Lord of Rot

Chapter 483 The Escort Road (4400 words)
Starting from Donggang City, Li Qi played a very important role in the send-off team going to the royal capital.

Representing the "maiden's family", it can also be said to belong to the representative figure of Dongxia.

To this end, Pine Leopold, the Duke of the New East Gorge, sent 50 cavalry, including infantry, logistics, etc., and the total number of the entire team was two hundred.

Li Qi only brought the follower radish and the palace-level ghoul strong stone.

This trip is expected to take one and a half months, and it will arrive at the capital at the end of March. Li Qi's mentality is very stable. Currently, all the developments are in progress, and each territory can operate on its own. There are hundreds of ghouls behind the scenes as guarantees. If there is any problem, He can't solve it himself.

The only thing that made Li Qi feel regretful was that Gathrush didn't leave with him, otherwise he really wanted to kill the other party, and then try to make it into a dead body, to see what the One-Ear Prince was planning.

Just half a day after leaving Donggang City, the escorting soldiers became familiar with Li Qi: "My lord, do you really have a flying horse?"

"That's right." Li Qi nodded, and when he mentioned the Rockets, he also had a rare pride on his face.

"It's a few days by boat from East Point to Porcupine Collar, longer on horseback, but only a short while on it," he said.

"Why didn't you ride over?"

"Nonsense, our team is walking so slowly, Sir's Pegasus flew there in the blink of an eye, how can the team escort it?"

"Hey, that's what I said."

The soldiers were very enthusiastic about the discussion, and they were full of expectations for this trip. After all, escorting Hong Qiangwei to the capital to get married was a purely beautiful trip. Hurry up, walk as comfortably as you want, and there will be rewards when you get to the place.

"My lord, can you tell me about the time when you killed the Iron Wall Castle?"

"My lord, how did you use hundreds of people to kill thousands of people?"

"My lord, my lord, you were the champion of the Dongxia martial arts competition at that time. Besides you, which other lord is stronger?"

"My lord, it is said that you rescued Lord Philip in Pebble Castle?"

"grown ups……"

It was not until noon that the team slowly walked forty or fifty miles.

Li Qi finally squeezed out from the encirclement of the soldiers, and came to the huge carriage pulled by three golden horses.

He knocked lightly on the car door: "Miss Evangeline, let's take a rest on the side of the road for a while, and we'll go on our way after the sun is gone. You can rest under the shade of a tree for a while."

The car door was pushed open, and the lightly made-up Red Rose was wearing a red braid. Her condition was much better than before: "Master Li Qi, you are really welcome."

"It's just human curiosity." Li Qi shook his head and said it was nothing: "When they are over, they won't talk anymore."

There is a cook in the entourage, and the quality of life has not decreased too much.

Moreover, they mainly took the main road, and mainly lived in post stations on the road. The red rose with thin skin and tender flesh was going to get married, not to suffer.

The soldiers ate dry food, and they could also have some broth and hot rice made by the chef, while Li Qi followed the red rose, which was not very delicate, but definitely delicious food.

After all, the weather in February is a bit cold, and being stuffy in the car for a long time will make people uncomfortable.

Red Qiangwei was leaning against the tree, served by a personal maid, while Li Qi sat on a stone not far away, and his subordinates took off his armor.

Li Qi held the sword "Sword Saw" close to his body, looked into the distance, and let his mind go.

It feels good to give yourself a vacation.

A raven found Li Qi after circling in the sky, and plunged down on his shoulder.

"Carrots! Get something to eat."

"Yes, it's here!" Radish quickly tore a few strands of meat and sent it to the raven's mouth.

Raven ate the meat strips, and shook his head in satisfaction.

Li Qi read the letter, and then wrote a reply letter, which was tied to Raven's foot.

He lightly touched Raven's head: "Thank you for your hard work. When I go back, I will ask Akeke to feed you some bee pupae of the extraordinary wasp... By the way, Akeke doesn't understand, you go to Pitts and let Pitts Ci will take you to find Akeke."

The raven spread its wings and flew away.

"My lord, the meal is ready." The chef came over with a meal respectfully.

A mince pie filled half the plate, and the other half was filled with honey pudding, grilled sausages, stewed roast steak, and even a large glass of pea soup.

"Thank you" Li Qi had nothing to say about this sumptuous lunch, he was on his way if he knew it, but he thought it was a spring outing if he didn't know it.

According to this speed, it is estimated that within three to five days, they will have to find villages and towns to replenish supplies.

Li Qi himself is not very resistant to eating and drinking. The snakeskin bag on his body is as big as a small house, and it is filled with various prepared potions, weapons, and even emergency food. No worries at all.

After three or five mouthfuls, he wolfed down the food and found that Hong Qiangwei was looking at him, her small mouth slightly opened, as if it was the first time he had seen such an inelegant and edible nobleman.

Li Qi grinned, but didn't feel embarrassed.

It is a blessing to be able to eat.

After eating and resting for a while, the team continued on their way.

Li Qi put on the plate armor with the help of his follower radish. With his current physical fitness, the weight of this armor is nothing, but after all, it is uncomfortable to move, and there is a cost to be handsome.

In the afternoon, we only went twenty miles in total, so we had to camp on the side of the road.

In Red Rose's big camp, only the personal maids can enter and exit, and there are even female soldiers guarding the door.

Li Qi's tent is next to Red Rose's tent.

His tent is only guarded by Qiangshi, but Qiangshi alone can fight 200 people present, and what he really wants to protect is Red Rose.

The bonfire went up, because Li Qi didn't restrain himself very much, and Red Rose didn't care about that, so it became a good time for the soldiers to brag and chat.

Traveling with salaries, it's no wonder that when these soldiers were selected, they were all in high spirits.

Walking seventy miles a day is not travelling.

Somehow the topic has come to the battle of strength again. No matter which world they are in, Guan Gong and Qin Qiong will always be people's favorite.

"The king is known as the undefeated golden bear, the king of snake people, but he killed Earl Bailong's three brothers back then, forcing Earl Bailong back to Dunn City behind Steel Knife Mountain. He never dared to go south for the rest of his life!"

The corner of Li Qi's mouth twitched, he was the king of snake people again!
In those few ears that were listening unexpectedly, Li Qi found that he was also very honored to be ranked among the top experts in the whole continent. He expressed his great honor for this, but he became the subject of discussion just like "my brother dares to eat shit" It's not a good thing to be proud of, but it feels like being scolded.

Soldiers have a certain lack of courage and strong imagination, which is always proved by all kinds of inexplicable things.

Fortunately, Bohr II was the main subject of this discussion.

Li Qi inspected the surrounding area and returned to the camp after confirming that there was no danger.

A team of 200 people spread out, how could a thief dare to make trouble.

He was just about to go back to the camp when he accidentally bumped into the red rose that came out.

"Good night, Miss Evangeline."

"Good night, Master Li Qi"

Hong Qiangwei paused and asked, "Are you going to rest now?"

"Not yet." Li Qi stopped what he was doing, "If you need a knight to accompany you, please allow me to introduce myself."

"A request from Tiya?" She looked at Li Qi with a smile in her eyes.

Li Qi shook his head: "From my promise to her."

The two kept a certain distance to avoid suspicion.

Red Rose said: "The stars are beautiful tonight, they always shine at night."

Li Qi also looked up at the Milky Way. This scene is absolutely invisible on the earth. He said: "A star is a world." Maybe the earth is among these stars, but he may never see it again. Can't go back.

"The stars are the world?" She had never heard such a theory.

"The world we live in is also a star." Li Qi nodded, and said very unemotionally, "And the stars don't shine, they reflect the light of the sun."

"How is it possible, the stars are so small." Hong Qiangwei shook her head, not agreeing with Li Qi's statement.

"Because they are far enough away," Li Qi said, "The world is far bigger than we imagined, even bigger than the gods."

The vast starry sky is endless. Looking up at the galaxy in the sky, the stars are like sand.

Li Qi has always had a doubt, if God is really great, why should he stick to a few beliefs of tiny human beings on a planet?In the boundless universe, can't there be a second, third, or fourth similar planet?

At least Li Qi knows two, one Earth and one Lurea.

On the surface, the gods are too fussy, like Night God, who would take the initiative to pull followers, which is really a bit low-level.

The two didn't speak any more, they looked up at the sky, quietly enjoying the peace, and after saying good night to each other, they went back to their tents to rest.

Continue on the road the next day.

They rarely chat directly, except for daily greetings, they hardly talk.

On the fifth day, they arrived at a nearby village. The village squire vacated a room for Red Rose to rest. The entourage replenished supplies. When Li Qi saw the squire that night, he found that his face was full of unconcealable joy.

Red Rose took the initiative to ask Li Qi again after many days: "Why is he happy?"

"Because we drive the GDP of the village"

"What?" She always heard new words in Li Qi's mouth.

Li Qi pointed to the busy but laughing villagers and said, "To put it simply, more than 200 of us spent money in the village, which made them a lot of money."

Pigs were slaughtered, sheep were slaughtered, and some villagers took out dried bacon that had been dried for many years, and some baked bread while working overtime. The food for more than 200 people was not a small amount.

Leopold's family is not short of money at all, and this small expense is nothing, but for the villagers, this is a great opportunity for the whole village to become rich.

Li Qi also took the opportunity to buy some local specialty spices, some red spicy plants specially brewed, chopped with salt, soaked and marinated, it tastes very enjoyable.

to early March.

The relationship between Li Qi and Hong Qiangwei has changed again. From before, she deliberately kept quiet to avoid suspicion, and now Li Qi only needs to knock on the window of the carriage, and she will quickly open the door.

From the fake politeness when the two first met each other, the relationship between the lady and the knight has become more familiar, a bit like real friends.

In the past, it was Hong Qiangwei who felt that Li Qi was very pitiful, her mother wanted to kill him, and the castle was leaking.

Later, I thought Li Qi was very interesting, and made some interesting things, which won the love of my sisters.

Later, I marveled at Li Qi's earth-shaking changes in a short period of time and listened to his legendary stories.

But after all, they still belong to strangers.

But now, after getting along day and night, the barrier of strangers has been broken, and her perception of Li Qi has changed again.

A lord who is full of whimsical ideas, always speaks in a strange way, and treats everyone equally.

And he never hides his thoughts.

"I just want to make money. The goal this time is to open up trade routes in the capital, so that the nobles in the capital can wear silk and soap."

I don't know how many times I heard Li Qi say this, Hong Qiangwei only thought it was very interesting.

But if he is only looking for money, he finds that the porcupine collar and even the iron valley have basically eliminated slaves, and the existing serfs can also have their own savings, and they can redeem themselves anytime and anywhere to become civilians.

The greed of the nobles makes them regard slaves as their own private property. No matter how much slaves work, it is a matter of course. Squeezing slaves is also the easiest way to accumulate wealth.

However, Li Qi wanted to turn a slave who was a private property into a free citizen. Even Red Rose felt that he was too benevolent and kind.

Rest for a while on the way before rushing on the road. In recent days, Li Qi deliberately accelerated the speed, otherwise, let alone the end of March, even the end of April would not make it to the capital...

A raven flew over and landed on Li Qi's shoulder.

After reading it, he wrote a reply letter and let the raven fly away.

"A letter from Miss Stacy?" Red Rose opened the window at some point and was looking at him.

Stacy?
Li Qi was a little puzzled, he had never mentioned Stacey when chatting with Hong Qiangwei along the way, why did it suddenly involve her?

"No." Li Qi shook his head and said, "It's a mercenary under me. I just wanted him to do something, so I ordered some details."

How could it be possible for Li Qi to only send people on the surface when he went to the capital, but he would definitely send people there secretly.

The mercenary 'Scorpion' Allen, who grew up in Stinky Rat Lane, is a good choice. He has just replied to ask the other party to go to the capital, go to the capital first, and it will be convenient for him to settle down.

After getting the place, he looked at a loss.

"Oh..." Hong Qiangwei closed the window.

Li Qi:?
Fortunately, for the next period of time, Red Rose didn't ignore Li Qi, and the two chatted from time to time.

Others couldn't get into the topic either. Apart from Red Rose, the only nobleman here was Li Qi. When the adults spoke, the servants had to shut up and listen obediently.

A man and a woman, and there is someone listening in the corner beside them. Of course, the content of the chat is not crooked, but full of Wei Guangzheng.

Li Qi never thought that he would talk about his ideals with others. Most of the time, Red Rose listened with great interest, but he always said that he was too kind, so he was not suitable to be a lord.

Are you really kind?Li Qi felt that he was cruel enough. The number of people who died because of him was thousands, more than some people had known in a lifetime, yet there were still people who said he was kind.

Ewen Jielin is thinking about the "sacred place for clocking in" in the capital. It is said that there is a "bridge of kisses" in front of the cathedral. As long as the boat passes under the bridge at sunset, it happens that the church bell rings at this time, and the lovers meet each other. If you hug and kiss, you will love each other forever.

Girls are always interested in inexplicable and unfounded stories, like Miss Tia Cavendish in Golden Daisy, who loves to hear about the love between the noble lady and the farmer.

The relationship between the two has also become familiar. Li Qi just approached the carriage, and before he raised his hand to knock on the window, Hong Qiangwei opened the window.

Li Qigang raised his hand again, and the window of the carriage opened.

The two people who had a tacit understanding subconsciously looked at each other, a little embarrassed.

Li Qi cleared his throat: "Miss Yi Wenjielin, today we are resting in a nearby town, and we should enter the Royal Capital tomorrow."

"Hmm..." She was not in high spirits, and closed the window casually.

Li Qi quickly stopped him: "We will pass that bridge tomorrow, do we want to stop?"

"Ok!"

She still replied with "um", but this time she sounded a lot better.

(End of this chapter)