Liu Laoqi and the soldier went back and forth, busy for a long time.
Fang Er grew impatient, so he gave Wang Xuance a look.
Wang Xuance nodded slightly at this, walked to Liu Laoqi's side, drew his pistol, and fired at the soldier.
Bang!
Clang~
With a shot, the spear in the soldier's hand broke. The sudden change startled the soldier, and he retreated several steps.
The other soldiers also looked at Wang Xuance very vigilantly, each pointing their weapons at him and uttering incomprehensible dialects.
What are they saying?
Wang Xuance asked Liu Laoqi.
Liu Laoqi's face turned red, not knowing how to translate.
Wang Xuance didn't need to think much, it was definitely abusive language.
Bang bang bang bang!
Another four shots were fired, each hitting the soldiers' feet, just missing them by a hair's breadth from crippling them.
Men qian da qiao xia you guo yi qun ya~
Wo you yi tou xiao mao lu cong lai ye bu qi~
Xiao lao shu shang deng tai~
The attack, beyond their comprehension, left the soldiers in awe. They huddled together, trembling as they looked at Wang Xuance, shouting something to each other.
"General, they say they are willing to deliver the message," Liu Laoqi said, a little scared. "This master's actions are too sudden."
After Wang Xuance blew away the smoke from the gun barrel, he said disdainfully, "Then tell them to hurry up. What kind of thing dares to make my Duke wait!"
Liu Laoqi walked in front of the soldiers and shouted loudly, "The reader is the coolest!"
Several soldiers nodded frantically, then took off running towards the rear.
After waiting for about an hour, just as Fang Er's patience was about to run out, a procession appeared in the distance.
The procession consisted of about twenty people, four of whom were carrying something resembling a wooden wolf, upon which sat a short man.
The man wore a bearskin coat and a hat woven from bird feathers, his expression very arrogant.
Upon seeing the procession, Liu Laoqi quickly approached Fang Er and said, "Duke, this is the King of Ryukyu."
Fang Er stared for a while, then pointed at the person on the wooden ox, asking in disbelief, "This thing? The King of Ryukyu?"
Liu Laoqi nodded in confirmation, "He travels in a wooden carriage, shaped like a beast. It should be him."
"Damn, riding a wooden wolf to go out, and still having people carry him!"
"Even if Ryukyu has no cattle or horses, couldn't you at least raise a bear as a mount?"
"My old mother rides a lion, how majestic is that!"
"Riding a wolf carved from wood, with such a retinue, and daring to call himself a king."
"If Li Jiu Ye knew that this beggar-like thing could call himself king like him, wouldn't he come to attack immediately?"
Li Tai and Li Ke, standing beside them, stared at the approaching King of Ryukyu and were equally stunned by the wooden ox.
A moment later, Li Tai looked at the King of Ryukyu with pity and said to Fang Er.
"Mountain Lord, this fellow is poorer than Old Ding, the one who cleans the latrines at the academy!"
"Exactly, exactly! I heard Old Ding even bought a bicycle a few days ago!" Li Ke also chimed in.
Fang Er looked at Li Ke in surprise, "That old man could afford a bicycle?"
"Yes, indeed. That old man is very good at handling dung. He piles up the excrement, dries it, and then sells it to the pastures. Tian Ying is quite generous with his money, saying that after fertilizing the pasture grass, it grows noticeably every day."
Li Ke's answer surprised Fang Er even more, "Yelü Tianying bought it with his money?"
"This fellow only raises sheep with the herders, why is he paying out of his own pocket to buy fertilizer for the pastures?"
Li Ke replied, "That guy wanted pasture seeds. He fenced off an area to save seeds, and feared it would delay the breeding. So, he came up with a way to spend money to buy dung to accelerate the growth of the pasture grass."
"Alright, this must be Yelü Goudan's idea!"
"As the head of a tribe, he's not short of money. That pasture grass is much more nutritious than the native grass on the grasslands. It's not strange that he would do this for the seeds."
As they were speaking, the King of Ryukyu's procession arrived before them.
A soldier from the King of Ryukyu's honor guard stepped forward and spoke to Fang Er and the others.
"En jiu wu mai guang le, ke lao yang!"
Fang Er was baffled by this strange Ryukyuan dialect. Liu Laoqi quickly explained.
"Duke, he says, this is the Ryukyuan Ke Lao Yang."
"Ke Lao Yang is the title of the king."
Fang Er was speechless, "What is all this nonsense!"
"The best way to communicate with these country bumpkins is through a show of force."
He beckoned Wang Xuance to his side and whispered a few words. Wang Xuance then took 53 special forces members and walked away into the distance.
Subsequently, they all took the grenades from their waists, pulled the pins, and threw them.
Their movements were swift and decisive.
Soon, the sound of continuous explosions could be heard from a distance.
Boom boom boom boom~~~
Thump~
Hearing this unusual sound, Fang Er looked towards the so-called Ke Lao Yang.
He saw that the fellow had been so scared that he had fallen off the wooden wolf and was now trembling on the ground, with moisture rapidly seeping out from between his legs.
Ke Lao Yang raised his head, his face pale, and looked at Fang Er, repeatedly repeating one sentence.
"Yi zhi ha ba gou, dun zai da men kou~~"
"What is he saying?" Fang Er asked. Receiving no reply, he turned to look at Liu Laoqi.
Well, this guy was also scared.
Li Tai walked over and kicked him. Liu Laoqi let out a sharp cry, "Ah! Read books la!"
"What are you yelling about? Listen to what that old sheep is saying!" Li Tai glared at him.
After hearing what Ke Lao Yang was repeating, Liu Laoqi quickly translated.
"He says, 'Please, Buddha, cease your wrath. I did not intend to be disrespectful.'"
Fang Er: "..."
Liu Laoqi quickly explained, "These natives all believe in Buddhism. They probably took the explosions just now as karmic fire."
"Uh, if I had known, I should have brought Tang Sanzang."
Zhang Shu, standing beside him, scratched his head and mumbled.
Zhang Fei's eyes widened upon hearing this, "Who is Tang Sanzang? Is he more powerful than Duke Anguo?"
Guan Yu also came closer, curiously staring at Zhang Shu.
They had been staying in Shenyang with nothing to do. This time, they had followed the special forces and the Yan Yun Cavalry.
Guan Shu cleverly pulled the two ancestors and Zhang Shu aside to recount the story of Tang Sanzang's journey to the West.
Fang Er looked at Liu Laoqi, "Tell him to lead the way to that Borotan Cave."
Hearing Liu Laoqi's translation, Ke Lao Yang got up from the ground and nodded repeatedly, then turned and walked ahead to lead the way.
Those soldiers lowered the wooden wolf, signaling him to ride it, but he cursed them. Then, he said something subserviently to Liu Laoqi.
Liu Laoqi turned to Fang Er and relayed, "Duke, he says that in your presence, he is not worthy to ride this. He asks you to ride it."
Changle, with her big eyes, looked at the extremely abstract wooden wolf sculpture. She leaned towards Fang Er and gently tugged his sleeve, saying in a soft voice.
"Brother-in-law, I want to ride."
Fang Er shivered and quickly said, "Go ahead, go ahead~"