Take things as they come.

In the next half month, Jiang Qiu and Liu Haoming ate, lived and slept together, and during this period, Liu Haoming completely realized how serious Jiang Qiu's paranoia was.

You have to read for two hours a day, even if you're in a hurry, and then you have to make up for it, followed by physical exercise, long-distance running, basic physical training, and a perverted talent that almost looks at what you know.

Huang Gong showed how to remove the internal organs of small fish, Monk Sun chanted meditation mantras, passed by villages to see how villagers fanned pigs, learned how to sew clothes, how to master the heat when cooking, and climbed high and looked far to observe the terrain and terrain, so as to choose a favorable road.

At this time, Jiang Qiu spent money to buy a set of clothes from the villagers, which was decent, and he was squatting at the gate of the village, sitting by the well with an old man, listening to the old man tell stories.

"There is an island in the south, called Quedao, the first peak of Quedao is called Zhaoyao Peak, there are many mangroves by the river, the island is rich in metal ores and jade, there is a kind of grass that grows in it, called Zhuyu, people who eat it will not feel hungry for a month. There is a tree that is shaped like a tree but has a black vein, and I can't say exactly what it is called, but I know that hunters who go up the mountain like to wear its flowers and leaves, so that they will never get lost. ”

The old man recalled: "There was also a beast in the shape of a macaque, but with white ears, which sometimes crawled on all fours, and sometimes walked on a human standing, and eating its flesh made people walk very fast. ”

A few women were talking about common things, and two or three children were eating ice cream, holding in their hands that they didn't know where they had come from, and squeaking and cheering for the old man.

The sky was clear, and a few thick clouds brought shade, Jiang Qiu was fascinated by it, and he didn't even know that Liu Haoming was standing behind him.

The old man took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and continued to tell the rumored secret history of the Thousand Islands Plain.

"A hundred miles northwest of Quedao, there is an island called Qiyang Island, the south of the mountain has been dug up a lot of gold, the north of the mountain has also dug up a lot of silver, but later Hua Shaoguo sent people to block the mountain."

"When those people were preparing to mine Qiyang Island, a beast appeared, shaped like a horse, but with a white head, a pattern like a tiger, and a red tail, which sounded like a man singing, and people named him Lushu."

"But he is not particularly good, the hair on his body sticks to the people who mine Qiyang Island with his scream, and after these people go home, regardless of gender, old and young, they are all pregnant and give birth, which is really scary."

A woman smiled and said, "Old man, I'm not curious about this woman giving birth, how do men give birth?" ”

"You can't have a hole in your ass, right?"

The surrounding crowd burst into laughter, and the old man also laughed, and after laughing, he saw that two or three outsiders were also listening, so he had no idea of telling a story, waved his hand, and signaled that the hairy children around him could go home.

Moreover, the knowledge in their hands is too noisy, the weather is already hot, and the knowledge is endless, and the noise makes people panic.

Jiang Qiu patiently waited for the old man to fall asleep under the shade of the tree, then woke up again, stepped forward and asked respectfully, "Did the old man sleep well?" ”

As soon as the old man got up, Jiang Qiu had already poured the tea, and seeing this, the old man smiled and said, "You kid, haven't you heard enough stories?" ”

Jiang Qiu was slightly puzzled, "Old man, I'm really curious, where did these strange rumors come from?" ”

"Who knows."

"May I ask the old man, how many of these stories are there?"

"Yo, that's a lot." The old man smiled: "It's really not me boasting about myself, I can read a thousand words at the age of six, memorize Tang poems at the age of nine, participate in the Olympiad competition in junior high school at the age of thirteen, and also participate in a literary competition, all of which are the first prizes. ”

"And the stories circulating in the Thousand Islands Plain, no one can tell how many there are, maybe just like the more than 1,000 small islands that float on the water, but gradually sink, I don't know how much has been lost."

Jiang Qiu blinked, "Is the old man still interested in telling stories?" ”

"If you don't talk about it, people are easy to get sleepy when they get old." The old man sighed with emotion: "I think when I first crossed the Yalu River, I was still a sixteen-year-old young man. ”

Jiang Qiu was stunned for a moment, and made a silent calculation in his heart, "Old man, you are more than a hundred years old this year, right?" ”

The old man laughed and said, "It's almost one hundred and three, I didn't expect God to accept my old bones." ”

It's 2060, and if you go back in time, it's almost that year.

But looking at the old man's mental state, he couldn't imagine it at all.

Originally, Jiang Qiu also planned to listen to a little more stories, and then hunt the beasts in them according to the content of the stories, but now that I think about it, let the old man rest more.

Before leaving, the old man said: "It seems that you are not from the Thousand Island Plain, hey, a few decades ago, this place was still called the North China Plain." ”

"Since it's foreign, don't be too careful. The beasts here are very strange, some beasts are not only afraid of people, but also so afraid that they can't touch them, even if they are chased and beaten by young children who can just walk, those beasts dare not resist when they die. However, some beasts kill people when they see them, and I don't know how to distinguish between the two. ”

Jiang Qiu thanked him and returned to the house in the northwest of the village.

Half a month ago, Huang Gong was forcibly taken away from a treasure by the little princess of Bingmen, saying that there was no hatred in his heart, which was a lie.

For this reason, a few people discussed, temporarily separated for half a month, each according to their ability, to steal, rob and kill, it doesn't matter, half a month later, they met on Children's Island, and together they went to explore the palace.

Liu Haoming walked into the house and said with a smile: "In the past half a month, you have been wandering around, helping the villagers build houses, learning to whip pigs, and you seem to have a lot of fun." ”

"Why don't you go looking for treasures?"

Jiang Qiu smiled: "Didn't Brother Liu go looking for treasures?" ”

Liu Haoming said: "I don't need to, in fact, I can't take too many things, unless there is the kind of big trick in the sleeves used by immortals, or the kind of treasure that accommodates heaven and earth in film and television dramas, otherwise I can take away many things with one pair of hands and two pockets?" ”

"For us, we need to find the right thing, not the more the merrier."

"I'm pretty much the same." Jiang Qiu said carelessly: "Did Brother Liu ever be a soldier?" Or even participated in the war? ”

Liu Haoming became interested, "How do you see it?" ”

Jiang Qiu said: "Murderous." ”

"This thing is more ...... General, but Brother Liu does have a murderous aura that makes people's hearts palpitate, and there is a habit of looking left and right, I have an elder brother who also has this habit when he comes back from the army, saying that he wants to observe the surroundings and first find the place where the enemy may be hiding, or the most powerful sniper point, a safe place to hide. ”

Liu Haoming nodded and said: "I guessed well, I used to be a soldier in Hua Shaoguo, and in 2045, Hua Shaoguo would have already unified Asia, but there was a rebellion in Southeast Asia, I had fought a few battles, and there were dead people everywhere, and I learned some ways to survive on the battlefield." ”

On this topic, there have long been changes and records in the history books.

Territorial unification is simple, but cultural unification is difficult.

Since the changes in heaven and earth and the advent of beasts into the world, Hua Shaoguo has resolutely unified most of Asia, unified all forces, and is known as the strongest country in the sea, land and air.

Because most of the Asian cultures have similarities, it is not particularly difficult to unify, but it is difficult to eliminate such things as national hatred and family hatred for a period of time, and naturally there are riots one after another.

Far away on the other side of the ocean, the country of Luoxiang and the country of Ye Ying in Europe also have such troubles.

Therefore.

In 2035, the three major powers will be almost at the same time, as if they had agreed, not to use force externally, but to concentrate on sweeping away the domestic rebel forces, which will create the three major powers to stand tall in the world, and limit Tianyang to the coast of the East China Sea.

It's just that too many people have been sacrificed and too much blood has been shed for this, coupled with the battle between the first shadow magician and the seven beast directors in 2039, making the orcs powerless to intervene in the human race, and also allowing the three great powers to eliminate the orcs hidden inside without any scruples.

It is no exaggeration to say that except for the children born in the past ten years, who are relatively stable, and further forward, almost everyone has participated in the war to a greater or lesser extent, so after peace, the people are looking forward to reunification and peace.

Jiang Qiu said: "How good is reunification, and it is also the unification of the whole of Asia, and it is so nice to collectively call yourself the people of Hua Shaoguo." However, I like the names of the two countries the most, the Falling Fragrance Country and the Leaf Shadow Country. ”

"Cover up the blood shed to unify a continent with a mild name?" Liu Haoming changed the topic, obviously unwilling to continue, "In the past half a month, I have contacted a little bit of people and investigated some situations, which are related to the little princess of Bingmen. ”

Jiang Qiu said: "Could Brother Liu please tell me something that you can talk about?" ”

The main thing is that the demon knife on her back - Rainy Night, after being snatched away by Yang Ye, how did it end up in her hands?

If they are parents, don't blame themselves for being unkind.

If it's a stranger...... He didn't believe that a stranger would hand the demon knife to a little girl.

Jiang Qiu poured Liu Haoming a cup of hot water, closed the doors and windows, and in front of the table that was not dim, Liu Haoming suddenly smiled, "You don't need to be so serious, it's actually very simple and boring." ”

Liu Haoming took a sip of hot water, "The country is hated and the family is hated." ”

"You also know that before Hua Shaoguo unified Asia, there were many countries in Asia, including an Asian island country, and they still retained the royal system, among which there was a little princess of the royal family, who was instilled from a young age [You are not from Hua Shaoguo, you are a member of the royal family with noble blood, you should hate Hua Shaoguo] and so on."

"Over time, this little princess believed it to be true, plus there was a lot of civil strife in Hua Shaoguo, and the newly appointed leader was tougher, vigorously suppressed the rebellion, shed a lot of blood, hated and hated, and this little princess joined Tianyang City."

Jiang Qiu sighed, "It's really boring." ”

"Do you think everyone is like you, a living and transparent and wise man?" Liu Haoming smiled strangely.

Jiang Qiu shook his head, "Brother Liu has lifted me." ”

"No, I've been watching you for a long time." Liu Haoming said: "In the face of the treasures scattered all over the place, each one can be sold for a sky-high price, you are not impressed, but you are secretly investigating a thing, a thing I don't know, this is the first point." ”

"The second point is that your perseverance is terrible, such as the seemingly most common habit of reading, only if you take it as an inviolable task to do, I don't think a rich kid can do this."

"Third ......"

"There are many smart people in the world, but there are very few people who can be called wise, and you are counted as one."

Jiang Qiu scratched his head, "Did Brother Liu look away?" ”

Liu Haoming said meaningfully: "Even if I see so much, I don't want to kill you, but the more you unintentionally expose, the more I want to observe you, do you think people like you are not terrible?" ”

Jiang Qiu said with a smile: "Brother Liu, everyone just takes what they need, there is no need to be more serious." ”

"Excuse me, what did you do three days ago?"

Jiang Qiu shrugged, "That's a lot, help Aunt Wang repair the roof, help Grandpa Zhang carry water, listen to the old man tell stories, I have heard nearly hundreds of small stories circulating in the Thousand Island Plain in the past few days, do you need me to tell you?" ”

Liu Haoming stared at Jiang Qiu, who had a calm face, for a long time, and then smiled: "It's okay." ”

......

......

During the time of separation, Huang Gong was not idle, and the same was true of Monk Sun, and the two of them searched for treasure together, which was quite rewarding.

The two still have a tacit understanding and act separately, but they are not too far apart. Monk Sun is mainly afraid that he is not a magician, only relying on external objects, it is inevitable that he is a little weak, in case of danger, he can't get out of trouble with his own Taoism, and Huang Gong wants to kill everyone except Jiang Qiu when he says the code of the Seven Stars Society.

Monk Sun found a small building on the back of a mountain thirty miles away, the first floor was a library room, but most of the books had been damaged, only one exuded a faint golden light, opened the book, but found that he did not recognize the words in it.

After meeting Huang Gong, Monk Sun was a little embarrassed, he really met a good baby, and it was also a little troublesome.

As Liu Haoming said, he has nothing to hide treasures, he can only put them in his pocket, of course, it can be seen at a glance.

Yellow Bow smiled and pretended to turn a blind eye.

Monk Sun asked, "Brother Huang, what have you gained after a week?" ”

Yellow Bow nodded, "It's okay." ”

The two separated again, each looking for what they needed.

Huang Gong stood on the top of a hill, glanced at Monk Sun's round head, and smiled even more.

Previously, he was in a pavilion, and saw a half-played chessboard, the nineteen vertical and horizontal roads have not been eroded by the years, the black and white chess pieces are scattered, Huang Gong does not understand Go, but looks at the number of white pieces in the middle of the chessboard, thinking that the white side is about to win, and he is too lazy to continue looking.

Here, he obtained a pair of Go, the chessboard is cold and pleasant, the chess pieces have a natural arc, unlike jade, and there is a sound of gold staggering when they collide gently, as long as they are not blind, they can see the preciousness of the chess pieces.

If he can bring it to Tianyang City and sell it, the money in exchange for it is enough to live for a lifetime, but it is a pity that Seven Stars will not allow him to withdraw easily, and Huang Gong will have to find a wooden short stick for the president.

If before getting that book, Monk Sun would definitely stick to the back of Huang Gong's buttocks, then in the next week, Monk Sun would definitely anoint the soles of his feet until he made peace with Liu Haoming, but this half a month was a coincidence, enough for Huang Gong to realize a little idea.

On this day, there were still three days before the four of them agreed to meet on Children's Island, and Monk Sun was horrified to find that the yellow bow that had been hanging far behind him was gone.

That's a big deal.

Monk Sun was not familiar with the hexagram, he just hurriedly used the compass and calculated a hexagram for himself, but the hexagram was very chaotic, and he couldn't see the future changes at all, so he panicked, and didn't dare to look back for Liu Haoming, so he turned around and left.

In the north, the small island known as Yandao is relatively more like a small grassland, where several herders graze their cattle, standing at the island dock, you can see the sky high and far, there is black smoke rising from the small hillside in the distance, and there is an unknown creature that looks like a turtle and a fish, under the tallest tree of the grassland, enjoying the prayers and bows of the herdsmen.

Monk Sun rubbed the compass in his hand, only in this way could he feel at ease, and muttered and scolded: "Yellow Bow of the dog day, I have long seen that this kid is not a thing, sure enough, people's hearts are separated from the belly, I just got a book that I don't know how to use, and I want to kill me?" ”

Monk Sun pondered for a moment, thinking that it was still necessary to find Liu Haoming, who was most likely to cooperate, so he turned the direction of the boat and planned to go to Children's Island in advance to hide.

Who would have thought that a long green arrow shot from the top of the tallest tree in Yandao, grazing Monk Sun's scalp and shooting the boat, and in an instant the boat sank in the slightly salty stream.

Monk Sun climbed ashore in embarrassment, his lips were already broken and bleeding, but he still couldn't help but scold, "His mother's Chen Ren, Chen Ren of the dog's day, Chen Ren who has a mother and no mother, Lao Tzu kindly told you the rules of the Thousand Islands Plain, and this is how you repay me?" ”

No one answered.

Immediately, a scene that made Monk Sun even more chilling appeared.

Chen Ren, who saw the dog's day, didn't know where to find a large number of firecrackers and tied them to the tails of the herd.

As soon as the firecrackers sounded, hundreds of sturdy beef cattle rushed to Monk Sun's location like crazy, like thunder roaring, like Mount Tai collapsing, this scene will sway just from a distance, not to mention the targeted Monk Sun.

Monk Sun gritted his teeth and poured the already small amount of qi in his body into the compass, and at the same time chanted the words, and the stars hanging above the compass gradually became hazy.

At the same time, the dance began.

Yandao is not big, but it can accommodate hundreds of cattle and sheep to eat grass and rest, how small can it be?

So it was so that the whole island was fogged.

Monk Sun said angrily: "Sooner or later, one day, I will kill you." ”

Having said that, Monk Sun ran faster than anyone else, Jiang Qiu looked at this scene with a smile, jumped off the tall tree, and said, "According to the agreement, I made a move, and then it was your turn to finish." ”

"When we get to the palace, you and I are working together to kill Liu Haoming, and then you complete your task, and I will complete my task. You also know the rules of our Seven Star Society, these tasks are annoying, and you can't stop doing them. ”

Behind the tree, the thin yellow bow walked out, with luggage on his back, "A suggestion for you, after you get rid of Liu Haoming, don't make another move easily, our Seven Star Society has always sent four or five groups of people to complete the same task, so as to ensure the completion of the task, so everyone you meet in the palace may be someone from our Seven Star Society, don't misunderstand." ”

Jiang Qiu agreed to this.

When Huang Gong began to chase and kill Monk Sun and weaken Liu Haoming's power, Jiang Qiu pinched his hands, summoned a crow, took out a piece of paper and sketched a few characters, and sent a message to the hands of a brown-haired man with a gentle smile ten miles away.

The man took the letter, and after reading it, he said with a smile: "I haven't cooperated for a long time, Jiang Qiu, I hope you won't let me down this time, how can we two bad guys who have been rated as the biggest-stirring sticks?" ”

Immediately, the man said strangely: "Isn't it good to scold yourself?" ”

"I'm a-stirring stick, they're ...... But no matter how you calculate it, it's a lose-lose situation. ”

Beside him, Xiao Xun, who was full of sadness, squatted aside, "What bad things are you two hooking up with?" ”

Kong Zhang pointed to the data terminal in his right eye, "A good thing that is conducive to my research on human swarm consciousness, but you are definitely not interested." ”

Xiao Xun said worriedly: "What do you need me to do next to make sure that Jiang Qiu doesn't beat me when he sees me?" ”

"You're really, where did you get the news that there might be scientific research results you want here, but you have been trapped here for half a month."

Xiao Xun said loudly: "There are very few formations in the world that can change the flow of time...... If it drags on like this, my body won't be able to bear it. ”

Kong Zhang ignored Xiao Xun, but went backwards along the river that was poured into the plain by the seawater, measuring the flow rate of the water, the salt content, the number of organisms in the water, and everything was recorded by him in the data terminal.

He came here at the suggestion of a super scientist.

When he decided to study the topic of human swarm consciousness, he wrote to the scientist to get a little inspiration.

The scientist replied succinctly, "Extremes, opposites and conflicts." ”

Although it was very simple, Kong Zhang understood the information prompted by the scientist, so he came to the Thousand Islands Plain, and happened to catch up with the appearance of the palace, and tens of thousands of people began to hunt for treasures, as well as Jiang Qiu's crows.

The two hit it off and decided to play a big game, just like the freshman year to participate in the big competition, and beat all the competitors in advance.

Kong Zhang ignored Xiao Xun's complaints, remembered the missing students of Xusheng Academy for no reason, smiled for no reason, and said, "I'm going to speed up the pace of research." ”