When dawn is approaching, ten miles of Milky Way.
"It's a long history."
"Morning, have you found so much food?"
"In war, you have to eat enough to be strong."
"Hey! Why does this fish have long legs?"
"That's Zhao Zilong, the boss of our Exorcism Division."
"..."
The air in the room was gloomy. With a "crash", the carp demon was thrown into a wooden basin filled with crushed ice.
"It's so cold!" The carp demon jumped up instantly, and crawled out trembling, but was poked back by a wooden stick.
"Remember me?" the female voice said quietly.
"Wow—ghost—" The carp demon looked at it intently, and was almost terrified. A woman in white, with blood on her face, stared at the carp demon with a ferocious face.
The fish had no eyelids, so it couldn't close its eyes. The carp demon went straight into the water basin, but the water was so cold that it shivered.
"You you you... who are you?" The carp demon trembled.
"Your rebels broke into Luoyang City and killed four of my family. My husband was sucked dry by your demon clan, and he died a terrible death—" The bleeding woman walked forward slowly, the carp demon Already frightened crazy, she jumped out of the tub and knelt down to the woman, begging for mercy: "Auntie! Female Ghost Auntie! It's none of my business! I was arrested by them too!"
"Who are you calling aunt!" The female ghost suddenly screamed.
"Big Sister! Big Sister!" The carp demon was trembling all over, with ice cubes hanging from his legs, and said, "I really don't want to eat people!"
"I want to seek revenge on An Lushan—"
"Go, go!" the carp demon hurriedly shouted, "I support you! Anlu Mountain is already rotten! It's completely rotten from the inside out!"
"Why did he kill my husband?"
"He's going to become a demon!" said the carp demon. "To become a demon, you have to suck hostile energy! Eat the dead first, and then the living... You have to be careful of Liang Danhuo, Liang Danhuo is a painted skin demon who can turn into a mortal. And Chaoyun! Chaoyun is good! He has never killed anyone! That grizzly bear is the most difficult thing to deal with!"
"Also, their monsters haven't all come in yet! The human race leads the battle, and the monster race eats people behind. The good ones belong to Liang Danhuo and the others. The generals pick first, and after they are done picking, it's the turn of the little ones in that city. …”
"How many..."
"Just over a hundred!" The carp demon said, "No, no! Less than a hundred! They are all miscellaneous soldiers! There is one hour in An Lushan every day, and Li Zhuer will give him a bath. At noon! At that time, the generals all Not here!"
The carp demon didn't wait for the female ghost to ask questions, and with just a few words, he deployed An Lushan's troops to the bottom. He also said: "They said that the exorcists came to Luoyang, and he set a trap in the Mingtang, just waiting to catch Li Jinglong... Isn't that right, Li Jinglong?"
When the carp demon said this, he suddenly realized something vaguely.
I saw the female ghost wipe her face, and said softly: "Is this okay?"
"Okay." Li Jinglong said behind the screen.
When the carp demon heard this voice, he was even more horrified, and immediately shouted: "Second!"
The female ghost wiped off the blood on her face, and it was Xiangyu, the peony flower demon, who walked to the side and sat down. The carp demon looked at Li Jinglong in a daze, and said, "Second brother, it really is you..."
Although the carp demon is always careless, it is never stupid. When Hong Jun went down the mountain, he relied on it to guide him. Lu Shan set a trap against Li Jinglong and others. After it was caught and came back, it suddenly saw the female ghost in front of it, and forgot about it for a while, but after slowly thinking about it, it thought of Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong's original intention was also a cliché, not that he didn't believe this guy, but he had learned from the past. In case he and Hong Jun came forward, the carp demon exaggerated in order to return to the Exorcist Division, which would affect his judgment, so he asked Xiangyu to come for interrogation first. it.
"Yes." Li Jinglong said casually, "It's been a long time."
The carp demon opened its mouth and wanted to ask Hong Jun, but Hong Jun said behind it: "Zhao Zilong, I am here."
The carp demon turned his head suddenly, and Hong Jun had been sitting on the railing on the second floor of the restaurant in the dark, watching the carp demon quietly from behind.
The carp demon suddenly howled: "Hongjun!"
Hong Jun was in an extremely complicated mood at the moment. He had too much to say in his heart, but he couldn't say it for a while. He just turned his head away, tears rolling in his eyes, and didn't want the carp demon to see himself crying.
"Hong Jun... I'm sorry." The carp demon said.
When he said this, Hong Jun remembered the past when he was in Yaojin Palace, the carp demon accompanied him to play chess, catch grasshoppers, swim in the clear spring water under the snow mountain, explore the cave... and so on.
He is always used to having it by his side, as if as long as it is there, that memory will never disappear.
"If you apologize, let's talk about it later." Li Jinglong said in a deep voice, "Tell me about the layout of Anlu Mountain."
The carp demon was waiting for this moment. In fact, a year ago, it took the initiative to surrender to Lu Xu and Mo Zhigen, and its only wish was to return to the Exorcist Division. For a whole year, it was condemned by conscience and felt guilty. Incomparable. Looking at the moon in the pool every night, it can't help but think of Hong Jun who doesn't know where he is and his partners from the Exorcist Division.
The carp demon took the pen from Li Jinglong, and marked a few places on the map based on his impression. At this moment, it was already bright outside, and Artest and others woke up one after another, yawning. When they saw the carp demon, they said: : "Ah? Boss is back?"
The carp demon was even more guilty and uneasy, extremely nervous, and the hand holding the pen was shaking. I thought that when I saw my friends again, everyone would put it in a cloth bag and beat it on the fish head with a rolling pin. Unexpectedly, everyone didn't care about the previous betrayal at all, they just greeted each other and went about their business. Artest helped Trundeau cook, and Ashinaqiong squatted outside to wash.
"Are you sure their marching route is here?" Li Jinglong asked.
"Very sure!" The carp demon grabbed the pen and said to Li Jinglong, "I have been with Liang Danhuo all the time. I heard them discussing at the mansion."
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu also woke up, and everyone had breakfast. It was a time of war, and the people fled with their families and disappeared without a trace. After searching for a while, there was a lot of food left behind. Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu went out to search last night, and Trundeau cooked a table full of dishes, including bacon, eggs, fish, duck, chicken, goose, pig, sheep...
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, so much food is enough to eat for nearly half a month. After serving it, the carp demon said, "Are you celebrating the new year?"
Li Jinglong originally wanted to say that this was a meal of beheading, and that he was going to kill An Lushan in the afternoon, but it was ominous to say so, so he stopped and said, "Let's have a drink and celebrate Zhao Zilong's return to the team."
If the carp demon didn't have tears, tears would have filled its eyes at this moment. When it heard this, it quickly took the wine bowl, jumped onto the table, and said, "I'm really sorry for everyone these days. I sincerely and seriously give... "
"Okay, okay." Mo Zhigen said, "Don't be discouraged, eat quickly."
Hong Jun finally couldn't help it, and laughed haha, and the atmosphere during the dinner was much more relaxed.
"How did you live afterwards?" Trundeau couldn't help but ask jokingly. In the past, the carp demon was the chef of the Exorcism Department. He often directed Trundeau to do this and that, worrying about Hongjun's favorite dishes, one fish per person , and more familiar. Trundeau seldom moved with everyone, and he didn't feel the betrayal of the carp monster. Seeing it return, he felt very happy.
The carp demon thought for a while and said, "Very good, very good."
Although the carp demon had betrayed the Exorcist, everyone had already seen it and used it instead. If someone was killed by it, it would be unforgivable at this moment. However, what happened in the past can't be completely attributed to it. There is not much blood and deep hatred left behind, and Hongjun can only look at the rest.
Everyone sat down and leaned on each other, Mo Zhigen said: "Suddenly I don't want to fight anymore."
Li Jinglong said: "Fight it, finish it, eat delicious food every day."
Li Jinglong spread out the map and started planning. According to the carp demon's information, An Lushan's army was divided into three major units.
"The forwards are the troops of Shi Siming and An Qingxu." Li Jinglong said, "They are all mortals, responsible for attacking the city."
"Well." Mo Rigen pondered, "If monsters are sent out to slaughter the city, I'm afraid it will attract the punishment of the gods. For him, it is much safer for mortals to kill each other."
The city of Luoyang was broken the night before, and Shi Siming and An Qingxu's troops took a short break before leaving Luoyang and rushing to the next city. Immediately afterwards, An Lushan led the center force, Shi Shiran, into the captured city to receive it. When receiving it, they will absorb the hostile energy generated after the city was slaughtered, and strengthen their own demonic energy. Every time they pass through a city along the way, the power of the heavenly demon in Anlu Mountain will be strengthened by one point.
After Anlu Mountain had collected enough hostility, they left again and went to the next city, and the rest of the monster troop arrived. Then, there was a carnival of monsters dancing wildly.
"Where is the next destination?" Artest asked with a frown.
"Hangu Pass." Li Jinglong pondered, "The rebels left in large numbers last night, and it's too late now."
"Capture the thief first and capture the king." Lu Xu said, "Once An Lushan dies, the rebels will naturally disperse like birds and beasts."
"But you must be careful." Mo Zhigen said, "Don't be captured by the enemy before capturing the king."
Li Jinglong said: "Now they are approaching Hangu Pass. Hangu Pass has only 2,000 guards, and it is no match for Shi Siming's 50,000 cavalry. In my opinion, the decisive battlefield of the war of mortals can only be here." , Li Jinglong took a pen and drew a circle at Tongguan.
Tongguan is the west gate of Chang'an. It has been known as "the first pass in the world" since ancient times. It is surrounded by lofty mountains and adjacent to the Yellow River.
"They don't know the situation in Luoyang yet." Hong Jun said, "I have to send a letter."
The people brought out by the Luoyang Guard had already gone to Hangu Pass, but Li Jinglong thought it over and over again, and finally felt that it was not safe. However, the plan is imminent. At this moment, every combat force is very precious. Sending Lu Xu out to deliver the letter is determined to be worth the candle.
"Two." Li Jinglong considered for a long time, Chao Xiangyu and Wen Bin said, "I trouble you two to send a letter, will it work?"
Xiangyu and Wenbin have been staying in Luoyang for a long time, and Hongjun Yu Wenbin is even more kind to save his life. In just a few years, the two have been stationed in Luoyang, and they have long regarded themselves as members of the Exorcist Division. After the rebel army attacked the city the night before, Li Jinglong was not worried about the safety of the two of them. After all, Xiangyu was still a monster, and she always had the ability to protect herself.
Sure enough, after the temporary calm outside, the two settled down with Xiangyu's Peony sisters, and went to Shili Hehan to seek refuge.
"Ride our fastest horse here." Mo Zhigen said to the two of them, "Without sleeping and resting, you can reach Tongguan in two days and one night."
"You go and walk for Master Hou." Xiangyu thought for a while, then said to Wenbin.
"Okay." Wen Bin said, "Let's go."
Li Jinglong said to Xiangyu, "You go too."
"I'll stay." Xiangyu replied, "There are more people, and there are always ways to do it. If you can't help fight the war, it's good to run errands for you."
Li Jinglong was not reluctant, so he edited a book and handed it to Wen Bin, ordering him to rush to Tongguan to explain the situation here to Feng Changqing.
"Next." Li Jinglong said to everyone, "It's about guarding the magic circle of the earth veins."
Speaking of which, Li Jinglong spread out the map of Luoyang City.
"Longmen Mountain Tianque, the Tianjie underground of Dingdingmen in the deepest part of Shili Hehan, Yingtianmen, Tianjin Bridge, Tianshu of Songde Monument, Tongtian Futu Heaven, and the Hanyuan Temple 'Tiangong' where Anlu Mountain is located." Li Jinglong pointed to these few area, and said, "Yongsi didn't come, and there are just seven of us."
Mo Zhigen pushed away all the charms, and Li Jinglong said: "I am in charge of the ground veins at Mingtang, and I will take it first."
Speaking of which, Li Jinglong took the spell from Mingtang.
The rest Artest, Mo Zhigen, Trundeau, and Ashinaqiong each took one.
"I'll choose the one closer to you." Lu Xu Chaohongjun said, "It's convenient to support you if you have something to do."
"It doesn't matter, I'm with Hongjun!" The carp demon said again.
"Are the siblings okay?" Li Jinglong asked Trundeau.
"No problem." Trundeau smiled.
Trundeau has been gifted since she was a child, and was once regarded by the Zoroastrian saint as a candidate for the next high priest, but her father refused to send her to the temple to study spells, so she finally gave up. Artest said: "Leave it to us, don't worry."
Li Jinglong looked at Hong Jun again. Hong Jun still couldn't really let go of it. He wanted to assist his companions with his own hands to draw out the energy in the earth veins and inject it into Li Jinglong, so that Li Jinglong could get rid of Anlu Mountain. Then I watched Li Jinglong's meridians all over his body cut off, his cultivation base burned, and he became a useless person from now on, how could he be "no problem"
"Don't forget, what we said last night." Li Jinglong said.
Hong Jun nodded and received the last talisman.
Mo Zhigen poured the wine and said, "I respect Chang Shi for a bowl."
"Respect Changshi!" Everyone said one after another.
"A respectful bowl to you." Li Jinglong smiled at Hongjun.
Hong Jun raised his neck and drank, Li Jinglong said: "According to the plan, let's do it!"
Everyone got up one after another, and Mo Zhigen said to the carp demon again: "Zhao Zilong, I will ask you one last question today."
At the Shili Hehan exit, everyone surrounded the carp demon, and Mo Rigen asked, "Does An Lushan know about the Earth Vein Magic Circle?"
The carp demon is both a curse and an oath, An Lushan has never been to Luoyang, how could he know
However, Mo Zhigen was still vaguely worried. After all, Bi Sichen had met the two of them in Mingtang before, and he was afraid that he would leak the inside information to An Lushan, and in doing so, all previous efforts would be wasted. It was also because of this that after discussing with Ashina Qiong, Mo Zhigen finally decided to kill Bi Sichen who had surrendered to the enemy at the city gate.
"You really want to sneak attack." The carp demon said, "It shouldn't have appeared that day."
"Bi Sichen must have confessed." Ashina Qiong said, "The city guards have surrendered, how can we hide it?"
In fact, the plan of the Exorcist Division was flawless, but after all calculations, it could not be considered that Tang would surrender anyway, so Li Jinglong simply stopped covering it up and decided to bring a group of subordinates into the battle. Otherwise, according to his plan, the ambush on Anlu Mountain this time is completely determined to win.
"That's all." Mo Zhigen said, "Man is not as good as God, so take risks."
Everyone left Shili Hehan and went to Detian Street. According to Li Jinglong's plan, the first step was to pretend that the sneak attack failed. After being captured by An Lushan, the second step of the plan started the next day. If An Lushan didn't know that the exorcists were in the city, he would be paralyzed if he caught Li Jinglong after being attacked suddenly.
In front of Tianjie, everyone is ready for the decisive battle.
Hong Jun and Li Jinglong stood face to face, not saying a word to each other.
Li Jinglong reached out and touched Hongjun's face.
Hong Jun: "You promise me..."
Li Jinglong: "Shh... don't talk."
He lowered his head and kissed Hong Jun's lips. When the lips parted, Li Jinglong looked intently into Hong Jun's eyes.
"After you come back." Hong Jun whispered, "I will take care of you for the rest of my life."
"I will definitely come back." Li Jinglong looked at Hongjun, with a look of heartache in his brows, and suddenly said, "You said, can God Kun see today?"
Hong Jun didn't understand what Li Jinglong said, thought for a while, nodded, and shook his head again.
"I love you." Li Jinglong said, "Just act."