Chapter 22: Victory and Slaughter
Xia Han began to use special methods to test Xia Yun, but he didn't know that his actions were quickly seen through by Xia Yun.
Xia Yun didn't know his reason or purpose, but she was not interested in knowing, she calmly played with Xia Han, doting on him like a broad-minded elder - at least she thought so.
At the beginning of September 998 in the Double Moon Calendar, news of victory came from the Demon Bone Desert.
King Xia Ming led an army of 230,000 deep into the Demon Bone Desert, and then discovered and bloodied the alien settlement, capturing tens of thousands of aliens. When the news reached the Emerald City, the entire upper class was excited.
Legend has it that most of the aliens captured by the king were women, and they were more charming and wild than human women with animal ears and furry tails, which made many aristocratic men think about it in their hearts, and some aristocratic ladies stirred up the minds of foreign men.
Xia Han also heard the news, he was eating at this time, and there were only two people around him, Xiao Sheng and the thief.
"What is Your Highness going to do?"
The thieves asked Xia Han about his future plans, and the king's victory meant his defeat - Xia Han would inevitably be killed by the king, and his hard-earned reputation would be ruined. And in another week it will be the rite of passage of the eldest princess Xia Yun, who will take over some of the power of the empire at that time.
In this game, Xia Han has lost the possible surname of the last king.
"What should I do?"
Xia Han looked at the thief like a fool: "What can I do, of course I escaped back to Jade City!" β
However, that night, thousands of soldiers in the capital surrounded Xia Han's convoy, and even mosquitoes could not fly out.
"Xiao Sheng, can you take me through?"
Xia Han looked at the layers of soldiers and couldn't help frowning: "I didn't expect the king to leave so many people to spy on me, he really has the confidence of a victor." β
In fact, in his opinion, Xia Ming's self-confidence is very redundant behavior, if the news of the day makes the people of the entire empire happy, then Xia Han is the only one who can't laugh.
There has never been a problem with the information of the illustrated book, and the strength of the beast clan is unquestionable. A few days after Xia Ming arrived in the Demon Bone Desert, the news of the victory came, and the whole thing was too boring
Xia Han's heart was filled with a sense of crisis before the storm, and he didn't dare to ignore this feeling, so he hurriedly wanted to go back to Jade City - for another thing.
"Rush through?"
Xiao Sheng turned his head to look around the encirclement, shook his head and said, "Little princess, I want to break through the past may have a very small surname." "There are many enemies out there who are more powerful than him.
"What about you?"
Xia Han asked the thief who was stronger than Xiao Sheng.
"Two people, yes." The thief pointed at Xiao Sheng, meaning that the two of them could cooperate and escape with Xia Han.
Xiao Sheng agreed.
The two of them then rode horses and took Xia Han to break through, Xiao Sheng first relied on the knight's charge to tear open a gap, and then the thieves relied on their powerful explosive power to open the encirclement with lightning speed.
After some twists and turns, the three escaped from the Emerald City, but Xiao Sheng injured his right foot.
"You run faster, I'll take His Highness to hide first." The thieves felt that Xiao Sheng was delaying his escape, so he took Xia Han into the forest ahead of time and stopped by a lake.
Xia Han felt that this lake was very familiar.
"I think I came here a few years ago." He smiled nostalgically, it seemed that this was the lake where Bai Xue took him to bathe a few years ago. But the forest was thick and vast, and it was night, and he couldn't be entirely sure.
Xia Han squatted by the lake to wash his hands.
The thief stood behind and looked at his back, feeling that the scene was familiar.
Shortly after the maid died two years ago, Xia Han was allowed to go to other cities. The night when he walked out of Jade City for the first time, he also squatted by the lake like this, except for two guards, and there was no follower alone.
[What is the value of such a waste prince? γ
The thief thought so at the time that he became murderous. But when he walked behind Xia Han, the kid suddenly turned his head to stare at him: "You want to kill me again?" β
That was the second time Xia Han had discovered his killing intent, which made the thieves abandon their actions and have been watching curiously until now. After two years of change, Xia Han showed his talent in some aspects, but he still didn't have any qualifications to become a king.
Whether it was to deceive the people or to prompt the king to send troops, it became a joke, and this summer cold escape was a sign of cowardice.
The biggest question is
"Your Highness, do you hate nobles very much?"
The thief asked aloud - this was the conclusion he had drawn from the conversation between the two princesses.
Xia Han didn't have any doubts, he turned his back to him and nodded: "That's right, that's right" His voice seemed to carry some expectation: "I want to build a world without nobles." β
It's a good idea, however, the world cannot exist without nobility.
Since the appearance of human beings in the world, nobles and commoners have been twins, and no king has ever denied nobility. Aristocrats are the pillars of a country, and it is unceremonious to say that the power of the nobility is the power of the country.
The thousands of heroes and professionals of the Emerald Empire are all nobles - because commoners are nobles when they have power. Power is the cornerstone of everything, and those who have power become nobles. And the aristocratic families that have lost their power will become commoners.
The gap between the two classes is too great, and the kind of novel that depicts commoners becoming nobles and then becoming friends with commoners is a drop in the bucket, and the vast majority of commoners will become complete nobles after becoming nobles.
Humans are such creatures.
Xia Han had such a naΓ―ve idea, unless he had the power of the gods to create rules from the beginning, even if he became a king, he would have to be ousted from power, and the thieves would protect the Xia family's royal power.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness"
The thief was completely disappointed, he felt that he had wasted too much time, he knew that he should have assisted Xia Yun in the first place: "Please Your Highness die here!" β
He took out his dagger and walked towards the lake, this time without showing any mercy.
However, the corpse that fell to the ground after a few minutes passed was not Xia Han, and the thief's blood-spilled chest was stuck with his own dagger, and his eyes were blank until death.
Xia Han lifted his mask.
"I haven't seen you before, so it's a waste of your creamy face."
He sniffed the thief's stopped breathing, then kicked him out of the lake, "Surely you haven't heard the saying that you won't die if you don't die." β
On this night, Xia Han's figure also disappeared, and Xiao Sheng did not find him.
At noon the next day, in Congcao Village, a small village in the Dawn Grassland, a strange boy with a straw hat passed by here - the summer cold of the elf's appearance.
Xia Han in elven form and human form are two diametrically opposed people, he simply wore a hat to cover his ears, and no one suspected that he had anything to do with the little princess of the empire along the way.
"Uncle, give me two biscuits."
Xia Han generously bought cooking cakes on the road, and then found a table to sit down and rest.
"Little one, are you alone?" The owner of the cake shop brought the cooking cakes, and he looked at Xia Han, who was white, tender and handsome, and a line of weirdness flashed in his eyes.
In this world, only people from rich backgrounds can have such a body without the slightest scar, but Xia Han is only wearing plain gray clothes, which is obviously not a valuable thing.
[A little aristocrat who ran away from home? γ
This boss is just an ordinary villager, and although he is strange in his heart, he doesn't want to be nosy.
"Uncle!" However, Xia Han stopped him when he turned around, and the blond-haired boy put a few silver coins on the table, and then asked, "I heard that there is a place called Mist Hill in the south, which has been shrouded in thick fog for many years, can you tell me the specific direction?" β
The boss looked at the silver coins on the table and swallowed, but the question made him frown: "You want to go to the Mist Hill?" The fog there lifted a few years ago, and it's not very safe now, so I advise you not to go. β
Insecurity?
Xia Han raised his eyebrows, and listened to the boss continue to explain: "The fog in the Mist Hill was blocked by the army within a few days, and in the past few years, many outsiders who have heard that there are treasures want to go in and have a look, but they all die inside. β
This answer was also expected by Xia Han.
He hadn't heard anything about the Mist Hill since he was taken away by Wujing, but this was not normal, the king would definitely send someone to investigate when he found out that his two subordinates had died, and they should not ignore the treasure of the Qilin.
Now it seems that Xia Ming immediately blocked the territory and information after discovering the Qilin, perhaps he has been exploring the way to obtain the power of the Qilin all these years, but he definitely has not found any results. A force that even dragons can't accept, it's no wonder they can find results so quickly.
"Thanks, then I'm still not going!" Xia Han handed the silver coin to the boss and seemed a little disappointed: "Compared to treasures, life is more important." β
The boss smiled and took the silver coin, and said yes.
Xia Han finished eating the cooking cakes and walked south along the road, three sneaky people followed behind him, Xia Han recognized these three people, they were travelers who had just eaten lunch at the table next to them.
[A few silver coins trigger greed? γ
Xia Han guessed their purpose, but he was not afraid, after all, they were not very good professionals.
So when he walked for more than ten minutes and found that these people were still following behind, he finally couldn't help but turn around: "When do you want to follow, hurry up if you want to do it, and leave quickly if you don't do it!" β
The three men were stunned.
In fact, it's not that they don't want to do it sooner, but that there is always an abnormal feeling lingering in the hearts of several people, and this feeling makes them dare not do it easily.
"Big brother, I finally found out that something was wrong!"
"What's wrong, third brother?"
Two of the three lowered their voices to talk, and their words surprised Xia Han for a while, and he realized that the group of stalkers were similar-looking brothers.
"Big brother, you see it's so hot today, we are covered in sweat, but this kid doesn't even have beads of sweat on his hat when he wears it!"
This person is right, although the season has entered the autumn of September, but the heat of summer has not completely subsided, and it is a very strange phenomenon that there is no sweat in the summer cold when walking.
"Tsk, I was discovered"
At this time, Xia Han suddenly pressed his hat and sighed: "There is no way to be discovered, I admit, I just-"
His figure suddenly disappeared and flashed in front of the three of them, and the air became cold in an instant: "Ghost! β
"Ahhhh
Two of the three hugged each other and fainted directly to the ground.
[This kind of guts also came out to rob] - Xia Han looked up at the last person, this second brother who had not spoken all this time was obviously more calm than his brothers, and looked at Xia Han calmly.
"Hello." A hand made of ice appeared above Xia Han's head and waved at the second brother, but his eyes were still very calm.
"Master Mage?"
He asked calmly, it seemed that Xia Han's little trick was useless to him. However, mages are not a rare thing, and it is already a big surprise for Xia Han to be able to scare two people.
"Yes." Xia Han admitted, and then glanced at the two people on the ground: "You take them away!" β
The second brother nodded and bowed his head in gratitude: "Thank you." β
Although he was thanking him, his eyes were still calm. When he took the two brothers, his eyes showed no mercy - you must know that he was directly dragged backwards by one foot. Xia Han watched the poor two brothers being dragged away with their faces on the ground, thinking that the appearance of these two people was ruined.
After the interlude, Xia Han walked south again, he forgot about these three people in a blink of an eye, and he didn't expect that he would have a lot of contact with these people in the future.
A few years ago, in the Mist Hill, when Xia Han walked here, he found that there were knights patrolling around, some newly built city walls wrapped around the ruins of the human king, and it was heavily guarded - and there were many terrifying auras coming from inside.
Xia Han didn't think that he was the opponent of these aura masters, and his strength was still weak.
"The time hasn't come yet, but in a short time, Xia Yun will definitely come here."
After stopping and watching for a while, Xia Han continued to walk south, passing by the ruins of the Human King, he had a hunch that this place would soon become the focus of countless people.
However, at this time, Xia Han was not the only guest who also came to the Mist Hill.
"At the beginning, this place was shrouded in fog, and the little guy came in and didn't know what to do, and the fog dissipated."
"But he can't be here, let's go to the Emerald City and have a look!"
A group of cloaked men similarly looked at the surrounding ruins, and after a few words, headed north.
The two groups passed by
At the same time in the Demon Bone Desert, the two huge forces were not lucky to pass by. The more than 200,000 troops of the Emerald Empire were about to leave the desert and return triumphantly when they heard the sound of trumpets from all directions in the distance.
Little green dots began to appear in the dry desert, and these little dots rapidly closed the distance, becoming larger and larger, and the whole land roared
A bloody and terrible war began, and yet this war began from the beginning
It's just a massacre.;