The road from the bottom of the castle to the top of the city wall is not long, and it is easy to walk. The deputy envoy felt that he had no strength in his body, his face was pale, and his teeth were uncontrollable and he was fighting violently. Seeing him paralyzed on the ground like mud, Broken Teeth frowned, without saying a word, reached out and grabbed the back collar of his clothes, like an adult pulling a disobedient child, and dragged it to Tianhao.

The scene of a group of black howling wolves eating around the corpse was extremely bloody, and the shocking image was permanently frozen in the eyes of the deputy envoy. He stared blankly at the beasts that were feasting on them without even raising their heads, and from time to time a looming human head emerged from the gap between them crowded with each other.

Hundreds of heavily armed warriors, dressed in heavy black armor and steel spikes on their shoulders with crash layers, were so sharp that they weren't just for defensive purposes. Although the weapon is a long-handled sword, the size and weight are not ordinary styles, the length is more than two meters, and the broad back of the knife releases a palpitating heaviness.

There was a solemnity all around, and even the air seemed to freeze.

Broken Tooth let out a fierce shout from behind: "Kneel down and kowtow to the Lord of the City!" ”

Tianhao has no interest in this coercive etiquette that reveals his identity, but this is not the age of civilization, and it is irrational to break the rules of behavior in the barbaric era. He looked at the deputy envoy who was trembling and kneeling on the ground and bowed to him, and said lightly: "Yu Zheng is a liar, go back and tell your king, let him keep his eyes bright in the future, and don't send anyone out casually." Forget it this time, don't take it as an example. ”

Swindler?

The princess's own brother was actually said to be a liar!

This is so funny that it is completely beyond the normal logic of the deputy envoy. He felt that his brain was not enough, and he knelt on the ground for a long time and couldn't speak, until he saw the fragments of animal skin scrolls scattered next to him, as well as the scattered words on it, and the whole thing was connected in his mind, and it suddenly dawned on him.

The deputy envoy knew that Yu Zheng wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to enrich his pockets, and in the name of the King of Fierce Bulls, he forcibly exchanged more pig captives from Rock City. This kind of thing can only be carried out with the consent, or at least tacit consent, of the entire envoy and the upper echelons. Yu Zheng bought off several people, including the deputy envoy, for this purpose. His identity is there, the princess is a celebrity next to the king of the fierce bull, there is no need to offend the princess for a selfish guy, not to mention that Yu Zheng promised to give everyone a heavy gift after the matter is completed. Although I didn't say what it was, everyone was happy to be a favor.

Unexpectedly, he died, torn to pieces by a group of ferocious beasts, and swallowed into their stomachs little by little.

The Rock City Lord lifted all the disguises and directly pointed out that Yu Zheng was a liar.

The deputy envoy wanted to deny it, but he knew that it was useless to say anything now. This is someone else's territory, Yu Zheng's fate is still like this, why should he anger this cold-faced young man for a corpse?

"It is His Majesty's order to replace the population, as long as it is fair and reasonable, I will never refuse a normal request." Tianhao's voice was mixed with majesty and coldness at the same time: "Look at these people outside the city, if it weren't for the fact that everyone is of the same clan, I would have ordered you all to be killed now, leaving no one behind." ”

The deputy envoy had already been frightened, and the bloody lesson was in front of him, he did not have the courage to refute and resist at all, and the whole person fell directly at the feet of Tianhao, begging repeatedly: "This is not what I meant, I am just acting on orders." ”

Tianhao sneered in an understated tone: "My wolf is already full, and I have no interest in useless waste like yours. Leave the thousand gifts, and all the old men, women, and children outside the city. As for you, and the guards around you, leave my territory now. Go back and tell your king———— if you want to take advantage of me, you have to show the corresponding strength, and I will leave these people, as if he sent a liar to offend my majesty and must pay compensation. Rock City welcomes everyone who treats each other sincerely, and there is no place for those with bad intentions here. If your king wants to exchange captives, he must be sincere, not coaxed at the end of the term, as is the case now. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind using his head to make a bone bowl and become part of my collection. ”

The deputy felt that there must be something wrong with his ears.

Although it is said that they are old, weak, sick and disabled, after all, this is more than 10,000 civilians, and they are directly characterized as "compensation" by the young city councilor, which is ...... This...... This kind of thing is really unbelievable, and it completely subverts the logic of the deputy envoy.

But what if you refuse to accept it?

Yu Zheng is dead, do I have the audacity to anger the Rock City Lord and end up in the same fate as him?

The deputy envoy walked away in disgrace.

This is a contest between the big people, and only the king of the fierce bulls can deal with this young city lord. No matter how angry the king will be when he returns to Horn City, he will have to face the only and necessary choice.

……

Tens of thousands of people crowded into the fenced area outside the city, there was no such thing as silence. Despite this, the elderly, weak women and children who were snuggling up to each other for warmth in the cold weather still felt a tremor on the ground.

Thousands of heavily armed warriors emerged from the inside of the gates in a neat procession. Their steps were uniform, rubble and dust splattered everywhere they passed, and nothing could stop them. When watching these fierce warriors bypass by their side, run to the edge of the circle in the distance and stand still, and surround all the immigrants from the Fierce Bull Tribe, an irrepressible chill instantly rushed into the hearts of all the old and weak. They were crowded even more tightly than before, and both women and old people pushed their children behind them, unfurling their tattered clothes as far as they could, and covering them tightly.

The woman's face showed a look of misery and despair, the old man's cloudy eyes no longer flashed, and the few thin men in the team had dull expressions...... What is happening in front of them is not new to them, it is very familiar.

The weak have no right to exist in the tribe. The elderly and the disabled are among the first to be abandoned, followed by children who are malnourished and do not survive the winter. In contrast, women are slightly more valuable, because they are women after all anyway, and most of the time they don't care about their appearance in front of men whose brains are controlled by Yuwang.

They were evicted from their homes, and the same thing happened to one person many times. No power means no right to speak, up to the city lord, down to the head of the ten, just one sentence can kill you. Don't think about anything like "I built this house", you can only offer it with both hands unconditionally in front of the pretender who has power, and the other party firmly occupies the moral high ground———— the king has an order, you must go to Rock City now, from now on, you are a member of the Thunder Bull Department."

Is there a difference between the Thunder Bull Division and the Fierce Bull Division?

It doesn't seem to be.

An emaciated child struggled to poke his head out of his mother's tattered leather jacket and looked at the world with ignorant eyes. He was about six years old, and chronic malnutrition had led to a severe imbalance in the head-to-body ratio. The huge head was held up by a thin neck, as if it could fall from it at any moment. The child swallowed his throat hard, looked at the pig warriors in the distance with a fearful gaze, and asked cautiously, "Mom, will they kill us?" ”

Killing people is nothing new in the tribe. When you worship the gods, you have to kill people, if you win a battle, if you lose a battle, you have to kill people, and even when you encounter all kinds of messy things that can't be explained by common sense, you still have to kill people. Every household decorates the house with dead people's heads and bones, just like the wallpaper of the civilized era, the decoration of craft flowers, the bright and beautiful hanging ceiling lamps, and the calligraphy and painting artworks made by famous artists......

His mother was equally thin, and the poor woman pressed the child's shoulders and trembled and covered him again with her ragged leather robe. This is from the experience of many years ago, when there are too many dead people, as long as the little ones can hold their breath and be covered by heavy and wide clothes, they have a chance to escape from the slaughterers.

This understanding cannot be said to be wrong.

The officials of the Fierce Bull Department who escorted him have already left...... No, it would be more appropriate to use the word "escape". Many people saw the strong pig warrior grab the lieutenant's arm and throw him out of the city like garbage, and they didn't find it enjoyable, and even went out of their way to chase him and kick him in the ass.

Could it be that the Fierce Bull Department and the Thunder Bull Department are going to war?

The most terrible thing imaginable did not happen, and a group of pleasant-looking Niu people appeared. They had no whips, no clubs or swords, and they began to organize themselves in small squads, starting from the periphery of the crowd. As the squads were brought into the city, the atmosphere of fear that hovered over the city dissipated, and the immigrants, knowing that their lives were no longer threatened, began to talk in low voices, guessing and thinking about their future path.

On the city wall, Tianhao slowly walked to Wu Peng's side and stood side by side, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

"That's how you handle it?" The Great Master's tone was flat, and it was impossible to know what he was thinking.

"I killed a liar who pretended to tell the orders of the King of the Bulls." Tianhao was calm and serene, as if he was considering, but his thoughts were spreading in an all-round way: "I am the lord and lord of the great city appointed by His Majesty, and I have this right. ”

Wu Peng's gaze gradually drifted away, and he looked at the fierce bull tribesmen who had entered the city and temporarily settled according to the squad arrangement: "Your Majesty's order is for you to replace the prisoners, but you didn't do it. ”

Tianhao raised his head, looked at the side face of the great master with a few strands of white hair flying, and said calmly: "The premise of the exchange is fairness, if you can't do this, no one will want to get a pig from me." ”

Wu Peng let out a soft sigh: "If you do this, it is easy to be used as a handle." The reason why I came to Rock City this time is because I want to have a good talk with you. Those rumors spread quickly, and you have to convince the king of your loyalty. ”

"Loyalty never has to be lip service." Tianhao's attitude was still tough: "I wiped out the entire pig clan, I brought back a real king's head to Your Majesty, I never thought of relying on my military exploits to climb to a higher position, I worked hard to feed the people in this city, and there was almost no time to rest." ”

Wu Peng turned sideways, and there was a hint of gentleness in his eyes: "I know all this." ”

"But those people, what did they do?"

Tianhao suddenly became furious and let out a thunderous roar: "For decades, they have not wanted to forge ahead, they have never taken the initiative to attack outward, people in the clan die every winter, and there will never be enough food to eat, why don't you think of a way from the root?" With so much knowledge left by their ancestors in the royal database, who would have thought of digging through it to find a solution to the problem? I won't mention it from afar, let's just say that I sent troops this time, in order to keep the news secret in the early days of the war, and in the later stage, many walled cities in the territory knew that I was fighting with the pigs. Has anyone thought of sending troops to help me? Has anyone asked if they need support? ”

"Nope! Everyone was watching from the sidelines, they were indifferent to the honor of the race, and no one was optimistic about the outcome of the war. They just want to sit back and enjoy what they get, and whether we win or lose, they get the most out of it. ”

"After the victory, a guy like the King of the Fierce Bull jumped out and threw out a few old and sick people, shouting that they had to be replaced with strong pig captives. Who does he think he is? This kind of shameless words came as soon as he opened his mouth, and even specially issued a document stamped with his personal seal. Hahahaha...... He's not a small man, he's a true king of the clan! For the sake of a small profit, what is the difference between this practice and a beggar? ”

"If I lose, they won't let me go. Many pairs of eyes are on Rock City, and they will ask me to give up this city for various reasons, or divide the civilians of the city in some other way. I've encountered this kind of thing many times before, and at that time it was still a rock village, not a rock city. The greed of the human heart never ends, and it does not differ with the level of status. ”

Wu Peng's brows furrowed slightly, then he let go, revealing a helpless wry smile: "It seems that you already know my attitude." ”

Tianhao did not deny it: "So I killed Yu Zheng, he must die." ”

The smile on the face of the great master became a little unpredictable, and he shook his head lightly with regret: "I have no objection to you killing Yu Zheng, as you said just now, he is swaggering and deceiving in the name of the king of fierce bulls." But no matter what, you should not forcibly leave these more than 10,000 people from the Fierce Bull Department, the exchange of prisoners is an order of His Majesty, and no one is allowed to disobey it. ”

"I didn't say no." Tianhao shrugged his shoulders, and his sneer was mixed with unspeakable evil: "It must be exchanged on the basis of fairness and justice, as long as the king of the fierce bull shows sincerity, I will approve it with both hands." ”

"What are you going to do with these people?" Wu Peng raised his hand and gestured to the bustling square in the distance.

"They can choose to leave, or they can choose to join Rock City." Tianhao smiled slightly: "It's not easy to get here from the Fierce Bull Department, if you don't want to die on the road, there is only the second option." Rather than leaving a pile of corpses on the road, let me take care of their needs during this time. ”