[Comprehensive] Demon Fox Hiding Horse

In the world where the Twelve Kingdoms live, the Heavenly Emperor ordered that countries not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, so even though the Kingdom of Yan and the Kingdom of Dai are neighbors across the sea, and the Liutai of Yanqi and Taiqihaoli have a very close personal relationship, but After a rebellion broke out in Dai State and King Tai and Tai Qi disappeared one after another, Shang Long and Liu Tai could not take any action.

This directly led to the fact that in the original book, after the heroine Yoko Nakajima came to this magical world and became King Jing, and initially secured the throne, she learned about Taiqi and King Tai from Jingqi and Taiqi. At the request of Dai Guo's female general Li Zhai, he began to actively establish a new diplomatic system and help find Taiqi with modern thinking.

Therefore, before Zang Ma made the request, neither Shang Long nor Liu Tai had thought of asking about Dai's current national conditions.

And it is precisely because of this that Shang Long and Liu Tai, who were dispatched by Shang Long to pass the information of Dai Guo back to Yan Guo, dismantled it for the first time, felt so terrified——

The situation in Dai country at this time is already terrible.

Although it is difficult for the affairs of King Dai's palace to spread to the common people even if it is a matter of his own country, so that ordinary people know about it, but even so, the few people who went to Dai State to inquire about the news from Yan State heard about it from the citizens of Dai State. , and some information can also be deduced from it.

That is-whether Dai Guo has established a false king now, or Tai Taifu has already elected the next new king (of course, for Shang Long and Liu Tai who understand the situation, such rumors are absolutely impossible to come true ), or the king of Thailand is dead, the throne of Dai is vacant at the moment, and there is a rebellion in the most widely spread palace, which not only kills the king of Thailand, but also falls into the hands of thieves There are several theories, each of which reveals that the domestic situation in Dai country is just such a precarious message.

Rao Shang Long, who knew the news of Xiaozong and Taiqi's disappearance for a long time, would not have imagined that there is almost no one in ten households in Dai country.

"Although refugees from Dai country are received every year..."

However, because a large number of refugees have also flowed out from Qing Kingdom and Qiao Kingdom in recent years, the number of refugees from Dai Country to Yan Country is not so conspicuous against the background of the refugees from the two countries.

"I didn't expect the situation to deteriorate to such a degree."

Looking at the descriptions in the letter that many villages in Dai State were empty, and even if there were villagers, their living conditions were very bad, Shang Long's handsome sword eyebrows frowned tightly between his brows.

"After all, the news that came out at the time was that Dai Guo established a puppet dynasty, and in the days without a king, it is very normal for the country to use this method to achieve daily political management."

In the same way, even if a country with a puppet dynasty is established, monsters will still appear in the country because of the vacancy of the throne, but because the political affairs are still under the orderly management of officials, it is reasonable to say that the living conditions of the people are not good. It should be so bad...

"So here we have to start to consider several other pieces of information hidden in the rumors from Dai Guomin."

Tibetan horse answered.

Shang Long and the Sixth Wife turned their eyes to look at him together when they heard the words.

Yaohu unhurriedly stretched out his hand and clicked on a few pieces of letter paper spread out in front of him: "First, there are many rumors that it was a female general of the Chengzhou Division whose surname was Liu and whose name was Li fast."

"And this General Li Zhai has been wanted and hunted in Dai country since six years ago - although he has not been captured yet."

"The most widely circulated area of ​​this rumor is among the refugees who had to escape from the country of Dai due to the hardships of life in the first one or two years."

"In addition to this, there is another voice, claiming that the former Forbidden Army Right General Ah Xuan, who is in charge of the highest authority in Dai Kingdom at this time, is the real rebel."

"The evidence is that not only did he not allow any voices in Dai to oppose him or praise the King of Thailand, he even burned down the place where the King of Thailand went last to suppress the local riots - Zhewei, and destroyed the king's hometown of Weizhou. Randomly burned and killed for a reason."

"And the rule he has implemented in Dai since then, in various senses, can definitely be called 'tyranny'."

"According to the letter, this rumor comes from the refugees who have flowed out of Dai country in recent years."

"However, this recent rumor has not been confirmed by anyone in the country of Dai."

——From the replies sent by Shang Long’s subordinates to the Dai Kingdom, it can be seen that when asked about this topic, almost all the people immediately denied it sternly.

"However, the negative expressions of the vast majority of them don't seem to be angry and resentful towards outsiders who slandered him because of their support for Ah Xuan, but more like fear and faint hatred..."

"That's enough to tell the truth."

Having said this, Zangma couldn't help but sighed softly.

The faces of Shang Long and Liu Tai have also become very ugly.

In fact, the information summarized and analyzed by Zangma is not difficult for them to distinguish, but they really did not guess in that direction.

After all, as Ah Xuan, who has already controlled the highest power in the entire Dai country, shouldn't it be more important for him to govern it well and win the support and praise of the people than to impose this kind of tyranny that will only make the country impoverished and weak? Reasonable choice?

Regarding the question of the two, Kurama didn't say anything, but the earl sneered first.

"There are always some people in the world who don't need any reason to hurt others."

The black-haired beauty said with a cold expression.

"For this kind of people, judging them with common sense is truly abnormal."

"..." The Sixth Monk Shang Long was speechless.

Kurama patted the back of the earl's hand reassuringly.

"What is the situation of Dai Guo, and what will be the fate in the future? It is better to leave these things to them to worry about after awakening Taiqi and finding the king of Thailand."

He said calmly.

"What we should focus on now is that if it is confirmed that the person in charge of the rebellion was Ah Xuan, then Taiqi's role should also be settled."

"You mean...?"

Shang Long frowned again.

Zangma nodded slightly, "The horn of the unicorn is not only the source of the power of the unicorn, but also a very precious material. More importantly, because it is the most important thing of the benevolent unicorn, the horn of the unicorn is being cut off. After it is broken, it is impossible to be completely destroyed by any means."

Therefore, Ah Xuan cannot completely annihilate the decisive evidence that he tried to murder Qilin, and of course he cannot dispose of it at will.

"So the best way, of course, is to hide Taiqi's horn in an 'absolutely safe' place that only he knows, or even only he has the way to enter?" At the same time as it fell, he had already accepted the words.

Yaohu nodded again upon hearing the words, "This is the biggest possibility."

"So next, we just need to start with Ah Xuan and find the little guy's horn?"

The blond boy's eyes were shining brightly.

Shang Long, who was sitting beside him, shook his head with a wry smile, "It's not that easy."

Not to mention that Ah Xuan is now the supreme ruler of the Dai Kingdom, how many people around him follow and protect him openly and secretly, no matter how arrogant he is, it is impossible for him to rashly reveal the location where the corner of Taiqi is hidden in his life.

"... Sigh." Mrs. Liu, who also reacted, sighed deeply.

Both he and Shang Long had a sad look on their brows—because in their opinion, it was already very difficult for them to ask the Tibetan horse gang Taiqi to continue the broken horn, so the matter of getting back the broken horn Of course, I can't trouble others anymore.

And as the king and Qilin of the Yan Kingdom, they can't openly send troops to the Dai Kingdom, and use force to threaten Ah Xuan to call out Taiqi's broken horn...

For a moment, the entire living room was strangely quiet.

It wasn't until the earl couldn't bear it any longer and called softly "Zangma..." that the demon fox spoke again unhurriedly.

"You two don't have to worry about this matter." He smiled at Shang Long and Mrs. Liu, "Since I promised the earl, I will find a way to get Taiqi's horn back. The only thing you two need to worry about next is As soon as possible, gather all kinds of materials needed for Taiqi broken corner connection."

Shang Long and the Sixth Wife were stunned when they heard the words, and then quickly reacted. While thanking Zangma full of surprises and worries, they also expressed concerns about his safety in the next step of harvesting horns.

"You two don't have to worry about this," the earl finally assured with a smile, "Zangma's strength is beyond the imagination of the two of you, it's best not to treat him as an ordinary gentle and handsome boy, okay?"

Amidst the ridicule of his friend, Yaohu slightly raised one eyebrow——

Regardless of the evaluation of the gentle and beautiful boy.

Count this guy...

In front of him, is it a little too relaxed?

Is it because I suppress myself too much, or...

What obsessions have been solved?

Silently raised the corners of his lips, Yaohu suddenly felt that it was necessary for him to have a good "talk" with his good friend when the matter here was over.

***

Although the Sixth Tai Monk Shanglong has repeatedly told Zangma to be cautious and not to take unnecessary risks, but to be honest, an ordinary "immortal" in the Twelve Kingdoms is really not taken seriously by the demon fox.

On the afternoon of the day when he got the news, he and Hades took Mokona and left Shanglong's Beppu without even accepting the beast provided by Shanglong.

—not even Thanadus, Hypnos, and Diarmuid.

"I'll be back in three days at the latest."

Yaohu said this with a smile, and resolutely rejected the spearman's petition to follow.

This kept the corners of Pluto's mouth suspiciously upturned throughout the rest of the trip, which made Mokona, who was holding the horse in his arms, snicker for a while.

With Hades around, of course, the two of them would not take the boat. Instead, His Majesty Pluto made calculations based on the map of the Twelve Kingdoms obtained from Shang Long, and then directly tore through the space and teleported there.

The foothold is extremely accurate, it is the Baigui Palace in Hongji, the capital of Dai Kingdom.

It only took Zangma less than 5 minutes to get the whereabouts of Ah Xuan from the scattered dandelions.

He and Hades swaggered through the palace directly, and due to the existence of the enchantment, none of the attendants in the palace showed any abnormality to the appearance of the two.

So in a short while, Zangma and Hades passed through the guards and came to Ah Xuan's study.

When they arrived, Ah Xuan was sitting behind a large desk, reading a document with his head bowed. From the perspective of outsiders, this man with a mighty and generous face did not seem like someone who would do such cruel and unreasonable things at all.

"There are no absolutes in this world."

Cangma shook his head and sighed, and without giving Ah Xuan any time to react, he activated the demonic plant that he had already held in his palm—the nightmare thorn.

This kind of plant will entangle and restrain the enemy's actions while stabbing the spikes into the opponent's body. At the same time, it will quickly secrete a very strong hypnotic substance, causing the opponent's spirit to collapse and completely enter a hypnotized state.

For a person like Ah Xuan, Zang Ma didn't have the heart to care what the other party was thinking. He just grabbed him quickly and ruthlessly, and then asked concisely where the broken horn of Taiqi was. After learning that it was in the study , and ordered Ah Xuan to take it out.

During this process, Ah Xuan opened the secret room, the secret room in the secret room, and the secret box step by step, took out the key, returned to the study, opened an inconspicuous ceiling, and revealed the real method of the secret compartment. I curled my lips for a while.

"This person has a bad heart!"

The little guy said unhappily.

"The traps set in the middle are so vicious, Mokona hates him!"

Kurama lowered his head and rubbed his soft cheek, "Well, I don't like him either."

——It’s not even worthy of the name Xiongxiong.

Although those traps are all aimed at intercepting and killing those who try to open the secret chamber, the methods are extremely cruel, and people will be tortured to death, which is extremely vicious.

A person with a real heart who can become a hero would disdain to use such vicious means.

Thinking about it this way, after getting Taiqi's broken horn from player A, Zangma didn't care about him anymore, and directly gave him a hint in his mind not to pay attention to where the broken horn was in the short term, then turned around and walked away .

And not long after he left, Ah Xuan, who regained consciousness, just shook his drowsy head, then continued to read the document with his head down, completely ignorant of what he had encountered before.

——Just like many people who have been "visited" by the evil thief Yoko Kurama.

***

Three days later, Goose Country, Wuhao, Shanglong Beppu.

Facing the expectant eyes of Liu Tai and the Earl, Kurama took out a black broken horn with dim light from the rucksack behind him.

"I got it back."

he said softly.

The black broken corners looked more and more glossy and gray under the bright sunlight in the courtyard, but Liu Tai's eyes suddenly burst out with the light of hope...

Little guy, you must... be able to wake up, right?

Subconsciously clenched the sleeves of the person next to him, Yan Guo Qilin, who looked like a blond boy, thought so, and even his eyes turned red unconsciously.