Arriving outside the gate of King Qiyun's palace, a group of female soldiers blocked the way of Li Xiaofei and others.

Due to the language barrier, and Old Conch being the translator, it took a long time for the words to pass, so Li Xiaofei took out a few gold leaves from his body and handed them over.

The female soldiers looked at it, but still refused to let them go. Wang Ruoyun took off her hosta and golden hairpin and handed them over, and then took out a rouge box from her arms.

Now the female soldiers smiled happily and let them go one after another. Two of them consciously walked in front to lead the way for Li Xiaofei and the others.

There is a language barrier, but gold and silver jewelry are common, as are the love of beauty and talent.

On the road leading to the palace, there are various flowers on both sides, and from time to time there are some brightly colored poisonous snakes coiled in the flowers.

The two female soldiers sprayed realgar powder on Li Xiaofei and others as they walked. Wang Ruoyun quickly covered her nose.

The poisonous snake hissed and raised its head on the spot, as if it was monitoring these people.

Old Conch explained, "Snakes are messengers of God in Qiyun Kingdom. No one can harm snakes. Master Li must be careful in Qiyun Kingdom!"

"If this snake bites us, can't we fight back? The messenger is a snake, so the righteous god must also be vicious and cruel!"

Old Conch quickly shook his head: "Master Li, be careful, the people here do not allow anyone to blaspheme their gods!"

"Okay, okay, I understand. Everyone has his own beliefs. We don't interfere in other people's affairs. I just want to find the three-tailed falcon as soon as possible! Other things have nothing to do with me!"

After entering the palace, I found that there were also poisonous snakes under the palace pillars. There was a ring of powder sprinkled around the poisonous snakes, which was probably realgar powder mixed with other things.

On the steps made of gold, there is a man wearing a gold crown and a white robe that shines with gold. Above his head is a snake coiled high on the gold crown and spitting out a message.

Wang Ruoyun shuddered. Li Xiaofei looked up carefully and was shocked to see nine golden snakes embroidered on the white robe. This nine-headed snake is an evil thing, but it was embroidered on the king's clothes in Qiyun Kingdom.

, it can be seen that 80% of Qi Yunguo also believed in evil.

The maid next to the king shouted several times, and Old Conch quickly pulled Li Xiaofei to kneel down, "Master Li, the king is not happy. Don't look directly at the king like this! They are kneeling on one leg here!"

Accompanying Li Xiaofei into the palace, in addition to the old Conch King Ruoyun, there were also four people picked up from Jinling City.

The seven of them knelt down on one leg and lowered their heads. They only heard the king chirping a few times, and Old Conch pulled Li Xiaofei to his feet again.

Thinking of what happened at the palace gate, Li Xiaofei quickly said to Old Conch, "Tell the king, we are businessmen from Daliang, here to give gifts to the king. We want to find out the whereabouts of the three-tailed falcon!"

As Old Conch was talking, Wang Yiyang and four others removed the bamboo box on their backs and opened it to reveal the porcelain inside.

The king waved to the maids to check, and the maids came closer and took some of them up to show to the king.

Several pieces of porcelain were smashed to the ground by the king, and after chattering for a while, Old Conch hurriedly explained, "The king said these things are for low-status untouchables, and we are insulting them by taking these things!"

Then dozens of female soldiers came and surrounded them.

Li Xiaofei calmly told Old Conch, "Tell them again that the most precious vermilion porcelain is on the ship and cannot be taken with you for fear of damage. Let their king send someone to get it with us."

Old Conch immediately told the king what he said. The king pointed at a few female soldiers and chattered for a while, and then the female soldiers dispersed.

"Master Li, the king wants us to

Send a person from the center to follow their people back to get it! Look"

"This is easy to handle. Just take them back to get food, so that others won't start a fight because of language barriers! By the way, you tell the king that we are tired and hungry, and we want to eat in the palace!"

Old Conch was a little hesitant, and Li Xiaofei coughed, "Tell them what I mean directly! Tell them, I am the Duke of Fuhai County in Daliang, and I am the patrol envoy of coastal defense and the general manager of Haixi City Shipping Department in Dongyi Zhuzhou."

Great Governor! If you neglect me, I will raise an army to hold you accountable!"

Old Conch looked at Li Xiaofei and said, "Master Li, this"

"Just tell them!" Li Xiaofei glared at Old Conch.

Old Conch had no choice but to tell Li Xiaofei's original words. The king on the throne stood up and started chattering again. The female soldiers around him were about to gather around again. The king waved his hand.

"Master Li, I really admire you. The king has said that he will invite you to a meal immediately."

"As a Daliang person, you must be ambitious! We in Daliang dominate the world, can't we still get the respect we deserve?"

Several female soldiers came over and made an invitation gesture. Li Xiaofei supported Wang Ruoyun, and Wang Yiyang followed, and they went to the side hall to have a meal together.

Li Xiaofei regretted eating this meal. He originally thought that the dishes in the palace were all delicacies, but it turned out that the meat dishes were all sashimi, and the ingredients were only grass roots and fruits.

Since Lao Conch took someone back to get the vermilion porcelain and there was a language barrier, Li Xiaofei and Wang Ruoyun stopped eating after a few bites, but Wang Yiyang and the other four ate with enthusiasm.

Li Xiaofei frowned and said, "Old Wang, this sashimi is so fishy, ​​can you all eat it?"

"Master Li, you are a full man but you don't know how hungry a man is. In that old palace city, sometimes we didn't dare to light a fire, so we had to eat some mice and birds raw!"

"By the way, we also dug through ant nests and ate ant eggs, which were so sour!"

Wang Ruoyun shook his head, "I thought the most miserable thing in the world was just eating some porridge and wild vegetables. The big brothers have suffered!"

"That's not right, the king and these female officials are eating hard, they won't suffer, right?"

Li Xiaofei noticed that the king of Qi Yun Kingdom was also feasting. Some of the female officials occasionally looked at Li Xiaofei and the others, but most of them just grabbed the sashimi in front of them and ate it.

Although they didn't understand the language, they could communicate with each other through their eyes. The people of Qi Yunguo were not fools. When they saw that the old man and the middle-aged woman were not eating, they gradually stopped.

King Qi Yun clapped his hands and talked for a while, then a female officer led the female soldiers out.

After a while, another table was brought in and some dishes similar to those from the Central Plains were served.

It looks similar to the braised pork, white-chopped chicken, and old duck soup from the Central Plains, but it tastes like a fishy fishy and a little sour.

Fortunately, Li Xiaofei and Wang Ruoyun were really hungry, so they ate them all regardless of these.

Two hours later, amid awkward looks at each other, Old Conch and the female soldiers came back holding a batch of vermilion porcelain.

Seeing the vermilion porcelain, the king's eyes shone and everyone stood up.

Then they all knelt down and licked the vermilion porcelain, completely ignoring the dust and bird droppings on it.

This scene left Li Xiaofei and the others stunned. Li Xiaofei winked at Old Conch, and Old Conch made a silent gesture and pointed to the top of his head.

Li Xiaofei and the others discovered that there was a big golden snake wrapped around the beam above their heads. In fact, Wang Ruoyun had already discovered it.

, but the big snake was motionless. She thought it was made of gold, so she didn't say anything to avoid losing her composure.

But at this time, the big snake's eyes began to move, then spit out the letter and dropped it, and continued to move towards the place where the crowd gathered.

"Remind them quickly, the big snake is coming towards them! Old Conch, what's wrong with you?"

Li Xiaofei wanted to save people, but Old Conch waved his hands repeatedly, "This is how they are worshiping the gods!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the big snake had already picked up a female official holding a vermilion porcelain bottle in its mouth. Instead of panicking, the others jumped up to celebrate together.

"Here, these people have been eaten, what are they happy about?"

"Is this a disease? You gave a living person to a snake to eat?"

Old Conch quickly pulled Li Xiaofei: "Master Li, stop talking, this is the rule of Qiyun Kingdom for thousands of years! It is their honor to be able to sacrifice to the big snake, and those who can enjoy this meal here are carefully selected!"

At this time, the big snake was swallowing the woman who had her feet exposed. While swallowing, she retracted back to the beam.

Li Xiaofei felt that sacrificing a human being was too cruel, so he patted the old conch, "This is too stupid. If the big snake came towards us just now, wouldn't we have died here in vain? Tell the king, this

I don’t like this kind of sacrifice, and neither does our Daliang! If she doesn’t change, Daliang won’t just sit idly by and do nothing, tell her!”

Old Conch knew he couldn't defeat Li Xiaofei, so he said these words.

As they spoke, the faces of the king and the female officials changed color, and they looked extremely angry.

Li Xiaofei also drew his sword out of its scabbard and pointed it at the big snake, "Old Conch, tell them, I'm going to kill this snake!"

The king, the female officers and the female soldiers all became manic and shouted hysterically. Old Conch also hurriedly translated to Li Xiaofei, "Master Li, this big snake only eats one person in half a month, and it doesn't eat or drink for four months! This is their rule

The first generation of kings decided that the big snake saved their ancestors and defeated other wild beasts, so the kings of all generations enshrined the big snake! If you kill the big snake, you will become the enemy of all the people of Qiyun Kingdom. They said that even if

Even if you can't defeat the beam, you will still fight to the last soldier!"

"Why are the entire nation an enemy? Do you think I am a three-year-old child? Today I must kill the big snake!"

Li Xiaofei jumped up and climbed onto the beam, his sword already pressed against the big snake's head.

The king and the female officials shouted together, and the female soldiers ran out of the side hall and shouted loudly.

After a while, many people ran in, stamped their feet, cursed, cried loudly, and knelt down to kowtow.

Old Conch shouted from below, "Master Li, this big snake is the highest envoy they worship. It was sent by Quetzalcoatl to protect Qi Yun Kingdom. They beg you not to hurt their envoy!"

Li Xiaofei was very close to the big snake. The big snake was swallowing the female official just now. Its eyes were cloudy, and some of the scales around the corners of its eyes began to whiten and spread out. The snake was already very old. There were some small earthworm-like insects twisting on the top of the big snake's head.

It moved, some scales were missing, and some carrion was exposed.

What kind of messenger was this? It was just a big snake that was about to die of old age. But looking at the crowd below, Li Xiaofei had no choice but to jump off the beam.

"Old Conch, I'm convinced, I'm really convinced, tell them, I won't kill this snake, as long as they tell me where the three-tailed falcon is, well, let's make a deal!"
Chapter completed!