Legend of the Demon Emperor of Kyushu

Chapter 5 City Gate
Why is Ye Ziqi so worried about becoming a monster, and even prepared in his heart to be abandoned by Gu Feng?There are deep historical reasons involved in this.

According to ancient legends, when the chaos first opened, it was the God of Flame who created the world and created all creatures.

After the creation of the world, the Flame God established a divine kingdom in the world.After the country was established, one eyeball of Flame God became the sun, and the other eyeball became the moon. Until today, until tomorrow, he will always watch the world.

Under the watchful eye of the Flame God, the Kingdom of God has been stable for hundreds of years.

However, thousands of years later, Gonggong was born and smashed the Tianzhu Buzhou Mountain, causing floods to submerge the world, the kingdom of God was destroyed, the people were displaced, and people's lives were difficult.

At this time, a hero named "Yu" stood up among the human race.

It is said that he was originally an official of the Ministry of Water of the Kingdom of God. When the court and the divine religion were in chaos, he led a team of the Ministry of Water and left Beijing resolutely.He lived abroad for 13 years, never entering the house, and used the method of digging ditches to control the floods in the world.

Traveling by land by chariot, traveling by water by boat, traveling by mud by sledge, traveling by mountain by shovel, it leads to nine roads, improves nine lakes, travels to nine mountains, and divides the world into Kyushu:

Zhongzhou, Songzhou, Lizhou, Yongzhou, Lingzhou, Leizhou, Youzhou, Qianzhou, and Dahuangzhou.

This is the origin of Kyushu.

Among the Kyushu, except for Youzhou and Qianzhou, the other seven states all belong to the same continent.Qianzhou is in the north, facing this continent across the sea.

According to legend, Dayu and his party got the help of Xuanwu, the turtle, to land on the land of Qianzhou. After traveling for many days, they met an old wise man.Dayu asked the wise man: "If the earth has a pole, how long is it? What is its width?"

The old man replied: "If there is an end to the land, you can see the sea. From this place, to the south, ninety eyes (Note [-]); to the north, ninety thousand eyes; to the west, ninety thousand eyes; to the east, ninety thousand eyes."

Dayu returned in horror, and called the strait between Qizhou and Qianzhou the "Jiuwanmu River" and passed it down.

After Dayu pacified the floods, everyone in the world admired him and called Dayu "Song", which means "a man as tall as a mountain", and regarded Dayu as the co-lord of the world.

Dayu took "Song" as the title of the country to replace the previous divine kingdom that combined theocracy and secular government, and established a new country with a system of feudal feudal lords.

The people living on this continent have completely got rid of the shackles of "gods" so far, and are clearly different from the Wu tribe in Youzhou and the barbarians in Qianzhou.

When Dayu was in power in the early days, the human race was far from being the master of Kyushu, and a large number of monsters occupied more land than the human race.Countless monsters occupy the land as kings, seriously threatening the survival of the human race.

Faced with this situation, Dayu issued the most important national order in the entire history of Dasong Kingdom:
"Whoever kills monsters, Feng Zi, Feng Nan, Feng Bo, Feng Hou."

This "nobility order" pointed out the most reliable way for the lower class civilians to stand up in the Song Dynasty where "the position of the marquis was hereditary and all the officials came from the big family".Therefore, it directly laid down the foundation of Da Song's country of emphasizing martial arts and despising literature, and urged countless human warriors to go forward and eliminate demons and demons.

For this reason, a specific group of people was even derived-the demon masters, which once became the most famous group in the Song Dynasty.

When Marco Luo, a wizard from Youzhou, came to Song Country for a trip, he left such a sigh in his famous travel note "Song Country Menghualu"——

"This is a land where the monster race will never die."

That's why people in the world call this place "Pingyao Continent".

This is why Ye Ziqi, who fell into the demon way, other than whether his body will be taken away, the first thing he cares about is whether Gu Feng can still accept him as a brother.

Gu Feng's understatement of a sentence bridged the 400-year hatred gap between the two races.

Today, except for the Great Wilderness State which is still occupied by monsters, six states in the Pingyao Continent have become the territory of the Great Song Kingdom.The monsters either fled into the deep mountains and valleys, or hid in the remote villages, or went far into the wilderness.

Baichenghou, the lord of the Ju Kingdom, is the beneficiary of the "Order of Nobility".

Legend has it that the ancestors of the Marquis of Baicheng used a cold gun to kill Taotie, the demon king of the land of Ju, and he was awarded the title of Marquis by the Son of Heaven.Because at that time, the Chong Dynasty just built the [-]th big city, the emperor gave it the surname: "Hundred Cities".

Afterwards, Ju State introduced more people, and after a generation, finally established the only big city with "five pheasant" walls in the country, which is the capital of the country - Hanye City.

And Ye Ziqi and Gu Feng set their future goals on this big city.

"If we want to take revenge, we must first find a job and survive first, then there is only one way——"

Under the cool morning light in the woods, Ye Ziqi said to Gu Feng heavily:

"—Join the army!"

"Okay." Gu Feng replied.The ground was covered with dew, and it was uncomfortable to be wet, and he couldn't wait to get out of here.

"Then, where should we go next?"

"Cold Leaf City. It is said that throwing silver coins in that place can kill an officer. Even if you can't join the army from there, you can find a way to become a soldier."

"it is good."

After the two of them finished talking, they set off on the mountain path.Ye Ziqi was holding a lot of jujubes and apricots in his hands, Gu Feng was holding an iron sword, and on his shoulder was a small deer they had hunted in the morning.

Walking down the mountain road and entering the wide official road, Ye Ziqi and Gu Feng saw more and more refugees with their families on the road.

Many ragged old men walked on the road like begging, leaning on a cane and leading a child.

This was undoubtedly shocking for the two children, and people were discussing uncomfortably on the road:

"This year's thieves are too bad!"

Cold Leaf City is not very far from their hometown, Beishan Town.

At dusk, the city walls are in sight.

The two teenagers stopped at the same time.

In addition to the city wall, they also saw a humming crowd gathered under the city wall.

A large group of refugees gathered outside Hanye City, like a huge gray ant formation, and the city gate has been closed.

"The sun hasn't set yet, why is the city gate closed?" Ye Ziqi asked in surprise.

Of course Gu Feng couldn't answer him.The two hurried to the front of Hanye City, and they saw dozens of people kneeling and crying in front of the closed city gate.

Soldiers in cold iron stood on the top of the city with guns, turning a deaf ear.

After inquiring about the refugees in the surrounding area, the two of them found out that Cold Leaf City had issued a decree, no longer accepting refugees into the city!
Ye Ziqi and Gu Feng's expressions suddenly became very ugly.

"Boy, hurry up and think of a way, I can't wait to see what the current human city is like!" the one-eyed monster yelled in Ye Ziqi's heart.

Ye Ziqi didn't have time to talk to him, he just asked Gu Feng: "What should I do?"

Gu Feng frowned, but didn't speak.

In the bloody red cloud hanging from the sky, a wild goose with a damaged wing flew south in the sky, screaming mournfully.Blood drops rolled on the devastated ground.

The filthy wind stirred the musty smell of the clothes and blew it on the face, the body temperature of someone I didn't know was clinging to his back, and there were lamenting voices and an atmosphere of despair everywhere.

How to do?This is a big problem hanging over the heads of all refugees.

How to live?
Just as the afterglow of the setting sun receded, a violent commotion suddenly occurred in front of the crowd!

Ye Ziqi raised his head and looked, only to see a huge white eagle descending from the tower!
The head of the eagle swings from side to side, looking forward to its own glory.

Immediately, the refugees began to discuss, some of them who were knowledgeable looked solemn.Because in Hanye City, the only people who can raise "Snow Sculptures" are the royal family of the Baicheng family.

Immediately afterwards, the city gate opened.

A row of soldiers came out, pushed the refugees away in front of the city gate, and quickly cleared an open space in front of the city gate.

Then, surrounded by many soldiers, a white horse came out from the city gate.

Riding on a white horse is a woman as beautiful as an ice sculpture.

It was actually an officer's attire.

Immediately, countless refugees raised their heads and looked at the female general on the white horse.She was wearing a silver helmet, with an astonishingly long spear tied behind her back. She was stationed in front of the city gate, her face was as white as frost, and her eyes were not squinting. There were more than ten riders behind her, all looking to the north.

White white horses, shining silver helmets, on the north side, alluring beauties.

Suddenly, from the north, more than a hundred soldiers rushed to the city gate along the official road.

Leading the group of cavalry at the forefront is a man who absolutely cannot be ignored.

Anyone who saw him would believe that this was a real general. From his deep eyes, one could imagine that this was a resolute and calm man.

He is over forty years old, like a hill pressing down on a strong horse, wearing silver armor, heavy and expensive, with a black epee on his waist, making everyone who dares to stand in front of him feel heavy pressure .

"It's General Lian!" Someone among the refugees suddenly exclaimed.

Ye Ziqi was shocked when he heard the words, and immediately moved his eyes away from the beautiful female general in front of the city gate, and stared firmly at the person called "General Lian".Look excited.Even Gu Feng's face showed a rare yearning look.

Because the one who rides the horse is a living legend in the history of the country of Ju, the god in the hearts of all the warriors in the country of Ju.

The No. 1 general of Ju State who once repelled the "Horse King" of Qianzhou.

"The Iron Wall of the Northern Kingdom", "The Commander of the Ju State Army"——

Lian Hongye.

-

Note [-]: Mesh: The unique measurement unit of Qianzhou.People in Ganzhou call the distance that can be seen at a glance and accurately measured as "one eye".This is similar to the fact that the Youzhou people living in mountainous areas call the distance that can be seen at a glance "one look".

(End of this chapter)