Chapter 14: Litianguan
More than 10,000 years ago, in this vast land, there lived five free races.
The wise land people are good at business, the long-lived demon people travel to and from all directions, the rich sea people swim in the seven seas, the free feather people live poetically, and the kind white people benefit the four tribes.
On the whole land, although the North Continent is extensive, but the climate is harsh, the land in the far north is frozen for thousands of miles, the West Continent grows the relics of the gods, the pine of the cabinet grid is three hundred feet high, it is the belief of the feather people and the white people, and only the land of the Middle Continent is rich in soil and fertile for thousands of miles.
The five races survived a brief era of peace until six thousand years ago.
Because of their respective reproduction, the land of Zhongzhou began to show a tired posture, and it was difficult to support the survival of the five races with materials, and the contradictions of the five races were expanding day by day, and then inevitably, war broke out.
Lu Min has always occupied the position of leader with the advantage of population and mechanical power. After the outbreak of the war, as the demon people second only to the land people, they united the feather people, the white people, and the sea people to form an alliance to fight against the powerful land people.
At the beginning of the war, the alliance of the four clans won one after another, until the man known as Emperor Zunzhao appeared, and with his support, Lu Min used the power of machinery to the extreme, creating the flying 'Xi', the giant siege weapon 'Kui', and the 'whale' that could dive into the deep sea, almost turning the entire tide of the war.
In the final decisive battle that decided the lord of Zhongzhou, those sea people who were born with the ability to spy on the trajectory of the stars turned against them at the last moment of the war, providing a steady stream of financial and material resources for the land people.
Some people say that it was the great astrographers of the sea people who received the will of the stars.
However, no matter what the reason, Lu Min finally defeated the demon coalition in one fell swoop and expelled the demon people, and Bai Min and Yu Min, who originally supported the demon people, saw that the general trend had gone, and took the initiative to retreat to the Western Continent and no longer set foot in Zhongzhou.
And to everyone's surprise, the sea people did not ask for the treasures on the earth, and quietly returned to the Nine Abyss Sea Palace, where they had lived for generations.
From that time on, of the five races that originally lived in the land of Zhongzhou, only one Lu Min remained, and the rich and fertile land was exclusively enjoyed by Lu Min.
Then, there was the change of dynasty, and the war also burned all over Zhongzhou, but that was only Lu Min's own business.
The stream didn't know what happened thousands of years ago, but he knew it, and he knew it.
Sea people have the gift of stars, have a life trajectory of nearly a thousand years, and have an innate perception of the stars.
Twenty years ago, I was like my father all my life, as a fisherman to support his family, my father had already made a family affair for him, and then he married a wife, gave birth to children, died of old age, and was buried in the forest of the back mountain, which was not bad.
Until that day, at the age of eighteen, he picked up Cai Cai from the sea.
It was a little girl with a fishtail body, long water-blue hair, as soft and dense as an adult woman in Lu Min, and on her delicate little face, she had a beauty completely different from that of a country woman, although she was still a little girl, but she could already be seen to be a beautiful embryo.
When he was young, he didn't know any of this, but as fishermen for generations, they still knew a little about the Sea Clan.
This kind of fishtail human body must be a sea people.
Legend has it that the people of the sea have the ability to fall into tears, if they make her cry......
He thought so, and before he could act on it, the beautiful little girl had already realized his intentions.
"Do you want to be a fisherman for the rest of your life?" The little girl spoke, in a tone of insight.
"Take me to the royal capital, I can give you everything you want." The little girl did not wait for his answer, and she did not bother to wait for his answer, because she knew that he could not refuse.
From his eyes, she could read the purity of this man, without the shadow of evil.
He said goodbye to his father and mother, and came to the royal capital with the little girl in his arms.
And she said, Henceforth, thou shalt be called a stream.
She said, "From now on, you are my man."
He said, OK.
This companionship is twenty years. Twenty years did not make her old, and in the same way, she used her strength to delay her aging.
It's just that he knows that what hasn't changed in the past 20 years is his appearance. What changed was his heart, and what he wanted.
From her mouth, he learned all kinds of knowledge, such as Haimin was born with cold blood, and he could only use illusions to conjure his legs when he went to land, but he couldn't last long, and he had to return to the water in a few days.
Not even the secret classics of the royal family have recorded it, such as the holy land of the sea people, the seven stone pillars between the nine abysses, which record the history of the sea people for thousands of years.
She told him all these things. Because she knew that no matter how much she told him, he would take them to the earth.
He followed her from the fishing village to the royal capital, from the mountain and wild mangfu to the star-gazing supervisor, and obtained a life that he had never thought of before.
He knew that she had a purpose that he didn't want to tell anyone, so he never asked, just looked at her like that, as if looking at a flower, a blooming, lonely and peerless beautiful flower.
But none of that matters. It would be much better to be by her side until she died, as she is now, than in a small fishing village.
It's a pity that his life is only a few decades, and compared to her thousand-year-long life, he is just a dispensable passerby.
If there is one last wish, it is enough to be buried back in the back mountain of his hometown after death, with the tombstone facing the sea, so that he can always listen to the sound of the waves.
That's all.
On the noisy ghost market street, Cai Cai stopped Liu Shuang.
The little girl didn't know the name of the strange man, and she heard the seventh prince of Chu she knew call him stupid, and the little girl of the sea people, who was not well versed in the world of Lu Min, shouted along with the praise of others.
Liu Shuang looked back in surprise, "Are you calling me?" ”
Ignoring Liu Shuang, the little girl nodded, and her little hand straightened the pineapple mask, the huge mask completely covered her small cheeks, making her not so comfortable.
"I'll wait for you over there." Although Chu Qingqing was curious, what was the origin of this little order from Lizhou, Lord Zhuo favored him, and Qiao Chuyun's old people recognized him, and now, even Lord Litianguan made a special trip to stop him, but it was inconvenient for her to find out about this.
Xiliu nodded slightly, Chu Qingqing knew them when she came to the royal capital three years ago, she knew that the two people in front of her were almost of the same mind, and Xiliu meant that Cai Cai didn't mind whether she avoided it or not.
It's just that girl, too lazy to take care of people's feelings, never expresses these details. It has always been handled by the stream, and it has always been in front of King Chen.
Chu Qingqing smiled back, and suddenly realized that the other side couldn't see his expression through the mask. He also bowed his head and retreated.
"My name is Liu Shuang." The young man sat still, his eyes looking around.
Just now, I had been attracted by the changing star compass, but when I looked at it now, I found that the man named Xiliu had a tall figure, and although he was covered under the Tsing Yi robe, he still couldn't hide his charm.
The little girl in his arms was leaning on the man's chest, her eyes looking at no one all the time. And the ghost market street was noisy and crowded, so she could only stare at the bottom of the square table, like a timid child.
"Well, stupid, you put your hand on the star compass." The little girl seemed to like Chu Qingqing's name for him, and it was okay, Liu Shuang didn't care, it was much better than Old Man Wen always calling himself a little scourge.
"Liu Shuanggongzi forgive me, Cai Cai has no malicious intentions." Stream Wen Yan explained.
Liu Shuang shook his head, saying that he didn't care, but such a title seemed kind.
He placed his right hand in the center of the star compass, and could feel the texture of the astrolabe blooming under his palm, and before he knew it, he closed his eyes.
Red. Scarlet-eyed blood gushed out, like lakes and rivers, all over the ground, and black waves rolled up from the distant seven seas, as if they were about to rush up into the sky, and everything was silent, like ...... The cold night of the wilderness is as empty and long.
"Ahh The strong sense of emptiness made Liu Shuang scream, and he quickly withdrew his hand to protect himself and knocked down the astrolabe, and the disc made of metal fell to the ground, making a crisp copper sound, but fortunately it was buried by the noisy voices of passers-by and could not be heard.
"What do you see, tell me!" The girl suddenly sat up straight, her eyes shining with an extraordinarily bright light, and her tone was full of excitement and curiosity.
I have never seen Cai Cai with such a demeanor, even on the day when he was appointed as the official of Litian by King Lao Chen, the stream just silently followed the girl's body, quietly moved her body, and approached the square table, so that the girl's hand could touch the astrolabe and Liu Shuang.
"Blood, and the black sea, and ...... Boundless ...... Lonely ......" Liu Shuang's usual laughing expression was all gone, with a thoughtful expression.
Hearing these words, Cai Cai's originally excited spirit suddenly fell, and his small body sat weakly in the arms of the stream.
The stream hugged the cold little guy in her arms without a trace, wanting to use her temperature to give her a solid support.
However, Stream knew that she was his spiritual support.
"Stream, I'm tired, let's go back." Cai Cai's declining command, his round eyes were gently closed, and his little hand held the arm of the stream, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
"Liu Gongzi, please go back. The seventh prince of Chu is waiting for you. Stream tried to keep his tone as gentle as possible, and the only thing he thought about was the man in his arms compared to the stranger.
The stream picked up the white velvet from the chair behind her, gently wrapped her arms around the little girl in her arms, and covered her cold body, turning and disappearing into the shadows of the alley.
Two men in black with cloaks immediately followed, walking vigorously.
Liu Shuang looked at the two people who left in a hurry, as well as the black-clothed man who was obviously a martial guard, and his expression changed.
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The stream surrounded the little girl in her arms, and under the protection of a group of ten black-clothed guards, she turned out of the dark passage of the ghost market street and rushed towards the palace of the Forbidden City.
The most convenient passage into the forbidden city in Beishi is Beihua Gate. Although it was already night, after all, it was a royal palace, and the lights outside Beihua Gate were still bright.
"It's Lord Litianguan, open the door!" The commander of the garrison, who was routinely inspecting, saw them from afar, opened the door early, and respectfully got out of the way.
"Thank you." The stream politely agreed, and went straight to the stargazing prison.
Zhan Xingjian is located in the palace, which shows that King Chen attaches great importance to it. After all, Litianguan is young, and he will go to the ghost market to play every once in a while, and every time Litianguan travels, King Chen will send more than ten people to guard the palace army.
What a glory it is for those who are relatives of King Chen, and who are the strongest warriors in the royal capital of the palace, to be protected.
Chen Yang, the commander of the garrison, looked at the young celestial official who was being guarded by the army in front of the palace from a distance, and his eyes showed a look of envy. It's just that he didn't know that the real Litianguan was that little girl.
"Oh, my Lord Tianguan, you're finally back!" The young King Chen, dressed in the purple and black princes' robes, waited in the Star Gazing Prison early, and when he saw the group of people coming back, he said with a spring breeze on his face.
"Meet His Royal Highness King Chen." The stream that hurried back saw King Chen coming, so he had to slow down slightly, knelt down on one knee, and his arms still maintained a stable posture, so that the little man in his arms could sleep peacefully.
"Stream, don't be polite." King Chen didn't blame, looking at Cai Cai, who was still wearing a pineapple mask, and knew that he was going to play in the ghost market again, but asked with concern, "What, Tianguan, she's asleep?" ”
"Yes, Your Highness." The stream did not, and did not intend to wake up the child in its arms, who did not respect the king.
"Okay, then I'll come back tomorrow." With a disappointed expression, King Chen instructed his attendant to hand over a wooden box with a fragrance, "The imperial capital has sent a chrysanthemum flower paste for picking." ”
"The stream has thanked His Highness for Cai Cai." A starkeeper from the Star Gazer came over and took the wooden box.
"That's it!" King Chen waved his hand and left the Star Gazetteer.
"Greetings to Your Highness." The young King Chen went out under the congratulations of all the star supervisors of Zhanxing Prison.
"Wei Chun, are you ready?" The stream summoned a star supervisor, frowned unconsciously, and asked anxiously.
"Alright, sir." The middle-aged man named Wei Chun bowed his head back.
"Okay, let's all go down and rest." The stream retreated from the crowd and entered the back hall with the cai.
In the wide space of the back hall, there is only one huge lotus pond, which is full of lotus flowers in this early spring, but if you look closely, those lotus flowers with extremely exquisite workmanship are just handicrafts.
The water temperature has a familiar touch, like the feeling of the seaside.
The stream gently took off the little girl's mask, revealing a delicate and delicate face, her eyes were closed at this time, her little hands were clenched into fists, and she did not know what kind of scenery was in the dream.
This pond is specially made according to the temperature and salt of the seawater, and if you like lotus flowers, you will find someone to make some handicrafts and put them in the pond.
The stream gently laid the girl flat in the pool, and the girl's pink dress bloomed in the water, like a blooming flower.
The pool flooded the girl's fishtail, and her petite body slowly covered the top of her head.
Streams watched as the girl's complexion began to stretch, and a soft smile appeared on Qingjun's face.
Leaning against the wooden steps by the pond, the stream with the appearance of a young man sleeps.