take something to gag the ministers' mouths, don't you? So you should take more points. Don't be polite to my eldest brother, it's too polite to treat me as a brother! β
Tang Dou is like a bandit leader who weighs a lot of money, but Zhengde was moved, and said that the eldest brother is righteous.
Only Marshal Sun Nansong and Sun listened to it with a frowning eyebrow, and he couldn't slap these two bastards to death.
"Even if there is no such thing as Xiangru. Take this guy back, I'm afraid it will also turn the world upside down! Sun Nansong began to have a headache again.
Having a strange emperor is enough for the Tianwu Kingdom to have a headache, and now there is another equally strange and shameless instigator, and the Tianwu Kingdom will be upside down. (To be continued.) )