Chapter 31: Memories of a Thousand Years in the Dust (Part II)
"The widow originally thought that this western pole was full of barbarians, but he didn't expect that there would be such a prosperous civilization that is very different from China!" Walking in a city on the Mediterranean side of Yuluo Prefecture, Ji Yun, who was dressed in disguise, couldn't help but sigh. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The world is big!" Shi Tao laughed and said: "Over the sea, across the ocean, there is a wider land!" A more beautiful view! ”
At this time, a craftsman's cart passed by, and suddenly the wheel pressed a stone, and with a bum, the cloth goods standing on the cart fell down, and the craftsman was shocked, and Shi Tao rushed up with an arrow and held the goods.
"It's quite weighty...... Shi Tao straightened the goods, but accidentally tore off the coarse cloth covering it. It turned out to be a half-naked sculpture of a woman.
As soon as this sculpture was revealed, Qi Yigong and his party unconsciously widened their eyes.
"This is a stone statue? How can it be so...... Lifelike? ”
"It's like a goddess descending to earth, beautiful and unbelievable......"
"But it's really immoral to be naked!"
"Don't look at it if it's indecent!"
"Well, I'm ...... Look critically at ......"
"Shi Tao, you ask him, how much is he willing to sell this stone statue?" Qi Yigong's eyes couldn't leave.
Shi Tao negotiated for a long time, the craftsman was reluctant to sell, I heard that it was made for his sweetheart, Ji Yun couldn't bear to take people's love, so he let the craftsman go, and blessed him with a lover who would eventually become a family......
"Oh, such a beautiful statue, the widow wants it so much......"
Looking at Ji Yun's appearance of scratching his ears and cheeks, Shi Tao laughed: "There are many skilled craftsmen in the Western Continent, when I meet the right one, I will help you find a more beautiful one!" ”
"Okay, you can't be a widow!"
"Don't worry, I, Shi Tao, have something to say!"
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In the heavily guarded palace of King Qi, Shi Tao went in and out as if he was in a no-man's land, all the way to the place where Qi Yigong worked, and hung his head from the eaves: "Ji Yun, go, do you want to drink!" ”
"Have you returned to Qi Kingdom?" Qi Yigong, who was originally worried, was quite surprised to see Shi Tao, but then he frowned again: "Oh, the widow is not in the mood now......
Shi Tao looked at the bamboo slips he was flipping through: "Business? I've heard outside that you've governed the Qi country pretty well! ”
"Hey, it's not because of the ...... of the aliens" Qi Yigong sighed: "These guys are all unruly, the number of people in the past few years is not much and it is easy to do, recently I have recruited nearly a thousand aliens, and the widows want to arrange them to work in various ministries in the DPRK and the Central Committee, but those ordinary officials can't accept them at all, and the aliens don't accept the discipline of the officials, and there are often contradictions...... How good is that! ”
"Isn't that easy?" Shi Tao smiled, "Ordinary people can't control strangers? Then let the strangers take care of themselves! The chief is a stranger, and the one who does things is also a stranger, so it's over! ”
Qi Yigong's eyes lit up: "Good idea, but Yishi is not a real scholar, and rashly canonizing officials may cause dissatisfaction......"
"Then you're going to set up a new department!" Shi Tao said: "The name, it's called the Alien Alliance, only the alien can join!" ”
"Good idea!" Qi Yigong slapped his thigh: "Why didn't the widow think of it, but the name of the Alien Alliance is too popular, it is better to call it Yishitang, and then divide it into several levels......"
"Oops...... Let's go...... Let's talk about the details! Shi Tao pulled Ji Yun and walked out.
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"How is he, my lord?" On the sickbed, Qi Yi, who was just in his thirties, was full of anger, and his cheeks were sunken, as if he was dozens of years old...... A famous doctor with a white beard beside the bed was checking the pulse, surrounded by Qi Yigong's cronies, his face full of nervousness.
After a long time, the divine doctor stood up with a frown: "King Qi's illness, forgive the old and incompetent, it is really ...... Let's be smart......"
"Divine Doctor Guo, you can think of a way, if even you ......" Queen Qi's eyes were full of tears, and the Jiong Jian on the side simply knelt down, and the tall Zheng Zheng iron man slammed his head on the ground, banging.
Divine Doctor Guo shook his head: "The old man is not an immortal, besides, even the Yishitang of the Qi Kingdom can't be cured, I'm an ordinary doctor, it's really ......"
Everyone still wanted to persuade again, but Qi Yigong, who was on the sickbed, coughed: "That's it, the widow's body, I know it." Thank you to Doctor Guo and let him go...... By the way, the news that the widow is seriously ill ......"
The prince knelt in front of the collapse: "Father, rest assured, the child knows that the war on the front line is tight, and he is afraid of shaking the morale of the army, so he has blocked the news, and he has never revealed the slightest rumor!" ”
"Well done!" Qi Yigong nodded, and then smiled again: "Inform General Bian to withdraw his troops, and then spread the news that the widow is critically ill......"
The prince was stunned: "Why is this?" General Bian is like a bamboo, and he has already attacked the capital of Zhao State! ”
"Do as I say!" Qi Yigong shook his head weakly: "Widow...... Someone wants to meet ......."
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The Great War of Qi and Zhao, which lasted for half a year, came to an abrupt end when the Qi State achieved absolute superiority and the troops approached the Zhao capital...... The state of Qi withdrew its troops in a big way, not only ending the siege of Zhaodu, but also abandoning the eight cities it had just captured and retreating to the rear to consolidate the battle line.
Just when the whole world was speculating about the intentions of the Qi army, a shocking news spread: Qi Yigong, the head of the Seven Heroes, was seriously ill and dying......
Three days later, in the middle of the night, in the palace of the king of Qi, a meteor fell from the sky, smashed on the ground with a bang, and the wall shook in an instant, alarming the palace up and down, everyone ran out in a panic to check, and saw that there was a huge crater in the courtyard of the palace of King Qi, and the door of the palace of King Qi was open.
"There are assassins!" Jiong Jian took the lead in and broke in, but saw that King Qi, who had been in bed for a long time, sat up and was talking to a man with ragged clothes and sparks floating next to the bed.
"What people!" The guards who arrived later were about to rush up, but were stopped by Jiong Jian.
"He's not an assassin!"
"Shi Tao, the widow knows, you will definitely come!" Qi Yigong's face seemed to be rosy, and he ordered everyone: "Go, bring wine, the widow will drink three hundred cups today!" ”
Shi Tao pressed Qi Yigong: "Don't be in a hurry to drink, you are strangely ill, when I traveled to the West, I heard that there is a miracle medicine that can bring the dead back to life, I will go and get it for you, and when you are cured, we will drink again!" ”
Qi Yigong was stunned for a moment, wanted to say something, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, the widow is waiting!" If I don't see you, the widow will never go! ”
Shi Tao nodded, turned around and left the palace......
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, it's not this! On a lonely island in the Mediterranean, Shi Tao stood on a huge dragon corpse and touched the blood on his face: "It's just a mutated flying lizard, where is there any dragon core?" ”
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"King, slow down, ......" The palace maid with the porridge bowl in her hand persuaded softly, a few days ago, King Qi still didn't get a drop of water, but in the past few days, he has poured food into his stomach like a duck, and the food looks a little scary.
"The widow must eat...... Ji Yun gritted his teeth and swallowed: "The widow has to wait for him to come back...... Not! As soon as he spoke, Ji Yun couldn't control it, and spit it out, in addition to the millet porridge he had just drunk, there were bloodshots......
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"There's fairy grass on that mountain guarded by a cyclops?" After getting the information, Shi Tao rushed all the way into the mountains, and finally found a group of strong giants more than three meters tall, including not only one-eyed, but also two-eyed or even three-eyed varieties. These giants were completely irrational, and when they saw Shi Tao, they rushed up to attack.
Shi Tao rushed in all the way with a sword in his hand, and the entire valley was filled with corpses, and the blood flowed like a river, before he finally found the legendary fairy grass......
It wasn't a life-saving fairy grass, but a plant-based xenomorph whose ability was to confuse nearby creatures and induce them to mutate into monsters to protect it. And those so-called giants should be passing humans, infected with the ability mutation......
"It's not!" Shi Tao cut off the magic grass with a sword and continued on his way......
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"Son, is there anything going on in the court?" Qi Yigong leaned on the bed and asked with difficulty.
"Everything is fine......" Gongzi said with a smile: "The country of Qi is now peaceful and peaceful, the whole country is peaceful, everything is fine, you can recuperate with peace of mind......
Qi Yigong coughed: "When I sat in the court for my father, I continued to do government affairs every day, why was the world peaceful as soon as you took office?" It seems that you are much wiser than your father......"
Childe hurriedly said: "How dare the child compare with his father......"
"Son, my father is not confused, I know that I am seriously ill, and the Chu State is restless, right?"
"Children are incapable ......"
Qi Yigong waved his hand: "If there is anything to tell my father, with this spirit, I can live a few more days......"
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In the depths of the ocean, Shi Tao's sword was plunged into the huge multi-headed monster snake, but it was bitten by the big mouth and stuck between its teeth. Shi Tao twisted hard, and with a bang, the long sword broke!
Is it the end of its life...... Shi Tao threw away the broken sword, sprinted with his legs and climbed to the neck of the strange snake, opened his mouth and bit it down!
The indestructible teeth and tons of biting force easily tore through the flesh of the strange snake, and the blood flowed, attracting nearby sharks and besieging the giant beast. In the chaos, Shi Tao tore open the belly of the strange snake and got into the stomach, picked off the gallbladder the size of a watermelon, rushed out of the shark school, and surfaced all the way to the surface.
"It's here!" Shi Tao wiped the seawater on his face and excitedly raised the snake gall in his hand. At this moment, a merchant ship passed by, and a richly dressed man saw him and shouted, "Little brother, are you holding the gall of Xudra in your hand?" That's a rarity, so why don't you sell it to me! ”
Shi Tao immediately refused: "This is what I took to save people!" ”
"Saving people?" The merchant said strangely: "Are you kidding, Xudra is extremely poisonous, and his gallbladder is the most poisonous thing, how can he use it to save people?" ”
What the? Shi Tao was startled, and when he turned his head, one by one sharks floated up with their bellies turned over......
"Well, sell it to me!"
Shi Tao gritted his teeth: "I don't want it!" So he threw the snake gall into the boat and swam away as fast as he could. Frightened, the merchant hurriedly dodged for fear of splashing venom.
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"Father, father......" In the palace of King Qi, a group of people surrounded Qi Yigong's sickbed, at this time, Ji Yun, with sunken cheeks, white hair, wrinkles on his forehead, loose skin, and no air intake, looked like an old man who had run out of oil......
In the call of everyone, Qi Yigong slowly opened his eyes, and he was angry: "I can't stand it after all...... Thinking of me Ji Yun, I have always made a promise, but now, I'm afraid I'm going to break my promise for the first time......"
Everyone cried, and at this time someone came to report: "The Chu soldiers have attacked Qiling......"
"How so?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Qi Ling was originally the burial place of the kings of Qi State, and it was captured there, not only did the country not be protected, but also ...... Qi Yigong, who is about to die, can't be buried!
Hearing the discussion, Qi Yigong sighed twice and said laboriously: "Don't worry...... After the widow dies, there is no need to bury the ancestral mausoleum, I have another arrangement...... He...... You'll find it! ”
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In the middle of an icy mountain range in North Yuraju, a frozen castle rises. The castle is covered in frost, except for one room, where there are braziers in the corners, which are filled with a different warmth from the rest, and the decoration is extraordinarily elegant.
The owner of this room was a blonde girl with white skin and snow, who had been locked up here for more than a year, and before that, she had been locked up near a volcano, on an isolated island...... How many places have changed, to be honest, the girl herself doesn't remember. All she knew was that for as long as she could remember, she had been constantly hijacked by different people and locked up in different places. And no matter what kind of force or what kind of place, sooner or later it will be attacked by another group......
Sitting in the warmth of her room, the girl heard the sounds of fighting in the castle.
"Does anyone even dare to make a move in the Ice Emperor's castle?" The girl sighed a little numbly: "I don't know who has such strength......"
The sound of the fight continued all night, and at dawn the next day, with the rising sun, it was replaced by the sound of heavy footsteps.
Kara, the sound of someone twisting the door, after finding that it was locked, the man let go of his hand, and a moment later, with a bang, the door was violently broken, and a cold air poured into the room.
Walking in was a man covered in ice chips and blood.
The girl was no longer surprised by such a scene, she stood up and faced the man with a smile: "Are you also here for me?" As she spoke, she poked her head and saw the corpses piled up in the corridor behind the man, and asked curiously, "You're the only one?" ”
The man didn't answer, but let out a long breath and asked, "I heard that your body can secrete an elixir to cure all diseases?" ”
The girl nodded.
"Can any disease be cured?"
The girl nodded.
"Then come with me!"
"Where to go?" The girl asked.
"Huaxia!!"
I hadn't heard of it, but the girl didn't care, she reflexively picked up her coat and left the castle with the man......
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Qi Ling, as the ancestral tomb of the royal family of Qi, is also one of the symbols of Qi. Now, this place has been captured by the Chu State, and the camp of the Chu State has been extended, encircling Qi Ling to the death.
Qi Yigong is dead, the son is young, and now the dragons of Qi are leaderless, and the Chu army has driven straight into the capital of Qi this time, and Qi has no strength to resist. When night fell, the soldiers of the Chu State who were on vigil couldn't help but yawn out of boredom.
No one noticed, and a sensitive figure shuttled between the tents......
Early the next morning, there was an uproar in the military tent of the Chu State, the chief general of the army, the chief secretary of the army, and a lieutenant...... The heads of dozens of people were packed and bundled and hung on the military flagpole!
After this incident, the Chu army was in chaos, and rumors of ghosts were spreading, and the army was disheartened, so they withdrew from the camp on the same day......
The battle of Qi and Chu ended like this, and just when the people of Qi were rejoicing that they had survived the war, Shi Tao took the girl to Qi Ling.
For the mysterious girl, Shi Tao was just one of the countless people who had kidnapped her, but this person was different from all the people who had come before her. He didn't lock her up somewhere, but took her across the Yura continent to this mysterious eastern country.
It was the first time that a girl had been outside for such a long time, and for her, the trip was both novel and boring. The novelty was that she had never traveled so many places and seen so many people...... And the boring thing is that she feels that she is useless......
The previous abductors of her were all trying to squeeze her power and use her to make healing potions. But now this man is a freak who can't get hurt, and he doesn't need her at all, so what does he take with him?
The girl followed Shi Tao to a huge building complex, which is said to be a place with a unique shape, which is actually the mausoleum of the nobility of this oriental country.
Shi Tao led the girl to find a huge tombstone that had not had time to engrave the name, took out the fruit and spices prepared in advance, worshiped according to the etiquette of China, and finally stood in front of the monument without saying a word......
The girl didn't understand those oriental mystical etiquette, and just watched from the sidelines, looking around a little boredly.
"Are you free......" Shi Tao suddenly spoke, startling the girl.
"What did you say?" The girl was a little strange: "You brought me here from thousands of miles to worship the dead?" ”
Shi Tao sighed: "I originally invited you to save people, but the person you want to save is now lying under the tombstone...... I don't need you anymore, you're free, you can go anywhere you want......"
Will there be a day when you will not be needed? The girl was suddenly a little overwhelmed: "You left me here? I don't know the language, I don't know the people here, how do I survive? Besides, my ability is very useful, and I will definitely not suffer with it! ”
Shi Tao sighed: "For others, maybe for me, you are of no use to me......"
"It's amazing that you won't get hurt!" The girl was a little annoyed by the freak's attitude, but suddenly, he noticed that the man was in tears......
He fought all the way to the Ice Emperor's castle, slaughtered hundreds of Ice Clan warriors, and then led her across the Yuluo Continent to this mysterious east. How many robbers he fought off and how many monsters he killed along the way, no matter what happened, he didn't frown...... Such a man would even shed tears......
Shi Tao wiped his tears, turned around and left. As he said, the maiden is free and has nothing to do with him anymore.
But the girl chased after her, and what she was best at was healing other people's wounds. And this man, although he has an indestructible body, but he ...... Isn't it really going to hurt?