Infrastructure Throne

The cold moon, watching the earth tenderly, treats all creatures on the ground equally.

Northland Grand Canyon.

In the autumn season, the north wind has already started to blow here, the wind and frost are like a knife, bitter and harsh, whistling wantonly in the wilderness, on the treetops, on the bare skin of every orc.

On the edge of the forest, a thick layer of withered leaves has accumulated, and the grass that used to grow wildly in the grassland is dyed yellow one by one.

A large open field was burnt out in the forest, and some dwarf wheat was planted sparsely. The soil here is barren and not suitable for farming, and the harvest is poor. Only human slaves are busy in the fields overgrown with weeds.

This forest stretches all the way to a low mountain, and at the foot of the mountain there is a pool of water, which is the only water source nearby.

Water sources in the Grand Canyon are scarce, and every place is the object of competition among the tribes. The tribes often fight to the death for the water source, but this place is unusually quiet.

Dove Pheasant used to be one of the most powerful fighters of the Dove Tribe. He killed a large number of human soldiers during the looting of Yuanliu City, so he was appreciated by the Dove Tribe's witch priests.

It's a pity that the good times don't last long. During the beast tide in winter, the witch priest of the Jiu tribe died at the hands of Yan Zui.

Dove Pheasant also became a slave of the Tengshe tribe, put on handcuffs, and even his wife and children were forcibly separated, and became the plaything of the high-ranking soldiers of the Tengshe tribe.

Dove Pheasant does not hate the Tengshe Tribe. In his eyes, the law of the jungle is the eternal rule of the Grand Canyon. Who makes them losers? If they are defeated, they must have the consciousness of being enslaved.

Therefore, in order to achieve victory, it must be done at any cost.

What Dove Pheasant hates is the human race, especially the human race in Yuanliu City. They were clearly the targets of the Dove Tribe's random bullying, and they were the back garden for wantonly plundering people and slaves and harvesting food.

Unexpectedly, in only half a year, the strength has undergone earth-shaking changes!

What's even more hateful is that the only witch priest of the Dove Tribe died in Yuanliu City. If it wasn't for this, how could the Dove Tribe be annexed so easily by the Tengshe Tribe?

The human race is obviously the weakest race in the Dawn Continent, but they occupy the most fertile territory. The orc race is so powerful, but they have to retreat to a corner. How unfair!

If the orcs can unite, cross the Grand Canyon, launch an attack on the human world, and completely occupy the territory of the human race, why should they be crowded in this corner where no shit is possible, and they can fight to the death with each other for a piece of water?

The more Jiuzhi thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but smashed the water bag in his hand to the surface of the water.

"Crack!" The rough whip whipped across his back, causing a burning pain that made him break out in cold sweat.

"You bastard! How dare you throw the water bag around! Go get it back, or you won't be able to eat tonight!"

The overseer of the Teng Snake Orc stood tall and erect with his upper body, and below his abdomen was a bucket-thick snake body, and its pitch-black scales shone with a metallic coldness under the moonlight.

Dove Pheasant endured the pain, lying on the cold water surface to fish out the water bag, and when it was filled with water, his whole body was soaked, and the night wind blew, and it was bitingly cold.

Holding the water bag, he lowered his head and walked into the criss-cross caves in the mountainside, which was the old nest of the Teng Snake clan.

The high-ranking warriors of the Tengshe tribe gathered at the bottom of the grotto. He stepped into the stone house at the highest point of the cave, poured water into the pot, and licked a rusty iron pot with the tongue of fire. A faint fragrance wafted out of the broth. .

Dove Pheasant didn't dare to salivate, he retreated out of the heat of the fire, and squatted quietly on the ground, like a loyal dog.

Sitting around the bonfire were the most honorable figures of the Tengshe tribe, the patriarch, the young patriarch, the witch priest, and a human wizard.

Human again!

The man took off his hood, revealing short curly golden hair. His face was extremely young, but his eyes were as vicissitudes as a moss-covered rock.

The patriarch of the Tengshe tribe sat opposite the wizard, holding the stinky dark red soup in both hands, and poured it into his mouth. In a blink of an eye, the soup was completely drunk.

The forked tongue of the Teng Snake patriarch sticks out, licking up every drop of the remaining juice in the bowl, and the whole person let out a satisfied sigh.

Dove Pheasant's eyes widened, watching helplessly as the old wrinkles on the patriarch's face diminished, and his skin rejuvenated, as if he had become several years younger and more energetic.

The patriarch looked down at his strong hands, and laughed a few times: "It's been a month, and the effect of drinking the life potion you prepared every day has become more and more obvious! I didn't expect that there is such a secret method in the human race witch worship." .”

"My lord." Sofa, the wizard who occupied Lot's body, bowed to him.

"I need to remind you that this secret method is only to temporarily maintain a youthful appearance, and it cannot truly return to youth. Moreover, there must be fresh virgin blood every once in a while."

"Hmph, you don't need to say more, of course I know." Tengshe Clan Chief said casually, "Don't worry, since you are useful to our clan, I will never forget our cooperation."

Sofa smiled: "As long as the Tengshe tribe can avenge Yuanliu City for me, help me ascend to the position of the city lord of Mingzhu City, and drive away the 'brother' who usurped power, I can guarantee that I will pay tribute to the Tengshe tribe every year. Lots of slaves and food."

"Use the wealth of Pearl City to support the Teng Snake Clan."

"The Tengshe tribe has few people, so there is no need to attack the southern city like other tribes at the risk of sacrificing a large number of soldiers."

"In the future, Mingzhu City and the Tengshe tribe will form an alliance for mutual benefit. I will be king in the North, and you will lead other orc tribes in the Grand Canyon. It will be effortless!"

The Tengshe patriarch did not refuse, but just smiled mockingly: "What? Don't you humans disdain to be with us?"

Sofa's attitude is humble: "As long as you don't say it, I don't say it, who will know? What's more, our human race has a saying that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."

Several people discussed for a while, and the patriarch ordered Jiuzhi to take Suofa away.

The witch priest of the Tengshe tribe is coiled on a large stone bed, and the scales on its tail are silver, dyed a warm gold-like color by the bonfire.

The witch priest's gray hair drooped down his back in a mess, and he opened his two vertical pupils: "The patriarch, this human race, cannot be trusted."

"I know." Teng Snake patriarch sneered, "But, you should also understand that our clan produces fewer and fewer snake eggs every year. If the status quo doesn't change, even if the clan doesn't die, it will be annexed by others."

"According to what he said, there is no harm to us. The premise is that the mysterious witch priest in Yuanliu City must be dealt with first."

"Yuanliu City and Mingzhu City are the two human cities closest to where our group lives. No matter which side wants to expand, they cannot avoid it."

"Since this is the case, it is better to strike first."

The patriarch, Scarlet Nobuko, licked his chin: "Our Teng Snake Clan is not comparable to a brash man like the Jiu Tribe. Yuanliu City will never be able to guard against us."

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When the Tengshe Tribe and Sofa were planning a conspiracy with ulterior motives, people were still in disbelief in the square in the trading area of ​​Yuanliu City thousands of miles away, unable to recover for a long time.

Is this the relationship between the officiant and the city lord? !

At this moment, regardless of men, women, young or old, nobles and commoners, friends or enemies, this sentence of soul torture is frantically swiping the screen in their minds!

There was a lot of talk about the guards capturing the rebels before, but now time seems to be suspended by the gods.

Everyone's unfinished words came to an abrupt end, and everyone stared blankly at the two adults on the booth with a funny expression of astonishment, turning into stone sculptures standing in the square.

Shen Qingze's kiss was about to end, but when she was about to pull away, Yan Zui hugged her tightly.

On the day when he accepted Yan Zui's confession, he had already planned that sooner or later he would face an open relationship. Shen Qingze was used to being indifferent, and didn't care about other people's thoughts. the minority.

The kiss under the eyes of everyone, Shen Qingze didn't feel that he had done any earth-shattering event, but he just kissed his lover, so why make a fuss?

It's just that there are too many onlookers staring at me, I'm not used to it.

However, Yan Zui obviously couldn't deal with it calmly like him, even through his clothes, Shen Qingze could feel the violent beating of the atrium under his chest.

His arms were stretched too tightly, his chest was tightly pressed together, and his pulse gradually tended to the same frequency, which gave him the illusion that he and Yan Zui were twins growing in the same body.

Yan Zui's hugs and kisses came aggressively, as if he wanted to get back the forbearance he had accumulated for a long time.

He raised his chin, revealing a slender and fair neck. He sucked on the other party with his fiery lips. His nose was hot and his breathing was rapid. He was so focused and forgetful that he completely forgot everyone.

Shen Qingze stroked his long black hair lightly, and let the other party kiss for a long time, then panted slightly and opened the distance, looking down at the end of his reddish eyes.

Yan Zui narrowed his eyes, and stroked his moist lips with his fingertips, the disgust and displeasure caused by Fang Yu just now were swept away, and he felt extremely refreshed, and even had the leisure to appreciate Shen Qingze's helpless expression .

The surrounding area was so quiet that Fang Yu's stammering voice was exceptionally abrupt: "You...you actually got together secretly...two men...you are crazy!"

Yan Zui glanced at him lazily: "Do you have a say in the matter of my city lord? Come, someone, take this mastermind who tried to assassinate the chief priest, and interrogate him strictly."

Fang Yu felt ashamed for a moment.

His brain was too shocked, his vision seemed to be black and white, and there seemed to be a thousand bees buzzing in his ears, he was stunned and unable to think.

Since Yan Zui and Shen Qingze were together from the beginning, the plot of the nobles is a complete joke!

Fortunately, he still ran to the city lord's mansion to offer suggestions to Yan Zui. Except for the "Blood Book" plan, he revealed all the other plans. Maybe at that time, Shen Qingze would be hiding in a corner of the room, laughing at them for being stupid !

The truth of the assassination came to light, everyone in the square gradually recovered from the shock, and the buzzing and noisy discussions covered the audience again. This night was extremely exciting, and everyone's mood was like a roller coaster.

Some old people with outdated concepts can't understand, how can a good man bend when he says it?

The most hopeless thing is that the Huaichun girl who has a deep admiration for Yan Zui and Shen Qingze, her dream of being the wife of the city lord and the wife of the chief priest has been ruthlessly shattered like this.

Most of the people in Yuanliu City are simple and simple. The city lord and the chief priest treated them well and led Yuanliu City to flourish. They subconsciously believed that what the two adults did was right.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like a bad thing for the two adults to be a couple, at least there is no need to argue endlessly about whether they are incompatible with each other.

At the VIP table, Tia and Shelley had the same surprised expressions, the elf girl's mouth was so long that an ostrich egg could be stuffed into it.

Tia looked back blankly at Black Hawk, who was in a complicated mood and also speechless.

"It turned out to be like this, it turned out to be like this..." Tia murmured with a wry smile, "I've thought about many possibilities, the only thing I didn't think of was that City Lord Yan used this method to keep Shen Qingze. I can learn Not coming."

Hei Ying had a strange expression on his face: "I don't think City Lord Yan is someone who would wrong himself."

It was also a pity for the blond elf. It took Shelley several minutes to digest the explosive fact in front of him. He sighed helplessly: "It seems that our plan needs to be changed."

On the booth, the people with the most complicated expressions were Father Li and Mrs. Yan.

Father Li hasn't come to terms with it until now, his mind is full of how Aze likes a man?Don't you want children?What about the promised wife and children who are hot on the kang?Who will the iron shop and field at home be given to in the future?

Although Shen Qingze's current status doesn't need these things, old man Li still feels deeply disappointed, thinking that maybe the two of them will suffer criticism from others in the future, he starts to worry again.

Mrs. Yan learned everything from the maid, and she didn't show any surprise. Instead, she smiled, showing a kind of expected relief, and began to comfort Father Li beside her.

After a dramatic assassination, the Autumn Harvest Food Festival finally came to an end.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people in Yuanliu City.

Those who expected Yan Zui and Shen Qingze to fight each other either cursed in the dungeon under the City Lord's Mansion, or moaned in the high-end hotel in Red Wall Lane.

It is said that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers?Actually opened a husband and wife shop!It's too much to be a partner and cheat people!

While spurning the actions of the two, the envoys from each city non-stop ordered their subordinates to prepare generous gifts and line up to visit the City Lord's Mansion—since Yuanliu City can't get into chaos, it's better to curry favor first.

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month to midday.

Yan Zui came out of the bathroom wearing a silk nightgown, this time he didn't sneak up Shen Qingze's window as before, but walked through the front door openly.

Shen Qingze was still leaning over the table, holding a pen, not knowing what to write.

After a busy day, Yan Zui yawned lazily, hugged his waist from behind, and rested his chin on his shoulder: "What are you still busy with?"

Shen Qingze's back stiffened slightly, and then he relaxed quickly. He didn't look back, but hummed: "Go and rest first, I'll be fine in a while."

Yan Zui blinked, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the reddish earlobe of the other party. His eyes widened unconsciously, and he burst out laughing: "Hey...you are so calm and breezy, Mr. Priest, don't you just start to feel shy now?"

Shen Qingze paused with the pen in his hand: "...No hey!"