After receiving the guests, the king said to the arch-governor, "Arch-master, these four foreign princes and distinguished guests are visiting my country for the first time. This king is going to hold a grand welcome test! Inform the palace guard of honour and let them assemble immediately. ”

"Report to the king, the ceremony can't be done, there is no honor guard!" The Grand Steward stammered.

"No honor guard?" King Gran asked, confused.

"The three old bachelors of the honor guard and the queen went to the fairy fruit orchard of Jinzhou Lake to collect water..."

King Gran interrupted the Grand Steward impatiently, "Go and get the three of them back!" ”

Shanglin hurriedly said: "Uncle, the welcome ceremony is over, they are all my friends, and they really want to taste fresh fruits!" ”

King Gran's face immediately turned cloudy and clear, and he said happily: "It's okay, when the state guests have eaten enough fruit, it is not too late for this king to hold a welcoming ceremony." Boss, go get the fruit! ”

"Report to the king, there is no water in the palace... Fruit! ”

King Gran's face turned from joy to anger again, and he cried out angrily, "No fruit? There is no fruit in the royal palace of the kingdom of Gran? Isn't that a big joke! This is a dereliction of duty on your part! ”

The chief steward defended: "No, it's not that the chief steward is derelict in his duties! This morning, the king ordered all the islanders to sleep during the day, and bring water and fruits to the carnival here at sunset! But it's only mid-noon..."

King Gran lost his temper, he touched his chest and looked at Shanglin and said, "What can I do about this?" ”

Shanglin pointed to the treetops and said, "Uncle, isn't there a pear fruit on this tree, just pick two and eat it!" ”

The king looked up at the tree and said, "Eat this fruit?" Okay, first of all, I will grieve all the state guests to eat some pear fruit, and there will be more delicious fruit later. Boss, go up to the tree and pick the fruit! ”

"Yes, Great King!"

The chief steward is not good at walking on the ground, but he is as fast as an ape when he climbs a tree. He climbed up to the treetops in a few steps, took out a knife from his coat pocket, cut off the tail of the fruit on the tree, and a large red fruit fell into the hammock where King Grant had just slept without a sound.

"Alas, Shanglin, it would be nice if your cousin and cousin were here, they said that they would go to Qiandao in the morning to fish for ice and fire, and they would pick you up in the afternoon!" King Gran said.

"We met them on the front island and talked to them!" Kamibayashi said.

King Gran looked surprised, then turned to rage, and exclaimed, "These four bastards! I know that my cousin is here, but I am still behind..."

King Gran suddenly stopped shouting, because he saw the four cousins and cousins of Shanglin rushing from the beach to the fruit grove like cattle, and they shouted as they ran:

"Cousin, why is your hot air balloon so fast?"

"Kamibayashi..."

……

"Shut up!" King Gran roared violently, "You know that your cousin is here, but you are still playing in the back, causing your father to lose face in front of the state guests!" ”

"Father, we didn't play..."

"Shut up! Father now wants you to make amends and fly your hot air balloons to inform the citizens of the island to bring fruit to the palace immediately. Tonight's carnival is held early! And the three old bachelors of the honor guard..."

Kabayashi hurriedly interrupted King Gran's orders, "Uncle, our plans have changed! ”

King Gran was stunned, "The plan has changed?" ”

"Yes, we decided to rush to the Kuril Sea today for the night." Kamibayashi said.

"No, the Thousand Islands Sea is still far away, can you get there before sunset?" King Gran asked uneasily.

"Father, my cousin's hot air balloon is so fast now, it seems that there is an invisible divine power pushing it away!" A girl said.

"Is there such a thing? Shanglin, what's going on? King Gran asked curiously.

Kabayashi had no choice but to briefly tell the story of his friends outside the world, and reveal the secret of the hot air balloon's fast flying to the public. His cousins and cousins were pleasantly surprised, and they rushed to shake hands with Fan Zhen'er, the king of Hu.

King Gran said with a serious face: "Shanglin, your trip to Qizhou this time has been earth-shattering, the prince of the Misty Tang Kingdom is here, the Golden Kingdom has sent an envoy, and there are also flying people from the sky, so your uncle's Gran Kingdom should also send an envoy to Qizhou with you." ”

"But, uncle, there is no room on the gondola?" Kabayashi was a little embarrassed.

"Didn't you just say that the flyers flew in the stern of the ship? Isn't there just an extra seat on the ship? King Gran's two big garden eyes looked at Shanglin aggressively.

Shanglin suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Hey, uncle, I didn't expect your brain to turn so fast!" ”

King Gran said with dismay, "How can your uncle be the king of a country if he is not wise?" ”

"Father, send me!"

"Send me!"

"I'm going!"

"I'll go!"

The four cousins and cousins of Kabayashi shouted and scrambled to squeeze in front of King Gran.

"It's useless for you to fight, this king has always been fair in doing things. Those who go to Qizhou this time must have some real skills, otherwise they will not be able to come back when they encounter those bad mages. Each of you picks a stone and stands with your father to beat the fruit of that tree," said King Gran, pointing to a fruit tree more than ten meters away, "Whoever lays down a fire pear fruit first will go to Qizhou." ”

Soon, each of Kabayashi's four cousins and cousins held a satisfactory stone in their hands.

The eldest cousin was the first to fight, and she observed a large red fruit hanging from a tall branch, and then threw the stone in her hand with all her might, and the stone hit the lower end of the fruit and shook a few times but did not fall.

"It's a pity!" The audience shouted, and Kabayashi's eldest cousin looked disappointed.

Then Shanglin's eldest cousin came out of the ranks, and after he stood in the designated position, he smashed the stone in his hand into the crown of the fruit tree violently, and the stone "Whoosh!" A sound swept through the gap between the branches and leaves and flew to the other side, but not a single pear fruit was touched.

"Hey, bad luck!" Kabayashi's eldest cousin said with annoyance.

The third to appear was Kabayashi's second cousin, who was as fat as a kapok but not tall, and he was holding a large stone in his hand, and at the moment when he threw the stone backwards towards the tree, he stood unsteadily and sat on the ground, and the stone looked at the fruit flying high above.

He got up and shouted, "Hey, this time doesn't count, I fell, I'm going to throw it again!" ”

"No way!"

"You fell to the ground on your own!"

"You can't cheat!"

His three contenders were unanimously opposed.

In the end, it was Shanglin's second cousin's turn, she stood up and aimed at the fire pear fruit that her sister had beaten and threw the stone up, the stone hit with one hit, and the fire pear fruit shook a few times and fell.

The crowd cheered for her, and she danced excitedly herself.

At this time, she would not have imagined that the stone she threw would completely change the trajectory of her life, making her future life completely different from that of her three older siblings.

King Gran said solemnly, "Ama, this king has now appointed you as the envoy of the kingdom of Gran to visit Qizhou!" ”

"Obey!" Ama stopped dancing and said solemnly.

Shanglin smiled: "Cousin Yama, you go and prepare your bags, let's eat some fire pear fruit and set off." ”

The three older siblings hugged Amma and walked towards the house.

The chief manager has already put a few pear fruits on the table and cut them with a knife, the skin of the pear is red and the flesh is white, Wang Fan picked up a piece and took a bite, the fruit tasted sweet. Watching the state guests eat the fruit with relish, King Gran stood aside and grinned with joy for a long time.

After the guests had enough of the pear, Ama and her older siblings returned to the grove. At this time, Ama was wearing a flowered straw hat, a yellow-brown trench coat, a red belt around his waist, a blue and gold sword inserted in it, a pair of yellow-brown leather boots on his feet, and a leather bag in his hand, like the image of a messenger who was about to go to another country.

Everyone walked to the beach, and the team members climbed onto the gondola, and after a while, the hot air balloon was ignited and slowly lifted into the air.

Shanglin made a whistle, and the Xinyan arrows flew back to the gondola from the sea, and the teenagers on the boat waved goodbye to the send-off people on the beach and flew towards the Qiandao Sea.