The next day, Ye Bai took Ah Feng and his friend Zhao Yan to catch up with Xie Linlang.
Because they were in a hurry to save people, they didn't take much rest along the way. Ten days later, they climbed over the mountains, walked through the secret passage of the guards, passed through the border guard, and came to Broken Leaf City.
Marshland is a hilly country with dense forests, high mountains and swamps, and few flat areas.
As soon as he came to the land of the Swamp Country, Xie Linlang had a distinct sense of exoticism. Unlike the Zeguo, the Zeguo pursued the culture of the Central Plains. Except for the excessive love of luxury, it was similar to Daqin.
But the Marsh Kingdom is different. The people of Marsh Kingdom believe in the goddess of the forest, advocating the wind of nature, and most of them have to hunt, so they are mostly dressed in simple hunting clothes, and the decorations are mainly gorgeous feathers, gold, silver, As well as tulle, flowers and more.
Fortunately, although they have their own language, most people who live in the city can speak Mandarin.
As soon as they saw Xie Linlang and the others, they knew they were outsiders, but they didn't take offense at all, because these outsiders were generally generous and friendly to them.
After Xie Linlang changed into Marsh Country's clothes in Broken Leaf City, she continued to set off with everyone.
Their destination is a place called Lilac City, where the people they used to hold darts lived there, and not far from Lilac City is the Snake Bone Forest.
Xie Linlang looked at the map on the carriage and calculated the distance, but Ah Feng and the others were very nervous.
The closer they got, the more worried they became. Big Brother Gu and the others have been missing for almost 20 days now, and they don't know how they are now...
Seeing this, Xie Linlang asked in order to divert their attention.
"Do you still remember the route into the mountain?"
A Feng came back to his senses and nodded vigorously, "Remember, Brother Gu specially trained us to remember the way and observe people."
Xie Linlang raised her eyebrows and asked, "What are the characteristics of that escort person?"
Ah Feng frowned and thought for a while, "Lord, although that man is a man, he is not tall and looks very thin. He has an ordinary appearance and has no special features, except that there is a red mole behind his ear."
Seeing that his memory is so good, Xie Linlang couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"How old are you?"
A Feng said quickly, "It's fourteen."
Zhao Yan next to him whispered, "I'm fifteen."
Xie Linlang nodded, "Then how many years I am older than you, you two will call me Brother Xie directly in the future, you don't need to call me adults."
The two teenagers nodded quickly, and a few days later, the carriage came to Lilac City.
Going further, the carriage would not work, so they split up.
Xie Linlang took someone to find the escort, and Xunfeng used the carriage to exchange for the mule.
When Xie Linlang and the others passed by, the people of the surrounding Swamp Kingdom would look at them intentionally or not.
It's not that they found out that they are not from Swamp Country, but Xie Linlang looked a little too good-looking after changing into Swamp Country's clothes.
Because it was still cold, Xie Linlang wore a white feather cloak, and her long hair was not tied with a crown, but like the men here, half tied up, with a lake blue bird feather inserted in it, and half braided. In small braids, long hanging down behind.
In addition, she also wears a delicately woven silver thread on her forehead, and wears a gemstone bracelet on her hand, which makes her already delicate appearance even more beautiful.
When the winter sun fell on her through the tree gap, people seemed to see the legendary forest elf, and naturally couldn't help but look at it again and again.
The reason why Xie Linlang did not disguise is because her androgynous looks are very popular in the local area.
Because the seven children conceived by the legendary goddess of the forest are all incomparable, like the sky cast, so the men and women of the Swamp country all pursue this exquisite beauty.
He also believed that the more beautiful a person was, the closer the bloodline was to the goddess. Naturally, the Virgin of the Snake Spirit was the most beautiful woman in Numokuni's opinion.
Relying on the advantage of appearance, Xie Linlang was not suspected of being a nobleman of the Swamp Country at all.
And no matter what she wanted to know, someone was rushing to give her an answer, so she quickly got a general understanding of the current situation in Numokuni.
After the previous defeat, the Swamp Kingdom royal family was completely silent. After that, the emperor seemed to be seriously ill, and then let his first prince handle political affairs, and he no longer appeared.
Xie Linlang heard the words and was thoughtful. At this time, Afeng pulled her sleeve and pointed to the stilted corridor on the hillside not far away.
"It's there."
The architectural style of Swamp Country is very different from that of Daqin. Because of the humidity, most of the buildings here are stilted buildings, or short wooden buildings.
They also didn't build a road. The whole Lilac City is a road that people stepped on. On both sides of the road are meadows and flowers in early spring, and not far away are forests and trees. The whole town is perfectly integrated with nature. There is a breath of spring.
The building A Feng pointed to was the place where the person who received the escort lived last time. It was on the hillside with a small piece of bamboo planted around it.
Xie Linlang hurriedly brought them over to visit, but after knocking for a long time, no one answered.
At this time, the woman who was drying the fruit saw this and took the initiative to say.
"This honorable guest, the people who lived here have moved, and it is now empty and unoccupied."
Xie Linlang raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard the words, "Do you know where he moved to?"
The woman thought for a while and said, "Someone saw him carrying a heavy load to the Snake Bone Forest, and then he never came out."
Xie Linlang nodded and thanked, but still wanted to go in and have a look. Although the people left, there might be evidence left.
Just as she was about to break in, a group of people rode into the city, shouting as they ran.
"The sixteen princes rebelled, stabbed the saint, and defected to Ye Yecheng! Everyone listens. Once they find the prince's trace, they will immediately report to the city division. If they dare to hide criminals, they will all sit together!"
They shouted over and over again, gradually moving from the east of the city to the west of the city.
Xie Linlang was still thinking, what's the use of them shouting like that? If there is no bounty or something, who will provide clues
Unexpectedly, after they ran past, all the local people whispered, and some people said angrily.
"The prince has a snake totem on his wrist, we must pay more attention, don't let this defector go unpunished!"
"God, how dare he hurt the saint? He will be punished by the goddess!"
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These kinds of voices came over one after another, and Xie Linlang was a little puzzled. Fortunately, Ah Feng knew a little and explained in her ear.
"The people of Swamp Country are very united and very xenophobic. That's why I suggested before that there must be a Swah Country identity, otherwise once it is discovered that they are foreigners, the people here will not tell us anything. ."
"And that saint is also very prestigious in Swamp Country, because the whole nation of Swamp country believes in the goddess of the forest, and as the representative of the goddess, the saint is naturally admired by all the people of Swamp country, they say that the prince who defected stabbed the saint, There will definitely be outrage."
Xie Linlang suddenly realized, and at the same time, she thought with some uncertainty.
Sixteen princes? Could it be Baishui Qiye