Qi Bei yearned: "Such a beautiful bird, there is no regret to see each other in this life." ”

"It was with this idea that the wife of the lord of the country asked the lord of the South China Sea Island to send the most beautiful Konghou phoenix." Speaking of this, Mrs. Bailing's expression gradually dimmed, "It's a pity that Gong Houfeng crossed the mountains and mountains to Jun'an City, and only gave a song to the city lord's wife. After that, I have never seen it have spirit: all day long, hanging its head, nesting in the nest, not eating or drinking the delicacies of the mountains and seas, after a long time, the feathers are sparse, and the heavenly female pianist becomes a bald pheasant. The city lord's wife was anxious, and invited almost all the bird trainers in Jun'an to observe and diagnose, and dozens of masters shook their heads and sighed. ”

Qi Bei's heart sank: "What a poor Gong Hou Feng." And finally? Healed? ”

"Nope." She shook her head and said very briefly the fate of the strange bird, "Dead." Buried hastily. ”

No matter how beautiful a creature is, it can't escape the fate of death, not to mention that the death of Konghou Phoenix is not the end of life. Qi Bei's heart twitched, and he hurriedly asked, "What is the disease of the bird?" ”

"At that time, I had just gone to Jun'an City, and I hadn't married Shi Yu yet. I heard Shi Yu say that among the bird trainers invited by the city lord's wife, there was a bold suggestion that the eighteen countries of the South China Sea and the land of Xia Yuan did not understand the language, food, and customs, and the same was true for birds and animals. No one in Jun'an City knew what the environment of the Eighteen Kingdoms of the South China Sea was, nor did they know the habits of the Konghou Phoenix. The city lord's wife was in a hurry, so she hurriedly sent someone to repair the book, and asked the royal bird trainer of the South China Sea Island Lord to save the Konghou Phoenix. Unfortunately, the journey was too far, and the letter was not reached for a long time. ”

"It's a shame!" Qi Bei sighed, "Could it be that birds are also homesick?" ”

"It's not just homesickness." Seeing that there was no one around, walking for a long time, and the immortal flowers blooming more brilliantly, she found a place to sit down, and Qi Bei hurriedly spread out a velvet blanket that had been prepared a long time ago, telling her to sit more comfortably.

"Thank you." Mrs. Bailing thanked him for his meticulousness, "The Konghou Phoenix is a bird that belongs to the nature of the mountains and wilderness, and if you want to spread your throat and sing, you have to be in a very free and happy state." If you have to put it in a cage and force it to sing to the city lord's wife every day, even the trained singer's voice will be dumb, not to mention the birds that are free by nature. ”

She looked in the direction of Jun'an City and muttered, "Jun'an, it's a huge cage." ”

Qi Bei silently accompanied her.

"In fact, for a while, Gong Houfeng almost came back to life." She fell into deep memories and said sadly, "If the city lord's wife is willing to release a way to live, Gong Houfeng will not die." ”

"What the hell is going on?"

It turned out that at that time, Ye Shiyu took Miss Xu, who had just met and was privately engaged, into the palace to meet the city lord and his wife. Miss Xu couldn't stand the ridicule of the city lord's wife about her background, so she found an excuse to escape temporarily, wandering around the courtyard by herself, and accidentally found the mentally poor Gong Houfeng. The beautiful feathers on the bird's tail have all been lost, and its head hangs down listlessly, whatever it is, and all the delicacies are thrown aside, like garbage, and they are completely despiseful.

When everyone found out that the unpassed wife appointed by the royal official had disappeared, the city lord's wife sneered and said sarcastically: "...... Can't she change the nature of that mountain doll? Stuck in the flock of birds again? When you go to someone else's house, let alone in this palace, you have to sit still, and you have to make a good appearance when you should treat people and things, look at her cowering, her form and demeanor are not generous at all. I can't even control the two feet on my body, so I just left, what tricks will I make in the future? Shi Yu, are you sure you want to find this woman? There are more daughters in the city who look better and have a strong family background, which one is not worthy of you? ”

The royal officer snorted haha. In a fit of anger, the city lord's wife led everyone to look for it, wanting to see what kind of broken bird Miss Xu was hooking up with. As soon as I was about to go out, I saw Miss Xu running back with Konghou Feng in her arms, and shouted breathlessly: "It is afraid of cold, it is not used to eating the food here and is homesick, come and help." ”

The city lord's wife was so shocked that she asked again and again: "Can you understand the bird language of the eighteen countries of the South China Sea?" ”

Miss Xu hurriedly said: "Where can I eat braised shark fin in Konghou Feng??" ”

Under the care of Miss Xu, Gong Hou Feng, who temporarily saved half his life, slowly grew a new layer of small fluff, although it was not as shiny and beautiful as the tail feathers it used to be, and it was not as sparkling and singing as when he first came to Jun'an City, but there were some signs of life recovery.

It became extremely dependent on Mrs. Bailing, and if it didn't see it for a day, it thought so badly that it didn't eat tea and rice, and it had to be held by Madame Bailing before it was willing to open its delicate beak and peck at a mouthful of millet. And every time Lady Bailing had not yet stepped into the courtyard, she flew and flapped its wings into her arms, excited.

The imperial official asked curiously, who lowered her head and fiddled with the Gong Hou Phoenix: "I heard the bird trainer say that the people of the Southwest Heavenly Pole do not understand our language, and the language of the beasts is not the same, how do you understand what it needs?" ”

Miss Xu smiled: "Listen carefully." Where is it difficult for us to learn their language, we can learn it a few times. ”

Seeing that the imperial official was confused, she was a little proud, and continued to smile: "How about it, the lady who hasn't passed the door before you is useless." Tell you, the Konghou phoenix is so smart, they can imitate the calls of other birds, in the past few days it has sung to me the calls of 320 kinds of birds in the southwest Tianji, I can probably understand it. If I have the opportunity to go to the far south of the sea, I can talk to the local birds without scaring you. ”

Is there really a difference between the chirping of birds and the sound of birds? In vain, the official is conceited and prodigy, and the chirping of the birds has not been able to distinguish it until now.

In just a few days, Gong Houfeng's body seemed to be really improving.

But there has never been a shortage of women in Jun'an City who chew their tongues.

Originally, the matter of marrying Miss Xu, Ye Shiyu, who had been away from Hongchen for a long time, set off a lot of waves in Jun'an City, who told him to smash the dreams of many girls to be married. With the help of Gong Houfeng, the verbal attack on Miss Xu gradually became exaggerated, saying that even the wife of the city lord of Jun'an could not do anything, Miss Xu could do everything by singing two sentences with her voice open; Immediately afterwards, it was said that Miss Xu did everything possible to marry the imperial official, and frequently demonstrated to the wife of the city lord; What's more, she framed Miss Xu behind her back for deliberately raising the shelf, obviously she could quickly cure Gong Hou Feng, but she just delayed it for a long time, waiting for the city lord's wife to put down her body and invite.

At this moment, the face of the city lord's wife could not be hung up. Under an order, Miss Xu was forbidden to enter the palace, and the birds were chained. It turned out that the city lord's wife would rather watch Gong Houfeng lose her breath than bow her head to Miss Xu.

This is probably the first time in Mrs. Bailing's memory that she has profoundly and soberly seen what is the head of the Jiuding Kingdom, Jun'an City.

That's a big cage that traps you.