Chapter 28: The Trial of Kings (1)

Crazy Xiao Yu only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a carriage. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Where am I? Who am I? Crazy Xiao Yu lay on the carriage and muttered to himself, holding his groggy forehead.

"Young Master! You're finally awake!" I only heard a surprised childish voice sound from the side.

'I remember, my name is Zhao Yi, the second son of Zhao Heng, the prime minister of Lanzhiguo, the owner of Lanhai Commercial Bank, at this time, I just came back from Xiyao Continent and was on my way back to China, what happened to me, I only remember that I encountered a rainstorm, how did I faint? “

Thinking of this, Zhao Yi turned his head to look at the owner of the immature voice, and a young man dressed as a scholar asked, "A-Ning, what's wrong with me?" ”

"Young master, you have finally woken up, since you fainted in the rain and suffered from the wind chill in the rainstorm three days ago in order to protect your goods, everyone in our firm has been worried about you to death." After speaking, the young man called A Ning pounced on Zhao Yi and cried.

"Alright, alright! Isn't that all right for me? Zhao Yi patted A-Ning's back and comforted.

"By the way, where are we now!" Zhao Yi then asked

Hearing his inquiry, A-Ning raised his head, wiped away his tears with his sleeve and replied, "We are now almost at Yonghe Town, Young Master." ”

"That's it! Help me up!" Saying that Zhao Yi was about to get up, A-Ning hurriedly stretched out his hand to help.

With the help of A-Ning, Zhao Yi opened the cloth tent in front of the carriage and walked out, accompanied by a burst of dazzling sunlight, a dry heat wave came to his face, he closed his eyes uncomfortably and blocked the dazzling sunlight with his right hand, and when he got used to the light outside, he opened his eyes, but it was a withered and yellow and decaying scene.

"What's going on, why is this happening?" Zhao Yi asked in surprise.

"Young master, I don't know what the situation is, but I have already sent the captain of the guard, Ah Biao, to take people to Yonghe Town in front to investigate the situation, I believe there will be news soon." As soon as A-Ning finished speaking, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

I saw a few people in simple armor riding horses with rolling dust and smoke rushing towards the caravan, the first one was a burly half-grown young man, I saw that after he saw the crazy Xiaoyu, he was already so high that he jumped up from the horse halfway, and he had already appeared in front of Zhao Yi as soon as he fell.

"Young master, you're awake!" I saw Ah Biao kneeling on one knee and saying.

"Hmm!" Zhao Yi nodded and asked, "Have you heard the cause of the drought?" ”

"Tell the young master, I heard from the town that it is said that it was a drought fish that settled in Chaoyang Mountain in the east of the town that caused the drought here." Ah Biao replied with a fist.

"How long has it been since the Drought Fish appeared, and no one came to destroy it?" Zhao Yi asked.

"Young master, this drought has been here for almost a year, it is said that at the beginning, the mayor of the town invited a few epic powerhouses to come over, wanting to eliminate this drought fish, but I didn't expect this drought fish to be strong, it has already stepped into a half-step legend, those epic strong people have never come back after they went, but the drought fish is still peaceful, and never takes the initiative to hurt people, so after that, this matter is over." Ah Biao paused at this point and continued with a sad expression: "However, the drought here is getting worse and worse, and those who can afford the residents of the town and nearby villages have already moved out of here, and now only those who cannot afford to leave here due to poverty are left in the town, and most of them have died of hunger within this year. ”

"Order the caravan and enter the town at once!" Crazy Xiao Yu said without hesitation when he heard this.

"But the young master!" This time, Ah Biao hesitated, knowing that although he was very sympathetic to the plight of everyone here, he was more worried about the safety of his young master.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yi frowned and asked.

"Young master, the town is too dangerous, I suggest that the caravan bypass Yonghe Town directly." Guard Ah Biao suggested.

"What? Are you going to make me sit idly by and watch these starving people? Zhao Yi said angrily.

"But young master, I'm afraid you're in danger." Ah Biao also wanted to stop it.

"Yes! Master! Since Ah Biao said that there is danger, it must be dangerous, let's listen to his detour! The scholar A-Ning also persuaded on the side.

"That's it! I've made up my mind!" Zhao Yi pushed away Ah Ning's support, and said firmly and loudly: "Since the disappearance of the first king and my father, under the rule of the dog emperor, the country of Lan is not a country, the powerful are corrupt, and the people are not happy. ”

Zhao Yi's words made the two of them bow their heads in shame, he saw that the two of them had realized their mistakes, so he turned around and looked at the caravan he founded behind him, and ordered loudly, "Everyone listen to the order, the target is Yonghe Town, go!"

The entire caravan received the order and marched towards Yonghe Town, and everyone in the entire caravan in the town was shocked by the scene in front of them.

The town was in ruins, there was nothing on the ground except for the dry bones that had been eaten clean on the ground, and the only survivors were lying in the shadow of the ruined eaves, hiding from the scorching sun, they were all so thin that they were only skinny and bone, and they looked as terrifying as skeletons, and their empty eyes stared at the sky blankly, and there was no hope in them, and the caravan couldn't bear to look at all this.

"Please! Don't eat my daughter, she's still alive. A terrible cry rang out from the room.

"Damn, get out of the way of Lao Tzu, you can't even control yourself, and you don't care about this dying little girl, if you don't let go, believe it or not, Lao Tzu even eats you." Only to hear the voice of a vicious man.

'Cannibalism!' An astonishing thought flashed through Zhao Yi's mind, and he hurriedly got up to stop it, but the captain of the guard, Ah Biao, rushed out one step ahead of him and rushed into the house on the side.

"Who!" The male voice before shouted.

Then I heard a scream from inside accompanied by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, the house fell silent, and after a while, under Zhao Yi's eager gaze, the guard A Biao slowly walked out of the house, and dragged a man in his hand, only to see that the man was completely different from other townspeople, although the clothes were also shabby, but his complexion was ruddy, his skin and flesh were plump, and even a little fat, all of which showed that he was eating well in this arid environment.

However, after Zhao Yi saw the man, his hands were clenched into fists tightly, and he didn't even notice that his nails were embedded in the flesh and blood of his palms.

I saw Zhao Yi take a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, stepped forward and looked condescendingly at the man who fell to the ground and hummed, gritted his teeth and asked, "Tell me, why are you eating people!" How different is this from a brute!"

At this time, the man breathed a sigh of relief, heard Zhao Yi's question, raised his eyes and glanced at the crazy Xiaoyu, and then sneered: "Why, look at those poor insects around, if I don't eat people, I will become like them, no ghosts, no ghosts, rather than starve to death, then I'd rather be a beast, so at least I can have meat to eat, hahahaha!" At the end, the man laughed hysterically.

Zhao Yi looked at the man who was no different from a madman, his fists were loose and tight, tight and loose, and finally he seemed to have figured out something, sighed and turned around and said tiredly: "Ah Biao! I've got you covered here. ”

"Yes!" After the guard Ah Biao finished speaking, he dragged the man to a corner where no one was around.

Zhao Yi beckoned over again, and A-Ning instructed him: "You go and ask someone to take out all the dry food we brought and distribute it to the hungry people in the town, remember that people maintain order, and must not cause a riot and let the townspeople get hurt, do you know?" ”

"Got it, young master." A Ning answered, and was about to turn around and leave after receiving the order, but was stopped by Zhao Yi again.

"By the way, take out the batch of magic seeds bought from the Nature Sect, and then let Gu Tao find the underground water source and sow the seeds, the speed must be fast, I don't think our dry food will last long."

"Got it, young master! I'll do it as soon as possible. Aning replied again.

"Okay, go get busy! I want to walk around alone. After speaking, Zhao Yi left A-Ning and walked straight towards the town.

And the captain of the guard, who had already finished his work, had quietly appeared behind him and followed quietly.

Zhao Yi looked at the poor hungry people around him along the way, his eyes were full of unbearable, although a batch of food would be distributed to them soon, but at most it could be regarded as drinking doves to quench their thirst, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, if they couldn't solve the problem of drought, then even if he transported water and food from other places, it was not a long-term solution, and in the end he wanted to solve the problem or fall on the root cause, but this made him difficult for a while, unless he could invite the legendary powerhouse, but this was almost impossible, not to mention the huge price it needed to pay, It's hard to find them, and it's too late.

For a while, Zhao Yi didn't know what to do, at this time he found that he had unconsciously come to the mayor's mansion, only to see that the mayor's mansion had also become dilapidated, if it weren't for the three words of the mayor's mansion that could still be vaguely seen on the door plaque, no one would believe that this was the home of the mayor of a town, Zhao Yi stopped at the door for a while, I don't know why he had a feeling in the dark, he could find the answer to all his questions as long as he entered, and without any hesitation, he was about to step in, but was stopped by the guard A Biao.

I saw that his face was full of anxiety and said, "Young master, you must not go in." “

"Why?" Zhao Yi asked strangely.

"Young master, it's dangerous inside, and I feel a very dangerous aura." Ah Biao said.

"Are you sure!" Zhao Yi looked at Ah Biao with a smile and asked, and after seeing Ah Biao nodding, he smiled even brighter.

"Then I have to go in today." Saying that, Zhao Yi pushed away the obstruction of the guard A Biao and entered the mayor's mansion.

Suddenly, a heat wave that was several times stronger than the outside came to his face, Zhao Yi said in his heart that he really came to the right place, without hesitation, he strode inside, and the guard A Biao saw that he couldn't stop him, so he had to follow him, pull out his weapon and be on guard at any time.

Zhao Yi walked through the front yard, bypassed the hall and went straight to the backyard garden, where the source of the heat wave was, and sure enough, as soon as he arrived here, he saw a red-haired woman in red standing motionless in front of the door of the largest bedroom room with her back to him, the heat wave was coming from her, the bedroom door in front of her was closed, and there was a bowl of water and a plate of food on the ground.

"Woooooooooooo ~" A cry-like voice suddenly came from the red-haired woman's mouth.

"Dryland!" Zhao Yi looked at the woman with his back to him and exclaimed.

"Young master, be careful!" Ah Biao saw the drought and hurriedly drew his sword to protect Zhao Yi.

Drought found Zhao Yi and the others, she turned her head to look at the people, and then disappeared in place, leaving only the residual heat in the garden for a long time and refused to dissipate.

Although it was only a quick glance, Zhao Yi still saw the appearance of the drought fish clearly, she was a beautiful woman when she was alive, but now her face is dark blue, her eyes are blood red, and two snow-white fangs stick out of her small mouth, which is completely the appearance of the drought fish described in the book.

But what Zhao Yi cared about the most were the two lines of blood and tears on her face, 'What kind of thing caused her to be so resentful.' Zhao Yi couldn't help but think in his heart, and then he looked at the bedroom and muttered, "Maybe the answer can be found there." ”