Supreme Serpent

Chapter 22

King Rui only brought two carriages and ten guards with him to avoid the eyes and ears of the Southern Kingdom, and he left the palace's back door in the middle of the night.Shengjing is thousands of miles away from the western frontier, the more desolate it is to the west, the environment is harsh, the official roads are densely covered with sand and stones, and the autumn wind is raging.Taking care of Luoyu's body, the group of people did not walk fast, and they arrived at Kuzhou in Anxi after one and a half months.

Frost has passed, snowflakes are floating in the sky, and a thin layer has accumulated in the yard, which makes a "creaking" sound when stepped on.Xiaolu went downstairs and went to the stables of the inn to make arrangements for the attendants to move the contents of the carriage into the guest room.

"Why is it so cold?" King Rui added a red sable fur cloak to Luoyu's body, and Dahong made that pale and beautiful face more gorgeous.

"It's snowing outside, can't it be cold?" Putting down the stove in his hand, he held the big hand he offered.

"Wait until the snow stops before we go. If you go further west, you will be in the desert. Can your body bear it?" With a hot hand reaching into the coat and touching the cool belly, the rough voice said again: "One more It's been a month, have you ever thought about appeasing your husband?"

Luo Yu chuckled softly: "You are not afraid that I will get pregnant, and I will give birth to a boy and a half girl for you in ten months." After finishing speaking, she wanted to bite her own tongue, why are all men talking about this?It seems that the bleeding behind him still can't slow him down.

The man pinched his slender waist, "Why not, if you can really give birth, I can only wish for it."

Luo Yu blushed, and pushed, "Don't pinch, don't pinch, it's very itchy."

The man let go of his waist, stretched out his hand to untie his hair, and his shiny black hair fell loose, "Yu'er is weak, so I won't use that part for now. How about using this? I still remember the taste of it." He said. While rubbing the small mouth that is falling on the jade red.

If he wanted it, how could he not follow him, after some obsession, there was no movement in the kung fu room of the two sticks of incense.

The owner of the inn brought Wen Ding② and pasta with a servant, and Xiao Lu called him: "Boss, leave these things to us, and we will bring them to the master."

"Brother, this thing is burning~ Let me do it, so as not to burn you."

"Boss, do you think this is enough?" He took out a large golden ingot from his bosom, which caused the boss's eyes to straighten.

"Enough enough, I can do whatever I want! Oh, please, please~" Put the food on the stone table in the yard, took the ingot, stuffed it into his mouth and bit it, laughing He pulled the boy back.

A boy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks tugged at his old padded jacket, looking back at the lantern upstairs from time to time with a pair of small eyes, "Oh, what a pity! These distinguished guests came too late that night, I went to bed early, thinking about I can see the beauty that Chen Er, who was at the watch, said."

"Don't mention it, the two upstairs are beautiful, especially the weak one, yo ~ don't mention it! That little face makes me really..."

The boss played with the gold for a while before he couldn't put it down and put it into his clothes, and shouted: "You little bastards, if you don't behave yourself to me, it's just such a noble person who has taken over our building in a place like ours. It’s a great blessing, what’s the use of a beauty? It’s better for Jin Zi to kiss Lao Tzu, go and work for Lao Tzu.”

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Wen Ding is smoking hot white smoke over the coals, and the delicious soup inside, served with side dishes and shredded pork exudes a tempting aroma.Luo Yu pulled across the path and said: "It smells so good, I haven't eaten anything like this before. Don't be too busy, sit down and eat together."

Xiaolu quickly got up from the stool, "I don't dare, the servants all go downstairs to eat, the prince and the young master take it easy."

"Don't go, what's the point of eating just the two of us, Yinhen, you sit down too."

"Subordinates dare not." Yin Hen knelt down, not daring to lift his head.

"Sit..." King Rui opened his mouth, concise and majestic.

"Jianyou, why don't we go downstairs to eat, and enjoy the snow, how interesting."

"It's cold outside, can you bear it?"

"Well, it shouldn't be cold after eating this."

Thirteen people sat in the lobby of the inn, the hot soup in the Wending was gurgling non-stop, and the snow outside the window was falling profusely.

Luo Yu put a lot of food in Xiaolu's bowl, that kid has always been greedy, and after his master loved the food, he only ate until his mouth was full of juice.It was the ten guards who had dinner at the same table with King Rui for the first time in this life. The ten sets of bowls and chopsticks were all neatly placed. Everyone looked at each other from time to time, very reserved.

Seeing their strange behavior, Luo Yu said: "Why don't you eat it, move your chopsticks quickly."

"eat"

King Rui gave an order, and everyone picked up their chopsticks as if they were practicing.

Luo Yu bit her lips and smiled, and brought some vegetables to the cold man, it was not his usual cold appearance, the people under him were afraid of him to death.

A few servants pretended to be wiping the wine jar in front of the cupboard, staring at Luoyu with fiery eyes, fearing that they had already stripped it naked in their minds.

Xuanyuan Jianyou frowned, and winked at Yinhen, who nodded knowingly.

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Before dawn the next day, I packed up my luggage and continued heading west.

After leaving the city gate of Quzhou, Yinhen chased after him on horseback. King Rui raised the curtain of the car, and Yinhen said: "Sir, everything is done."

King Rui nodded and lowered the curtain.

The largest Fuyun Inn in the city was burned down by a big fire. The shopkeeper and the servants were buried in the sea of ​​flames. Crazy, presumably seeing something that shouldn't be seen.This unsolved case left the local parent officials at a loss, and it remained unresolved for many years.

Their destination is the station at Dongcheng Border Pass, which is four hundred miles away from Kezhou.Fifty miles to the west is the small country of Liujiao, and further north is Yuelan and Fudan, real military centers.Kezhou is full of yellow sand, desolate and majestic, mixed with people from many countries, less than half of the Han people, because there is a large army guarding it, the people who come and go are businessmen with status, and the folk customs are quite simple and stable.

After going like this for another two days, I went to Longyang County to rest.This place is full of Gobi wasteland, much more remote than Quzhou, the county town is a little deserted, there are not many people, and the strong wind blows the yellow sand from time to time, so everyone covers their heads and faces and comes and goes in a hurry.

We stopped for a while, replenished water and food and set out on the road again.

Not far away, next to a barren oasis, there is a dilapidated tea shop, and there is no one there. The owner is an old man who is nearly seventy years old, and he wipes the flying sand on the table with a quick rag.

The old man stopped his work and watched the luxurious carriage pass by him. The ten or so men riding the horses were all handsome, and they were not ordinary people at first glance. People in small places could not help but be a bit fascinated.When he came back to his senses, his complexion changed, he quickly waved the rag, and shouted: "Hey~ You guys stop, stop, you can't go any further."

Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, the old man simply ran forward and blocked the way out of breath, "I said you don't want to die, but you can't go any further."

"What's the matter?"

Yinhen got off his horse, walked to the side of the carriage, and said, "Master, an old man blocked the way and said he couldn't go forward."

"Go and ask"

"Yes"

Yinhen walked to the old man, "Old man, why can't you go forward?"

"Hey, I'm talking about strong men. I can see that you are people from outside. You don't know that we can't take the road from Longyang County to Kezhou for a month after the Frost's Fall."

"Why? This is the only way to go to Kezhou. If not, where do we go?"

"You can't go. You passed the hill ahead. Did you see it? It's the one in front. There... there are monsters." The old man pointed to the hill, looked around and said in a low voice.

"monster?"

"Yeah, from the past two years, the monster came out to make troubles in late autumn, eating passers-by. Oh, it used to be so lively here. Since the monster came, no one dared to go there during this period of time. It's over."

Yinhen shook his head, turned around and returned.Then he got on his horse, left some money behind, and headed west.

"You...you didn't hear what I said, there are monsters, don't go, don't go."

The only answer to him was the whistling wind and sand.

After passing the hill, some ancient stone statues marked the way to the official road.Here is close to the desert, very hot and dry, only boundless yellow sand.The desert is really vast and boundless, and the strong wind suddenly blows up the golden waves.A group of people stopped and went, and the horses couldn't stand it and needed to drink some water to quench their thirst.

Luo Yu got out of the carriage and brushed the horse's hair for a while. The originally very well-behaved horse suddenly became agitated, neighing uncomfortably and walking back and forth.

"what happened?"

The horses that Xuanyuan Jianyou raises are not ordinary, they can understand human nature, and they are usually very docile.Luoyu didn't answer him, just staring at the yellow sand in the distance in a daze.

"It's going to be windy, it seems really not peaceful."

"what?"

Just as he was about to ask him, a gust of evil wind blew over without warning. In the blink of an eye, the wind swept up the people and horses, accompanied by the overwhelming sand and stones, and then quieted down for a while.

Xiaolu rubbed his sore waist and sat up, "What's going on?" He patted the sand on his face and saw his young master with his back to him.

"Young master, are you alright?"

Luo Yu said: "It's okay, you go and see the hidden marks."

"My lord, I'm fine, my subordinate..." He bumped his head hard and bled a lot.

"Lie down, the wind has blown us and the prince apart, and now there are only three of us."

Yinhen got up hurriedly, there were clothes and carriage fragments all over the place, and there were really only the three of them, "I'm going to find the prince, son..."

"Ah... what is that!" Xiaolu yelled.

A giant red snake the size of a carriage quickly crawled towards them. Its bright red scales and eyes like lanterns, what is it if it's not a monster?Although Yinhen is a master, but this is the first time he saw a monster, he was so frightened that he forgot to draw his sword.

The guy had already come in front of them, showing his sharp fangs, when he opened his mouth, a gust of stench rushed in, the stench was indescribable.

"Hehe, I haven't eaten fresh meat for several days. I'm almost starved to death. If I eat you, I'll go to a cooler place to spend the winter." The giant snake spoke, and the crossed letters hissed.

"You have hundreds of years of skill and haven't cultivated well. Aren't you afraid that God will blame you for doing such an outrageous thing?"

The snake's golden pupils were frighteningly cold, "I said why did I smell something familiar? It turns out that they are of the same kind. Seeing that your vitality is so weak, you must have lost your inner alchemy. That's fine, wait until I eat you." After drinking your blood, you can increase your cultivation level."

Hearing the snake say the same kind, Xiaolu and Yinhen were a little confused, what does this mean?

"I'm afraid it won't be so easy for you to eat me, what a pity."

"What a pity? It's up to you? Are you my opponent? I'm a sand snake. This is my place." After speaking, the giant teeth bit Luoyu, Luoyu avoided it lightly, and lost the mana of the inner alchemy It has also weakened a lot, and if you want to escape the danger, you can only show your real body.

Xiaolu fainted, his young master turned into a big blue python, the hidden traces were also frightened, and he fell to the ground.

Two thick giant snakes were fighting together, the wind howled, and the loud noise of the collision of the snakes shook the ground.After all, compared with Luoyu, Sand Snake's cultivation level was much lower, and soon the snake was at a disadvantage, and died after being bitten by the neck.

The green python turned into a human and pressed the path. Among the people who saw the person woke up and lifted up Yinhen, he sighed and said: "You don't have to be afraid of me, although I am a snake demon, I have never done anything bad. I think this is destined by God, and I can’t hide it.”

Xiaolu shook his body, and after a while, he said: "Xiaolu knows that the young master is a good person, even if such a good person is... the young master must be kind... Xiaolu is not afraid, what about you, Yinhen?"

"Young Master saved us today. If it wasn't for Young Master, we would have been eaten... Don't worry, Young Master, Yin Hen is a person who knows how to repay his kindness and will not tell others about it."

"Where is the lord, won't he say anything?" Luo Yu asked him back.

Xiaolu pulled Yinhen's sleeve and said: "Why are you hesitating, don't say anything, don't tell anyone."

"Well, don't say it."

Luoyu smiled, "Let's go, let's go find the prince and the others, and we will find them soon with me."

The deep and shallow footprints of the three of them will soon be buried by the yellow sand, and even the domineering sand snake will soon be buried by the endless yellow sand.

①Anxi: Located in the western region of Dongsheng, please refer to the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. This is what I refer to. The control and palace name of Dongsheng also refers to the Daming Palace of the Tang Dynasty.

②Wen Ding: hot pot, bronze or brass used by ancient nobles, and utensils made of clay by ordinary people.