In Youzhou City, the evil aura is so strong that you don't need to check it, you can feel it as soon as you enter. Almost half of this city is human and half is demon. The human race is full of Youzhou soldiers who come and go wearing armor and holding weapons, while the monster race is all city people.
A wave of resentment almost soared to the sky. The people who originally lived in Youzhou City had been devoured by monsters. Snake monsters, pig monsters, fox monsters, tiger monsters, etc. replaced the aborigines in the city. Fight, look around.
This city is like a gigantic monster standing on the plain, with its mouth wide open, no one will be rejected. As long as merchants and travelers enter the city, they will become food in the mouths of monsters. Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu did not go through the main entrance, but climbed over the outer city wall and entered the remote part of the city directly.
"Too many..." Lu Xu said, "We need to be notified..."
"Who should be notified?" Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu walked in the alley to observe the situation in Youzhou City. They never expected such a scene before entering the city.
Lu Xu was taken aback, who should he notify? Notify the Exorcist? Inform Li Jinglong? Now in the land of Shenzhou, there are only seven exorcists in total, and there are four more in the Dragon Tower in Hangzhou Town. It is not known when they will come out.
A woman spotted them and walked towards them. Wolf hairs appeared on both sides of Mo Zhigen's face, and the pupils of his eyes turned into a line, showing gray-blue wolf eyes with elongated canine teeth. The face changed into a monster shape, stepped forward, blocked Lu Xu, and roared at the woman.
The woman said "Yo" and said, "Wolf? I haven't seen you two before, are you new here?"
Mo Zhigen looked at her with vigilance and stretched out his furry hand. Lu Xu understood and held her hand. The two passed the alley and turned to look at the woman.
The woman raised a hand, without five fingers, with spider's fangs on one side of the arm, pointing to the north on the limb, and said: "Newcomer, sign up outside the gate of Shangwei Mansion."
Mo Zhigen just didn't say a word, and led Lu Xu out of the alley quickly.
Many monsters come and go on the street, although they are all ordinary people, with long tails and hairy ears, they don't bother to cover up. There is such a city in the world full of monsters, rampant and domineering everywhere, it is a spectacle that Lu Xu could never imagine in his dreams.
"They all seem to recognize each other." Lu Xu whispered to Mo Zhigen.
Mo Zhigen leaned close to Lu Xu's ear, and said in a very low voice: "Foxes are sensitive to hearing, so stop talking nonsense."
Lu Xu kept silent, and walked across the long street with Mo Zhigen, all the way to Weifu, only thinking about how to get out. In case of being discovered by the monsters in the city, as long as they don't get besieged, the wolf and the white deer are extremely fast, and Lu Xu can fly in the air again. At worst, Mo Zhigen will be carried away and fly out of the city.
The trouble is, now he doesn't know how much information Mo Zhigen wants to find out before he is willing to leave. Once the opponent has a powerful monster, it will be difficult to parry.
There was a long queue outside Youzhou Mansion. Mo Zhigen arrived outside the street and immediately signaled Lu Xu to hide. The two hid behind a building and looked out.
"Where do you live? What's your name? What are you doing here?" Holding a pen, the carp monster said to a weasel who came forward to register his name.
"Changlin County." Weasel said, "I don't have a name. I heard that Lord Tianmo intends to lead us to live a good life, so here we come."
Behind the weasel was a family of three, a woman, a half-grown child with a weasel head and a human body, and a stinky little weasel in her arms. The little weasel poked its head and looked at the carp demon.
"Call it Wujiading!" The carp demon swiped his pen, registered his history, and said, "Go to the west barracks in the city, someone will arrange for your family of four."
The Weasel Demon received the sign, bowed and left. A dark, iron-tower-like man came up from behind and looked at the Carp Demon. The Carp Demon suddenly felt a terrifying aura of being watched by a natural enemy—the guy in front of him was a bear!
The bear demon looked over the carp demon and landed on the woman behind it. At this moment, the owner of the carp demon, Huapi Danhuo, was holding a mirror to draw his eyebrows, and cast a more dangerous glance at it.
Xiong Yao said: "Xianbei Mountain, Ah Zhuang, I heard that there is no shortage of food here in Tianmo?"
The carp demon had registered, and another monster came over at this time, leaned over to Dan Huo and said a few words in Dan Huo's ear, Dan Huo impatiently threw the mirror on the table, got up and said, "I'll go back to the house to have a look."
"Don't!" The carp monster was afraid that a cat monster would come suddenly, and just staring at it would scare it into unconsciousness.
"Look at you." Dan Huo said, "I'll come as soon as I go, be obedient."
Carp demon: "..."
Dan Huo turned and left, and the carp monster began to face the group of monsters in fear, thinking that I am going to become a dragon, so I am not afraid of you.
Fortunately, among the monsters registered next, there is no natural enemy of it. The carp monster has followed the exorcist for so long, but it has learned a bit of authority from Li Jinglong, although its eyes grow on both sides of the head, condescendingly examining the monsters Shi can't help turning the fish's head sideways, which alone can't help but spoil the scenery, but he still puts on airs when he pats the table and writes.
It wasn't until sunset that there were fewer monsters entering the city today, so the carp demon put away his book, jumped off his chair, his feet were shivering from the cold wind, and hopped back home.
When rounding the corner of an alley, the carp demon was suddenly poked into the mouth with two fingers, hooked his chin and lifted it up.
The carp demon's voice was suppressed, and he couldn't yell "Help", but he couldn't yell out. He spun around and waved his hands wildly. Mo Zhigen's voice coldly said in his ear: "Long time no see, Zhao Zilong."
Lu Xu said blankly: "What a surprise."
The carp demon's eyes widened, and he gave up struggling in an instant, looking at Mo Zhigen pitifully.
In winter, a southward cold wave swept across Jiangdong and Jiangxi. At night, in the dusty archives room of the Jiangzhou government, Trundeau sat bored and lying on his stomach in front of the desk, while Artest rummaged through the bookshelf to find Di Renjie from the past. record left.
All the dossiers in Pengze County were moved here 40 years ago, and no one cared about the dossier. Artai showed Li Jinglong's handwriting and paid some money, and he was easily allowed to check the dossiers.
"I have no clue." Artest said to himself, "Even the ground around Peng Ze is almost turned over. Where did Di Renjie find the sword?"
Trundeau held a silver ring in his left hand, rolled it to his right hand, and rolled it back again, lazily saying: "You all guessed wrong!"
"Intuition tells me that there is nothing wrong." Artest said, "Do you remember the news you inquired on the road?"
Artest and Trundeau asked many people in Pengze, many of them were elderly people in their 80s, and some of them used to work in the county government office. They did notice that Di Renjie had a saber, but they didn't know where it came from. In addition, there is another person who welcomed Di Renjie to be transferred to Pengze county magistrate.
"It's best for me to find it within three days, or I'll make you look good."
Trundeau couldn't read Chinese characters, so he couldn't help Atai look up the information. Atai frowned and said, "I told you to go back to the inn to rest, but I won't go."
Trundeau insisted on following Artest all the time. Afraid that she would be boring, Artest couldn't refuse, so he had to take her with him.
"Yeah, I'm not like Kong Hongjun, I'm not like Lu Xu, I'm not like their wives." Trundeau said, "I'm not a man yet, so I can't fight with you."
"Look at what you said." Artest couldn't laugh or cry, "I don't like men."
Trundeau fell silent, and Artest threw the overturned file into an empty jar, stretched his waist, and said, "Why do you always say what you mean, and go back to rest if you feel bored, can you be more obedient? ?”
These words seemed to hit the sore spot of Trundeau, and she said angrily: "Be obedient? Who do you listen to? Listen to you? If I wanted to, I would have married a long time ago! It's your turn!"
When he said that Trundeau was going to whip the whip, Artest immediately changed his face and said, "Don't! I was wrong! Don't be rough!"
Trundeau gave Artest a sideways glance and said, "Sing me a song."
Artest: "..."
Artest was busy, and at this time he was going to sing for Trundeau, he was really crazy, but if he didn't sing, he would be whipped, so he had to get the piano, and sat down in front of Trundeau in a proper manner.
"Sing what?" Artest asked seriously.
"Whatever you want." Leaning behind the case, Trundeau said lazily, "Sing 'The bird has gone and come again'."
"I can't get tired of listening to it." Artest said with a smile.
Trundeau looked at Artest with dissatisfaction, and said, "Is it okay to like this song?"
Artest plucked the strings a few times and sang:
"The birds come and go, the tide rises and recedes..."
"The flowers bloom and fade, the grassland turns green and then turns yellow..."
"Stars are born and die, mountain alliance vows, said and then forgotten..."
"Only your eyes are like the blue lake, which makes me wish I could always be by your side..."
Artest sang and sang, for some reason, he remembered the day he met Trundeau.
It was a winter when he was twelve years old. He played the piano and sang sadly in the lonely temple. Trandot followed his uncle's caravan through the temple, and when he came in to make a pilgrimage to the long-extinguished fire, he walked through the garden and accidentally found Artest, who was singing behind the pillar at that time.
He sang and looked at Trundeau.
In the early winter, soft snow fell on his strings. As he plucked his fingers, the strings vibrated, and the snowflakes scattered into crystal powder and disappeared into the world.
Later, she often came to see this young priest, going back and forth like a migratory bird in winter and summer without interruption. Whenever autumn and winter came, when he was wearing a black robe and praying in front of the embers of the divine fire, she would always bring some money and food and put them in front of the altar.
Before the age of fourteen, his teacher was still there, and she watched Artest blankly in front of the altar, throwing a glance at Trundeau.
"Xingchen told me that the wife in your destiny will not be her." The voice of the saint is still in my ears.
"If fate gives me parting, I will accept it calmly; if fate gives me reunion, I will be happy."
Artest set fire to the saint's body, and when the last successor of the temple was reduced to ashes, Trundeau was always standing behind him.
"Father asked me to choose someone and marry him from now on." Trundeau said, "The first person I thought of was you."
Artest turned around and stared at Trundeau, without answering.
There was a soft smile on Trando's face, just like the big bouquets of flowers born when spring came by Lake Ulmos, blooming so brightly and prosperously.
"I can't marry you." Artest said, "I'm too busy, you should marry someone else."
"I can wait." Trundeau replied, "Remember to come when you are not busy."
"Fate made me separate from you, and I accepted it calmly; fate gave me a happy reunion, and I was happy..." Artai sang in a low voice, "As long as I see the lake in your eyes again..."
Trundeau leaned on the table, looking at the yard outside the file, where plum blossoms bloomed in winter night and snow began to fall.
"Go and do your work." After listening to this song, Trundeau said with a smile, her life seemed to have no regrets as long as she heard Artest sing.
"I see the lake in your eyes, as deep as the night sky." Artest finally sang, "In your eyes..."
Suddenly, the sound of Artai's piano stopped abruptly.
Trundeau: "???"
Artest frowned, vaguely grasping an idea.
Trundeau said, "Are you hungry? I'll make you something to eat."
Artest immediately raised his hand to signal Trundeau not to interrupt his thinking, then stood up like a gust of wind, and said, "I found it..."
"Find what?" Trundeau said, "Can you think of this?"
Artest said: "We have checked all the ground within 200 miles around Peng Ze, haven't we?"
Trundeau said, "That's right, it's all fields. It used to be fields, and it's still the same now. There's nothing."
Artest said: "There is another place that is missing! Poyang Lake! Let me see... I have it!"
Artest found the records on the shelf where the hydrological data were stored.
"In the autumn of the third year of longevity, there was an ancient road in the shallow water of Poyang Lake, and the mud in the clear lake. Huaiying led the county guard to investigate, and spent a whole day and night alone... It must be here! During the dry season, the ancient road appeared at the bottom of the lake!"
At night in Youzhou, red lanterns are lit up throughout the city, and wild laughter is everywhere, like a group of demons dancing wildly, adding to the weird atmosphere. In an abandoned residential house, there are several cold corpses piled up randomly under the couch. It is obvious that the monsters looked down on the house after eating people, so they left hastily without cleaning up.
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu caught the carp demon here to avoid the eyes and ears of monsters. At this moment, they were sitting on each side of the case. I didn't lie to you."
Lu Xu: "What are you doing lying down? Can't stand up and say?"
Carp demon: "Since I came to Youzhou, my heart has been in a bad condition and I can't stand the stimulation."
Mo Rigen: "Don't play tricks on me! What's An Lushan's plan?"
The carp demon said: "He intends to annex one city after another, and send monsters to each city to replace the living. First Youzhou, then Jiangnan, then Jingzhou, and then Bingzhou, encircling the Central Plains. Raise troops to rebel again, let the human soldiers lead the battle, and the monsters will follow."
"Is he not afraid of the Exorcist at all?" Mo Zhigen said.
The carp demon replied: "There are only a few people in the Exorcist Division, and they can't deal with all the monsters in the city."
Lu Xu said, "How much did you tell them?"
The carp demon was so angry that a carp stood up and roared angrily, "I didn't! I didn't say anything!"
Mo Zhigen said to Lu Xu: "It doesn't dare to say, it followed us before, and then it was a person from Xi prison... If An Lushan knew about the fish in Xi prison, he would not let it go."
"It's not because of this that I kept my mouth shut!" the carp demon became even more angry, and roared.
"Okay, okay." Lu Xubai comforted boredly, "You are for the safety of the brothers."
Mo Zhigen snorted, the carp demon was so angry that his whole body turned red, almost turning into a koi. Mo Zhigen said coldly: "It seems that there are many monsters, but they are all mobs. As long as Anlu Mountain is removed, the rest will be small and will naturally disperse like birds and beasts."
"How to get rid of it?" Lu Xu said, "Go to the mansion now?"
Mo Zhigen said: "When will the army be raised?"
The carp demon replied: "I don't know, this is top secret."
Mo Zhigen looked at the carp demon, and the carp demon said, "Is Hong Jun okay?"
The two said in unison: "I don't know."
Lu Xu: "Who is Hong Jun?"
Mo Zhigen: "I don't know the person you mentioned."
The carp demon was a little disappointed, drooping its fish head, Lu Xu and Mo Zhigen exchanged glances, Mo Zhigen said: "Ah, I remembered, but it depends on your performance."
Lu Xu couldn't bear it at first, but thinking about the complexity of the matter, he couldn't open his mouth. After all, whether he forgave the carp demon, he had nothing to say, and he could only wait for Li Jinglong to speak.
"How do you behave?" The carp demon hurriedly asked as if he had glimpsed a glimmer of hope.
"You can figure it out for yourself." Mo Zhigen obviously didn't want to entangle with the carp demon anymore, and replied, "If you meet them, I will tell you for you."
"Where is Hongjun?" The carp demon asked again.
Naturally, it was impossible for Mo Zhigen to tell the plan and whereabouts of the Exorcist of the Carp Demon, otherwise it would be true that his mind was trapped by the door, so he just stood up and gestured to Lu Xu.
"I'll follow you!" said the carp demon, "I want to go home!"
Mo Zhigen stopped the carp demon casually, and went out with Lu Xu. Lu Xu couldn't help but look back at the carp demon.
The carp demon followed, chasing after Mo Zhigen, but Lu Xu said: "Fly out, or it will be too conspicuous." As he spoke, he turned into a white deer, and the carp demon hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the white deer's back Legs don't let go.
"You go down."
"Take me back, please!"
"No." Mo Zhigen said.
Bai Lu hesitated a little, Mo Zhigen said: "Let's go! Hurry up!"
The white deer had no choice but to raise its hoof and kick back, the carp demon was immediately thrown out and fell to the ground.
"Third brother, you have changed!" said the carp demon.
"Be good." Mo Rigen said without turning his head, "Hong Jun will forgive you."
The white deer soared into the sky and stepped across the roof. The carp demon hurriedly got up and shouted: "Wait! I was outside the Exorcist that day..."
However, the white deer had already flown into the sky and disappeared without a trace.