Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 1606 Exploring the Bottom

Qiu Ruyi didn't want to stay in the square any longer. It wasn't because she was afraid, but because she felt disgusted. She even wanted to kill all these crazy beasts like cleaning up filth: "Grand Master, aren't you going to take me to see the Queen of the Tiger Tribe?"

Leaving the square, passing through the mortal stone house where the tiger tribe lived, and then walking into the forest, Qiu Ruyi looked at Gebala in confusion.

Gebala explained: "The little queen likes to live alone and doesn't like to be with other people. Don't worry, Mr. Qiu, I won't murder you."

Qiu Ruyi chuckled, "I know, you could have killed me earlier."

Gebala suddenly raised his hand and waved, and Qiu Ruyi was enveloped by a purple mist. Then she saw Gebala rubbing his rosary beads and reciting silently.

Qiu Ruyi called him by his name: "Gebala, what do you want to do to me?"

Gebala did not respond, and continued to recite silently. The purple mist covered Qiu Ruyi, and then disappeared from Qiu Ruyi. Then he opened his eyes and said, "Master Qiu, I have already cast the secret method of Wen Dao on you."

Only then did Qiu Ruyi notice that the rosary in Gebala's hand was the Toba rosary, which is a human bone rosary. The Zhongyuan Wendao believed that this was an evil magical instrument.

However, for the Taoists in Xirong, it is an extremely rare treasure, because the beads are made from the brow bones of Taoist masters. A string of Toba beads has dozens of beads, which is equivalent to the brow bones of dozens of Taoist masters. It often takes hundreds of years to search and wait to make a string of Toba beads, so you can imagine how difficult it is to obtain.

Gebala said frankly: "Master Qiu, your life and death are in my hands. My original intention is not to hurt you, but I don't want you to destroy our cooperation or do anything that hurts my interests."

Qiu Ruyi smiled and said, "Your original intention is not to hurt me, your original intention is to control me as a puppet."

Gebala smiled and said, "As long as Master Qiu has no ill intentions, this secret method of Wen Dao will have no effect on you."

Qiu Ruyi sneered: "Grand Master, you are such a joke. I am under your control now and must obey your orders, but you say that it has no effect on me."

"Master Qiu, please understand. We just met, and I have to be on guard against you."

Qiu Ruyi said calmly: "Grand Master, please lead the way."

After walking a short distance, a pavilion built with beams came into Qiu Ruyi's sight. Compared with the previous building, this pavilion was made entirely of mortise and tenon joints, full of the strong Central Plains architectural style, and there was no trace of mortal stone at all.

At first glance, it seems that the person living inside is a talented, beautiful and charming brothel lady.

This made Qiu Ruyi even more curious about the little queen, and she asked, "Does the little queen live here?"

"Yes."

"Did you, Grand Master, build it?"

"No, the little queen built it herself."

Qiu Ruyi asked again: "Was it taught by the Grand Master or is there an architect from the Central Plains here?"

"Among the little queen's male favorites, there is one called Youchao Ju. I wonder if you know him, Qiu."

Youchao is an uncommon surname. The Youchao clan has always been known for its outstanding architects. Many capitals and palaces in history were built by the Youchao clan, and Youchao Ju was a famous architect in the Central Plains.

Seeing Qiu Ruyi's expression, Gebala smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Qiu just happens to know each other. The person who made Mr. Qiu know him must be a very famous person."

Qiu Ruyi did not hide it: "You Chaoju is a famous architect, and he has the ability to oversee the construction of the capital city's defenses."

Gebala said: "It seems that the little queen's male favorites are all talented. Perhaps the little queen does not like handsome human men, but just wants to protect them in this way so that their talents can contribute to the tiger tribe."

Gebala could feel Qiu Ruyi's disgust towards the tiger tribe. Currently, he and the tiger tribe were a cooperative entity. Qiu Ruyi's disgust towards the tiger tribe made the possibility of cooperation between the two sides low. His words were also to make up for it with the little queen, so that Qiu Ruyi would have a better impression of the tiger tribe.

Qiu Ruyi was secretly shocked when she heard this. If this was true, then the little queen was too scary. Even if she had weaknesses, they were hidden very deeply.

Suddenly he thought of something and secretly circulated his true energy. Sure enough, the true energy in his body flowed smoothly and was not affected by the Mortal Stone at all.

In other words, the area where she is located has been freed from the influence of the Mortal Stone, and this area is where the little queen is alone. According to common sense, the little queen should be more protected, and there should be more Mortal Stones where she lives to ensure her safety.

There is only one possibility, that is, the little queen also rejects the mortal stone.

Should I ask whether Gebala knew about this? But on second thought, I decided to be cautious and wait until I meet the little queen before taking any action.

The two entered the courtyard. Qiu Ruyi noticed that there were some flowers and plants planted in the courtyard. She felt even more strange. Is this still where the tiger tribe lives? But it was full of humanistic atmosphere.

However, these flowers and plants were not common, and even the knowledgeable Qiu Ruyi did not recognize some of them.

Gebala stopped in front of the pavilion and said in a loud voice: "My Queen, I have brought you a guest."

After a while, a member of the tiger tribe walked out. He was much shorter than the normal tiger tribe members. He was the tiger tribe leader met earlier in Liupan Gorge. Qiu Ruyi had fought with him before and knew that although he was short in stature, he was much stronger than other tiger tribe members. She tried several times to capture the leader and kill him, but failed.

The tiger man talked to Gebala in a lot of gibberish, but Qiu Ruyi didn't understand a word he said. Gebala also responded in a lot of gibberish, and then the tiger man left the pavilion.

"Mr. Qiu, the little queen lets us in."

Qiu Ruyi looked at the tiger man's back as he left and deliberately asked, "Didn't they say that the little queen only likes human male pets? Could it be that both humans and tigers are greedy?"

"This is the little queen's son. He is not yet an adult."

"Who is his father?"

"I don't know. When I came, the little queen already had this child."

Qiu Ruyi said: "Grand Master, do you know that he is much stronger than other tiger tribes?"

"Of course I know that even though he is a minor, he is already a leader who overpowers everyone."

Qiu Ruyi asked: "Like father, like son. Can he understand what we are saying?"

"I don't understand. He is far from being as smart and wise as the little queen, but he is much calmer than other tiger tribe members?"

Qiu Ruyi looked at Gebala: "What does it mean to be calm?"

"The tiger tribe is aggressive, fierce and brutal by nature. Especially when they smell blood, they will go crazy and completely lose control of themselves. You saw it in the square just now. Once they start fighting, they will fight to the death. But the prince will not do that. He is always calm and knows what is right and wrong, what to do and what not to do." Entering the hall, there are guest seats in the middle and exquisite tables and chairs on both sides. After seeing the finely crafted mortise and tenon pavilion, Qiu Ruyi is not surprised to see these.

There was a person sitting upright on the couch in the middle, wearing a Han-style dress and a veil on her face. At first glance, she looked like a secluded beauty.

Only when he saw her red hair that was different from her black hair, her face not covered by a veil, the rough skin between her eyebrows, and her round but very special eyes, did Qiu Ruyi determine that she was not a human, but the Queen of the Tiger Tribe.

The tiger queen looked at Qiu Ruyi, and Qiu Ruyi also looked at the tiger queen. Their eyes met, and Qiu Ruyi was soon attracted by her special eyes. Her pupils were like lakes surrounded by strange mountains, with amber spots as dense and mysterious as the stars in the universe.

Gebala said, "Your Majesty, this is Qiu Ruyi. She is known as the bright moon in the Zhumen in Daguan Country, and she is the only one who can be called the bright moon in the Zhumen. Mr. Qiu, this is our Queen."

Qiu Ruyi looked at the tiger queen: "Queen." She did not add the word "Your Majesty", which was neither arrogant nor humble.

The little queen spoke up: "Master Qiu, please forgive my rudeness. I am not showing my true face because of the veil, but my face may scare you."

The little queen speaks Chinese fluently. Her voice is a bit rough, but you can still hear a feminine timbre.

Qiu Ruyi smiled and said, "Everything is different and beautiful in its own way. Queen, you are the king of the tiger tribe, so I will naturally treat you as the queen of the tiger tribe, and not as a human being - a woman. I will not judge you by your beauty or ugliness."

Although Qiu Ruyi spoke politely, Gebala could clearly hear the contempt in her words, especially the deliberate pause between the word "human".

The little queen smiled and said, "The world has long had a preconceived impression of my tiger tribe, regarding them as a barbaric and brutal tribe. So I am not the Qiu family. Everyone has a preconceived impression of me, so it is better for us to meet each other with the veil covered."

Qiu Ruyi asked: "Isn't it?"

The little queen gave an affirmative answer: "Yes, but I don't want everyone in Qiu to have this impression of me. At least the tiger tribe will not have this impression in the future."

Qiu Ruyi smiled and said, "Then the guest should follow the host's wishes."

The little queen said, "Speaking of guests, Zhumen Mingyue is an honored guest. My Tiger Clan is a humble place, and we have nothing to entertain honored guests. Why don't I play a piece of music on the zither as a courtesy to the guests?"

Qiu Ruyi was secretly surprised when she heard this. Playing the zither, is this what the tiger tribe does? Then she realized that the little queen deliberately acted like a human in front of her, and smiled, "The queen seems to know me very well."

"Of course, I have heard a lot about the customs and practices of Daguan Country, and I am very interested in the people's livelihood there. The name of the Qiu family has appeared many times in various aspects of the country's culture."

The little queen stood up as she spoke, and Qiu Ruyi realized then that she was very tall, much taller than a human man. She was also very strong, so the dress looked bloated and heavy on her, with no sense of gracefulness at all. From her human perspective, she looked like a grown man wearing a dress, which was out of place.

Although she does not have the delicate figure of a woman, her height gives her a majestic aura that overpowers that of a man.

"Xiao."

The little queen called out, and a man in white came out holding a zither. He had a handsome face and could be called an elegant young man in white. Needless to say, Qiu Ruyi also knew that this man was the human male favorite of the tiger queen, and she couldn't help feeling sad for the man's fate.

However, the man just glanced at her and walked towards the Tiger Queen without staying on her for long. This surprised Qiu Ruyi. She was very confident about her appearance, but this man had no interest in her at all. Moreover, his eyes were not because of fear of the Tiger Queen, because Qiu Ruyi found that when the young man in white looked at the Tiger Queen, his eyes turned into admiration.

Qiu Ruyi was very familiar with this look. Most men looked at her with this look, but at this moment, this honor was snatched away by the little queen.

This made Qiu Ruyi very curious. Could it be that the face under the veil was a beautiful face, beautiful enough to make up for the little queen's physical defects?

The little queen sat on the ground with the unrestrained demeanor of a scholar. She placed the zither on her knees and played the song "Welcome Guests" with her ten fingers stretched out.

This was a normal-sized lyre, but it was played by a pair of large, rough hands with very thick and strong fingers. Strictly speaking, these were not hands for playing a lyre, but she played it with great skill and the sound was not deviated.

From the perspective of Qiu Ruyi, who is proficient in the art of playing the zither, this piece of music lacks some agility and the moving emotion expressed through the music, but the piano technique is impeccable, and it is played by such a pair of hands.

He cannot be called a master of the zither, but he is good at it.

Some defects are innate, and musical instruments are made for human hands. But she insists on doing it and surpassing everyone else, which makes people admire her even more.

After the song was over, the little queen asked, "Master Qiu, you are a master of the zither, how do you think I would play this song?"

Qiu Ruyi smiled and said, "Impeccable."

Gebala was slightly surprised. From his perspective, the song sounded ordinary. He didn't expect Qiu Ruyi to suddenly flatter the Tiger Queen.

The little queen said, "Xiao can't say for sure."

Qiu Ruyi smiled and said, "That's what he said. I think it's impeccable." Yes, from her point of view, the little queen had done an impeccable job and she couldn't give any advice.

The little queen asked: "Mr. Qiu, could you please perform some music for me to enjoy?"

Qiu Ruyi readily agreed: "Of course."

The little queen asked, "Does Mr. Qiu need a piano table?"

Qiu Ruyi smiled and said, "I don't play the piano, do I have a drum?"

The little queen asked, "Xiao, do you have a drum?"

The man in white shook his head: "No."

Qiu Ruyi deliberately looked at Gebala, only to hear the little queen glance at the small drum on Gebala's waist and said, "Gebala, can you lend me your drum, Qiu?"

Gebala said: "Your Majesty, my drum is a Dharma drum, you cannot play it randomly."

Qiu Ruyi smiled and said, "It's just the Zamaru drum."

The little queen asked, "Mr. Qiu, do you know the origin of this musical drum?"

Of course Qiu Ruyi knew it, otherwise how could she call out its name? The Zamaru drum, also known as the dao drum, is a hand drum ritual instrument of the Western Rong. It is said that the sound of this drum can connect life and death and transcend reincarnation.

The process of making this drum is cruel and inhumane. The drum body is made by gluing together the skulls of two dead children, and the drum skin is the skin of a skinned girl.

Gebala seemed to be superstitious about something, and handed the hand drum to Qiu Ruyi before Qiu Ruyi could speak.