Chapter 447: New Friends
This new city built on the edge of the desert has no name, and in the desert where the yellow sand blows, the new city blooms with greenery, and the bright sunlight shines through the dense vines, leaving dappled lights and dark shadows, and the whole city is full of dreamlike colors.
And Tian Xian is now doing a lot of things in this fantastic and beautiful city.
Sitting on the small wooden table in front of the window, Tian Xian was writing hard, the thick stack of parchment made a "rustling" sound, and the black handwriting on the paper was very conspicuous in the sun.
Long Jiu sat across from Tian Xian, trying to keep smiling, but his face was really much gloomy than usual, and the "rustling" writing sound was like a talisman that tormented his nerves.
"Huh!" Tian Xian flipped the page and continued to write.
Long Jiu glanced at the agreement that had already written two pages full, and finally couldn't help it, "Little brother Tianxian, do you want to completely empty me? I'm just a powerless prince." ”
He didn't raise his head and continued to write, "That's not my concern." ”
Long Jiu smiled bitterly, "I just asked Gu Li to help, not to send her to death, you don't have to be so nervous, if you even snatch my position as a prince, then I will lose more than I gain." ”
Tian Xian finally stopped writing and raised his head, Long Jiu was slightly startled, because Tian Xian's eyes were different from usual.
As if covered with a piece of black smoke, there seemed to be a faint thunder and lightning flashing in his black eyes, but he couldn't see clearly, Long Jiu intuitively thought that Tianxian was restraining his anger.
"Your Highness, have you ever heard the story of the destruction of the country for the sake of a woman?" asked Tian Xian with an eyebrow.
"The country is ruined?" As a prince, Long Jiu felt particularly uncomfortable with this word, "In history, there seems to be such a thing. ”
"Then Your Highness, do you think I'm for a woman. What can you do?"
Long Jiu couldn't help frowning, if the words of Tianxian had a deep meaning.
"Those who have ruined this country are all mediocre and tyrants, do you want to compare with them?" Long Jiu smiled slightly, "I think the little brothers are much stronger than them. ”
"Yes, thank you for your compliment, I hope Your Highness will read this agreement. You can praise me like that. ”
Long Jiu couldn't help but squint his eyes and glanced at the thick stack of parchment under Tian Xian's hand, "Don't you plan to let Gu Li help me and wait for me to give up?"
"No, Guli will definitely go. Tian Xian rolled her eyes, as if she thought of something again, lowered her head and continued to write the agreement, "It was her own request." ”
Long Jiu was a little surprised, but more joyful. "Is she trying to help me?"
"Yes, are you happy?" asked Tian Xian with a chuckle.
"Uh...... This, of course, is happy, Gu Li's talent, I can't ask for it, if she volunteers, it would be really good. Long Jiu had a faint smile on his face, but he was actually already excited. If it was Guli herself, then this matter is almost a sure fact.
Then look at the agreement in Tianxian's hand. Long Jiu's eyes suddenly became hot, this time no matter what was written in the agreement, he had to agree to it, and he had to bring Gu Li back no matter what!
"But you don't have to be sentimental. Tian Xian's expression was as usual, and he didn't see any superfluous feelings, "If you're secretly happy now." Then I can only say that you underestimate her too much, and that will not end well. ”
Long Jiu's heart was slightly vigilant, the words he said today were very different from the past, and the meaning of some words was ambiguous, which made him feel very elusive.
Write the final stroke. Tian Xian carefully read the three-page agreement, and then began to revise it under the expression of the black clouds on Long Jiu's face.
"It didn't take long for me to come to the Human Continent from the Moyun Mountains. Tian Xian said casually while modifying, "Naturally, there are not so many familiar people, Gu Li is my earliest friend, and now she is the same as my family, Your Highness, do you understand what I mean?"
Long Jiu immediately said with a guarantee: "I can guarantee her safety, no one will force her to do anything, what is it like for her to leave here, and it must be the same when she comes back, not a single hair will be missing, if ......"
"Smack!" The pen in Tian Xian's hand was suddenly twisted hard.
"No if!!"
Long Jiu looked at Tian Xian with some anger on his face full of burning anger, as a prince, no one had ever dared to speak to him like this.
But at this time, Long Jiu had to consider the consequences and quickly calm the anger in his heart, Long Jiu expressed his dissatisfaction very appropriately, and hummed in a low voice: "I naturally won't let her have any problems, it's not that I'm conceited, I'm the prince of the Longyuan Empire!"
"I hope that one day Your Highness will no longer be proud of this status. ”
Long Jiu's eyes twitched, "What did you say?"
"It's nothing, this is the agreement I have drawn up, if there is nothing wrong, then Your Highness will sign it, and don't forget to put a seal representing your identity on it. ”
Long Jiu looked at the agreement handed over by Tian Xian, and the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally a few times, such two large pieces of parchment were actually all blackmailing his own terms, and he gave up a huge amount of money in this transaction.
Sighing helplessly, Long Jiu picked up the agreement.
Because he knew that this time he would bring Gu Li back no matter what, then this agreement would inevitably be signed, but it was just a question of how it should be signed, but even Long Jiu, who had already prepared this in his heart, turned green after reading the first page.
"Little brother, your appetite ...... Isn't it too big?" Long Jiu put down the agreement, "It's true that I am the prince of the Longyuan Empire, but how can I have so much power to give you such conditions, and in fact, we princes have no right to appoint officials privately in our hands, ...... such an agreement of yours"
Tian Xian gently interrupted Long Jiu, "I have already said just now, that is your Highness's business, I just came up with the conditions I need, and Your Highness, you only need to consider whether to agree or not to agree, as for whether these terms are too exaggerated, or they cannot be achieved at all, these things...... We both had a number in our hearts. ”
Long Jiu's eyes showed a look of surprise, and Tian Xian's words obviously meant something.
Frowning slightly, Long Jiu looked at Tian Xian, and thought in his heart: Could it be that he found something? Impossible! Now the internal information of the imperial family is very tightly blocked. This is outside the empire, and even if any news comes out, there is no reason to get here, not to mention that he has just returned here. ”
After pondering for a while, Long Jiu said, "There are some terms on this, I'm afraid I can't agree to it." And it's not that I don't want to, it's that I simply don't have the ability to promise you. ”
"It doesn't matter. Tian Xian smiled, "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about your current identity and rights, just consider whether you are willing to agree to these conditions, if you are willing, sign on it, if you are unwilling, then take advantage of the fact that it is not dark and return to the Longyuan Empire, otherwise it will always be very troublesome when passing through the streets." ”
This kid is actually blatantly driving me away? Long Jiu secretly made a fire. He had never been treated like this in his life.
Tian Xian continued to say slowly: "I know that Your Highness is very dissatisfied and even angry now, but I also hope that Your Highness can understand one thing. ”
Tianxian slowly exerted force, and with a "snap", only half of the pen that had been broken just now was broken again by Tianxian.
Holding the poor pen, his hands were lucky, and slowly, slowly, slowly rubbed the pen into powder......
The corners of Long Jiu's eyes twitched slightly. It's easy to break a plank, but it's easy to crush a piece of wood into powder. That's more than 10 times harder.
"Your Highness, you should understand...... Tianxian's voice was a little suppressed, "When you feel dissatisfied and angry, I am also very restrained to endure your rudeness!"
Long Jiu could hardly believe what he heard.
"Your Highness, you may think I'm too arrogant, but I think it has nothing to do with my identity, and you ran to my place without permission. Do you know what it means to invite my family to do something extremely dangerous when I refuse?"
Long Jiu suddenly became vigilant, and couldn't help but take a step back, sitting on the edge of the bed, Tian Xian suddenly seemed to exude an amazing cold air all over his body. The temperature in the room dropped suddenly.
"Your Highness, if you hadn't known that you were in desperate need of help, ...... now," Tianxian teeth chattered, "you would never have stood here like this!"
Long Jiu's complexion changed several times in a row, and countless thoughts flashed in his heart, and he even thought about calling the guards to come in and take down Tian Xian, a guy who didn't know what to do, but in the end, reason still prevailed.
"Little brother Tianxian, you seem to be a little mistaken, if you don't want Gu Li to leave like this, I can ......"
"No need!" Tian Xian unceremoniously interrupted Long Jiu's words, "I don't have the patience to go around in circles with you anymore!"
Knocking on the table irritably, Tian Xian urged: "Sign this agreement now, and then Gu Li will temporarily go to the Longyuan Empire to help you get through the difficulties, if you still want to bargain, then I think this is an insult to Gu Li, I will never allow anyone to insult my family here! Your Highness, do you understand what I mean?"
Long Jiu was shocked in his heart, Tian Xian's tone was too tough, so tough that there was no room for maneuver, this was extremely unnatural, if there was no absolute support, the other party would never say such a thing.
His gaze swept over the long agreement, and Long Jiu's heart suddenly sank, and his gaze suddenly became solemn.
He got it!
The voice trembled in Long Jiu's heart.
If it weren't for knowing that he was in a crisis that he couldn't extricate himself from, the other party would never have been in such a posture of eating himself to death, from the other party entering the door to the present, all the strange actions if the other party already knew his own details to explain, then a qiē seems to be logical.
A cold sweat broke out on Long Jiu's forehead, how did he know? How could the inside news of the Long Yuan Empire come here?
Secret agent?Does he have his eyeliner in the Longyuan Empire, but what kind of eyeliner can actually get information from within the royal family?
"Your Highness, haven't you thought about it yet?"
Long Jiu, whose brain was spinning rapidly, was awakened by Tian Xian's words, he exhaled slightly, looked at the agreement on the table, and finally made up his mind.
Walking to the table, Long Jiu directly took out the identity mark he carried with him, and covered it with the first agreement.
"Your Highness, don't you even look at the rest of the contents?" asked Tian Xian softly as Long Jiu changed the seal on the second agreement.
"That doesn't matter anymore, doesn't it?" Long Jiu's eyes stared at Tian Xian, never looking at the rest of the agreement from beginning to end, and stamped the third agreement. I took a pen and wrote down three signatures cleanly.
Pushing the agreement in front of Tian Xian, Long Jiu said with a slight heaviness: "When Gu Li comes back here, you can show me this agreement, as for now, I don't have the time and energy to care about what is written on it?"
I don't check the authenticity of the seal and signature, and directly put away the agreement. "Refreshing, I hope that His Highness will remember this agreement by then and will not regret it. ”
Long Jiu smiled, "If you plan to go back, then I don't have to spend so much effort to deal with you here." ”
In his heart, he knew that Tian Xian had seen through his own details, and Long Jiu no longer concealed anything in his words, "This time I am in big trouble, and I have no choice but to ask Gu Li to go back, but if I can survive this time." Then it will be a smooth road ahead, and as for the terms you wrote on this agreement, I think I should be able to satisfy you as long as it is not too harsh. ”
Tianxian nodded, "I think so, but before that, I only ask that you have to keep Gu Li safe, and this time I will send someone to watch Gu Li." If I don't think she's fit to stay with you, then I'll call her back at any time. ”
Long Jiuda frowned. This time, it took so much effort to dig up Guli, how could he let Tianxian say that he would be recalled, wouldn't he be wronged.
"Your Highness, you can rest assured, I won't be that kind of villain, this time it was Gu Li who took the initiative to ask to help you, and I don't care about you. But I'll respect her ideas, so I won't recall her as a last resort, but then again...... Even if I had to do this, there would be nothing you could do now, Your Highness. So don't worry about it anymore. ”
It was the first time that Long Jiu felt the strong pressure given to him by a teenager younger than his own age, and the Tianxian in front of him was like two people yesterday.
"Okay! If I can bring Gu Li back this time, my plan has already succeeded, and I don't care about the rest!" Long Jiu took a deep breath, "So...... I'll take advantage of the fact that it's still dark, and I'll take my leave! As for Gu Li, it's inconvenient for her to go back with me, and in three days, please let her go to the Longyuan Empire as an envoy, and then I will naturally have a way to let my father leave her behind!"
"Good. "Tian Xian doesn't want Long Jiu to stay here at all now," Your Highness take care. ”
Long Jiu didn't drag his feet at all, and even left with his personal guards who looked a little angry, even ignoring the due etiquette of asking the Sand King to resign, and it could be seen that this time he was indeed oppressed by some force within the royal family.
Sitting in Long Jiu's guest room, Tian Xian looked at the three agreements, and suddenly felt a little stunned......
Tianxian suddenly felt that he didn't want Gu Li to do this at all, as long as Gu Li hesitated, even if there were a hundred agreements in front of him, he would not let Gu Li leave......
Woman...... It's really capricious.
After sitting in this room for half an afternoon, watching the sun gradually set in the west, Tian Xian rubbed his cheeks and walked in the direction of the town hall.
After dinner, Tianxian gathered everyone, including the Sand King, and everyone rode the Sand Nu to the depths of the desert.
On a remote oasis, the Hangu Pagoda stands quietly.
Because this oasis is relatively remote, and it is close to the better land on the edge of the desert, there are usually no people who want to live and fetch water here, which makes the appearance of the Hangu Tower a secret until now, and only a very small number of Shalit warriors know about it, of course, they have no idea where this tower came from and what is inside.
The silent moonlight cast the long shadow of the Hangu Tower on the desert, and the desert seemed extremely cold.
There are only a few lights in the Hangu Tower, and it looks lifeless, even a little chilling.
"This is where the Tianyan clan lives, and it's a strange custom that they actually live in the tower. Luna stood at the front, her customary pergola in her hands, looking at the towering Hangu Tower, her emerald green eyes sparkling with excitement.
Suddenly, she turned around, "Little ghost, are the girls of the Tianyan Clan all like snow, stupid, very cute." ”
"Ah...... I don't know about this, but there is a girl who is exactly like Xue. Tianxian's face flashed in his mind, but he swallowed back the second half of the words introducing Ling's character with some malice.
Luna was very happy, "It's exactly the same, the Sky Eye Clan is really a good race!"
How does this seem to be what Eve said? Tianxian blinked his eyes, and suddenly looked forward to the scene when everyone saw the Tianyan clan.
Shanu's speed was extremely fast, and he only vaguely saw the shadow of the Hangu Tower just now. In less than a moment, the huge tower body of the Hangu Pagoda had clearly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Everyone jumped off the Shanu and came to the tower, and their eyes couldn't help but be full of surprise except for the leisure.
It doesn't feel like much from a distance, but standing at the foot of the Hangu Tower, you can perceive the majesty and height of this tower. And a simple and heavy aura rushed towards him, and every stone slab on the tower seemed to have a strange aura, which made everyone's hearts faintly depressed.
"How the hell is this thing opened?"
Luna stood in front of the tower, looking at the tower and seeing that there didn't seem to be any portals, "And as guests, don't they want to come out to meet their master's visit?"
Everyone was also curious, looking left and right at the Hangu Tower, and they saw the most. It was evident that there were lights on the upper floors, and there was obviously a figure shaking there, which meant that the tower already knew that someone was here.
"They are very careful, after all, they have suffered big losses before, you wait a minute, I will call them out!" Tian Xian explained to everyone with a smile.
"What do you call it, do you want to gesticulate?" said Luna.
Suddenly, everyone felt their eardrums tighten. There was a thunderclap on the ground.
Tianxian stood in place, and walked his qi against the heart. After taking a deep breath, there was a sudden sound, and the surrounding air trembled with a loud roar.
"Sister Eve!Ling!!Open the door!It's me!!"
Tian Xian only shouted, but this shout was like a holding response in the desert large and small sand dunes back and forth, for a time countless voices superimposed together, the sound was shocking. ”
"You damned little ghost!"
Luna, who had the most sensitive ears, was the one who suffered the most, and she was eager to bend her elven ears up to cover them. Tianxian's roar almost knocked her out.
Luna angrily begins to attack her ears and face, resembling a female tyrannosaurus, and the rest of the group is also full of annoyance. I rolled up my sleeves and walked up.
At this time, a small window on the second floor of the Hangu Pagoda suddenly opened with a "squeak".
Everyone's attention was immediately attracted, and only this window was open in the entire Hangu Tower......
A slender and beautiful woman poked her head out of it, and by the moonlight it could be seen that her face was not very good, and she lay on the window, only to hear her say weakly: "Know...... Got it, you don't have to shout so loudly......"
In the midst of everyone's strange thoughts, the woman shrank back again, and it wasn't long before a loud bang suddenly cracked through one of the walls of the Hangu Tower.
"Oh, this is the gate! Is the snow out?" Luna immediately left her spare day and leaned forward happily.
The tower door of the Hangu Tower was wide open, and a group of people slowly walked out of it.
Led by Grandma Kong, all the leaders of the Tianyan clan appeared.
"Empty grandma!" Tian Xian hurriedly stepped forward, touched his head apologetically and smiled: "I'm sorry, I've been delayed by something special these days, and I'm only here to pick you up now, please don't be angry." ”
Grandma Kong's gaze swept over Tian Xian slightly, and immediately fell on the others behind Tian Xian.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange, Grandma Kong looked at everyone one by one, and then her brows gradually furrowed, and at the same time, everyone on Tianxian's side was also curiously looking at Grandma Kong and the Tianyan clan behind her.
Especially Ling beside Eve, her face that was exactly the same as Xue's made everyone particularly confused.
"Is this the human world?" Granny Kong finally spoke first, "The races of the human world are really mixed. ”
Tu Ge bared his teeth, and immediately had a very bad impression of Grandma Kong.
Luna walked up with a smile on her face, looked at Grandma Kong with interest, and suddenly giggled and said, "Little girl, don't offend your sister, you'll be unlucky." ”
Everyone in the Tianyan clan changed color in an instant, and Luna actually called Grandma Empty Little Girl, which was extremely rude.
Grandma Kong's face did not change, "Elf, it seems that we have come to a very troublesome place this time. (To be continued......)