3. Revenge dreams

It is normal for the people of the Dog Rong tribe to practice martial arts and strengthen their bodies in the gap between work, and it is also convenient for the royal family to recruit soldiers, and they are not subject to the law. Rong Zhongyuan stopped, looked at a few people who practiced martial arts from a distance, and asked, "This is your clan?"

Yao Ruyan replied truthfully: "Yes." Then he said: "The Dog Rong people are strong and strong, and they like to practice martial arts, and the people of the Yao clan have stayed with them for a long time, so they have learned some, and they have come to practice in their leisure to strengthen their bodies." ”

Rong Zhongyuan thought for a moment and said: "Look at this move, not all of them are the number of dog Rong paths, I am afraid that they are a combination of the subtlety of dog Rong and Yao's martial arts, and those people are all masters." ”

Yao Ruyan naturally understood Rong Zhongyuan's thoughts and worries, smiled slightly, and said, "In front of Young Master Rong, who dares to call a master?"

Rong Zhongyuan looked at Yao Ruyan with a smile and said, "There is only one Rong Zhongyuan, but you have one family." ”

Yao Ruyan lowered her head, pretending not to hear the meaning of Rong Zhongyuan's words, she is now finally sure that Rong Zhongyuan must have heard some rumors about the Yao clan when she came this time.

However, Yao Ruyan doesn't intend to explain anything, the more you explain some things, the more people will be suspicious, and it's better not to explain. Yao Ruyan now feels a little lucky, fortunately there are still quite a lot of Dog Rong people living here, if the Yao clan people live here alone, I am afraid that it will cause more uneasiness in the Dog Rong clan, and I am always afraid that the Yao clan people will make some trouble on the territory of the Dog Rong clan.

"What are you thinking?" Rong Zhongyuan asked when he saw that Yao Ruyan was silent and bowed his head.

Yao Ruyan doesn't plan to break up with Rong Zhongyuan, after all, his own clan lives on the territory of the Dog Rong clan, and if he annoys Rong Zhongyuan, the Yao clan will definitely not have a good time in the future. Hearing Rong Zhongyuan ask her, she shook her head and said, "Ruyan is thinking about the meaning of the prince's words." ”

Rong Zhongyuan smiled "haha" and said: "There is no intention in the words, there is no need to speculate." I was very happy to see that the people of the Dog Rong clan and the Yao clan lived in harmony and were the same family. When I go back, I will report to my father, and I will have to take more care of the Yao clan in the future. Rong Zhongyuan's words seem to want to give Yao Ruyan a reassurance, and the implication is that as long as the people of the Yao clan do not make trouble on the territory of the Dog Rong clan, they can get the care and gifts of the Dog Rong clan.

Of course, Yao Ruyan could understand the meaning of Rong Zhong's words, bowed to her, and said: "If the people of the Yan Dynasty worship the prince for his kindness, the people of the Yao clan must be grateful to the prince for his great virtue, diligent farming, and dedication to the prosperity of Xirong." He looked up at the setting sun and said, "Presumably Grandpa has already cooked the meal, let's go back!"

Rong Zhongyuan stretched out his hand and rubbed his stomach, and said with a smile: "I am indeed a little hungry. ”

The two returned to Yao Ruyan's house, and Yao Bu and Rong San had already prepared the meal.

This meal is very rich, four kinds of wild animal meat plus four kinds of vegetables, green, red, yellow and white, color, fragrance and flavor, it is already a rare feast for ordinary people.

Rong Zhongyuan sat down on the stool, sniffed, and said, "It's so fragrant, it's more fragrant than the food in the palace." ”

Again, he was exaggeratedly flattered, and said, "If the prince thinks it is fragrant, eat more." ”

Rong Zhongyuan held chopsticks in his hand and beckoned to everyone: "Sit down and eat together." ”

Yao Bu hurriedly said, "How dare Sha Min dine at the same table with the prince?"

Rong Zhongyuan said: "Since you are screaming one prince after another, why do you never carry out the prince's orders, but instead push back and hold back? As he spoke, he took a piece of pheasant meat and put it in his mouth.

Yao Bu and Rong San didn't dare to refuse, so they all sat on the stool and ate with Rong Zhongyuan. Yao sat on a stool next to the Central Plains.

Rong Zhong originally sandwiched the fat thigh of a pheasant and put it in the bowl with rice in Yaoruyan, and then sandwiched the other chicken leg and put it in his own bowl.

Rong Zhongyuan was very happy to eat this meal, and after eating, he said: "Yao Bu, when I go back, I will tell my father and mother, and say that the food you cook is much better than that in the palace, and I invite them to come and taste it someday." ”

Yao Bu hurriedly accompanied the smiling face and said: "How dare you work for the king and the queen, if you want to eat, the common people can go to the palace to do it." ”

Rong Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that if you go to the palace, you won't be able to make such a taste." He said to Yao Ruyan, "Would you like to accompany me to the palace?"

Yao Ruyan shook her head and said, "As a pariah, Ruyan is afraid that it will bring bad luck to the palace, so he doesn't dare to go." ”

Rong Zhongyuan smiled, turned over his horse, and said: "Like smoke, the gate of the Dog Rong King City is open to you at any time, and I will pick you up when you come." ”

After saying that, he got on the horse and left.

Far away from the thatched hut, Rong Sanfang said loudly, "Prince, are we going back like this?"

Rong Zhongyuan didn't look at him, and said loudly: "If you don't go back, do you still want to stay?"

Rong San was a little puzzled by what Rong Zhongyuan meant, and said, "What can the prince discover?"

Rong Zhongyuan thought for a moment and said, "No, I didn't find anything." After saying that, his legs clamped hard, and the fierce horse got the master's instructions, and the four hooves were forced, and he walked away.

It wasn't until Rong Zhongyuan walked away that Yao Bu stood up straight, the flattering attitude on his face disappeared all of a sudden, his eyes instantly became extremely hard, and he completely lost the servile face and knee just now, his back was not hunched, and his waist was not bent, as if he had completely changed a person. Said to Yao Ruyan: "You come with me." "When I entered the thatched house, I pulled out a dilapidated and old wooden cabinet from under the bed, on which was an old bronze lock, and opened the lock, and took out a square box with a black surface, which looked very old.

Yao Bu opened the box, three layers inside and three layers of purple silk cloth wrapped in three layers, opened the last layer, there was a small box inside, open the small box, there was a crystal clear bead inside, the size of an egg, there seemed to be something red surging inside, burning. Yao Bu Chao Yao was like smoke and said to the court, "Like smoke, you are near." ”

She saw this bead for the first time, and couldn't help but be attracted by its strange appearance.

Yao Bu's face was full of piety, and he said: "This bead is called the Fire Soul Bead, which is a treasure of the Yao tribe and a symbol of royal power. ”

Yao Ruyan asked strangely: "Grandpa, how can our family have this?"

Yao Bu said: "More than 400 years ago, when the Ji tribe city was destroyed and destroyed, the seventy-seventh patriarch Yao Heng handed over this thing to the ninth son Yao Chao, and asked him to leave the castle quickly and escape elsewhere, in order to make a comeback and rebuild the Yao tribe. Yao Chao fled all the way to the Dog Rong tribe with the Fire Soul Bead and lived in seclusion here, which lasted for more than 400 years. For more than 400 years, the Fire Soul Bead and the mission of rebuilding the Yao tribe have been passed down from generation to generation until today. It's a pity that despite the efforts of generation after generation, Jicheng has always been strong and prosperous, and there is no chance of revenge at all. Yao Bu looked at Yao Ruyan and said, "We and the Ji clan who live here are all descendants of Yao Chao. Twenty-three years ago, your father and mother entered the elite class of the Dog Rong tribe, seized some power, and were ready to lobby the Dog Rong people and use the power of the Dog Rong to achieve the goal of revenge and revenge, but unexpectedly, they were both killed in a later palace coup, and your three brothers were killed together, so the revenge of the revenge was stopped. ”

Yao Ruyan said: "Grandpa, is it worth it for so many people to lose their lives for it?"

"Of course it's worth it. Yao Bu said firmly. "Sending people under the fence is not a long-term solution after all, and it is the mission of every Yao clan to rebuild the Yao tribe. Your father, mother, and three older brothers are all dead, and you are the sole inheritor of the Fire Soul Bead, and you will definitely take on the heavy responsibility of revenge. ”

Yao Ruyan looked at the glowing Fire Soul Bead, her eyes were full of worry and helplessness, and said, "It's a pity that I'm just a woman and can't do anything." ”

"There is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of us. ”

Yao Ruyan said, "What chance?"

Yao Bu said: "It is the prince of Rong Yuanrong, I can see that he has a good impression of you, if you can firmly grasp his heart and be his concubine, you can persuade Dog Rong to send troops." The current imperial court, with internal and external troubles, is full of wolf smoke, and it can't care about rescuing Jicheng at all. If the Dog Rong clan agrees to send troops, and then join forces with the princes who rebel against the imperial court, destroy Jicheng, and even destroy the Zhou family, it is just around the corner, and we can gather the Yao clan in the world openly and rebuild the Yao clan. ”

Yao Ruyan couldn't imagine that she had such a major mission on her shoulders, and she didn't expect her grandfather to come up with such a plan, at the cost of her own life, in exchange for the promise of the Dog Rong clan to send troops to attack Jicheng, she was a little dazed for a while, and she didn't know what to do.

Suddenly remembered the true purpose of Rong Zhongyuan today, raised his eyes to look at his grandfather, and said: "Rong Zhongyuan came here today, not just to visit me, he must have heard some news, so he came to check." ”

"What did he see?" asked Yaobu, surprised.

Yao Ruyan said: "He saw that the martial arts of the Yao clan were a fusion of the subtlety of the martial arts of the Dog Rong clan and the Yao clan, and he was a little worried. ”

Yao Bu was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Rong Zhongyuan, has you seen the people of the Yao clan practicing martial arts? What else did he say?"

Yao Ruyan shook her head and said, "It's gone." ”

Yao Bu said: "The dog Rong people are fierce and like martial arts, which is a well-known thing in the world. The people of the Yao clan have been with them for a long time, and they will naturally learn something, which is reasonable. However, after this incident, I also have to warn the clansmen that living with the Dog Rong people is the best protection, but it is also easy to leak your whereabouts, and you need to be more careful when you speak and act in the future. ”

Yao Ruyan said: "Yes! The people of the Yao clan should be careful when they act in the future, and they must not be told the truth, not only will they not be able to fulfill their wish to return to the clan, but they are afraid that they will not even be able to stay in this piece of land, and they will have to suffer from some turbulence and displacement, and they will not know where to go in order to find a place to live." ”

"Alas!" Yao Bu looked up to the sky and sighed, and said sadly: "The world is so big, there is no place for the Yao clan, and the pain of losing the country is really tragic. ”

Yao Ruyan looked at her grandfather, felt the pain and despair in his heart, and felt very sad for a while.

As for Rong Zhongyuan, Yao Ruyan suddenly had more thoughts.