Three days later, we were taken to Chongshan.

Chongshan Castle is a castle built on a mountain. Unlike the mountain castle in the world, all the buildings in this mountain castle were built on the inner slope of the mountain. If you compare Chongshan to a big bowl that is buckled. Chongshan Castle is like a cylindrical plaster attached to the inner wall of the bowl. The whole city is majestic, and the roads and alleys are like cobwebs, crisscrossing the mountain walls.

After entering the city, the carriage circled up an avenue to the door of a mansion halfway up the mountain. At the beginning of the door are written three big characters: Foreign Negotiation Division.

Liao Mi got out of the carriage and went straight to the mansion gate.

Soon after, he was accompanied by a man.

The man said: "Now all major affairs in the clan must be reported to the prime minister first, and then handled by each department. If a foreigner violates such a major event, please report it to the prime minister quickly, and ask the prime minister to show it, so that the company can deal with it. ”

Liao Mi said goodbye to the man and got into the carriage again.

After a short drive, I stopped in front of a large mansion.

Liao Mi stepped forward and said to the doorman on duty in front of the house: "Please report that there are people from the Wa royal family in the Three Realms Ridge who have come to report to the prime minister." ”

The doorman entered the door, and soon after he walked out of the door again and said, "Take the offender in." ”

Liao Mi shouted to the car: "Bring people down." ”

Ten soldiers got up and took the four of us out of the car.

When they reached the door, the doorman stopped the ten men and said, "You are waiting outside." ”

After speaking, he turned around and went to the door, and Liao Mi took the four of us to follow behind and entered the palace gate.

Turning through several floors of high and low, staggered pavilions, we were ushered to a large lobby.

The doorman whispered a few words to the attendant in front of the hall, then turned and turned back the way he came.

The attendant turned the screen in the hall and entered the inner room. Soon, an old man of the Huandou clan came out from behind the screen, followed by several servants.

The old man was dressed in a splendid costume, wearing a high crown on his head, and the pointed beak on one side was wrapped in gold, and his face was pale but radiant.

Liao Mi stepped forward and knelt down, bowed, and said respectfully: "Liao Mi, the chief of the hundred beaks of the Three Realms Ridge, meet the prime minister." May the prime minister be well. ”

I thought to myself, it turned out that this person was the old thief Chonggang that the Huandou people in Danshui City said.

Chonggang said coldly: "You are the deputy marshal of the border pass, why are you now mixed up with a hundred beaks." What did Shi Bian want to do? The revocation of the deputy marshal was such a big thing, and I didn't see him report to the imperial court. ”

As he spoke, he sat down on the main seat of the main hall.

After sitting down, seeing that Liao Mi was still kneeling, he said coldly: "You get up." ”

Liao Mi stood up and stood aside.

A smile squeezed out of the corner of Chonggang's mouth and said, "You don't have to be so restrained here, sit down." ”

Liao Mi trembled and half sat on the chair next to him.

Chonggang asked, "What did you do wrong to be treated like this by Shi Bian?" ”

Liao Mi said: "Just because a few days ago, when the general patrolled and found that there were people from the Xi royal clan outside the border who wanted to do evil, I wanted to lead the troops to the conquest, General Shi did not allow it, saying that the place did not belong to the jurisdiction of my Huandou clan, more than one thing is better than one less thing, it is not appropriate to make a big move, I was a little excited, and the marshal quarreled a few words, he was angry, dismissed me from the post of deputy marshal on the spot, and asked me to be the chief of the hundred beaks for two months. I know that General Shi doesn't really want to dismiss me, but he is just worried that I will be rash and do something inappropriate. After a few days, General Shi will lose his anger and should be reinstated. He didn't report it to the court, and I think that's what I think. Please don't blame General Shi. ”

Chonggang laughed out loud after hearing this, pointed at Liao Mi and said, "You, you, you, you have been bullied, and you still help people say good things like this." ”

Liao Mi burst into tears for a while.

Chonggang skipped a sly smile on his face, and then lowered his face and said, "General Liao doesn't have to be sad, the old man will make the decision for you." ”

When Liao Mi heard this, he got up and knelt in front of Chonggang, and shouted with a crying voice: "Cheng-——! Xiang"

Chonggang stood up, helped Liao Mi up, and said, "Okay, let's get down to business." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the four of us, beckoned, and said, "A few of you come here." ”

We stepped forward, and he examined the four of us one by one, and said, "The Wa royal family's violation of the realm has not happened in nearly sixty or seventy years, and this is the first time the old man has encountered it, so it can be regarded as a rare thing." Our clan and the Wa royal family have always lived in harmony, and there are no grievances and entanglements. No matter how you got to my happy place, you are all our guests. Please stay in Chongshan for a while, and then I will send someone to contact your mother, and then send you out of the country. ”

After speaking, he turned to Liao Mi and said, "They will be handed over to me, you better go back to the Three Realms Ridge quickly." ”

Liao Mi stood up, arched his hand and said to Chonggang: "Please let Liao stay in the capital and serve the prime minister sooner or later." ”

Chonggang shook his head and said, "If you really have that heart, you can only take on the great responsibility if you stay at the border pass." ”

At this time, a person rushed into the lobby and bowed to Chonggang, but remained silent.

Chonggang asked, "What's the matter?"

The man looked at Liao Mi.

Chonggang said: "General Liao is not an outsider, so it doesn't hurt to say anything." ”

The man remained silent.

Chonggang smiled and said, "It must be a trivial matter in the inner family again, please wait for a while." ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to the visitor, led him around the screen, and entered the inner room.

Soon after, someone came out from behind the screen and went straight out of the lobby.

Immediately afterwards, Chonggang also walked out of it, smiling all over his face.

He walked up to Liao Mi and said: "As the saying goes, those who know the times are handsome, and I already know the reason for General Liao's demotion. It seems that I read the general correctly. You don't have to go back to the Three Realms Mountains, from today onwards, you will be the commander of the garrison in the capital. I still have a lot of use for him. ”

Liao Mi was overjoyed, knelt on the ground and saluted: "Thank you for the Prime Minister's support, Liao will swear allegiance to the Prime Minister." ”

Chonggang picked up Liao Mi and said, "Let's dine in the house today, let's have two drinks." ”

When he had finished speaking, he ordered the men to prepare a banquet.

At the same time, someone was sent to take us to the banquet building in the city to settle down.

The banquet building is on a high platform raised by a mountain cliff, facing the big lake at the bottom of the mountain city, you can look around the entire Chongshan City, and it is the most luxurious restaurant inn in the Chongshan City.

The fact that we, as prisoners, were placed in such a place was much more than we expected.

After dinner, we stood on the observation deck of the banquet building, and as far as the eye could see, the whole mountain city was illuminated by the lights.

The sailor pointed to a splendid complex of buildings directly above the cliff face from us and asked, "What is that place, how is it so magnificent, and different from the rest of the city?" ”

The Huandou man wandering next to him said, "That's the royal palace of our Huandou clan." It's a pity that now people go to the empty building, and they can no longer hear the court music and dance. ”

I asked curiously, "Do you want your king to live in it?"

The companion next to the speaker said, "What are you talking about? Don't want to live anymore? Go away and go back to drinking." ”

Talking and pulling the talker hurried away.

He Xuanya said: "Along the way, I feel that everything is weird. I can't imagine that the same is true of Chongshan. What happened to the Huandou clan. ”

I said, "Along the way, I was also thinking about these things, but there were escort soldiers, so I didn't ask you." You say, is Liao Mi a good guy or a bad guy?"

He Xuanya said: "We just came to the Huandou clan, and we don't know which wave of people is good and which wave of people is bad, but I just feel that Liao Mi doesn't seem to be true to that Chonggang today, and I don't know what medicine he sells in his gourd." ”

I said, "Forget it, let's leave it alone, and think about how we can get out of the happy place." ”

He Xuanya said: "I heard from Na Chonggang today that he wanted to contact Ximu and then send us back. In that case, we will all have to be taken back to the village by the master, and the sailors' affairs will be ruined. ”

I said, "What then?"

He Xuanya said, "We have to leave here before the Huandou people inform Master. But now with the strength of the four of us, we will definitely not be able to escape, so Chonggang is relieved to let us move freely in the city. Now the only way is to meet the king of Huandou first, explain the matter to him, and ask him to send someone to send us to the Drought Tribe. ”

I said, "But you have just heard from the man that the palace is now empty, which means that the Huandou people are not in the palace now." First, we have to find out where King Huandou is. ”

He Xuanya sighed and said: "Based on my observation, in the Huandou clan, it is very taboo to talk about things related to the royal family and the imperial court. ”

Suddenly, the sailors shouted, "You see, it looks like they are going to war." ”

We looked in the direction the sailors were pointing, and that was the entrance to Chongshan Castle, and where we passed as we entered the city. Outside the pass, flags were unfurled, dusty, and a large group of people gathered, as if there were forty or fifty thousand people.

The front army of men and horses was lined up four or five miles away from the pass, and the rear team was moving out of the city one after another, which was exactly the position before the expedition.

He Xuanya said: "If I guess correctly, I should be going to attack Danshui City." ”

The sailors were surprised and asked, "Aren't they all of the same race?" ”

I looked at the sailor and said, "Sailor, you are too kind-hearted. Isn't it normal for a clan to fight and kill each other. Take our Wa royal family as an example, from ancient times to the present, there are still fewer attacks between the same clans?"

The sailor was silent, and fell into deep thought as he watched the procession gradually move away.

At this moment, two "whirring" sounds came from behind me. When I looked back, I saw Zhiyong climbing on the railing and napping, snoring from his mouth and nose.

During the days underground, we could not see the rotation of the sun and the moon, nor could we feel the alternation of day and night. The heart is always like being pressed by a big stone, and it can't be penetrated. On top of that, I feel top-heavy and lethargic all the time.

Coupled with a few days of tiring driving, the physical strength of the four of us has been overdrawn to the limit.

Before, because I was thinking about miscellaneous things, I didn't think that when I saw Zhiyong's appearance, the three of us also felt a wave of sleepiness sweeping over.

I said, "Let's go back and sleep first, and tomorrow morning,—— it doesn't matter if it's morning or night, but in five or six hours—we'll go around the city again to see the news of the King of Huandou." ”

So, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

When I lay in bed, I felt sleepy, and I thought about everything that had happened in the past few days, and these troubles could not be dissipated like flies staring at rotten meat.

After tossing and turning for a long time, I fell asleep.

As soon as I fell asleep, I heard a slight "dong dong" sound coming from a distance.

Wandering in the dream, I ran up and down, ran before and after running in the dream, searched left and right for a long time, but did not find the source of the "dong dong" sound.

Just as I was running down the hill, one of them fell to the ground, and I rolled down the hill with a grunt, and I fell out of bed with a bang.