25. The conversation was very cheerful, and he turned his head coldly
When he came to the city, he walked straight towards the palace, and suddenly said, "We don't have to go to see the queen and the ghost..."
Dong Caiqi smiled: "What kind of female ghost? If the people hear your mouth clearly, they must cause trouble." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Pan Xuan said: "I let the queen, empress, and princess of the Central Plains give me a headache, and I will tell the truth as soon as I open my mouth..."
Dong Caiqi patted his chest and said: "This girl is a female marquis, I didn't think that Your Excellency would have looked at me earlier?"
Pan Xuan said: "You female marquis, the new official took office, I haven't heard of the crown, it doesn't count, the more I look at it, the more pleasing it is." ”
Dong Caiqi's face was red, and his heart was happy.
Pan Xuan said again: "There are two major events now, the first one is to find the princess of the autumn wind and let her heal Senior Brother Qingzhong." The second thing is to try to find a way from here, bypass Balang Lin, avoid the wooden dragons, and return to the patrol city. ”
The other three nodded in agreement, Pan Xuan found a wine shop, spent real money to fill a table of wine and food, the shopkeeper was very happy, his hands and feet were really attentive, Pan Xuan took the opportunity to ask: "Mr. Shopkeeper, I want to ask, have you ever heard of a hunting city in the southwest of the Central Plains?"
The shopkeeper's face was proud, and he was deeply proud, and said: "Childe can ask the right person, my restaurant, the southeast and northwest tourists are full of tourists, and when it comes to foreign affairs, I know everything, and I don't know anything." The hunting city was about a thousand miles southwest of here, and a year ago a merchant came to my shop to do business. ”
Dong Cai said happily: "I thought we were at the end of the earth, a foreign land and a different world, and I didn't think it would be a three-or four-day journey." "She is so light that if she flies, she will be able to return in three days.
The shopkeeper looked surprised and said, "The girl's feet are fast, can she walk three hundred miles a day?"
Dong Caiqi smiled and said casually: "I have a flying horse, a lightning ride, a thousand miles a day, no problem." ”
The shopkeeper complimented a few words, and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity, our cold fire city, surrounded by wooden dragons and fire monsters in all directions, it is difficult to get out of the city, there are bandits in the east of the wooden dragon village, the northern half of the city is the ghost fire, and the south is the wild wood dragon's lair, only the west of the 'big stone corridor' can be passed." ”
Pan Xuan was deeply puzzled, and asked him for details, only to know that this cold city was embattled and in danger, but it has inexplicably survived so far, which is really a miracle in heaven and earth.
Hundreds of years ago, half of the city was infected with the plague and burned down by order of the lord of the country, so that tens of thousands of wooden dragons were born and fled from the city. This wooden dragon has extremely strange habits, not sick or old, eats grass and does not eat meat, absorbs the aura of heaven and earth and lives, fortunately, it must not be out of the siege of three hundred miles outside the cold and fire city, and the two-headed dragon only lays an egg every hundred years, and the number of growth is very slow, otherwise it would have plagued the world and flooded.
The wooden dragon hated the Cold Fire City, so he surrounded the Cold Fire City and attacked fiercely. Fortunately, the powerful lord of the country came up with a way to build a wall out of the burning earth and stone of the old city, and the wooden dragon was afraid and finally stopped retreating.
However, although this difficulty is solved, there is still a difficulty, the wooden dragon is entrenched outside the cold fire city, the road is blocked, and countless people are injured, after a few years, the cold fire city suffered a famine, the people ran out of food, and the days were extremely difficult. Under the guidance of a great man, the lord of the country spent a great deal of work to build a "large stone corridor" hundreds of miles long and zigzag with the large stones of the half-ruined city in the north, which led straight out of the valley and near the Barang Forest. The wooden dragon is afraid of the stones of the old days, and this trade route is the lifeblood of the Coldfire City today.
But for some reason, after a hundred years of dissipation, extremely ferocious and terrifying fire monsters poured out of the northern half of the city, as if they were haunted by the dead souls of the past. This fire monster gathers in the ruined city, occasionally intruding on the "big stone corridor", haunting and hurting people from time to time. The people in the cold fire city suffered a lot, and it was unimaginable, so the lord of the country had to send heavy troops to guard against it, and such a stalemate and confrontation has passed for hundreds of years, until today.
Pan Xuan sighed: "This country and this city are in danger, and your life is not easy." But I don't know why the horse thief in the wooden dragon village and the wooden dragon are at peace, but they manipulate the wooden dragons freely?"
The shopkeeper said hatefully: "Who can know this? These thieves have caused us to have a bad life." For several years in a row, the kidnapping of our city girls is really hateful. When he said this, he clenched his fists with hatred and looked furious.
Pan Xuan thought: "Mulong Village flies with a dragon, the ability to pursue is rare in the world, and the people who were captured by them are extremely difficult to rescue. ”
Dong Caiqi asked, "If we want to go out of the city through that big stone corridor, who should we ask?"
The shopkeeper said, "Didn't you come from the big stone corridor?"
Dong Caiqi said distressedly: "Let's come from the valley of Mulongzhai and spend a lot of money to buy the passage road, and it will be a poor jingle at this time." ”
The shopkeeper scolded the Mulongzhai people for a few words, and said: "Only the nobles in the city can start Her Majesty the Queen, issue customs clearance documents, and let you go through the big stone corridor." As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper, wrote down the surnames of several high-ranking officials, and pointed out the way, like a few treasures. Coiled and rejoiced, rewarded with gold and silver, but this time it was not a trick.
Out of the restaurant, he said: "The three of you will go shopping in the city first, and I will go to handle the customs clearance documents, don't make trouble." ”
Dong Caiqi asked: "Senior brother, do you already have a method? Why don't you and me go together, I can learn some skills from you." ”
Pan Xuan said with a smile: "This kind of two-facedness, begging for mercy and begging for mercy, the ability to smile without smiling, it is better not to learn." ”
Dong Caiqi was slightly disappointed, but remembered that the city was not peaceful, Qingzhong and Suojiu were young after all, and they needed someone to take care of them, so he nodded and agreed.
After leaving the three of them, I pondered what the shopkeeper said, and my heart fluctuated and I couldn't calm down, as if there was an undercurrent surging in the city, and terrible shadows were everywhere. Coiled to be elusive, but never clueless.
Wu Xian once said that there were tragic things in this city, and after hundreds of years, the evil consequences are still there, so it is naturally uneasy, how strange is this?
Among them, the culprit is naturally the elder brother of Jingche Wuxian, who is then a ruthless person who steals the country as the king. Where did this man come from? What means did he do? He did all the bad things, but in the end he got a good reward, the heavens and the earth are unfair, the heavens have no eyes, and the coiling is because of this?
I walked around and looked for the residence of a golden-capped general in the country, and listened to the shopkeeper say that this man was clever and powerful, and if he wanted to pass through the big stone corridor, he would help him, and most of them would be unimpeded.
He came to a bustling street, but saw that the people on the road gave way one after another, crowded on both sides, there were countless officers and soldiers carrying a large sedan chair swaggering through the city, the person on the sedan chair was dressed in gorgeous clothes, draped and shaded by the sun, and was extremely expensive, it was a young woman of noble status. Pan Xuan thought to himself: "Look at this style, most of them are the queen." ”
There was another person sitting on the queen's sedan chair, side by side with her, talking and laughing, and Pan Xuan recognized that it was the princess of the autumn wind. He listened to the two of them, and Qiu Feng said, "Your Majesty is so gracious, it makes me feel embarrassed." ”
The queen turned her head, smiled slightly, and said: "Princess, the one who knows the times is Junjie, if you are willing to help us deal with the Wooden Dragon Clan, you will be of great favor to us, no matter what you ask, how can the widow not obey?"
Qiu Feng hated and said: "This Wooden Dragon Clan bandit is shameless, damn it, I passed through their territory, but I was humiliated by their words, they are not more than a few people, relying on the power of the wooden dragon in vain." Your Majesty, rest assured, after you and I return to the palace, we will discuss it carefully, and we will soon be able to study the method of restraint. ”
Pan Xuan thought to himself: "Listening to this autumn wind, isn't this queen a knowledgeable and proficient inhuman who is proficient in thaumaturgy?"
The queen smiled: "You and I hit it off at first sight, and we chatted affectionately in a few words, alas, I have the heart to teach what I have learned in my life, and someone will inherit the mantle." ”
Princess Qiufeng said solemnly: "Weichen respectfully listens to the queen's teachings. ”
The queen sighed: "However, my kung fu in the Cold Fire City is not passed on by my children, you and I are not relatives, although it is good, but I also have my difficulties." ”
Princess Qiufeng grinned and said, "Your Majesty, what's so difficult about this? I see that your son is young and handsome, and he is very good-looking, isn't it a good match for me?"
Pan Xuan said secretly: "This autumn wind princess is so, she actually said such a thing?"
The queen was slightly stunned and said: "My son is only fifteen years old this year, and Her Royal Highness the princess is twenty this year, how can he be worthy of the princess?"
Princess Qiufeng said: "The female junior, hugging the gold brick, the female junior, like a loving mother." As soon as I saw His Royal Highness, I was overjoyed from the bottom of my heart, and I couldn't help but ask him for a kiss. ”
"This autumn wind princess must have other plans, otherwise, with her arrogant mind, how could she please and plead with this queen like this?"
The queen smiled, "Yes, yes, but this matter still needs to be considered in the long run..."
While he was talking, a big man in a golden armor and purple robe rode a horse and galloped over in a hurry, and when the guards saw this, they raised their bows and arrows and shouted: "General Golden Cap!
The golden-capped general bowed to the ground, didn't say a word, kowtowed vigorously and said, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me and send a master of the court to save the little girl." ”
The queen sighed, "Brother, how many times have I told you?" Your girl was caught by the fire monster and entered the North City, most likely.... It's hard to protect your life, and it's also the will of God, I really can't help you. What's more, my manpower, if I can't walk a few steps into Beicheng, I will die on the spot. Since ancient times, no one has been able to return safely from the northern city. ”
The Golden Hat General choked in his throat and said loudly, "But I'm so.... Such a daughter. Not long after she was caught, she must be saved, and please.... Be merciful..."
The queen said: "But I heard that my brother's command is as good as a cloud, and they are willing to die for their brother." My brother is so capable, why did he come to beg me?"
The Golden Cap General said in a trembling voice: "I have sent masters to break into the north wall, but none of them have returned, I am forced to have no choice, only.... I can only ask Your Majesty to send those ten thousand ghosts... Sell. ”
Pan's heart sank, his eyes swept, and sure enough, among the guards, there were several black-robed figures, with a sneer, cold eyes flashing, several keen eyes, and a steady and light step, which showed that the internal strength was extremely deep.
The queen smiled bitterly and said, "These Ten Thousand Ghost Immortal Families have a good relationship with me, but they only act as envoys of the alliance, and now that our alliance is undecided, how can I force them to sacrifice their lives?"