Wolf King

Chapter 121 Price

Cubs in their teens were forced to shaved their heads, scrubbed their dark faces, necks, arms, torso, buttocks, and thighs. They brushed off layers of old mud with hot towels and pig bristle brushes. Little by little, the camouflage faded away from the cub, and it was restored to a white and clean little bald head.

Xiao Yun patted the stubble head of this little boy in satisfaction: "This is pretty, put on the clothes yourself, cover your head here, and stick out your arms from these two sides. Next!"

The cub sobbed from being rubbed so painfully that he put on the clothes that were as simple as a straight sack and rubbed his eyes... He continued to squat beside him, watching Xiao Yun torment the next person with bitter hatred on his face.

"Don't be idle, come help and throw the hair into the fire, be careful not to let the lice jump on your body, or you will have to brush it again." Xiao Yun didn't know that others were idle, so he unceremoniously ordered people to do things.

The cub shivered, with a bitter face, and very carefully stretched out his arms to grab the fur...

Not to mention the cubs with tender skin, the adult snow werewolves with rough skin and thick flesh were also screamed.There is no way to do this, so many people are waiting to be scrubbed, how can they be so gentle and slow as they are treating patients?A piece of skin can be whitened with a brush, but if you rub it with a towel, it will not be white at all in less than a dozen times.

Purcell watched in confusion as the dark snow werewolves turned into pale faces, and the world view was shattered—so the snow werewolves are so white and white?That layer of black is all mud? !

He couldn't help but look down at his hands... Well, compared to the original black paws of the Snow Werewolf, his hands looked better, at least part of the flesh color could be seen on the palm, and the color wasn't that dark.

Purcell hesitated for a while, the index finger of the other hand dipped a little saliva in his mouth, and rubbed the most "clean" part of his palm a little harder.

A layer of old mud was rolled into strips and he rubbed it up.

Purcell: "..."

Once again, the eyes turned to the bustling snowwolves who were scrubbing. The smell of burning fur was getting bigger and bigger, and the dumped sewage gradually blackened the water surface of the creek.

Purcell shivered for no reason, retreated silently, turned his head and left.

Two hours later, Hongye, who also had her head shaved, brought a group of snow wolf warriors to change shifts with the centaur, and told Saier to take everyone to the stream.

Sale struggled for a moment, bit his head and led the ignorant clansmen back.

By the stream in the tent area, the somewhat special snow wolf cub I saw earlier stood up, looked up at Saier and the other centaurs, and frowned.

Seldon was beating his heart, but none of his clansmen said that anyone was aware of the crisis, and whispered curiously: "Are they getting so white? Are the snow werewolves so white?"

"The head is still messed up strangely."

"Boiling so many pots of water without putting food in it, what are you doing?"

This is the first time for Xiao Yun to see a centaur family. To be honest, it was quite an eye-opener... This group of centaurs, the horses are very handsome, and the shoulder height of the horses is about as high as himself. The original position of the horse's head is humanoid. The upper body from the waist up; the part of the human body is dressed in animal skin clothes in a regular manner, and the tailoring looks pretty good, which shows that the centaur has a certain ability of manual skills.

From the perspective of the human body, this group of centaurs has males and females, and their muscularity is similar to that of adult snow wolves. The females have obvious breast curves, but unlike the centaurs imagined by people on earth, their faces are quite "inhuman". "Features: The head is relatively long, the forehead is wide and the chin is short, and the part from the eyes to the mouth accounts for two-thirds of the whole face.

Such a dehumanized appearance is basically insulated from the handsome men and women produced by YY on the earth... It does not exist, not only does it not conform to human aesthetics at all, but it can also be said to be quite ugly, as ugly as goblins, each with its own merits .

Compared with these centaurs, the gray dwarves with weird complexion can be regarded as pretty...

That's all, there are actually only a few of the snow wolf clan who are straight-looking. Xiao Yun has no position to pick on his appearance. What bothers him the most is the amount of hair on the centaur - it looks like it should be hair. The classified hair stretches from the top of the head to the nape of the neck, to the entire spine on the back of the human body, and all the way to the horse. I don't know whether it is the hair or the mane...

What's even more confusing is that the horse is covered in hair...

Xiao Yun stared at them up and down with a headache for a long time, and sighed helplessly... If the mane can be shaved, can all the horse hair on the horse be shaved?

The grassroots patriarch also realized that the sanitation of the centaur was difficult, and he frowned and stared at Saier's horse for a long time but couldn't think of a way: "What should I do, Ayun?"

"...Shave the mane and brush the horse's hair. Our insect repellent powder should be able to be used on their horses to get rid of fleas, and the horse's hair should be cleaned with a soapy brush. It should also prevent disease." Xiao Yun said.

The grassroots patriarch nodded: "This is the only way to do it, Saier, come here."

"Grassroots patriarch." Saier took the lead and looked at the cub next to him vigilantly. As expected, the other party did not surprise Saier, and with a swipe, the gleaming knife came out.

Purcell: "...!!"

Other centaurs: "??"

The grass-roots patriarch explained: "The purpose of sanitation work is to prevent diseases. Removing bugs and messy hair can make the body healthier. Our tribe does this all the time. Few people get sick."

Saier didn't quite understand the connection between doing this and being sick, but he believed that the grassroots patriarch would not harm them. Besides, the snow wolves had been washed with shaving brushes, and the centaurs were embarrassed to do something special... Looking at the cub that put him under a lot of pressure, Saier hesitated for a while, then turned his head and nodded to the tribesmen, and took the lead to bend his four horse legs and kneel down.

"It's started." Xiao Yun rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward solemnly.

Due to the lack of professional skills and the razor, Xiao Yun can only cut the hair until there are only bumpy stubble left. It is impossible to say that he can really shave his big and bright bald head.But holding a sharp knife and making gestures so close to the skin is also quite scary. It's okay for the invisible Saier just started, and the centaurs who watched all this were so nervous that they gasped.

The sound of shaved hair rang in my ears. Although I couldn't see it, Sale felt his nerves tense...

From the top of the head to the back, all the way to the body of the horse, the mane fell all over the place, and there was only a strange stubble left on Saier's head and back. The degree of ugliness and inhumanity rose at a rocket speed...

Xiao Yun kicked away the messy shaved hair, and the grassroots patriarch who had been on standby for a long time came up with a brush and a bucket.

The tonnage of an adult centaur's body alone is [-] to [-] kilograms, and its volume can be imagined. The two snow werewolves stood on one side and worked together to scrub Saier, Xiao Yun scrubbed his human body, and the grassroots patriarch scrubbed his horse body.

Xiao Yun gained experience in brushing people. When the brush dipped in water, he first touched Saier's horse's face, and brushed it down moderately.

The words of the grass-roots patriarch were not so gentle. The body of the horse, which is mainly full of hair, is inherently difficult to brush. When the brush soaked in water is passed over the horse with force, the black sewage drips down.

Purcell: "..." It hurts!Can't hold back!

Sale held back, but the grassroots patriarch called out: "There are so many lice, such big lice!"

"Put the insect repellent powder in hot water and brush it again." Xiao Yun probed and looked, and the bean-sized fleas on the horse also startled him.

The grassroots patriarch sprinkled the insecticide powder into the bucket and stirred it. The big brush was dipped in water and brushed vigorously.

Saier felt that the whole piece of skin on the horse's body was severely pulled: "Hiss——pain, pain, pain!"

"Be patient, it won't be clean." The grassroots patriarch continued to brush down.

Saier grinned: "Tap lightly~~"

"Don't move, the brush will be crooked if you move again." The grassroots patriarch freed up a hand to hold the horse's buttocks, and brushed quickly with his hand.

Sale's facial features were distorted, and he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to endure.

The grassroots patriarch: "Ah Yun, there are a lot of lice in the horse's tail!"

Xiao Yun poked his head in and looked again, with a disgusted expression on his face: "Tsk... the tail hair is too shaggy, and the insect repellent powder can't be sprayed through it, so let's shave it off later."

Sale: "??"

The other centaurs turned pale, retreated silently, and retreated again...

After brushing violently for 10 minutes like a storm, Saier broke out in sweat and almost collapsed; the grassroots patriarch who was brushing his hair and the centaurs onlookers did not sympathize with him at all, but opened their mouths in shock ...

Xiao Yun: "Damn it!"

Ah Yi fell into a drowsy sleep and didn't wake up until the next day. When he opened his eyes, although his body still felt very weak, he felt unprecedentedly relaxed for some reason.

With a soft snort, Ah Yi sat up with the support of his remaining left arm, and then he discovered... the tent he slept in was completely different from before. Refreshing, the bed under her body is no longer a smelly and hard animal skin, but a soft blanket.

Ah Yi blinked his eyes, raised his left hand, and looked over and over...it was his hand, when did his hand become so white?Why doesn't he know it himself?

Pulling up the same clean animal skin covering his body, Ah Yi touched the cloth clothes on his body. He knew that it was the sun cloth worn by grassroots and red leaves, but he remembered that this kind of sun cloth clothes were distributed to the cat clan ashes. The dwarves and the cubs are gone, and their clothes seem to be cleaner than the grassroots and the others...

Smelling the aroma of food wafting in from outside, Ah Yi rubbed his empty stomach, got up slowly, and walked out of the tent—then he froze.

He saw his old friend Sale.

Purcell was about to enter the tent to see him, and bumped into him. The mane of the centaur man was gone, and the hair on his tail was gone. "Number" has changed—in Hayi's memory, Saier, who was the same color as the bark as a whole, turned snow-white and snow-white, not only the human body was dazzlingly white, but the horse's hair was also so white that it was reflective, glossy, smooth, smooth and bright... …

Ah Yi: "Sell?!"

Purcell: "..."

"Why did you change color?" Ah Yi could only come up with this adjective after thinking for a long time.

"It's the same for you yourself." Saier said expressionlessly.

Ah Yi was stunned, looked down at his arms, then picked up the hem of his clothes to look at his belly... He raised his head in astonishment: "Why did I change color too?"

Sale stepped aside and motioned Hajime to look forward.

In the open space by the stream, a row of cauldrons was steaming, and a large group of snow werewolves were waiting around to eat. Everyone was wearing suncloth clothes, and everyone's face, neck, and arms were white and clean...

Ah Yi was dazed, and raised his hand to touch his head, "I thought our snow werewolf cubs were only white when they were born, and they would turn black when they grow up—oh, my head??"

"Ah Yi, are you awake?" The snow werewolf passing by with firewood was pleasantly surprised when he saw Ah Yi.

Ah Yi stared at the hairy stubble head of this fellow who felt even more awkward when he looked closely at it for a few seconds, and immediately knew why his head felt this way to the touch...

Xiao Yun never expected that the dusty centaur would turn out to be snow-white after brushing off the adult mud.But this is of no use. The strength of the centaur proves that "a filial piety" is not pretty. Even if it is white and ugly, it is still equal to the goblin... The snow werewolf has a face value of +5 after whitening, and they That negative appearance is completely irreparable.

However, it is true that these guys are useful, born cavalry, and have a blood feud with the tiger clan; knowing that the grassroots patriarch even brought back the centaur, Xiao Yun silently praised this treasure in the clan—— The more people there are, the better, and the addition of centaurs can also make up for the lack of speed of the Xuexue wolf clan.

As for the bad image of centaurs, all of them being aggressive and stupid, etc.... that's a ball game!

After breakfast, Xiao Yun discussed the return arrangement with the grassroots patriarch. It had to be rejected that more than [-] cattle and sheep would hinder the marching speed of the large army. Now the temperature dropped below zero at night and only a few degrees during the day. It may snow, and once it snows, it will be troublesome for so many people to weld in the snow.

"It's not necessary for everyone to follow the cattle and sheep. Select some warriors to drive the cattle and sheep. Others hurry up and go on the road. It's better to return to the tribe one day sooner."

Of course, the grassroots patriarch would not object to this proposal. She was unable to do this before because of the shortage of food and had to rely on killing sheep to maintain consumption. Now that Xiao Yun brought supplies to respond, this problem is no longer a problem.

The patriarchs of the seven central tribes did not object to this matter. After walking on the road for several months, everyone was very tired. A group of people died of illness before made the patriarchs feel lingering fear, and they all expressed their willingness to leave the warriors in the clan— ——Seeing that the central region is going to be chaotic, the tribal chief who can resolutely make up his mind to follow and migrate to the southwest must not be a cute guy like Huoyan.

Although I haven't seen the Huoyan tribe yet, they can pull out a support team of more than a hundred people and send a large amount of food and supplies in just a few days, which is enough to prove the strength of the Huoyan tribe; they have all traveled thousands of miles to integrate with others, Naturally, there is no reason to cling to the warriors in the clan at this time.

Xiao Yun didn't intend to use other people's people before letting them in. He took half of the soldiers he brought, and Hongye and Yu could just postpone them. Adding the more than 60 centaurs, it was enough.

The large army set off immediately and rushed on the road at full speed, without the drag of the cattle and sheep. Three days later in the afternoon, the guests who came from thousands of miles saw the buildings of the Huoyan Tribe.

"Grassroots patriarch, that is the Huoyan tribe?!"

A patriarch of the Snow Wolf Clan from the central region straightened his eyes and said in disbelief, "There are so many houses, your tribe is just like the royal court!"

"It seems to be bigger than the royal court!" Another patriarch said.

"Yeah, the house is much bigger than Wang Ting." Another person said.

The grassroots patriarch said indifferently: "If you have people, you can actually build as many houses as you want. Our houses last year were only [-]% of what they are now, and the extra houses were built only this year."

The patriarchs stopped talking, and looked at the grassroots in awe... What the grassroots patriarch said was the truth, but in the ears of the patriarchs, there was a kind of domineering.

"I didn't expect that the Huoyan tribe has changed so much after seeing each other for more than ten years." A patriarch sighed, "When we all lived near the royal court, we didn't feel how different the Huoyan tribe was from us."

Xiao Yun looked over unexpectedly: "Clan Chief Feng knows Patriarch Huoyan?"

Patriarch Feng nodded: "More than ten years ago, the grasslands of our two tribes were next to each other, and the grazing team often barbecued together."

Xiao Yun stopped talking, no wonder the original owner had no impression of the Feng Tribe in his memory.

The grassroots patriarch took a look at Xiao Yun. Since Ayun didn't say anything, she wouldn't deliberately mention Ayun's contribution to the tribe. Anyway, as long as they get along for a while, Ayun's sharpness can't be hidden...

The warriors patrolling the tribe have already spotted the huge team approaching. Someone ran out to see what happened, and found that his own people were very happy after returning, so they immediately sent people back to report; Dressed in water containers, iron pots, carrying disinfectant water, and brushes, they rushed over.

Electrolyzed disinfectant can effectively kill most viruses and bacteria. It was not available outside before, but now it is natural to make up for it. Among other things, there is still a human named Thrall in the tribe. If you bring some germs from outside to infect him , Saar, whose physique is worse than that of cat cubs, is cooler...

People only need to change and wash their clothes. The clothes and supplies brought back can be sprayed with disinfectant water or boiled in hot water. The "dust cleaning" procedure can be quickly completed, and guests from afar can finally settle in the Huoyan Tribe.

For the grassland people, it is definitely a spectacular building complex, which made the snow werewolves from the central region even more awe-inspiring... With the Tiger Clan Royal Court as a reference, their strength against the Huoyan Tribe is stronger than the original southwestern frontier. A clearer understanding of small tribes.

The newly built dormitory was prepared for this group of people. Xiao Yun's original expectation was that 500 people would come here, but now more than 500 people have come including centaurs and goblins, which can be considered as expected; but centaurs can't live there. Kang's house has to be built for them...

After the new labor force is in place, the first thing to consider is on-the-job training. This Xiao Yun is rich in experience. Taking a day off can restore most people's spirits. Adults are immediately drawn to the engineering team and work team to learn to adapt to the work rhythm. Bring it to Qingyan.

As for the unplanned twelve disabled cats and nine disabled gray dwarves, it is not difficult to arrange. They live together in one room and are all allocated to Qiuqiu's wool spinning factory. If you can't do heavy work, you can always do manual work. Those who lack palms can work together with those with healthy upper limbs to step on the pedal carding machine and textile machine, and they can always contribute a part of their labor...

Xiao Yun, who has no feelings, unceremoniously arranged all the disabled people to work, which inadvertently relieved the psychological pressure of these disabled people. It was fine to be taken care of by the Snow Wolf Clan along the way, but it was still a burden to eat idle food in other people's tribes. Even an intelligent creature can't stand it.

Qingyan took the time to rush to the Qiuqiu wool spinning factory, entered the workshop, and soon found disabled people in the corner, either in twos or two, or sitting on the ground with their intact upper limbs shaking the hand spinning wheel spinning thread, walked a few steps and stopped , glanced at the cat clan compatriots who were not complete, and sighed with a complicated expression.

"You came right after Rosemary left." Qiu got off the loom, and said in a teasing voice, "You all think I can't arrange them well, so what do you say?"

"How could it be." Qingyan sighed again, "I'm just...they...ah."

Qiu was silent for a while, then quietly said, "It's not just you, I am also the same. Seeing them, I can't help but worry...how are 'they' doing now."

The former refers to the disabled cat clan, and the latter refers to those clan members who chose to attach to the tiger clan and left.

Qing Yan didn't speak, but his face darkened.

Qiu smiled bleakly: "In Ayun's story, everyone has to pay the price for their own choices. When listening to the story, I don't think it's my turn to have something similar happen around me... only then do I realize how cruel the word price is."

"Ball ball..."

Qiu turned around and waved to Qingyan: "Go and do your business, I'm going to start work."

Qing Yan turned his head and looked at the corner of his eyes again, bit his lower lip, turned and walked out of the workshop.

"They will pay the price."

In the activity room, Xiao Yun frowned.

Only now did he have the time to sit down and communicate with the seven patriarchs from the central region. Xiao Yun was very surprised by the information they provided.Different from the previous five families who moved here, these seven tribes used to live in the area near the center along the Brai River, so they know more about the movements of the Tiger Clan.

Don't talk about geopolitics, let's just say that ordinary people know that concentrated force and precise strike are more effective than a slap and a slap. The tiger tribe attacked the snow wolf tribe living in remote areas, and attacked the cat tribe wildly. What do you think? of?

Because of Xia's tribe's attitude towards the Tiger Clan, Xiao Yun originally thought that the Tiger Clan was playing with the most populous Cat Clan on the grassland in a way of beating groups of people. There is no name at all?

"There is a price to be paid for doing this. The population of the Tiger Clan is not enough to actually rule the entire central region. If we do this now, there will be trouble." Xiao Yun looked confused, "Rabbits will resist when pushed, let alone the cat clan is weak They also have fangs and sharp claws, so the Tiger Clan doesn't understand why?"

The patriarchs looked at each other and looked at the grassroots in puzzlement.The one who summoned them was the grassroots, but how could it be this cub who spoke?

Patriarch Huoyan didn't even come, it's too weird!

The grassroots patriarch didn't bother to answer the patriarch's doubts: "Ayun, what do you think?"

"I think it's very strange." Xiao Yun stroked his chin and thought, "The inheritance of the tiger clan has not been broken, and now they are indeed the kings of the grasslands, so there is no reason for them to act like a broken jar... It's not that life is difficult Come down, what are you doing?"

"Do you think there is something wrong with the unscrupulous behavior of the tiger clan?" The grassroots patriarch thought for a while and guessed.

"Both the snow elves and the forest elves said that the tiger clan had long-term conflicts with the centaurs, but the real full-scale attack on the centaurs began more than 40 years ago. The reason why our tribe migrated from the central area more than ten years ago was that the cat clan robbed the centaurs. If the cats were eyed by the tigers at that time, then they would not have the power to grab our snow wolfs' pastures. That is to say, the tigers were too lazy to find a decent excuse for attacking the cats. After our tribe moved out."

After a pause, Xiao Yun narrowed his eyes: "These two incidents prove that the Tiger Clan will think carefully and weigh the pros and cons before launching an attack, instead of going to war as soon as their brains get hot."

The seven patriarchs stared at Xiao Yun in astonishment.

"That's true... More than [-]% of the tribes in the central area are cat tribes. Even if the royal court sends out all the fighters, they can only attack [-]% of them, and this will leave the royal court empty, and there will be no manpower to control the eastern part. "The grassroots patriarch nodded in agreement, but she still couldn't understand the reason, "Then why did the tiger clan do this? Many cat clans were willing to attach themselves to them?"

With a movement in Xiao Yun's heart, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but this guess was a bit shocking, even he himself was in doubt.

"Have you thought of anything, Ayun?" The grassroots patriarch's expression changed.

"Uh...there are only two possibilities I can think of." Xiao Yun swallowed, "The first one is that the Tiger Clan has strong foreign aid, so they don't have to worry about the Cat Clan's backlash...but this possibility is a little off. No way, if the Tiger Clan has always had the ambition to return to the Far East, then they don’t know what overpowering foreign aid means. I don’t think it’s impossible for the Tiger Clan not to see such things as relying on outsiders for their own safety. the danger in it.”

"The second possibility is that there is some kind of 'pressure' that forces the Tiger Clan to be unable, or dare not, to bring the Cat Clan who tend to them under their command."

When Xiao Yun said this, he was unconsciously terrified: "If there is such a 'pressure' that does not allow the Tiger Clan to win over and use the Cat Clan that is inclined to them...then it seems to make sense why the Tiger Clan puts the ready-made grassland No, I have to 'return' to the Far East..."