One of the Twelve Kingdoms

In his sleep, Joshua felt something moist, hot and soft was licking his face, it was prickly, itchy, and had a fishy smell.

He couldn't open his eyes, and as soon as he moved, the severe pain flooded his whole body like a tide, making him wonder if any bone in him was intact.

His weak movements seemed to startle another creature, and the hot air on the side of his face suddenly became farther away, and then a light and quick rattling sound faded away with the rustling of the grass and trees.

Joshua's head was hurting dizzily, maintaining the moment of tranquility before fully waking up, and even guessing whether it was a puppy or another small beast.

The surroundings are very quiet, with the sound of the wind and the rustling of leaves, as well as the chirping of birds and the sound of flapping wings.He smelled grass and flowers, and blood that lingered in his nostrils.

His memory emerged little by little, bringing him back to reality little by little.

Joshua patiently accumulated his strength, and this time he finally opened his eyes.

He saw the lush canopy of trees first, and then the sheer cliffs that soared above it.

"Thank God……"

He fell from such a high place and survived.Joshya took a careful, deep breath and tried to sit up.The slow enough movement still made every joint in the body rattle, and even though he was mentally prepared, the pain still made him grin his teeth.

"I'm really a fairy?" Joshya said to himself, suddenly felt a little itchy on his neck, grabbed it casually, and immediately retracted hissingly.He glanced at the blood on his finger and touched it cautiously. There was a thin sword mark on his neck, but the wound was not deep, and the oozing blood dripped down the skin to make it itchy.

After confirming that his life was tenacious enough for the time being, Joshya's mind naturally turned to the murderer who caused him to fall off the cliff.

That pretty girl with sweet eyes and innocent eyes turned out to be a killer.Joshua still has lingering fears when she thinks of her vicious appearance of wanting to kill him, and she still can't digest this fact.

Was this already planned from the start?Did Luwei encourage herself to come out just to kill him?

But why?

Joshua couldn't figure out how he had hurt her at all, and it was even serious enough to kill him.

Joshua sat under the tree, puzzled.

Why did she kill herself? They have only known each other for a few days...

In the blink of an eye, Joshua suddenly opened his eyes wide, and suddenly remembered an extremely crucial point.

He didn't know Green Reed at all.He didn't know how many maids there were in the palace, but there were only four around him.Joshya couldn't tell which of them was which, but she knew each of their faces well.This girl named Lu Wei has only appeared that day since he lived in that palace until now, and he has never seen her before.

Joshua endured all kinds of pain and fatigue all over his body, feeling as if he was being pulled into the center of some vortex.He couldn't help trembling a bit. Although he thought that the other party would not chase him down the cliff, he still couldn't help but want to run a little further.

Joshua did as soon as he thought of it, but when he tried to stand up while supporting the tree trunk, he discovered the most serious problem at present.

His leg is broken.

"Damn it!" Joshua couldn't help cursing.He could only lean back under the tree stiffly and slowly, and the broken leg hurt like a saw when he moved a little.

"..."

Joshua felt that it was really stupid to sit here, but as long as he didn't move, the pain in his body was relieved a lot, at least to a tolerable level.

But what should I do next?

This problem has been troubled until the sun in the sky changed its direction, and Joshua basked in the wind and sun until he was hungry, but no passerby appeared during this period.

"Is there anyone?" He finally couldn't bear the hunger and shouted, and then raised his voice and shouted: "Is there anyone here?"

As if in response, there was a rustling sound in the nearby grass. Something was approaching here, and it was definitely not the sound of human footsteps.

Joshua closed his mouth, with a heart in his throat.He touched a branch on the ground and held it tightly in his hand.

The shadow on the ground kept approaching, and it looked as big as a tiger.Joshua tensed every nerve, and kept silently chanting the blessings of Our Lady of Mercy and Jesus.

The next moment the creature revealed its true colors.

Joshua did not expect that it was really a tiger, but instead of being ferocious, this tiger had bright and clear eyes.It was stunned for a moment when it saw Joshya, and Joshya was also stunned for a moment.

Why do tigers have human expressions?

Joshua felt that a thread was snapped, and he couldn't turn his mind all of a sudden.

While he was still hanging, the tiger started talking.

"Are you awake?"

If Joshya's legs were still functioning as they should, he would have run three hundred miles away in a gust of wind.But now he couldn't run, so he just kept staring at the tiger, as if hoping to make it disappear with just his eyes.

Don't be like this, Josh, you are someone who has seen the world, the hodgepodge of species next to Xiong Qi is much more miraculous than this one.It's not a real tiger that can eat people, so what can you complain about?

Oh wait.How can he be sure that the talking tiger won't eat people?

Joshua kept thinking wildly, the white tiger flicked its tail like a pendulum, hesitated for a moment and showed its sharp white teeth, "Are you okay?"

Joshua couldn't help but leaned back, but there was a tree trunk behind him, and he couldn't retreat for a long time.

It's fine.He thought that if he went on like this, he would frighten the poor endangered animal.He had to try to be kind, yes.

"I'm fine." Joshua stared at it with a stiff neck, as if it would pounce on him and bite him into pieces if he wasn't careful.Then he suddenly blurted out: "Was it you who licked me just now?"

The tiger laughed foolishly, his ears twitching: "That's my dog, it brought me here."

Joshua could only grumble.

"You look like you can't move."

"Uh...yes, it looks like this." Joshua looked at his unnaturally twisted leg, and felt that it didn't hurt as much as before.He found that he was still holding the branch, and immediately threw it away in embarrassment and explained: "I just want to use it to walk, you know, I have no malice towards you at all..."

The tiger didn't seem to mind at all, and suggested: "I can carry you back to my house first, it's not safe in the mountains at night."

Joshya asked, "Can you take me straight to the hospital? I think I'll have to find a doctor first."

The tiger was confused for a moment, and looked at his legs, wondering: "But there are mountains nearby, and the doctors are all in the town. Otherwise, you will stay at my house for one night, and I will take you to the town tomorrow to have a look."

It seems that this is the only way to do it.Go home with a tiger, is he playing the live-action Prince and the Beast?

The tiger was lying on the ground docilely, and stood up steadily when Joshua climbed onto its back clumsily and slowly.

"My name is Baihu. How about you?"

"Joshua, you can call me Joe." Joshua lay on top of it, bouncing as if on a boat.Some of the hard fur prickled his face, but the animal's fur was as comfortable as a blanket.Joshua obviously wanted to ask something, but when the cool breeze blew, he fell asleep very relaxed.

Far away in the Cuihuang Palace in Qiao Country, Gong Qi's already melancholy face was even worse now.

The four maids who were in charge of serving King Gong stood in a row anxiously, and bowed their heads in shame facing the noble and kind Qilin.

"When did the king leave?" Gong Qi asked.

The maids looked at each other, then shook their heads.

Yan Qi's golden pupils suddenly darkened like midnight, and he silently asked them to back off.Beside him, a middle-aged man with two beards, not tall but burly and wearing an official uniform said: "Taifu, I have sent someone to look for it as soon as possible, I believe there will be news soon following the smell of the beast riding .”

The person who spoke was the Grand Master of Qiao Country, Ming Zheng.During Qiaoguo's puppet dynasty, he also managed the state affairs by himself.

Yan Qi didn't feel relieved because of his relief, and said worriedly: "Troublemaker, it's just that if the people know about this, it may cause panic."

Suddenly someone said outside the door: "Taifu, we're all back together."

The guard led a riding beast and stopped outside the gate of the temple.The riding beast was shaped like a giant wolf, with a black body and a white back, and it was the end that Joshya rode away.

Its name is Duhe.

With a slightly confused expression, Gong Qi quickly walked over to the forehead of the film-covered riding beast, and whispered in its ear, "Take me to the place where the king is."

He didn't notice that the grand master behind him looked cold, and suddenly suddenly, a silver light burst out, cutting towards the beast's throat faster than lightning.Xun Qi, who didn't know what happened, was surprised and couldn't dodge in time, and instantly his head and face were covered with thick blood.He opened his eyes wide and looked at the grand master holding the blood-stained sword, whose expression was extremely anxious.

"Taisuke!"

Yan Qi was already on the verge of collapse, and his strong blood energy made him weak in the blink of an eye.He seemed to be helped onto the bed irresistibly, and then his limbs seemed to be trapped and unable to move.The grand master's voice wafted in his ears as if across a valley.

"Take good care of Taifu-sama, and don't leave this house."

He turned his head sideways, and the huge body of the riding beast fell to the ground. The round and empty eyes looked at him, and the blood was still spreading all around.

Qilin's nature couldn't allow him to watch it any longer.Yan Qi turned her pale face and softly called the female monster's name but there was no response.Suddenly something flashed through my mind, but I couldn't catch it because it was too fast.

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