Chapter 33: The Expedition to the North (3)
"Hmph, breaking into the General's Mansion at night must be a bad attempt! Who are you?" the head guard rebuked.
"I, I'm my own!" the man wept bitterly, "I don't believe you look at my waist card." ”
The leader of the guards pulled the wooden card from his waist, glanced at it, and reprimanded: "Even if you are a person in the camp, you should know the rules of the camp, why did you break into the general's mansion?
"My lord spares my life, I'm not a spy, I'm not a spy, it's really a misunderstanding. ”
"Don't be wordy, breaking into the general's mansion at night is a capital crime, see that you are a person in the camp, take it to the dungeon for the time being, and report it to the general early tomorrow morning!"
Luo Yin had already heard You Qiruo's voice at this time, and hurriedly said to Liu Qin'er: "That's my bitter brother who has the same fate, he is really not a spy, I have to save him quickly." ”
Liu Qin'er was taken aback and asked, "Is that the person who stole food with you just now?"
"Exactly. Luo Yin replied.
At this time, seeing that the guards were about to escort You Yanruo away, Liu Qin'er walked quickly to the guards and stopped everyone. "Please wait. Qin'er said to the leader of the guards.
"Miss Qin'er, what's the matter?" the leader of the guards saluted.
"This kidnapped is my friend, not a spy, please let me go. Qin'er replied.
"Is this your friend?" The leader of the guards looked at You Qiruo, who was tied up behind him, with some confusion, and then looked at Liu Qin'er, and said, "We caught him climbing over the wall from the General's Mansion, behaving sneakily, and it seems that he has a plan. ”
"This ......" Liu Qin'er was speechless for a while, and she was anxious to think of prevarication. Seeing that the situation was not good, Luo Yin hurriedly stepped forward and took over the words: "We were playing hide and seek just now, hide and seek...... When it was his turn to hide, he made a fool of himself and fell off the wall. ”
"Yes, we're playing hide and seek. Liu Qin'er also hurriedly agreed.
"Hide and seek?" The leader of the guards frowned and looked at the two of them, as if he didn't believe what they said, and turned his head to look at You Yaruo behind him, only to see You Yaruo's pitiful eyes, snot all over his face, and he couldn't stop nodding. The leader of the guard then turned to Luo Yin and asked, "Then who are you, when did you come in, and why didn't you see a report from the porter?"
This question made Luo Yin dumbfounded, and he opened his mouth to be anxious, but he couldn't squeeze out a word.
"Both of them were old friends of mine, and they knew that I had come to the camp to see me. I picked them both in at dinner time, just before the change of guards, so you didn't know it. Liu Qin'er replied.
"Miss Qin'er, with all due respect, there are rules in this camp, the general's mansion is an important place, and idle people are not allowed to enter without permission, although I believe in the girl's character, but this matter is not a child's play, forgive me for being difficult to release people, if I am really innocent, it will be fine after the trial tomorrow. ”
Seeing that You Qiruo was about to be escorted away, he suddenly saw the priest of the moon * walking over from the gate with a few entourage. It turned out that the noise outside the wall had already alarmed the high priest who was about to rest.
"See the general!" the crowd saw the high priest come up to them and hurriedly saluted.
The Moonwheel Priest waved his hand and asked, "Why is it so noisy?"
"Report to the general, if you enter the general's mansion at night and are captured by us, you are about to be detained and handed over to you for interrogation tomorrow, your lordship. The leader of the guard stepped forward to report.
"Huh?" The priest glanced at You Yaruo, and You Yaruo became even more frightened, and he was already crying undecently, crying and begging: "General, I really didn't mean it, I'm not a spy......"
"Your name is Ekiro?" asked the priest.
"Back to General, yes. You replied.
"Your father is the swordsmith Eugene Ming?" the priest continued.
"Exactly. You Ruo was a little surprised.
"Alas......" The priest of the moon wheel smiled with some regret, and said, "No wonder I see that you seem to be familiar, when your father died suddenly, when I went to your house, you were seriously ill and in a coma in bed, and now you have grown up, but your appearance is still recognizable." It's embarrassing to say, when I see you, I think of your father, he has followed me for many years, although he is a subordinate, it is better to say that he is more like an old friend. Your father is one of the best swordsmiths in the entire Dawning Continent, and the weapons created by his hands are as if they have human nature, and they can blend with the user's qi and blood, as if the two are one. Of course, not everyone can handle the sword that your father built. ”
"Yes...... General, I ......" The words touched on You Qiruo's sad memory, and he wiped away his tears, "I also ask the general to atone for his sins, if he is reckless and ignorant, he breaks the rules of the camp, and is willing to be punished." But the conscience of heaven and earth, if the oath of my deceased father is not a spy? ”
"Priest, it's a misunderstanding, especially if it's not a bad person, I can vouch for it. Seeing this, Liu Qin'er also hurriedly explained to the priest of the moon wheel, "He also knew that I was coming to the barracks, and came to see me. ”
The Moon Ring Priest looked at Liu Qin'er, then at You Yaruo, and smiled, "In this case, it must be the child's temperament, and if he breaks the rules for a while, it is at most a crime of accountability, so let it go." ”
Hearing the priest say this, the guards who were holding You Qiruo immediately untied him, Luo Yin and Liu Qin'er hurriedly saluted and thanked the Yuelun priest, You Qiruo also burst into tears and laughed, and hurriedly clasped their fists to bow to the Yuelun priest.
"That being the case, and it is not a big deal, so go first. The Moonwheel Priest waved his sleeves and motioned for the guards to disperse.
Seeing that he was safe, Luo Yin pulled You Qiruo and whispered, "Then let's go quickly." You came back to her senses and nodded. The two took a few steps back, turned around and slipped away quietly.
At this moment, the Moon Wheel Priest was talking to Liu Qin'er, and in a blink of an eye, he found that Luo Yin and You Qiruo had already walked away in the night, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and opened his mouth to call the two of them, but he closed his mouth and did not make a sound.
The moon wheel priest brushed the sideburns in his ears, but his eyes stayed on the back of Luo Yin, who was gradually moving away. Her expression was as gentle and calm as ever, but her gaze was extraordinarily deep. Seeing this, Liu Qin'er, who was accompanying her, asked, "What is the priest looking at?"
"Girl, that must be your friend. The Moon Wheel Priest asked Liu Qin'er.
"Back to the priest, his name is Luoyin, and he grew up with me since childhood, and we often play together. Liu Qin'er replied.
"So," the priest said, turning his head and looking at Luo Yin, "he's also from Jialan Island, do you know what my father does?"
Liu Qin'er nodded and returned: "His father is a fisherman, and in our village he is an expert in reading water and knowing fish. Luoyin's mother was gone when he was born, and he depended on his father for his life, making a living from fishing, and his life was a little poor. ”
"His father is a fisherman, do you know his name?"
"Well, it's a fisherman, named Overboard. ”
"Has this fallen water cold ever practiced the method before, and how many warlocks are ranked?"
Liu Qin'er frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head and said: "No, according to my father, Luoshui Han was not from my South Liminghai Fishing Village, he was originally a scholar in Liuye City, and later fled here with his wife, his wife has a cousin who is a blacksmith in my fishing village, so he came with Luoshui Han, but unfortunately a few years later, he was in danger of giving birth to Luoyin, although the child was born in the end, but she did not survive. In addition to reading and writing, this Luoshui Han has no brute force and does not understand the method, in order to live and raise Luoyin, he followed Uncle Song in the village to learn fishing. ”
The Moon Wheel Priest frowned after hearing this, thoughtfully, and after thinking for a moment, he smiled, but shook his head slightly. Liu Qin'er was very puzzled, so she asked, "What are you thinking about, priest?"
"Oh, it's nothing, I've actually been noticing this young man since just now, and the look and the heroic look between his eyebrows are very similar to an old man of mine many years ago, which reminds me of some of the past, and some of my mind is disturbed. The priest said.
"Presumably, that old man must have had a great friendship with you, so that it makes your heart fluctuate. Liu Qin'er said.
"Qin girl, you are really clever and meticulous, what you say is exact. The Moon Wheel Priest smiled, took Liu Qin'er's hand, and continued, "Speaking of which, this old man not only has a deep friendship with me, but also has a life-saving grace with me. He is the descendant of the previous generation of prophets of the Cangyan clan, ranking first among the black-robed mages of the Yanmen, and is a rare genius in a hundred years, proficient in the three techniques of the Yanmen, the Fengmen and the Fengmen of the Jialan Clan, and can be called the master of the spells on the Dawning Continent, and the heir who has been carefully cultivated in the Cangyan Clan. More than 20 years ago, the two of us were ordered to go deep into the Shesheng Plateau to pursue the pioneer general Ghost of Shesheng, due to the treacherous terrain, the sky was full of ice and snow, I fell into the trap of the ghost in the jungle, I was seriously injured, and almost died under the sword of the ghost and the Shadow Knight, it was this old man who single-handedly blocked the siege of the ghost and a dozen Shadow Knights at the moment of crisis, and rescued me. ”
"Then where is this old man now, such a powerful person, he must also be a famous person in my Dawning Alliance. Liu Qin'er couldn't help but sigh.
"Alas, it's a pity that he died young. Although he was able to escape from the pursuit of the enemy, not long after he returned, his internal organs and meridians throughout his body were corroded by the evil poison, and his mind was also confused. In order to avoid the destruction of life after falling into the demon, and in order to get rid of the endless pain, under the control of the last bit of reason, he resolutely went to the Forgotten Worry Mountain Range alone, and jumped into the abyss of the Shesheng Canyon. ”
With that, the Moon Priest rolled up his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and looked up at the hazy moon in the inky night sky. The white moonlight dimmed her eyes, but the light and shadow that kept jumping under her eyes seemed to retell the memories of the past. Liu Qin'er didn't say anything more, just lightly grabbed the priest's arm and stood at the side.
After a while, the priest seemed to be in a state of flux, sighed lightly, returned to the present, stroked Liu Qin'er's hand and said, "I am interested in this young man, not only because he looks like my old friend who died early, but also because I faintly perceive that there is a potential in him that is different from ordinary people, so I am curious about his origin." ”
"Different from the potential of ordinary people?" Liu Qin'er was a little puzzled, she had known Luo Yin for more than ten years, and she had never noticed any difference between him and those boys in the village.
"Hmm" The Moon Wheel Priest nodded, and continued: "I don't know if it's my illusion, just now he was beside me, I seemed to sense that there was an unknown force flowing in his body, but this power was extremely strange, completely different from the water grid attribute of my Jialan Clan, it was a little similar to the fire grid of the Cangyan Clan, but it was only five points similar at most. ”
"What about the other five points, what does it seem like?" asked Liu Qin'er curiously.
The Moon Wheel Priest shook his head slowly, and also expressed doubt: "I have never seen such a power, and the other five points of feeling are very unfamiliar, only feeling like countless balls of light shining in the darkness, colliding indiscriminately. It's not at all like the power of the Jialan Clan's Water Grid or Cangyan Clan's Fire Grid, circulating like a vortex in the body. Moreover, the current pattern of this power is no different from that of a second-class Water Gate Warlock, which means that this potential is equivalent to the ability of a blue-robed mage. ”
"There is such a thing, but if he is so powerful, why did I grow up with him since I was a child, and I didn't see anything outstanding about him at all?" Liu Qin'er was even more surprised.
That's because this power has not been trained and guided yet, and he still doesn't know how to breathe the potential in his body and use it, and this ability at this time is like an egg wrapped in a shell, so he looks no different from ordinary people. Even so, before this potential is mastered, this kind of person will still have some advantages over ordinary people, usually manifested in higher understanding, comprehension of things or knowledge quickly, or better physical fitness, after injury and illness easier recovery than ordinary people. ”
"Hmm...... In this way, it seems that this guy is very strong, and he learned those grappling skills from Uncle Iron Hand in the village, and he is the only one in the gang who understands it most quickly and uses it the best. Liu Qin'er pursed her lips and thought for a moment before saying.
"Although such people are rare in the world, I have seen a few people who are born with great potential in their bodies, but if they are buried in the vast number of sentient beings and have not undergone proper Dharma training and practice, they are no different from ordinary people. However, if you practice properly and have the right traction, you can improve by leaps and bounds in five or six years, which is equivalent to the cultivation skills of an ordinary knight or warlock in twenty years. Mu Zhen, the prophet of the Cangyan clan, and Liu Lingkong in the young generation, all belong to such characters. ”
"What? My father is also such a character?" Although Liu Qin'er knew that Liu Lingkong was a first-class black-robed mage of the Jialan Clan, she never thought that Liu Lingkong would be so powerful.
"That's right, your father is a rare genius of my Jialan clan in the past few hundred years, from naturalized elementary warlock to becoming a first-class warlock, and passing the black-robed mage trial, it only took a short fifteen years, and the other warlocks all have to go through forty or fifty years of hard cultivation and all kinds of battlefield training to achieve the cultivation of the black-robed mage. So now, looking at the entire Dawning Continent, your father can be called the leader of the younger generation of senior mages, and more importantly, my Jialan clan is now in a good time for racial revival, and he will also shoulder the heavy responsibility of revitalizing my Jialan clan. ”
"What about that Mu Zhen of the Cangyan Clan, is he more powerful, or is my father more powerful?" Liu Qin'er couldn't help but ask.
The Moon Wheel Priest looked at her, smiled, and said, "At the moment, of course, Mu Zhen is more proficient, after all, your father is still young, and his cultivation and experience are far inferior to Mu Zhen, not to mention that he is not as good as Mu Zhen, even now he still needs to devote some years to cultivation to the trial of the red-robed mage." Do you know that Mu Zhen is a figure of your grandfather's generation, he has gone through hundreds of battles, large and small, and his mana is still above the red-robed mage, and his mastery of Cangyan's various methods can be said to have reached the peak. Legend has it that when he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, he traveled alone to the Chixia Mountains to create the Fire Eye Scepter, entered the Windy Valley, killed two two-headed Fire Eyes, and then took their eyes home to create the unique fire weapon in his hand today. ”
"It's so incredible. It is said that the two-headed fire-eyed monsters of the Windless Valley are more than a foot long, extremely ferocious, several times more ferocious than the fierce beasts of the Shesheng tribe, the frost wolf, I heard that they are the surviving beasts of ancient times, they can walk and run upright like people, and hold wooden staff made of iron trunks as weapons in both hands, and the most terrifying thing is that they can throw fireballs to hit their prey with extraordinary precision, and all the prey that enters their line of sight, if they are within a hundred steps, there is almost no possibility of escaping the fireball. And that fireball came quickly, with great momentum, comparable to the method of a high-class warlock in the Yanmen. Liu Qin'er sighed and said.
"Girl, do you know which governor's camp this Luo Yin has entered now?" asked the Moonwheel Priest.
Liu Qin'er shook her head and returned: "We just met in a hurry tonight, and it's too late to talk." ”
"It doesn't matter, he hasn't undergone any training yet, and no matter which battalion he trains hard, he will definitely make great progress. The Moon Wheel Priest smiled slightly.
As he spoke, he felt that the hour was getting late, the inky sky was getting deeper and deeper, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse in the night sky in the distance, and occasionally some crows who returned late passed through the woods. Most of the soldiers in the camp had also laid down to rest, and only the night patrol guards were left to patrol around the camp with lights.
Liu Qin'er accompanied the Moon Wheel Priest into the house, and then returned to his room. It was probably the first day of living in a strange place, although Liu Qin'er felt tired, but it was difficult to sleep for a while, so she sat in front of the window and looked up at the moonlight outside the window. It reminded her of sitting by the sea and watching the moon in a fishing village. The night by the sea is different from the night in this city, the night by the sea is dark blue, chaotic and unclear, only the moonlight jumps on the inky sea, and in the silence, only the sound of waves rolls from far and near, with the fishy smell that blows to the face, and the moon hangs above the sea, like an extraordinarily large silver plate. And the night in this city was noisy, and the light of the lamps leaking from all over the window shone through the window, and sometimes there was the dull sound of the footsteps of the night patrol, sometimes there was the cry of crickets in the grass, and sometimes there was the sound of the wind stirring through the woods, and the moon seemed to hang high in the sky, leaving only a small white outline.
She remembered what the priest said, and she still couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement in her heart, it turned out that her father Liu Lingkong was so unusual, and so highly valued by the priest. And at the same time, there is a little bit of excitement because I learned that Luo Yin is actually a character like Liu Lingkong, with a rare innate potential in the world. She thought to herself in her heart, strange that she always felt that this kid was a little different on weekdays, but it couldn't be said to be the reason, it turned out to be like this, if he accepted that naughty and lazy heart from now on, he was trained in this battalion, and had more experience with the army, if he cultivated for time, he would be a great character. Thinking of this, Liu Qin'er found that she laughed unconsciously, so she was like a deer, and hurriedly put away her reverie.
The night was getting darker, and the surroundings were already quiet. At this moment, in a barracks in the knight's camp, Luo Yin was lying on a wooden bed, and he was extremely bored for a while, so he took out the white octagonal stone tablet and played with it in his hand. Under the closer look of this stone plaque, it is really clear and exquisite, comparable to white jade. The ornament on it seems very strange and weird, Luo Yin looked at it for a moment, and in a trance seemed to feel that the ornament was like the face of a beast, but he couldn't see what kind of beast it was, and when he looked at it for a long time, he didn't know whether it was a trance or something else, Luo Yin actually felt that the beast represented by the ornament actually blinked, so bluffed that he almost slipped his hand, and almost fell to the ground with this stone plaque. He rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he opened them again, the feeling was gone. "I guess I'm in a trance. Luo Yin thought to himself, and casually put the stone tablet under the pillow.
He rested his head on his arms and looked out the window at the moon in a daze. On another bunk beside him, You Ruru slept deeply early, snoring continuously. Luo Yin stared at the cold moonlight, imagining that one day he would also be dressed in silver light armor, holding a snow-bright cold iron broadsword, riding on the back of a fierce and calm black panther, galloping in the jungle under the moonlight and on the sea, invincible, invincible. Somehow, he remembered that Xiao Hei bullied him on weekdays, and he was a little angry in his heart, thinking of Xiao Hei and his father Wang Mazi's annoying snobbish face, and then he remembered his father falling into the cold, and remembered the words that his uncle Mingshi had reprimanded him and his father in the past, and suddenly felt a sense of unhappiness in his heart, and then fantasized that if he could get ahead one day, especially if he could return to the fishing village as a moonlight knight, Mingshi would be impressed by him, and Xiao Hei and his group of foxes and dogs would no longer dare to shout in front of him。
He was a little depressed, but he also looked forward to the beginning of the expedition, and in nine days he would be marching with the army to the brutal battlefields of the north, which would mean the beginning of a new life for him, and perhaps a change of fate.
Luo Yin looked out the window at the night sky, tonight is the night of the full moon, and the weather is clear, so the moon seems to be extraordinarily large and extraordinarily bright. Falling Yin admired the moon with great interest, and for some reason he seemed to feel that the full moon tonight was slightly different from the previous one, and that the moon looked a little red. Maybe I stared at it for too long, and I was dazzled for a while, and I secretly thought in my heart. Thinking about it at the moment, I couldn't help but feel a wave of sleepiness, and my eyelids began to fight, and the moon gradually became blurred in my eyes, countless circles of light shook in my eyes, and I slowly felt that the darkness of the mass enveloped me.
And under him, the white octagonal stone plaque was faintly glowing with a hazy and imperceptible red light at this moment.