Chapter 32

Great Stone Golden Star is a title that only the bravest and most powerful warriors of the Stone Corpse tribe can have.

It does not come from the king of the tribe, but from the sacred ancestors.

Only warriors who manifest the powerful bloodline of the ancestors can win this honor.

If this person is not the Stone Corpse King or the heir to the throne, a civil war is almost inevitable.

Another main reason for the decline of the Stone Corpse tribe is that a 'Great Stone Golden Star' who was not a king appeared hundreds of years ago.

Mother's reaction was truly beyond Zhang Gui's imagination.

After a long time, he muttered to himself:

"Is this the true color of the last 'Female Great Stone Crown' of the Stone Corpse Kingdom?

Mother, you always say that uncle is too high-spirited and ignorant of the times, but what about yourself."

Early the next morning.

Just as the sky was getting bright, Caiyang Sister-in-law got up with her sister-in-law and niece to collect small fish and shrimp at the fish market.

And when Zhang Gui woke up, the sun had already risen high.

Walking into the outer room, seeing a basket full of cold noodles on the table, and two basins of small fish and shrimp boiled into pieces with thick oil and red sauce as seasoning, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The fish and shrimp mixed with noodles with heavy oil and salt, he picked up half a catty with one chopstick and finished it in a few mouthfuls.

After filling his stomach, he drank two pots of cold, strong tea to digest, and Zhang Gui burped comfortably.

He went to the well in the courtyard to draw water to rinse his mouth, chewed salt and mint leaves, and washed his hands and face, feeling refreshed.

He turned out a large bundle from under the bed, carried it on his back, and went out.

At this time, the adults had all gone out to work and do business to make money.

Only the elderly and children who had not reached the age of schooling or apprenticeship were at home.

Several children running around on the street saw Zhang Gui and greeted him with smiles:

"Oh, Brother Gui, you're back, it's been a long time."

"Hello Brother Gui, are you going to find Brother Jiujiang to play?

My mother said he also had great success and went out."

"Hello Uncle Gui, hehe, did you buy Western candy after returning from sea, give us some."

For the children of the neighborhood, most of whom were of the same clan, Zhang Gui had always had a good attitude.

He took out some candy and handed it over,

"There is candy, but it's not the Western milk candy.

That stuff makes your stomach bloated and you don't want to eat, so children can't eat it.

It's better to have the sour pear candy made in our town, which is delicious and appetizing."

The children rushed up to grab the candy, but were still a little unsatisfied.

"It sounds better than it sings, Brother Gui, you clearly think Western milk candy is expensive, so you don't give it to us."

"That's right, that's right, but thank you for your candy anyway."

"Uncle Gui is the best, the best."

Not far away, the old people sitting on low stools and basking in the sun at their doors saw this scene, and many of them beamed with joy.

They greeted Zhang Gui:

"Little Gui is back, I knew you were fine.

You are honest and have a good face; there must be blessings after the disaster."

But there were still those who spoke weirdly in a low voice,

"Still blessings, the job on the back island is gone, and he is registered with the manager in the clan.

In the future, he is destined to sell smelly shrimp paste with his mother."

The same rice feeds a hundred kinds of people.

Caiyang Sister-in-law has been buying houses and taking two sisters-in-law and several nieces to collect sea goods and do business in recent days.

While making many neighbors admire, it also made many people jealous.

It is normal to be sourly spoken behind one's back,

Zhang Gui heard it as if he didn't hear it; whoever greeted him, he talked to, and he ignored the others.

Just like this, he walked and stopped until he left the town.

The commandery roads in front of him were accessible in all directions, but Zhang Gui ignored them all and walked onto a sheep-path.

This kind of road is clearly a road that didn't exist in the world, but because many people walked it, it naturally became a road.

The end is the provincial boundary Xuanzhi Mountain Range.

Decades ago, many mountain people passed through here to trade mountain goods and buy salt and ironware.

Now it has become increasingly desolate.

Zhang Gui still had scruples and walked fast at first.

After looking back and not seeing the commandery road, walking gradually turned into flying.

With the blessing of the Divine Cong 'Swift Legs', he used the footwork of the Vertical and Horizontal Flying Runner, and he was as light as if he were sliding in the air.

The twenty-mile journey soon reached its end, and he entered the mountain forest.

The settlement of the Stone Corpse tribe, which is the capital of the Stone Corpse Kingdom, is located in the largest basin along the longest river in the Xuanzhi Mountain Range, 'Mushroom Valley'.

The palace here is a cave, the yamen is a cave, the military camp is a cave, and the civilian houses are still caves, a scene of barbarism.

Zhang Gui walked into 'Mushroom Valley' and saw that there were still a few patches of mushrooms planted on the barren yellow land in the valley.

Thinking of what the big aunt said last night that there were still more than ten households living here, and twenty or thirty old people waiting to die, he couldn't help but feel sad.

Before, saying that he was the crown prince of the Stone Corpse Kingdom, the king of the Stone Corpse tribe, etc., felt like a joke, but now it has become a heavy burden.

"Not to mention anything else, at least get more money to buy food, don't let the citizens starve to death.

Otherwise, I, this emperor, am too incompetent."

Thinking silently in his heart, Zhang Gui walked toward the most conspicuous cave in the valley, the Great Stone, with a frown.

But before he got close to the cave entrance, which was at least three yards in diameter, a hoarse and old voice came,

"This is where the Stone Corpse King's Court is located, stop."

"Old Sang Gui, can't you even recognize me?"

Zhang Gui said softly.

"Young Master Kuihe Han, no, now you are our Stone Corpse tribe's 'Great Stone Crown'.

My eyes are very blurry..."

"I am not only your 'Great Stone Crown', but also your 'Great Stone Golden Star'."

As he spoke, Zhang Gui's Divine Cong was activated, turning into a human version of a Transformer, standing in front of the Great Stone Cave.

"Continue to guard the cave door here, Old Sang Gui.

I'll go in and take a look."

The Great Stone Cave is deep inside, with overlapping caves, connected by a huge tunnel named 'Black Stone Road'.

The first layer of the cave is the 'Hidden Soldier Cave'.

Before the Stone Corpse, a fishing and hunting barbarian tribe, was assimilated by the Ming Song farming civilization, adult men and women could be soldiers and fight, and a thousand households had thousands of soldiers.

Among them, the most elite soldiers were named 'Stone Corpse Soldiers'.

It is said that their combat power is not inferior to heavy cavalry, and they lived in the Hidden Soldier Cave for a long time to guard and wait for battle at any time.

The Black Chi Road goes deep to the next cave, named 'Headman Cave'.

Headman is an official, so the Stone Corpse Headman Cave is equivalent to the Ming Song yamen.

Here, besides the Black Chi Road, there are dozens of small tunnels leading to dozens of small caves, which are the yamen and the homes of the yamen officials, the headmen.

Continuing deep along the Black Chi Road, you arrive at the Stone Corpse King's Court.

In the center is a stone platform acting as a throne, and on the left and right are slightly smaller stone seats for the headmen.

It's simple.

Behind the throne is the Black Chi Road that continues deep, leading to the 'Dry Food Cave', which is the granary and national treasury.

Going deeper is the final 'Earth Star Palace', equivalent to the sleeping palace of the Ming Song emperor.

The entire cave is long and deep.

Although the cave walls are naturally embedded with countless fluorescent stones, which can serve as light sources.

But it must be combined with thousands of torches burning day and night so that it is not too dim.

Now the torches are naturally gone.

Zhang Gui carried the bundle on his back and continued to advance along the central tunnel, Black Stone Road, and arrived at the Stone Corpse King's Court, which was like a dark night.

(End of this chapter)