Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Shot (I)
Hearing the report of the leader of the defenders at the east gate, there was an uproar in the palace hall.
Because the Linhai Kingdom has had close contacts with Qizhou since ancient times, and because the Linhai King and the ministers sitting there have maintained friendly contacts with the pharmacists of the Blue Misty Mountain for a long time because of their medical treatment or medicine business, they have all heard the story of the relationship between the Prince of the Great Prairie and the Blue Misty Mountain.
It is precisely because of these legendary stories that the King of Linhai and his ministers have more respect for the medicine immortals and medicine masters of the Blue Mist Mountain.
King Linhai stood up from his throne and asked in an excited tone, "General Poe, can you be sure that the guest is really Mr. Jiesheng of the Blue Misty Mountain and the prince of the prairie?" ”
General Poe said in a firm tone: "Your Majesty, the last will be the head of the Xiang Shang's guarantee!" In the past few years, Mr. Jiesheng has been in and out of the East Gate dozens of times, and he has invited me to drink no less than ten times.
Although I have never seen the prince of Jiuxian City, this is what Mr. Setsuo himself said. Moreover, the Admiral and his guards were burly red men, and the chariot that the visitor had driven was extraordinary, and it could walk on its own in the water and on land, faster than our fastest carriage. Except for the prince of Jiuxian City who has been to the outer world, who else in this world can have such a magical boat and car?"
King Linhai believed it, but he had always been cautious, not to mention that today's events were completely unexpected, so he continued to ask, "How many of them are there?" ”
"Report to Your Majesty, Mr. Jiesheng and the Prince of Jiuxian City only brought a total of six guards."
"Where are they now?"
"Mr. Setsuo, the prince of Jiuxiancheng, and the two guards were left in the VIP room of the palace by the last general to wait, and their boat and four other guards were waiting outside the east gate of the palace compound, because the boat was too big to enter the palace gate."
"Invite them here!" The King of Linhai finally gave the order.
Setsuo and Kapok walked side by side up the steps leading to the Linhai King's Hall, followed by two guards, none of whom seemed to be carrying any weapons, but the two guards not only wore a certain special helmet on their heads, but each also held an identical helmet in their hands.
Ayaya originally asked all four people to wear bulletproof underwear and helmets, but Setsuo thought it would be rude for him and Kapoko to meet King Rinkai with helmets. Yaya had no choice but to give in and let the four of them wear body armor, and the helmets of Setsuo and Kapok were carried by the guards, who could immediately put them on if something happened.
However, each of the four had an out-of-the-world pistol hidden in their pockets, which could defend themselves against them if necessary.
When leaving the prairie, one of the important tasks assigned to Agu by King Kaono, King Miyu, and Kabayashi is to ensure Kapokko's personal safety. For Yagu, this is the most urgent task of his trip to Xizhou, and he can't afford to make any mistakes.
The wide staircase leading to the council hall is made of white granite, and the surface of the stone steps is carved with dazzling patterns. However, Kapok had no leisure at this time, let alone time to admire these exquisite patterns, because the king of Linhai and his ministers were already standing at the top of the stone steps to greet the visitors.
After a warm greeting ceremony, the guests were seated.
Setsuo and Kapok sat opposite the King of the Rimsea, their two guards standing on the inside of the entrance to the hall, and the retainers of the King of the Rimsea sitting on either side of the hall.
These are pre-booked according to local etiquette.
Sitting in the chariot, Ayaya watched nervously at the chamber, and he and the other three warriors in the chariot could watch the entire process of Kapok and Setsuo meeting the King of Rinkai through the video transmitted from the helmets of the warriors in the hall.
King Linhai sighed: "Mr. Jiesheng, if you hadn't personally brought the prince of Jiuxian City here, this king and everyone here would not have believed that there would be such a once-in-a-century great event. ”
Jiesheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the visit of the Prince of Jiuxian City is a great event, but the information he brought will make all the people of Xizhou and Qizhou feel nervous."
After Jiesheng finished speaking, he turned his face to look at Kapok, which means that it is time for you, the protagonist, to speak.
The eyes of the people present all looked at the prince of the steppe, whose body was larger than that of Jiesheng.
Kapok's expression was serious, and his loud voice resounded through the hall: "Your Majesty, everyone, we have just received accurate information, the seamen are about to attack Xizhou, their goal is to occupy the entire Xizhou continent, and it is very likely that they have captured Xitian Island in the west of Xizhou. ”
Kapok's words made the King of Linhai and his ministers suddenly lose their smiles, and the audience fell silent.
After a moment of silence, the King of the Sea licked his dry lips and leaned forward, and asked cautiously: "Prince, this king doesn't understand a little, this king has long heard that the seafarers have been making trouble in the sea between Qizhou and the steppe for decades, and there have been many attacks on seafishermen by the seafloor people back then, but the seacrackers have not invaded the grassland and the land of the Qizhou Empire on a large scale so far.
However, the seafarers have always been relatively peaceful and self-contained in the open seas of the Xizhou mainland, and we have rarely heard of the fishermen in Xizhou being violated by the seafarers in the past 20 years. Why is the situation suddenly reversed? The undersea people want to capture Xizhou, but your prairie and Qizhou are safe?"
Kapok had no choice but to patiently tell the story about the sea and land people and the genetic people, and then told the information provided by the governor of the eastern part of the underwater world in detail.
As Kapok spoke, Setsuo sat aside and calmly observed the changes in the expressions on the faces of King Linhai and his courtiers.
After Kapok finished speaking, King Linhai and his ministers exchanged glances with big eyes and small eyes, but no one squeaked.
Obviously, many of the ministers of the King of Linhai are suspicious of Kapok's words, and they also have a lot of questions, but because of Kapok's special status, no one is embarrassed to question them directly.
Seeing this, Jiesheng had to open his mouth to break the embarrassing silence, he looked around at the people in the hall and smiled: "Your Majesty, my lords, Jiesheng understands your feelings very well at this time, because it was also unbelievable when Jiesheng heard such information for the first time. However, when Jiesheng saw the boat and car of the prince of Jiuxian City, it suddenly dawned on him that in fact, many things that we couldn't believe for a while are real in our world. ”
Hearing this, King Linhai suddenly stood up and said, "Hearing what Mr. Jiesheng said, this king wants to see with his own eyes how magical the prince's boat and chariot are, I wonder if the prince will allow it?" ”
The king got up, and everyone immediately stood up, and they thought to themselves the same as the king, that the chariot that could walk fast on its own in the sea and on land had been a myth since ancient times, and only seeing was believing, and if the prince of the steppes really had such a chariot, then his words could not be doubted.
Kapok stood up and smiled: "Welcome to visit!" However, because the gate of your palace is too small, my chariot cannot enter the palace, so His Majesty Lao and you can only move outside the palace gate. ”
King Linhai was in front, Jiesheng and Kapok followed, and all the officials followed the guests out of the council hall in an orderly manner according to the size of their official positions.
When the group reached the open gate of the palace, Yagu and the three warriors were already standing outside the chariot gate in full armor to greet them.
The King of the Sea immediately stopped when he saw the tall and mighty chariot for the first time.
The smooth shell of the chariot sparkles in the sunlight at the moment, and the color is constantly changing. Just as Linhai King and the others stopped to watch, the color of the shell changed from gray to the green of the branches and leaves of the trees on both sides of the road, and then from green to the purple red of the canopy.
King Linhai and the others were dumbfounded, staring intently at this magical scene.
Kapok didn't have the patience to stand stupidly, and he shouted behind the King of Linhai: "Your Majesty, this chariot of mine is completely automatic, it can travel thousands of miles a day, and it can never stop!" ”
Kapok's words made King Linhai and the others wake up like a dream, and a military attache behind Kapok who followed him asked in fear: "Prince and honor, you said that he was a chariot, but the general did not see any weapons."
Kapok looked back and smiled proudly, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, if you want to prove whether it is a chariot or not, you just need to try it." Please designate a target to see if my chariot can destroy it. ”
With a smile on his face, King Linhai turned to look at Kapok, who was a head taller than himself, and said in a sincere tone: "Prince, this king is already convinced that the prince's chariot is a thing from outside the sky. Now the king really wants to see its magical power, there are people in the surrounding buildings can not be used as a target, this king chooses a big tree on the other side of the square, to see if the prince's chariot can knock it down from here, the prince thinks it can? ”
At the other end of the road where the chariot was located was a parade square, surrounded by dozens of leafy trees.
Kapok said with a smile: "The goal is determined by Your Majesty, and if it is destroyed, all the losses will be borne by Your Majesty!" ”
Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.
King Linhai smiled and turned to point ahead and said, "Okay, I'll wait for the big tree with red flowers in front of me to see if the prince's chariot can knock it down." ”
Kapok Zi looked in the direction of King Linhai's finger and asked, "Your Majesty is referring to the big tree full of red flowers outside the square about two hundred meters away from here?"
"Exactly!" King Linhai looked back and said with a smile on his face.
"Well, Your Majesty, in order to complete your instructions accurately, I will do it myself. Because my apprentice has only been studying for a few days, I am afraid that there will be a mistake in firing weapons, so please wait here for a while. ”
After speaking, Kapok strode towards the chariot, and although it was not difficult to accurately hit the trunk of the tree at a distance of two hundred meters, he was worried that his apprentice would make a mistake due to emotional tension. Under the current circumstances, any mistake would seriously damage his prestige in the eyes of Linhai King and others.
After Kapok entered the chariot, the chariot hull turned at an angle in place, and then only about a minute later, a dazzling ball of light shot out from the tail of the chariot, and in the blink of an eye, it accurately hit the trunk of the large tree designated by the King of the Sea in the distance, and with the flash of fire and a dull explosion, the target tree fell to the ground with a bang.