Volume 5 Western Continent Getaway 20 Depart, Rock Castle!
On the third day, I went fishing again, changed places, and harvested about 400 catties, more than the first time. On the fourth day, I moved the place and harvested more than 200 catties, which was not as much as the previous two days. The harvest for three consecutive days has made everyone in the entire tiger clan happy, as long as this continues, and the harvest lasts for a while, if you save money, the urgent need for food shortage in winter can be temporarily solved, no matter what happens in the future, at least there will be no more little tigers abandoned this winter.
On the fifth day, Nordin smiled and carried the net to continue, but Xu Zheng stopped him, telling him that the sea was generous, but it was not excessive, and that it should be given time to recuperate. After hearing this, although he was a little disappointed, he honestly put down the net and learned Xu Zheng's netting technique with Dori.
The first time the class started, Xu Zheng spoke speciously, he didn't know what he was talking about, he looked at the tiger head below and nodded, I really wondered if I understood. It rained lightly that day, and the adult tigers gathered around Xu Zheng to listen to how to weave nets, while the little tigers were playing around, rolling all over in mud and water. When it was close to noon, the little tigers were all grabbed by the neck and carried to the beach to bathe.
After lunch, there was nothing to do, Xu Zheng was shrunk under the purring belly and sleeping lazily, Nordin hurriedly ran over and said, "The elders are back, something is wrong!"
Xu Zheng was taken aback: "What's wrong?"
"All the tiger people in the city who are responsible for exchanging things with humans are missing, and the elders went out for this. ”
"How can a good person disappear?"
"I don't know, the elders guess that there must be a leak of the news, these tiger people were either arrested as slaves, or confiscated
Xu Zheng was shocked: "How many are there?"
Nordin said, "Twenty-three." Seventeen men and six women. ”
"What do the elders say?"
Nordin shook his head: "There is no way. It's probably already a lot of bad luck...... Alas. ”
Xu Zheng jumped up and said, "Let's go, let's go meet the elders." ”
Nordin nodded and led Xu Zheng to the Elders' Council.
The so-called Council of Elders. In fact, it is nothing more than a larger triangular animal skin tent.
There was no guard as Xu Zheng imagined, and Nordin directly led Xu Zheng in.
Xu Zheng met the elders of the Tiger Clan, three elderly tiger people, two men and one woman.
Seeing Xu Zheng come in, the female Tiger Clan elder smiled and said, "I'm Kalan." Hello, human friends. He pointed to the two tiger men beside him and said, "This is Elder Jeridah, and this is Elder Pelton." There has been something in the clan these days, and I have neglected you, so please don't be surprised. Friends of the leopard clan are friends of the tiger clan, and I hope you are still used to living in the clan. ”
Xu Zheng directly skipped the nonsense and said, "I heard that none of the tiger people in the city can be found?"
Karan was stunned. Then he smiled bitterly: "You heard Nordin say everything?"
Xu Zheng nodded. "What's going on?"
Jeridas said, "How we trade with humans, you've probably heard Nordin say it. Six days ago. Cook, who was in charge of contact, came back to report that he had lost contact with the tigers in Iwacheng, and that the tigermen had been in charge of reporting that they had been safe for three days. ”
Pelton continued: "That's how we trade with humans. It's been about three years, and nothing like this has ever happened. All three of us elders were taken aback and immediately left the clan to contact Cook. Who knows......"
Kahlan smiled wryly again: "Even Cook can't be contacted." Everyone is like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no news. I'm afraid that there will be another accident and the loss of my people. The people who responded were all withdrawn. The twenty-three that are missing. And Cook, I'm afraid it's already more than lucky. The lord of Rock City hated all non-human races. They think that we are the worms of the forest, polluting the land of human beings, and have always resorted to extermination methods. If the clansmen fall into his hands, I'm afraid it won't be very optimistic. ”
Xu Zheng said: "What are you going to do now?"
"What else can I do? The whole clan came out to fight him? Even if one top ten, I can't beat him. Ka Bandi's expression was bitter, "There is no one in the clan who can fully transform. In order not to lose other people, you can only give them up. ”
Xu Zheng groaned, and then said, "That Rock City Lord killed someone when he caught it?"
"Not exactly," Pelton said. In most cases, they are sold as slaves or used as cannon fodder. ”
Xu Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "That means that the twenty-four tiger people are still very likely to be alive?"
Pelton said, "That's right. The problem is, there's no way to get them out. There is no other person in the clan who can completely transform into a human in disguise like them. ”
Xu Zheng smiled: "As long as the person is fine, it will be easy to do!"
Kahlan looked at Xu Zheng in surprise and joy: "You mean ......?"
"That's right!" Xu Zheng said, "I'll go!"
Pelton and Jerida also understood, and looked at Xu Zheng in surprise: "You?"
Xu Zheng nodded, pointed to his nose and smiled: "I'm a real human being, it's easy to enter the city, but I don't have to be so troublesome to transform." But he forgot that he has the heart of a tree man in his body, and he is experiencing a second rebirth, so he can only say that he is human on the outside, but he is not human on the inside...... Hardly......
"But you're only one person. Karan hesitated.
"It's better than nothing, at least you can listen to the news, determine the situation, and make a plan to save people. The point is, do you believe me?"
Nordin patted his chest and said, "I'm sure I'm a believer." I told my mom that you're my Notting's brother!"
Xu Zheng smiled, this Nordin, straight belly and straight intestines, is too different from Mu Chu's cold-faced and cold-faced personality, but it is also very likable Carland said: "The tiger clan is different from the leopard clan, the leopard clan is more suspicious, the leopard clan can be a friend of the human being, and the tiger clan must also be trustworthy, but, even a person, I am worried that you will be involved if you go, it is a friend, so you should not be involved in danger." ”
was as kind as the other members of the Tiger Clan he knew, Xu Zheng's heart was slightly warm, and he couldn't stand idly by, so he said: "I'm a human being, it shouldn't matter." ”
Pelton sighed: "Young man, maybe you don't know, we are dealing with him from the side, but we know that the city lord of Rock City is a ruthless person. His daughter fell in love with a canine boy before the two of them, guess what?"
Xu Zheng was cold: "Kill your own daughter."
Kahlan shook his head: "He slaughtered the entire village of the Canine Clan! Of the three hundred and seventy-three people in the village, twenty-two escaped, and the rest were slaughtered. ”
Xu Zheng was furious: "! hateful! What about his daughter?"
Kahlan sighed: "That's a kind girl, she usually takes care of the canine clan very secretly, and she was the first to give us the tiger clan a bridge and trade with humans." At this moment, the dog village was slaughtered, her lover was killed, and the girl stopped talking. A good girl, overnight, seems to be ten years old, and her red hair is half white overnight. ”
Xu Zheng sighed, imagining that the girl who was born early with gorgeous hair felt even more hateful to the city lord.
Kahlan added: "I say this to tell you that you are not his daughter, and that he has no scruples if he wants to kill you. Even if he is not killed, the possibility of being used as a slave or confiscated is extremely high, and there are many such humans in his hands. You know, even if you are a human, he will not be polite if he knows that you are involved with the beasts. ”
Xu Zheng said: "I understand, but I still have to go." How do I get to Iwachi?"
Karan was stunned and said, "Young ......"
Xu Zheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't persuade me, I still have to go." ”
Jerida looked at Xu Zheng: "Why?"
Xu Zheng smiled: "I just like to be nosy." ”
The three elders were all stunned.
Xu Zheng smiled lightly and said, "Maybe it's my wishful thinking." I always feel that this sky is everyone's sky, everyone stands under this blue sky to breathe and live, no one is better, and no one is inferior. As a member of the Aris Continent, no one should be erased. This is true for humans, and so should it be for orcs!"
I saw that the three elders were still looking at him. Xu Zheng smiled and said, "The ideal is too high, it's unrealistic, isn't it?"
Nodding instinctively, Xu Zheng said, "Then let's talk about practicality." I just thought that if something happened to me, my friends would go out of their way to help me. I'm convinced of that, and if I don't even believe that, what's the joy of my life?"
He really didn't think wrong, he disappeared, and a group of relatives and friends in Zion City were made to jump and have no peace.
"So. Xu Zheng said again, his two eyes were clear and bright, shining. "My friends treat me like this, I can't bear them! Now that it's a Nordin clansman, I'll do what I can. Do what you can! Even if you are alone, you just want to be worthy of your own heart, and when your friends meet again, you can look him in the eye with a clear conscience! Nordin's people are my people, and Xiao Chu's friends are also my friends. Lo and behold, I'm going to do this parallel generalization theory now. Sure enough, it's red near Zhu, and black near ink!"
Notting listened and didn't say anything, just came over and grabbed Xu Zheng's shoulders tightly, and said, "I'll go with you too!"
Slapping his hand away, Xu Zheng smiled and said, "You go to find death!" and turned his head to ask Karan: "Do you have a map?"
Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Xu Zheng said those words with great vigour, and even she couldn't help recalling the intimate friendship when she was young, and there was a rush of blood surging upwards, and her eyes when she looked at the young man became admirable, and said, "No." The Tigers don't have these complex skills. It was bought from humans before, but it was lost during migration. However, the rock castle is not difficult to find, and the first city you see when you walk south through the forest is it, and the entire city wall is made of blue-gray rock, which is very recognizable. ”
"Good. Xu Zheng said: "I'll leave tomorrow!