Located in the westernmost edge of the Twelve Kingdoms of Middle Earth, Xichongguo is rich in products and vast territory, and because most of its land is covered by grasslands, it has the reputation of "grassland wonderland".

Tao Zi watched the flower balls rolling in the grass wantonly, and he couldn't help but be infected by this magnificent world, and there was only a heroic and open space left in his chest.

Herdsmen hummed high-pitched ballads and flicked whips to drive herds of cattle and sheep.

At night, the grass spreads in the wind and the stars hang low.

Tao Zi stayed in a hospitable herdsman's home. The host brought out piping hot butter tea, and a whole black-hoofed goat was roasted on the shelf.

This goat was not raised in a captivity, but was caught by the man of the master's family, and it was still very difficult even in this savannah full of livestock.

Tao Zi saw that the woman was a little too busy, so she simply took up the work of roasting the sheep. This black-hoofed goat is not small, but what Tao Zi lacks most is this strength, and the woman still has some difficult movements, and it looks easy and freehand when she arrives at Tao Zi.

"Ah, little uncle, you are so powerful! Even my father is not so strong!" The herdsman has a family of five, and the youngest child who spoke just now is called Duo'er.

Tao Zi smiled at her, and her mood soared. Her hair now reached her ears, and the dark marks on her face were much lighter. But this appearance is still indescribably strange at the moment, so she simply went down with a bottle of disfigurement potion and directly transformed into the appearance of a young man in his twenties.

After the sheep was roasted, Tao Zi and the family of five sat together, and ate meat and drank wine over the bonfire.

Who said that experience is an endless level and a thrill that can't be stopped?

Tao Zi took a sip of the spirits, only to feel a sense of happiness in his heart.

After three rounds of drinking, the faces of the master man and Tao Zi flew drunk, and the woman saw that the time was ripe and asked Tao Zi with a smile: "Little brother Ayu, I don't know if there are relatives in the family?"

Tao Zi almost squirted out a mouthful of wine, but he had to say embarrassedly: "Not yet." ”

The woman's face suddenly appeared with infinite joy, and she hurriedly said, "What do you think of my family?"

Tao Zi looked at Duo'er, and a look of shame flashed on Duo'er's small face, which was extremely incommensurate with her age. Tao Zi only felt very uncomfortable in her heart, and most of the wine woke up at once, she considered: "Sister-in-law can be serious, Duo'er looks like she is only ten years old, is it too early to discuss her relatives." ”

The big man of the main family interrupted: "Hey, brother's words are wrong, Duo'er is not young, she will be ten years old soon, and she is tall and has a good appearance, and some people believe that she is twelve or thirteen years old." ”

Tao Zi coughed dryly twice, not knowing how to answer. Secretly, I treat you as a brother, but you want me to call you father-in-law?

She pretended to be too drunk and offered to take her leave.

But the woman suddenly blocked her way, glanced at her man, and said a little sadly: "Brother Ayu, you always want to start a family at such an age, so it's better to marry Duo'er." Duo'er is hard-working, and when she grows up, she will definitely be able to support you with 100 cattle and sheep. ”

Tao Zi didn't want to push the woman away directly, and the afterglow swept to the figure of Duo'er running away with a red face, and she was even more in a dilemma.

Her entanglement and hesitation fell in the eyes of the woman, but there was great hope, she continued: "Since the reign of the national teacher, our family is afraid of having a daughter, these years, there are not many girls on the grassland, so if Brother Ayu doesn't consider my family, I'm afraid I will be a bachelor for the rest of my life." ”

She originally wanted to add some chips to her daughter, she saw that although this Yu Tao was not tall, he was extremely handsome, and his personality was even better, not to mention that he had the strength to entrust his daughter to such a person, and her daughter would definitely be able to live a good life.

But Tao Zi only heard the word "national teacher" in her mouth, and she couldn't help asking: "Sister-in-law just said that the national teacher?

The woman was just about to speak, but was stopped by the man: "You take care of the children, I still have something to say with Brother Yu." ”

Tao Zi followed him back to the tent, and he lowered his voice and said, "Just now, my mother-in-law opened her mouth and accidentally said our taboo here, Brother Yu, don't publicize it to the public." No, that's going to be ......"

She made a gesture of killing her head, but Tao Zi was even more puzzled in her heart. But seeing that this man's face was nervous, he had to cooperate first: "This is natural, but why is this taboo? ”

For the twelve kingdoms of Middle-earth, the eight major sects have always been very careful, although they do not involve governing the country, but if they encounter something evil in the country, they will take care of it. Otherwise, she and Yingying and others would not have been rescued by Jin Yu Zhenren when they were trapped outside Linzhou City.

And Xi Chongguo, it should be the Hehuan Sect or the Danding Sect that is on duty now, what will they do to make the herdsmen in this remote area afraid of becoming like this?

Tao Zi suppressed the doubts in his heart, and only listened to the man say slowly: "We will change the national teacher in the West Chongguo for ten years, and the national teachers in previous years are also excellent, and I heard that they will also kill demons and demons." But the national teacher who was just changed three years ago is a little different......"

Tao Zi frowned at him, but still couldn't help asking, "Why is it different?"

The man sighed and said, "That's it, I'll give Brother Yu a good talk today, so that you won't suffer again when you arrive in the imperial capital in the future." ”

He pulled Tao Zi to sit down with him, and then said slowly: "At first, this national teacher only listened to the government in the court, but later His Majesty seemed to rely more and more on him, and gradually became a national teacher in charge of the country. If it is as in the past, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there is no hindrance to small people like us. It's just that...... Since the time when the country was in charge of the country, countless girls from all over the country have been sent to the imperial capital, and they have only entered and exited the ......" said this, and he could no longer hide the purpose of the husband and wife, and he didn't know whether it was because of the sound of alcohol or because of the temporary capture of his son-in-law.

Tao Zi was only unconscious, and continued to ask, "What about later?"

Later, in just three years, there were almost no girls over 10 years old and under 15 years old in the whole country. He said with some amazement: "Duo'er is about to be ten years old, and the angel has three months to start selecting girls of the right age...... Brother Ayu, you ...... "In any case, the person in front of you is indeed an excellent candidate for a son-in-law, and it is Duo'er's last hope." Therefore, even if he loses face, he has to ask.

But Tao Zi stopped him from blurting out the words with five fingers: "Chongguo is vast and rich, there are thousands of girls in the country, how can they be almost caught in just three years?"

The man said a little helplessly: "Those high-ranking officials and nobles are naturally still called slaves and maids, and the wives and concubines and daughters in the family are naturally unharmed, and it is not only us incompetent people who suffer......?"

Tao Zi sighed, speechless for a long time.

The next day, she left the family of five with a lump of gold.

The plan had changed, and she couldn't go on so leisurely anymore, because she had to reach the imperial capital of the Western Chongguo sooner.