Chapter 12: Temptation
The bitter cold and cool state city in the northwest is quiet and treacherous. At this time, the distance between man and beast is one mile, people are in the city, the beast is outside the city, people are very worried, and the beast is very quiet.
King Liang and Liangzhou Mu coldly glanced at the brute beasts under the city, lion-shaped brutes, tiger-shaped brutes, cat-shaped brutes, monkey-shaped brutes, etc., which can be regarded as a large gathering of barbarian beasts that the people of Liangzhou are familiar with.
But so many brute beasts, on weekdays, are still fighting for the territory of proportion, fighting for the prey of the heavenly death, fighting for the death of the brute beasts, at this time, all the hind legs are extremely harmonious, and the front legs are erect, looking straight at Liangzhou City.
Several people's eyes looked at the air again, countless birds of various colors of wings under the reflection of the sun, a little dazzling, countless birds hovering in the air, a whirlpool of black pressure, all kinds of birds are also hovering in the air in harmony with each other, as if waiting for something.
At this moment, a sharp whistle sounded, and everyone in Liangzhou City determined that the whistle was not from Liangzhou City, but from the silent group of brute beasts.
If it is a man, how can it drive these thousands of beasts, and if it is a beast, how powerful should it be, so that all the beasts obey him?
After the whistle sounded, everyone had not yet found the location of the whistle, and it was too difficult to find the location of the whistle in such a tidal wave of brute beasts.
The beast tide moved, at this time, the countless brute beasts actually slowly retreated towards the barbarian mountain, the moment the countless brute beasts retreated, it was really like the tide slowly receding, although there was no sea in Liangzhou, but the shock of the tide receding was still made up in the brains of several people on the city wall.
From time to time, there was a roar of a wild beast in the wild mountain, at this time it was so harsh in the introduction of Liangzhou City, the breath of the wild came from the wild mountain, they definitely did not retreat or not come back, but waited for the opportunity for the gate of Liangzhou City to open wide.
These brute beasts are spending time in Liangzhou City!
Li Yuan was already in the stage of incarnation, and as far as his eyes could see, it was much farther than several uncles and uncles on the city wall, and the uncles and uncles did not see clearly whether it was a man or a beast who whistled, but he saw it clearly.
It was almost the same appearance as him, but nearly ten years had passed, and that person seemed to be a little darker because of his wandering in the wild mountains, which was in stark contrast to Li Yuan's current face like white jade.
To Li Yuan's surprise, at the same time that he saw the young man for the first time, the young man lying on the back of a giant bird in the distance also saw him, the black feathers of the giant bird were like a sword with a handle, and the giant bird looked extremely intimidating, definitely the king of this wild mountain.
Not only this, but what made Li Yuan even more puzzled or shocked was that he had been practicing Taoism under the guidance of his master since he was a child, and he went to the wild mountains every month to practice.
"It's a hurry to come, it's a hurry to go, but why?" Liang Zhoumu clutched his lean little black beard tightly, unaware that he was already in some faint pain.
The beast tide comes and goes fast, inexplicably, but everyone is not sure whether it will come again, this beast tide is definitely not a whim, just want to see Liangzhou City from a distance, and retreat, you must know that it is extremely difficult to gather countless beast kings in this wild mountain in one place.
"Xingshi gathered many brute beasts, but he only glanced at Liangzhou City, but why?" Liangzhou Thorn Shi's calculating face was also clouded with gloom at this time.
Several high-ranking officials in Liangzhou City, a few people who control the fate of Liangzhou City, the pressure is naturally needless to say, but there is no thought at the moment.
Li Yuan thought back to the young man he saw just now, the two of them were so similar when they were children, but now it seems that because of the growth of the day after tomorrow, Li Yuan looks unusually white and handsome, but the young man looks a little sluggish, that is, the moment he was startled by Li Yuan on the back of the giant bird, Li Yuan saw it clearly, the vicissitudes of life written on that face were full of perseverance, not like a young man with a weak crown, but more like the face of a middle-aged man who has been through the wind, frost, rain and snow, although Li Yuan recognized that this was the same boy as him when he was a child, but others are really difficult to screen。
After several high-ranking officials in Liangzhou could not determine the purpose of the beast tide, they began to discuss whether Liangzhou should implement a lockdown.
The price of the closure of Liangzhou is very great, Liangzhou is located in the bitter cold land of the northwest of the Tang Kingdom, the land is barren, almost no food is produced, and some places with abundant water and grass, for the sake of Liangzhou Malaysia is naturally sacrificed to plant food, all planted grass, so Liangzhou is far from the rich states and counties of the Tang Kingdom, if the closure of the city will inevitably have a huge impact on the lives of Liangzhou residents.
Moreover, a few people are still not sure about the purpose of this beast tide, if after the city is closed, the beast tide does not come, then when will the city be closed?
When everyone was arguing, Li Yuan said on the side: "Can a few uncles and uncles listen to the little nephew?"
When Li Yuan was taken to the city wall of Liangzhou by King Liang, everyone even ignored this young man who had just been weakly crowned, and when they heard Li Yuan's voice, several people were stunned, turned around, and stared at Li Yuan with big eyes.
After a long time, several people saw that under the eyes of everyone, Li Yuan was still calm and unaffected, and their hearts were amazed.
"Virtuous nephew, but the first time you came to the city wall of Liangzhou, the first time you faced this beast tide for unknown reasons?"
King Liang knew that seven days a month, Li Yuan's master would take Li Yuan deep into the wilderness to practice, it seems that the experience of the past ten years has made his son develop a good habit of not being surprised, and he can't help but be very happy in his heart.
"If you find anything, just tell us directly, it's okay if you're wrong, I'll carry it for you with your father!" said King Liang with a big grin.
Since this is the case, Li Yuan said simply: "Just now, the child can clearly see that the whistle is a person, a person on the back of a giant bird!"
"People!"
"Seriously!"
"His grandmother's, this birdman wants to be able to drive an army of brutes, what does he want to do?"
Several people suddenly exclaimed, feeling a cool air penetrating through the bone marrow from the soles of their feet to the brain in an instant, and several people thought of the worst plan, that is, there was a beast king in the wild mountains that had not been encountered for thousands of years, and he could dominate the beasts, but he really didn't expect that it would be a human.
But a few people were almost blind just now, but they didn't find anything unusual, how did Li Yuan see it?
"The nearest brute beast just now is still a mile away from here, how did the virtuous nephew see it?"
"Indeed, how did the virtuous nephew see it?"
"My son learned some skills from his immortal master, why can't he see it?"
Li Yuan smiled bitterly, although what King Liang said was rude, it was basically a fact.
Seeing Li Yuan nodding his head and agreeing with King Liang's statement, Liangzhou Mu and Liangzhou Thorn Shi were also shocked by Li Yuan again, it seems that they are such high-ranking officials, and they have heard a lot about Taoists, why Taizong respects Taoism, there is also a reason, not that all Taoists are cheating and cheating, and people with low Taoism are some Taoists, but some Taoists also have some real skills, if it is according to King Liang's words, I am afraid that there are Taoist powers in Liangwang's mansion!
"Virtuous nephew, what a great creation!" Liang Zhou Mu couldn't say with envy.
Liangzhou Thorn Shi's face was also cloudy, and finally said: "King Liang is a great blessing!"
The envy, jealousy and hatred revealed in the tone of the two made Liang Wang seem very satisfied.
At this time, Li Yuan continued: "The retreat of the beast tide is because after my eyes looked at the young man on the back of the giant bird, the young man instantly ordered, and the beast tide retreated, I don't know what reference I can give to the two uncles!"
At this time Liangzhou City, the hunting flag with the word "Liang" written on the tower of the city gate is grinning in the wind, the flagpole is flat, the flagpole of Liangzhou City is the strongest of all the city, it is the best ironwood, this flagpole is extremely heavy, since standing on the Liangzhou City, it has not fallen for a long time, it is usually more Huanzhou flag, and it also needs several Liangzhou soldiers to work together, this is the face of Liangzhou.
Under the military flag, several of the top governors of Liangzhou were a little speechless for a while, but in their hearts, they decided at the same time that Liangzhou City must be closed.
A sergeant, under the greeting of Liangzhou Mu, reported to Liangzhou Mu about Liangzhou's military food reserves.
Fortunately, because His Majesty is concerned about Liangzhou, and Liangzhou is indeed often attacked by slaves in the northwest, those slaves born on the grassland, if they are severely affected by snow disasters in winter, cattle and sheep freeze to death, they can only rob, and Liangzhou is the place where the weight is made, so every few years, there are wars in Liangzhou.
And His Majesty's concern for Liangzhou is also so important at this moment, knowing that there is still March of military rations in the city, Liangzhou is a little relieved, but for the ordinary people of Liangzhou who hunt on the edge of the wild mountains all year round, it will be more bitter.
"Defeat this damn beast tide as soon as possible, and explain it to the people of Liangzhou!" Liangzhou Mu slammed his fist on the bluestone on the female wall, and the exposed green tendons showed his anger at this time.
Even the Liangzhou state army can only suffer for March, I don't know if March can effectively strike at the beast tide, judging from Li Yuan's description, if you think it must not be like a whim, but if it is artificial, there are also weaknesses in the thought.
On the wall of Liangzhou, the flag is fierce, the armor is solemn, there is a cold light, the spear of Liangzhou's specialty is even brighter, and the sergeants holding hunting bows are located on the pheasant moat, scanning the city.
Tonight's Liangzhou, including the Liangzhou after tonight, will be a sleepless night.