There was a dead smell in the valley, and the earth was extremely damp, and it was full of rotting leaves, and if you stepped on it, the muddy mud would splash out from under the fallen leaves, and it smelled terrible. From time to time, I will step on some slippery things, which are skulls, some are still fresh, the bones are white, and some are very old, the bones have turned yellow and black, and the eye sockets are bubbling with yellow water, as if they can be stepped on with one foot, but they are actually very hard.

The guards were plaguing the way ahead, his armor covered in mud, and his pace was slow, but he still stepped on the ubiquitous skeletons, making a cacophony of rattling sounds.

Ziegy walked behind the guard, carrying an iron sword in his hand, which was also covered with filthy muddy water, some of which had hardened and had patches on the sword, some of which were still dripping down the tip of the sword. He looked very embarrassed, the big coat hung on his back like a rag, the helmet didn't know where it went, only half of the shoulder armor was left, and the only one who was still intact was probably him, yes, the nose, eyes and mouth were still there. The woman named Floating Feather walked beside Ziggy, and now she could not see that she was a woman, much less how beautiful she had been, her face was covered with mud, and her hair was messy, like a bird's nest on top, with a few fresh fallen leaves and a moss on it.

The valley was very long and narrow, and it had been two days of walking, but there was still no end in sight, flanked by lush mountain forests, and tall trees obscured the sky, and vultures were waiting in the trees, waiting for them to die. This valley has a terrifying name, the Bones. This is the place where the Qi State meets the Lu State, but it is far from the Great Road. Ever since he left Jimo City, Zig had been walking aimlessly, with no goal or direction. Exile, isn't it all like that? Sometimes, he would spend the night in the village, enjoying bracken porridge with the simple villagers, and sometimes he would sleep in the wilderness, listening to the wolf howling and watching the moon in a daze. Neither the villagers nor the moon recognized him as coming, because he was no longer the king of Qi now, but just an exile who could never return to Qi.

Ziggy originally had two guards, but one had died a few days earlier, at the hands of a group of robbers, who were so fierce that they rushed out of the woods and chopped off the guard's head with a single sword, while Ziegy and Fuyu were watching the moon outside the tent. The moon was as round as the head of the guard. The robbers found the beautiful floating feather, she was beaten and carried into the den by the robber leader, Zig was tied to a tree, and the moonlight shone on the human head at her feet. Ukiha is the woman he likes, and she is about to be ravaged by the bandit leader, but he can't do anything about it. At that moment, endless humiliation entangled Ziggy, he could hear his teeth squeaking, and he could also see his own shadow, the shadow cast on the ground, so small and lowly. What fear and anger were, he finally knew.

The robbers wanted to kill him, but Ukiha protected him with his weak body. On a dark night, only the robber leader's treehouse still shone brightly, and Ziegy had never hated the lights so much, and he wouldn't have felt so humiliated and had nowhere to hide if it weren't for the dwindling lights and the sound of cow-like gasps. He was still tied to a tree, and he hadn't eaten anything for two days and two nights, and hunger and hatred were buried in his heart, gnawing at him little by little, and his whole body was trembling. At that moment, Floating Feather walked out of the tree house, the light shining on her, she was carrying the head of the robber leader in her hand, and the blood was dripping down one by one, and she couldn't get an inch up and down.

They escaped from the robbers' den, scurrying through the mountains and forests, losing their way, and even if they were not lost, they did not dare to take the main road, and the robbers were chasing after them.

Finally out of the valley, the robbers did not catch up with them.

Dark clouds rolled overhead, tattered clouds gathered and dispersed, and lightning flashed from time to time.

It's raining again.

In front of him is a mountain beam, over this mountain beam should be Lu Guo, Qi Ge panted, climbed the mountain beam with his hands and feet, sat under the towering tree, his body was extremely uncomfortable, and the ants crawled around in the gaps in the armor, biting him from time to time. He really wanted to take off this armor, change into clean clothes, take a hot bath, and drown all these ants. However, these were extravagant hopes, and the carriage and horses were lost in the robbers' dens.

It was raining, and the rain was falling from the sky, and Ziegy stood up, walked outside the tree, raised his head, and spread his hands, and let the cold rain fall on his face, body, and rush at the ants.

"Your Majesty, let's have something to eat."

The guard made a fire under another tree, and there was no knife or flint, so he drilled wood to make fire, but the branches were damp and could not start a fire at all. Floating Feather came from the woods, carrying in his hand a vulture, the same vulture that had been following them, waiting for them to die in the valley of bones, which Ziggy recognized, and the beast had a pinch of white hair in the middle of its forehead, like another eye.

Ziegy turned and walked under the tree and sat down again.

Floating Feather walked up to him, crouched down, and plucked the vulture's fur without saying a word.

Ziggy didn't look at her, and she didn't dare look at Ziggy. Ever since he had escaped from the robber's den, Ziggy was afraid to look into her eyes, and every time he saw them, he remembered the beating lights, and he remembered her carcass, what a wonderful body it was, and he couldn't protect her.

She wiped her dagger stained with blood and mud on the grass, chopped off the vulture's head, went out of the tree, chose a cleaner puddle, washed the vulture, walked under the tree again, knelt in front of Zieg, and held the chopped vulture meat in both hands.

The vulture's flesh was very coarse, and there was an indescribable sour and rancid taste, chewing in the mouth like chewing moldy straw, but Ziggy chewed quickly, his mouth bulging, and he swallowed desperately. He still didn't look at the floating feathers, his eyes were dodging.

"Eat slowly."

Fu Yu squatted beside him, holding the vulture's head and gnawing it, her eating appearance was very elegant, first biting a trace of skin with her bright teeth, and then pulling it into her mouth little by little, and then quietly rolling it with her tongue, chewing and swallowing slowly, like a little mud cat eating.

The guard did not raise the fire, but went around the woods, and somehow smashed three eggs from the tree, and gave one to Ziggy, one to Fuyu, and one to himself. Then he went back to the tree, sucked the eggs of his own, and began to drill wood for fire again.

On the silent mountain beam, the rain beat the leaves overhead, and the guards hissed with the tips of their swords to drill into the wood. Ziggy quickly chewed off the vulture's meat, and he didn't taste it at all, but his stomach was full. He handed the egg to Floating Feather, the vulture's head was only a little bit, and she couldn't eat enough, and there was still a long way to go.

"Your Majesty, Fuyu is full."

The vulture's head was gnawed by the floating feathers, and even the tongue in the bird's beak was not spared, and now, the vulture was left with only one skeleton, and the floating feathers walked to the edge of the mountain beam and threw the bird skeleton into the valley of bones, and in this way, there was another skeleton in the valley of bones.

"Do you know what this place is?"

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the valley of the bones was filled with steaming water, which was full of water and spread over the mountain beams, and the whole forest was covered with a light veil of mist, and the rapid raindrops could not penetrate it. Fu Yu squatted beside Ziggy, hugged his two calves, rested his chin on his knees, and looked at the valley for a moment.

Ziggy said: "Bone Valley." Fifteen years ago, just behind this mountain beam, the Qi and Lu fought a decisive battle, that battle, the Qi country won, the Lu country was defeated, there were too many people to die, and they couldn't be buried at all, so my father ordered the soldiers to carry the corpses of the Lu people into this valley. Fu Yu, I am no longer the prince of Qi country, if you want, call me Qige. ”

As he spoke, he took off the tattered piece on his back and draped it over Floating Feather's shoulders, who shivered with cold cold in the bleak wind and rain.

"Your ......"

Fu Yu tugged at Da Yu's collar tightly, shrunk his head, and looked at Zig without blinking. Ziggy, however, turned his head and watched as the rain fell from the trees, carving hole after pit in the damp dirt.

"Your Majesty, there is something that Fu Yu has never told the truth, in fact, Fu Yu is from Lu State."

"I know, you have a gladiolus tattoo on your ankle. That night, I saw it. ”

Zigger's voice trembled a little, and the night he said it was the day when he was in the robber's den, and the floating feathers were naked.

Fu Yu has a brand on his ankle and wrist, which is the symbol of a slave, but there is indeed a bunch of gladiolus flowers on his ankles, and the gladiolus is the symbol of the Lu country, indicating that the slave is from the Lu country. At this moment, Fu Yu subconsciously shrank her foot and retracted it into her dirty trouser leg, her face was also dirty, only her eyes were exceptionally clear: "My father is buried in this valley." ”

Ziggy was silent.

Fu Yu continued: "The State of Lu and the State of Qi have a feud, my father was buried here, and I was sold to the State of Qi. That year, I was only four years old, and I also walked through this valley, kept walking, kept walking, my feet were rotten, and I came to Jimo City in Qi Kingdom. ”

"Is it because of that war?" Ziggy's voice was a little hoarse.

"Well, my home is just behind this mountain beam, and I have a dog named Xiaohua. It also died, having its head cut off by the soldiers of the State of Qi. ”

"What's your name, your original name." Zigger's voice grew deeper.

"Floating feathers."

"Floating feathers?"

Ziggy turned his head and looked at Floating Feather fixedly, his neck creaking because he had twisted so quickly. Fu Yu looked directly into Zige's eyes, and said softly: "Fu Yan is flying, and the pond is its feather." I am Floating Feather, I was Floating Feather, I am now, and I will always be. ”

"But I am no longer the king of all vehicles, just a person who has gone into exile in the world, and I regret it now, regretting that I should not have taken you with me." Zigger's eyes were full of pain.

Fu Yu said: "If the king didn't take me, I would have died, and I would have been killed by those nobles and scholars." Floating Feather is an ominous person, wherever he goes, people will die. ”

"If you are an ominous person, what about me?"

Qi Ge smiled bitterly, those nobles and scholars forced him to Zen, and the biggest excuse was that he would bring ruin to the Qi country.

"The king will always be the king, the Valley of Buried Bones failed to bury us, and the vultures did not get what they wanted, we will live well, and one day, the king will return to Jimo City. In the past, the king sacrificed his life to protect me, and in this life, Fuyu is the only one who will protect the king. ”

Floating Feather slowly leaned on Ziggy's shoulder, and his voice was soft.

Ziggy felt that the armor on his body was not so cold, and the heart in his chest was beating strongly, he hesitantly stretched out his hand, grabbed Fu Yu's waist, looked at the misty valley, and said: "Climb over this mountain beam, go all the way to the south, you will pass through the Huaicheng of Lu State, and then south, all the way to the south, there will be a big mountain, it is close to the sea, called Qishan, I have a friend there, I want to go and see him." ”

"Good. Wherever the king says he goes, he will go. ”

Floating Feather nodded.

"Bang!"

Just then, an arrow shot out of the woods, hitting the throat of the guard, who was still drilling wood for fire.