Chapter 60: The Eldest Princess Meets Long Long by Coincidence
Looking at the endless mountains in the distance, Qi Yingzhu felt a little monotonous.
If we just talk about the richness of the environment and terrain, Zhongzhou ranks first among the five states. The climate is not as hot as Nanzhou, not as bitter and cold as Beizhou, not as wet as Dongzhou, and not as dry as Xizhou. It can be said that it is
The advantages of each state are brought together.
Xizhou is mountainous and rainless, and the higher you go, the more so. So that the tops of many mountains are bare, looking green and white, and ugly.
...Perhaps, I am the one who is truly ugly. I cannot be seen as a unicorn, and I cannot belong to a white tiger, just like the colorful mountain peaks.
Qi Yingzhu looked at it silently for a long time, tightened her tight clothes, and then walked down the mountain with the magic of magic.
Among the five major demon clans, Qilin is good at the art of traveling with gods, Black Turtle is good at the art of earth escape, and the other three clans are better at flying.
The dragon clan soars into the clouds, the white tiger rides the wind, and the red bird is born to fly. Although Qi Yingzhu does not have Qilin bloodline, he has also learned the art of divine movement, but he is far less proficient than the horn clan.
Arriving at a nearby place, Qi Yingzhu saw several young masters of the Baihu family standing there, watching the slaves and boys digging in the soil.
"What's wrong?" she went over and asked casually.
"Your Highness." Bai Hu recognized this person's identity and said respectfully, "I just came here to look for something because I lost something."
"I lost something..." Qi Yingzhu muttered.
She was not originally a nosy person, but at this time she felt that she was "incompatible with the White Tiger clan", so she asked casually:
"What is it?"
"It's just some magical artifacts." Then Mr. Baihu came out and said with a smile, "This man is a slave of my family. He was ordered by me to go to the market to buy magical artifacts, but he didn't return for a long time."
"We originally thought that this unruly slave was defecting with money, so we tracked him down using secret methods, and then we found out that he was killed here."
"Killed by someone?" Qi Yingzhu frowned slightly and said, "Someone actually committed murder here in broad daylight?"
The white tiger gentlemen looked at each other and thought to themselves, isn't this normal?
Here is the conflict between the two worldviews: Qi Yingzhu was born in the Imperial Capital, a place with a dense population of monsters, so there are Golden Horn Guards in the Imperial Capital to enforce the law. Naturally, there are specialized people to deal with similar murder cases in a timely manner.
However, the Xizhou area is sparsely populated, and many monks were killed for various reasons. Their bodies were left in the wilderness without being discovered for several years. Naturally, it was impossible for anyone to investigate and investigate.
It's just that as the eldest princess of the Qilin royal family, Qi Yingzhu has a respected status and no one dares to disobey her. Therefore, no one said anything weird like "Isn't this making a fuss out of a molehill?" They just flattered the eldest princess and agreed:
"What His Highness said is true. This murderer should be investigated carefully!"
"Who is the monster clan closest to here?" Qi Yingzhu continued to ask.
"They are the Tianhu clan from Qingqiu Mountain." someone answered.
"Well, I'll go take a look." Qi Yingzhu didn't say anything about "asking for justice for the White Tiger clan." After all, the deceased was just a slave of the clan, and he seemed to be a foreigner. He used this as an excuse to come to see Tianhu Mingming.
To provoke.
I didn't go to ask for help, but to ask the other party if they had any clues to provide.
Arriving at the headquarters of the Tianhu Clan, Qi Yingzhu handed over a greeting card.
Seeing that the Princess of Zhongzhou was visiting, Hu Yuan, the leader of the Tianhu clan, immediately came to greet her in person.
"Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, is a rare guest. She didn't treat her well, and she still hopes to see Haihan."
"You're welcome, Patriarch." Qi Yingzhu went straight to the point without any politeness. "I came here this time to ask about something."
"Your Highness, please speak."
"Just outside Fangshi near Qingqiu Mountain, a murder occurred..." Qi Yingzhu explained the matter.
Hu Yuan looked serious at first, but when he heard that the deceased was a domestic slave, he suddenly became sad.
Although we, the Tianhu clan, have surrendered to the White Tiger clan, we cannot be humiliated by you like this. Even if a White Tiger slave dies unexpectedly, do we have to come to hold our clan accountable?
"... Therefore, I just wanted to ask if you have any clues here." Qi Yingzhu said at last.
"It's not that I'm hiding anything from you, Your Highness." Hu Yuan replied slowly, "It's just that our clan has never restricted the entry and exit of clan members. We don't know how many clan members left the clan today, went out to play, or passed by the scene of the crime."
"By the way, I heard that the White Tiger Clan has a White Tiger Secret Guard who is responsible for espionage and intelligence work throughout Xizhou. Why don't Your Highness ask the clan?"
"...I was the one who was abrupt." Qi Yingzhu was speechless for a while and could only say.
Going to the White Tiger Secret Guard to seek information because of the death of a domestic slave is really an act of ignorance.
The reason why Hu Yuan mentioned this matter was to hint to Qi Yingzhu: It is indeed a bit excessive to come to us for such a thing.
Qi Yingzhu was a little embarrassed, so she said goodbye to Hu Yuan and left.
Hu Yuan also felt that it was a bit disrespectful, so he kindly asked Qi Yingzhu to stay and visit the Tianhu clan's territory... Otherwise, the news would spread to the outside world that the eldest princess came to Qingqiu to visit, and she would not have spent more than a stick of incense.
And outside, how would people outside evaluate the Fox Clan?
Qi Yingzhu reluctantly agreed, and Hu Yuan called a few other girls of the same age from the Fox tribe and asked them to take the eldest princess to a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters in the tribe's territory.
These girls from the fox tribe were indeed gentle in nature, and they were flattering and chirped in a few words, which quickly made Qi Yingzhu's mood improve.
The group was chatting and laughing, telling Qi Yingzhu interesting stories about Xizhou, when suddenly they saw a young man from the Weasel tribe and a girl from the Fox tribe walking in the distance.
"It's strange to say." One of the girls from the Fox tribe said with a sweet smile, "The tribes in Xizhou regard ferrets as stinky, and most of them are unwilling to get close to them. But for some unknown reason, that fellow tribesman spends all day with a ferret tribe.
I have seen them fooling around together several times, they are really shameless and shameless."
Then everyone started to giggle.
Qi Yingzhu looked at the two people and suddenly felt the same.
What she has been struggling with recently is that living as a white tiger among the Qilin tribe, she has a feeling of uncertainty and alienation, that she is neither human nor human.
At this time, I saw the fox girl and the weasel boy walking together. I thought that even if the two were to be reunited in the future, they would not be understood by the relatives of the fox and weasel tribes.
It can be seen that this ethnic portal is like a natural chasm, insurmountable!
"Call those two people over." Qi Yingzhu ordered, "I want to talk to them."
The girls of the Fox tribe looked at each other, and soon someone stood up with a smile and said:
"I'll go, Your Majesty will wait here."
On Long Long's side, he accompanied Long Hu and spent many days wandering around the clan's territory.
Although the surrounding fox monks would always cast strange glances, they did not recognize the dragon fox after all, so no one came up to provoke him, saying something like "a mere weasel wants to eat fox meat."
From this point of view, after Xizhou officially sets out for the expedition, the two of them can join the team and head to Beizhou.
"This brother of the Weasel clan." Someone suddenly called out softly from behind, "Please stay."
Long Long stood up slowly, looked at Long Hu, then at the unfamiliar fox girl, and then pointed at himself blankly.