Faced with Qi Yunguo's thanks, Li Xiaofei had no choice but to put away his sword and make a gesture to ask them to get up.

The old conch also helped translate it to the people of Qi Yunguo, and everyone got up from the ground in a hurry.

Li Xiaofei felt that this way of communication was too tiring, so he asked Zhu Heng to take out the paper and pen he carried with him, wrote all the words he wanted to ask on it, and asked Lao Conch to ask and translate on his behalf.

Li Xiaofei asked a lot of questions, and by the time the old conch translated and answered them one by one, it was already evening.

I also figured out that the first generation of the Qiyun Kingdom, King Yuandao, whose real name is Huluobei, is a female slave, at that time, there were often sea monsters and beasts attacking the tribe, but Huluobei can communicate with the snake language, and at a critical juncture, he can always summon many big snakes to resist sea monsters and beasts, so everyone supported Huluobei as the king.

But after Khurob had been king for a few years, some of the people were not convinced, so they united to rebel against her, and there was no doubt that they were all killed by the serpent summoned by Khurob.

However, this time in the rebellion, the great snake was also killed and wounded, and only the smallest one was protected by Huluopei, and the rules for worshipping the messengers of the gods were also established by Huluobei.

It's just that the first fifty years of worship were not human sacrifices at all, but were made with some ordinary small animals and fruits.

The change to a living sacrifice was that after Khurob's death, her nephew succeeded to the throne, and a few years later Khurob's granddaughter Ganas took the throne, but Khurob's nephew could not summon the serpent to resist, but was swallowed alive by the serpent.

Khurob's granddaughter, Ganas, set herself up as king and successfully tamed the serpent, and from then on established the rule of human sacrifice, beginning with a young man every six months from each tribe, who must be of noble origin, and later the rich could pay for the sacrifice.

By now, it is the sixteenth generation of King Karina, and the sacrifice has become once every ten days, so that there are many women and men in Qiyun Kingdom, and they have begun to sacrifice with women.

Although sacrifice requires life, there are still many people who spend their life savings to buy the qualification for sacrifice, and by the time of the fourteenth king, the Central Plains fleet brought porcelain, so the women who were eligible for sacrifice had to line up, and those who held the scarlet net bottle had the highest priority.

Before the sacrifice, all those who held the scarlet net bottle in their hands could have a meal together and wait for the serpent to choose a target.

Li Xiaofei shuddered, and he was given the qualification to sacrifice with vermilion porcelain just now.

Li Xiaofei is most concerned about the whereabouts of the three-tailed falcon, and there is also an answer, in the basin of the Sage Mountain of Qiyun Kingdom, but the basin of the Sage Mountain is rarely visited, the outside of the Sage Mountain is surrounded by towering snowy mountains, and after turning over the snowy mountains, the other side is a hot rock wall, a real ice and fire.

The three-tailed falcon inhabits in the basin under the hot rock wall, and rarely flies out, and has only seen three three-tailed falcons in Huayun City, the capital of Qiyun Kingdom, for hundreds of years, and the last time was fifty years ago.

And this basin is a forbidden place for the people of Qiyun Kingdom, even if the kings of the past dynasties have not ordered it to be forbidden, no one will rush into it, except for the desperate people in Qiyun Country will break in, and there are many frozen corpses on the upper mountainside of the snow-capped mountain.

Hearing that Li Xiaofei and the others were going to the Sage Mountain Basin to find the three-tailed falcon, King Karina hurriedly stopped them, and the old conch translated and said that Li Xiaofei and they would definitely die if they went to the Sage Mountain Basin, and if Li Xiaofei died in Qiyun Kingdom, Da Liang would definitely not give up, so Karina resolutely objected.

Li Xiaofei looked at Wang Ruoyun beside him, "In my life, I have lived for the country and the king for decades, and now I want to live for my family once!" Fighting for my wife

Even if you lose your life, what's wrong, not to mention that I said that I would go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire for my wife, this time it just came true, what more could the husband ask for! King Karina, don't worry, I'll leave a few letters with a big seal, and I won't blame you if I die!" ”

Wang Ruoyun's face turned red and laughed angrily: "Old and indecent, remember that you said before you wanted to marry me, that you would fight for your beloved at least once in your life and forget everything!" Come on, I don't want you to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, you are not in your twenties, you are already in your fifties, you not only have to live for your wife and children, you still have thousands of brothers under your command! Then if we don't go to Sage Mountain, we won't go, what if we wait for the three-tailed falcon in Huayun City? ”

Karina shook her head, but there was a smile on her face, and after talking for a while, the old conch told Li Xiaofei that King Karina was very envious of Wang Ruoyun and had such a good husband by her side.

Karina wanted to know why Li Xiaofei insisted on going to Sage Mountain to find the three-tailed falcon.

Li Xiaofei told Wang Ruoyun all the things through the old conch, and Wang Yiyang and the others were also stunned.

Hearing this, Karina came over and told the old conch that if it was to treat Wang Ruoyun, she could send someone to assist Li Xiaofei to go up to Sage Mountain.

Li Xiaofei was very surprised, isn't this Sage Mountain a forbidden place, why does this female king of Qiyun Kingdom still have to assist.

Karina told Li Xiaofei through the old conch that she had never seen such a husband who worked so hard for his wife in so many years as a king, and she also wanted to know what was in that basin, and if there was something that could bring benefits to the people of Qiyun Kingdom, then it was worth it.

Li Xiaofei bowed to Karina and pulled Wang Ruoyun up, "Old conch, tell King Karina, I am very grateful to her, let's go back and prepare first, and then we will go to Shengxian Mountain together in three days!" ”

In this Qiyun country, there are no cattle and horses, and the carts are all pulled by big dogs, sheep or deer, and the materials of 300 people are transported to Shengxian Mountain, and the dogs and sheep in Huayun City are all used up.

Li Xiaofei regretted very much that he didn't pull some cattle and horses to come to Qiyun Kingdom, and the accompanying Jiangnan Navy Division Henghai General Yu Shengzhi smiled, "The county prince doesn't know, this cattle and horses are forbidden to leave the country, and selling cattle and horses to other countries is an enemy!" ”

"I see, then if you smuggle cattle and horses over in the future, it will be a huge profit!"

"Grandpa Jun, this cow and horse are big and love to neigh, and the inventory on the dock is extremely strict, so I can't do it."

Yu Shengzhi felt that it was impossible to transport cattle and horses to the ship at the mouth of the Songjiang River, because it was too difficult, and all the goods had to be unpacked and inspected, where could such a big cow and horse hide. Small boats carry cattle and horses out to sea, and if they don't go far, the cattle and horses will starve to death, and they can't be transported out without forage and fresh water.

"As long as there are huge profits, you don't have to worry that others can't do it, people who do business even dare to sell the ropes that hang themselves, and some people can even sell the country for money, let alone cattle and horses"

Yu Shengzhi heard these words and nodded, "It's still the county grandfather who has a unique opinion, and his subordinates have served, but this time I went to Shengxian Mountain, does the county grandfather really want to go in person?" ”

"This is for my wife, I don't sell my life myself, and I still expect others to work hard, isn't that a blind toss? I must go to the Sage Mountain by myself, and all the affairs here will be handled by you after I leave! Your burden is not light! ”

"Take care of the county grandfather, if there is no news from the county grandfather after two months, I will personally take someone to find the county grandfather!"

Li Xiaofei understood that this fish was winning the right thing to ask in case

What happened to Li Xiaofei, what should this fleet do.

"Katsuyuki, just leave me three ships, the next course is to go all the way south, and after a year's walk, you will encounter Xiaoyao Island, where you can repair and wait for me for two months. Antonio and Parthias they know how to go, ask them more and listen to them more"

"Grandpa Jun, how can you set off without waiting for your old man? The"

Li Xiaofei patted Yu Shengzhi on the shoulder, "Shengzhi, I'm so old, I don't like to be polite, you and the others have totaled everything you should bring and buy in this Huayun City." Leave early, let's stay one more day, and the materials that this Huayun City has to provide will be counted in the tens of thousands. Small countries and widows can't afford it! ”

Yu Shengzhi did not refrain this time, but took two steps back and bowed to Li Xiaofei, "Grandpa Jun, take care!" ”

Li Xiaofei led a team of 300 people to follow Qi Yunguo's thirty guides to set off to Shengxian Mountain, and Yu Shengzhi anchored in the afternoon of the same day and left the Huayun City dock to go south.

Karina also breathed a sigh of relief, if the team of more than 2,000 people stayed, all the chickens, ducks and geese in Huayun City could not be saved, the inventory of dried fish in the city had been swept away, the sackcloth was gone, and even the grass on the outskirts of the city had been cut and dried and sold to Li Xiaofei's expedition team.

It took ten days to reach the foot of Shengxian Mountain, and the village at the foot of the mountain was called Wugui Village, and there were about 100 villagers, and when they saw more than 300 people, they all ran out and took weapons made of bones and clubs to make a defensive posture.

The guides hurriedly stopped the villagers and explained their intentions, and the villagers looked at the rich supplies and went to get them separately.

Li Xiaofei wanted to stop drinking, the guide smiled bitterly and waved his hand, and the old conch also translated in a sad tone, "Lord Li, we don't need most of the supplies here, and going up to Sage Mountain is killing ourselves in their eyes!" ”

"We can give them a little bit of the supplies, but we have to transfer the rest halfway up the mountain, and when we get there, I only need to bring ten people over, and the rest will wait in the village below the mountain."

Li Xiaofei's arrangement made many people excited all of a sudden, at least they didn't have to send them to death.

However, there are still people rushing to go, such as Wang Yiyang and Zhu Heng, and the four of them.

Behind the village is a huge mountain peak, halfway up the mountain, the clouds and mist are not clear, and there is a snow line below the mountainside, which is shining, and below the snow line is a lush forest.

"Are there bears, tigers, leopards and other beasts in this forest?"

The reply was that there were none but foxes, rabbits and mountain eagles.

Li Xiaofei left 50 people to guard the supplies, and the rest of the people all transferred the materials, and all the hay they brought was rolled into ropes and pulled up the mountain.

Climbing to the edge of the snow line halfway up the mountainside, it took two days, and a small half of the materials were transported, Li Xiaofei looked up at the snow slope above, and finally knew why this was a forbidden place for death.

This slope is a huge area, with almost no boundary between the left and right, and at first glance it doesn't feel anything special. The snow cover was very flat, with only a few black bare rocks jutting out and snow flakes falling overhead.

The hundreds of people who came up tried to find their way in three directions: left, right, and straight, but without exception they stepped into waist-deep snowdrifts, but fortunately everyone had straw ropes wrapped around their waists, and they were pulled out.

Li Xiaofei looked around, looked around for a long time, and found that the terrain and scene were the same in this location, and it seemed that there was no way out.