The times have changed, and the vicissitudes of life. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt's been a full 300 years since the fall of the Wisteria Windmill Country. During this period, hundreds of large and small forces emerged in various places, and after nearly a hundred years of mutual annexation, they were finally unified into today's Cangdong Tiger Kingdom. However, two hundred years later, this empire, which once dominated the continent, has begun to face an unprecedented major crisis. The history is known as the "Cangdong Change".

Chang Yu, a desolate place located in the west of the continent.

The north wind is howling, and the brown mounds are endless, and a serpentine dirt road winds through them.

From far to near, the procession along the dirt road naturally formed a serpentine shape. This group was not an ordinary caravan, but an entirely civilian corps. Although the equipment is simple, everyone's eyes are full of determination, as if they can give their lives for their faith at any time.

The person who walked at the front of the team had a noble identity, and he was Zheng Puming, the second prince of the current Cangdong Tiger Kingdom. However, he was dressed like a powerful person, but there was no difference between him and the civilians behind him.

"Second prince, further forward is Jiafeng Valley, it is said that there are often wolves in that area, I think it is better to let everyone repair before passing." The man who spoke was wrapped in a faded blue turban, about twenty-six or seventeen years old, and although his face had the tiredness of marching, it could not hide his handsome voice in the slightest. This person's surname is Ban, his name is Pinren, and he is Zheng Puming's right-hand man.

At this time, Jiang Yiping, the guard who followed behind the two of them, said: "Second prince, I also heard about it in the early years of Jiafeng Valley. This place is very evil, and whenever a large caravan arrives here, it will definitely take a detour. If we rush forward, with our rudimentary equipment, it is better to encounter wolves, but we are afraid of some other unexpected situation. ”

Zheng Puming stopped and looked at the hills in the distance. To be honest, he couldn't make up his mind in his heart, and he felt a little confused about the unknown risks ahead. Since the death of his father, the struggle between him and the other six imperial brothers and brothers has intensified, and the third brother Zheng Qingming and the sixth brother Zheng Yuming led by the eldest prince Zheng Jueming have become stronger. The forces of the fifth brother Zheng Qiming and the seventh brother Zheng Zhuming. and the forces of himself and his fourth brother Zheng Guangming. The three parties turned against each other, and they all did whatever it took to get the throne of the emperor. Among them, the eldest prince Zheng Jueming has the greatest power, and he occupies the imperial capital by adopting the policy of ruling the country by force, and he is also the most likely figure to become the next generation of emperors. The forces of the fifth prince Zheng Qiming and the seventh prince Zheng Zhuming occupy a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Zheng Jueming took the lead in sending troops to crusade against himself and his sixth brother's forces.

Ban Pinren suggested that he take a long-term view and not have any conflicts with the eldest prince in the short term. He formulated many plans, one of which was to first unify the ethnic minorities in the west and fill the few remaining existing armies. So there was this trip, and the goal was to cross the Jiafeng Valley and go to the Huo people who lived in the terracotta mountains. Because if you can try to convince the largest group to join, then it will be as easy as finding a bag to subdue the other small and medium-sized groups around you.

A gust of wind blew from nowhere, Zheng Puming pressed down the hood he was wearing, and said, "Tell everyone to rest in place, Jiang Yiping, you take a few people to the front with me to have a look." ”

"Yes." Jiang Yiping agreed, and immediately ordered a few strong young men from the team behind him, and everyone followed the entrance of the Jiafeng Valley with a faint silhouette in the distance of Zheng Pu Ming Dynasty.

The undulating mountains on both sides are nearly 100 meters high, and there is a valley road as thin as a long snake in between. Because of the topography, the wind blowing from behind the mountain squeezes into this narrow space, which makes it difficult for those walking in the valley road to feel that they are being pushed forward.

Tani Road is not a straight road as expected, and there are also turns left and right, and the terrain is undulating. Zheng Puming and his group of more than a dozen people walked for nearly twenty minutes without seeing an exit. Ahead, there are still mountains that block the view, and between the crevices where the stones and the dirt meet, many unknown strange herbs grow. Looking up, the uneven peaks crisscrossed like swords, and the sky turned into a thin line that sunlight could not penetrate. Here, only the wind can come and go freely.

"What's that?!" One of the attendants shouted on his back, and everyone noticed that on the side of the mountain wall dozens of meters high, there was an ape-like figure hanging there.

It was said to be hanging there, but in fact, the figure only grabbed the raised stone on the mountain wall with one hand. Of course, he was not a monkey or something, but a living man, but he was dressed too old-fashioned, wrapped in burlap, so that he looked like an ape with a hunched body.

Everyone's attention was focused on the top, but they didn't know that the crisis was quietly approaching unconsciously. Dozens of gray wolves emerged from their hidden dens in the valley, staring at hungry eyes and claws as sharp as knives, ready to tear the dozen humans in front of them to shreds.

Jiang Yiping was the first to notice the wolves surrounding him, and he roared: "There are wolves!" At the same time, he pulled out the sword at his waist and protected it in front of Zheng Puming.

Almost at the same moment as Jiang Yiping's shout, the leader of the wolf pack took the lead in rushing down. This guy was extremely smart, and when he saw Jiang Yiping holding a sword in his hand and his whole body on guard, he took the initiative to bypass it, and in the blink of an eye, he pounced on another entourage who failed to react in time. The wolf's fangs pierced the man's neck like needles, and the blood stained the hair around the wolf's mouth scarlet, but it was still shaking its head violently, trying to kill its prey with a violent flick.

The strength of a dozen people alone cannot compete with the wolves, and even if the number of people is equal to the wolves, it is not necessarily the final victory of the human race. These wolves seem to be well-trained killers, they are agile, ferocious, and merciless. Jiang Yiping swung his sword and slashed several wild wolves, but they still had bloody wounds, and their eyes lingered around with a fierce light and refused to leave.

Although Zheng Puming was afraid of wolves in his heart, he did not show any expression on his face. Since he was a child, he has trained an old character who is not alarmed, and no matter how big a problem he encounters, he will not panic and mess up like ordinary people.

Just as everyone was besieged by wolves and desperately resisted, the figure on the mountain wall had already jumped down from a height of dozens of meters and landed in front of Zheng Puming.

When I looked closely, I realized that this man was a young man in his early twenties, dressed in old-fashioned mountain clothes, with strong and sturdy arms, and holding a red lacquered spear. At the end of the gun, there was a burden sewn from wolf skin, which he carried on his shoulder. Under a pair of sword eyebrows are tigers and leopard-like ringed eyes, facing the wolves, standing as majestically as a mountain peak.

The leader of the wolf pack seemed to be a little jealous of the youth, and as soon as he stopped, the wolves around him also stopped moving. As if in response to the youth, they also cast their gazes back in unison, but even in the dozens of terrifying bloodthirsty gazes, the young man did not waver in the slightest, and still looked straight ahead with his round eyes.

Zheng Puming and Jiang Yiping had a chance to relax their tense nerves a little, and six of them had already died under the wolf's teeth, and the rest were also injured to varying degrees. The ferocity of wolves is like venom that penetrates deep into the bone marrow, leaving in their minds terrifying memories that will never be erased for a lifetime.

In an instant, the leader of the wolf pack pounced on the youth with swift steps, and he finally made up his mind to fight for the hunger of the entire group.

The young man's gaze also became fierce in an instant, and he lifted the barrel of the gun on his shoulder upward, and the wolf skin burden at the end of the gun immediately slipped off. At the same time, he clamped the barrel of the spear under his armpit, turned sideways slightly, pointed the tip of the spear obliquely at the ground, and when the leader of the wolf pack rushed in front of him, he suddenly turned and swept away, and the strength of his legs, feet, waist, and arms were all concentrated on the polished tip of the spear.

At the first sight of the edge, the wolf is the first to the ground. The wolves immediately dispersed like a swarm of bees, and they came and withdrew as quickly as they could, and there was no sign of their presence except for a few dead bodies.

"Thank you for this little brother's rescue, we don't know the path when we enter the valley for the first time, please be sure to take us for a ride." Jiang Yiping treated the young man politely, but the other party didn't seem to buy it, and still stared at these outsiders with the eyes of a wolf pack.

Zheng Puming walked over in person and said with a smile: "I saw that this friend was extraordinary just now, and he was dressed in such a mountain costume, he must be from the Huo tribe, right?" ”

The young man was picking up the wolf skin burden on the ground with the tail of his gun, and suddenly turned his gaze again, and spat out a sentence that was more powerful than the wind: "The Huo people do not welcome outsiders!" ”

Such a tough attitude is fine for ordinary people, but for a person with status like Zheng Puming, the meaning is much more complicated. If someone in the former imperial city said such a thing to him, he would be dragged and beheaded at once.

"Presumptuous! This is His Royal Highness, the second prince of the Cangdong Tiger Kingdom today, and he is not ready to kneel down and plead guilty for the rudeness just now! Without waiting for Zheng Puming to express his position, Jiang Yiping on the side couldn't bear it anymore.

The young man raised his head slightly, and his face had both the youth and the stubbornness of a mountain man. "I don't know what prince is, I only recognize the elders of our Huo clan."

"You kid don't know how to lift!" Jiang Yiping didn't finish his words before he came up with a sword, although he was more than ten years older than the young man, he couldn't help but want to teach him some lessons.

The cold flashed, and the head of the gun hit Jiang Yiping's chin. Jiang Yiping, who was holding the sword blade, didn't dare to move half a step forward, his eyes were down, staring at the red spear that might be stabbed forward at any time, and the bean-sized sweat particles flowed down his forehead.

At this time, Zheng Puming only heard someone shouting behind him: "Don't be impulsive! It's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. It was the voice of Ban Pinren, who stayed outside the valley and waited.