For the first time, Gu Shenwei discovered that the wine tasted so sweet, which was completely different from the wine he had drunk with the queen yesterday.

In order to achieve this wonderful state, he first had to endure the astringency of the wine at the beginning of his mouth, the smell of roasted meat mixed with fishy taste, and the incomprehensible noise, and gradually the astringency and spiciness, turned into a fresh aroma, and all the senses except the taste became vague.

But he felt that he was not drunk, that his mind was clear, and that his palms were as hard as steel.

The last person who almost led him into the world of alcoholics was Tie Hanfeng, who forcibly retreated before he could enter the house, and this time, he went a little further.

Ten paces away, Morin still gathered with six soldiers in the name of the silver eagle to "talk" in a heap, sometimes whispering eagerly above his head, and sometimes leaning back to drink at the same time, like a huge epiphany that blooms only at night.

Five steps away, Shangguan Ru drank more, but his cheeks were red, and his laughter was more hearty, but there was no trace of drunkenness other than that.

An officer was sitting across from her, unconvinced, and a dozen onlookers cheered.

Maureen chose this place, "Deserters are the most sensitive people in the war, they create rumors and they also provide the truth. ”

The trio took turns riding six horses and galloped northwest for nearly three hours before arriving at the camp where the homeless and deserters gathered, bringing with them a lot of wine and meat, so they were warmly welcomed by hundreds of people, who offered their own food to share.

The deserters were initially a little jealous, but when they found that there were only three of them, and were assured that they would not forcibly levy labor, their vigilance was quickly lifted in the smell of wine.

Shangguan Ru smiled and beckoned to Gu Shenwei, "I won, you can ask him questions, any question." ”

The officer on the opposite side sat on the ground and still staggered, waving his hand again and again amid the laughter of everyone, "I'm getting old, I'm not as good as a little girl." ”

This camp has not been disturbed, so there are more young people, and most of them come up with ideas, most of them in Beiting dialect, and a few people speak in the original dialect, "Ask him where he hid his money?" "Ask him if he has deducted military salary?" "Ask him if he has stolen women?"

The person who made the last suggestion was pushed and pushed out by everyone.

Gu Shenwei knelt on the felt beside Shangguan Ru and pondered for a while, "Who is the person you miss the most now?"

The Dragon King's question was so simple that the audience was disappointed, but the officer writhed, shook his head vigorously, and whispered, "My wife." ”

This answer rekindled everyone's interest, and they laughed at the officers and asked more secret questions, regardless of whether they were soldiers or outcasts.

Shangguan Ru was very surprised, she thought that the Dragon King would ask the truth of the demon bird or the secret of the shaman.

The officer suddenly grabbed the people around him and stood up, crying out: "I want to go home, I will never fight this bullshit battle again, I am afraid, and I don't even know who the enemy of tomorrow is." ”

"Go home!" shouted everyone, even those sitting in the distance, and it was not a taboo subject in a camp where more than half of the people were deserters.

"The old Khan doesn't support the war either, he burned the dragon court to let us go home!" someone shouted, looking for a grander reason for his escape.

"Aren't you here to find a secret?" Shangguan Ru asked in a low voice.

"Give it to Morin, he's better than we can all do. ”

Morin is a native of Beiting, and his language advantage combined with his status as the Khan's winged guard makes it easier to gain complete trust.

Shangguan Ru was not very happy, "Then what did you ask me to come with?"

"Drinking. ”

Shangguan Ru's face sank, "Running dozens of miles overnight, just to drink?"

"Well, it's not suitable in the barracks, all the taverns in the Dragon Court are gone, and only this kind of place is left. ”

Shangguan Ru stared at the Dragon King, the longer she got along with this man, the fading shadow of Huan Nu, it was difficult for her to understand, how could the difference between a person before and after be so big, but when she thought of herself, she suddenly understood that where there are changes, there are places that remain the same, and the current Dragon King is still a part of Huan Nu, and it is the most distinctive part of Huan Nu.

She laughed, picked up the bowl and handed it to him, "I see you're drinking alone, that's not interesting, come, let's fight." ”

Before Gu Shenwei could answer, the people around her had already heard Shangguan Ru's invitation to fight and helped her coax, "You are the Dragon King, you can't be afraid." ”

More and more people gathered, and for these deserters and outcasts, the word "dragon king" only aroused curiosity, not awe.

Gu Shenwei took the wine bowl, "Okay." ”

Someone picked up the wine jar to help pour the wine, and the two picked up the bowl, looked at each other, and drank it all at the same time.

Bowl after bowl, the applause became louder and louder, the two people who were fighting for wine did not say a word, and the speed of drinking became faster and faster, and everyone slowly became surprised from excitement to admiration.

"The Dragon King is so drinkable, who said he can't drink?"

"The female general drinks better, she has drunk all rounds. ”

From the tenth bowl onwards, Gu Shenwei lost his concept of numbers, but his face was not red, but became whiter and whiter, which was the opposite of Shangguan Ru.

The wonderful phase of drinking had passed, and he did not know what he was drinking, but he still believed that he was clear-headed and his hands were steady, and it was not until he raised his bowl to catch the wine that the wine was scattered all over the ground, and he realized that the drunkenness had already increased.

The onlookers applauded and cheered, "The female general wins, and the dragon king loses." "Ask the Dragon King a question. ”

Shangguan Ru was also drunk, but she was experienced and would not show her drunkenness, she stretched out her arms and said with a smile: "This is a fight for wine, no need to ask questions." ”

"No, no, it's the rule. Everyone continued to coax, in fact, this rule was proposed by Shangguan Ru, and he had just used it once.

"If there are rules, follow the rules. Gu Shenwei straightened up, feeling that he was much taller than usual, and his voice was louder.

The expectant gaze all fell on Shangguan Ru's face, her cheeks were red, she opened her mouth before she could speak, closed her mouth again, and suddenly covered her face with her hands.

Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what was wrong with the bold female general.

Shangguan Ru removed his hands and showed an irrepressible smile, "I really don't know what to ask, you give me an idea." ”

They had many questions about the Dragon King, and in the end, an older soldier took the lead and asked, "Dragon King, did you really bring the magic bird that flew to the Dragon Court?"

No one asked anything else, and their eyes turned to the dragon king's face again.

Gu Shenwei's eyes shook with that smiling face, and he didn't hear the question, and it took him a series of repetitions to make him react, "Demon Bird?" No, I didn't bring it. ”

"But you have a big bird that specializes in eating people, don't you?"

"It's as tall as a tree, and with a flap of wings, the wind that blows can sweep away a hundred. ”

"Its eyes are fixed on whoever is dead. ”

"Its feathers are so poisonous that they can kill thousands of people. ”

...... The image of the Roc bird is becoming more and more terrifying.

Gu Shenwei stood up, the smiling face in front of him was spinning, and he was spinning with it, but he still believed that his mind was clear, and although his voice seemed extremely distant, it still belonged to him, "I have a Dapeng bird, with a red top and red eyes, a head taller than me, it is not my pet, let alone a tool, we are friends, it has freedom." The moment it was born out of an eggshell, I stood nearby and watched it grow. ”

Gu Shenwei paused for a moment, his words attracted more attention, and even Mo Lin and those soldiers ended the "secret talk" and gathered around.

"The Roc bird eats all kinds of animals, but also eats people, especially eyeballs. ”

Everyone exclaimed in unison, and they all took a few steps back.

"But it doesn't kill. Gu Shenwei said with great certainty, "This is an agreement between us, I kill people, it eats people." Its recipe is very rich, pigs, dogs, cows and sheep, jackals, tigers and leopards are among them, and it will live well without eating people. ”

"Is the Dragon King convinced? It's just a beast after all. A voice in the crowd asked timidly.

"Sometimes animals are more trustworthy than people. ”

This sentence resonates quite well among the people of Beiting who like horses, "So the demon bird that came to plague the grassland must not be the Dragon King's?"

Mo Lin had already grasped a lot of information and felt that he had more say than the dragon king, so he squeezed through the crowd, stood beside the dragon king, and asked loudly: "Everyone keeps saying that there is a magic bird, let me ask you, has anyone seen it personally?"

Everyone look at me, I look at you, no one answered for a long time, and a deserter said loudly: "I have a friend, he said......"

He said he heard about it from a friend. Maureen continued on his behalf, which led to laughter, and the deserter turned red and said no more.

"I haven't seen a demon bird, but I've seen a corpse that has been killed. The officer who was the first to follow Shangguan Ru said in a deep voice.

"What kind of corpse?" asked Gu Shenwei.

The officer shook his head, as if he was very reluctant to recall the scene, "The body is less than half left, the flesh is almost gone, but the face is still ...... His face looked like it had been pulled back and forth by several people, and his eyes almost fell out, and I think he was scared to death before he was eaten. ”

The scene was silent, and the fear that had just been eliminated returned to everyone's hearts, several times greater than before.

"He's right," said Morin, "there are corpses like this, and there is more than one. ”

The crowd looked out into the dark sky in trepidation, as if the magic bird was hovering overhead.

"But the murderer is not a magic bird, but a human. Morin's tone was more affirmative than the Dragon King's.

"How do you know?"

Merlin said to the officer, "Think about it, if no one told you that there was a magic bird, how would you think the flesh on the corpse would have fallen off?"

The officer lowered his head and pondered for a while, and suddenly understood, "It's a knife, it's a knife that scraped off, we also said at the time that the magic bird must have a knife-like mouth, but now that I think about it, it's actually more reasonable to say that it's scraped off by a knife." ”

Some people believe this statement, some people don't believe it, you argue with me, Gu Shenwei is not involved, Mo Lin must have heard important clues, and he will tell him afterwards.

He stepped out of the crowd, found a secluded place, spat out the wine in his stomach, and felt that he was really awake.

On the way back, she ran into Shangguan Ru, she blocked the way, "When are you going to tell me the truth?" she was still laughing, but she was already a little reluctant, "It's better to be now, I'm just drunk enough to understand your words, but I won't be sad." ”

"You have to get out of the Dragon Court. Gu Shenwei didn't expect it to be so difficult to say these words, "You have become an obstacle for me." ”

(To be continued)