"Isn't this the parrot that everyone at the inn was looking for?"
Under the thick black cloth emerged a parrot with gray feathers all over its body, except for two tufts of yellow hair on its head and tail, and two rouge-red spots on both sides of its cheeks.
The few people who had just been to the back alley of Sanghua Inn recognized it immediately.
"The inn helped the Yanzhao country merchants to look for it for a long time, but they couldn't find it. I didn't expect that this little thing was hidden here!"
The parrot just disappeared near the mulberry wine stall, and most likely ran to Wei Yunlan and the others at that time.
I don't know how it was able to hide for so long and was never discovered.
Heiyun, whose barking was stopped, moved closer to sniff the parrot's scent, his hair standing on end, and he seemed more alert.
The last time Wei Yunlan saw it like this was when he saw those deadly scorpions in the Yandu Gorge Mountains.
"It must be that the parrot has the scent of another animal." Wei Yunlan patted Heiyun's head soothingly. "Smell it carefully. There is no one else here except us."
Heiyun sniffed the grey parrot and the basket it was in again, confirming that there was no second scent hidden in the basket, and then he gradually calmed down his irritable mood.
"Those merchants from Yanzhao Country seemed to have brought a lot of exotic pets with them. The beef they had earlier was used to feed their pets. We heard from the people in the inn that there seemed to be snakes and the like as well..."
Thanks to the fact that the family next door had stewed a snake soup during the days they were hiding in the abandoned house, otherwise Zou Yun and Wang Lu would not have known that the innkeeper was talking about "snake".
"snake!"
"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."
Everyone turned to look at Sanji, "What did it say?"
Except for the first word "snake", the following words were a bit unfamiliar. It was obvious that their learning progress had not yet reached that point.
"Snakes, lions, tigers, insects..."
Sang Ji's eyes widened in surprise. "Could it be that it's talking about the pets brought by the Yanzhao Kingdom caravan?"
"Yes! Pet!" The sharp and childish voice sounded again.
This time, everyone in the room understood.
"This parrot is too smart." Zou Yun frowned slightly, "We can't let it follow us."
It's a small matter to speak nonsense, but don't parrot what they say and tell others.
"It would be easier to just kill him." Chen Yan made a gesture as if he was wiping his neck.
The parrot immediately flapped its wings, flew to Wei Yunlan's shoulder, and trembled against her cheek.
“Scared!”
"Be good, bird, don't kill the bird!"
This parrot is really smart.
Xuerong, the little fox standing next to Heiyun, widened his eyes when he saw its appearance.
It is very familiar with this look of acting coquettishly and seeking support.
It just used this method a few days ago!
"Come down." Wei Yunlan no longer accepted the pampering, and said in a cold voice, stretching out two fingers and placing them on his shoulders.
The parrot was quite obedient. When it heard Wei Yunlan's tone, it took small steps from her shoulder and jumped onto her finger.
Wei Yunlan raised his hands flat in front of his eyes.
The parrot buried its head in the fluff on its chest, as if it didn't dare to look up and look at him.
"Do you know the way back? Go on your own and we'll spare your life."
The parrot shrank its head, then carefully raised it up, tilted it slightly, and stared at Wei Yunlan with confused eyes.
"It can't understand what we are saying, right?" Zou Yun reminded.
After all, just now, when the parrot said "snake", "lion" and "tiger", it was using the local language, not the Dayong dialect.
After Zou Yun finished speaking, the confusion in the parrot's small eyes became even more intense.
Although Wei Yunlan was looking at Zou Yun who was talking, she was always watching the parrot out of the corner of her eye. The changes in its eyes did not escape Wei Yunlan's eyes.
“It understands us.”
"Ah?" Zou Yun and others looked at the grey parrot in Wei Yunlan's hand in surprise.
There are not many people here who can speak the language of Rakshasa country, but this parrot can actually understand it?
Could it be that this parrot has some relationship with the Rakshasa people who have the same black hair and black eyes as them?
Several pairs of eyes were staring at the parrot at the same time.
"Miss, can it really understand what we are saying?" Suihe murmured.
After these words fell, the parrot's eyes rolled around, its mouth opened and closed, and it uttered two sentences:
"Hail, Madam!"
"you're so beautiful!"
Several pairs of eyes showed surprise at the same time.
"Wow, this parrot can really speak Dayong language?"
Chen Yan, who had just made a gesture of wiping his neck, teased the parrot, "Say it again?"
The parrot opened and closed its mouth and uttered two more sentences.
"May you be happy and prosperous!"
"Peace every year!"
They are all festive and auspicious words.
You can tell at a glance that it was specially taught.
It was obviously learned in order to please someone who could speak Dayong language, or Rakshasa language.
The person that one wants to please is most likely a woman of high status, otherwise those businessmen would not have taught the parrot to learn things like "Long Live the Queen" and other nice words to praise one's appearance.
"Congratulations on your prosperity and may you be safe and prosperous every year..."
“Don’t kill birds.”
The little parrot was still mumbling auspicious words. In addition to the auspicious words, the phrase "Don't kill the bird" begging for mercy was spoken in the language commonly used in the Northwest countries, not in the language of Luosha Country. Obviously, the person who taught it to speak did not teach it this sentence.
"Okay, I won't kill you." This parrot might still be of some use.
As for talking nonsense, Wei Yunlan is not afraid, because she has a way to control its mouth.
If necessary, you can lock it in space.
The current space can accommodate horses and foxes, let alone a parrot that is only the size of a palm?
…
Just as Wei Yunlan and others were hiding in the backyard of the tofu shop, observing the situation at the sentry post and preparing to find a chance to leave.
At the Sanghua Inn, which was only three streets away, a group of merchants were hurrying and loading cages onto a truck, their faces full of worry.
Looking at the innkeeper running in and out, he frowned and asked, "Haven't you found it yet?"
"Get some corn and melon seeds, peel out the kernels, and spread them along the back alley. Keep searching as you spread them!"
"I really can't find it. Not only the back alley, we've also searched several nearby alleys. We've knocked on every door and asked, but no one has seen a talking parrot." The guy said with a bitter face.
"Was he captured by someone?"
"Just tell us, whoever finds the parrot and hands it over will be rewarded three gold coins!"
The businessman waved his hand, but the guy in front of him secretly curled his lips.
Such a novel talking parrot is only worth three gold coins, but the merchant from Qimeng country just spent thirteen gold coins to buy two broken bowls!
Just die from it.
After the innkeeper left, the Yanzhao merchants who had already loaded all the cages onto the car looked at each other and said with a sad face, "Let's go out and look for it too."
"I finally managed to raise a little creature that can please Queen Qi Meng, I can't just throw it away like this!"
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