Chapter 3 The Prince
By the time Lin Ze really recovered and generally accepted what was happening now, several days and nights had passed.
In the past few days and nights, he gradually regained his energy and physical strength, and his eyes were finally able to open completely, like a little beast that had finally matured, and he was able to open his eyes wide and take a closer look at the world he was in. It was also during these days and nights that he repeatedly confirmed that he was not dreaming, but really "breaking into" a new world.
The room where Lin Ze lived was very large, about the same size as a sports field, and although the furniture was decorated a lot, it still looked a little empty, probably because the ceiling was too high. All the decoration is mainly elegant, but the carved beams and paintings abound, which can be said to be simple and complex, delicate and detailed. Although he has become the so-called "prince", the place where he lives is not the golden and splendid style of a regular palace, and he has not even seen a single gold, silver and jade that he fantasized about when he was a gangster. But the comfort is very high, the layout seems to be scattered and actually very reasonable, the whole is mainly carefully painted wood, the calligraphy and painting are delicately framed, the incense burner tea set is meticulous, the light yarn is rolled, and there is an elegant atmosphere everywhere.
It seems that the national style of this negative country is quite literary and artistic!
It's just that for Lin Ze, a gangster who dropped out of college, Qinggao's literary and artistic style is really not his thing.
Of course, it doesn't matter where you live, and it doesn't matter if your style is suitable for you, Lin Ze at this moment, or the prince Jiuhan in other people's mouths, feels more panic and uneasiness, after all, he is not from this realm. Once upon a time, he also fantasized about going back to ancient times to scold Fang Qiu and point the fingers, but when all this really happened, it was far greater than those unwarranted superiority.
Obviously, the plane he is in now is definitely not modern, but looking at the humanities and wearing accessories, it doesn't feel like any ancient dynasty. Except for the fact that he can still understand most of the language, he doesn't know a single text that is similar to traditional and not traditional. It seems that even if it is crossed, in order to survive safely, it is necessary to have excellent historical knowledge, Lin Ze regretted very much at the moment that he did not finish all the old books in Lao Li's broken bookstore, and suddenly he had a feeling of hating less when he learned to use it.
Since Lin Ze broke into the current world, Z has never appeared, and he can't guess at all whether this is Z's original plan or an unexpected loss of control. The only thing he can do now is to save this little life that has been near death until he regains contact with Z.
He is the ninth and a half, and he is the prince of the country of the minus. Lin Ze must really treat himself as nine and a half in order to deceive everyone and live smoothly.
As for how to convince others that he was nine and a half, this didn't make Lin Ze bother with anything, because everyone had already tacitly acquiesced that their prince had lost his memory due to injury, and he couldn't remember anything that happened on this continent, including his own affairs.
It is an independent and isolated continent in the vast ocean, and according to legend, it is also the last continent. Thousands of years ago, the gods of this world dueled with the gods of other worlds, and no one in this world swore to cheer for the gods, and in the end, the gods of this world lost, and naturally became angry with all things in this world, so they released a flood to flood this world, and this continent is God's last mercy to all living things.
After a thousand years, this continent is divided into nine parts of the world by nine countries, and the nine countries are named after the "Nine Sons of the Dragon", which are: Baxia, Prison Cow, Jianxi, Mocking Wind, Pu Prison, Foxy, Raccoon, Negative Dog, and Kiss. Legend has it that the founding kings of these nine countries were all the sons of the Divine Dragon Venerable, and some people say that they are the incarnations of the nine divine beasts born of the Divine Dragon. But it's not worth asking, after all, it's all a myth. The reality is that in the unremitting construction of the previous generation of monarchs, peace has been maintained between the nine countries for decades, but now the nine countries, on the surface, do not move, but in fact they are in turmoil, and each country has a private covenant with each other. Everyone knows that the country of the negative is the country of the hegemon, relying on the marriage of the previous generation to form the good of the Qin and Jin dynasties, and jointly resist the warlike country of the north, the country of the negative is once the leader of the non-war alliance, and now it has been replaced by the country of the prisoner cow.
The confrontation between nations will one day erupt, but at least it will be a struggle between people, and there seems to be more hidden and terrifying forces quietly running rampant on this road.
Lin Ze's country of negative subordinates is located in the east of the entire continent, with the fierce Jairus in the north, the wise and the fierce in the south, and the powerful hegemon in the west. Fortunately, the current monarch of the country is the son-in-law of the country under the hegemony, and the beautiful talk of the princess Sang Yaozhi rescuing Wang Changyou is still spreading, and it has been made into a musical repertoire by musicians, and it has been sung endlessly. And the abandoned king Changyou back then was the monarch of the negative state, that is, Lin Ze's nominal father, and legend has it that it was he who leveled the world and created peace between the nine kingdoms. Therefore, once there is a war in the negative position, even if the monarch is old and not brave, the reinforcements under the hegemony are definitely the most powerful support for the negative army.
Through the mouth of the waiter, Lin Ze, who was recuperating from his injuries, tried his best to understand the situation of the world and learn the conventional etiquette and writing, but it will take some time to quickly reach the level of applying what he has learned, but fortunately, Lin Ze's brain with a strong memory was not destroyed in the crash, and everything he heard and saw could be remembered in his heart. However, compared to the past events of the Nine Kingdoms, which were either suffering or majestic, Lin Ze was more worried about his own situation at the moment. His identity should not be revealed in a short period of time, but after that? Do you want to stay in this world forever? Isn't it still necessary to save the world? It is not possible that his mission is to run to an ancient world that does not know the year. Even if that's the case, where is Z, who said he was going to help on the sidelines, and just threw the savior on someone else's board?
A strong uneasiness filled Lin Ze's heart, and for a moment, he felt that he might have been abandoned by Z.
A few days after his eyesight was restored, Lin Ze was summoned by the monarch of the negative state. It was an early morning, the sky was clear, the wind was smooth, before leaving, Lin Ze noticed a wooden hairpin that was always set in front of the table, with a flower carved on it, which was not exquisite, but it was also worthy of the word plain and elegant. Lin Zela came to a waiter and asked:
"Whose stuff is this?"
The waiter carefully distinguished it for a long time, but finally failed to realize that it did not look like a thing in the palace, so he wanted to take it away and throw it away as waste. Lin Ze thought about it for a while, and left the hairpin again, existence is reasonable, maybe whoever fell here, maybe he would come to pick it up at that time. Thinking about it again, such an abrupt thing doesn't even know the attendant who has served for many years, so it can't be some kind of token left by Z?
Lin Ze was led by a waiter, through stacks of courtyards, and came to the door of a huge palace. Although the courtyard is layered, the style is very unified, all of which are elegant and delicate, revealing a strong Yuefu temperament.
The decoration style of the palace is also like the national style, with carved beams and paintings hidden in the details, and a large plaque hangs directly above the palace gate. The book "The stream is far away and the moon is long, and the heavens are clear". The eight-character penmanship is elegant, natural, and at first glance it is from the hands of famous artists.
Who's the case, and why is there such an inexplicable sense of identity?
Lin Ze looked at the plaque and was unexpectedly distracted.
"Xuan, the prince is nine and a half to the palace!"
Just when Lin Ze was in a daze, a long and thick voice interrupted all his thoughts. He raised his head, but he didn't see the person who made the sound, and the ensuing "crunch" sound lasted for several seconds, and the wooden doors opened one after another, and as far as the eye could see, the hall was majestic, and through the deep corridor, Lin Ze looked through the center of the sun-lit hall, and finally, his eyes fell on the man who was reviewing the file.
Lin Ze bowed forward while observing the palace building, the nine dragon beads were carved directly above the main hall, and the dragon's eyes were hideous and lifelike. But other than that, the tone of the whole space is somber, mainly in a deep wood color, which is a little far from the elegance revealed between the plaques and letters, probably because the majesty emanating from everywhere overwhelms the elegance.
Several waiters stood scattered in the corner, not obstructing anyone's view and being able to be on call. In Lin Ze's view, the posture of those waiters is very contradictory, the upper body leans forward slightly, but they have an unyielding backbone, and they are respectful and proud.
Continuing to walk forward, Lin Ze got closer and closer to the man. The high platform on which the man was located was about the height of a person above the ground, so that those who were under the stage had to look up.
Lin Ze walked to a distance of more than two meters in front of the high platform, recalled the etiquette taught by the waiter before, bowed his head, bowed, and said:
"Erchen nine and a half, meet ...... Meet my father. ”
The next moment, the air seemed to be stagnant, and no one spoke, whether it was the waiter, Lin Zeyi or the monarch, they all chose to be silent without exception. The difference is that the negative monarch pulled his head out of the mountain of dossiers for two seconds, slowly glanced at his son, and continued to bury the dossier. Lin Ze never dared to move, carefully maintaining his posture and waiting for the hair to fall.
After a while, the Negative Monarch finally opened his mouth:
"This is not the time for government affairs, you and I father and son meet each other, there is no need to be polite. How are you recovering these days?"
"Oh good...... No, thank you...... Thanks to my father's concern, my son has almost recovered. ”
Lin Ze, who was almost soaking wet, finally mustered up the courage to straighten up and breathed a sigh of relief. However, he still lowered his eyes, and did not dare to look directly at the titular father, and every time he called "Father", he was very hard, after all, this dignified monarch was not Lin Ze's father, even if he had no father or mother, he always felt unorthodox to call his father casually.
The monarch didn't look at Lin Ze again.
It is estimated that there is a deep gap between the prince called Jiuhan and the monarch, or maybe this is the majesty that the king of a country should have. Lin Ze didn't expect that in the face of this scene, he would be so afraid in his heart, after all, the so-called "Ninety-Five Honor", he had only seen it in novels and costume dramas before, and he thought that those so-called emperors and generals were just ordinary people with a more noble status, who could have known that the monarch he saw today was so bold?
If it weren't for the identity of a savior, Lin Ze could still be forced to calm down with this, otherwise the fairy would have been frightened and would have fallen to his knees and begged for mercy.
"If the green wolf hurt you, why did you release that evil animal?"
“...... Green wolf?"
Although the name sounded a little scary, Lin Ze almost laughed out loud. What kind of species is the green wolf, the wolf that is green? No, the wolf can also be green?...... Of course, you choose to forgive him!
In an instant, Lin Ze's brain hole was almost open to the sky, as if he had not released his imagination like this for a long time.
"Why, I don't remember how I got hurt?"
The movements of the negative monarch were noticeably slower, but his entire mind was still in the files waiting to be reviewed.
At this time, it was Lin Ze's turn to break out in a cold sweat:
"Father, father...... I...... Although Erchen's injuries are healed, he still can't remember the past......"
Yes, how can he, a modern person who is estimated to have "crossed over", a person who has never lived in this era, know what species the green wolf is?
"It's okay, it's just a pity that I've read the sage books, so I'm so good to recuperate, retreat. ”
The monarch did not pursue it again, causing the big stone hanging in Lin Ze's heart to fall suddenly, although he was bent on escaping, his pace remained slow and decent, so as not to be seen as flawed.
After Lin Ze withdrew from the palace, his nervous mood was slightly relieved, and he didn't need to be so afraid, since it was the first time for him to experience crossing, these ancient people should not have encountered this kind of situation, as long as the excuse was sufficient, he could still get through it in a fool's way.
In the next few days, Lin Ze worked harder to understand the world in front of him. This continent may also be the land where he lived, and this era may only be before the era in which he was born. Although it is not possible to sit down with the historical record for a while, it is generally an ancient appearance, although the ancient times are somewhat different, although there is no electronic intelligence high-tech, people's living standards still have a certain height. Although there are no passenger planes like modern times, there are wooden machines that can carry one or two people flying at low altitudes, but this kind of high-level means of transportation, there are only five in the entire Negative Wing King City, and they are scattered among the people, and the Negative Monarch himself does not have any possessiveness for this.
The most different thing about this continent from history is that the birds and animals that roam among the mountains and rivers look very different from those seen in modern zoos. It is roughly divided into spirit beasts and demon beasts, spirit beasts can be domesticated and close to people. Demon beasts are different, not to mention attacking other species, they are also killing each other among their kind, and the North Continent Jairus and the Southern Continent Kiss like to keep demon beasts in captivity the most, which is really commensurate with the brutality of these two countries. To distinguish between demon beasts and spirit beasts, you can't just look cute or hideous, sometimes the more cute the small beasts, the more ferocious they are. Lin Ze had also read strange books such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" in Lao Li's bookstore, and some things could also find some provenance, but the physical details were not the same as those recorded in the book, perhaps they were the ancestors of modern animals.
There is no war between the nine kingdoms on the surface, but judging from the mobilization of troops and horses in the city of the king in the past few days, it is only a matter of time before the skin of peace is torn apart. It is said that war often comes from cultural conflicts, which is true, looking at the nine countries, each country has its own unique customs and habits, the country of the prisoner ox is inferior to the man, the people like to cultivate the spirit, the inheritance of magic is the best in the world, the people of the country of the eyes like to be martial, brave and ruthless, the most love to tear the opponent with brute force, and every time the battle is won, the people of the country of the mocking wind are good at the art of controlling beasts, and the extravagance of the territory prevails, so that they can win people with their clothes......
Tragedies always happen so inadvertently, it may be something called providence. Lin Ze, the country where the savior is located, the people are not brave and brave, they like poetry and songs, the city is full of romantic gentlemen, humble gentlemen, and the whole country is from the bottom to the top. Although everyone calls him an absolute hero on this continent, the current national strength of the negative is obviously inferior among the nine kingdoms.
Coupled with the fact that the north is constantly thinking about revenge, the situation of the Negative Nation may become more and more dangerous with the collapse of the no-war pact.
Lin Ze stood on the Futong platform and looked into the distance, only here can take in the entire territory of the negative yuan, this negative royal city has a very elegant name: Fucheng. It seems that after experiencing the turbulent times of the year, he finally had a corner of the breeze and the bright moon to be happy for the rest of his life, and now, will this country and this city be in the flames of war again? Who will come forward to save this corner of the place? Thinking of this, Lin Ze suddenly really had a kind of impassioned feeling as a prince. Could it be that this is the mission of Lin Ze, the savior? Like the former Changyou, that is, the current monarch of the negative country, he led the negative country to pacify the chaos of the nine countries and dominate the world?