"Why haven't you waited so long? ”

"Be patient, he's a celebrity next to the prime minister now, isn't it normal to have a little swagger. ”

"I can't say anything about this man. In the past, he was a famous chivalrous man, and he was a symbol of loyalty and righteousness. Later, after receiving the favor of Shi Bian, he worshiped under Shi Bian and repaid the kindness of his acquaintance. But now, he betrayed Shi Bian, and even threw the word loyalty out of the clouds, willing to be a dog in front of the prime minister. You see that he nods his head in front of the prime minister on weekdays, and there is a little bit of the shadow of Liao Yi, who was in the limelight back then. ”

"As the saying goes, those who know the times are the best ones. Shi Bian eats the ancients, and he is bent on fighting against the prime minister, and it is only a matter of time before he is eliminated, and Long Jianzhao is a living example. What future can Liao Mi have with him. It is also human nature to take refuge in the prime minister and choose high branches to perch. No matter what kind of chivalrous man he is, or a loyal and good general, when it comes to the critical moment, he still has to think about his future, and the rest is just a fame and reputation. ”

"Hey——, is there really no right and wrong in this world? Everyone will only tend to be inflammatory? The king really wants to stay in the temple for the rest of his life? The second prince wants to give way to that stupid Chonglu for the rest of his life? Is all this injustice normal?"

"Don't you talk less, because there are fewer people who have lost their lives because of too many words? We are just inferior soldiers, although in the eyes of others, as palace guards, there was a pitiful amount of glory on our faces, but now... , hey——, it's better to get by. those useless hearts for what. As long as someone can enjoy food, just live. A lot of things are simply not something we can change. ”

"Forget it, you're right, don't want those useless anymore. Shouldn't we go to the exit of the Cone Gate Trail to meet us? He didn't come from the palace, so why did he stay here? ”

"You are stupid, on the side of the Cone Gate Path, on the mountain beam, the cold wind can blow human flesh and bones, isn't it good to avoid the cold in front of this palace gate, anyway, he has to pass through here. When the time comes, we will pretend to step forward to greet him a few steps, and say that it is too late to be welcomed, and it will be over with a smiling face. ”

"He's not going to be angry, is he?"

"Hahaha, angry? He is now in the stage of pleasing the prime minister, and he will definitely not dare to cause trouble for no reason. Even if you are angry, it will not do anything to us. ”

"Look, here it is. ”

"Go, go. ”

Immediately afterward, the sound of conversation was heard not far away.

"The two of us came to greet the general, but because I don't know when the general will come, and I am late, and I ask the general to atone for his sins. ”

"Get up, lead the way. This is Liao Mi's voice.

The sound of creaking footsteps on the snow gradually came from a distance, passed in front of the palace gate, and slowly disappeared in another direction.

After waiting inside the palace gate for a while, I said, "Let's go." ”

He Xuanya said, "Wait a minute, where's the thing?"

That's when I remembered the secret letter wrapped in snake skin. Reached out and took it out of his pocket and handed it to Zhiyong.

Zhiyong opened his mouth and put the snakeskin ball into his mouth.

I, the sailors, and Zhiyong, together took down the latch and slowly opened the palace gate.

Outside the palace gate is a world covered in silver, and although the sun is shining, the cold wind still hits us in gusts, as if it wants to soak our cotton clothes.

Walking out of the palace gate, there is a large road not far ahead, the avenue is divided into two sections in the place facing the palace gate, the right section is paved with gravel, leading to a mountain beam, and the left side is paved with polished smooth stone bricks, and the eaves corridor is covered all the way above, forming a corridor that shelters from the wind and rain.

We walked slowly along the road, keeping an eye on the movement ahead as we went.

After walking for about ten minutes, I found that there were two mountain ridges on both sides of the road in front of me, and the mountain ridges were dozens of zhang high, forming a pass, and the road passed through the pass.

On both sides of the pass, leaning on the protrusions of the mountains and rocks on both sides, there is a large house of red brick and gray tiles, which looks like two barracks. In front of the barracks, two groups of soldiers patrolled back and forth.

We stopped, hid under the steps of the corridor, and watched quietly.

Soon after, a soldier ran out of the barracks on the right side and shouted, "Everyone assemble in line, please give instructions to Commander Liao." ”

The two patrolling soldiers all stood in two rows in front of the barracks, and at the same time, dozens of soldiers came running from the other side of the pass, all of them stood in line.

Liao Mi walked out of the barracks, stood on the platform and began to lecture.

I said, "The time has come, everyone prepare." The rockslide in front of us on the right was the only possible place to go down the mountain, so we walked further on, and when we came into sight of the soldiers, we ran in the direction of the rockfall. ”

All three of them nodded.

Together, with our heads bowed, we hid behind the railings of the corridor and walked forward slowly.

It wasn't until I was only twenty or thirty meters away from the barracks in front that I shouted softly, "Run." ”

Together, the four of them ran towards the edge of the peak like arrows from a string.

"There's someone over there, chase after it. "Shouts were heard in the direction of the barracks.

In a few moments, a large group of men and horses came running up and blocked our way.

The leading soldier shouted, "Who are you, what are you doing on this mountain?"

A soldier next to him said, "Commander, these are all members of the Wa royal family, like those who have recently been escorted to the capital from Biansai. ”

The leading soldier turned to him and asked, "Have you seen them?"

The soldier on the side shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it, but I've heard it said, this matter has spread all over the capital, and it is said that the prime minister not only did not dispose of them, but also arranged for them to live in the banquet building, and also allowed them to roam freely in Chongshan City without restraint." This is a strange story. ”

"I've heard about this, but we haven't seen them with our own eyes, so since we haven't seen them, how do you know that these people are those who have committed crimes. The lead soldier said.

"Chief, it seems that you don't usually like to go out for drinks and hang out. There were four of them, one big and three young, two boys and one girl among the three children, and one of the older was dumb. Look at it, aren't you talking about these four people in front of you? As long as you confirm that the big one is dumb, then you are 100% right. The soldier on the side said.

The leading soldier walked up to Zhiyong, pushed Zhiyong and said, "Hey, let's hear something." ”

Zhiyong closed his mouth and babbled a few sentences.

The leading soldier said, "I don't know if I'm really dumb or pretending to be dumb, but I'll see if my tongue is big when I open my mouth." ”

The soldiers on the side laughed. The soldier who had just spoken smiled and said to the leading soldier, "Commander, if you have a big tongue, you have a big tongue, and your dumbness has nothing to do with the size of your tongue." ”

The leading soldier glared at the soldier next to him and said, "You can." ”

He turned his head and looked at Zhiyong again and said, "Tell you to open your mouth and see, don't you hear?" Even if you are dumb, your ears are not blind. ”

The soldiers on the side laughed again.

The talkative soldier spoke again: "As the saying goes, ten out of ten are deaf and nine are dumb, maybe you can't really hear." ”

The leading soldier glared at the speaking soldier again and said, "Shut up for me, and if you talk to Rory, I'll make you dumb." ”

"What dumb isn't dumb?" said a voice not far away.

The leading soldier looked back, hurriedly greeted him in the direction of speaking, and bowed in front of the comer: "Lord Qiyu, I have caught a few people from the Wa royal family. We're just checking if one of them is mute. ”

The person who came was none other than Liao Mi.

He was followed by dozens of servants, led by the commander of the army just now, and walked towards us.

"Oh, aren't these those border crossers, how are they here? Liao Mi said in surprise as soon as he saw us.

The military leader on the side opened his eyes wide and said, "Ah! What a crosser, no wonder the tall man refuses to open his mouth, he seems to be really dumb." ”

Liao Mi ignored the words of the military leader, and asked us with a serious face: "Tell me a few of you, what is going on? The prime minister is kind and generous, and does not obey the law, and allows you to return to the Wa royal family in the future, and also arranges for you to live in the banquet building, and you are allowed to walk in Chongshan City." After receiving such courtesy, why are you still restless and guarding yourself, sneaking into this lofty mountain and plotting against you. It's really a waste of the prime minister's hospitality, and there is also the hospitality of hundreds of millions of people in my Huandou clan. ”

After speaking, he turned back to the army leader and said, "Let's take it back first." ”

The soldiers came forward and tied us up and took us to the barracks.

Liao Mi sat on a chair in the main hall of the barracks, and we were pressed down and knelt on the ground in front of the hall.

Liao Mi opened his mouth and asked, "Tell me, what are you going to do when you come here?"

I looked at Hexuanya, and she nodded lightly at me.

I replied, "Lord Liao, we just strayed into the line, and you caught us and took us to the dark realm underground, and you also traveled a long way to send us to Conch City. ......”

"Stop, what Conch City?" asked the military leader standing on the side.

"Hmph, this lofty mountain city of yours, there is no Haotian dome above, there is no chessboard flat ground below, the houses are built on the upside-down hanging wall, the people live in the covered urn, the four-dimensional congestion, and the snail dwells for many days, isn't this a city built in a conch shell. ”

The military leader was so angry that his face was red for a while, and blue for a while. Pointing at me and shouting, "You ......"

Before he could say anything, Liao Mi said, "Okay, listen to him first." ”

I continued: "You sent us to this place where there is no light of day, and you said that you treated us favorably, which I think is worse than going to prison.

"I, the royal family of Wa, were born under the blue sky, and grew up in the light of the sun and the moon, and I can't not see the light of heaven for a day.

"Now, the darkness and gloom of the whole day and all night has tormented us to the point of madness. Even if we live in the Jade Pavilion and eat phoenix marrow, we don't want to stay here any longer. You keep saying that you will send us back, but now, more than half a month has passed, but you still have no intention of sending us back. So we had to find a way to go back on our own. ”

Liao Mi slammed the table and shouted: "Nonsense! Do you think this mountain is so good? For thousands of years, there are less than 100 people who can climb the mountain and reach the top, and behind these dozens of people, there are a thousand, 10,000 times more people who have died at the bottom of the mountain. And those who climbed down from the top of the mountain, in the history of the self-Huandou clan, have never had a successful precedent. If you want to climb down from the top of the mountain, you are committing suicide. If you hadn't been discovered by the guards today, you might have been buried among the rocks by now. ”