Fantasy Mirror Travel Records

The name "Tarot" means "snake's fangs" in the ancient Modi language.

The first time he knew the meaning of his name was when his father brought back a poisonous snake from a safari in the grassland when he was seven years old. He saw with his own eyes how colorful and twisted the snake's body was, and watched his father pry open the snake's mouth to let him see the fangs clearly. terrible.

"Mo Di's son is like a poisonous snake. We are not as vicious as tigers and wolves, and not as strong as dogs and mastiffs, but we once became the overlords of this territory because of our viciousness." Father coiled the poisonous snake on his arm, Holding the snake's head towards him, "Come and touch it, remember the existence of poisonous snakes."

The snake seemed to be unable to move.He hesitated to reach out his hand, but his father suddenly let go of his finger when he was about to touch it, and the poisonous snake bit his tiger's mouth fiercely.Tarot waved his hand subconsciously, and the poisonous snake was thrown out by him, fell into the grass and disappeared.

He was still in shock, watching his father take out the snake medicine to treat him, he opened his mouth a few times, but couldn't utter a word.

"The power of snakes is not strong, and the deadly lies in forbearance and insidiousness. Today's lesson is to tell you that you should never trust others except yourself, and you must never leave them alive when dealing with enemies. You must be such a person."

In Tarot's memory, there are only father and elder brother, but no mother.Not only Tarot, but children of the same age in their clan also have no mothers. The few women I occasionally see in the deep valley are all skinny and empty, and they are more like domesticated animals than women.

When he asked about these things when he was young, his father and brother's attitudes were indifferent and disdainful, and even when he grew up, he realized that there are no women in the clan, only tools, which can be plundered at will, and then kept in captivity or silenced.

In his year, the eldest brother robbed a beautiful woman back to the valley, which is a common thing in the clan, but what is infuriating is that his elder brother, who is the young patriarch, fell in love with this woman and was unwilling to take her She shared it with others as a slave, and she did not hesitate to fight against Father for her.

At that time, the situation in the clan was very stalemate. Tarot was close to the elder brother and tried to persuade him a lot, but every time he passed by, he would bump into that woman.She is undoubtedly beautiful, with a graceful body covered by a mustard skirt, and a pair of talking eyes under the curly hair. Every time she pours wine, she looks at Tarot for a short time, and she can see him fascinated.

Tarot gradually understood the charm of women, and he began to plead with Father for his eldest brother and this woman.Unexpectedly, when he spoke, Father softened his attitude and let the elder brother take the woman out of the valley.

The day after they left, Father ordered all the clansmen to hide deep in the mountains. After lurking for two days, a group of people broke in. Because of the trap they had set in advance, they suffered heavy casualties. Then the two sides fought and they won a complete victory.

When Tarot counted the victories, he saw the gold-encrusted waist knife of the elder brother on the enemy leader.

At that moment, his hand holding the knife was trembling. Father came behind him at some point and asked softly, "Now, do you know how these enemies came here?"

The eldest brother died, at the hands of the woman he fell in love with.

That woman was never willing to be a slave after being robbed, so she tried her best to confuse them, and finally waited until the day she left here.On the second day after she walked out of the valley, she got her elder brother drunk, stabbed him in the neck with a knife, and ran desperately to the nearby tribes to tell the secret of the valley.

"Women are such cunning and ruthless things. They don't have the power of men, and they should be lowly slaves, but they are unwilling, as terrifying as blood-sucking bugs." Father said, "When your elder brother is confused by a woman From that moment on, he is no longer qualified to be my son, and I will not hesitate to use him to teach you and the clansmen another lesson. Tarot, from today onwards, you are the young patriarch."

The resident was exposed, and they had to migrate overnight after eliminating the first wave of enemies. On this way, Tarot finally touched something he had no right to know before, and knew the secret of the Endi tribe——

70 years ago, the Modi tribe was split due to civil strife, the country was destroyed, and the royal family was slaughtered. Only one prince escaped in the chaos, and went to the valley to recuperate under the protection of his confidants.

The Tarot family has the blood of Mo Di's royal family, and since he was born, he has shouldered the responsibilities left by his ancestors, and wants to restore Mo Di's glory at all costs.

"Three years ago, my father died of illness, and I became the head of the clan, taking on the responsibility of revival. But it is not easy to rebuild the Modi clan in the past. We not only need strong warriors and manpower, but also countless material resources Therefore, looting and commerce alone are not enough to support the consumption of launching a war."

Facing Tarot's cold words, Chu Liuxiang said indifferently: "So, you made your idea on the tomb of King Modi?"

"The ancestor's handbook records that there are endless treasures hidden in King Modi's tomb, which is enough to support us through the most difficult period. However, the location of the king's tomb is very secret, and even he only knows the general direction. Tracking down and multiplying, we have been hiding for a long time, it is time to get back what belongs to Modi." Tarot looked at Tao, his eyes were dark, "I sent several waves of snake guards but they never came back. I can only bring them back. People searched until this point, only to find out that there is a bitch who is here to cause trouble, not to mention that some of the previous batch of snake guards could not stand the temptation of this bitch, and even betrayed their companions and masters."

Chu Liuxiang remembered "Boss Zhang" who helped Tao in the inn before, and finally figured out the current clues.

"You did tell the truth." Tao Youyou said, "However, you said one thing wrong."

Tarot said coldly: "What?"

"This is indeed the tomb of King Modi, but it now belongs to the Great Witch of Ulan." Tao raised a hand and whispered in a chant tone, "Only the Great Witch can live here forever, the others... huh."

As soon as she finished speaking, she moved like a ghost of a floating weed. Two poisoned daggers fell into her hands, her waist folded in mid-air, and disappeared.

A chill suddenly rose from behind Tarot, and he rushed forward without thinking, and then two dull voices came from his ears—the two snake guards following him were cut off in this round. Throat.

The blow was successful, but Tao was not in a hurry to make up the knife to Tarot, because a folding fan hit her big acupoint on the back of her neck, which made her dare not act rashly.

The speed of this woman's movements was comparable to that of Shi Guanyin and Jellyfish Yinji among those Chu Liuxiang had seen, and even he almost made a mistake.Glancing at the corpse on the ground, Chu Liuxiang's eyes were slightly cold, and he said, "Your Excellency is too ruthless."

Tao still looked at Tarot, chewed and smiled, and asked, "Don't they deserve to die?"

"No one has the right to sanction or deprive others of their lives." Chu Liuxiang said, "Whether right or wrong, or strong or weak, success or failure, the foundation of life is respect."

Tao was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "Young Master Chu, you are a merciful gentleman, but..."

Chu Liuxiang frowned, and flew back, only to see Tao Feidao blocking his way to the left and right, and then his legs twisted towards his neck for scissors!

"You all have to die!"

The folding fan was inserted between her feet, pulling Tao down one by one, but unexpectedly, the woman twisted her body on the ground with one hand, holding Chu Liuxiang back and losing her stability.Taking advantage of this chance, she hit Tarot with a handful of iron marbles, nine in total, connected back and forth, with tricky angles, and they were often fatal!

Chu Liuxiang was blocked by her desperately, and it was too late to intercept him!

After six crisp sounds, the blade in Tarot's hand chopped off six iron marbles. When the seventh bullet hit the knife, the already finely grained waist knife snapped off!

"what--"

Tarot let out a cry of pain, the eighth iron bullet hit his left eye, blood dripped instantly, and the ninth bullet was only an inch away from his throat!

A black shadow, like a flying swallow out of the forest, sprang out from behind the painted wall, and arrived in an instant, two fingers stretched out when there was no room to move, and firmly clamped the iron bullet!

Chu Liuxiang breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Brother Lu, are you all right?"

"very good."

The one who came was naturally Lu Xiaofeng, he was covered in dust and dirt, he was more like a dirty pheasant than a phoenix, but when his four eyebrows were raised slightly, there was a different kind of vitality.

Tao's complexion changed suddenly, and when he saw the thing in Lu Xiaofeng's hands, his eyes cracked, and he almost broke away from Chu Liuxiang's shackles and rushed forward to bite off a piece of Lu Xiaofeng's flesh.

Lu Xiaofeng was holding the iron marble in his left hand, while his right hand was holding the double mirror.

There are two sides of yin and yang, surrounded by seven snakes, it is the phantom world mirror carried by Wulan Dawu, which is separated somehow.

"How dare you--" Tao broke his arm bone fiercely, and rushed towards Lu Xiaofeng dragging his twisted left arm, "How dare you desecrate the great witch's body and take away the great witch's things!"

Faced with her claws, Lu Xiaofeng didn't dodge or dodge, but looked directly at her and said in a deep voice: "The Great Witch Wulan is not here, Xiaotao, have you forgotten?"

Tao's fingertips stopped in front of his eyes, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Lu Xiaofeng raised the mirror to let it reflect Tao's current appearance, the ancient mirror that had been wiped off the dust was still quite clear, which made her expression not at all leaky.

He paused and said: "There is no Great Witch of Ulan, no royal family of Modi, and no treasures here. Except for this mirror, there is nothing here."

Tao's eyes were full of fright and anger, but there was still a vague fear, as if Lu Xiaofeng's words were a key that was about to open a door that had been restricted for many years.

Tarot got up covering his injured eyes, and said in disbelief: "What did you say?!"

"Wulan Wulan is not here, not anywhere." Lu Xiaofeng's gaze was still on Tao, and his voice lowered, "She is already dead, you killed her."

Lu Xiaofeng saw many things in that mysterious dream.

Eighty years ago, the last Ulan great witch of the Modi tribe took in several female slaves after the war, so that they could have a way to survive after the country was ruined and their families were destroyed. One of them was Xiaotao.

Xiaotao is not only dumb, but also a Central Plains girl. She came to Mobei to do business with her merchant father, but she did not expect to catch up with Mo Di's attack on the city. Not only did the business fail, but her father also lost his life.She is a girl, and she can't go back to her motherland because of the sky high and the road is far away, and she will definitely end up living outside. The only way to survive is to follow Ulan.

She has studied and helped her father with the accounts, so she can help Ulan a lot when she is with Ulan.Ulan treats her very well, not like a master and servant, but more like treating her own sister.

She didn't understand at first, until she followed Ulan all the way, saw the Modi tribe's contempt for women and the insinuation of Ulan, and gradually realized how difficult this superficially noble woman is behind her back.

Although the Modi tribe has myths and legends about the immortal goddess who saves the world, they still advocate strength and power in their bones, so the style of despicable women prevails.In Wuzhao City, Ulan is the only one who can truly be called a "woman", and the rest are men's slaves.

Women do the dirtiest and most tiring work, and they also bear the burden of production, but they have not been respected for a long time, and their status is as low as that of livestock.Over the years, there are many contradictions under the power of the Modi tribe. In addition to the unequal status between men and women, there are also conflicts of interest between classes and power parties. It has reached a point where it has to make a choice.

Ulan wants to change the status quo, not only to save fellow women, but also to stabilize the future of the Modi tribe.However, King Mo Di resorted to military tactics, and those in power valued harsh laws over benevolence, and Ulan was caught in these whirlpools and tossed and bumped into walls, which could be said to be devastated.

A new party who was unwilling to submit to King Mo Di took the opportunity to find her, and used women's rights and law amendments as bargaining chips to persuade her to support her in raising troops to usurp the throne. Pushed to the cusp.

At this moment, Xiaotao brought her a bowl of soup.

"You poisoned that bowl of soup." Lu Xiaofeng stared at Tao, "You are not dumb at all, and you are not a daughter of a merchant, but a spy from the Central Plains. Burning to the border, for the sake of the overall situation, you were ordered to pretend to come to Mobei, just to break into the Modi tribe and wait for the opportunity to intensify the conflict."

The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant's nest, not to mention that the Modi tribe is not an impregnable city wall, but a nest full of eggs. As long as they can seize the opportunity and use their strength skillfully, they can overwhelm the nest.

Class antagonism is the fuse, partisan struggle is the first step, and Ulan's death is an important turning point.

At that delicate moment, all eyes were on Ulan. She was a target to attract fire while she was alive. When she died, she would become a trigger for the war. People who were already on the verge of sanity would be instigated and become sharp knives in the hands of the new party. .

Tarot looked at Tao with the only remaining eyes, and his blood-stained hands clenched into fists.

Lu Xiaofeng also looked at her deeply: "You are an excellent spy, but you failed Ulan's trust and kindness in you."

The dispute between the family and the country, and the overall situation of the individual and me are all about different positions, and it is difficult to judge right or wrong.In terms of responsibility, Tao is not wrong; in terms of affection, she is ashamed of Ulan.

Tao's straight body began to tremble after Lu Xiaofeng said a few words.

Chu Liuxiang suddenly said: "Therefore, the murder of the Great Witch Ulan was blamed on King Modi, who instigated her subordinate uprising, defected to the new party and began to fight and split with the old party. perish, right?"

Lu Xiaofeng didn't speak, but his eyes answered everything.

He saw Ulan's poisonous hair in the dream, and saw the woman's eyes change from fright to calm, obviously he understood the truth.

She has always wanted to protect innocent people from harm and involvement in a gentle way as much as possible, but now even she herself has to become a weapon to promote war and civil strife.

Ulan finally left her palace desperately, not wanting to die here and be used by others, but Tao betrayed her whereabouts to the Xindang, and the other party sent dead soldiers to intercept her, no matter whether she died or died.

Xiao Tao hid aside and watched, while Lu Xiaofeng stood beside her.

She is undoubtedly grateful and even adored Ulan, but she always keeps in mind her identity and responsibilities, even if she has a lot of reluctance and can't bear it, it all comes down to the words "break it when you break it".

She watched Ulan run away, her fingers clenched into fists, her knuckles turned white, and her knuckles soaked in blood. Lu Xiaofeng saw her wanting to rush out and take Ulan away countless times, giving up some tasks and missions, but in the end she didn't.

Until Ulan ran to the edge of the cliff, she had nowhere to escape, and the poisonous blood had already rushed to her throat due to the strenuous exercise.She stood on the edge of the cliff and watched the pursuers, but her gaze was farther away. At that moment, Lu Xiaofeng felt that Xiaotao beside her trembled.

Then, Ulan leaned back and jumped off the high cliff.

The cliff was very high, and besides the turbulent dark river, there were wolves that appeared here and there. Ulan's disappearance for one night would definitely cause an uproar very quickly.

Lu Xiaofeng followed Xiaotao, watching her scramble and climb down to the bottom of the cliff with great difficulty, and risked being attacked by wolves to rummage around, but she didn't see Ulan's body.

Only the mirror was swept up on the tidal flat by the current, and it was divided into two, and it was no longer the same as before.