Chapter 44: The First Encounter with the Demon King (1)
After almost half a month, the Demon King sent someone to send news. He finally planned to meet Mo Ran.
The attendant took Mo Ran to the Yuhua Hall where the Demon King was, and along the way, Mo Ran looked left and right, as curious as a newborn baby.
Although she has been in the Demon Palace for more than two months, in order to concentrate on cultivation, she has never been to many places in the palace, and the Yuhua Hall is even more inaccessible, and there are demon soldiers guarding the entrance of the palace.
"Why did the Demon King figure it out that he wants to see me today?, isn't he a busy man?" Mo Ran casually asked the attendant who was walking in front.
"The holy woman said cautiously, the demon king ordered the slave to pick up the holy woman when he was free today. The squire replied as he walked forward briskly, bowing his head.
This has to grow up in the palace since childhood, it is not that I can't see my father for a year, and she lives like a left-behind child, Mo Ran said that she is really miserable.
"Your Highness the Holy Maiden, the palace in front of you is the Yuhua Palace. The squire pointed ahead and withdrew.
The Yuhua Hall is located in the center of the entire Demon Palace, and the Chongming Hall is located in the southwest of the Yuhua Palace, and the two halls are separated by the distance of the three palaces, which is not far.
The Yuhua Hall is also the largest and most majestic building among all the palaces in the entire Demon Palace. Each door in front of the hall is carved with all kinds of rare beast totems. In the middle of the roof rested a large three-legged monster bird, much larger than an adult peacock, with a white human face that resembled the appearance of an adult man, but with sharp-beaked monkey gills, which was very ugly. Mo Ran muttered: "Why is it so similar to Quasimodo......"
From a distance, it stood still like a sculpture, and when it got closer, I saw it flutter its wings, flick its paws, and call twice, as if it was shouting "Qu Ru, Qu Ru ......", as if it was greeting Mo Ran.
It seems that this is what Xiao Tao said earlier. This bird is ugly, but his temperament is gentler than that of Qiqi.
Dare to love this demon palace to keep these rare beasts as pets.
Mo Ran turned over but didn't bring anything to eat, thinking that this kind of bird should eat meat, he raised his head and imitated its call, and said, "Qu Ru, Qu Ru, are you saying hello to me? I will definitely bring you something delicious next time I come over." ”
Qu Runiao glanced at Mo Ran when he heard the sound, shook his head, pecked the roof tiles lightly, and called a few more times: "Qu Ru, Qu Ru ......"
"You seem to like this Qu Ru bird very much?"
The door of the hall opened, and a steady, mature, and magnetic male voice came out of the hall, and Mo Ran looked at it, but did not see the person who spoke.
Stepping up the steps, she walked in step by step and looked inside, the demon king in the hall was sitting on the throne, saw Mo Ran coming in, got up and looked at Mo Ran, the corners of her eyes were a little moist, but there was majesty and heroism between her eyebrows. Wearing a black and gold embroidered robe embroidered with the totem of the Xuanyao, he was solemn and elegant, thinking that he must be a charming young man when he was young, of course, he looks very young now, and even looks a few years older than Mo Ran. Mo Ran silently sighed in his heart, this demon clan is really good-looking.
Mo Ran was stunned, he didn't have the emotion and excitement of recognizing his father as he imagined, but he wondered why the demon king looked like he had been lost and recovered. Since I haven't seen her for a long time and miss her, why I was willing to summon her for so long, it's really puzzling.
"Ah, I think this bird looks quite distinctive, and I don't like it much, it's okay. Mo Ran smiled and told the truth.
The demon king's eyes signaled the attendants in the hall to retreat, and the attendants in the Yuhua Hall were really remarkable in their ability to observe words and looks, and they only needed one look to do things, and before retreating, they replaced the tea in the study in the main hall with a pot, and the seats were also covered with cushions.
The demon king walked into the study and beckoned to Mo Ran, who stepped forward and walked closer.
"Sit down," said the Demon King, pouring a cup of tea into the cup in front of Mo Ran, "Mo Ran, 'Mo Ran is right and wrong and dust, I only wish to live my life as I like, as I like, and as I like." 'Your name was given to you by your mother. ”
Mo Ran didn't know the origin of her name, but she only remembered that when she was three years old, a woman told her that she was called Mo Ran. Nowadays, it seems that expectations are good, but reality often opposes expectations. In the past, where could Mo Ran talk about being casual, and it was involuntary to stay and act.
"What kind of person is my mother?" Mo Ran sat down and asked.
Qin Niansi was originally a taboo in the Demon Palace, and Mo Ran was also worried that he couldn't ask in front of the Demon King, since he mentioned it himself, then he just asked to see if he could get the answer she wanted.
"Ignorant of the world, white jade is flawless, simple and innocent. With that, the Demon King drank all the tea in his cup, and wanted to get rid of his worries as if he were drinking.
Doesn't this mean that she is stupid? Mo Ran thought to herself, if her mother was the prototype of Princess Liya in the play, it would indeed be stupid enough.
"Is she the one who is destined to be evil?" Mo Ran asked as he turned the teacup on the table without raising his head, seemingly nonchalantly.
The Demon King was stunned, silent for a long time, and after a long time, asked, "Did you ask with a confusing technique?"
In the Demon Palace, Qin Niansi is not allowed to mention, and now few people should know that Qin Niansi is the legendary person of the Great Destiny of Heaven, and Mo Ran is not sure if it is as arranged in the play, but he just asked tentatively, looking at the Demon King's reaction, it seems that it is eight or nine and ten.
"No, I have my own way, don't guess, don't blame the attendants and maids of the Chongming Palace, blame me, it's none of their business. ”
Mo Ran remembered Xiao Tao's frightened expression when she mentioned that Qin Niansi's personal maid was divided by five horses, and couldn't help but worry that the demon king guessed that someone had told her about Qin Niansi's old story and would go on a killing spree.
"That's it, you'll know sooner or later, just ask if there's anything you want to ask today, that's why you're willing to come back this time, right?"
The Demon King seemed to be suddenly relieved, Qin Niansi was now dead, and he should let go no matter what.
Through the drama he watched that day, Mo Ran already roughly understood the ins and outs of the whole thing, the only difference from the play is that the demon king did not kill Qin Niansi like Mo Gongzi killed Princess Ya in the play. She asked coldly, "Why didn't you kill my mother immediately after I was born?"
The demon king didn't seem to be surprised, Mo Ran knew a lot about the things of the year, and she thought that her daughter would not achieve nothing and would only cause trouble. But he didn't answer her question right away.
"Back then, I was just a son, fledgling, and when Han Qi made a rebellion, disturbed my border, and threatened that the current demon royal family is not worthy of being the descendants of Chiyou, and wanted to replace it, follow the example of the ancestor Chiyou to provoke a war between humans and demons, regain the power that the demon clan should have, and unify the human world. I don't want to evaluate the merits and demerits of the ancestor Chiyou, but I don't have the ambition and ambition to unify the world, I only know that today's peace is bought with the blood of countless people and demons, and neither humans nor demons want to see anyone shed blood and sacrifice for someone's selfish desires. The Demon King got up and told the story of the past.
"But the first king doesn't think so, all the demons of Jiuli don't think so, and even some people surrender to Hanqi without a fight, Jiuli has been defeated and retreated, the first king sent people to negotiate peace with Hanqi, as long as he does not compete for the throne, the Jiuli royal family is willing to cooperate with him to seek a great cause, the ambition of the wolf son, to the first king Zen position before willing to retreat, the first king is unwilling, how can the Qianqiu foundation be handed over to the side, so the peace is not successful, I have to continue to resist, the first king ordered me to find a way to defeat the enemy as soon as possible, and finally the road is endless. ”
The Demon King turned to look out the window, as if everything he said happened yesterday, vividly.