Chapter 132: The King and the Lord
Eight hundred miles of Liuyuan River flowed quietly along the cliff, when it bypassed a narrow bend, turned to the east of Qishan Mountain, but suddenly roared, the hurricane rose in the air, wave after wave, layer upon layer, rolling into the sea.
Ji Lie stood on the hillside on horseback, looking at the pale blue sea, flocks of seabirds flying in front of him, and the salty sea breeze swept up the big clouds behind him, making a rustling sound. The horse under the seat had never seen the sea, and it flapped its ears and looked at the sea for a moment, apparently as his master was also shocked by the immensity of the sea.
"Phew, wow!"
The great firebird soars over the sea, and there is no place in the world where it cannot go. It chased the seabirds from east to west, and from west to east, and when it retracted its wings and landed beside Ji Lie, it had already flown around Ji Lie's territory.
Thirty miles is not a vast land, but it is here.
Before coming here, Ji Lie had thought about what kind of place it would be, since it was close to the sea, there must be a fishing village, since it was backed by a high mountain, there must be mountain people, fishermen and mountain people need to trade, then there must be a town, since there are many bandits, then it must be a town very strong, but, it stands to reason that the town must be very small, not even as good as a fishing village in Anguo.
However, he miscalculated, there were no fishing villages and no towns, only endless desolation. As far as the eye can see, this is a paradise for seabirds, they are the masters of this place, and those who live here, they are like mice, scattered mice. Three in groups, five in a group, scattered on the thirty-mile coast. They can't even tell who is the bandit and who is the real master.
When Ji Lie led his five hundred horsemen across the land, the rats fled in panic, and those who didn't have time to escape prostrate on the ground, buried their heads in the dirt, and raised their hands high. Even, in order to survive, someone pushed his daughter in front of Ji Lie's horse with that trembling and filthy hand.
It was a little girl, no more than ten years old, ragged and unkempt, with a pale yellow face and big eyes. She told Ji Lie that she could do anything, and as long as she was washed, she would definitely be satisfied with Ji Lie.
At that time, Ji Lie was stunned.
The little girl panicked, she grabbed Ji Lie's hand and pulled it towards her chest. Ji Lie seemed to have been bitten by a poisonous snake, and suddenly retracted his hand, not wanting to tear her into the mud because of his excessive strength. She got up from the mud, wiped her face, didn't cry or make trouble, just opened her big eyes, and said calmly that her sister had served the king well last time, and saved the lives of their family, and she wanted to learn from her sister.
Ji Lie asked her, where is your sister?
The little girl said that she was taken away by the king.
From now on, you don't have to learn from your sister, and you don't have to be afraid anymore.
Ji Lie pointed to the rats that were trembling in the mud and told them loudly that he was the lord of the place and would protect them. However, no one responded to him, the rat is still a mouse, perhaps, in their hearts, this king is a little strange, he doesn't like to be a king, but he likes to be a lord.
This is Ji Lie's territory, the people in the territory are ignorant and numb, they can't see any meaning of survival in their eyes, and endless sorrow envelops them, like lonely ghosts and ghosts without a home. But it's no wonder that they are indeed extremely rampant.
It was already the beginning of April, and in a short distance of more than 200 miles from the west to the east of Qishan, Ji Lie and his retainers had walked for half a month, not because of anything else, but because of one attack after another, and those bandits rushed down from the mountains and forests, and rushed without fear of death, holding embroidered iron swords and sticks, and using bows and arrows made of branches, and screaming like vultures, rushing to death, the death of the enemy, or their own death.
"That's a terrible territory."
Ji Liele turned his horse's head and looked at the shore behind him, his brow furrowed, the soldiers had set up a simple camp behind the hillside, and in the distance, a group of rats were probing their brains, taking one step forward, and three steps back, without guessing, they wanted to ask the king if he was not leaving, but they did not have the courage to step forward. Alas, no wonder no one cares about it here, even if King Wu Ying comes here, I'm afraid he will be at a loss.
"Goo."
The Great Firebird sensed his concern and ground his head on his shoulder armor, the guy was still growing his head, and it was now standing upright, at shoulder level with Ji Lie on horseback. Ji Lie stroked the reverse feather on the top of its head, and his brows tightened.
At this moment, a horse suddenly appeared in the camp, and the hurried hooves of the horses rushed towards the group of rats in the damp dirt, too far away to see the appearance of the people on horseback, but Ji Lie knew who it was, because it was a purple rainbow shadow.
"What does she want to do? Don't you can't stand the miserable scene here, you don't want to be a waiter anymore, and you want to go back to be a singer? Let's go, let's go, let's go. ”
As soon as this thought came out of his heart, Ji Lie himself felt funny, so he cracked his mouth and smiled coldly. As everyone knows, he miscalculated again.
The seabird hovered overhead, and the warhorse galloped on the damp earth, pulling up a purple afterimage, and it ran like lightning towards the group of rats, and the rats were frightened, screaming, and fleeing in all directions.
There was a small black dot that escaped very quickly, but because it was too fast to grasp the balance, it fell into the mud with a 'plop', and was about to be trampled by the horse's hooves, and the knight on horseback jerked the reins, and the horse shaved its front hooves high, and kept neighing.
The knight jumped down from his horse, and helped the little black dot out of the quagmire, and I don't know what she said to the little black dot, but I saw her take the little black dot on her horse's back, and then rode towards the camp, and she did not stop her horse in the camp, but ran straight towards the hillside where Ji Lie was. The sea breeze lifted her long hair and fluttered like a waterfall.
"Hey!"
Coming to Ji Lie's face, she once again showed her exquisite equestrian skills, letting the two front hooves of the war horse wantonly gouge in front of Ji Lie's nose, and the heat wave and foam sprayed by the war horse when it neighed made Ji Lie's face.
Ji Lie didn't move, quietly watching her perform.
When the horse's hooves fell heavily and trampled the dirt on the ground, she floated off the horse's back lightly, picked up the little black dot, combed a trace of messy hair on the side of her mouth, and smiled: "Tell the lord, what is your name?" ”
"My name is Little Black Bird, my name is Little Black Bird." Little Black Dot's eyes widened and he said, with a hint of blush on his face.
"Little Blackbird?"
This is really a good name, Ji Lie rolled off the horse, squatted on the ground, frowned, and looked at the little black dot, this is a little girl, she is no one else, it is the little girl who said that as long as she washes her, she can make Ji Lie satisfied. At this moment, she was standing beside Tonghua, wanting to grab the corner of Tonghua's clothes, but she was afraid that her hands would stain the exquisite skirt, and her expression was quite cramped and uneasy.
The little girl has only a small lump.
The big firebird also wanted to squat down like Ji Lie, but its two paws could not bend, so it sat on the ground and looked at the little girl without blinking.
"I'm a lord, not a king."
"Oh, my lord."
"Lord." Ji Lie emphasized.
"The King."
The little girl is very stubborn, but it is also possible that she can't tell the difference between a lord and a king, after all, since she was born, there is only a king, no lord.
"Goo."
The big firebird monster screamed, and as if it was amused, it stretched out its pointed beak to touch the little girl's face.
The little girl was taken aback, and hid behind Tonghua with a 'whoosh', but in the next moment, she appeared half of her face again, opened her big eyes, and looked at the big firebird with great curiosity, she had never seen such a majestic bird.
"Don't be afraid of it, it doesn't eat people. Tell your lord where is that abandoned town? ”
Tonghua also squatted down, her purple dress dragged on the ground, and the corners were muddy, but she didn't care at all, she reached out and hugged the dodging little black bird in her arms, and gently stroked the little girl's bun.
"Goo!" The great firebird raised its head and looked up at the sky.
"It's so majestic, like a king."
The little girl was not very afraid of the big firebird, but under Tonghua's comfort, she became even bolder, turned a pair of big black eyes, tried to stretch out her hand, quickly touched the neck of the big firebird, and retracted it very quickly, as if she was burned by fire.
"There's a town here?" Ji Yeol's eyes lit up.
"Hmm."
Tonghua didn't look at Ji Lie, she gently arranged the little girl's unkempt hair, and said softly: "The little black bird said that there was originally a town here, which was destroyed by the war more than ten years ago, but it should still be able to live in it." I thought maybe this would work for you, so I brought her in. ”
"Very well, little blackbird, where is the town?" Ji Lie's voice became urgent.
"There it is, huh."
The little girl reluctantly took her eyes off the big firebird, she broke free from Tonghua's arms, stretched out a finger, and pointed into the distance.
The verdant Qishan is like a sharp sword, straight into the sky, the clouds around the fog between the can't see the whole picture, there is a depression at the edge of the dense forest, the sea breeze and the mountain wind sweep here, forming an invisible whirlpool, emitting a 'whimpering' ghost cry, which makes people listen to the creepy.
Ji Lie and his retainers and samurai, including Kirika and Little Black Bird, immediately came here.
The wounds of war were evident in the hollows, the crumbling walls, the sloping towers, the houses half buried by fallen leaves and mud, and the poisonous snakes and rats roaming in them, and the great firebird caught two huge vipers from them, one of which he disemboweled, and the other under his claws, ready to be supper.
"King, this is Huifeng Town, my mother said, there were many people here before, but they were all killed by the kings, this place is too close to the mountain, there are many kings in the mountain, and we don't dare to live...... Ah, it's so majestic, even poisonous snakes dare to eat it! ”