The second prince shook his head, and then explained to Su Jinyao: "They thought you were injured and wanted to help me hold you." I refused. ”

"I was fine. Let me down, my feet are numb. Su Jinyao kicked her feet and jumped out of the arms of the second prince.

The sun outside was still warm, and Su Jinyao took off her fox fur, and she felt that her son was slowly warming up. He threw off the mink fur under his feet, found a large sun-dried stone and stood on it, feeling the temperature spread from the soles of his feet to the whole place, not to mention the comfort.

The second prince gave instructions in Sanskrit, and then walked towards the Qingfan soldiers who had already set up camp.

Su Jinyao didn't know if the second prince planned to track down the murderer who released the Gu ants now, or pretended not to know, anyway, she was mentally prepared now, and she would be more careful no matter what happened in the future.

However, since the other party was able to unknowingly release Gu ants in her boots, and the Gu ants were only noticed by the Divine Gu King after biting her, it can be seen that the other party should also be a master of Gu poison.

Because they were the first batch to come out, the next two groups of people had to walk for two more days, so Su Jinyao spent the past two days collecting herbs around during the day.

Moreover, she also secretly noticed if there were any people who were very good at raising Gu (shēn) next to her.

Two days later, all Qingfan's soldiers were assembled. The second prince, Cang Qianmiao, ordered to set off immediately, and first took advantage of the dawn time to speed up the journey.

Su Jinyao didn't notice that there were suspicious people around her, and that kind of black Gu ant didn't appear in her boots anymore.

The march continued for three days, and the march was orderly and not slow. Seeing that there was a scene surrounded by mountains in front of him, the second prince said to Su Jinyao: "After two more days of mountain walking, in the hinterland of the mountains is Qingfan." ”

Su Jinyao said: "Is the mountain road difficult to walk? If you don't want to migrate, can't you open mountains and build roads? ”

"Yes, but why do that? Although this is closed, it is also the original appearance. The second prince smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I am also a little apprehensive in my heart, Qingfan never rejects foreign things, and is still actively absorbing them." But I don't want to really go out, I don't know what will happen if I become the king of Qingfan. ”

"I haven't done it, so how do you know? Maybe you're better than the kings before you. Speaking of this, Su Jinyao looked at those Qingfan soldiers again and asked, "Do they know that you are going back to fight for the throne?" Will they support you, or will they reject you? ”

The second prince shook his head and said, "I said that there is no fixed succession to the throne in Qingfan, as long as it is from the same family of the royal family, whether it is a descendant or a side line, you can fight for the throne." The people also don't have a fixed support for any one person, they only support the one who actually takes the throne. ”

In other words, the people of Qingfan don't care who is the king of Qingfan, but they are absolutely on the throne.

Walking into the mountains and forests, the road is really difficult. Horses were not needed at all, so before entering the mountains, some soldiers stayed behind and were only responsible for guarding the horses.

The second prince explained that the soldiers were originally responsible for taking care of the horses outside the mountain. Every once in a while, another group of soldiers will come to replace them.

As for those war pythons, they are even more casual, and they don't need to be brought back to Qingfan at all, and the feeding officer will place the war pythons in this big mountain, and then mobilize them if necessary.

For such a way of raising, it is no wonder that those war pythons have grown very large, and they are full of wild (xìng).

Su Jinyao also tried to ask how the war python was raised and domesticated, but the second prince only smiled and said, "These are handled by special feeding officials." ”

After two days of walking down the mountain road, the road was difficult to walk, and the rugged mountain road was only trampled out by people who often walked and stepped on, and it was not specially built and expanded at all.

Su Jinyao's physical strength and nimble (shēn) hands prevailed. For she was like a nimble ape, walking freely through the woods. On the contrary, the tall (shēn) shape of the second prince walked in the dense forest, which looked clumsy and uncoordinated.

Finally, in the evening of the next day, they passed through a cave tunnel and came to Qingfan.

When Su Jinyao saw Qingfan in the basin for the first time, she was speechless in surprise. It is like the streets and buildings of ancient Rome, with large stone houses, columned cloisters and arched doorways, and when you walk into it, you will feel like you have arrived at Mount Olympus.

Look at the surrounding Qingfan people, tall (shēn) shape, strong muscles (ròu), deep as knife carved facial features, really like the city of ancient Greece.

However, the people here are not wearing white robes, nor are they wearing garlands of olive branches. Instead, they are all wearing brightly colored clothes, and the women's short skirts and short shirts are the same as the ones Su Jinyao is wearing now, but they are different in color, and they appear colorful.

"Jinyao, isn't it beautiful here?" The second prince saw Su Jinyao's surprised watch (qíng) and asked her with a smile.

"Well, it's not what I imagined. I thought it would be a wooden stilted building, surrounded by soft dirt and velvet grass. And now, under our feet are large ashlar bricks, and in front of us are tall buildings made of stone, and we are completely resolute. ”

Qingfan in Su Jinyao's impression is the kind of gathering place for ethnic minorities, so she thinks of it as a stilted building.

Nowadays, it seems that the beautiful stone round columns are not only found in Rome and ancient Greece, but also in the European style of a minority basin here.

Su Jinyao originally thought that this was a trip to ethnic minorities, but she didn't expect it to become a trip to Europe in an instant. Needless to say, the joy in front of her made her really feel like she had crossed over again.

The second prince liked to see Su Jinyao's happy watch (qíng), patted her on the shoulder, and said, "Let's go first, go to my house and rest." I've got to go for a while, don't run around, okay? When I come back, I'll take you around. ”

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "Well, okay, I don't know Sanskrit anyway." "Anyway, they've already arrived here, so why bother carrying it with the second prince now. She really didn't plan to turn around and run away now.

The second prince also trusted Su Jinyao very much, and he really didn't interfere with her freedom much along the way. So he took Su Jinyao and walked towards the city.

While walking, the second prince explained to Su Jinyao: "This large basin we see is the capital of Qingfan, which is the most populous and prosperous place. Behind the other mountain, in the west of the mountain, there is a small basin that is also connected to it. These basins, large and small, form the real Qingfan. ”

Su Jinyao asked, "Is the same with the buildings in those places?" The stone houses here are really special, magnificent, and not romantic. ”

"This is Qingfan's style. Although there are mountains and trees all around, no one really wants to cut down trees to build houses. One is that people think that trees are also alive, and when they can, they should not destroy and kill. Second, there are a lot of stones here, but the area is limited, and all the Qingfan people believe that every time they build a house and dig a pile of stones from the mountain, then there will be one less piece of the mountain and one more area on the ground. And most importantly, stone houses are stronger and cooler. Generations live and the house is passed down from generation to generation, and there will not be much damage. ”

Yes, when you think about it this way, it's really a good thing to save money, worry, and effort (qíng). The house, which has been passed down from generation to generation, is commemorative and durable. It is really the predecessors who built the house, and the descendants who took advantage of the shade, and it would not be bad to live in for a few lifetimes.

Su Jinyao couldn't help but feel that Qingfan's place (tǐng) was interesting and comfortable. At least it looks more human (qíng) than expected.

And the so-called capital city is actually as large as the basin sees. Although it is generally much larger than the capital of the Cloud Dome Country, the main city here, plus several other small cities, constitutes the entire Qingfan, in fact, Qingfan is really small and cannot be smaller.

The second prince took Su Jinyao to the center of the capital, and looked at the stone houses up close, only to feel that there was romance in the roughness, and the domes, columns, and arches all had strong exotic characteristics.

The streets are also very clean, most of the streets are paved with large stone slabs, and some of the side streets are dirt roads, and there will also be stone slabs in the center. If it's raining, even if the road is a little muddy, you won't get dirty when you walk on the stone paved path.

Qingfan's army traveled all the way, and now when they came to the capital, they dispersed on their own without gathering for rectification.

As the second prince said, these soldiers are soldiers with swords and guns in wartime. In normal times, they are just ordinary people, but because of this, they are the ones who really want to defend their homeland.

But in the end, there was a team of 200 people who always followed behind the second prince (shēn). Cang Qianhao explained that those soldiers were the royal family's (jìn) guards, and that each royal family would have a number of guards ranging from ten to more than a thousand.

The king's guard was a thousand, and the queen's guard was seven hundred. five hundred princesses and princes' guards; The lords, according to their ranks, had two hundred to five hundred guards; Ordinary royal nobles led 100 guards, and their families had 10 to 100 guards.

After the second prince finished speaking, he looked at the guards behind him (shēn) and said with a smile: "I originally had a guard of five hundred people, but this time I only brought two hundred people to the battlefield. The rest are at home. ”

After hearing this rule, Su Jinyao stuck out her tongue and quipped: "Your Qingfan's army has a total of only tens of thousands of people, and the population is only hundreds of thousands. Each royal family was capable of having a guard of several hundred men. In this way, wouldn't the royal family's guards add up to catch up with half an army? ”

The second prince smiled when he heard this, and said, "What do you think, how many people are in Qingfan's royal family?" Qingfan's royal family is not as numerous as the royal family of Cloud Dome. The previous king and queen gave birth to only one princess and two princes. One of them, a prince, died young. Before the current king was established, there was only one concubine, and two princesses were born to him, and that's it. ”

When Su Jinyao heard this, she was really surprised, and said, "Now I understand, why does the royal family have to bring so many guards, dare (qíng) to say that it is rare and expensive." However, since there are so few people in the royal family, who is fighting with you? ”

The second prince said: "What I just said is the lineage of the royal family, as for the side lineage, there are currently three people who are equally qualified to compete for the throne with me. One of them was the eldest son of the previous king, and was my cousin of the present king. ”

When Su Jinyao heard this, her brows furrowed slightly, and she cleared it up for a moment before she said, "Do you mean that the son of the previous king and the current king fought for the throne back then, and after they lost, they are fighting again?" ”

"Yes. I also said that in Qingfan, as long as you are capable, you can inherit the throne. But the premise is that the reigning king intends to abdicate the throne, or (shēn) is infected with a vicious disease and is about to die. After the second prince finished speaking, he turned his head to Su Jinyao and said solemnly: "I suspect that the reason why the current king wants to abdicate is because someone threats. So I'm back, and I'm going to take over Qingfan. ”

Su Jinyao rubbed her eyebrows, feeling that Qingfan's throne seemed to be relatively simple, as long as she had the ability to get it, she could take over, and there was no talk of usurping power. But in fact, it is also a battle of deceit, which makes people feel tired when they think about it.

As he spoke, the second prince had already led Su Jinyao to the front of a big stone house. said to Su Jinyao: "This is my home, are you disappointed?" ”

Su Jinyao stood still and looked at the stone house, and there was indeed a little disappointment in her heart.

This house is much larger than the stone houses I have passed before, and the dome is beautifully built. There is also a fence outside the gate, which is an unusual place.

But the second prince who originally thought that he could lead a five-hundred-person guard team, how can he say that he should also live in a castle, right? Now that fifty people are enough to live in this big house, where is the guard of five hundred people to be placed?

Su Jinyao couldn't help but smile and said, "Cang Qianmi, where are the remaining three hundred guards you said?" Where are your 500-strong guards usually located? Wouldn't you say that your housekeeper is called 'Wu Bairen'? ”

The second prince also smiled and said, "I said, the rest of them are at home." Qingfan's soldiers didn't have to stay in the barracks. In fact, the imperial court did not have that much financial resources to support a large army. Even the king's guards did not live in the palace every day. They arrange shifts of rotation and patrol, and return to their respective positions according to the time. And if the king is going out on patrol, or if there are other (qíng) circumstances that require assembly, he must return immediately according to the king's call. ”

This time, Su Jinyao understood, and dared to say that Qingfan's army implements a post system, and when he is not on duty, he can rest at home, farm, and engage in some side jobs.

However, this does save a lot of money, regardless of the cost of a large army. For example, food, housing, and clothing cost a lot of money, and it is indeed not enough to trap people firmly in the barracks.

At this point, the two-hundred-man contingent after the second prince (shēn) was disbanded again. In the end, there were only more than 20 people left, who followed the second prince back to his home, and then guarded them separately. These people are supposed to be in charge of the security work of today (rì), and it is estimated that someone will take over in a while.

Now, Su Jinyao has really made a great difference in Qingfan, and feels that both the management concept and the country's ruling model are very advanced. And what the second prince is worried about is whether he can govern Qingfan well, which should not be a big problem.

"Come in." The second prince led Su Jinyao into the stone house.

He said: "Because most of the stones used to build stone houses are large, and the stones are more difficult to sculpt, the stone houses built are not as good as the Han-style houses, and the division of roles between the houses is not so obvious. This largest room is the main hall, with a bedroom on the left and right, and two smaller rooms at the back, which serve as a kitchen and bathroom, and that's it. ”

Su Jinyao looked at it, and it was indeed a very simple layout, but each one was very spacious. The style of furniture is also simple and rough, but there are no tall cabinets and screens, and there are several large wooden boxes in each room.

The second prince said: "You can choose one of the bedrooms on the left and right." Actually, I haven't lived much before, and now that I'm back, I can really settle down. You wait for me here, I have to go and see the king before I can come back. ”

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "Okay, the man is on the left and the woman is on the right, I'll choose the one on the right." Go ahead and get busy, I'll leave it to rest. ”

After the second prince left, Su Jinyao packed up her things in her house. In fact, she didn't have any luggage with her, just the dress of the white fox Qiu and the two (tào) Qingfan women.

The wolf king Ah Ye has been quiet since he arrived in the city, and he has put his tail up very psychicly (xìng) and wagked it a few times from time to time to indicate that it is a "dog". Now, he is also honestly lying at Su Jinyao's feet, squinting his eyes very quietly.

Suddenly, Ah Ye's ears pricked up, and a pair of golden wolf eyes stared very round, looking towards the door.

Su Jinyao also heard the footsteps, so she put down the things in her hand and walked towards the door, wanting to see who was coming.

As a result, as soon as she came to the main hall, she saw a girl in red stepping in, her steps were very brisk, and she was jumping very (ài).

When the girl in red saw Su Jinyao, she was also stunned for a moment, then smiled and asked, "Are you a friend of Brother Mao Ke?" My name is Moma, and I am the new Qingfan Swallow. ”

Moma? Su Jinyao remembered that the second prince said that the prince of the royal family was called "Ke", and the princess was called "Ma", so this girl was a princess of the royal family.

However, this girl is really very good-looking (ài), about the same height as Su Jinyao, but a little plumper than Su Jinyao (shēn), and belongs to a round and toned woman. Just looking at the (shēn) material, it looks like the kind of hot and plump type that only black girls have.

But her face was round; The eyes were also round and large, black and shiny; The mouth is also round, not the kind of thin lips, but the kind of Barbie doll pouting lips.

In addition, she is wearing a red colorful brocade shirt and pleated skirt, revealing a slender ****, she is really an angel's face, a hot devil's (shēn) material.