Chapter 559 Many Emperors
The weather was too hot and the small market outside the village entrance had closed. The small valley that had been bustling all morning became quiet.
Going around the back mountain from the small valley is a new village where fishermen live. With the popularity and bustle of people, it presents a prosperous scene.
The new village is surrounded by green rice fields. Little children wearing small jackets and pigtails, with straw wreaths on their heads and homemade fishing rods in their hands, are skipping back and forth on the ridges of the fields.
Sometimes you can see the fishing rod being swung in the air, and then there are children cheering and putting the caught frogs neatly into the small bamboo basket.
In the ditches and along the Qing River not far away, groups of ducks are playing in the water to cool off. Their quacking mixed with the noisy chirping of cicadas adds a bit of heat to this summer.
The sun is scorching and the sky is high with thin clouds.
Two figures flew hand in hand in the air, leaving behind two wisps of smoke, one blue and one white, like passing clouds, and finally disappeared into the miasma forest with thick white fog.
"Tianbao, Jiuer, wait for me." The man, who was half a step behind, landed on the ground, his shoes stepping on the soft straw blanket, his voice was lazy and with a smile.
The woman spun around and jumped onto a pear tree branch. She sat casually on the branch, one foot dangling slightly. "Bai Yu, is this a date? Are you flying for so long?"
"Why fly for half a day? We can enjoy the river scenery for half a day, the beautiful mountains and rivers, the ducks quacking, and the children fishing and catching frogs. It's all interesting. When we are tired, we can take a rest in the miasma forest and soak in the poisonous mist to cool off. This kind of enjoyment is only available in our Tubei Village." Bai Yu grinned and spoke nonsense.
Tian Bao raised an eyebrow, "Have you ever seen wild mandarin ducks?"
"What wild mandarin duck?"
"I've seen mandarin ducks dating in the wild in the middle of the night."
Bai Yu had just flown up and sat down next to the woman. He almost fell down when he heard this, "..."
Tian Bao looked at his indescribable expression, a hint of mischief flashed through her eyes, "It's much more interesting than Fei Fei Fei."
“…” Bai Yu suspected that Tianbao was teasing him and blushed.
What unclean thing did Tianbao see? !
After a moment, Tianbao, "Puchi - Hahaha!"
When he heard the laughter, Bai Yu knew that he was being teased. He relaxed and stared at the woman who was laughing loudly, with a smile spreading in his eyes.
The heavy haze buried in Tianbao's heart seemed to be removed bit by bit. She had never laughed so hard before.
And now, she smiles more and more.
He preferred her to be so unrestrained and relaxed like this.
After teasing him and having a good laugh, Tian Bao looked up at the pear tree he was sitting on and patted the trunk of the tree. "This pear tree is almost twenty years old. I tricked Wei Li into planting it when we were kids... Is he going to reach the border town soon?"
Bai Yu sighed, deeply regretting that he wasn't there when the tree was planted. Otherwise, he would have snatched the pear tree to plant. "They'll be there in four or five days. Emperor Dong Pu, Wen Renjing and his group will arrive in three days. Although their trip is secret, they can't completely avoid Nan Sang's eyes and ears. They should already know they're coming for help."
"How many cities has Dongpu lost?"
"The latest news we received three days ago is that eight cities have been lost, and the Nansang Army is about to reach the heart of Dongpu. Yan Changkong is in charge of the rear-line coordination and has strictly ordered the Nansang Army not to plunder and kill local civilians, but casualties are inevitable in the process of attacking cities and seizing land...Now Dongpu is in panic everywhere, and many people are fleeing with their families." Bai Yu said this without any special emotion.
The divine weapons are extremely powerful and cannot be resisted by the Great Wall of flesh and blood. Even if all countries work together to fight against the divine weapons, they can only delay the defeat for some time.
Wen Renjing took out the soul soldier in his hand, which could cause some serious damage to the Nansang army, but it did not help the overall situation.
As he expected, Wen Renjing had indeed studied the method of balancing the divine weapons, and also used Ci Stone, but without the blessing of the Swallowing Heaven Net refining materials, the effect was minimal.
Now, the countries regard the land of exile as their only chance of survival, and they have been forced into a desperate situation.
"Tianbao, this is war. War is ruthless." Bai Yu curled his fingers slightly and looked at the woman across from him, meeting her gaze calmly. "And the ruthlessness of war is all derived from human selfishness... I am also human, and I have selfish desires. Everything I think and do is to protect the people I care about first. I am not a hero, nor can I be a knight. I am Bai Yu."
Tian Bao tilted her head, reached out, and untied his tensely clenched fingers one by one, lowering her brows and smiling, "I know that no matter whether you are twenty, fifty, or seventy, you are still the same Bai Yu as when we first met. I don't need you to be a hero, nor do I need you to be a knight, because I can't do that myself. Bai Yu, just be yourself."
She raised her eyes and looked at the young man who was staring at her blankly. "It's not your fault that Nan Sang is so ambitious and wants to go to war. Besides, even if you help, it can only bring the war to an end early. If others want to kill, no matter how capable you are, you can't save everyone. Don't carry other people's expectations on your shoulders and force yourself to be what others expect you to be. There's no need. Bai Yu, it's enough for us to be ourselves."
The fingertips, slightly chilled in the midsummer, warmed up at the woman's whisper. Bai Yu curved his peach blossom eyes and lowered his head to touch the woman's fair forehead. "I understand, Jiuer. But you are not someone else."
He winked at the woman. "You know, I've only listened to you since I was little. I'll do whatever you say."
Tian Bao also blinked and stroked his burning heart, "Bai Yu, there are bubbles in my heart, they are honey bubbles, very sweet."
"Oh no, that's bad. I forgot to bring the jar. Otherwise, maybe I could have brought back a jar of honey."
Tian Bao raised an eyebrow, kicked Ya down from the tree, clapped his hands and walked out, "Will you go on a date? Even Tom Cruise is cuter than you."
"...Who is Brother Tang?" Hearing the unfamiliar name, Bai Yu didn't even care about the pain on his face. He got up and limped after him, "How come you are so knowledgeable about dating all of a sudden!"
"Learned it."
"You can learn it right away?"
"It's not difficult. Just apply what you have learned to other situations. It's a piece of cake."
Bai Yu, "..."
He quickened his pace and asked, "Tell me first, who is Tom?"
"Don't ask, I will treat you as well as Tom treats Ru."
"Aru?"
"Brother Tom's wife."
“…”
Bai Yu turned his head stiffly and looked at the reeds that were green and lush in the sunlight. He shouldn't have chased Tianbao to ask.
Wife? He Bai Yu?
...It's not impossible.
Bai Yu's calculation was very accurate. Five days later, before the sun began to set, Chuanzi, who lived at the entrance of the village, ran breathlessly to the Su family at the end of the village to report the news.
"Wei Li is back! He brought a lot of people with him," his lips were dry and he swallowed hard to moisten his throat. "I heard them calling each other King of Mobei, Emperor of Dongpu, Emperor of Darong... so many emperors!!"
The women and men sitting idly in the Su family's courtyard kicked over the basin of water and dropped their stools, scaring the chickens pecking at the rice under the eaves so much that they flapped their wings and clucked.
Everyone in the yard looked at each other with their eyes wide open.
What did Chuanzi just say?
So many emperors?!
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