Genius Demon Empress Chapter 8: My name is Lord
The winter sun emits a faint heat, reflecting on the Fontaine County wàiwéi on the ridge of the mysterious beast. ()
It had been snowing for a full half a month, and finally stopped today. A thick layer of snow accumulated on the ground. Facing the ridge down, you could see a frozen lake.
By the lake, there are rows of arrow bamboo forests. After the winter, the leaves of the arrow bamboo are already tuōguāng, leaving only the bare bamboo body. At this time, the bamboo body has been frozen into icy edges, and under the sunlight, a colorful halo has been folded.
"Crack--" On the quiet snowy ground, there were four lines of slanted footprints. A little boy in a worn felt hat was holding a basket and following a rickety old man.
The old man looked about 70 or 80 years old. He was wearing a thin winter coat with woolen fleece on his body, and black flesh was exposed inside. He circled the arrow bamboo forest, and his muddy old eyes lit up. Get up and point to the wàiwéi in the bamboo forest.
"There are winter bamboo shoots, Erwang, dig it out with Grandpa." The little boy's face was also blue and purple from freezing, and there were two blue snots that had frozen into small icicles on his nose.
When I heard that Grandpa had found Dongsun, Erwang hurriedly took out the **** from the basket, and both grandpa and grandson gathered around the bamboo forest and worked hard to plan it.
The soil in the winter is almost as hard as the ice cubes. The two grandpa and grandpa and grandpa Erwang haven't eaten enough for a long time. The speed is very slow. It took nearly half an hour before they dug up a plant. Bamboo shoots with arm thickness.
In such severe cold weather, the bamboo shoots have been frozen brownish-black, and they look no different from a piece of dead wood.
But the eyes of both grandpa and grandson burst into joy at the same time.
After picking up the bamboo shoots, the old man quickly peeled off the skin of the bamboo shoots, took out a chopper, and cut it hard. The frozen bamboo shoots split into two halves.
In the hollow bamboo shoots, there are plump overwintering stick insects. Erwang, who has not seen meat for three or four months, couldn’t stop sucking his nose, but was frozen by the cold wind that poured into his nose. Shaking straight.
"Further planing, maybe you can find a few stick insects, you brothers don't have to go hungry," the old man touched Erwang's hand with a dry hand.
This winter came very early this year, and the snowstorm was surprisingly heavy. Nearly nine tenths of the barley in the county was buried by the blizzard before it could be harvested.
The surplus grains that the people have on hand for wintering are all taxed again. Ordinary people like the Erwang family have long had no coarse grains in their homes.
"Grandpa, when do you think we will have a lord?" Erwang carefully put the winter bamboo shoots into the basket, and asked the old man innocently.
"Stupid boy, we have a lord. Our young lord Yue-sama received training at the Dragon Knight Camp in Owa Royal Capital. When he becomes a great dragon horse warrior, he will come to the land," the old man kindly said Touching Erwang's head, he looked at the cluster of arrow bamboo forest on the sunny side of the lake.
"But everyone in the village said that we don’t have a lord. If there is a lord, we won’t be hungry. In winter, we will also have winter clothes to wear, and we won’t be bullied by people from other counties." Erwang bulged, a little discouraged.
For most ordinary people in the empire, the lords are their heaven and their shelter from the wind. The lords of other counties come to the territory once a year.
The lord of Fontaine County has not appeared for three years, and some of the newly born children in the county have never even seen the lord of Fontaine County.
The old man gave a dry cough and wanted to explain.
Suddenly, there was a whimper of beast horns from the other side of the mountain, the sound was like a galloping horse, and like a tiger roaring in the deep mountains, thinking about this empty snowfield beside the ice lake.
The old man's face suddenly changed.
On the other side of the mountain, a piece of snow mist suddenly rose up, rumbling like an avalanche sound, dozens of neat beast shadows rushing down the ridge like a wind, accompanied by the roar of young men and women.
One head, two heads, several heads are tall, snowy leopards popping out from the other side of the mountain. This group of snow leopards have small heads, snow-colored fur on their bodies, agile skills and sharp minions. Their speed is very fast, and at the moment the grandfather and grandson are astonished, they have already swooped down from the ridge.
As if smelling the human scent, the irises of the leopards were red, and they made wheezing and panting.
"It's the Snow Leopard from Bailu County, Erwang, go quickly," the old man's voice was quick and panic, and he pushed the children.
Soon, the old man gave up the idea of escaping. With his decades of experience living in Fontaine County, ordinary people's feet are not as strong as the Tier 3 Snow Leopard.
"Climb up, I didn't hear Grandpa's cry, don't come down," the old man pushed the child, holding the child's **** with a trembling hand, and sent him to the arrow bamboo.
Children in this area have all learned the squirrel-like ability to climb trees since they were young living in the environment of the arrow bamboo forest.
Er Wang heard Grandpa’s almost anxious cry. He was very obedient. Two prickly hands hugged the arrow bamboo, which was so smooth for ordinary people, and his feet were entangled and not much thicker than his arms. The divided arrow bamboo is sent up one by one, and the arrow bamboo that is several feet high can be climbed in three or two strokes.
Under the bamboo, you can hear the crunch of Grandpa stepping on the snow and running towards the lake.
"Grandpa," Er Wang whispered.
For a long time, no one responded to him.
The bamboo shook, and Erwang looked down, and he was so frightened that he was about to split. Several snow leopards, several times larger than a cat, surrounded the arrow bamboo forest and tried to climb up.
After climbing several times, the snow leopards found that they could not climb the arrow bamboo, so they had to wag their tails and walk away.
Er Wang hid for a while, then slipped off the bamboo.
Just walking out of the arrow bamboo forest, with a "swish", a projectile hit his knee.
Awang slipped under his feet and slid all the way to the surface of the lake.
"Oh, look what I found, there is a little kid who is not dead here, don’t worry about the old one, let the babies come and cheat on this one~ IndoMTL.com~ The one who speaks is the name seventeen or eight. The domineering young man, with a wide mouth, his smile was ugly.
Not far from him, there are a few young men and women dressed in fine sable fur. Each of them is riding a Tier 4 or 5 profound beast mount. The saddle of the mount is tattooed with the word white dew.
Er Wang looked forward, his throat was immediately blocked, and Grandpa "looked" at himself not far away.
A large swath of blood spread on the ice. Grandpa's body has been divided into two halves. The basket with stick insects is scattered on the side. Grandpa's eyes are protruding, and he "looks" at himself.
"Woo-" Erwang cried, "You killed Grandpa. When our young lord comes back, you won't be let go."
"Young lord, haha---little ghost, Fontaine County has no lord for a long time, and there is still a young lord," the domineering young man raised the beast whip in his hand, and was about to draw it from Erwang.
"!" The domineering young man only felt a gust of wind behind him. When he realized that a sharpened bamboo was inserted into his shoulder, he was slammed off the horse. The next moment, he The cochlea was hit with a fist.
Boom, the surface of the ice lake was smashed into a big hole. The domineering young man was immersed in the water with his clothes and armor. The icy cold water flooded his nostrils and mouth, and his nostrils and mouth were trembling with cold.
Just when he thought he was going to be drowned in the water, he was pulled out of the water.
"Ahem, who are you, dare to hit me?" The domineering young man spat out ice water, and a masked face caught his eyes.
"My name is the lord," said the young man with a half-mask, his mouth raised in an evil voice.