Volume 1 Creek Fish Chapter 1 The Corpse Clan
The remnant sun is like blood, the twilight is like a rainbow, the sunset is falling, and the tired birds are home.
In the Falling Moon Empire, in the Sunset City, the street market that should have been bustling, crowded and lively has been particularly cold and gloomy. There are almost no pedestrians on the Luoyue Avenue on the main street of the center of the city, except for the cold spring, the steep spring breeze blowing from the northwest and north wilderness, washing the deserted street, there are only new branches of trees waiting to sprout, echoing and swaying on both sides of the road. The shops and inns that should have been doing a good job are now closed one by one and closed to customers. The entire street was deserted, not at all like the second largest city in the Falling Moon Empire.
The Falling Moon Empire, one of the three major empires of the Daoyan Continent inhabited by human races, is located in the north-central part of the Daoyan Continent, bordering the Burning Flame Empire to the east, the Jinchen Empire to the west, the first sect of the righteous path to the south, the Shenqing Sect, and the North Wilderness to the north. Sunset City is located in the northwest of the Falling Moon Empire, the second largest city in the Empire, and is the center of trade and communication between the Flame Empire and the Northern Wasteland and the Wasteland Clan. At this moment, in Sunset City, on the second and third floors of the shops and inns that are closed along the street on both sides, as well as the attic and arrow tower windows of the Gaomen compound in the distance, you can faintly see layers of human figures, and it seems that there are many people in it who are observing and watching the Setting Moon Avenue. This is a little stranger than the sparsely populated and cold streets.
As the last rays of afterglow of the sunset in the distance, when the bright moon in the east was about to rise, the distant end of the moonset avenue came abruptly, and the sound of 'woo' was like crying, and it was extremely mournful. Subsequently, "Da... Da... "Like the sound of thousands of horses marching together, the sound of neat footsteps followed. The streets of Luoyue, which had just been cold, seemed to suddenly come to life after this sound sounded, and the windows on the second and third floors of the shops and inns that were closed on both sides of the street opened in an instant, as if agreed, and more than enough figures poured out of the windows, looking into the distance.
"It's out, it's out, this last journey of King Dingping, it's a shame to have a corpse clan to welcome and send it off. What is surprising is that the Dingping Army did not enter the city to escort them, which is different from the past!" At the outer window on the second floor of an inn, a rich man who was old and gray for a year said to the person next to him.
"Yes, if the Dingping army enters the city, what will happen if the security is not even, and our Sunset City Metropolitan Governor will not be comfortable? But who would have thought that the famous Dingping King Lin of the Falling Moon Empire would actually exterminate the Sect Slaughter Clan in just one night. What is strange is that the last corpse clan members also came to the funeral for the Lin family, this kind of treatment can be regarded as the first time in the history of the Falling Moon Empire. The old man next to him chimed in.
"That's right, that's right, I think about it now, half a month ago, on that night of lightning and thunder, and violent storm, I really feel afraid, I haven't seen such a big spring thunder and spring rain for decades. The little nephew of my cousin's second uncle and third uncle, who was on duty at the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of the Falling Moon Governor opposite the Dingping Palace, said that between the lightning and thunder, he vaguely heard the shouts of killing in the opposite palace, but the sound of wind, rain and thunder was mixed with the sound of the wind, rain and thunder, and he couldn't hear a rough idea. When these soap soldiers were about to go out to check, most of them said, 'There is no need to investigate, continue to be on duty.' As a result, at noon the next day, the city patrol department found that the huge palace had not yet been opened when it came to the sun. As far as the eye can see, the entire palace courtyard is full of desolation, the ground is reddish-brown blood stains after the blood dries up, in the middle of the courtyard, the corpse is neatly placed, the king of Dingping is sitting on the chair of the prince under the eaves of the main hall of the palace, and the city patrol department stepped forward to check in panic, only to find that the king of Dingping has been dead for a long time. A middle-aged man in a white shirt who looked like a businessman answered.
"Alas, the Dingping King lineage, since the founding of the Falling Moon Empire and the Sunset City, it has been several eras, and now everyone is mourned, how can the empire be calm and unresponsive for half a month?" After listening to the words of the middle-aged man in white shirt, a young man in a beautiful cloth cloth next to him was puzzled.
"Reaction? Why didn't you react? You see that the Dingping army failed to enter the city today, this is the reaction of the empire. The catastrophe is coming, and all the capitals and counties of the empire are preparing for war? How could the empire not react when such a thing happened at this juncture, the top priority is to take over the military power of the Dingping Wang's lineage, after all, only by surviving the catastrophe can the empire have the possibility of continuing. For more than thirty epochs, how many kingdoms have been stronger than the Falling Moon Empire, but where are they now? When the tribulation comes, even if the emperor dies, it is not a big deal, let alone a prince who supports his own army. Thinking about it, I understand that the empire should not explore the affairs of the king of Dingping too much in the future, and it is good to have a statement that can block the mouth of Youyou, after all, the focus is not here at this time! Recovering the military power of the Dingping Army is the most important thing for the empire, who doesn't want to have an extra guarantee in the robbery calendar, as for the others, it is so important?". The middle-aged man in the white shirt sighed.
"The Dingping army did not enter the city, it is indeed a bit unexpected, and the temporary clearing of the streets by the Metropolitan Governor seems to be ready for this?" the rich old man replied slowly.
"I don't know why. What is said now is just random speculation, but what happened to the corpse clan coming to bury the king of Dingping? It seems that the empire does not have such great ability, and the corpse clan's funeral has never been a trivial matter. After all, all of them will be buried in the Divine Burial Mountain?How many were in the last era of the Falling Moon Empire?How many are there in the entire Daoyan Continent?" Listening to Bai Yi's answer, the cloth-clothed young man asked thoughtfully.
"The people who are buried in the Divine Burial Mountain of the Tianyan Realm are not ordinary people, and the Divine Burial Mountain has always been praised as the holy land of the ancestral land by the corpse clan, except for those who have the ancestral land there, it is difficult for people of other races to touch. The human race that can be buried in an era is only a few fingers, and the corpse clan personally buries the god burial mountain, which is rare for several generations. Even if the Falling Moon Empire does not have such a big face, although the King of Dingping is also famous, its power can only deter the Falling Moon Empire, at most it can affect the Daoyan Continent. This name is still shallow, and it is difficult for the corpse clan to take the initiative to greet him. What's more, it is said that the three principals will personally welcome the funeral?" the middle-aged man in white shirt continued the words of the cloth-clothed young man.
"You may have forgotten that in the last era, the only thief emperor who ascended to the emperor and opened the ladder to ascend to the heavens, although now the thief door is broken and decayed, but it can also be regarded as the emperor sect of a strong emperor realm powerhouse, the thief emperor Lin Zhi and the king of Dingping are the same clan, although there are two families with one surname, but they have been watching and helping each other since the last era. It can't be said that there is no influence from them behind it, as for the low-key handling of the empire this time, it is estimated that it is inseparable from His Majesty the Thief Emperor. In the last era, it was the Shenqing Sect that took the lead in winning the emperor's machine and peeked into the heavens, but in the end, he became the emperor and opened the immortal ladder, but it was His Majesty the Emperor Thief. The old man who robbed the emperor stole the imperial machine that the Shenqing Sect had already obtained, and it was difficult to eliminate the feud against anyone, and no one could stand it. As long as the Imperial Tribulation wants to keep the peace in the south, you must listen to the Shenqing Sect. The rich old man said indifferently.
"That's right, an Emperor Realm Sect, after the birth of an Emperor Realm powerhouse, the accumulated heritage, no matter what, can not simply fall into decay and decline in less than an era, and even such a peaceful day as the Feng Calendar can't last, Daoyan Continent has never heard of for more than ten eras, and the grievances between the thief and the Shenqing Sect are impossible to be good. As for the emperor's machine, for you and me, ordinary people, it is still too far apart, and it is estimated that the emperor of the empire will not be able to touch this level, so it is better to talk about it less. The corpse clan came to welcome the funeral this time, and it seems that the first turmoil before the catastrophe will start in our Falling Moon Empire. The middle-aged man in the white shirt said gloomily, as if he was worried about the next turmoil, and his words were full of worry.
"Well, yes, anyway, let's see King Dingping a ride today. Born in Si, grew up in Si, benefited from Si, more or less received the grace and care of King Dingping, this grace empire can't see, but we are millions of mulberry in the moon city, it is still clear. As for the turmoil or not, why do I wait for a small number of ordinary people to that heart, the catastrophe is coming, and I can't say that I am expected to be 100 years old. Although the rich old man was sad and bitter, he said it meaningfully, and several people next to him stopped talking, and nodded silently. The scene suddenly became a little cold, and just as one was about to reopen the conversation, the wails in the distance suddenly became louder, and as time went on, it got closer and closer. When the sound of heavy footsteps sounded again, one by one, as if stepping on the hearts of everyone, heavy, depressing, and even breathless.
The eyes followed the perspective of everyone, from the street to the inner city gate in the distance, the first to come out of the Chaosheng Gate is the same color of the white flags, a line of ten flags, the flags are all ink-colored characters, like a charm, the back one after another, this formation looks no less than hundreds. The bearers of the flags are all dressed in white, with pure white complexion, snow-white faces, and a pale cyan mark between their eyes, which is very obvious in this snow-white complexion, just like a leaf of green bamboo in the white snow, which can be seen everywhere. Except for this cyan mark, the others are no different from ordinary people, and it is this unique cyan mark that shows that these banner bearers are all corpse people. Behind the white flags was a half-walled purple wood cart pulled by two white horses, and a whining and wailing sound came from inside the car. Followed by a huge flat car pulled by three horsemen and green horses, the flat car is a lacquered gold purple wood god case, and below the god case, there are five corpse people wearing one-piece blue hats to cover their faces, and at first glance they can't distinguish between men and women. The five of them meditated and practiced on the mat below the shrine, not paying any attention to anything beyond their ears. Above the god case is placed is a dense god tablet, sweeping the eyes, the largest piece of god card standing in the middle of the god case, directly with light gold pigment written "so not empty mountain and moon empire Dingping King Lin Gong Zhen Ming of the god seat", on both sides of a slightly smaller god card on the light gold font of "so not empty mountain Lin Gong, Lin Mou's", is also particularly eye-catching. More than 100 pieces of magic cards scattered in a row, are all Dingping King a series, it is rumored that the Dingping King is full of mourning, now it seems to be true, this has long been heard in the attic of the inn shop on both sides, but at this time the people who are watching to be proved by it, the impact is huge. After a while, I heard the sound of weeping in the buildings on both sides of the street.
Following the Shentai flat car is a high-level bare-shouldered giant man, with solid muscles, wearing a pair of green linen knee pants on his lower body, barefoot, his eyes are like bull's eyes, as big as a lantern, and he is blazing. The complexion is as white as the banner bearer in front of him. It's just that compared to other corpse people, this tall giant man has more of a raging reckless aura. With the footsteps of this bare-shouldered giant man, the bronze ink-colored giant coffin he held up with both hands did not move at all, looking at the size and shape of the bronze coffin, I am afraid that it will not weigh more than 10,000 catties and 10,000 taels. He moved step by step with the flat car in front of him, and on the flat and smooth ground paved with Qingtai stone, it was as if it had been carefully carved by a craftsman, chiseling out a shallow one, but the size was the same, and the footprints were as neat as ever. Following the coffin behind the giant man is a neat group of coffins, just like the front, the snow-white corpse people dressed in white, the two of them lifted, carrying the cypress coffin, with the footsteps of the giant man in front, step by step, the whole team stretched for hundreds of meters. This huge funeral procession of white clothes and white flags, as if a pile of snow that has not yet melted in the river under the steep spring breeze, goes gently along the street along the river.
As for the middle of the Falling Moon Avenue, the residents of Sunset City on both sides who were originally only looking at the weeping outside the attic windows of the shops and inns on both sides leaned out of the windows at this time, and according to local customs, they threw pale yellow dark money towards the funeral procession of the corpse clan, and saw the golden earth money scattered from the attics on both sides of the street, and under the spring breeze, it was just like the afterglow of the sunset that had just fallen, sprinkled on the large and small coffins and the corpse people. Then came the cries of the mountains and the tsunami, coming from both sides, and there was an endless stream.
"King Dingping has gone all the way... Dingping King Qianqiu Wandai...", a cry kept coming from the attics on both sides of Sunset Street. Among them, there are those who are hoarse and exhausted, many who wail and cry, and those who cry endlessly.
At the same time, outside the gate of Sunset City, under the gilded Sunset City plaque, there was a large group of people lined up neatly by the city gate. Compared with the mourning in the city, the outside of the city is much quieter and solemn. Headed by Sunset City, in addition to the deceased King Dingping, Zhou Changping, the highest-ranking metropolitan governor, and behind him were his colleagues such as the chief official and the captain. Behind them were a large group of sergeant foot soldiers dressed in armor and wearing helmets and white gauzes, their expressions sad and their faces deep. As the shouts and weepings of the people in the city came one after another, many soldiers burst into tears.
And after the tea kung fu, I saw the corpse people holding the flag for the funeral walking through the city gate, and when the god case flat car just left the city gate, the governor of Sunset City, who was waiting next to the city gate in plain clothes, slowly stepped forward and bowed to the five corpse people who were meditating on the god case flat car:
"Zhou Changping, the Metropolitan Governor of Sunset City of the Falling Moon Empire, has seen Mr. Corpse Six-Three, Mr. Corpse Six-Five, Mr. Corpse Six-Seven, and all the corpse clan deacons, thank you. ”
As soon as Zhou Changping's words fell, the corpse clan man who was originally sitting quietly in the middle of the car on the flat car of the god case slowly got up, walked to the side of the car, and arched his hand towards the governor:
"The Metropolitan Governor is polite, this is just a matter of sixty-three parts, so there is no word for trouble. ”
The two sides were very polite, and when the governor still wanted to say a few words, then a man dressed in silver armor with a resolute face and a solemn expression stepped forward directly, bowed to the corpse Liusan, and said respectfully: "Mr. corpse, may I ask if the soldiers can pay tribute to the prince now."
looked at the generals who stepped forward and bowed to salute. A trace of displeasure suddenly appeared on the face of the Metropolitan Governor, but it quickly disappeared, and then he bowed his hand to the corpse clan as usual: "Mr. Corpse, as Lin Dutong said, I am waiting here, and I am waiting here to send King Dingping a ride, and I also ask Mr. Corpse for permission." ”
Then, he saluted the people on the flat car, and the officials behind the governor also saluted.
looked at the officials of Sunset City who gave salutes, and Lin Dutong who looked solemn and sad.
Corpse Liusan said lightly: "Wait a minute, wait for the corpse's arrangement." ”
After the words fell, the corpse Liusan turned around and said to the big man who was carrying the coffin behind: "Seventy thousand, prepare to stop the spirit sacrifice." The clan listened to the order, and the spirit was stopped and set up in formation. ”