When Qingyuan and Xifeng were not there, Baili Qingfeng took Xiao Huoyue'er and Zhong Ning off the boat.
The female guards of the Land of Flowers had already been waiting under the boat, and when everyone got off the boat, they led them forward. There is not a single word of nonsense, not a word to say, anyone who is curious asks questions, but also cold and never pays any attention.
In summer, the island is green with green grass, prosperous trees, and bright summer flowers. The vigor of the island is very different from what they look like from a distance. But Rao is set off by the summer scene, which still makes people feel deserted here. After walking for a long time, someone asked how long it was going to go, but the guard still didn't answer.
Complaining a lot, the leader turned his head and said coldly: "If you don't want to go forward, just turn around and go back. The returning ship will be waiting on the shore at any time."
The man who was slapped by the cold words was angry and ridiculous: "Your Flower Country invited us, but I didn't expect it to be treated like this."
The guard glanced at him and said contemptuously, "We invite talented people from all over the world to come, not a crooked melon like you."
The man almost fainted out of anger, pointed at her and shivered and yelled at her. Seeing that she still ignored it, he got angry and scolded: "You bitch, if it weren't for this country of flowers, how could it be your turn to be a bitch like you? The maid speaks!"
Baili Qingfeng heard the words and said, "Brother, but this is the land of flowers. If you want to be wild, and don't look at the place, you are not afraid of offending other girls and being thrown into the sea to feed sea monsters?"
The man bullied the soft and feared the hard. Seeing that he was tall and dressed like an ordinary person, he hesitated for a moment and said nothing.
When the group of them left, he attacked his back, very fierce. Who would have thought that before taking a few steps, he would trip over something under his feet, and the trip would make him fall face down, and his nose bleeds from the fall.
He looked back at his feet, and seemed to see a black shadow flying away. When he looked closely, there was nothing there.
Yue'er flew from under his feet back to Baili Qingfeng's shoulder, humming: "I'm impatient, and I'm scolding others."
Baili Qingfeng smiled and said, "Well done, Miss Yue'er."
Yue'er, who was praised, scratched his head, a little embarrassed. It was originally afraid that this god would accept monsters like it, but just now it found out that this god is also a reasonable immortal like Qinglong.
After walking for another half an hour, some people gradually became exhausted and did not want to go any more, clamoring to go back. There are so many people, it is not difficult to find a few "like-minded" people, and it will not take long for some people to leave.
After walking for another half an hour, they, who had been moving forward, finally found something wrong, and stopped and said, "They have been taking us in circles!"
As soon as the words came out, word of mouth spread, and the remaining 8,000 people were in an uproar. When there were too many people, they just focused on walking and didn't pay attention to the nearby scenery at all. Now when someone said that they took a serious look, they really found that they had just passed by.
"What the hell is this country of flowers doing?"
"If you didn't sincerely invite us here, why would you tease people like this!"
"Don't go, let's go back!"
The voices of going back have filled the crowd, or they really want to go, or they just complain, or put pressure on the guards.
Baili Qingfeng looked at them without saying a word. This country of flowers is strange, but it is because of the strangeness that people are curious and want to go further.
The guards seemed to have become numb to this situation. They waited for a while before finally saying: "If you don't want to go forward, just turn around and go back. The returning ship is waiting on the shore at any time."
It was still the same cold words, and more people left angrily than before.
In the blink of an eye, there were many fewer people in the advancing team.
Baili Qingfeng was counting how many people were left, when he saw a crooked old woman walking by on crutches and continued to follow the guards. The old woman's back was bleak and firm, and every step was a little difficult. That's right, an old man who stayed up at sea for a day and a night and walked for an hour just after disembarking, young people may not be able to bear it.
This old woman, what is she going to do in the land of flowers
Xifeng slept very well this night, but when he woke up, his waist was a little sore, and his sleeping posture was not correct. When he woke up, he was tortured.
She rubbed her waist, her hands couldn't reach her back completely, and it was very painful.
Qing Yuan sat on the side and watched her slap her left and right, and asked, "Xifeng, have you been possessed by the monkey spirit?"
Xifeng, whose hands were entangled in knots with his body, had no time to curse, twisted his body, twisted himself into a hemp rope, and collapsed to the ground, feeling that he was about to become a snake spirit. She was unable to exhale and said, "Will you beat me?"
As soon as Qing Yuan's hand touched her, she thought of a very serious matter, grabbed his hand with a backhand, and said with a trembling voice, "Be gentle, don't smash my waist."
"You have to trust my strength."
"I just trust your strength too much!" Xifeng pleaded, "Promise me first, if you try too hard, I'll scold you."
"... Xifeng, don't scold people at every turn."
Xifeng laughed at himself: "I'm not a little fairy anyway."
Qing Yuan removed her hand, thought for a moment, tapped her on the back lightly, and said, "You're not, why do you keep comparing yourself to the little fairy."
"They are better than me."
"No." Qing Yuan said, "You are better, better than any little fairy."
Xifeng paused, leaning on the cloud, she turned her head to look at him, a little unbelievable: "So you keep saying that I'm not a little fairy, because... I'm better than a little fairy, so I can't be included in the ranks of little fairies?"
Qing Yuan frowned and asked, "Otherwise what do you think it is?"
Xifeng looked at him blankly, blushing, and buried his head in the soft cloud.
She knew that Qing Yuan was a poisonous tongue, but his poisonous tongue was straightforward. He said that you are ugly, that is really ugly, not swearing, he is just not hypocritical and does not understand the world. People who like it will like it, but people who hate it will also really hate it.
This kind of character is not good, because if there is no so-called hypocrisy, the world will probably be in chaos.
But the west wind likes it.
He said that you are not a fairy, not that you are not as good as a fairy, but because you are better than a fairy.
The little fairy is beautiful and good, but Xifeng did not expect that in his heart, he is even more beautiful and better than the little fairy.
Her heart was thumping, and she couldn't resist the sweet words at all.
Qing Yuan looked at her very sadly, and when it was over, Xifeng's heart beat like a drum again, which was not normal.
The force of the beating on the back is very restrained, not heavy, just right. Xifeng was in a good mood, and felt that his waist didn't hurt as much. She got up, her face was still flushed, she looked at Qing Yuan and wanted to kiss him.
My heart beat even more, thumping.
Qing Yuan looked at her very sadly and said, "Xifeng, your heart is beating so fast, shouldn't it be, you're going to die?"
"... Bah, Bah!" Xifeng was disgusted, and she thought to herself that this dragon would harm other girls in the future, so she absolutely couldn't let him go. She shook his hand, "Not dead, alive and kicking. Let's go to the Land of Flowers. It's time for them to arrive, but Zhong Ning shouldn't think we ran away halfway."
"Yeah." Qing Yuan leaned over and hugged her, wanting to hug her for a while, like walking around with her that night in the woods. But there is still something to do now, and if she delays her earning a little money, she will be beaten.
Small money first, he second.
He understands too well.
It was already evening, the setting sun was golden, the clouds filled the sky, and the island was reflected in orange-red all over the mountains, smeared with green scenery, and hung like a maple forest.
The people who have been on the island for more than an hour have been following the guards in repeated circles. At the end, no one complained - those who complained have already left, and the rest of the people know that this is the country of flowers. It's no use complaining to them.
It is so easy to enter the hinterland of the Flower Country and meet the Empress.
The more you understand, the more willing you are to follow the guards.
It's just that some people couldn't support it and were forcibly sent away by the guards.
After another half an hour, Baili Qingfeng counted a little and found that there were only more than 3,000 people left.
There were 15,000 people at the time of departure. Those who were attacked by sea monsters fell into the sea, and three ships returned on the way. After landing on the island, they complained and left. When they were circling, they were not physically fit. Twelve thousand people.
This seems to be a screening level deliberately set by the land of flowers.
Baili Qingfeng said with emotion: "Sure enough, the country of flowers will not let so many people enter easily. It counts as many as 150,000 people. I heard that there are only more than 800,000 people on this island, and 150,000 people are allowed to enter. The country will perish, the Empress is not stupid."
Rong Qi, who has been with him since disembarking, knew that he was guarded by an invisible divine beast and said, "Can someone who can govern a country be stupid? It's just that this island is full of women, and there are no men, so how can you give birth to children? I'm afraid I went outside to find a man who was pregnant, so I'll come back."
His words were full of sarcasm and no respect.
Zhong Ning glanced at him indifferently and said, "Women in the land of flowers can have children without men, so there are no men on the island. Similarly, men are useless except to give women a child."
This statement made Rong Qi feel aggrieved and awkward. He chuckled and said, "Without a man, what is the joy of being a woman."
Zhong Ning sneered: "You might as well say that without women, it is no fun to be a man. Men, rely on women to live, without women, neither can set off your vanity, nor can you be satisfied, and you don't even want to have children. ."
Rong Qi was so humiliated that his face was red, but he couldn't refute for a while, and turned to Baili Qingfeng: "The Taoist priest is a judge."
Baili Qingfeng smiled and said: "Both men and women, they are all creatures that coexist in the six realms, and there is a reason for their existence. I like girls, but I also respect them. If you don't respect them, don't blame them for looking down on you. Look, Miss Zhong has spoken coldly to me like this."
Rong Qi said angrily, "Because you look good!"
He didn't want to go with them anymore, so he walked away in anger.
Baili Qingfeng waved to him: "Hey, I haven't finished speaking yet."
Rong Qi turned back angrily: "What do you want to say?"
Baili Qingfeng rolled his eyes and said, "I look really good."
"… "
Rong Qi was furious, because he had a divine beast and didn't dare to insult him, so he scolded and walked away in a low voice.
Baili Qingfeng smiled, and the white-faced scholar stroked his palms and said, "It's very good."
The old woman also sneered softly: "This is because there are many ugly people."
Baili Qingfeng saw that she was panting and limping, but she was still walking with the team, and asked worriedly, "Mother-in-law is leaving?"
"Let's go." The old woman hunched her back and followed closely with her teeth clenched, not falling even half a step.
No matter what purpose she came to the Land of Flowers for, Baili Qingfeng was in awe of her and was a powerful old man.
The long line stopped suddenly, as if the guards had stopped.
They didn't stop, and everyone went numb, and no one made a sound. But when they stopped, it was like seeing a light in the dark night, which made everyone feel hopeful.
After a while, the team moved again, and the people behind were disappointed. After walking more than ten feet, I suddenly found that it was no longer a circle, but a new path.
Everyone was in an uproar and was surprised.
Entering from the new road, you will see a canyon. The rocks on both sides of the canyon are more than 20 feet high. On the top of the peak, they are connected like hands, thus forming a natural hole.
Everyone passed through from below, lamenting the god-given magic of this small island.
Baili Qingfeng was accustomed to seeing this spectacle, it was nothing. Following everyone's line of sight, he looked up, and when he retracted his gaze, he suddenly found that there seemed to be two more figures beside him. At a glance, he saw that his friend and Xifeng had returned.
He slightly pulled the corners of his lips and said, "You guys came back in time. We've been around this island for a long time and have just entered the new road. It seems that we are really going to see the Empress."
Xifeng raised his finger and swore, "We didn't come back with the time." She saw that the others were still looking at the scenery, but Zhong Ning, who was not surprised by the two people who appeared in an instant, thinking that this island was her I grew up in a family, so it's not surprising that it's not surprising. She was just curious about one thing, and said in a low voice, "Since Miss Zhong is the guard of the Empress, why does she have to go around with us instead of leading us directly?"
Baili Qingfeng didn't know that she was actually this identity, and was surprised for a while, but also felt reasonable. Only such guards can guard the Empress.
Zhong Ning said, "Direct? You disappeared at sea, how can I lead you?"
It seemed that there was nothing wrong with what he said, but it was more perfunctory, so Xifeng didn't ask any more questions.
Zhong Ning said again, "I'm just hiding something from you."
"Aren't you the head guard?"
"Of course, you can ask other guards. It's just that the Empress ordered me to go find a demon hunter in private. Others don't know about it, so when you see the Empress, don't mention it." After speaking, Zhong Ning said again. Said, "It doesn't matter, anyway, you can't get close to the body of the Empress, and you can't speak."
"You can't speak?" Xifeng became more and more suspicious of Zhong Ning's statement that he wanted to catch a demon, but the suspicion turned into suspicion. Her purpose was to get the golden bracelet, not because the giant tree in the Land of Flowers would not bloom.
The guard leading the way stopped again, turned around and said, "I will enter the main road later, don't talk, I will lead you all the way to the palace."
Everyone responded, and some people couldn't help but look forward to it. There has never been a man's country, the girls look just like the outside world, how will they react when they see a man.
Just thinking about it makes me curious.
After leaving the canyon and walking more than a hundred feet in the suburbs, I finally saw the road paved with bluestone. Xu is because it is an island and there is not much flat land, so the houses on both sides are almost four or five stories high. The road is very wide, not a straight road, but it can lead to the end of the street, some winding, at a glance...you can see the end.
No girls are welcome.
No girl was watching.
More than 3,000 people entered the main road, like a group of ants passing by, silently. Occasionally, I saw a corner of the house window being opened, only to see a strand of long hair, and the window slammed shut.
Not fear, but disgust.
This surprised everyone and didn't want to believe it.
Xifeng was also surprised, this was completely different from what she had imagined. Even if this is a place where men have never appeared before, it is not so malicious to them.
"Miss Zhong, why are they so cold to us?"
Baili Qingfeng also asked: "Yes, why?"
Where is his little fairy, where is his flower? Can't see it, it's not in vain.
Zhong Ning glanced at them and said to Xifeng, "It's not that I'm indifferent to you, it's just that I'm indifferent to men." She was silent for a moment before saying, "The baby girl in the land of flowers, born every year by a giant tree, is nine hundred and ninety-nine. There are nine people, but there are more than 800,000 people on our island, even if it is a hundred years, it will be less than 100,000 people. The year the baby is born, many old people will die."
Xifeng then remembered this incident and said, "So the women on this island are not only from the giant tree?"
"Yes. There have always been people walking around the Ten Kingdoms in the Land of Flowers."
The old woman frowned and asked, "Abduct the baby girl and become a citizen of the Land of Flowers?"
"We brought back not only baby girls, but also girls and women. Except for baby girls who were abandoned by their parents, the rest of the girls, girls, women, and old women came voluntarily."
"Voluntary?" Xifeng seemed to understand something. She knew that there were many suffering women in the Ten Kingdoms, but she did not expect that they would be taken to this island by the people of the Land of Flowers, and together they formed this girl-only girl. Kingdom, "No wonder... they didn't welcome people from the outside world, but with disgust."
Most of the people who come here have experienced misfortune, and most of the misfortunes of women in the world come from men. So even if they go to a new place, they still have hatred for men. This hatred, according to word of mouth, will make girls who have lived here and never left the island, and who have seen men outside, dislike men.
So let's not say welcome in the middle of the road, it's good not to throw stones at them.
Among the more than 3,000 people, there were only one or two hundred women who came to join in the fun. Most of them were men. How could the people on the island show kindness.
The white-faced scholar asked: "Since the people don't like men, why do they let so many men land on the island? Shouldn't the Empress be refining medicine from living people?"
Although Xifeng found this statement to be terrifying, it was not untenable.
When you think about it, it's terrifying.
Weird, everything is weird.
Most of the islands are low mountains, not too high mountains, and not too much flat land. After going through the winding main road and going up the middle of the mountain, there are still houses on the two roads. When you are about to reach the top, you will see that there is a building on the mountain peak that is different from other houses.
It was the palace of the Queen of Flowers.
The palace is located on the top of the mountain, almost flattening a large area of the mountain, and it is not fortified to the outside world, so there is no high wall surrounding it, so that people can see the majestic and unique palace at a glance.
Because the Empress does not have any relationship by marriage, the Empress chooses the baby girl to enter the palace every year. After the previous Empress passes away, the new Empress will take over. Therefore, in this palace, apart from the Empress, there are only the next successor and the palace maid, so the house does not need. a lot of.
It's just that, after all, it's where the Queen lives, so there are pillars two or three feet high around the mountains, and behind each pillar are the scarlet gates that enter the palace. At the back of the palace, there is a tall tower with pearls on the cornices to show the difference.
"Can you build such a house with only the power of a woman?" One couldn't help but wonder, "I'm afraid there are men on this island."
No one answered his suspicions, although everyone felt doubts in their hearts.
Approaching the palace, there was still no human voice. Qing Yuan listened carefully, and did not hear anyone talking, not even the breath of anyone. He looked up at the quiet palace and said, "Where did the person who came first go?"
It was only at this time that Xifeng noticed this problem. After thinking about it, after they went to the island, they didn't see a man. She asked, "Not on this island?"
Qing Yuan shook his head and said, "Not here."
While speaking, they had arrived at the palace and entered through the gates.
The palace maid led more than 3,000 of them into the hall, and the invisible solemn atmosphere made everyone quiet down and waited for the empress to come out.
After traveling a long way, they were tired and gave up somewhat in their hearts - probably the Empress will not come out, after all, there are too many tricks in the Flower Country, it is completely unimaginable, and there is no expectation.
After a while, there was a clanging sound of a palace maid pulling up the bead curtain, which attracted the depressed people to look there.
The two palace maids gently pulled the bead curtain, and a woman with jade complexion walked out slowly.
The woman was tall and slender. She was wearing a broad white robe that dragged the floor, embroidered with elegant orchids, and the black jade-like blue silk was lightly tied into a half bun with a hosta, and the blue silk fell down to her waist, and there was not a single strand of mess. There was a pair of cold eyes under a little vermilion between his foreheads. Qingcheng's face is lightly adorned with Fendai, solemn and luxurious, and it is a majesty that cannot be desecrated.
That is the Queen of Flowers, Jiu Ling.