The Book of Troubled Times

Liuhe Magic is worthy of being one of the top magic skills, and its regeneration speed is also first-rate.

When Zhao Changhe meditated and recovered for several hours, his true energy had basically recovered by half. If you can't leave, at least you can take something out of the ring.

He took a long breath and opened his eyes. The stars and moon were shining brightly in the sky.

It's night again.

There was the sound of a bonfire burning in front of him. Sanniang was wrapping his coat and squatting in front of the flames, grilling a large shrimp on a skewer. She didn't know when she caught it.

His exquisite body was wrapped in his loose clothes, and his sleeves covered his entire palm. Only his fingertips were exposed a little, which looked very cute. The way he squatted there and baked something to eat looked very warm.

"Are you awake?" Sanniang seemed to sense his gaze and said without raising her head: "Wait a minute, the shrimp will be ready."

Zhao Changhe said: "Isn't the fish eaten yet?"

"Isn't it boring to just eat fish?" Sanniang wouldn't tell him. This was because she didn't want him to do all the work and wanted to show some value of her own existence, so she caught it on purpose. My ribs hurt when I was catching shrimps.

Seeing that the shrimp was almost done, he handed it over and said expectantly: "You haven't eaten much fish. Are you hungry? Try this."

Zhao Changhe took it and took a bite.

I also feel that although there is no seasoning, the taste is surprisingly not bad.

Perhaps seafood is something that most people eat straight away. It is delicious as long as it is fresh enough and does not necessarily require any ingredients.

"It's delicious." Zhao Changhe ate all the shrimps in a few times and said with a smile: "It feels more delicious than the fish I grilled."

Sanniang's eyes widened with a smile: "That's natural! You don't know how to cook at all! You also have skills in just baking!"

Seeing her very proud look, Zhao Changhe felt that she was extremely cute, so he smiled and said: "That's the boss's wife, she knows how to do anything. Hey, I said the boss's wife..."

"what?"

"I've eaten so many things in your store, is this the first time you've made it yourself?"

Sanniang said with a straight face: "No."

Zhao Changhe asked curiously: "Which other one was made by you?"

"I personally peed on the sweet-scented osmanthus wine that Huang Shaji drank."

"..."

Sanniang asked: "Hey, how are you recovering?"

"You can get something..." Zhao Changhe took out a bottle of medicine, took a pill for himself, and gave another pill to Sanniang: "It can regulate internal injuries and restore Qi. Your meridians have also been numbed. Taking this medicine is suitable for the symptoms." ."

Sanniang ate and then looked at his ring eagerly, as if she was expecting to find another treasure.

Zhao Changhe slowly took out another new piece of clothing: "Change the one that smells like sea water."

Sanniang snatched the clothes with satisfaction, saying that this was what she wanted.

Zhao Changhe couldn't laugh or cry. Treating your injuries is not as important as whether you smell bad, right? woman.

As a result, my eyes straightened out the next moment.

Sanniang took off her original coat in front of him as if nothing had happened, revealing a spring-like body with trembling white flowers. Immediately put on a new one, covered by the spring light.

Zhao Changhe swallowed subconsciously.

Sanniang glanced at him and half-smiled: "Your medicine is indeed very good. The dislocated hand has been basically fine after recuperating. At most, I don't dare to exert too much force, and the ribs don't hurt that much anymore. You give me back I took medicine that regulates the meridians and restores the vitality, and I can feel the signs of recovery in my meridians, and the effect is very good."

Zhao Changhe said blankly: "Well, isn't that great?"

Sanniang smiled: "It means you won't be able to bully me soon."

Not anytime soon, which means you can still have it while it's hot.

The air unconsciously became quiet for a moment. The sound of the bonfire and the sound of the waves around me filled my ears, but the night became even quieter.

Sanniang tightened her clothes, hugged her knees and sat by the bonfire, watching the flames swaying without saying a word.

Zhao Changhe always felt that in this nighttime atmosphere where a man and a woman were alone, Sanniang was a mature woman and not a shy girl. There was always a feeling that she would not object if he hugged her. As an adult...

But I endured it again and again, and finally suppressed it.

The relationship is not that big... Is a one-night stand or hookup necessary for me now?

Besides, Sanniang is a terribly complicated person. How could she know that her so-called feelings were not an illusion? Strictly speaking, I don't even know Sanniang at all, even though I have known her for a long time.

Zhao Changhe turned his head, and the water he had previously captured with the lid of the jade box happened to fill a full lid. He took it off and handed it to Sanniang: "Sanniang, I have water this time. Do you have a story?"

Sanniang looked up at him with a strange look on her face, and after a while she said, "You obviously have wine."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

Yes, once your true energy has recovered, you can take out the wine gourd.

He took out the wine gourd and handed it over: "Now."

It's all taught by you, Sixiang, so you won't mind giving this wine gourd to Sanniang, right?

Sanniang took it unceremoniously. To Zhao Changhe's surprise, she did not raise the mouth of the gourd as she imagined. Instead, her red lips directly touched the mouth of the gourd and took a big gulp.

Zhao Changhe subconsciously stretched out his hand and put it down again.

Sanniang put down the gourd and breathed a sigh of relief: "What's your expression? Do you think my saliva has dirty the mouth of your gourd?"

Zhao Changhe didn't know how to answer, so he could only drink his own water, feeling strange and unspeakable.

The clear water entered her stomach, and she felt refreshed for a while. Then she heard Sanniang say leisurely: "My mother was Ying Wu's thieves brother a long time ago. She ranked third and is many years older than Ying Wu."

Zhao Changhe secretly told the story.

I always thought that Sanniang's father was Ying Wu's old brother, and after a long time he was his mother. This was because I had fallen into a misunderstanding.

Who says women can't be thieves?

"But my mother and Ying Wu didn't share the same joys and sorrows for long. She is from the south of the Yangtze River. Being a horse bandit in the west is very acclimatized. She also comes from a daughter's family, which is really inconvenient. After practicing at the eighth and ninth level of Xuan Guan, I said goodbye to my old brother. , intends to return to Jiangnan and become a local bully."

Zhao Changhe nodded. It can be said that Sanniang's mother is not very loyal in this matter, but it is understandable. It is indeed not that suitable for a woman to be a horse bandit. There are only so many secret treasures in the world. Generally speaking, those who have the strength of the eighth or ninth level of Xuan Guan are the local tycoons who dominate the local area. What else can they do if they can return to the prosperous Jiangnan.

Sanniang said: "At that time, the Dragon King Hai Pinglan in Jiangnan was separated and ruled as king. My mother returned to her hometown and somehow ended up getting in love with him."

Zhao Changhe: "...Your father is Hai Pinglan."

"Yes, I take my mother's surname." Sanniang said: "The reason why the Four Symbols Sect is against Xia Longyuan is actually closely related to each person's origin. For example, your family Qing'er, your family is a general who was surrendered by the previous dynasty, and Xia Longyuan has never been very good. Trust the Huangfu family, you know it. Chi Chi’s mother is the princess of the previous dynasty, and she herself is the princess of the current dynasty. Although Hai Pinglan did not become the king, he is still considered a separatist vassal king, and I can be regarded as the princess of the subjugated country. "

"Princess Club, this is...where is Suzaku? Whose princess is she?"

"Hehe, I won't tell you, you can ask yourself."

"... Let's talk about your business. I think you called Hai Pinglan by his first name, which is very disrespectful."

Sanniang took another leisurely sip of wine and said slowly: "Hai Pinglan destroyed the country, fled overseas with his remaining troops, and became a pirate. He was seriously injured at the time. In name he was the pirate master, but in fact it was my mother who did it. The second master was in charge of pirate affairs. I was only two or three years old at that time, and until I was a girl, I was a little girl pirate who grew up as a pirate. When I grew up, I was called the third master."

Zhao Changhe: "I thought the three heads were a partnership... Ganqing is actually a family business."

I secretly thought in my heart that the wild and sassy temperament was cultivated in this way, which is understandable, but why did you change like this later...

"Because the so-called master is just what the pirates call themselves. We don't name ourselves that way. Someone calls himself the Dragon King." Sanniang smiled sarcastically: "Anyway, pirates can't be a lifelong pirate. Once they have a base and stabilize it, , there will always be children and various family members. My mother, Zhuolu Lanlui, led people to expand the base and build defenses. Gradually, the surrounding islanders also came to join, and it became the prototype of a small country, Penglai. People say that the king of Penglai was surnamed Yuan, that is Because of the lack of information, we still get the impression from the early years.”

"I see."

Sanniang said: "This journey has been started for more than ten years. I have been leading the team for a long time. Hai Pinglan has always been injured and has hardly done anything. It is not surprising for outsiders to think that the king's surname is Yuan. According to legend, when it spread to land, other words with the same sound may also have been used. In fact, there was no founding of the country at that time..."

Zhao Changhe understood: "According to this, after Hai Pinglan recovered from his injury, he seized power and founded the country?"

"Yes, my mother died anyway, and the cause of her death is a mystery. I will tell you in detail later. Anyway, I didn't know if he killed her at the time. Some old brothers felt that something was wrong, and escaped while protecting me, and resumed their old business. Pirates have arisen. The old man with the beard you saw was Hai Pinglan's most loyal guard commander Hai Qianfan, but he rebelled and left in anger over this matter, respecting me as his master."

Zhao Changhe looked at Sanniang with a strange expression. After thinking about it for a long time, you turned out to be the Pirate King.

"In order not to be so conspicuous, they still call me the Third Master, but it's of no use." Sanniang smiled: "It didn't take long for me to be surrounded and suppressed. It's ridiculous. In the early years when my mother was a pirate, there were many small countries on the sea. , but there is no 'official' one with the ability to organize encirclement and suppression, and now there is one, from the country of its own creation."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

"We suffered heavy losses during several sieges. At that time, I felt that I had harmed everyone. If I were gone, they would be broken up into pieces and live in various small countries and islands, and they could live a peaceful life, so I quietly left at night. Join the Brotherhood of Thieves that my mother always remembered during her lifetime."

Sanniang said this and sighed: "When I get to the land, where will I go to find the Brotherhood of Thieves? I can only go back to my hometown in Jiangnan for a while and look for it secretly. One day, I saw a man wearing a firebird mask. Women, fighting with the eldest lady of the Tang family... With all due respect, I felt that they were pretty good at that time, so I told them, stop fighting, you can't kill someone like this..."