This is a dog-blood story with horned people.
The Duke of Morton was also very adventurous when he was young. After becoming a Duke, he would occasionally lead his guards to take on some tasks in the name of wandering during the holidays, and he thought that a man should not just stay in a corner and look around. Helps increase knowledge, courage and wisdom.
Because of this, Buhua has been running around with his father since he was a child, and when he grew up, he recruited his friends to form a team of roaming warriors.
Ten years ago, the Duke of Morton suffered a head injury during a mission and fell into a coma. He was separated from all his subordinates. After waking up, he found that a little nobleman with white horns had rescued him. Close objects are all gone.
When Morton lost his memory and didn't know his identity, he got acquainted with Barry, the daughter of the white-horned nobleman. Because of the other party's deliberate friendship, Morton developed a certain affection for Barry. But Morton always felt that he should already have a partner, and he was never too intimate with Barry.
It needs to be mentioned here that the horned people are similar to wolves and beasts in their attitude towards their partners. Most people have only one partner in their life, and they are very sincere to their partners.
Although Morton has amnesia, his partner may be imprinted deep in his soul, so even though Barry treats him very well, he still has no further development with the other party. Soon after Morton recovered from his injuries, he asked Barry's family for his personal belongings at that time.
Barry brought some of them over, but the most important bone storage was not returned to him. At that time, Morton couldn't remember whether he had any bone storage or not, so he didn't continue to ask for it. Unexpectedly, the night before he was about to leave, he suddenly became estrous and took Bari who came to his room to say goodbye for the last time.
Afterwards, Morton promised Barry and his father that if he did not have a partner, he would marry Barry, and if he already had one, he would try his best to make up for Barry. By then Morton had begun to suspect the Barry family.
Barry's father asked Morton to go to the temple to take the oath immediately. Morton first refused and then agreed. Is haunted by witchcraft.
The white-horned witch ignored Barry's father's request for Morton to marry his daughter, but helped Morton find his memory. Later, with the help of a red-horned witch who came out to travel, he discovered that Morton's amnesia was indeed related to witchcraft. .
Although the Red Horned Witch couldn't help Morton recover all of his memories, it was enough for Morton to remember his identity and the way to contact his subordinates.
After Morton contacted his subordinates, with the cooperation of the local city lord and the temple witch, he found Barry's house, found the hornless witch they secretly used, and found the storage bone necklace hidden by Barry.
The matter is now clear, when Barry ran into the injured Morton when he was out, he had a good impression of him and took him home. But Barry's father recognized Morton and thought it was an excellent opportunity to stand up, so he discussed with his daughter, using the hornless witch and herbs to make Morton lose his memory, and then searched for all items that could prove his identity. Morton has a relationship with Barry, and it is best to swear an oath in the temple.
And as long as Morton and Barry marry before God, even if Morton finds out that he still has a partner in the future, according to the law of the horned man, Barry, as an ignorant person, will be able to share Morton's property and status, at least get high compensation.
It's a pity that they were too anxious, and they drugged Morton to be in heat, and the traveling red-horned witch discovered that his amnesia was artificial. In the end, not only was the bamboo basket fetching water in vain, but he was also revoked his noble status by the city lord and expelled from the city .
Barry lost everything, but she was even more unwilling to let Morton go. She kept crying to Morton that she really loved him, but she didn't know anything, and everything was done by her father.
The more Barrie behaved, the more Morton hated her. In particular, Barry chased after Xuanyu City and stopped the Duchess who was going out to cry.
Just when Morton couldn't bear it and wanted to solve Barry completely, he found out that Barry was pregnant. According to the calculation of pregnancy, the child was probably his, and Barry said so.
Reluctantly, out of the emphasis on future generations - when the horned tribe first arrived in the Western Continent, due to the sparse population, they formulated a series of laws and regulations to protect future generations, such as no abortion, and this law is still valid today.
Although Morton didn't want the child to be born at all, Barry had already shouted out in front of everyone, and some political opponents also took the opportunity to attack him, so Morton had no choice but to let Barry give birth to the child, and sent a god attendant to supervise it in the temple in the case of.
"The child was born, and after a blood test by the great witch, it was confirmed that it was the father's child. My father kept the child according to the law, and gave Barry a large amount of compensation bone coins to let her go. But that Barry passed away not long ago. The year actually appeared again, and then he kept extorting property from my parents under the pretext of wanting to see the child.” Bu Hua shook his head, hating and despising this third party who ruined his parents’ relationship and his family.
"Why didn't you kill her?" Yuan Zhan, who had been silent all this time, spoke.
The three of them looked at him together, and Buhua smiled wryly, "We would like to, but because Barry made a lot of trouble, many people knew her, and my father's political enemies seemed to be helping her secretly. If we killed her, those People have an excuse to attack my father, after all, Barry deserves to die."
Yuan Zhan, "Why don't you lock her up? Find someone to watch her?"
Bu Hua, "We tried, but someone would always help her escape, and she seemed to have someone secretly protecting her, which is why she sometimes slipped into my house."
"White Horn Clan?" Yan Mo asked suddenly.
Buhua shook his head, "I don't know. Without clear evidence, we can't say anything."
Yan Mo grabbed the water glass to play with, and after a while he said jokingly: "Could it be that the Red Horn Tribe is secretly helping Bari?"
Bu Hua was taken aback, then laughed: "Why do you think so?"
Yan Mo shrugged, "I just think that the traveling red-horned witch appeared too timely. And don't you think there are some major contradictions between Barry and his father's actions?"
"Oh? How to say?"
Yan Mo raised his fingers, "First, they were too impatient and drugged the Duke of Morton to have a relationship with Barry. The Duke of Morton is not stupid, how could he not notice it? Second, the Duke of Morton has already said it afterwards She will try her best to make up for Barry. As long as Barry and her father are not too stupid, they should not bother to go to the temple to swear an oath to marry, but to accept Duke Morton's compensation. After all, Barry's father just wants to restore his past status and It's just glory, isn't it?"
Buhua didn't speak, and his expression became serious. It's not that they couldn't think of these problems, but as the parties involved, many things were not as clear as the bystanders.
Yan Mo can point it out, but he stands outside the three clans, and he comes from the era of information explosion.
Yan Mo is not sure if his guess is right, but as long as it can add a little more gap to the Horned Tribe, why not do it
"Third, since Barry's father can think of using the hornless witch and herbs to make Morton lose his memory, why is he so stupid to let Morton go to the temple? Isn't he worried that Morton will ask for help from the temple? And he can recognize it. Out of Morton, others will not recognize it?"
"Fourth, the red-horned witch who pointed out Morton's amnesia problem came too coincidentally. I don't believe in coincidences. I only believe that everything that happens in the world has traces, and all chances are the result of inevitable accumulation."
"Fifth, you also said that someone is secretly helping Barry, otherwise Barry would not be able to live until now, let alone give birth to a child. Who is your father? Can’t even look down on such a weak woman? So who is helping her? In fact, it’s easy to infer who gets the most benefit, who is the one who secretly helped Barry, and it’s more likely that this person is the biggest one behind everything. push hands."
Shan Dun watched Yan Mo's serious speculation, and he didn't take it seriously at all at first. He kept smiling and listening to it from the beginning, but at the end of the hearing, all his smiles had been put away.
Yan Mo concluded: "You can think about it carefully. What major events or changes happened around the Duke of Morton ten years ago? How has the political situation of your horned people changed? After Barry disappeared for a few years and reappeared, you What is father's attitude towards the white-horned people? And what happened afterwards that will affect his judgment?"
Buhua's face had completely changed, he stood up abruptly, and then sat down slowly.
Shan Dun pushed the water glass to him.
Buhua grabbed it and poured it down in one gulp.
Yan Mo said empathetically: "If you have anything to do, you can leave first. Ah Zhan and I live in the temple in the lower city, and the god servant there is called Zhong God servant."
Bu Hua raised his head, took out another domino and pushed it in front of Yan Mo, "You accept this first, if I'm not by your side, this at least can help you solve some small troubles."
"Thank you very much." Yan Mo is most concerned about another thing, he doesn't care how ugly the face is, "By the way, is that child white or black? Do you have non-solid-colored horns?"
This question was very impolite, but Bu Hua was not in the mood to joke with Yan Mo at this time, and replied perfunctorily: "The child is a white horn. Even if we are mixed, we don't have non-pure-color horns. We either inherit from our father or inherit the white horn." Mother."
"so."
The four reluctantly talked for a while, but Buhua couldn't sit still, Yan Mo waved him to leave quickly.
Although Bu Hua was anxious to see his father, he and Dan Dun personally sent Yan Mo and Yuan Zhan out of the Duke's mansion.
At this time, the sky had already turned dark, but there were street lights on the road and a bright moon in the sky, and the sight was relatively clear. Those who came back late naturally saw Prince Buhua and his friends personally sending the two hornless men out of the mansion.
At the door, Bari, who was crying on the ground, was no longer there. Yan Mo looked up at the moon sky and smiled slightly.
Yuan Zhan grabbed his hand, "Is what you analyzed true?"
Yan Mo bowed his head and smiled slyly, "Who knows, everything is possible. And some things just depend on how you think and from which angle you look at it."
Yuan Zhan seemed to understand something, and bumped him with his shoulder.
The two laughed together and walked forward slowly.
After walking for a while, Yan Mo slapped his forehead with his empty hand, "Where's Jiufeng?"
At the same time, Xuanyu City City Lord's Mansion.
"My lord, this is the hornless lamb delivered today."
The horned butler waved his hand, the waiter at the door opened the door, and the waiter who was waiting outside carried a row of cages into the hall.
There were low cries from the children in the cage, but their mouths were all covered with cloth strips without exception, and none of them could howl loudly. These children were not very old, they looked like they were all under the age of six, they were all like frightened quails, they would only cry and tremble in their cages, and some of them looked like they had been frightened to death.
All the people in the hall lowered their heads, and only the butler introduced in a calm manner: "Because of the recent boneware competition, many distinguished guests who also like to eat hornless lambs have come from all over the world. The amount is less."
The thin man sitting at the top put one hand on the armrest and frowned.
The housekeeper continued: "However, I have arranged for people to go to the nearby towns and villages to buy them, and I have also issued a task to the Wandering Association. I believe that enough lambs will be delivered to the house in a few days. My lord, see which one you want to use today ?”
The steward then signaled the waiter to bring the cages to the man one by one for him to pick.
Most of the hornless toddlers in the cage were as thin as ribs, and the two were a bit fleshy, and they were not as plump and round as a child should be.
The skinny man looked at everything critically, and finally leaned back and asked with disgust, "That's all? Has the devil boy been found yet?"
The butler bent down, "The city guards have arrested many of them, but they haven't found that devil boy yet."
"Hmm." The skinny man pinched the tip of his nose with his fingers, "Add another task to the Wandering Association. A hornless devil boy can be exchanged for 5,000 to 10,000 bone coins."
"yes."
"In addition, let's say it was my order to order those hornless people to hand over the devil boy voluntarily. If they don't hand over for a day, they will drive ten households of hornless civilians out of the city every day starting from the lower city, and confiscate all their property. The following children are all left behind."
The butler paused, "My lord, if you do this, the nobles and the temple..."
The skinny man sneered indifferently, "I'm going to stop being the patriarch anyway, right? But as long as I'm still the lord of Xuanyu City, I can give such an order. If the temple and other families have any objections, let them come to me directly. Some It's just people without horns, they also want to talk to me?"
The butler lowered his head, "Yes."
The skinny man swept the cage again, "You just said that the city guards caught a lot of hornless lambs?"
"yes."
"Go and buy it, just say I want it all."
"Yes, my lord."
Besides, what is Jiufeng doing at this time
At this time, Jiufeng was teasing a child with horns.
There is a short, pointed white horn on the Baihui point on the top of the child's head, and a seven-point closed eye pupil in the center of the forehead.
Yes, it's the eyes, even if you can't see the eyes inside, you can tell that it is definitely not the crystal on the forehead of an ordinary horned person.
This is a secret that the Buhua family didn't tell outsiders. Even the child's biological mother, Barry, didn't know, because the child was hugged away from birth, and she didn't even see it. Neither did.
People with horns value offspring, but they can make the Duke of Morton value it to such an extent that he would not hesitate to make his partner uncomfortable and his son uncomfortable, but also to keep this child by his side. How could this child be possible? Nothing special
Unbeknownst to Barry and her people behind the scenes, this special child with a third eye who was born to be a great witch is the most important reason why Barry is alive until now.
It stands to reason that once such a child is born, no matter whether it is sent to the temple or not, it must be reported to the temple, but Duke Morton concealed the situation of the child.
Why? Except probably the Duke of Morton and his most trusted companion, no one else knows.
Jiufeng stood on the edge of the window and jumped up and down. The child in the window stretched out his hand, and there were crumbs on his hand.
But who is Jiufeng, how could he peck at the bread crumbs? So he pecked the child's finger.
The child was not afraid, but took the opportunity to reach out and stroke Jiu Feng's back feathers.
Seeing that he was a child, Jiu Feng didn't move, and the child felt quite comfortable touching him.
"My name is Sumen, do you have a name? May I pick one for you?"
"Jie!" No, my young master already has a name, Jiufeng, what an awesome name it is!
It's a pity that Su Men couldn't understand Jiu Feng's yelling, "You have a small face like a human, can I call you a human face?"
"Jie!" What a terrible and ugly name! Jiufeng angrily pecked the child again.
The child lowered his head and laughed after a while, "Human face, do you like this name? Can you stay? I... Shhh, someone is coming, you should hide!"
Jiu Feng also heard footsteps, he didn't realize that the child was different from his slow reaction, and soon flew to the beam.
The child's eyes drooped, and he lay on the window and returned to his previous dazed appearance.
It was Bu Hua and a handsome man with horns who couldn't tell the age. From the names of the two, we could know that the man was the contemporary Duke of Morton.
Duke Morton saw the child lying on the window with complicated eyes. He turned his head and told his son, "Relocate him. The city is too chaotic during this time, especially next year... I'm afraid it's not safe for him to stay in the mansion."
"Father, do you think I will arrange the place for him, or you will arrange it for him?"
"Come here, don't let me know the place."
"Okay." Obviously no outsider was there, but what the father and son said still seemed to be playing charades.
After deciding on the child's whereabouts, the father and son began to whisper about other things. While talking, the two father and son packed the child's luggage by themselves.
On the beam, Jiufeng listened to the conversation between father and son verbatim.