The mermaids looked at each other, and they tried their best to lower their heads to show the humility of their bodies, so as to beg for the forgiveness of Juan Ji, but as the king, how to rub the sand in their eyes is the so-called thief to capture the king first, it seems that it is time for the merman clan to reshuffle

Chu Hongchen looked at Juan Ji's majestic appearance, leaned aside with the sword of Yan in his hand and smiled without saying a word, watching the play quietly, this is someone else's family matter, since he has returned Juan Ji's life-saving grace, then there is nothing to do with him next.

I saw Juan Ji's cold eyes swept to the trembling Great Elder, "Great Elder, you are so majestic, you can't cure you soon." ”

When the great elder heard this, he was so frightened that his body trembled even more, and he whispered: "The king atonements, the minister is presumptuous, the minister should be punished, please don't kill the minister" He knew that with Juan Ji's temper, he was enough to die a thousand times.

He was really stupid, he thought that Juan Ji would be easy to deal with when he was old, but who knew that he killed a Cheng Biting Jin halfway, and he ruined his plan alive and dead, becoming a king and defeating him, and now he just wants to survive. But Juan Ji knows very well the truth that cutting grass does not remove the roots and the spring breeze blows and grows, where will he be spared

"Heh, the merman clan doesn't need traitors, you should die," Juan Ji said, her dark blue eyes sank, and with a wave of her hand, she saw that the great elder suddenly let out a miserable cry like an old man, and disappeared in an instant

With the precedent of killing chickens and monkeys, the mermaids were even more afraid, and they regretted their actions more and more, Juan Ji raised her head, like a noble leopard, and said in a cold voice: "Whoever dares to disobey the rebels who try to rebel will end up like this, and you will not be spared." ”

In front of the palace, there were thousands of mermaids, all of whom surrendered to the feet of Juan Ji and did not dare to make a mistake, and the momentum was extremely huge

Hearing Juan Ji snap her fingers, a bunch of mermaids in sapphire blue armor immediately rushed in, "Lonely warrior, take away all these rats" As soon as the words fell, the soldiers immediately took action, and took away all the great elders who were the leader of the trouble, Yu Dang, and sentenced them to death, leaving a string of screams echoing in the water.

The rest of the sharks had to shout long live, for fear that they would be the next to be captured.

Seeing that the rebellion was finally put down, Juan Ji finally showed a smile on her face, and she suddenly looked like a fairy, extremely beautiful. I saw her slowly walking to Chu Hongchen's side, and suddenly made a big salute.

When the shark people below saw her like this, they were frightened and couldn't help but look at Chu Hongchen.

Chu Hongchen was also a little surprised, and hurriedly picked up Juan Ji and said: "What are you doing as the king of the merman clan, if I accept this gift, I will lose my life." His half-joking appearance made Juan Ji smile, and said: "Of course Engong can afford it, if it weren't for Engong's action, I'm afraid that Juan Ji has already been abandoned into the shoes and died in Huangquan, how can I restore my face and regain the great kindness of Wang Engong and his predecessors, Juan Ji is toothless and unforgettable, please accept the merman clan." ”

After that, she led the mermaids to kneel in front of Chu Hongchen, and at this moment, the mermaids bowed to Chu Hongchen together, chanting the word Engong, and the sound was deafening and echoing in the water.

Chu Hongchen was startled, and hurriedly helped Juan Ji up, "Juan Ji, I'm just repaying you for saving your life, just be careful, it's not difficult for me to return your peerless face to a pill, you hurry up, so many of you worship me, you must know that I am not dead."

Juan Ji didn't want to say anything more, and stood up, her eyes full of gratitude. Also, the most important thing for a woman is her appearance, especially a beautiful woman, who wants to look at her old and ugly appearance Now that Chu Hongchen has helped her restore the most important thing in her life, she is naturally grateful to Dade.

I saw Juan Ji turn around and said coldly: "Subjects, recognize his appearance, and I want you to worship him as the benefactor of my mermaid clan for generations."

"Long live King Nuowu, long live Engong" The sharks shouted long live in unison, and it was very happy to hear.

Soon, after settling the rebellion on the barren island, Chu Hongchen bid farewell to Juan Ji and the merman clan, and set off for Ghost Fire Village with the Yan Sword.

After going out of the sea and coming to the mainland, following the map given by Juan Ji, Chu Hongchen first went to the inn of the next ferry to rest for one night, recuperate his spirits, and set off on the third day.

After two days of day and night, sleepless days, on the fourth day, Chu Hongchen came to the Wu Desert Wasteland, and to reach the Ghost Fire Village, he had to pass through the Wu Desert Wasteland.

So he put away the sword and stopped on the ground, inquiring all the way, and found that everyone looked at each other as soon as they heard the word Ghost Fire Village, and fled in the wilderness. At this time, Chu Hongchen found that there was a village in front of him full of deserts, so he took a closer look and found that the wooden sign at the entrance of the village had the words Taoyuan Village written on it

But it's important to hurry, Chu Hongchen can only walk in, and along the way he finds that Taoyuan Village is actually not much better, most of the women and children on the street are old and disabled, and the men in their prime are nowhere to be found.

Chu Hongchen frowned, so he had to come to the door of a house casually, knocked on the door, and soon, the door was opened from the inside, and a middle-aged woman poked her head out and asked tremblingly, "Who are you, you, you, you?" ”

Seeing that he was carrying a sword on his back, the woman was so frightened that her hands kept shaking, Chu Hongchen thought about it and had a plan. So he covered his stomach and suddenly pretended to be pitiful, and said with a slight cry: "Auntie, I, I haven't eaten for a long time, I want to beg for food when I pass by here, Auntie, Auntie, please give me something to eat." ”

Chu Hongchen looked good, and her crying face looked even more handsome, and the woman behind the door suddenly relaxed her guard, only to see her slowly open the door, revealing her appearance, just an ordinary woman, with a headscarf tied on her head, and a simple and patched dress.

The door creaked and creaked with her, and the woman saw that Chu Hongchen was so pitiful, so she gritted her teeth, and her heart softened so she had to welcome him in.

After lighting the lamp, the originally dark room suddenly had some light, and Chu Hongchen was able to see the appearance of the house clearly.

Very small space, a wooden bed, a small stove, a wooden table and a cabinet, the basic furniture is these, the rest of the daily necessities and a change of clothes, the women slowly walked to the stove to prepare to eat, at this time there was a rustling sound under the bed, Chu Hongchen thought it was a mouse, turned his head to look.

found that a round head began to drill out under the bed, followed by a small body, and then a child actually drilled out from under the bed at the moment he was covered with dust, the small body was very cute, the big eyes were dripping and turned to look at Chu Hongchen, and then ran to the woman's side with a smoke, only to see him pulling the woman's trouser leg and making a glutinous voice: "Mother~ I'm afraid." ”

The woman immediately squatted down to stroke his little head, and said with a loving smile: "Good, the tiger boy is not afraid of Ang, and the mother is here, not afraid." Tiger boy is good, you see, that's my brother, he came to our house hungry to eat, don't be afraid to play with my brother, my mother is going to be busy. ”

With the gentle persuasion of the women, the tiger boy opened his big watery eyes, and his little short legs jumped towards Chu Hongchen, wearing a small belly pocket, not to mention how cute it was, Chu Hongchen looked at him gently, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he hugged him on his lap and sat and teased him, which made the tiger boy babble and laugh very happily.

The woman was naturally happy when she saw Chu Hongchen treating the tiger boy like this, and she was still wary of him

"Auntie, the tiger boy is really cute." Chu Hongchen touched his head and said with a smile, only to see the woman turn around and come over with two plates of food in her hands, smiling and very happy.

"You're welcome, just call me Aunt Li, the tiger cub is very skinny, it's the first time I've been so close to someone I don't know." After that, he had already put two plates of food in front of Chu Hongchen, a few steamed buns and a little soup, and there was no trace of meat.

Seeing Chu Hongchen staring, Aunt Li said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry young man, that's all for my family, my man is no longer at home all these years, and he can't open the pot anymore." Speaking of her husband, Aunt Li obviously gloomy.

Looking at this, how could Chu Hongchen be picky about anything and say that his fundamental purpose was not really to eat, but he could only pretend.

I saw Chu Hongchen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, I'm already very content, thank you, Aunt Li." "Let's put down the tiger cub and gobble up the steamed buns by myself.

He deliberately made an exaggerated appearance, just to want Aunt Li to trust him thoroughly and talk to himself. Sure enough, his appearance made Aunt Li giggle, and there was a smile between her eyebrows and eyes.

After a while, the food was wiped out, and Chu Hongchen burped and began to talk to Aunt Li.

"Thank you so much, Aunt Li, if it weren't for your hospitality, I'm afraid I would have starved to death on the streets. It's so strange for you guys here, the first few families ignored me, and they even refused to give me anything to eat, so stingy" After that, Chu Hongchen made an angry look, but listened to Aunt Li on the other side holding the tiger boy and sighed slowly: "Young man, don't blame them, they are also forced to be helpless, they themselves have nothing left to eat, how can they take care of you." ”

Chu Hongchen raised his eyebrows and said, "No, Aunt Li, isn't this place called Taoyuan Village, how could it have fallen to such a point?"

"The most important labor force in a village is the young and middle-aged, and now that the men are gone, what kind of peach is this Taoyuan Village."

When Aunt Li said this, the corners of her eyes were moist, and it seemed that there was some ulterior secret in it.

Chu Hongchen frowned, could it be that Taoyuan Village had anything to do with the matter of Ghost Fire Village, then it was even more necessary to figure it out

So, he took the tiger boy from Aunt Li's hand and continued to ask: "Aunt Li, what's going on, what does it mean that the men in the village are gone, have they moved, or are they going to work outside to make a living?"

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