Farming Animals

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Nie Qiao read the letter carefully, and then covered the whole animal skin letter paper on the desk case, and tapped the table with his fingers, wondering what he was thinking about.

Liebald watched anxiously, wanting to get the letter paper, but didn't dare.Since the two of them took over the Roaring Tribe, Liebald has seen all the methods of cunning and admonishing people. Every time he thinks of the remnants of the Roaring Tribe that have been tidied up, Liebald feels chills in his heart. When he was cunning, he subconsciously became more cautious.

Fortunately, after a while, Ye Qiao took the initiative to say the content of the letter: "Master Wu Zhu wants me to go to Yanyang, and I will leave today." Looking straight at Lie Bald, Ye Qiao said with a normal expression.

"So urgent?" Lietu couldn't help but wondered, only feeling that Master Wu Zhu's order was a little confusing. After all, now is an important moment to subdue the entire Roaring tribe and clear the way for Yongtai's army to go to the Great Wasteland.

Niu Qiao didn't answer Lie Tu's question, but he had his own calculations in his heart. Wu Jiu asked him to go to Yanyang County mainly to find out two things. One was to inquire about the past of the Miao family in the county, and the other was to contact the acquaintances along the way. From the merchant, he asked about the reasons why the candidate princes of Yanyang, Muyun and Muyun stayed in Zhongdu, and these two things were strangely unrelated to the general development direction of the tribe planned by Wu Jiu.

As Wu Jiu's blood contract slaves, Niu Qiao knew some of Wu Jiu's plans. They came all the way to Xiyuan. In addition to looking for more fertile land that is more suitable for planting, they also had the intention of avoiding disputes in the county capital. After all, the imperial city of Zhongdu The clouds are treacherous, and rumors of foreign relatives disrupting the palace are also spread from time to time. Once the contradictions are put on the table, the four counties will no longer be good places. Gradually implementing his intentions, whether it is to integrate the four parts of the entire plain, or to expand the direction of expansion to the remote and dangerous wilderness, it means to temporarily avoid the edge of the central capital and slowly map it.

But now, two unrelated orders have broken Wu Jiu's plan for steady development in the past, and they can't help but think a little more. His keen intuition made him smell some inexplicable danger from these two orders. Breathing, recalling the conversation with Wu Jiu before coming to Xiyuan from Muyun, Niejiao became more and more sure of his thoughts. After all, the mysterious Lord Wu Zhu, who is very secretive about the royal family in Zhongdu He has a deep understanding, and now these two investigation orders are not like a sudden whim, but more like some kind of less obvious signs that made him have a bad premonition. If this is the case, there may be a big event in this continent happened!

It's just that I don't know what roles the two county lords who are far away in Zhongdu and the Miao clan who moved to the corner of Xiyuan will play in this chaos.Nie Qiao raised his eyes to look in the direction of Zhongdu, lost in deep thought.

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When a storm comes, the center of the storm is always the most peaceful and quiet place. The imperial city of Zhongdu, on a new day, is still singing and dancing.

Among the most luxurious palaces in the imperial city, there is a palace specially set up for the successors of the royal family. It is affectionately called the "Crown Prince's Palace" by the servants. The future successor of the mainland—Crown Prince Caiyan!

As the only fetal fruit produced by the main holy wood, Caiyan has been favored by the elders since he was born, because what he represents is the continuation of the authority of the Yu clan in the entire continent!

Since they were born weak, the elders naturally took good care of this long-awaited successor. When the crown prince was still in the form of a bird, he searched for precious medicinal materials throughout the continent and made a nourishing and rare medicine for eating feathers. Just to protect the weak crown prince's body.

It's a pity that the crown prince who has eaten all the treasures of heaven and earth for several years has not gradually improved. I don't know if it is not enough to make up for it. There was nothing to do, and this kind of special care was completely cut off after the Xuan family came to power.

The powerful Xuan Zhong, with the support of the Holy Emperor, took over the daily life of the crown prince. As time went by, the crown prince who was favored by all the stars gradually faded out of everyone's sight. The Crown Prince's Palace also gradually became cold, and as the power of the elders and nobles retreated under the suppression of the Xuan clan, no one would speak out in support of the unknown Crown Prince. After all, the elders had no right to speak. And those upstarts who were personally supported by Xuan Zhong knew very well who they should pay attention to and please.

Under the deliberate neglect of caring people, the reclusive crown prince was gradually forgotten by people, as if this noble successor of the royal family had never existed!

At this moment, the young crown prince Caiyan is looking out of the palace through the half-opened window lattice, outside the window is only the deserted courtyard, even the servants are rarely seen, the layers of buildings, stacked pavilions, although extremely luxurious, are also The loneliness is endless. Day by day, the empty palace is like a huge resplendent tomb, burying those innocent and childish emotions in his childhood gradually.

Clutching the low stool in the house with both hands, Caiyan struggled to climb onto the window lattice. Caiyan, who has not yet completed the second transformation, is short in stature and immature in appearance. He is not born with enough talent, he can't even freely switch back and forth between bird form and human form like ordinary Yuzu, because his weak body can't meet such a huge energy consumption, and Caiyan, who has been sick several times because of his insistence on transforming, knows clearly I really know that every transformation of his body shape is a great test for his own body!

In addition to not being able to change shape at will, he is also unable to walk and run for a long time. Since his birth, Caiyan has never been involved in strenuous exercise. Even, there are restrictions on the use of courage. A certain time limit will make him lose his strength and faint.

Caiyan once hated his frail body, and used his strength repeatedly as if venting his anger, until he fainted, until one day, he heard the servants outside the palace talking in a low voice, bluntly saying what a weak and useless emperor like him had done before. Didn't see it, could it be the curse from the gods, punishing the crown prince, a particularly mean voice mixed with indifference, although the servant who spoke rudely under the scolding of his companions quickly stopped speaking, Cai Yan who heard everything Still can't help but feel chills in his heart, a servant from a lowly background can talk about him casually or even slander him, his majesty as the crown prince may have long since ceased to exist.

In the contemptuous words of others, Caiyan finally realized his situation deeply, he is just a crown prince who has lost power, that's all!

For a moment, Caiyan was almost surrounded by feelings of confusion, helplessness and anxiety. He had a serious illness and stayed in bed for a long time. I regret it so far.

Caiyan clearly remembered how the elders described this selection. The elites of the feather clan from the four counties will gather together, led by His Highness, to step into the holy wood core to practice together. Among this group of people, the future members of the four counties The candidate for the county monarch will also be on the list. His Highness will practice together with them in the holy wood core, and they will surely form a deep friendship. In the future, they will inherit the throne. They will be His Highness's most powerful supporters and the most direct Only in this way can the situation of the four counties guarding the central capital continue, and the country of our Yu clan can last forever.

When the old man said this, he had a lot of meaning on his face, but unfortunately he didn't understand it when he was young, but now that he really understands it, he has already lost this important opportunity.

He regretted this for several days, only felt that he had missed the last chance to reverse his fate, and in the end he could only wait in vain for his endless and gloomy future, until Xuanzhong pointed out the Mexicans and the others as his playmates. The negative emotions that had to engulf him gradually dissipated.

Caiyan will never forget the first time he saw Moji and them, the black-haired Moji, the red-haired Ran Ran and the purple-haired Bauhinia, Xuan Zhong introduced them to him, saying they were Heishui and Yanyang It was His Majesty the Holy Emperor who deliberately stayed in Zhongdu to accompany him in order to make him no longer lonely.

When Xuanzhong said this, his face was sincere, he was always like this, any false words that came out of his mouth would become extremely sincere, but Caiyan lived in his shadow since childhood, and she had a far greater love for Xuanzhong. From the understanding of others, Caiyan didn't believe a word of the reason he gave, but he still thanked the other party for sending these three people to his side, no matter what the reason was!Because of their existence, Caiyan's field of vision can finally go beyond the high walls around him, and the knowledge he has been ignorant for a long time expands beyond the palace for the first time, and it also allows him to truly know that the film is called Arakawa Ze How vast is the continent.

Their appearance revitalized Caiyan's life like stagnant water, and made him feel anxious, because he knew clearly that Xuanzhong had no position to treat him so well, and any superficial overtures would not All have deeper calculations.

And this premonition came true when Zijing and Ran Ran disappeared from him without a sound!Without any warning, these two big living people who had only chatted and laughed with him the day before yesterday disappeared without a trace the next day.

No one told Caiyan where Bauhinia and Ran Ran had gone. He tried to ask Mo Yi, the only playmate who was still with him, but the latter looked at him silently for a long time without making a sound, so Cai Yan Yan didn't dare to ask any more.

Fortunately, Mo Yi has always been by his side. This is the only thing that Caiyan can be thankful for. In one year, the child who was originally similar in stature to Caiyan has successfully completed the second transformation and turned into a A handsome and serious young man, accompanied by him for a long time, also made Caiyan more and more dependent on Mo Yi.

And it is this tightness and dependence that makes Caiyan even more wary of Xuanzhong. Therefore, whenever Xuanzhong enters the palace, Caiyan has to secretly look out, for fear that the other party will be on the spur of the moment. The only playmate was taken away quietly, but even if he didn't want to, he had no right to comment on Xuanzhong's visit every seven days. It has been a practice for many years to come to this palace.

Mo Yi didn't notice Caiyan's gaze. At this moment, he was looking at the corridor not far away with his full attention, with an imperceptible tension in his expression.

Following his line of sight, he saw in the distance a slender man walking through the corridor towards the palace.

The man had a handsome face that was almost monstrous, his thick long hair was neatly tied behind his head, and the decent armor made him taller and taller. He is the most trusted by the Holy Emperor today. Zhong's partner, the noble consort who is under one person and above ten thousand people—Xuan Zhong!

Seeing the Mexicans waiting outside the corridor from a distance, Xuan Zhong immediately showed a friendly smile, he stepped forward a few steps, looked at the handsome and serious young man in front of him, and complained gently like an elder: "Why are you still How polite?"

Mo Yi didn't care at all about the intimacy between Xuan Zhong's expression, he took half a step back to widen the distance between them, gave a deep silent salute, and said sternly: "My lord Xuan Zhong."

Xuan Zhong looked at the polite junior in front of him, sighed helplessly, and then changed the subject with his usual expression: "How is the prince? I heard that he suffered from the cold a few days ago and has been lying in bed. Are you looking better these days?"

"It's all over now, please trouble Mr. Xuan to worry about it." Mo Yi replied without changing his expression: "It's cold in the middle of the night, and I still cough a few times from time to time."

"Although it's the dry season, this palace is always gloomy and cold, especially in the middle of the night. I will send some more flame crystals in a few days. You can light them at night to drive away the cold." Xuan Zhong was still concerned, and in his words, Regarding the appearance of the crown prince's body being particularly tense, as soon as the Moji mentioned it, he immediately gave a solution.

The Mexican didn't even try to distinguish whether the concern in his expression was fake or not. After all, the supplies he got were real.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the subject was always the Crown Prince's body. This was something that Xuanzhong would pay special attention to every time he came here. The Mexicans have long been used to it, and the conversation was the same as in the past. Been like that countless times.

When Xuanzhong finally released all his care, Mo Yi secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and was about to issue an order to expel the guest without any trace, but who would have thought that after Xuanzhong asked Caiyan's body, he suddenly turned to him, and spoke with a more gentle voice. The voice said: "Instead of staying here to guard a fallen crown prince, it is better to get closer to my son. After all, the day of the bond is only a few days away! Am I right?"

Hearing the words, Mo Yi suddenly raised his head, only to see Xuan Zhong was looking at him without blinking, his long and narrow eyes seemed to be able to see through him completely.

The Mexican immediately looked away, for fear of revealing his mood at that moment.

"Ayi!" Seeing him like this, Xuan Zhong called him in a weak tone. This was a title he hadn't heard for a long time. In the same vein, we are all in the same breath, what I want to do is what the Mo clan has always wanted to do, don't be willful on such a big matter, you have always been very sensible, so this is the last time I remind you!"

The Mexican figure was shocked, and finally, he bowed his head silently, and said softly: "Got it."

Seeing this, Xuan Zhong finally showed a satisfied smile. He put away his momentum, and his tone became soft again: "The Holy Emperor is still waiting for me, so I won't stay any longer. You can also take advantage of these few days to play with yours." Let’s get closer with your partner, after all, time is running out..." After leaving this meaningful sentence, Xuanzhong turned around and left, and during the whole process, he did not glance at the empty palace .