Chapter 1: Alingxue (1)
It's cold.
Lady Bailing, who was still in a coma, subconsciously clenched her arms.
In the memory of the heavy snow in Aling, a fire burned the Flamingo Clan cottage into a shocking bright spot in the snow. The horse that had desperately sent her away had fallen to the ground bubbling in the snow, and had been killed by an arrow. She could only hold her brother, who had just been born, and continued to run for her life with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and her face was frozen into ice crystals with tears on her face. Behind him, at his home location, long black smoke continued to rise into the air for three days, until the next snow fell, and then gradually dissipated.
Since then, she has never had a home again.
Since then, the cold has been engraved in her bones.
"Squeak-quack."
In the midst of the terrible cries of the crows, she could be considered to have woken up. The ghostly raven flipped its wings and rubbed her feathers.
It turned out that the snow in Aling was just a dream.
As her consciousness gradually became conscious, she slowly remembered that in the Taishi Mansion, when she was forcibly held up—no, kidnapped to be precise—by the giant crows, she saw the wind coming to the city farther and farther under her feet from the vertigo of the sky.
That's probably when I was scared.
"Qibei save my ......"
It was the first name she called. When she exited, even she was stunned. Shouldn't it be customary to call your husband's name to come to the rescue?
Thinking of this, she was full of grievances and couldn't help crying. Shi Yu, where did you go?
There is no popularity around. It's just a cold, ordinary firewood house.
Flocks of crows landed silently on empty shelves and crossbars, all eyes looking at Lady Bailing, who was trembling with fear.
Qi Bei is not there. No one was there. Her abductor has not yet been found.
She cautiously asked in the language of a raven, "You caught me?" But how did I offend you? Is it because of the birds? ”
In fact, she had a little bottom in her heart, and the root cause of the bane was probably buried when she recruited a hundred birds to go up the rocky mountain to save Qibei. inadvertently offended the powerful spirit crow clan in Fenglin City, so he threw all kinds of dead birds in front of the door. But then again, at the celebration banquet in the Taishi Mansion, she had the audacity to throw minced meat to feed the crows, and she once thought that she might be able to get close to the dangerous birds. Now it seems that these are all delusions.
The Raven looked back at her, not attacking or screaming threats.
Madame Bailing preliminarily judged that the birds were not hostile to her, and she was a little relieved. Does this mean that there is another mastermind behind the spirit crow? She refused to give up, and took the opportunity to get close to the crow to get a chance to survive for herself.
"You ...... You don't want to hurt me, do you? She cautiously asked, "After all, I summoned the hundred birds first, right?" I know that some bird groups are very important about territorial. Do you think that the gathering of birds in the city is a threat to you? ”
The crows did not move, they were all quietly listening.
Lady Bailing has been very familiar with the habits of birds since she was a child, and has a natural sense of closeness and intuition with the birds of the world, and she immediately sensed that these spirit crows really had no ill will towards her, so she was even more bold to explain to them.
"But Bainiao is not here to grab the territory. It was really helpless - because I needed the help of a flock of birds to save someone. He's important, he's important to the wind. He saved me many times, and I can't afford to pay back the kindness I owe. You can rest assured that the only purpose of the gathering of hundreds of birds is only to save Qibei. Now that the matter has been done, it is meaningless for a hundred birds to stay in Fenglin City. ”
The raven understood, and squeaked, slightly hostile.
Lady Bailing immediately understood, and with some guilt, said to the crows, "I understand. You're asking, why hasn't the flock completely dispersed? This makes you very angry. I'm sorry. I am naturally close to birds, and I can always attract all the birds within a radius of hundreds of miles. They are still in the city, and they probably want to go to my place to play. But this is definitely not a secret attempt to compete with the Crow Clan. They are all well-behaved and cute birds, and they will not be a threat to you. ”
Seeing the crows that were stopping everywhere after listening to the sincere explanation, they all relaxed a little, not as nervous as they were at the beginning.
Lady Bai Ling struck while the iron was hot, and added, "I didn't do a good job of not being able to disperse all the birds that didn't belong to Fenglin City in time. I, Bailing, hereby promise you, as long as you let me go back to the old mansion, I am willing to dismiss all the remaining Baiyao within one day. Please also give me some time and do not hurt your own kind. Let's make a settlement, shall we? ”
After the whole negotiation, she used a gentle and firm tone to let the dangerous crow gradually unload her defense, and when she said the last sentence of "is it good", it was completely from the bottom of her heart to love the birds and her intolerance for cannibalism.
A spirit raven was the first to be moved, flapping its wings and quacking twice.
Then, the second and third, as if quickly contagious, the crows were "whining", but Mrs. Bailing was very happy, and listened carefully to what the crows were saying.
"I understand. The Crow has always kept a low profile. This time, the reason why you fought back angrily was because of the gathering of hundreds of birds," she sighed, "I'm really sorry, the situation was urgent, and we couldn't think of any other way to save Qibei." When the time is late, he will become a fish head fruit and hang on the branches forever. In this stormy city, we cannot borrow many people. Thinking about it, only by inviting a hundred birds, each of which is aimed at a fruit, can we ensure that nothing goes wrong. I'm really sorry, but I remember that some birds reminded me that gathering hundreds of birds is easy to cause misunderstanding among crows. It was I who didn't care about it, which led to today's tragic situation, and caused several birds to die, alas—"
Her humility is so sincere. The "kidnappers" who were originally quite imposing and questioned their teachers also empathized, and their anger was like melting ice. For the woman in front of her, as long as she belongs to a creature like a bird, it is difficult to resist being close to her, she is born like this, and a group of spirit crows that can tear human flesh apart with their claws are no exception. Soon, the crows were bouncing around her, and a few of them landed directly on her shoulders or in her arms, squeaking and quacking like chattering.
"Well, I understand, you go on," Lady Bailing looked intently at the lovely crows, and the more she listened, the more puzzled she became, "Wait, what do you mean?" You don't want to kill the birds? You just want to expel them. So why kill? Control? I didn't get it. What is it called at sea? East China Sea? What happened to Tokai? You just said 'control'? Who's controlling you? ”