Chapter 56: The Glory of the Past
After Xiao Yu returned to the territory, Xiao Hong also basically got some preparations, mainly some items needed on the road, as well as some gifts and so on.
Anyway, when the fifth lady goes home to save her relatives, she can't bring any gifts, and when she meets her former junior relatives and friends, she has to give a reward, a gift or something, and she can't be empty-handed.
These are all necessary etiquette among the nobles, and it must not make people feel that Xiwen is too shabby to be the young lady of the lion king. What's more, now the Lion King Territory is indeed not so poor.
Xiao Yu has been robbing for a few months, and he has really made a lot of good things.
This northwest land was originally an important passage for trade between the inland and the Yunmeng people, and there were often business travelers passing through here, although there were many robbers, but the high profits still made them take risks.
All the things of these merchants were robbed by the robbers, and Xiao Yu robbed the robbers again, and in the end, all the wealth basically went to Xiao Yu.
There are some things, even the old housekeeper Xiao Hong has not seen good things before, what antiques, expensive jewelry, spices or something, especially some women's items are the most.
Yunmeng people do not lack anything else, but they lack exquisite handicrafts from the Central Plains, as well as some fine spices or something, which are particularly popular there, so business travelers also like to transport these things the most, so Xiao Yu here is also the most these things.
During this time, several sisters-in-law felt that the things that Xiao Yu robbed were all women's supplies, so they directly made a list for him, what must be robbed back, and Xiao Yu couldn't cry or laugh.
Now none of the five ladies wears ten rings on their hands, hangs several necklaces, and can light the spices all night, and they can be changed every day, and they can be thrown in one bag after another like the unlucky bargains of the hawkers.
All that Xiao Yu needs in the base is gold coins, these things can't be converted into gold coins, Xiao Yu went to rob when he was short of money, and these things were not sold by the old housekeeper, they were all worn and played by several sisters-in-law.
This time, Xiwen went home, naturally she brought a lot of things, and it came in handy when she was ready to go home.
Wang Zimo has been waiting here for the past few days, he is also a little anxious, he doesn't know what Xiao Yu is doing, he wants to find Xiao Yu, but finds that Xiao Yu is not in the territory at all.
He snorted secretly, thinking that Xiao Yu had gone to look for flowers and willows again.
The nearby Duchy of Wei, the national capital Huicheng is notoriously prosperous, singing and dancing, Xiao Yu used to go there a lot, and Karui also met there.
Fortunately, a few days later, Xiao Yu came back and gave them a date for departure, just two days later.
After two days of hard work, Wang Zimo got up early in the morning, packed his carriage, and prepared to set off. However, when he arrived at the city gate, he found that Xiao Yu and others were already waiting there, and several sisters-in-law said goodbye to Xiwen, and kept telling her to come back early.
Wang Zimo looked at them like this, and sneered in his heart: "The lion king leads such a broken place, and he will never come back in the future." β
"Alright, miss, it's getting late, please get in the carriage." Wang Zimo walked over and urged Xiwen to leave.
Seeing that Xiwen didn't even bring a burden or anything, Wang Zimo couldn't help but despise the lion king in his heart, and he was so downtrodden, no matter what, Xiwen was also the fifth lady here, and she didn't prepare anything at all. Fortunately, there is no need for these anyway, and it is done to bring Xiwen back by himself.
Xiwen nodded when she heard this, and reluctantly let go of the hands of several sisters-in-law.
"Miss, please get into the carriage." Although Wang Zimo's status in the Wang family is much higher than that of Zhi Xiwen, but in front of outsiders, he still has to let the young lady get into the carriage first, and then he goes up again, this is the rule, of course, it will be different when he returns home.
"Someone, drive the fifth lady's carriage over." At this time, the old housekeeper Xiao Hong cleared his throat and shouted loudly.
When Wang Zimo heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, he didn't expect the lion king to send a carriage, he immediately raised his eyebrows, and said: "Steward Xiao, don't be so polite, let's use our carriage, otherwise, the general carriage speed is too slow, and I don't know how long it will be delayed on the road." β
The carriage of the Wang family is a very luxurious carriage blessed with the wind magic array, it sits up smoothly, will not be bumpy, very comfortable, pulls two horses, and is also a carefully selected good horse, hard-working, and because of the effect of the magic array, the speed of travel is also extremely fast, not much slower than the speed of an average cavalry.
Moreover, the carriage is also extremely spacious, even if it seats seven or eight people, it is definitely not crowded at all. Therefore, he didn't plan to let the lion king lead the car in the first place.
Xiao Hong smiled slightly at this time and said, "It's not that we are polite, Steward Xiao doesn't know, the fifth lady has been in the lion king for a long time, and she is not used to taking other carriages." β
As he spoke, there was a sudden roar of horses, a puff of smoke and dust, and eight white horses galloped towards him in a wide luxurious golden carriage.
These eight horses, all of them have snow-white hair, neat and clean, there is not a single miscellaneous hair on their bodies, and the four hooves are also snow-white, all of them are rare varieties on the side of the Yunmeng Tianshan Mountain, and they are called the heavenly horses with four hooves and stepping on the snow.
This kind of horse is all delicate and abnormal, for the nobility of the horse, not only the foot strength for all kinds of horses first, but also the size is much taller than the average horse, the power is abnormal, the horse is flying, it is extremely difficult to obtain, and the value in the Central Plains has reached tens of thousands of gold coins.
Now the emperor of the Tianshi Dynasty is on patrol, and all the carriages and horses are drawn by this kind of heavenly carriage, and the carriage is pulled by sixteen horses.
The posture of eight horses is something that only a particularly noble prince can have, and ordinary nobles are not allowed to make an eight-horse chariot.
Of course, this is just a traditional rule, and now with the gradual weakening of the ruling power of the Tianshi Dynasty, many nobles secretly use eight horses to pull the cart, and even sixteen horses are secretly done.
However, Xiao Yu's use of an eight-horse carriage is justified and not a violation.
Because, Xiao Yu's father, Xiao Zhantian, made great achievements in the past, pacified the barbarians, saved the old emperor's car, and was named the Lion King General, the hereditary first-class Lion King Duke of the Empire, and the eight-horse carriage, which is definitely deserved.
Xiao Yu's elder brothers died, and this first-class lion king duke naturally fell on his head.
Therefore, others can't sit in this kind of car, but Xiao Yu can afford to sit at all, and he doesn't have to be sneaky.
In addition to the eye-popping eight heavenly horses, the decoration of this carriage is also extremely luxurious, the volume of this carriage, than the carriage of the king's family is four or five times larger, all inlaid with gold edges, all kinds of carvings are beautiful, beautiful, absolutely the master's masterpiece.
Moreover, on an ordinary carriage, it is already extremely rare to carve two wind magic arrays. Because magicians are all golden, it takes a lot of face for magicians to carve a complicated magic array.
And this carriage was also carved with eight magic arrays, which shows its luxury and luxury.
This carriage was not four wheels like an ordinary carriage, but eight wheels, divided into two carriages, separated by two compartments. This was for the different needs of some nobles, sometimes sitting in the first carriage to enjoy the scenery and tasting fine wine, and sometimes resting and sleeping in the second carriage.
Seeing this carriage, Wang Zimo was dumbfounded.
Isn't the lion king in decline? How could there be such a luxurious carriage? This carriage is estimated to be worth millions of gold coins.
And...... It turned out to be all Pegasus, eight Pegasus, or pure white Pegasus, and the lord spent a lot of effort and many people, but he only got four Pegasi, but they were not pure white, and they were not so strong and vigorous.
Where did this lion king get such a luxurious carriage?
He didn't know that this carriage was completely robbed by Xiao Yu, and as for who the robber was robber, it was not within Xiao Yu's concern.
Originally, not all of the horses pulling the cart were Yunmeng Tianma, but in the process of robbery, Xiao Yu robbed many Yunmeng Tianma, and actually gathered eight pure white horses, which were naturally used to pull the cart. The old butler also absolutely agreed with this, because such a carriage is definitely a symbol of status, no matter what, Xiao Yu is also a first-class duke, and such a carriage is worthy of his identity.
In the vicinity of the Lion King's Territory, because many robbers buy horses from Yunmeng, or will rob the horse teams transported by passing merchants, there is absolutely no shortage of good horses.
The horses that Xiao Yu rode by himself were all Pegasus, and even the horses that many of them were matched with by Long Hui were Pegasus. This kind of thing can be said to be a local specialty.
And seeing the luxurious carriage of eight heavenly horses, Wang Zimo also suddenly woke up in his heart, the Xiao family is a hereditary first-class lion king duke, and he is qualified to control the carriage of eight horses.
Although the Xiao family is in decline now, the Xiao family is a nobleman among nobles after all, and any nobleman must bend down and salute when they meet. This is the traditional rule of the aristocracy.
Now the lord wants to forcibly take the young lady back to remarry, and this kid from the Xiao family doesn't agree, will there be some trouble?
At this moment, Wang Zimo was infected by the momentum of this carriage, and suddenly thought of the glory of the Xiao family, and couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart.
"Forget it, what if they're dukes? Now they have all fallen into this state, and the population of a territory is less than 50,000, even a duke is useless. I don't need to worry about what will happen to this matter in the end, and then the lord will decide. β
Thinking so, Wang Zimo snorted heavily, and walked towards his carriage with an extremely jealous gaze.
After all, being able to ride in this kind of carriage is an absolute identity and status symbol, and it is a supreme honor. Who wouldn't want to sit once?
Unfortunately, he doesn't have that qualification.
No wonder Xiao Hong, the old butler, would say something like that just now, the fifth lady is used to being a carriage led by the lion king, and she is not used to sitting in other carriages, and she is used to doing such a carriage, who can get used to being in other carriages.
The carriage of the Wang family is also a very good carriage, but compared in front of this carriage, it suddenly became a kitten in front of the lion.
At this time, Xiwen, with the support of the two maids, had already gotten into the second carriage, and the first carriage was prepared by Xiao Yu herself.
Although Xiao Yu can ride a horse, he still likes to enjoy the carriage and drink red wine, and enjoy the scenery outside while hurrying.
"In that case, let's go." Wang Zimo said to Xiao Yu and was about to board the carriage. He really didn't want to look at the carriage anymore, it was so irritating to him.
Xiao Yu nodded with a smile and said, "Steward Wang, wait a minute, my guards have not yet arrived, and you also know that my lion king is not well governed, and there are always some little robbers or something, so I have to bring some guards when I go out." If it's okay for me, then I'm also the lord of the Lion King, and I'm not afraid of those little robbers, but with the five sisters-in-law here, I have to be careful, but recently I heard that a lot of robbers are beating my sister-in-law's attention. β
Xiao Yu's words were a pun, satirizing Wang Zimo's purpose.
Wang Zimo snorted coldly, how he didn't understand, but he said lightly: "My Wang family also knew that the lion king led bandits to run rampant this time, so he brought a hundred elite cavalry, including five fighters, enough to deal with any little thief." These thieves dare to block the path of your Lion King and Duke, but they will never dare to act in front of the banner of my royal family. Young Master Xiao, you will be very safe with us, don't worry. β
The meaning of Wang Zimo's words is also to satirize Xiao Yu's lion king's governance so poorly, even some thieves can't handle it, now that our elite soldiers are here, don't be afraid, they will protect you.
Xiao Yu smiled slightly, but didn't speak, and it didn't take long for a roar to come out of the wilderness, and more than a dozen figures suddenly poured into everyone's sight.
When the cavalry of the Wang family saw those figures, they immediately shouted: "Orcs, why are there still orcs here?" Prepare for battle. β
Although these soldiers were well-trained, they were still taken aback when they suddenly saw a dozen orcs. The reputation of orcs is well known to everyone on this continent, and it is definitely synonymous with bravery.
Although there were many of them, and although they had experienced many battles, they were still a little panicked when they suddenly saw the orcs.
Seeing this situation, Xiao Yu suddenly waved his hand and said indifferently in a very pretending tone: "Don't panic, that's my guard." β
"What? Your Guard? Hearing Xiao Yu's words, everyone's jaws in the Wang family almost dropped.
The Orc Guard? How many years have you not heard of such a thing as an orc guard? Back then, only the noblest nobles, the most powerful lords, were able to tame some savage orcs as their guards, which was a symbol of absolute glory and status, more glorious than the female slaves of the elven race.
Xiao Yu has read a lot of books recently, and he has learned a lot about the history of this continent, although he still hasn't found out why Tyrande is the god of the elves, but he also knows a lot about the history of this continent.
The orcs were not exterminated all at once, but were suppressed by the human race little by little, and gradually lost their living space. Even now, the orcs are not completely extinct, but they are all hidden in the depths of the mountains and are difficult to find.
Once, on the continent, orcs were not a rare thing, and many people had seen orcs. Orcs were captured by humans at that time, and often not executed, but thrown into the Colosseum, where they fought against monsters, or killed each other by their kind, for the amusement of those human nobles.
Later, there were also people who trained orcs to become guards as bodyguards, which was called the most popular fashion. At that time, whoever had a few orc bodyguards by his side was definitely NB's.
It was not until nearly a hundred years that the number of orcs became smaller and smaller because of the continuous killing of humans, and they gradually withdrew from the sight of humans.
However, it is said that there are still orc fighters in large Colosseums in some large cities.
Xiao Yu went to Wang's house this time, and he needed to use some deterrence to make the other party not dare to be too presumptuous, so as to increase the bargaining chips in the negotiation, after he knew these histories, he deliberately brought an orc infantry over, so that the other party could not figure out his true strength.
In addition to these ten orc infantrymen, Xiao Yu also brought Tyrande, Grom, and the great magician Antonidas with him.
The reason why he brought Tyrande was because the elven guards were more NB than the orcs. Although many nobles at that time took elven women as their personal favors, in a longer history, thousands of years ago, when the relationship between humans and orcs and elves was not so rigid, noble elves would also lower their noble heads and act as guards for some human heroes.
The famous Augustus the Great in history once had several elven guards and a full 1,000-man orc guard, which was talked about.
Xiao Yu is now with the orc guards, the elven guards, and his identity is definitely greatly improved.
In addition, magicians are definitely a rare and precious profession in this world, and only some powerful nobles can afford to hire magicians to work for them.
So Xiao Yu also brought Lao An with him, and he could also help fill the faΓ§ade. Now, Lao Anke is level 13, which is equivalent to the level of the second order of the current human magician. A second-order magician is absolutely eye-catching everywhere.
Eleven orcs, elves, and magicians, the guards formed by these people, Nima, who saw it, must not weigh it first.
And Xiao Yu really has their purpose, in fact, they are also ready to come if they really can't talk about it.
"Nimal Gobi, if you don't open your eyes again, Lao Tzu will just snatch people and leave."
These orc infantry are all infantry that have reached level 6, and their combat effectiveness is not inferior to any human first-order fighter, coupled with their strong bodies, ordinary human first-order fighters are not their opponents at all.
Although these people still can't face the army of the other party's territory, if they use it well, it's still okay to sneak away and break out.
In the shocked eyes of Wang Zimo and the others who were about to fall out, Xiao Yu stepped into the carriage, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go." β
After speaking, Xiao Yu didn't care about Wang Zimo at all, and got into the carriage by himself.