When a passerby becomes a princess

Liang Xi sat down on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.

Daliang Kingdom does not have such a vast grassland. Even at the border, there are several mountains within the range of vision.

"This is...Hu Country?" Liang Xi leaned against a tree, looked at an eagle that kept circling in the sky, and felt a buzzing in his head, why did he come to Hu Country?

Before he could figure it out, the eagle in the sky suddenly circled down, and the target seemed to be Liang Xi.

Liang Xi was startled, and quickly stood up.Is this eagle crazy?

Because Liang Xi stood up suddenly, the eagle flew higher, but it was still unwilling to leave, and it was still circling in the sky non-stop.

"Bastard!" Liang Xi was furious, he was unlucky enough, now even an eagle wants to bully him.

He looked around, intending to find a weapon in his hand, and when the eagle came down, he would beat it to death with a stick, and it happened that he was hungry, so he roasted it and ate it.

I couldn't find the stick, but there was a pile of stones not far away, piled there abruptly, surrounded by weeds that were as high as knees, I don't know what it was for.

Liang Xi walked over and took two fist-sized stones, tossed them in his hands, raised his head and grinned at the eagle.

Because he practiced boomerangs, Liang Xi had a lot of experience in throwing hidden weapons, especially on the way to Beimo County, when Su Ye was teaching some disciples hidden weapons, Liang Xi also had the cheek to lean over and listen to it a few times. Ye is recognized as the number one master of hidden weapons, just a few random words of advice have already benefited people endlessly.

The eagle was so good, seeing Liang Xi's actions, it circled for a while, and then slowly flew away.

"You're smart, otherwise I'll roast you." Liang Xi threw the stone back onto the pile of stones, and cursed bitterly.

Being disturbed by this eagle, the original restlessness and panic did not know where it went, Liang Xi planned to take a rest and head south.Although I don't know where this is in Hu State, Daliang State is in the south of Hu State. As long as we keep going south, we can always return to Daliang State.

After walking for most of the night and the whole morning, Liang Xi lay on the grass next to the stone pile, and soon fell into a drowsiness. A hoarse cry.

Liang Xi didn't pay attention at first, thinking it was the sound of the wind blowing through the woods, but the crying sound kept ringing in his ears endlessly, which made him unable to fall asleep.

"Crying?" Liang Xi sat up abruptly, how could there be crying in this deserted place?

He stood up and looked around, not to mention people, not even a common hare in the grassland.

But the cry kept ringing, and it became more and more distinct.

Following the sound of crying, Liang Xi walked around to the other side of the stone pile, pushed aside the long grass that almost reached his waist, and was surprised to find that there was a child in the grass!

The child was less than one year old, wearing a big red brocade embroidered jacket, a red thin cotton cap with tiger head on his head, and the same small tiger-head shoes on his feet. He looked fat and white and looked like a child from a wealthy family, but Now there are small scratches all over his face and hands, and because of crying, his face is full of snot and tears, and he looks pitiful.

"Whose child is lost?" Liang Xi yelled in shock, only then remembered that he seemed to be the only one nearby.

Hearing Liang Xi's voice, the child cried even louder, and his two white and tender hands opened and closed in the air, as if saying "hug".

"No way, who hid the child here?" Liang Xi stood there for a while, and finally couldn't bear the cry of the child. He lifted the child out of the grass, and held the child's armpits with both hands. , holding it far away, looking at the snot and tears on the child's face with disgust.

The child's two legs kicked back and forth in the air, and his two small hands grabbed Liang Xi's sleeves, and slowly stopped crying, looking at the person in front of him curiously.

"I said, why are you here alone?" Liang Xi held up the child, sized him up, and then turned his head to look at the pile of stones beside him.

Suddenly, Liang Xi remembered a story he heard when he was in the frontier army.

At that time, Lin Lian sent four personal guards to Liang Xi, because he was afraid that the young soldiers would not be able to control Liang Xi, so he sent all the older ones, one of whom was over 40 years old.

Liang Xi once asked the guard curiously why he didn't go home after he was over 40 years old.The military service of Daliang State is divided into 15 years and 20 years. He started to serve at the age of 16, and at most he returned home in his 30s.There is also a lifetime, but that is a crime. It is impossible for Lin Lian to let a convicted person be the prince's personal guard.

The personal guard told Liang Xi that he had no home, his parents, brothers, and wife were all killed by the Hu people, and the children under the age of one were also taken to sacrifice to heaven by the Hu people.

It was the first time Liang Xi heard about offering sacrifices to the heavens, so he couldn't help but ask a few more questions. The guard said that the Hu people worshiped the eagles flying in the sky, and believed that the eagles were the messengers of the gods. Every time the Hu people wanted to migrate long distances, they would Put the child on a pile of white stones and let the eagle catch it and eat it.However, due to the harsh environment of Hu State, the population has always been small, so most of the time, the children of Daliang State who were kidnapped were used to sacrifice to the heavens and feed the eagles.

"Could this be that altar?" Liang Xi couldn't help feeling angry when he thought of this, he hugged the child tightly and jumped onto the stone pile, kicking the white stones everywhere. Yes, kicking and cursing angrily: "These bastards dare to use the children of our Daliang country to sacrifice to heaven, and when the prince returns, he will bring soldiers back and kill you all! Even those eagles will be killed and roasted!" eat!"

The child probably thought Liang Xi's actions were funny, and he giggled while punching and kicking Liang Xi's arms.

After all, Liang Xi had been tired all day, had two meals of hunger, kicked for a while and lost his strength, and sat on the top of the stone pile with his arms around him for a while. Then he regained his composure and walked eastward with the child in his arms. Go around the woods and turn south.Although going straight through the woods was the shortest way, there might be some danger in the woods, and there might be food to be found on the prairie.

Because he was in a hurry when he left the inn, Liang Xi had nothing on him except a small dagger hidden in his boots, and even the purse on his waist was gone, probably because he was searched by the steward.

Thinking of the steward, Liang Xi glanced at the child in his hand again, thinking that this child was the "cargo" transported by the steward?

Liang Xi really guessed right.

In fact, the person in charge is not from Liang State at all, but from Hu State. Ten years ago, he pretended to flee from disaster and came to Beimo County to settle down. , especially children.

Due to the great war more than ten years ago, most of Hu's troops were killed and injured, and most of them were young and middle-aged, which can be said to be seriously injured. In order to speed up the population growth, they not only plundered the population when they raided grass valleys, but also sent many spies into Daliang Guo, pretending to be a human trafficker, bought a large number of children and shipped them to Hu State.

In the past ten years, the children adopted one after another in the nursing home in Beimo County were actually transported to the Hu country as slaves, so when Liang Xi went to inspect, there were only old people in the nursing home and no children.

Every time they want to transport people back to Hu country, they will choose one of the most beautiful children from the "cargo" to sacrifice to heaven, praying for a safe journey. The child in Liang Xi's hand was taken back by them. Naturally, he is much fairer and more beautiful than the children bought by nursing homes or human traffickers, so the "heavy responsibility" of worshiping heaven falls on him.

Of course, Liang Xi couldn't guess these things, and he didn't want to guess anything now, because he was about to starve to death.