Chapter 457: Going to the Banquet
After greeting with several tribal leaders for a while, the dispensable things were scattered.
There were only three people left in the Guanghan Palace, Xiao Cong, Xingliuyun and Ouyang Xun.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Cong asked:
"You've heard what Fang just said, but do you think there's anything wrong with it?"
Ouyang Xun shook his head and said:
"They've been avoiding the big and the light. ”
The nebula echoed the voice,
"You didn't explain their totems in detail, and you forgot to ask them why they took such a big risk to find them when their totems were defeated in that battle. ”
"Why didn't you say it earlier!"
"How can I remind you in front of them!"
Xiao Cong was speechless for a while, feeling that Xingliuyun was dropping the chain at a critical time.
Ouyang Xun said earnestly:
"Since you thought of it, you should really say it directly at that time, let's salute first and then soldier, there is nothing wrong with it. ”
Starstream Cloud glared and said:
"Hindsight, you talk a lot!"
Ouyang Xun was stunned and no longer paid attention to Xingliuyun.
Xiao Cong thought about it and sighed,
"Actually, they said so much, they really didn't reveal anything useful to us, and if this matter was important to them, I guess they wouldn't have told us. ”
Xingliuyun sneered,
"That's all, I don't know if it's true or not. ”
"Uh-huh. ”
Xiao Cong and Ouyang Xun nodded one after another, and at this moment, Hongxiang and the others came back, it seemed that they had not gone far in the vicinity, and when they saw Song Jiang and them leave, they impatiently returned to the Guanghan Palace.
Xiao Cong raised his eyes, and without waiting for Hongxiang to sit down, he asked:
"Did you tell Cai Yu about that little girl?"
Hongxiang nodded like a chicken pecking rice,
I had already told her, and after hearing this, she didn't even care about the work in her hand and hurried back to report it. ”
Xiao Cong nodded and said with a slight smile:
"It doesn't take long for Gayin Niangniang to send someone to invite. ”
"Didn't you make an appointment with Sun Yunfu, the commander of the Three Spider Tribes, tonight? Xingliuyun asked hurriedly, frowning a little.
Xiao Cong turned his head to look at Hongxiang, and Hongxiang said with some pride:
"Brother, don't worry, I have already told Cai Yu about this, and she will definitely tell them the original words. ”
The corners of Xiao Cong's mouth curled higher, and he praised:
"We Hongxiang do things to make people feel at ease. ”
As soon as these words came out, Xingliuyun's face was obviously a little unnatural.
The ghost girl interjected and asked:
"How did you discuss it? Can you tell us about it?"
Xiao Cong glanced at Xingliuyun, and Xingliuyun's tone was calm,
"Actually, there aren't many things, it's just three things, the first thing, because we have to wait for the commander of the Seven Snakes to leave the customs, the day of departure has to be postponed for a few days; the second is to ask Xiao Cong to make a list for them, and they will go to Zhang Shan to find out what they need to build a formation; the third is to let Xiao Cong go to borrow a poison-swallowing egg from the Jiayin Niangniang of the White Lotus Village, so as to deal with the highly poisonous things along the way, and then we asked them about some things about the Seven Parts and Totems, but basically didn't get anything useful. ”
"That's all?"
"That's all. ”
The ghost's face was visibly disappointed.
"What is that poison swallowing egg?" asked Hongxiang, poking his head out.
Xingliuyun has a pretentious appearance of being a good teacher,
"Poison swallowing eggs, as the name suggests, is just an egg, by swallowing toxins to promote development, this is a congenital condition, basically any toxin can be swallowed, and the toxins that are swallowed are different, and the forms of creatures that develop are different, there are spiders, centipedes, Snakes and so on, the acquired achievements are also different, the more powerful the toxin devoured, the higher the acquired achievement, this thing is the companion of the White Lotus Village's later life cultivation, once obtained, it will accompany the monk for a lifetime, if it is replaced halfway, it will have to self-destruct and cultivate, but not all the descendants of the White Lotus Village can get a poison-swallowing egg, it must be the kind of person who is particularly amazing and gorgeous. ”
Ouyang Xun scolded with a smile when he heard this:
"Ya, I remember it clearly, word for word!"
Xingliuyun threw a provocative look at Ouyang Xun,
"Master just has a good memory, what, you care about me?"
Ouyang Xun still avoided its edge, and did not have the same general knowledge as this two hundred and five.
"Shhhh
Hongxiang took a deep breath, thought about it, and then asked:
"Could it be that the problem is with this poison-swallowing egg?"
Xiao Cong smiled and asked:
"How?"
"They want to get this unswallowed egg through their brother. ”
"I inquired with them, and this poison-swallowing egg can only be effective in the hands of those who practice the superb poison art of the White Lotus Village. ”
"What if they have other uses? The well-known use of this poison-devouring egg may be to devour toxins, but there must be other uses for such a precious thing. ”
As soon as Hongxiang said this, even the others pricked up their ears, and Xiao Cong said:
You go on. ”
Hongxiang frowned slightly, sorted out his thoughts, and then continued:
"Brother, why didn't they go to the Wild Camel Dian to find their totem before, maybe it wasn't because they couldn't go at all, but because they lacked such a thing as swallowing poison eggs, so this time they seized the opportunity to borrow one from their brother's hand. ”
Xingliuyun and Ouyang Xun nodded one after another and said:
There is some truth to that. ”
Xiao Cong asked,
"And what good use can this poison-swallowing egg be in their hands?"
Hongxiang thought for a moment, then shook his head,
"I don't know about this, anyway, if it is, it has something to do with their totem!"
"That's not right!" Starstream Cloud shouted, really startling the others, "We don't know if they have totems or not, I doubt the real purpose of their trip to Wild Camel Farm!"
Ouyang Xun sneered,
"If you say so, we were wrong in the first place, and it was all in vain. ”
Xiao Cong thought so,
"The boss is right. ”
Then he stretched and groaned:
"Forget it, don't say anything, the more you talk, the more confused you become, wait until I meet that Gayin Niangniang, bring some dry goods, and then discuss." ”
"Then now we're ......"
Xiao Cong's gaze turned to Ouyang Xun, and said strangely:
"You can do whatever you want. ”
During the day, he was almost crazy for a long time, and at night he was invited by Sun Yunfu, the leader of the Three Spiders, to go to the banquet, for this reason, Sun Yunfu specially sent a team of thirty-five men to pick up Xiao Cong and them, and as a result, none of the eight people they brought were used, and they were put on a cold ass with a hot face.
When I came to the Three Spider Tribe, the first thing I saw from a distance was the flag with the spider printed on the flagpole next to the gate, even if there was no wind pouring in, the flag was also light and fluttering, as if it was hanging there without gravity, Xiao Cong guessed, this flag should barely be regarded as a treasure, probably made of silk spit out by the totem spider beads.
The gate was wide open, Song Jiang and other six tribal leaders were already waiting at the door, Xiao Cong and others approached, and the host Sun Yunfu said with a smile: "
"Fourth Young Master Xiao can appreciate the light, but it really makes my deep forest humble house shine, come in, come in. ”
And the rest of the chiefs of the tribes shook their heads,
"Fourth Young Master Xiao, please. ”
Xiao Cong returned the salute with a smile,
"Senpai, please. ”
Of course, in the end, everyone hugged Xiao Cong into the stockade of the Three Spiders.
Compared with the White Lotus Village, the wooden buildings of the Three Spiders Department are much shabby, the pattern is scattered, the construction is rough, the design is sloppy, there are no pavilions and rockeries, there are no carved windows and painted buildings, hook rails and cornices, except for the main central buildings are still like a little bit, the others are like temporary shacks - the kind for animals to live.
Xiao Cong looked around unscrupulously as he walked, and found that there were a lot of people, and the men and women were quite average, which showed that the tribe was developing well, but the clothes were too cold.
One by one, they saw Xiao Cong, who was brightly dressed and looked like a god, his eyes were straight, Eguanbo was wearing brocade clothes, Xiao Cong and Ouyang Xun were dressed more chic than those men who came out of the White Lotus Village, they must have thought that Xiao Cong and Ouyang Xun were people with a higher status than those men in the White Lotus Village, and they were usually afraid of the White Lotus Village, so they were even more cramped and uneasy at this time.
Under the leadership of Sun Yunfu, the group came to the hall located in the center of the entire tribe, and it could be seen that this should have been the place where the main figures of the Three Spiders Division discussed before, but in order to welcome Xiao Cong's arrival, they were specially cleaned and cleaned up into a "flower hall" for hospitality.
The table looks made of extraordinary material, the chairs look upscale, everyone sits one by one, Xiao Cong naturally sits in the main seat, Song Jiang sits in the main accompaniment, Sun Yunfu sits in the deputy accompaniment, and the others do it a little casually.
The woman who accompanied the waiter at the banquet was very discerning, and when everyone was not seated, she went down to order the food to be served, and the other women were one with the other, carefully pouring wine for the guests, and when they were finished, they stood one step away with the flask and made no sound. Sands Chinese
The maids had just finished pouring their wine, and as soon as the dishes were served, one after the other, a large table was filled, apparently all at once.
In order not to let the frequent serving of food affect their conversation, it seems that this banquet is still mainly about deliberations.
The dishes on the table are bright and mouth-watering, and there is definitely no seafood, but there should be a lot of wild treasures, and there are many of them with strange appearances, and Xiao Cong can't name them at all.
Sun Yunfu stood up, held the cup in both hands, and said:
"Xiao Sigongzi came from afar, and it is really glorious to be able to go to Sun Someone's appointment, of course, I also thank you for appreciating your face, so this first cup is to do it first. ”
As he spoke, he raised his head and drank the wine in his glass.
The maid behind him hurriedly took a step forward and filled the wine glass in her hand, and Sun Yunfu continued:
"As for me, I had a little misunderstanding with Fourth Young Master Xiao before, and I was a little unpleasant, think about it, it's really not right, the people under this command are not well educated, I, as the leader, should bow down and introspect, how can I contradict Fourth Young Master Xiao? Doesn't it seem that the upper beam of my three spider parts is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, so, this second glass of wine, I have to compensate Fourth Young Master Xiao, you don't remember the villain, we will have a long life in the future, I, Sun Yunfu, swear today, as long as Fourth Young Master Xiao says a word, I will not hesitate to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire! Fourth Young Master Xiao, I will do it first. ”
As he spoke, he raised his head from the glass and drank it down.
Zhang Tianxiao laughed,
"Old Sun, I usually don't see it, I thought you were a big grin like us, I didn't expect you kid to be able to set a set on a formal occasion, brother finally saw it today. ”
Sun Yunfu smiled, and Song Jiang hurriedly held the cup to clear the siege,
"Come on, come on, don't sit still, Lao Sun has done everything for this, let's hurry up and give a glass to Fourth Young Master Xiao." ”
The five tribal leaders got up one after another, saying the same greetings to the fourth young master, and then drank all the wine in their cups.
Hongxiang was dissatisfied, and whispered, "Why is it so troublesome!" Ouyang Xun, who was sitting next to him, was shocked, and quickly smashed him with his arm, turned his face to look at the others, and smiled one by one, as if no one had heard it - a normal person can see that Xiao Cong is very doting on this little brother, so even if he hears it, he has to pretend that he didn't hear it, and he has to pretend to be like it.
Xiao Cong was born in a famous family, naturally he is not the second stunned person who despises the number of etiquette, others come to respect, and he should pay tribute back, otherwise he will not know how to lift.
After some back and forth, I was finally able to move the chopsticks, Hongxiang was quick with his hands, and put a piece of mushroom seeds that he had been eyeing for a long time into the bowl and ate it carefully.
Xiao Cong originally thought that these people would put something on him in a wheel warfare style, but after eating a meal, there was not even a little bit of parental shortage, everyone sat at this table, like a group of good friends who had known each other for a long time, talking about the scenery of the ancient Zhou Plain, legends, and some customs of the outside world, the atmosphere was so discordant, which made people feel more comfortable.
After the dinner, because it was too late, Xiao Cong stayed in the room cleaned up by the Three Spiders, Sun Yunfu also knew each other, and did not deliberately arrange several people separately, as if he directly ignored the identity of the ghost woman, and after a few words of greeting, he got up and said goodbye.
Xiao Cong set up a hidden shadow hiding array and Guanghan Palace in the room, and also set up a teleportation array, although he was no longer so suspicious of the leader of the seven departments, but as the old saying goes, you can't hurt people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people, so you have actually been prepared for this.
In order to lay out the teleportation array on that side from being discovered, he directly spread the teleportation array on an old tree, this is a mental work, first of all, he has to find a tree that is thick enough, of course, there are qualified on the Guzhou Plain, and secondly, the crown of the tree is cut off closest to the branches, to make room for the cloth array, and the phantom array has to be laid on it, so that it looks like it can't be found from a distance, and the most important thing is that he has a mustard, and the branches cut down can be loaded into the mustard, leaving no traces.
There was nothing to say all night, and on the second day, everyone still got up early, and came to the outside of the village to do morning class, and the maid sent washing items to the room after the daylight, and panicked after pushing the door and seeing no one, and hurriedly went to report to Sun Yunfu, when Sun Yunfu arrived in a hurry, Xiao Cong and they had already come back from the morning class, and this time was also a coincidence.
It was another set of complicated etiquette, just when Xiao Cong was greeting Sun Yunfu, a subordinate outside the door reported that a messenger from Bailian Village had come and asked Xiao Cong to go with them.
Xiao Cong smiled slightly, not surprised by this, Sun Yunfu hid all his surprise in his eyes, sent Xiao Cong and the others out of the village, bowed down to say goodbye, and watched Xiao Cong and the others leave with the messenger from the White Lotus Village.
And that messenger was the woman who escorted Xiao Cong and Xingliuyun to White Lotus Village last time.
This time, the woman's attitude towards Xiao Cong was very good, there were talks and laughs along the way, and before entering the drug barrier, each person was given a pill, and in the case of Xiao Cong taking the lead, the others were also suspicious, and swallowed the pill happily, and sure enough, swallowed the pill and then entered the poison barrier, not only did not faint, but felt refreshed.
This time, Xiao Cong carefully explored the poisonous beasts that were dormant on the road as traps, and he already knew about it last time, but this time he saw several snakes along the way, but he couldn't recognize what kind of breed it was, it seems that the truth is as Song Jiang said, these poisons are all developed from poison-swallowing eggs, and the toxins that were swallowed in the early stage are different, and the quality of the later development is also different, so it is not a variety at all.
Xiao Cong was very confused by this phenomenon, because he couldn't prove his conjecture, but he still felt that the kind of superb poison book practiced by the people of Bailian Village was the Great Brahman-like poison technique nine times out of ten, and with the help of such a thing as swallowing poisonous eggs, it pushed the Great Brahman-like poison technique practiced by the people of Bailian Village to two extremes - either this is the real Great Brahman-like poison technique, but it is not known to the outside world, or this is the kind of Dafan-like poison that Qi Mu cultivated, which has been tampered with, but it has been changed a little too outrageously.
Following the route I walked last time, I came to the palace in the middle, the ground was still covered with that kind of fresh and soft grass mat, and the anti-yin Gu Yan with long feathers and red flesh on the colorful treasure tree in the southeast corner stood there quietly, and the Jiayin Niangniang dressed in cyan gauze sat lazily in the hall, with a fat orange cat lying at her feet.
Xiao Cong led the crowd to bow deeply,
"In Xia Xiao Cong, I have seen Jiayin Niangniang. ”
The others followed suit:
"I've seen Gayin Niangniang. ”
Gayin's lazy voice came slowly,
"Hurry up, you are the demon subduer canonized by heaven and earth, I can't afford such a big gift from you. ”
As she spoke, she stood up,
"Tell me, what's the matter with me?"
Xiao Cong smiled slightly,
"I want to inquire with Niangniang about the seven parts of Gu Zhou. ”
"Aren't you going with them quite hot these days? Why, you still don't believe them?"
Xiao Cong could hear the ridicule in Gayin's words, and sneered:
"It's just a show, you can't do it really. ”
"Then you are also playing with our White Lotus Village?"
Xiao Cong stiffly smiled,
"Don't dare, I don't have the slightest disrespect for you. ”
Gayin hummed softly,
"What don't you dare, you don't want to believe that they are so scolding you, our friendship with you is as indifferent as water, you will treat us sincerely? ”
Xingliuyun whispered to Xiao Cong on the side:
"It's a little bit different. ”
Then I heard Gayin say again:
"I don't know much about the Seven Divisions of Gu Zhou, and I don't know what to tell you, so you better ask a little more specifically. ”
Xiao Cong thought for a moment and asked:
"I wonder if my predecessors have ever been to Wild Camel Farm?"
"It's the first time I've heard of a place like Wild Camel. ”
According to the Song generals, the wild camel is the holy place of their seven ancient Zhou departments, and their totem is enshrined in it, which is in the depths of the ancient Zhou plain. ”
Hearing this, Gayin nodded slowly,
"I know and have been to this place, but I don't see any mystery, why are they telling you this?"
Xiao Cong told the truth,
"They want to cooperate with me and send me through the Guzhou Plain, but they have to stop at the Wild Camel Ridge to look for some traces left by the totem. ”
Gayin sneered,
"The abacus is good, it seems that this is to invite you into the urn. ”
When Xiao Cong heard this, he felt a little confused by the second monk.
"If you wish, tell me carefully about what is going on between you and them, and I will give you advice, lest you be betrayed by them." ”
Xiao Cong didn't even think about it, and said truthfully,
"After you left yesterday, I was attacked by Zhuang Tianci of the Three Spider Tribe, and was reminded by Chu Zhengfeng of the Seven Snake Department to chase him into the forest, and was bumped into by his master Shi Yusheng, Shi Yusheng pleaded with me, hoping that I would open the net to Zhuang Tianci, but I didn't want to, so he ended Zhuang Tianci's life with his own hands.
Then I returned to the place of the ghost girl's catastrophe, and saw the other six commanders except for the Chu commander, and they said that they could escort me through the Guzhou Plain, and the deterrence encountered along the way could be solved by combining the teleportation array with the Ghost Sorrow Tai, and I also went to the Ghost Sorrow Tai to experience it myself, that place is indeed quite evil, I am not sure if I can trap the strong man of the Tongtian Realm, but for the Liyang Realm, it should be enough.
The next morning, they came to me again to discuss the matters related to the journey, the most important of which was to borrow a poison-swallowing egg, and said that you would agree, and then I went to their table last night for a banquet, and was summoned by you this morning. ”
Jiayin quietly listened to Xiao Cong finish speaking, his face was a little cloudy, and after a moment, he sneered:
"What a trick to capture and indulge in the west, is this like confusing me?
Hearing this, Xiao Cong faintly had an ominous premonition,
"Niangniang, is there something wrong?"
Gayin returned his gaze to the bottom of the hall,
"Are you sure Zhuang Tianci is really dead?"
Xiao Cong's tone was firm,
"I know the power of Shi Yusheng's blow, Zhuang Tianci bleeds from the seven orifices, and he will definitely die. ”
Gayin sneered,
"I don't think so, that Zhuang Tianci is not just the baby bump of the three spiders, in the entire ancient Zhou Seven Divisions, his status is also very important, they have already discovered that these things they do are secret, I still find out, so I use this matter to catch me, as well as their totems, true and false, false and real, although I don't know if they are betting on me to doubt or believe, but they really underestimate me, this time, I will personally go with you!"
"But what if they just want you to follow?" Hongxiang said.
Gain didn't care,
"So what, with their strength, I'm afraid they really can't trap me. ”
"But since they've decided to fish you, they're definitely ready for anything. ”
Gayin squinted at Hongxiang,
"Tell me, little one, what is the perfect preparation?"
Hongxiang is neither humble nor arrogant,
"Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. ”
Gayin smiled slightly,
"Then you're sure they've got me covered?"
Hongxiang was speechless for a while, Gayin was high in the mountains, and it was difficult for the people of the Seven Divisions to get to know the details of this old witch who had lived for three thousand years.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Cong and the others heard the man in the hall say:
"Xiao family boy, I heard that you have a good hand at changing people's identities, can you change it for me, you don't need to be too advanced, as long as you can hide it from the leader of the seven departments. ”
Does Xiao Cong have a choice?
"Entrusted by the mother, the younger generation will do their best. ”