[Twelve Kingdoms] The dance of the vast sky in the mountains

?There are many mountains and mountains, towering green mountains and forests, but there is no trace of fresh breath.

The team running in the woods, although the guards surrounding them are still vigilant, the students in the middle are almost as if they are on an outing, talking about the surrounding scenery, and there is actually a burst of singing in a corner of the team Gently drifting, listen carefully, but it is an incomprehensible language, with a strange tone.

"Tomorrow's stories are mine, and there is more than one kind of so-called happiness; the beautiful fallen leaves in spring, summer, autumn and winter are mine..."

All yours?Ye Ming frowned and turned to look at the girl who was sitting comfortably on Meng Ji and was still fiddling with something in her hands. After a long time, she finally gave up on preaching, and just sighed in her heart: What a domineering song...

Zhao Xin didn't pay attention to Ye Ming's face at all. After humming for a while, he seemed to feel tired and stopped for a while, but soon, he changed a song and continued humming again.

On a midsummer afternoon, the sun is scorching hot like a charcoal brazier.

While wiping the sweat dripping from his forehead, Shao Ting leaned over and looked at Zhao Xin's leisurely look enviously, and looked up at the harsh sun again, thinking of how much cooler his country would be. In summer, I curled my lips.

"Zhao Xin, what are you doing? Don't you only do it during night watch?"

"You're only free during the night watch." Zhao Xin stopped, thought about it carefully, and roughly understood what Shao Ting meant, and replied in a somewhat strange language. Nothing less. "When you came here, you always had to be on guard during the day, and you had to deal with monsters (Captain: Have you ever dealt with them?), and when you rested, you would cook and patrol (Ye Ming: For you, it's just for fun, right? ), but it’s different now,” she bent down and patted Shao Ting’s shoulder, “I don’t know why, since you joined, the monsters have disappeared, and I have free time during the day. It’s really my love to meet you. luck!"

"Your luck?"

"Yeah. Why? You want to fight me, is it your luck? However, you are really lucky to meet such a handsome me!"

Looking at the confident girl, Shao Ting couldn't help smiling when he thought of the people who came over to thank him for the good luck just now.Curious, he poked his head over to look at the "work" in Zhao Xin's hands.

"Ah!" An exclamation cut through the hot air and echoed in the mountains and forests.

Ye Ming and Hao Yi, who were walking in front, turned their heads and saw Shao Ting looking at Zhao Xin in astonishment, while on Meng Ji's body, a long and narrow knife wound gushed out a dazzling red tide on the hand of the originally leisurely Zhao Xin .

Moving westward day by day, in the blink of an eye, the sky is covered with sunset glow, reflecting the earth like fire.

On a steep hillside, beside a long and narrow path, on a protruding boulder, a Baotou girl was sitting there, holding her freshly wrapped hands, staring angrily ahead.

Behind her, a young man stood and stared at her back, and after a long time, he timidly called her name.

"Zhao, Zhao Xin..."

"Why?" Zhao Xin said angrily without looking back, "If you want to apologize to me, I'll kick you out of here!" She said, pointing to the winding path on the hillside in front of her.

The air instantly became much colder.

This, if you say it like this, it is still unforgivable... Shao Ting couldn't help but lowered his head in frustration.It's no wonder that the captain with a serious expression scolded people so mercilessly. Zhao Xin didn't understand it at first, but now that she has learned the language, she looks like she wants to scold back, but she has no choice. Because he was not proficient in language and couldn't keep up with the captain's speed, he could only sulk secretly.In addition, there was a long cut on his hand, and the culprit was only because of a sudden scream, anyone would be angry.

Looking at Zhao Xin who was constantly burning with anger, Shao Ting didn't know whether to stand here and wait for her anger to subside, or to run away quickly before she went crazy...

The weird atmosphere lasted for a long time, until the last ray of brilliance of the sun was swallowed up, and Shao Ting began to back away slowly.One step, one step, another step...

"Shao Ting." Zhao Xin, who suddenly turned his face, stopped him, and waved to Shao Ting's Little Red Riding Hood like a wolf grandmother, "Come here."

Shao Ting hesitated for a moment, but when he saw Zhao Xin's face, he immediately walked over obediently, followed Zhao Xin's instructions, climbed up the slightly slippery boulder, sat next to Zhao Xin, and carefully looked at the girl who seemed to have a dark heart .She turned her head suddenly, turned her ear to Shao Ting, flicked the dangling earrings under her ear, and said, "Look."

"Ah?" Shao Ting was taken aback, not understanding her intentions, "What's wrong with that...earring...?"

"What's wrong! Look at this shape, it's a skeleton! A skeleton!!"

"Ah, it's a skeleton, it looks quite uncomfortable." Shao Ting said in a low voice.

"Uncomfortable?!" Zhao Xin raised her brows, "Is that all? Why don't you yell? Why don't you roll down here in fright?!" She pointed to the steep hillside and asked.

Get off, get off... Shao Ting couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, that's why you asked me to sit in such a dangerous place...

"That, that...Although it is indeed scary, but after all, I am used to watching it every day..." Shao Ting carefully defended, and slowly pushed back, for fear of offending Zhao Xin and being pushed down by her.Sure enough, Zhao Xin frowned even tighter, looking like he was about to explode, "Yeah, no matter what, you watch it every day, and it's still a half-finished product, yet you scream like that! You! Did you mean it on purpose? !!"

"Why, how is it possible... I... I... It's even more terrifying because it's a semi-finished product..."

"what does that mean?"

"Because it's a semi-finished product, with only outlines and no polishing. The patterns on the peach pits are interlaced on the skull's face. It's weird, distorted, and hideous. Therefore, it's even more terrifying. It seems to see those who died of poverty and poverty again." The face of someone who is unwilling." Shao Ting said with lingering fear.

"Hmph, it's just that you are timid." Zhao Xin looked at him and lowered his head, sneered, turned his head, and said nothing more.

"Hey, Shao Ting, since you came to ascend the mountain, it means that you are also from Fangguo. Fangguo, what kind of country is it?" Zhao Xin asked after a long time.

"This problem is a bit big." Shao Ting raised his head and thought about it seriously, "Well, it is located in the northwest corner, facing other countries across the sea, with a typical northern climate of cold winter and cool summer. And the current Fangguo , it is a very good country in terms of ruling the world: employing capable people in the form of rewards to drive out the demons roaming in the city; rewarding farming; timely disaster relief; guaranteeing foreign trade; In order to choose the real peak king as soon as possible. Yuexi really did her best for this country!" Shao Ting said, and wrote the word "Yuexi" on the boulder.

"Yue...xi...girl?" Zhao Xin asked in surprise as she read the words slowly.

"No, it's a man."

"Male?" Zhao Xin repeated uncertainly. Seeing Shao Ting nodding, he curled his lips in disgust, "What, a big man has such a...feminine name, so I still have to praise him His parents have elegant taste...Ah! No...he is a very handsome guy?!!" Zhao Xin clapped his hands suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Ah, that...although Yuexi can be regarded as handsome, but it is far from Haoyi."

"Oh, that's it..." Zhao Xin lowered her head in frustration, and said to herself, (Oh, why is it that after traveling through time and space, the heroines in novels and comics will be picked up and taken away immediately even if they are average in appearance and stature? Becoming an important person in a certain event, and surrounded by a large group of handsome men (and occasionally beautiful women). And a handsome and talented person like me actually has to cheat and steal to barely survive after arriving here. Yeguo, living in the wild, I don’t talk about these things, but why can’t I even communicate! The handsome guy only meets Haoyi... The reality is so cruel that I have nothing to say T_T)

"Zhao, Zhao Xin, what are you talking about?"

"It's nothing." Zhao Xin shook his hand, "Ah, by the way, since it's a northern climate, there will be a lot of snow in winter, won't it survive the winter? Isn't it beautiful?" Zhao Xin, who lives in Shanghai, has never seen snow. asked excitedly.

"I haven't thought about whether it's beautiful or not. I just think that the heavy snow will affect the yield of farming."

"How could it be? Didn't it say (auspicious snow heralds a good year)?" Zhao Xin wrote down five words while speaking, seeing Shao Ting's still puzzled expression, explained: "Ah, it means that there was a good one Heavy snow means that next year will be a good harvest year, this is a proverb in our side."

"Ah, there is indeed such a saying in the Feng Dynasty, but now it is a false dynasty, even if it is the best snow, it will be damaged by unforeseen droughts, floods and other natural disasters, or monsters and beasts in the coming year. The seedlings themselves are nothing The problem is that it cannot grow in time, so the winter snow period is a kind of delay."

"I see. But Shao Ting, you know a lot about farming."

"Of course, my family is a farmer. Although the price of grain is already high, but because there is almost no harvest, I can't live on, so I sold my property to go up the mountain."

"What about after ascending the mountain? It's fine that you are a king. If you are not a king, you have to go back to the original situation?"

"That's right." Shao Ting scratched his head again, "Then it's better to stay in Gongguo. It's very rich here, so there should be no problem."

"That's also leaving home." Zhao Xin sighed while looking at the dark distance.

"By the way, Shao Ting, Fang's king was like this when he was in power. Which one is richer than Gong Guo?"

Shao Ting shook his head, "I don't know about this. The year I was born coincided with the death of King Feng. However, King Feng has only ruled the world for 30 years, and King Gong has passed a hundred years. It must be incomparable."

"Oh... and after the death of the peak king, demons are rampant and natural disasters are rampant, and they will not stop until the next peak king ascends the throne?"

"Yes, every country is like this, this is the will of God."

"What!" Zhao Xin snorted disdainfully, "This is simply killing the people in order to maintain the feudal rule. What kind of 'God' is this? It is simply a cult! Feudal rule cannot effectively promote social progress. , plus rulers, officials have an endless lifespan, so they are even more tired. They only think that as long as they do not make serious mistakes, there will be no old officials to be dismissed, and no officials who have made serious mistakes will be dismissed. It is difficult for talented people to get ahead, and without the flow of talents, the imperial court will become even more corrupt."

"But, the inability to get ahead should be due to his own lack of talent, right?"

"That's not true. If you want to get ahead, you must have remarkable political achievements. If the political situation is unstable, it's okay. In a peaceful and prosperous age, how can there be so many opportunities to get ahead? Even if someone can succeed in this environment, it's just It’s just one person, and it’s easy to assimilate with the staleness of the dynasty, which will hinder the progress of the whole society.”

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yes, yes, you must be right! So the reason why your world has gone through so many years and the level of social progress is not as great as ours in 200 years, lack of enterprising spirit is not enough!" Zhao Xin thought about China's closed-door policy Said bitterly.

"Oh..." Shao Ting nodded his head half-understood, lost in thought.

In the distance, the twilight is like a river, flowing heavily.