It was a quiet morning, the sun was shining, the air was exceptionally fresh, the yard was cleaned, and the woman to the east had disappeared.

Ji Lie came out of the room, and the little bird was parked on his shoulder, and it was holding Ji Lie's shoulder tightly, pecking at the grass seeds in Ji Lie's hair, perhaps, it thought it was chaff grains.

Xiao Yu came from the backyard, holding two chicks in his hand and passing in front of Ji Lie, the woman left, but did not bring the cage of chickens in the backyard, and now, it belongs to the little maid. She was about to stew the two chickens and cook a thick pot of meat soup for Ji Lie, but the chicks in her hand were disobedient, they flapped their wings, rolled their little eyes, and chirped.

Xiao Yu followed their eyes and found Ji Lie, she was stunned for a moment, and saluted Ji Lie: "Hou Zi got up early. ”

"yes, it's early."

Ji Lie smiled slightly, in a good mood, stood on the steps, and spread out his palms: "Here you go, don't lose it again." ”

In the palm of the palm is a vertical tassel, the style is chic, the handicraft is fine, from the south of the river of the south of Chu, the south is different from the northerners, the northerners are rough, the southerners are meticulous, and the cultural heritage also has a large deviation, so the north of the great river, the vassal states that claim to be authentic have always looked down on the countries south of the Yangtze River, and regard them as barbarians, but they have to admit that the jewelry made by the southerners is extremely beautiful.

Xiao Yu looked at the tassel ribbon in Ji Lie's palm, his eyes slowly turned red, and he bit his lip: "How did Hou Zi find it back?" ”

Ji Lie smiled: "I exchanged it for a bead." He wasn't lying, he exchanged the ribbon with the woman with the jewel jewelry the little fat man had given him.

Xiao Yu said: "One bead can buy many ribbons." ”

"No, this ribbon is different, it's definitely worth more than that bead." Ji Lie handed over the ribbon, the priceless treasure was precious because it was scarce, and this ribbon was indeed unique in his heart.

Xiao Yu took a deep look at Ji Lie, and was about to carry the hem of her skirt to salute, and then go to take the precious ribbon, who knows, she was holding the chicken cubs in both hands, and she couldn't free her hands at all, and the two restless chicks suddenly screamed towards the bird on Ji Lie's shoulder.

Not to be outdone, the little bird on Ji Lie's shoulder also cried at the two chicks.

"Twitter......"

"Goo-goo-goo......"

All of a sudden, the whole courtyard was in chaos, and the birds jumped up and down on Ji Lie's shoulders, and their cries became louder and louder, as if defending its majesty. But the two chicks are obviously not afraid of it, in the eyes of the chicks, it is so thin and small that it has not even grown hair, what is there to be afraid of?

Xiao Yu's face was red with shame, obviously he didn't know what to do, Ji Lie was also stunned, after a while, the little maid came back to her senses first, hurriedly hooked the ribbon handed by Ji Lie with her tail finger, turned around and walked towards the kitchen, her steps were scattered.

At this time, Ji Lie suddenly said, "Xiao Yu, let them go." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Yu looked back, puzzled.

Ji Lie said: "It's the same as the feather generation, so why favor one over the other." ”

The beautiful little maid tilted her head and thought about it, as if she understood a little, but she didn't fully understand, and her beautiful brows furrowed: "However, even if you don't eat them today, they will still be eaten one day." ”

Ji Lie comforted the 'evil' bird on his shoulder with his hand, and smiled, "At least today, their fate is the same. ”

"Oh."

Xiao Yu blinked her eyes and couldn't turn around, she felt that Hou Zi was so strange today, the chicken was just used to eat, why did she give it a different chance? However, she felt that what Hou Zi said seemed to be reasonable, and there was another deep meaning, but she couldn't figure out what that deep meaning was, so she simply didn't want to, put the two chicks on the ground, and clapped her hands gently: "Go." ”

"Twitter......" The two chicks fled quickly.

"Don't run too fast, you have to thank Hou Zi." The little chicks had already escaped from the yard, and Xiao Yu suddenly remembered that they should thank Hou Zi for not killing, so they floated to the gate of the courtyard lightly, put their hands to their mouths, and shouted towards the door.

Ji Lie smiled silently, Xiao Yu turned around, and happened to meet his gaze, and in an instant, the little maid who loved red face turned red again, and quickly lowered her head and ran towards the kitchen quickly.

The little daughter's love beans are just blooming, she seems to understand whether she understands or not, and she is ashamed to speak, which is so cute.

At this moment, the mute coachman led several people into the courtyard, and they walked to the bottom of the steps and knelt half-on the ground towards Ji Lie.

Ji Lie looked at it, they were sturdy, their eyes were blazing, and they were carrying all kinds of weapons, needless to say, the coachman naturally had a black long sword, on the right side of the coachman, was a bald man who was as strong as a mountain, and he was carrying an exaggerated war hammer on his back, and when he knelt on one knee, he obviously felt the yellow sand on the ground shake.

To the left of the coachman was a farmer, ragged and simple-looking, with a heavy iron shield on his back and a heavy sword at his waist.

Behind the farmer was a slightly thin man, but his weapons were two heavy axes, which were inserted diagonally behind his back, and the shoulders were exposed to the handle of the axe, and the sun fell on the handle but did not reflect it, just like the man's eyes, which were cold and bottomless.

The other two were archers, one carrying a horned bow, the other carrying a Huang Yang longbow, carrying a sword on his left waist, a quiver wrapped around his right waist, and a quiver on both shoulders.

From beginning to end, they didn't say a word, just looked at Ji Lie so fixedly. Six people, six kinds of momentum, but it gives people the feeling of thousands of troops arrayed in front.

Ji Lie was also shocked by the atmosphere in front of him, and after a while, he helped them up one by one, and now, he naturally knew who these people were, they were loyal warriors, and regarded Xinnuo as the only one, a precious treasure left to him by his mother.

From today onwards, he will rely on these people to go elsewhere. Because his monarch would not send someone to escort him to the Yan Kingdom, he only gave him a letter of state with a seal and a bag of money, and even horses and chariots that symbolized the state would not be provided.

However, Ji Lie does not resent such a father, since An Jun forced him to make a choice, the word 'father' has disappeared in his heart, there will be no such thing now, and it will not be in the future......

Don't worry if you don't have a war horse, I still have a thin horse, don't worry if you don't have a chariot, I still have a broken car, don't worry if you don't have an escort, you want my life, and you can exchange it for your life!!

Ji Lie gritted his teeth, raised his head, and tried his best not to let his tears roll out, and the rising sun projected on his face, casting a layer of tragic light on him. The 'evil evil' bird on its shoulder seemed to be aware of his heavy breath, it stretched out its little head and grinded his face, but Ji Lie ignored it, it was a little anxious, its little red eyes turned, and it suddenly let out a long cry at the red sun in the eastern sky.

"Wow!"

Although the cry is thin, but the wind is piercing, it does not stop, it has a long cry, while opening and closing its wings, as if it wants to flutter its wings, break through the red sun, smash the blue sky, but the hair is not together, how can it fly, but the momentum is breathtaking.

"Divine Bird, ......"

"Hou Zi, Hou Zi, this is a divine bird......

The dumb coachman was the first to kneel, and after the other five people were shocked, they knelt on the ground one after another, and the farmer raised his head, looked directly at the bird on Ji Lie's shoulder, and muttered to himself: "There are birds coming from the east, and they are beautiful, crying like clouds, draped like red glow, and their foreheads are aligned, and their feet are full of fire claws, and they are perched on sycamores at night, and the sound shocks the world." Hou Zi, this is the Vermilion Bird Divine Bird......"

"Suzaku? Divine Bird? ”

Ji Lie was taken aback, and twisted the little bird that was still flapping its wings in his hand with two fingers, and looked at it carefully, not to mention, it was really a little weird, although it was only a little big, and the hair had not yet grown, but there were really a few long reverse feathers on the forehead, and it was impossible to see if you didn't look closely, and the claws were also different from other birds, red as fire coal, and there was a faint bit of gold at the sharp corners, just like the layer of golden light at the tip when the rolling flame was burning.

Could it really be that it is a Vermilion Bird Divine Bird?

It's just such a small point that specializes in eating chaff grains, and it still shocks the world?

Ji Lie was confused, but the warriors were more religious, their eyes were as hot as fire, in their eyes, Ji Lie's figure was getting taller and taller, this is definitely the Vermilion Bird Divine Bird, it came to Hou Zi's side at the right time, what does this mean? You know, the Anguo people claim to be descendants of Suzaku.

However, watching Ji Lie screw this divine bird in his hands like a chick, they couldn't help but secretly sweat for Hou Zi. Fortunately, Ji Lie only shook the divine bird a little, and threw it on his shoulder, with a calm and indifferent expression.

The warriors thought to themselves: 'Hou Zi is really different from people, he is so favored by the great god Haotian, but he is still immovable, such a person, God will bless him, and people will respect him.' ’

The unexpected joy did not stir up too many waves, at least on the surface, as for whether it was an undercurrent surging, it will need to be witnessed later.

When Xiao Yu made breakfast and looked at it in amazement, it ate a whole urn of chaff porridge, and then flew to Ji Lie's shoulder, stretching out its long pointed beak from time to time to peck at Ji Lie's hair, as if trying to find a few insects or lice from it.

Ji Lie felt that at present, it didn't seem to have the potential of the Vermilion Bird Divine Bird, just a greedy chick.

It's time to go.

According to the custom, no matter what Ji Lie thinks in his heart, he must go to the palace gate, accept the blessing of the old witch official, bid farewell to his father, bid farewell to the land and people of Anguo, and then cross the Liuyuan River and then trek thousands of miles to Yan Kingdom. As for why he didn't take the Tairi Gorge Road, An Jun didn't give any explanation, and Ji Lie didn't need any explanation.

The skinny horse pulled the broken car to the door.

Ji Lie walked out of the door without a courtyard gate in a bright body, followed by seven people, the mute coachman Song Rang, the beautiful little maid Xiaoyu, the bald warhammer bear battle, the sword and shield farmer Ji Ying, the whirlwind double axe Huo Xun, the horn hard archer Tian Li, and the Huang Yang longbow Tian Chong.

Ji Lie patted the thin horse's neck, handed the bird to Xiao Yu, and looked around, under the blue sky and white clouds, towering plane trees, few cooking smoke, low thatched huts, crooked loess roads, numb passers-by, and a group of bare-ass children laughing in the distance.

It's been three years, and I've finally waited for such a day.

Ji Lie exhaled a long breath, pressed the 'Tiger Evil' sword, stepped on the wooden bench that the coachman had placed under the carriage, and got into the broken cart.