The big golden-red fish was swimming in the air, and while its pectoral fins were flapping in an orderly manner, the treasure ship below was also slowly drifting into the distance. The setting sun filtered through the mountain col, shining onto the deck of the ship, revealing a dazzling and warm reflection.
It's all a brilliant dusk scene.
On the bow of the ship, Linglong looked at everything in front of her with curiosity, looked at the sky, opened her mouth, and said loudly "Ah" to the outside. After the last thing, she leaned on the board with both hands to support her chin, and became quiet.
.
"Lu Ming, let's take this boat and go directly to your royal capital?"
Beside him, Lu Ming looked sideways at the girl whose face was reflected in the golden sunset light. She was much quieter at the moment, and her fair and translucent face exuded an indescribable tranquility. Suddenly she tilted her head slightly.
, squinted his eyes and smiled,
Lu Ming's expression moved slightly, and he wanted to turn his head away, but in the end he only stayed at the level of thoughts. Instead, he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to smooth her hair that was flying in the wind, and said softly: "No, I just asked, this ship's
The destination is not Zhaodu, so we have to get off at the next stopping point of the ship, and then someone will pick us up."
"There's still someone to pick up~"
Turning her head to the side, Lingling held her head with one hand instead, raised her little face and asked with a smile: "Are you the king's exclusive guard?"
"That's right,"
Lu Ming recalled the bird-men with wings that had been with him since he was a child. He was slightly speechless, but he still nodded slightly.
Unexpectedly, the bodyguards of this majestic king turned out to be a group of birds with wings...angels!
As a semi-traditional Eastern man, Lu Ming subconsciously felt that it was a bit unreliable for these Western birdmen to act as his bodyguards. After all, in every novel he read, those white little cuties were basically killed indiscriminately.
exist.
White angels usually fight against the five scum~
It really makes him feel less safe.
"The king's guards are the ones who wear strong armor and hold sharp swords in their hands. Then after the king gives an order, they step forward to resist the enemy without fear of life or death."
Linglong's eyes were full of curiosity. She pinched her chin with her free hand, thought for a while, and continued: "Just like us fire weavers, we know that there will be sacrifices in extinguishing the earth fire, but we still do it.
It is our mission to do this regardless of our own safety.”
"Lu Ming, am I right? A sense of mission."
"A sense of mission~" Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Maybe that's right."
Before it was really a matter of life and death, he didn't think these so-called guards could help him. This world was somewhat similar to the ancient environment in his previous life, but it was clearly different from that world.
The humanities, history, local customs and customs here are full of fantasy and fantasy. It can be said that it is not like the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Just like those fire weavers, leaving aside their work of extinguishing the earth fire, they are really just ordinary people.
They are just ordinary people living in remote mountain villages.
As for the so-called sense of mission, it must be cultivated from an early age. Only something engraved in the bones is not easy to change.
The concept of respect and inferiority was probably still useful five hundred years ago when the royal family was at its peak, but in the hands of a king like him who actually controlled only one city in the area, it probably didn't have much reality.
Otherwise, Marquis Pingjiang would not have thought about finding the existence of the God Lord. The purpose can be imagined.
"What does it mean to be maybe right? Right is right, and wrong is wrong."
Linglong hummed, frowned slightly, and said slightly dissatisfied.
Lovely people are lovely no matter what they do.
Every word and every action she makes can affect the mood of others.
Maybe Linglong is this kind of person... Lu Ming couldn't help but smile softly, stretched out his finger and flicked her forehead. When Linglong frowned and widened her eyes threateningly, he stopped his hand and turned to look at the sunset, calmly
said:
"In my memory, I am not a son of the royal family. I am a distant relative of the royal family. I have lived in a small city on the northern border since I was a child. My father resisted foreign city lords and had a group of warriors who were good at fighting under his command."
"There is a special type of race called the 'Yue Ling Tribe'. The 'Yue Ling Tribe' is born with two wings and can fly freely between heaven and earth. However, except for flying, it is far inferior to the wild aliens in other areas. Therefore, in ancient times, the 'Yue Ling Tribe'
The Ling people were often captured by lords and princes from various places and used as slaves and menial jobs as messengers."
"Until my father's generation, the royal family declined and was unable to provide military support to the border. In order to resist the foreigners on the border, he temporarily recruited the 'Yue Ling Clan' to serve as his soldiers. Unexpectedly, the 'Yue Ling Clan' experienced countless hardships.
After years of torture, I cherish this only time to enjoy a normal life."
"They were brave and good at fighting, and eventually became a great help to my father, helping him to secure the city."
Having said this, Lu Ming paused and pointed to the north following his memory, "Originally, according to normal development, I should have taken over as the new city lord after my father died of old age and retired."
"But you are the king now, so something must have happened, right?" Linglong looked up.
"Yes, the accident happened suddenly and disrupted my original life." Lu Ming nodded lightly, stretched out his hand and changed direction, turning towards the direction of the royal capital, with an incomprehensible expression and a faint tone,
"The king of Zhaodu died suddenly, and since the previous king had no direct blood relatives, it was necessary to select a descendant from the collateral line to succeed him."
"And I became the lucky one who was successfully selected into the royal capital and became the new king."
It doesn't matter if a king has no direct blood relatives. There are no other royal children in the royal capital, so he has to choose a distant relative to succeed the throne in the bitter cold borderland.
It's really unbelievable, but logically speaking, the royal family has no clan and no direct bloodline, so it seems to be a natural thing to select smart and talented people from the side lineage to succeed the new king.
But it was precisely this naturalness that made Lu Ming feel weird. In his memory, just two days after he ascended the throne, his father on the border unexpectedly died in battle.
The surrounding environment seems to be intentionally or unintentionally creating a lonely king.
"Are you trying to say that your throne is unstable?"
Following his words, Linglong frowned and said.
"No, it's not just that my throne is unstable. It should be that the royal family's throne has been unstable a long time ago. It's just because the Ming family has controlled this continent for a long time and has unimaginable cohesion. The ancestors of the people have been here since I was born
All the education I received when I grew up, from habits to cognition, has been ingrained in me, and I know who the royal family above is."
"That's why the royal family is lucky enough to support my generation."
"However, this habit is gradually weakening. The most obvious one is Pingting, the territory of Pingjiang Marquis."
Lu Ming also frowned and left Zhihuo. He would face the mess in the capital. As he read through his memories, the more he learned, the more worried he became.
Damn it, I feel like I might become the last emperor at any time.
Moreover, this was the feudal era. If the dynasty really wanted to change, he didn't believe that the princes would do anything to let the previous emperor live in his old age.
The first half of his life as a king was very messy. First he was the son of a lord, and then he accidentally became the king. Then he found that the king was an empty air. He thought that relying on his father's military force on the border would not be too ugly, but he didn't pass.
Two years later, the father, the lord, also died.
The more Lu Ming thought about it, the more nonsense he felt. It was too much of a conspiracy theory.
Sighing helplessly, Lu Ming turned his head and saw the girl next to him. Thinking of the way she used her hands to crush the powder when she transformed, he felt relieved.
Fortunately, although the time traveler plug-in arrived a little late, it still came anyway.
Linglong didn't think Lu Ming's first half of his life was ridiculous, but after listening to his story, she felt in her heart that Lu Ming was not having an easy life as a king. This was different from what she imagined a king would do if he was surrounded by everyone.
He seemed to be doing something completely different, so whether it was from the bottom of her heart or from other directions, she wanted to comfort him.
Linglong straightened her expression, grabbed Lu Ming's arm, "Don't worry, I will protect you from now on."
"..."
Lu Ming glanced at the girl who had become more sympathetic, twitched his mouth slightly, raised his arm, and reached out to pinch her face, but Linglong cleverly dodged it, and he was a little stunned for a moment.
Has this girl become smarter?
"Why do you like to pinch my face?" Linglong frowned, patted Lu Ming's hand, and couldn't help but ask.
"I can't help it, you're too cute."
Lu Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile, not at all the sad and sentimental look he had just now as he was stuck in memories.
It seems that he has become a different person from just now.
"Really?"
She asked first, but before Lu Ming could give a reply, Linglong immediately refreshed herself and asked, "Why isn't she beautiful?"
"The word "beautiful" is overused. In my eyes, you are a good boy."
Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Why do I feel that my level with you is getting lower and lower, as if I have become a child." Linglong frowned and looked at Lu Ming, becoming more and more annoyed.
"Haha." Lu Ming laughed out loud, laughed for a while, raised his arm and leaned on her shoulder, "Linglong, thank you for wanting to comfort me so much, but that's it."
"I am a person who has been tortured countless times by the capital hodgepodge in the 21st century. I don't pay attention to the plight of the royal family at all. I can handle it with my backhand."
"..." Looking at Lu Ming who suddenly changed his appearance, Linglong couldn't keep up with this guy's brain circuit, and was stunned. After carefully looking at it for a long time, she was sure that Lu Ming was not joking, so she asked: "Are you really...
Are you suddenly so, so confident?"
"I've always been very confident. I wasn't telling you about my past just now. It was just telling me a story for myself." Turning his head, Lu Ming looked at the sunset, with an indifferent attitude, and murmured:
"I have already made money in my first rebirth!"
"As for the rest, it's all nonsense."
Lowering his head, Lu Ming looked at the girl who was a little dazed because she couldn't keep up with the situation, and said with a smile: "To use a saying from my hometown, wipe your nose first and then pull up your pants, and then you will embark on the road to society."
"The first half of my materialistic life has passed, and I stand here today as a brand new and fantastic self."
"...You!" Linglong looked at Lu Ming and hesitated, her little brain really couldn't keep up with the thoughts of this nervous person, but she felt that this kind of brain nerve was unusually familiar.
Stupid, crazy, nervous.
That person's name is Lu Ming.
"Well, there's really nothing we can do about you."
She frowned and thought for a long time, but Linglong couldn't recall where that familiar feeling was, so she chose to let herself go and cooperate with him. She made her hands like a trumpet and shouted outside, "Ah!"
"Starting from today, I am also a brand new and lovely Linglong!"
"How can you learn from me?" Lu Ming turned his head and looked slightly dissatisfied.
"cut,"
Linglong pouted and ignored this guy because she was afraid that if she continued, Lu Ming would bring up a new topic.
It's really baffling that they were obviously talking about escorts, but how did they become Lu Ming's past and draw a clear line between them.
…
Behind the two of them, on the deck of the ship, a middle-aged man with a black mustache and shrewd eyes appeared at some point. He was looking towards the two of them at the moment.
Lu Ming's perception was very strong, and he soon realized that someone was looking at him from behind. He patted Linglong's arm, and the two turned around.
"housekeeper?"
"Both guests, it's going to be evening soon, please come to the house to rest." The housekeeper smiled, cupped his hands, and said softly.
"Can't you stay outside at night?"
Linglong asked.
"When did Weisheng's fishing boats have this rule?" Lu Ming also asked.
"That's not true." The butler smiled, looking a little helpless, and pointed to the second floor, "To tell you the truth, there is a distinguished guest above who doesn't like to make noise. The deck is empty and the sound can travel far.
If you two want to chat and relieve your boredom, how about I ask my servants to prepare some food and wine to go in?"
"This will not save us from difficulties."
As the housekeeper spoke, he lowered his body and showed a slightly humble attitude.
Lu Ming looked at him and smiled, holding Linglong's hand and walking towards the back room, and at the same time said, "Then I'll trouble you, housekeeper."
Linglong was pulled by Lu Ming's big hand and pressed it with a slight force. She was slightly silent and speechless. She couldn't help but ask until she followed Lu Ming to the side room.
"What happened to that person just now?"
Lu Ming did not answer directly, but pointed to the wooden board under his feet and said: "This ship belongs to the Weishengyan family. Weishengyan is the richest man in Suchuan. According to his own introduction, the man just now is Weishengyan."
The steward of the Shengyan family."
"A rich man and a butler, what's wrong with that?"
Linglong lowered her head and thought for a while. She didn't understand the problem, but still looked at Lu Ming in confusion.
"Weisheng Yan's home is in Pingting, which is the fiefdom of Pingjiang Marquis." Lu Ming's eyes were dark and he said unhurriedly: "And we are a boat on Zhihuo, even if I gave enough gold.
, he, a steward of the Wei Sheng Yan Family, shouldn't have such respect for me when he doesn't know my identity."
"What's more, he also said that there are two distinguished guests upstairs."
"Is he from Pingjiang Marquis?" Linglong came back to her senses and suddenly exclaimed: "Isn't it right for someone who wants to harm us to be a bone-eater?"
Lu Ming shook his head slightly, then nodded slightly. With Linglong's confused look on his face, he looked out the window, "It doesn't matter who he is. What's important is that he picked us up on the boat. As long as tonight is over, I will understand."