Huo Xiong has a very elegant hobby.
He likes to lie on the roof drinking wine and looking at the moon in the dead of night when the sky is filled with moonlight.
With a pair of small trouser pockets tied around his waist and his long hair disheveled, Wu Tie was lying on the roof, drinking the soft-flavored osmanthus wine while looking at the half-moon in the sky.
After returning home during the day, the Huo family opened the ancestral hall. Huo Hu officiated and offered three animal sacrifices to the ancestors of the Huo family, informing the ancestors that Huo Xiong, the best son of the Huo family's generation, had returned safely, and prayed to the ancestors to continue to protect the Huo family's son. , bless them all to be safe and successful.
Then comes the family dinner.
Huo Xiong is the clan member with the highest cultivation level and the highest military rank in the Huo family. Especially since he joins the Shenwu Army, one of the most famous main forces in the Kingdom of Jin Dynasty, and is not a no-name army like the local city defense army.
Therefore, Huo Xiong's reception banquet was very grand. The Huo family slaughtered cattle and sheep. Many distinguished elders from the neighbors came. Several big families in Hua Chong City also sent representatives to celebrate.
After some excitement, Wu Tie finally found peace.
Lifting the wine jar and taking a sip of the fragrant osmanthus wine, Wu Tie let out a heavy breath.
With a 'pop' sound, several figures jumped onto the roof, standing on the edge of the eaves, looking at Wu Tie cautiously.
"Why are you standing there in a daze? Do you have a problem with me? Come and talk." Wu Tie glanced sideways at the figures and recognized them as the men of the Huo family who had toasted to him at the family banquet during the day. He greeted him lazily. They waved.
These little guys are all eleven or twelve years old and have the strength of the Foundation Establishment Realm. They are at the age where they are fearless and fearless. After hearing Wu Tie's greeting, they all smiled naively, took out a wine jar from behind, walked carefully on the tiles to Wu Tie's side, and sat in a row on the ridge of the roof.
The Huo family is a long-standing military household, and all able-bodied men are fighting in the army.
The only ones left at home, apart from retired soldiers like Huo Hu who had suffered from overwork and injuries and damaged their Taoist foundations, were these little guys who were not yet adults and whose cultivation level was not high.
The little guys pulled out the corks from the wine jars, imitated Wu Tie and took a sip of wine into their mouths, letting out a sigh of satisfaction.
"Uncle Xiong, did you see those underground demons with your own eyes this time in Demon Suppression City?" A little guy asked Wu Tie cautiously.
"Yes, I saw it." Wu Tie also took a sip of wine.
"The teachers at the martial arts hall said that the underground demons are all hideous and inhuman. They eat the brains of children and the hearts of young girls, but is it true?" Another little guy stared at Wu Tie with wide eyes.
"Hmm... I haven't seen it." Wu Tie said lazily: "But since the teachers said so, it should be true, right?"
"So, have you ever played against them?" A little guy was so excited that his whole body was trembling.
"No..." Wu Tie sighed and glanced sideways at these childish little things: "If we fight, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back. Well, unless you practice to the life pool realm, in the future, you guys, Just hang out in the city defense army."
Shaking his head, Wu Tie murmured: "Places like Suppressing Demon City and ** Demon City are not places where you can just hang out."
Wu Tie had something he didn't say... Even if these little guys have cultivated to the Life Pond Realm, with the level of the third-turn Yuan Gong taught by the Great Jin Divine Kingdom Yanwu Hall, their strength can only be said to be good in the Life Pond Realm, but not Say how awesome it is.
People with this kind of strength in the Life Pool Realm are still destined to be cannon fodder in places like Demon Suppression City.
"No, we don't want to go to the City Defense Army..." A little guy said arrogantly: "The little flower next door said that those who join the City Defense Army are all useless. I want to follow Uncle Xiong's example and join the Shenwu Army. Go On the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms, make achievements, become a general, and then come back..."
Several little guys laughed at the same time and laughed at this kid: "Then come back and marry Xiaohua!"
Wu Tie snorted coldly. He slapped these noisy little guys and knocked them away one by one. They fell into the yard screaming and fell on their butts. They screamed in pain. Call.
"Get out of here!" Wu Tie scolded: "You still look down on the city defense army? Humph, join the Shenwu Army, go to the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms... With your little ability, are you going to give military merit to the enemy? If you don't reach the Life Pond Realm... Humph! "
A few little guys jumped up holding their buttocks, and they shouted loudly: "We will also cultivate to the life pool realm, for sure!"
"Ah!" Wu Tie spat out. With a wave of his right hand, a strong wind swept up and threw the little guys from the wall into the yard. Standing up, Wu Tie shouted loudly: "Sisters-in-law and younger brothers and sisters in each room, please take care of your own children. They run around in the middle of the night and delay tomorrow's morning practice. I will beat them with a stick as thick as a bowl!"
Women's laughter and curses could be heard from everywhere in the Huo family's mansion, and there was an indescribable happy atmosphere everywhere.
Wu Tie lay on the roof again, drinking wine one mouthful at a time, staring blankly at the moon in the sky. A thin layer of moonlight enveloped him, and was sucked in silently along his pores.
When the sky was dark, the high-pitched shouts of the little guys came from the martial arts field behind Huo's house.
Later, from behind various houses in the inner city of Gundo, there were the sounds of children shouting, the roar of fists hitting wooden stakes, and even the sounds of children competing with each other, and the sounds of fists and limbs hitting each other.
The cries of the children woke up the big roosters raised in each house. One by one, the oily and watery roosters flew up to the wall, facing the east direction, and screamed at the top of their lungs.
Wu Tie listened carefully. A quarter of an hour after these big roosters crowed, the sound of some children practicing early could be heard sparsely inside and outside the city. But judging from the breath and rhythm of those children, their cultivation is far inferior to the children of military households in the inner city.
Wu Tie jumped off the roof, put on his military uniform, and hung his standard saber on his waist. Wu Tie strode out of the yard, followed the verandah to the front yard, walked out of the front door, and walked towards the Shenwu Army Yamen in Hua Chong City. .
As an eighth-grade captain of the Shenwu Army, Wu Tie returned to the city on vacation and had to report to the local Shenwu Army Yamen.
At the same time, although it is not of much use, after all, he is only a small eighth-grade captain, but he also has to urge the civil servants in the yamen - the soldiers who were injured in the battle from Huachong City in the Shenwu Army, they The official sacrifice documents, as well as their pensions, etc., must be processed as soon as possible.
The Shenwu Army Yamen of Huachong City is located in the northwest corner of the inner city of Junhu, not far from the Huo family's mansion.
When Wu Tie arrived, the blood-colored gate at the entrance of the yamen was already open. A group of twelve Chonglou Realm soldiers separated to the left and right, standing on both sides of the gate in the shape of wild geese. A middle-aged man wearing a green wide-sleeved gown, a silver belt tied around his waist, and a thumb-sized silver seal hanging on his waist, was standing at the gate with his hands behind his back, squinting at the sky that had just risen in the east. The red sun.
A smile appeared on Wu Tie's gloomy face, and he gestured to the middle-aged man from a distance: "Good morning, Mr. Gongcao!"
Li Dayou, the highest officer of the Shenwu Army stationed at the Yamen of Huachong City and a seventh-grade meritorious officer, laughed "hehe" and nodded to Wu Tie: "Xiao Huo, morning... I calculated that you have to come here early this morning. Just in time, I have something to ask you."
Wu Tie raised his eyebrows, spread his hands, and shook his head.
Li Dayou pointed at Wu Tie and said in a deep voice: "I know that your right army forward battalion is on a long holiday... Who can count on such things? However, idleness is idleness. You can help take care of this matter. , it’s good for you.”
Wu Tie pursed his lips, strode to Li Dayou's side, and said in a deep voice: "Li Gongcao, I'm here, one is..."
Li Dayou interrupted Wu Tie: "I know the rules better than you... Last night, I completed the application for you and sent all the official documents to the Yamen above. The Shenwu Army that was damaged this time in Huachong City belonged to them. I have already sent three official documents to the superiors to urge you on the battle damage statistics, as well as the corresponding pensions and arrangements for your family members and heirs. Is that interesting?"
Patting Wu Tie's shoulder hard, Li Dayou said with a smile: "How can I say, back in the martial arts hall, you were a student taught by me personally. For your sake, I helped you take care of everything. Sure. So, you have to help me with this matter!"
Wu Tie spread his hands and looked at Li Dayou helplessly.
Huo Xiong entered the Shenwu Army's martial arts hall when he was young. At that time, Li Dayou was still an eighth-level meritorious officer and was responsible for the specific affairs of the martial arts hall.
Li Dayou has a keen eye for talents and saw Huo Xiong's extraordinary talent at a glance, so he took special care of Huo Xiong. Not only did it give him a lot of benefits in terms of training resources, but he also personally guided his training, which saved Huo Xiong a lot of energy.
Strictly speaking, Li Dayou and Huo Xiong do have a master-disciple relationship.
Wu Tie nodded and sighed: "That's all, you spoke... What's the matter?"
Wu Tie looked at Li Dayou and said in a deep voice: "You know the rules better than I do. Therefore, the military is strictly prohibited from interfering in local government affairs. Please don't cheat me."
Li Dayou's eyes widened, he pointed at Wu Tie and cursed with a smile: "Am I this kind of person? This has nothing to do with the government affairs of Hua Chong City. Come in and explain in detail."
The Shenwu Army Yamen in Huachong City occupies a small area. It is just a courtyard with three entrances and three exits. There is a small barracks on both sides, where a hundred Shenwu Army soldiers are stationed. Li Dayou's daily office is in the main hall of the second entrance courtyard.
Wu Tie followed Li Dayou into the main hall of the second entrance courtyard. The guests and hosts sat down, and an auxiliary soldier brought hot tea.
This is an army yamen. The marching laws and conduct style are the same as those in the army.
The hot tea brought by the auxiliary soldiers did not come in teacups, but in two large bowls. The hot tea weighed at least two kilograms, and there were a lot of tea leaves. The tea had a strong taste. Drinking it in your mouth was almost like chewing coptis root.
Wu Tie and Li Dayou picked up their tea bowls and took two sips of hot tea. Li Dayou grabbed an official document from the desk in front of him and threw it to Wu Tie.
"Look carefully. It's coming from the Forbidden Demon Palace. It's strange. There are eighteen large and small cities around the Flower Insect City. There is nothing worth taking a look at. How could someone... have their mind set on this area?"
Li Dayou took another sip of tea and said to Wu Tie: "You also know, where are the city defense troops of Hua Chong City... They are just decorations. Let them clear out the ferocious birds and beasts in the mountains and forests. They have been damaged from time to time. Let's When they do this kind of thing, are they going to die?"
"I've been worrying these past two days. If something happens, I don't know who will be blamed." Li Dayou pointed at Wu Tie and said with a smile, "But it's good that you are back. A person in the Yamen Bai Zhanbing, I’ll give you eighty, what do you think?”
Wu Tie opened the official document and read it carefully.
The function of the Forbidden Demon Palace of Jin Kingdom is similar to that of the Black Palace of Fuxi Kingdom. It has great power to monitor civil and military officials and wealthy families internally, and to monitor all people and things that threaten the Jin Kingdom externally.
This official document was sent from the Forbidden Demon Palace, and was an early warning document to Flower Insect City and a dozen surrounding cities.
According to the Forbidden Demon Palace, after investigation, "perhaps" there are "dangerous elements" who have sneaked into the surrounding areas and plotted some activities that are detrimental to the Jin Dynasty. Civil and military officials and wealthy families in various cities are reminded to be careful.
According to the official document, it is unknown where the dangerous elements came from; it is unknown how many there are; it is unknown what their cultivation level is; it is unknown what their goal is; and it is unknown where they have gone...
Everything is unknown.
"What is this?" Wu Tie shook the official document in his hand and looked at Li Dayou expressionlessly.
"Everything is unclear, which is why people are worried." Li Dayou looked at Wu Tie gloomily: "Hua Chong City, as well as the surrounding cities, are the traditional source of troops for our Shenwu Army... If someone is here They caused trouble and made a big fuss, and we, the Shenwu Army, were the first to be embarrassed!"
"So, we have to take some preventive measures." Li Dayou looked at Wu Tie seriously: "I will give you eighty people. No matter what method you use, find these people... Well, I will send another official document to let you You mobilize the manpower of the city defense army."
Wu Tie clicked his lips: "The City Lord's Mansion, and those big families in Hua Chong City?"
Li Dayou spread his hands and sighed: "Do you think you can count on them? Unless those guys provoke them, they will not care about the life and death of ordinary people in Huachong City?"
Wu Tie remained silent.
He obtained all of Huo Xiong's memories, but Huo Xiong was reserved and cold. Practicing, fighting, and making achievements were almost all the thoughts in his mind.
Huo Xiong knew almost nothing about secular affairs.
Huo Xiong didn't understand the relationship between the city lord's palace in Hua Chong City and several famous big families in Hua Chong City and the Shenwu Army... Huo Xiong didn't understand, so Wu Tie was a little confused.
It would be wrong to talk too much, so Wu Tie simply kept silent and just nodded slowly, which was exactly in line with Huo Xiong's temperament.
A quarter of an hour later, Wu Tie left the Shenwu Army Yamen with eighty Chonglou Realm soldiers.
After more than half an hour, 500 city defense soldiers who had reached the half-step Chonglou realm from the Sensuan realm, the strongest being those who had just entered the Chonglou realm, wore half light armor and held standard crossbows, and walked out in a neat queue. City defense army station.
Wu Tie led this small team out of Huachong City and came to the mountains and forests thirty miles outside the city, and then issued the first order.
"Set up camp and wait!"