Chapter 295
"Whether it's a rogue soldier who violates discipline or a disaster caused by swordsmen... You name it, I, the so-called King of Feathers, can't escape the blame."
"King Yu is still magnanimous, and his magnanimity is extraordinary." The woman in black robe next to her looked starry-eyed.
The other soldiers around him also showed admiration.
King Yu's strength far exceeds what the world knows about Wu Fu. After all, she is not a pure-blooded human race.
Such an unprecedentedly powerful master of martial arts in Southwest State can even defeat the big monster in Southwest State, a land where monsters are rampant, so he naturally has a prominent reputation.
Therefore, a peerless warrior like King Yu can gain a very high prestige in the army by relying solely on his own force.
Not to mention that King Yu was a humble man and cared about the common people. He killed the big demon that caused trouble in all directions many times, and saved countless mountain people from the mouth of the big demon.
"I'm tired of hearing compliments." Although King Yu was wearing a visor and couldn't see his expression clearly, his voice was as cold as ever, as calm as a deep pool in the mountains:
"Listen to both, and you will be dark; if you listen to both, you will be enlightened. If you scold me a few more words, I will be more awake."
The more humble King Yu is, the more the officers and soldiers around him feel that this man is as humble as a sage who is always rational.
Not to mention insults, privately these soldiers still had complimentary words in their mouths.
After waiting for a long time, King Yu didn't hear any scolding, and he seemed slightly disappointed:
"I'm a little tired."
"Jade Carp." King Yu ordered the black-robed woman beside him: "If you find any rumors about the Golden Land, please inform me again."
After saying that, King Yu turned around and entered the city lord's mansion to rest.
After closing the door, she did not rest. Instead, she stood quietly by the door, listening to the movement on the street outside the mansion.
Her hearing is far beyond that of ordinary warriors, and her five senses are keen. She wants to hear if there are any different sounds in the army.
The majestic Feather King has almost conquered half of the entire Southwest State, and naturally he is full of flattery in front of everyone.
So after her hints and statements just now, are there any other voices from these military subordinates?
King Yu listened carefully for a long time before he heard some of his subordinates talking about her name.
"I really want to be King Yu's dog..."
"Brother, something is wrong with you. King Yu has been fighting so far to bring order to the chaos, just so that there will no longer be beast slaves in Southwest State, so that we mortals no longer have to work for the spiritual beasts of the Yunxiao Sect, and you actually said that you want to be King Yu's dog? It’s simply unworthy of a human being!”
"So let me be King Yu's dog."
"Woof woof woof."
"Woof woof woof woof woof..."
King Yu's eyes twitched when he heard it secretly. He never expected that the discussion behind him would be like this...
"What are you barking at?" A female voice yelled at this moment.
This voice was very familiar to King Yu. It was Yu Li, the lieutenant who often accompanied King Yu.
"King Yu has said it. If you listen to one side, it will be bright, and if you listen, it will be dark. What she wants to hear is the voice of criticism, not to hear you go crazy here."
"If you have time to go crazy here, why not go out and find out more about the Golden Land?"
"If we can find the Golden Land, which has become famous recently, we and the Yuwang Army will be able to live a much better life."
After being scolded by Yu Li, several volunteers around him also walked away, and the discussion finally stopped.
King Yu felt a little emotional in his heart. This jade carp was her confidant who had been with her the longest. He really understood her thoughts very well and had already guessed King Yu's purpose, which moved her a little.
When I thought about this, I heard Jade Carp whispering to himself outside the mansion:
"Why does Prince Yu always suggest that we insult her overtly or covertly? Is she the kind of person who gets more excited the more she is scolded?"
"Hiss...I see, that makes sense." Yu Li suddenly realized:
"For the sake of King Yu, I want to learn more humiliating swear words from the elders in the city."
Yuwang:?
When there was finally no sound outside the mansion, King Yu sighed slightly and took off the visor on his face.
Under the visor, King Yu's face is as beautiful as jade, his eyes are sharp and resolute, and he has a brave and heroic spirit that is rare for women. It is exactly the same as the shadow of Qing Li in Xishan Village that day.
In fact, King Yu is naturally not the type of person who gets more excited the more he is scolded.
She just felt empty inside.
"In the past few days, I have repeatedly done good deeds. I went into the mountains to help the people and get rid of the big monsters that were causing trouble in the countryside. I conquered many cities and hanged the dog officials who plundered the people's wealth and anointing."
"The military discipline under my rule is strict, and no offense has been committed against the people. It can be regarded as a strict rule. Occasionally, there are soldiers who violate discipline, no matter how great their previous achievements, they will be dealt with impartially."
"The people are grateful to me, the soldiers worship me, and the generals fear me..."
King Yu reached out and made a fist, pressed it on his heart, as if to hold his heart tightly, and murmured:
"The more they respect and worship me so much, the emptier I feel...it's not worth it."
"After all, the so-called King Yu who brought things right is just a lackey of the Immortal Sect."
Yuwangjun, Yuhuajiao.
They held high the banner of resisting the Great Yan Imperial Court and the Yunxiao Sect, and started a prairie fire of war in the southwestern state. Countless people responded. In just two months, they had swept through half of the state.
However, as the leader of the rebel army, King Yu knew the essence of the so-called Yuhua Sect.
"The common people think that this is a fight between gods and gods, a battle of doctrines that transcends life and death, and a battle to bring order out of chaos against the tyrannical rule of Dayan..."
"And these are all fake, all fake."
King Yu looked at himself in the mirror expressionlessly, feeling a trace of fatigue welling up in his heart.
The Yuhua Sect also worships the immortals of the Yunxiao Sect, but it just changes the vest.
The two sects were fighting. First, the Yunxiao Sect was trying to deal with Yan Taizu, who held the Human King Sword, and weaken the fortune of the Yan Dynasty.
Secondly...a war sweeping through the Southwest State will inevitably arouse hatred and drive both religions into mad believers.
Therefore, King Yu knew this very well:
"There is no way to bring order out of chaos. This war is meaningless. It is just a change of name for the Yunxiao Sect. Regardless of the outcome of the war, Southwest State is still the pasture of the Immortal Sect."
And King Yu's various distracting thoughts also arose from this.
She knew the inside story, but she couldn't tell it, and she wanted to serve as a pawn driven by the Immortal Sect to bring a disaster of weapons to this southwestern state.
If the Yunxiao Sect was the culprit in provoking the war, then she, the Feather King, could be regarded as an executioner who killed countless people.
Number one on the list? The strongest half-demon?
He is just a pawn of the Immortal Sect Yunxiao Sect.
Compared with ordinary warriors, she is an unparalleled warrior on the battlefield.
Compared with the Immortal Sect, she is just a pawn who can't help herself.
Just as he was thinking of this, footsteps and knocking on the door came from outside the mansion.
"King Yu, we have found out about the Golden Land." The person who spoke was King Yu's confidant, Yu Li.
After Qing Li put on his mask again, Yu Li pushed open the door and walked in, holding a map in his hand and spreading it out on the table.
The so-called Golden Township is a legend that has been circulating among the Shiwan Mountains for a long time.
Most of the human races in Southwest Prefecture gathered in large and small cities such as Linhe Fucheng and Yangmen Fucheng, relying on high walls and well-trained soldiers to fight against monsters.
There are actually not many villages in the mountains such as Xishan Village.
These mountain villages are either mountain people who escape heavy taxes and go to the mountains to fend for themselves, or they are just like Xishan Village, they have supernatural powers and are protected by strong people.
The so-called Golden Township is a hidden mountain village among the hundreds of thousands of mountains.
It is said that there is countless gold in this hidden mountain village in the mountains. Some people say that this gold comes from the illegal thieves who entered the mountain to avoid being captured by the court. Some people say that it is related to tomb robbers from the previous dynasty. There are different opinions on this and there is no conclusion.
The only thing that is certain is that there is indeed a huge amount of gold in this golden land.
And this is King Yu's goal.
War not only costs lives, but also costs money.
As the saying goes, when a cannon is fired, gold is worth ten thousand taels. In troubled times, gold is even more precious than usual. It is a proper hard currency.
Jade Carp pointed to a point on the map and explained:
"The location of Golden Township is in the northwest of here, about a hundred miles away."
"The theory I just found out is that in the Golden Land, it is said that there is a philosopher's stone that can turn stones into gold and produce a steady stream of gold."
Philosopher's stone?
If it were other people, they might not believe in the absurd classic legend of "turning stone into gold".
But King Yu is different.
She is a descendant of the Jingwei clan, and possesses magical powers of the demon clan that are unimaginable to ordinary warriors.
The so-called Jingwei reclamation is even more absurd and widely circulated myth than "turning stone into gold".
Others may not believe in the Midas touch, but she does.
"Finally there is news about Golden Land." King Yu nodded and said:
"Although gold is a common thing, there is chaos in Kyushu now. If we can find the treasure of the Golden Township, not only changing the barren status quo of the southwestern state, it will naturally improve people's livelihood..."
At this point, King Yu paused in his words, and his eyes fell on the map on the table:
"The Golden Country you are talking about is located in this place?"
"Yes, it's in the deep mountains dozens of miles northwest of Linhe Fucheng." When Yu Li said this, he suddenly remembered something and said with a smile:
"I heard that King Yu's hometown is in the Linhe Prefecture area, and the next goal of King Yu's army is to seize the city of Linhe Prefecture."
"Whether we go to Golden Township first or attack Linhe City first, King Yu has returned home in glory now, right?"
The word "returning home in glory" made King Yu slightly silent.
"Then... let's go to Golden Country first." King Yu said.
"Prince Yu, are you timid about being close to home?" Yu Li said with a faint smile:
"Does King Yu want to obtain the Philosopher's Stone first, and then return home with the Philosopher's Stone in fine clothes, so that his former neighbors can enjoy the blessings?"
"King Yu is still thoughtful. This Southwest State is almost in his pocket, but he is still in a calm mood, and he still hates evil and loves good."
The words hate evil and love good are like a small but tough thorn, causing King Yu to sting slightly.
"There's no need to mention it as a compliment." King Yu's voice was a little louder.
"I'm not saying this as a compliment -" Yu Li was halfway through his words when he saw the coldness in King Yu's eyes behind his visor. He was confused and had no choice but to keep silent.
"I'm a little tired today, and I still have to make some preparations for going to the Golden Land. You can go down first." King Yu said calmly.
After Yu Li left, King Yu sat alone in the room, just staring at the map on the table quietly.
She tapped her fingernail lightly on the map, looking at the location of Xishan Village to the west of Linhe Fucheng, and her vision was complicated for a moment.
The word "hate evil and love good" is just right when used to describe the Spear Saint.
The Gunslinger from decades ago was a rare gentleman in the martial arts world who behaved both inside and outside.
In the past, the Spear Saint treated her as his own child and raised her up.
Then she naturally reciprocated the favor and regarded Xishan Village as her hometown. After the death of Gunslinger, she took up the banner of Xishan Village and protected the village.
But later, the Yunxiao Sect took the villagers of Xishan as hostages, and she willingly became a pawn of the Immortal Sect and became the Feather King.
The so-called Yu Wang is the pawn of the Immortal Sect, the executioner who provoked a meaningless war in Southwest State and caused the lives of Southwest State to be devastated.
Qing Li actually chose the former when faced with the safety of his relatives and friends in Xishan Village and the lives of the people in Yizhou.
War is not a child's play.
Once a general achieves the goal of killing thousands of people, since he is the King of Feathers, he naturally wants to kill people.
In the past two months, quite a few people have died directly or indirectly at her hands.
But in private, she did good deeds to accumulate virtue, exterminate monsters and save people, and kill soldiers and ruffians. These actions actually had nothing to do with the overall situation. She just did some good deeds to gain a moment of peace of mind.
"King Yu is not a good person who hates evil but loves good. He is just a hypocrite." She gently rubbed the location of Xishan Village on the animal skin map and was silent for a long time.
Today she killed a soldier and saved the city officials and their daughter. And this is just a small kindness she did to satisfy herself.
But where she couldn't see, how many people died due to this chaos?