Before opening the door, a guard rushed in to report, and then opened the hall door.
A lot of lamp trees were planted in the hall of the city lord. The light inside was much better than the rainy weather outside. There were braziers around to dehumidify. Once entering the hall, a lot of the cold air was immediately removed.
On the stone steps at the front of the hall, there are two stone chairs covered with thick animal skins, on which the king and queen sit.
There are also two more solemn wooden chairs on the left and right sides of the stone chair. On the left is the high priest of Lanyin, and on the right is the Queen of Tucheng, Cuiyu. Her attendants are all standing behind her.
The eldest princess Ramona, the younger princess Ramour, and two other youths stood on the left side of the stone chair. Several people who appear to be nobles stand on the right side. Two rows of guards stood against the wall holding bone knives.
The atmosphere in the hall was a bit heavy. Before Yuan Zhan and others came in, they seemed to be discussing something, and neither seemed very happy with each other.
Hearing the door knock, everyone turned to look at the door.
"Why are you soaked all over? Where is your attendant? Why didn't you take you to change clothes?" The king of Yincheng was about forty years old, and he was still in his prime. The first time he saw his son, he didn't reprimand him, nor did he ignore him. Instead, he stood up anxiously, and immediately asked someone to take him to change clothes.
The eldest prince didn't mess around, and left obediently with an attendant.
The king sat down again, and the queen did not even stir.
The people below had different expressions. Some laughed, some sighed, and some looked down at the ground beneath their feet.
The King of Yincheng coughed in embarrassment, and said with a serious expression: "You are the leader that the high priest said..."
"Hmph, your eldest son is getting more and more crazy, not to mention that he is cursed and unable to speak, even if he is not cursed, how can such a person be the future city lord of Yincheng!" Queen Cuiyu and King Yincheng spoke at the same time , the sharp voice completely covered up the king's words.
The king shut up and simply let her finish.
But the Queen of Yincheng, who saw her son without saying a word before, said in a lazy and pleasant voice at this time: "Your Majesty Cuiyu, although Yincheng used to be a subordinate city of Tucheng, but that I don’t know how many years ago it happened. Is it five or six hundred years? My Yincheng and your Tucheng have been listed as one of the nine upper cities since more than five hundred years ago. More than four hundred years ago, you had a generation The king came to our Yincheng to attend the enthronement ceremony of the new king. During the banquet, he uttered lies. Afterwards, Yincheng and Tucheng almost broke off diplomatic relations. Now the two sides have finally resumed a little contact, but His Majesty Cuiyu seems to disdain to associate with our Yincheng? "
Cuiyu's expression changed suddenly, as if she hadn't remembered that this was not Tucheng but Yincheng until now. However, she is not really ignorant enough to have no brains. When she heard the queen of Yincheng say this, she didn't rush to explain, but caught the big prince's mistakes, "Then you big prince of Yincheng can invade my Tucheng at will. Is it the queen? I don’t think I disdain to associate with you, but now that you see me suffering in Tucheng, most of you are waiting to see our jokes, and even want to... "
"Your Majesty the Queen!" The short and stout warrior behind pulled her to stop her from speaking further. As a queen, she really can only think about some things in her heart, but never speak them out.
Cuiyu shut up angrily, with a look of being greatly wronged, but in the end she couldn't help but choked: "No matter what, your eldest prince disrespected me, you must give me an explanation! My Tucheng is not So easy to bully!"
When she saw the eldest prince, she thought that he was also cursed by a witch, and she took the initiative to go up to talk to him, but was ignored by the other party. She ridiculed whether the other party had become deaf while becoming dumb, and the other party threw a dozen skunks at her!
The short and sturdy warrior and the nobles behind Queen Cuiyu sighed in their hearts. Although the queen vented her anger with a word, she put Tucheng in the position of the weak, which made people look down on them for no reason.
The queen of Yincheng heard the words, and she really said indifferently: "Since the establishment of the tribe, no matter who makes mistakes, he will be punished like other people. Guest, no matter what inappropriate things you have done, if my son offends you, he will naturally be punished by the laws of the Sound City. That's why I ordered him to stand in the rain in such a cold spring until another distinguished guest allowed him to leave. "
What do you mean I did something inappropriate? Queen Cuiyu was so angry that she grabbed the armrest of the wooden chair tightly and even cracked one of her nails.
"Oh, it turns out that you are punishing him. That child is not in good health, and he gets sick whenever he is exposed to rain. You insist on letting him be exposed to rain. In this case, you might as well beat him up." The king was heartbroken, and turned to look at Cuiyu. Queen, "Now that the child has been punished, I don't know how long he will be sick. Your Majesty Cuiyu, are you satisfied with this?"
Queen Cuiyu was trembling with anger, what kind of punishment is this? And no one knows whether the queen asked La Moling to get wet in the rain. Maybe she just said there was such a punishment because she saw her son get wet in the rain. But as the King and Queen, he has already told her so far, if she continues to pester her, she will become unreasonable. At that time, the hateful and cunning Yincheng might use this as an excuse to shirk his refusal to send soldiers to help Tucheng.
The people below, including Ramona and the four princes and princesses, couldn't share their feelings with outsiders after hearing the conversation above, and one of the young people was particularly upset.
The King of Yincheng turned his face again, and said very sorry for Yuan Zhan who had been left in the cold for a long time: "I kept you waiting, I heard that you are from the Longevity Wood Clan? I don't know your tribe's name?"
Yuan Zhan is unruly but not arrogant. Seeing the kindness of the King of Yincheng, he raised his right fist and put it on his heart, and gave a warrior salute, "My name is Yuan Zhan, the leader of the Jiuyuan Tribe, and our priest, Mo Wu, is with me." .”
"Jiuyuan!" Queen Cuiyu stood up abruptly. Although the curse witch only said that he wanted to avenge his disciples when he made a fuss in Tucheng, but after such a long time, it was enough for Tucheng to find out who the curse witch was with before he found out from the black soil city, and where those people came from.
Jiuyuan, Yuanzhan, Mo Wu, these are names that appear repeatedly in the report, and Queen Cuiyu also remembers them firmly.
"So you're not dead yet! Someone! Arrest them!" Queen Cuiyu wanted to catch the culprit, but she didn't care that this was the Hall of the Lord of Yin City.
The stocky warrior hesitated for a moment, the people of Yincheng would never allow them to fight here.
Sure enough, as soon as Queen Cuiyu finished shouting, the King of Yincheng changed his amiable demeanor and shouted angrily: "Who dares to hurt my distinguished guest of Yincheng!"
"Shua!" The two rows of guards lined up by the wall stepped forward at the same time, all the bone knives were unsheathed.
Yuan Zhan's expression didn't change a bit. He had discussed with Yan Mo just now. The situation in Yincheng was strange and inexplicable. If you reveal your true identity, maybe you can earn a living.
escape? After he entered the orc's room, there was no chance for them to escape. The half-orcs would not let them go, and neither would the people of Yincheng. Back then, Lanyin removed the mark of slavery left by Anemarrhena on his forehead, but he also left a spiritual mark of himself.
It's just that in order to prevent Lan Yin from realizing that they already know, Yan Mo and Wu Guo have only locked that spiritual power all the time, and dare not destroy it.
Although this ray of mental power is weak and not enough to do anything to Yuan Zhan, but if they leave the temple and Yin City, Lan Yin will know immediately.
What the big prince said just now contains a lot of information, no matter what he said is true or not, I am afraid that even if Yuan Zhan does not agree to "solve" the half-orc at this time, Lan Yin and the others will have a way to force him to go - after all, he is only eight years old. Level, Yan Mo is like that again, the real person has to bow his head under the low eaves.
Seeing that it is difficult to advance, and it is impossible to retreat, but how can Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo tolerate and be willing to be manipulated and used by others? Since it was impossible to move forward or backward, they simply took the initiative to reveal their identities and replaced the identity of a passive chess piece with one of the active chess players.
Curse Wu and Jiufeng can make Tucheng so troublesome that they need Wucheng and Yincheng to help, so isn't Yincheng afraid
On the contrary, if Yincheng had always thought that they were just members of a small tribe and had no backing behind them, even if Yuan Zhan had the name of a mixed-blood of the Longevity Wood Race, it would not be enough for Yincheng to protect him, and maybe he would want to occupy them all It's cheap to sacrifice them as much as possible. But if they were standing behind them were curse witches + human-faced Kunpeng clan + long-lived wood clan, then the weight would be completely different. At the very least, Yincheng would have to consider the consequences of killing them before making a move.
The corners of Yuan Zhan's lips twitched slightly, with a sneer and provocative expression, "We Mo Wu and I were attacked by the High Priest of Tucheng and others before, our soul power was damaged, and we almost forgot our identity. But now I have remembered a lot. Queen Yu, you Tucheng are greedy and vicious. Seeing that I am the blood of the god of the earth, and the blood is rich, you put your attention on me and murder the most kind and soft-hearted priest in Jiuyuan. Do you know that our silent witch is Disciple of Curse Witch? You know that we, Mo Wu, are favored by the ancestor gods, and we send the human-faced Kunpeng tribe as his guardian bird, and anyone who hurts him will be punished by the ancestor gods. Tucheng, you bully our Jiuyuan leader and priests so much, If I, Jiuyuan, do not destroy you, the gods will punish you!"
No one thought that there would be such a change, and everyone's eyes were focused on Yuan Zhan.
Lan Yin didn't even control his expression well, even if he was killed, he didn't expect that the slaves bought by a little low-level priest from a slave trader were not only mixed blood of the Longevity Wood Race, but also caused Tucheng to be in turmoil, and the queen had to Come out to the aid of the culprit in person!
War, Yuan Zhan, why didn't he think of it!
Jiuyuan..., Lan Yin actually already knew the name of this tribe. Although the nine upper cities are far apart, they will send some people to each other. The closer they are, the more complicated the relationship, the more people they will send.
The past and present relationship between Tucheng and Yincheng, how could Yincheng not arrange eyeliner in Tucheng? So when the king and queen of Tucheng knew that the disciple of the curse witch came from Jiuyuan, and the leader of Jiuyuan was a soil-controlling warrior full of divine blood, he immediately got the news.
He didn't have many associations after seeing Yuan Zhan, mainly because his identity as a mixed-blood of the Immortal Wood Clan confused his vision, so that he didn't think in Jiuyuan's direction at all.
Queen Cuiyu stared at Yuan Zhan crazily, all old and new grudges welled up in her heart, but the guards of the Yincheng palace had already raised their weapons, if she really dared to do something here, it would be nothing like hitting Yincheng's face What a difference.
No need to be reminded by the people behind her, Queen Cuiyu raised her head and looked at the king and queen of Yincheng, "You heard it, it is not enough for them to attack Tucheng, they also want to destroy Tucheng, a savage tribe has such great ambitions, if let If she grows up, maybe our continent will start a new round of war. Your Majesties, if you don't kill him today, the fate of your Yincheng will not be much better than that of my Tucheng in the future!"
"Woman, are you provoking? I want to kill and destroy Jiuyuan, but it is only our enemy. The ancestor gods will not allow us to attack and invade others at will, otherwise you will not know that Jiuyuan exists until today? If we really want to start a war Heh!" Yuan Zhan sneered, insisting that a tribe that had just developed in the barren land was a hermit expert.
Lan Yin stood up. The first time he saw this tribal man, he guessed that the other party's identity would not be simple, because the average tribe had never even seen such a thing as a stone chair.
Now the opponent's soul power has almost recovered, his memory has returned, and his aura is much stronger than before. Although he was standing below, none of the people here dared to treat him as an ordinary tribal warrior, and even his aura faintly overwhelmed Queen Cuiyu.
This person is only at the eighth level. If he is allowed to grow to the ninth or even tenth level, I am afraid that their king and queen will not be able to sit firmly on the top and will take the initiative to come down to greet him.
Queen Cuiyu didn't know what to do at this time, hate turned to hate, but her aura was completely suppressed by this tribe, and she was in someone else's territory, but she was not good at strategy, and it was her eldest son who was good at strategy. It's a pity that her eldest son needs to stay in Tucheng to deal with his father, brother, and those cunning nobles and temple priests.
"Your Majesties?" Queen Cuiyu wisely refused to confront Yuan Zhan, and only kept asking Yincheng to clarify her attitude.
The king and queen of Yincheng were also very conflicted, but they didn't show it on their faces.
Lan Yin spoke to Yuan Zhan one step ahead: "Ancestor God is glorious, so you are the leader of Jiuyuan Tribe. I have already heard your name, so what you carry in the basket...is the disciple of Lord Curse Wu, Mo Wu ?”
The original war defaults.
Queen Yincheng raised her eyelids to look at Yuan Zhan. She hadn't paid much attention to this tribal man before.
The King of Yincheng had a strange expression on his face. He seemed to be thinking about something after drinking Queen Cuiyu. When he heard that the disciple of the curse witch was also there, he immediately opened his mouth and said: "Oh, mother god is merciful! Master curse witch Disciple Mo Wu is here too? Then can you please Lord Mo Wu of your tribe to lift the curse for my eldest son? My son was indeed wrong back then, but it is too pitiful to curse him to be a mute forever. Things are much better now, and he has been dumb for twelve years. I sent people to find Wucheng several times, but Lord Curse Wu is not there... "
Huh? curse forever? Twelve years mute? But what his master said was clearly a curse that he could not speak for ten years.
Yan Mo told Yuan Zhan about it. Yuan Zhan turned his head to look at the eldest prince who had changed clothes and slipped into the hall quietly. La Moling probably heard what his father said, seeing Yuan Zhan looking at him, he blinked at him.
This kid...has a secret! Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo thought at the same time.
Compared with Yuan Zhan's interest in La Moling, Yan Mo has a lot of affection for his father.
As the same father, he saw that the king of Yincheng cared about his children first and foremost from the beginning to the end. At this time, others were anxious to kill the future enemies, but the first thing he thought of was still his cursed eldest son , I couldn't help but want to help him lift the curse on his eldest son. It's a pity that although he has become a teacher, he hasn't started to learn how to cast and remove curses, and he doesn't have enough faith points.
Yuan Zhan asked Yan Mo if the curse could be undone, and after getting a reply that he couldn't handle it in a short time, he first asked the King of Yincheng: "Is that the eldest prince?"
The King of Sound City nodded.
Everyone's eyes turned to La Moling who just came in. Two girls, Ramona and La Mole, greeted him actively. The other two youths, one nodded to La Moling, but the other did not respond.
La Moling ignored everyone, even ignored the greetings from his two younger sisters, and walked up to Yuan Zhan like that, poking at the rattan basket wrapped in mud behind him.
Yuan Zhan grabbed his hand, "He is not bad, and he helped me and Mo Wu a lot. I, Mo Wu, also plan to lift the curse for him, but this curse is more difficult to lift, and it takes time to prepare."
"How long will it take?" The King of Yincheng's eyes lit up and he leaned out.
Others thought: Why did the eldest prince help Jiuyuan and the two of them? To let them take the initiative to lift the curse for him
La Moling felt that he had been pitted by Yuan, and looked at him very charmingly.
Yuan Zhan didn't see it. You want to use me, why can't I use you? He answered the King of Yincheng's question in his mouth: "It's not long, but I, Mo Wu, is still recovering. Even if he wants to lift the curse for the eldest prince, he can't do it."
"How long will it take for your Mo Wu to recover?"
"Not sure, but if the energy is sufficient, the recovery time will be shortened."
Lan Yin seemed to use his soul power to tell the king about Yan Mo's current situation. The king of Yincheng hesitated, then turned his head and said something to his queen.
The queen did not speak immediately, but seemed to be in deep thought.
Yuan Zhan said unhurriedly: "If you can't wait for my Mo Wu to recover, why don't you wait for our Lord Curse Wu to release it in person? We have already spread the news and told him and the clansmen that we are now in Yincheng. I believe it will be soon. He will lead my tribal warriors to Yincheng to meet us."
threaten! A naked threat!
None of the people present were fools, even the youngest Princess Lamor could hear the meaning hidden behind Yuan Zhan's words. This was telling them that their affairs in Yincheng were no longer a secret. The witch knew it, Jiuyuan People also knew that if something happened to them in Yincheng, then the next one to be revenged by Mr. Curse Wu would be Yincheng.
Hearing that the curse witch was coming, Queen Cuiyu froze at first, but then her eyes shone with excitement.
Yuan Zhan seemed to suddenly remember, "Oh, by the way, I came here this time because of the scratches on the face of the eldest princess. Our Mo Wu has already refined the medicine. Do you want to find someone with scars on her body?" Slave try?"