Chapter 17: Insect Corpses IV

I don't know what to say. This is the Western Regions, for the situation of their tribe is difficult for an outsider to sort out after all, probably the tribes of the Western Regions are more or less bumpy between the submission of the Great Song Dynasty, I have not been involved in court politics, and I dare not make a conclusion. These words of Nagu really shocked the listeners, I have lived in the Central Plains for a long time, and I have never heard the imperial court put forward such a move. This generation of Taizong monarch is the second emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Taizong is known as the "sun of the sky", although I am just a nameless generation, but I often hear people say that Taizong loves the people like a son, the government is diligent, whether it is the implementation of the next big construction, or friendly exchanges with neighbors, are all under the slogan of the country and the people. In fact, for us ordinary people, the consistent practice of the imperial court is also without drawbacks at all, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, men and women weave, as long as they are well fed and dressed, and these are all seen by the people, otherwise how could the Great Song Dynasty be so prosperous. But if what Nagu said is true, could it be that the Great Song Dynasty only loved the people in the territory, but was so cruel to foreign countries?

I looked at Nagu and said, "Since the Great Song Dynasty has put forward such harsh conditions, if you don't agree to submit to it, you will save yourself from killing people of other clans." ”

Nagu smiled bitterly: "It's not easy to talk about, the agreement signed with the Great Song Dynasty has been settled, and your Great Song Dynasty's iron cavalry is too powerful, we don't dare to violate it." We also don't want to kill innocents indiscriminately, at first the patriarch and the elders of the clan had a discussion, the head of a hundred people can be obtained through the battle of the territory, but my wolf is weak, located in a remote area, if you want to find the battle of the territory, it is not possible, only the Nanla tribe is close to us, but the Nanla tribe is not warlike......"

I can't help but be silent, although they are both killing, but having such an excuse always makes people feel justified, probably their Heavenly Wolf Clan really didn't want to hunt down and kill the Nanla Clan, but they still killed it. I don't know what the agreement he said was stipulated, but it must not be a good agreement, there really is such a condition, with the strength of the imperial army, if their tribe is angry with the imperial court, it will definitely not end well.

At this time, Na Gu suddenly turned around and said a little unnaturally: "There are too many words, don't blame Gu friends, it's not too early, you can rest early." ”

He was a little slurred, as if he had something to say, and I said, "Sir, do you have anything else to say?"

Nagu pondered for a moment and said, "Friend Gu, in fact, I came here this time, but there is something I don't know...... Is there really a monster in the swamp of death that has poison in its blood?"

I had a little realization, and after talking for a long time, it turned out that he wanted to know about the fish-headed monster. I walked under the old tree, stood side by side with him, and said, "Yes, there are such monsters in the Swamp of Death, and we all call them fish-headed monsters because their heads look like fish. ”

When I think of the fish-headed monster, I can't help but think of the scene of fighting with the fish-headed monster in the valley at that time, and I also blame the fish-headed monster for being so cruel, I don't distinguish between friend and foe, but everything that can be eaten is stuffed into my mouth, and it is creepy to think about.

Nagu muttered, "It turns out that the rumors are true, and the holy land of the Immortal Hall has really given birth to monsters. ”

I wondered, "How do you know?"

Ten days ago, the people of the Seven Great Sects rushed out of the Death Swamp at the risk of death, claiming that the Death Swamp had been occupied by monsters of unknown origin, and the City Lord of Sand City had already announced this to the world. ”

I was overjoyed and said, "Did the people of the Seven Great Sects rush out of the Death Swamp? ”

Na Gu didn't know what was going on, and was a little inexplicable by what I said, and said, "Friend Gu, didn't you walk out of the death swamp with the Seven Great Sects?"

I didn't want to mention the matter of the Immortal Hall with him, I was afraid that Nagu would be uneasy when I said it, so I just smiled and said, "I was originally with the Seven Great Sects, but I was separated from them and ended up here alone. Speaking of this, my heart moved, and I said: "Mr. Nagu, I don't know how far away Shacheng is from here, so I will rush to Shacheng early tomorrow morning and meet the men." ”

Na Gu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Gu Youren, there is such a change in the Death Swamp, Sand City no longer exists, when the Seven Great Sects rushed out of the Death Swamp, Sand City, together with all the people in Crane City and Bitter Heart City, also evacuated the Land of Death, and now there is no city there, and I am afraid that there are few people." ”

I couldn't help but be stunned and said, "It doesn't exist anymore?"

Nagu nodded and said with a wry smile: "When there is such a monster with poison in its body, who dares to approach the Death Swamp, it is not like they are all hiding far away." Alas, there are three more cities, and I really don't know if the Western Regions will be able to live in the future. ”

Probably, in that ancient heart, he was full of strange feelings for this land where he was born and raised. His sigh was meaningful, the people of Sand City, Crane City, and Bitter Heart City went to the city, but from his mouth, it was as if their Heavenly Wolf Clan had suddenly lost three territories. I said, "The swamp of death is a dangerous place, and it is better if there is no one to live in." ”

It seemed that my words aroused some thoughts in his heart, and as soon as the words came out, he was a little depressed, and said in a low voice: "It's better to go, hehe." There is the former site of the main altar of the Eternal Life Hall, since the dragon cave was shocked by the spirit snake, I don't know how many heroes of the world have been attracted, after the fall of the Eternal Life Hall, the death swamp has been regarded as a feng shui treasure land, not only built a town outside, but there are more people who come to admire it, and now it is finally clean. ”

There was a lot of sarcasm in his words, I don't know if he meant to say it to me, but when he mentioned the spirit snake in the Shenlong Cave, I couldn't help but tremble a little, and I said, "Have you ever seen the spirit snake in the Shenlong Cave?"

Na Gu smiled and said, "There are legends of it everywhere in the Western Regions, but few people have seen it, and I haven't seen it either, besides, it is where the main altar of the Immortal Hall is located, who would dare to go to that kind of place? Only the people of the Seven Great Sects and the wizards who are not afraid of death dare to go deep into the Death Swamp." However, there are many strange flowers and plants growing in the swamp of death, and I once went into the forest to pick some herbs when the miasma dissipated. ”

He's talking about the outer woods of the Death Swamp, right?

When we entered the Death Swamp, the back of the line was followed by a number of people who had gone to pick herbs, but they did not follow us until we had passed through the woods on the outskirts of the Death Swamp. Maybe they also know that the Seven Great Sects and the Immortal Hall are powerful, and there are many grievances between them, and they will inevitably catch fire if they follow them, in fact, their choice is also wise, if anyone really dares to follow the Seven Great Sects into the hinterland of the Death Swamp this time, even if they are not killed by the Master of the Sky as a spy, it is estimated that they will be eaten by the fish-headed monster. However, no one dared to go deep in the end, and someone entered the Shenlong Cave alone, I couldn't help but think of the skeleton found under the spirit snake, and it was able to dive into such a deep spirit cave, that person was by no means idle, and even Yang Zhixing once said that the appearance of the fish-headed monster had something to do with that person, and it was raised by that person.

I didn't want to think about it anymore, but I couldn't help but ask, "The Lord of Sand City has announced that the world is away from the Death Swamp, has he ever said what the situation of the Death Swamp is now?

Na Gu Dao: "I haven't heard of this, the city lord of Shacheng announced that the world was only evacuating the Death Swamp, and he didn't say anything about the fish-headed monster. Gu Youren, are those monsters very powerful, even more powerful than Gu worms?"

Let's hope the mermaid can't break out of the Death Swamp. I silently thought, once such monsters really break out of the swamp of death, I am afraid that the Western Regions and even the world will encounter great disasters, and they will inevitably be devastated. I nodded and said, "It's really amazing." ”

Nagu didn't speak, just looked up to the sky and exhaled. I also looked up at the night sky and talked back and forth with him, and before I knew it, the moon had moved westward, and I didn't know when a few dazzling morning stars appeared in the sky.

After a long time, Nagu suddenly said: "There was originally a place where the snake inhabited, although the snake is highly poisonous, but its toxicity is also a rare good medicine for cultivating Gu worms, but it is a pity that it became extinct too early, and now I can no longer see a living snake." ”

This was the second time he had mentioned Poison, and I frowned and said, "Does Sir know anything about Poison?"

The ancient seemed to come to the spirit, and said with a smile: "It's just from the book, my ancestors were witch doctors for generations, and they studied witchcraft to save the world." The poison is notoriously popular in the Western Regions, and my fathers favored it, and they have a codex in the clan. ”

I couldn't help but laugh. It's just a kind of stubborn poison, but it can also be popular, in my opinion, the poison of the poison is domineering and ruthless, and it is best not to touch it. During this period of time, the word snake poison seems to have been around me, from the encounter with Tao Qingfeng on the way to the insect disaster in Chenzhou City, and then to the fish-headed monster and the spirit snake in the Shenlong Cave that I encountered later, more or less inextricably linked to the poison, and even as early as a year ago, I had been in contact with it, which made me not only have an antipathic attitude towards the poison, but also hated it for a while.

However, I am still very interested in the codex that Nagu said, and I don't understand why people still love such a poison, everything has two ways, yin and yang, maybe the poison really has a good side. Thinking like this, I looked at Nagu and said with a smile: "I am also interested in poison, sir, I wonder if I can take a look at the codex you said?"

Na Gu laughed and said, "This is natural, the codex is in my pharmacy, if you don't dislike it, you can go with me." ”

I smiled and said, "Thank you." ”