Chapter 184 The Wolf Lord Sleeps with a Pig

Chapter 184 The Wolf Lord Sleeps with a Pig

The entrance to a village in a pastoral area in southwestern China.

This place is nothing like the luxurious royal court; the air is filled with the smell of cow and sheep dung and burnt wood ash.

In the most remote corner of the village, there is a large pigsty enclosed by rotten wood and mud.

This is the smelliest place in the whole village.

The accumulated pig manure and fermenting swill, under the warm winter sun, emitted a stench strong enough to make one vomit up their leftovers.

However, in this place that even flies would avoid.

A furtive, dark figure stood at the entrance of the pigsty, clutching its nose and struggling with its inner turmoil.

Looking at the pool of mud and the several large black pigs that were grunting and sleeping in front of him, Tuoba Xiao felt a wave of nausea wash over him.

He is the lord of the wolves! He is the king of the grasslands!

I've drunk the strongest liquor and slept with the most beautiful women in my life. Even if I die, I should die on the back of a charging horse!

But now...

"Tap tap tap..."

The sound of rapid hoofbeats echoed in the distance. It was the Black Armor Guard's search party; it was the footsteps of death.

Damn it!

Tuoba Xiao gritted his teeth, a desperate ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.

Only by surviving can we have a chance to turn things around!

Although the pigsty stank, the strong smell of manure was just enough to mask the blood and that damned "dead rat smell" on his body.

"Pei Yunjing... I will repay this humiliation a hundredfold in the future!"

Tuoba Xiao took a deep breath (he almost fainted from the fumes), closed his eyes, and no longer hesitated.

He used both hands and feet, like a stray dog, to crawl into the filthy, low pigsty.

"Hmph?"

A large black sow weighing three or four hundred pounds was awakened and grunted in dissatisfaction.

Tuoba Xiao was so frightened that his whole body stiffened.

He dared not move, and could only carefully shrink himself under the pile of moldy pig feed in the corner.

In order to avoid being discovered, he even had to squeeze under the sow's belly, trying to use its huge body to cover himself.

Warm, slippery, and foul-smelling.

The mud from the pig smeared all over his face.

Tuoba Xiao suppressed a violent urge to vomit, curled up among pig dung and mud, and listened to the sow's heavy breathing, shedding tears of humiliation.

This is...

Sleeping with pigs.

...

After an incense stick has burned.

Pei Yunjing, accompanied by Tang Li and protected by Han Zheng and others, rode his horse to the village entrance.

"Whoa—"

Pei Yunjing reined in his horse, his brows furrowing almost imperceptibly.

The smells here were too mixed—the smell of beef and mutton, the smell of smoke, and the stench of pigsties—severely interfering with his overloaded sense of smell.

"search!"

Han Zheng waved his hand, and the black-armored guards immediately dispersed, preparing to search house to house.

Tangli sat on the horse's back, not in a hurry to move.

Her gaze swept over the crooked tree at the entrance of the village.

There stood a large, snow-white goose with a red crest on its head.

This goose is clearly the bully of the village.

It held its head high, strutting with an arrogant, pigeon-toed gait, as it surveyed its territory.

When it reached the entrance to the pigpen, it suddenly stopped, stretched its neck, and let out an angry howl into the pigpen.

"Gah—! Gah gah!"

Tang Li's eyes lit up.

Something's up!

The goose's call was filled with anger at its "territorial invasion" and vigilance at "discovering an outsider."

Tang Li dismounted and, before the big white goose could peck at her, took out a handful of corn kernels and scattered them on the ground.

[General Bai, may I speak with you in private?]

Tangli looked at it with a smile and activated its beast language:

I noticed you were shouting quite loudly over there just now. Was there some kind of noise?

The big white goose lowered its head, pecked at a piece of corn, then raised its head, its beady eyes full of disdain, and flapped its wings loudly to complain:

【Gah! Of course there was some noise!】

[Just now, some two-legged creature, acting suspiciously, didn't even bother going through the door, but went straight into that stinking pigsty!]

[How pathetic! Trying to steal territory from a pig!]

[And he even eats poop! I saw him crawl in and never come out; he's definitely hiding inside eating swill!]

Tang Li: "..."

Stealing poop to eat?

This description... it's a bit disgusting, but it's so apt!

She suppressed a laugh, turned around, looked at Pei Yunjing on horseback, and pointed to the inconspicuous pigsty:

"Your Highness, we've found it."

"That mangy dog...is in that pigsty."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yunjing followed her finger and looked in the direction she was pointing.

When he saw the filthy, stinking pigsty, his expression instantly became quite interesting.

"Pigsty?"

His rival, the powerful warlord of the Northern Rong, was actually hiding in a pigsty?

"Oh."

Pei Yunjing let out a cold laugh filled with utter sarcasm.

"Clang—"

He drew the "Delusion-Slaying" sword from his waist, his killing intent surging instantly:

"Very good."

"Since he likes being a pig, then I will send him to be reborn as a pig!"

As he spoke, he spurred his horse, ready to charge in and kill.

"Hey! No!"

Tang Li reacted quickly and grabbed his arm that was holding the sword.

"What?" Pei Yunjing frowned, his eyes still filled with murderous intent.

"Your Highness, please look at that place..."

Tang Li pointed to the mud and pig manure on the ground and shook her head in disgust:

“That place is too dirty, it’s full of… well. Your boots are new, don’t get them dirty, and don’t get your sword dirty either.”

She looked at the pigsty, and a wicked smile, more ruthless than murder, suddenly flashed in her bright, doe-like eyes:

“To deal with this shameless scoundrel, killing him with one blow would be too lenient.”

“I have a more suitable… farewell ceremony for him.”

Pei Yunjing looked at her little face, which looked like she was about to "stir up trouble" again, and the corners of his tight lips turned up slightly.

He sheathed his sword and sat up firmly again.

"Approved."

How do you want to play?

Tang Li turned around and looked at the several fat pigs in the pigpen who were fast asleep, completely unaware that a thief had broken into their pens.

She took a deep breath, and a devilish smile curled at the corners of her lips.

"Since he likes sleeping with pigs..."

"Then let him taste what it means to... charge forward like a pig!"