Chapter Seventy-One: The Imperial Pillar
Ling Yu thought for nearly an hour, sometimes he smiled, sometimes his brows tightened, until finally, he took a deep breath and said, "The reason why the Demon King is the Demon King is because he has dedicated his most precious youth to protect his people, and now I have sacrificed so many people to save him, even if he is really rescued, I don't think he will be happy." ”
"So, you're not going to save him?"
"No, I don't have the right to decide the life and death of others, but I have the right to decide my own. Even if I lose, even if I have to die at the hands of those two Dou Wang, I will not regret this decision. Ling Yu said, a hint of firmness appeared in his sharp eyes.
It was easy to hold on to the third watch, but Ling Yu's eyes were still wide open, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.
After another pause, as if he couldn't hold on any longer, he sat up suddenly, then got out of bed and walked out of the room.
He hid in the darkness and slowly walked towards the mountain gate, but when he really got out of the mountain gate, he couldn't help but stop, looked back for a moment, and muttered, "Yue'er, I'm sorry, Brother Ling Yu had to lie to you." ”
He paused, softened his expression, expressed his fortitude again, and said, "But don't worry, no matter what, I will definitely come back to you......"
With that, he gritted his teeth and summoned the Nether Blade, and Edgeworth went.
The flight speed of the Nether Blade is far from being comparable to that of a thousand miles, and in addition, it can have a straight line distance, so in terms of time, it can be shortened by almost a third.
But even so, he was still anxious in his heart, and the flight lasted three days and three nights, and the dry food he had brought with him was exhausted, and at noon on the fourth day, because of unbearable hunger, he had to find a secluded place to settle down and prepare to eat something.
Ling Yu landed in a small forest, and as soon as he came out of the forest, he saw a city, the gate of which was towering and towering, extending straight out on both sides, and he didn't know how far it was.
At the gate of the city stood a group of stubbornly clad soldiers, with red scarves tied at their necklines, meticulously checking passers-by.
"It seems that the emperor really sees you as a thorn in the flesh," Mr. Long's voice sounded in Ling Yu's heart, "Look, there are still pictures and texts on the city wall that captured you." ”
Ling Yu saw that it was really true, and immediately frowned, just now he was only concerned about being hungry, he didn't think about these questions, what was even more tricky was that he had already walked into the range of sight of the soldiers, if he turned back at this time, it would definitely attract their attention.
Although he is not afraid of them, once entangled, it will inevitably delay a lot of time.
Ling Yu rolled his eyes and took out the black cloak he had used in the auction before.
"They're so strict, a cloak is useless, right?"
Regarding Mr. Long's questioning, Ling Yu just smiled, did not rush to refute, and carefully surrounded his eyes.
He cultivated his fighting spirit, and his stature was indeed much taller than his peers, but he was half a head shorter than adults, so those soldiers didn't notice his movements.
The people in front of them entered the city one by one, and finally it was Ling Yu's turn, Ling Yu coughed while walking forward, and suddenly a thick arm stopped in front of him.
"Stop!" the bearded man snapped, "please take off your mouthcarf!"
Ling Yu pretended to be hoarse and said, "This official, the villain has leprosy, and he came to the city to see a doctor. You insist that I take off my mouthcarf, and if I get infected, don't blame the villain. ”
Hearing that it was leprosy, the beard subconsciously covered his mouth and nose, "No, no, what if it spreads in the city?"
Ling Yu hadn't slept for three days and three nights, and his face was somewhat pale, but it helped him at this time.
Ling Yu looked left and right, and saw that there was no one else except the soldiers, so he smiled and took out a bag of gold coins, secretly stuffed them into the man's hand, and said, "The autumn breeze is getting cooler, the official is hard, the villain invites you to drink a cup of hot tea." ”
The bearded man often does this kind of thing, whether it is a gold coin or a silver coin in the bag, and how much it weighs, he knows it lightly, and immediately smiles, and then waves his hand and says, "Go over, go over." ”
Entering the city, it was a prosperous scene again, with all kinds of merchants lining the wide streets, and all kinds of stalls in the gaps, and shouting and bargaining for a while.
Ling Yu also had no intention of playing, so he walked straight into an inn and ordered ten catties of beef and two catties of liquor. The shopkeeper saw that he was not too old, and his figure was not peculiar, but he asked for so many things, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, Ling Yu explained and took it away, and he came to his senses.
Ling Yu didn't drink a lot of wine, and the reason why he asked for two catties of liquor was just to drink some when he was tired, but at this time, he only put it aside and gobbled up cooked beef.
At this time, there was a sudden cry outside the door, Ling Yu swallowed the beef, and looked up at the place where the cry sounded, and saw a middle-aged woman in her forties and fifties, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, crying for her son, and walking towards the depths of the city.
"What's going on?" Ling Yu asked, pulling the shopkeeper along.
The shopkeeper showed sympathy on his face, and sighed: "This woman's name is Aunt Ji, and she is a family, although she is poor, her family of three is also happy and happy. But some time ago, an orc took a fancy to her daughter and raped her......"
When Ling Yu heard this, he couldn't help but slap the table hard, so frightened that the shopkeeper's head shrank, and he couldn't say any more.
Then he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly smiled: "It's me who lost my temper, little brother, please continue." ”
The shopkeeper could also feel the same way, so he didn't care, and continued: "That girl was so ashamed that she hanged herself to death, and her father refused to give up, and was actually killed by the orc!"
"I see that this city is also a prosperous scene, doesn't anyone care?" Although Ling Yu couldn't help but slap the table this time, his indignation was overflowing, "No matter what nationality you are, as long as you are in this land, you have to listen to your parents!"
The shopkeeper looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Alas, where are there any parent officials in our Datong Prefecture now?" Aunt Ji went to report to the official as soon as possible, but the orcs were arrested, but they had to be sent back to China. ”
"Why?" "How weak is it for a great country to dare not deal with the people of the enemy country?"
The shopkeeper said: "Since the death of the first emperor and the arrest of the Demon King, our empire is like a broken spine, we dare not fight, people dare not kill, so we don't have to nest!" After speaking, he shook his head and went to work.
Ling Yu was aroused by his pride, immediately packed up the food, and walked out after meeting the account, thinking: Since you don't dare to kill, then let me kill for you!
If the orc succeeds in returning to the motherland, maybe not only will he not be sentenced, but he will also be regarded as a hero, in that case, the end of the imperial girl will come, so this precedent must not be opened!