"Hurry up!!" the old man in the cart shouted to several cart men behind him, waving the whip in his hand and whipping the mule pulling the cart in front. The cart was stacked with tall hay, like a pagoda, and under the pagoda, several people and the mule cart looked very thin.

"Daddy, we've been hungry all morning, and we're no longer vigorous...... said weakly, the youngest and thinnest of the cart men. The old man suddenly rolled out of the car, only to see him raise his arm and drop his hand, and he had already whipped the thin man on the back, and the thin man immediately fell straight to the ground, and the old man pointed and said: "You can't read a meritorious name when you study, and you can only die if you go to be a soldier, so let you make some effort at this time, and dare to complain to me? What do you say you have for what!" The thin man didn't move, and he couldn't even hear him cry out in pain.

The old man looked at it for a while, and then reprimanded: "Do you still dare to pretend to be dead? I'll let you pretend!" As he spoke, he raised his hand and raised the whip, but before he could swing it, he saw that the surroundings were suddenly dark, and his raised hand was caught by something, and he couldn't move.

"Daddy!" exclaimed the old man's other sons. It was a tall figure standing behind the old man, blocking the sun, and it was the man's hand that caught the old man, and although this person could make the old man's surroundings dark, but under the cover of the "pagoda", he unconsciously went around the front road behind the old man.

Qi Wuwei let go of his hand and slowly stepped back, letting out a ray of sunlight shining on the old man's face, and said, "The junior is a pedestrian passing by, and there are some things I want to ask you." ”

"You...... What do you have to ask?" Just from Qi Wuwei's attire, with this old man's knowledge, it is difficult to determine the identity of the former. Now Qi Wuwei's temperament around him, three points like a down-and-out nobleman, three points like a wandering monk, and three points like a Jiangyang thief. Anyway, it made the old man cowardly, not like he taught his son a lesson.

Qi Wuwei pointed to the forage and asked, "Where are you going to transport this cart of forage?"

The old man was silent for a long time before he replied: "It is the outpost of the grain and grass on the front post, which is the part of the yamen rationed to us in the village, and our family is a tenant farmer of Zhang Dahu, so he sent him to fill the granary for him." “

Qi Wuwei frowned, "Such an abnormal grain and grass scheduling...... Did something big happen?"

"Don't you know, a few days ago, the city of Xudu suddenly raised troops to the west, invaded the boundaries of our county, the officials in the county town hurriedly responded, the result of the first battle was defeated, turned around and retreated for dozens of miles, fortunately the temporary conscription of soldiers arrived, so as not to collapse the army. The old man sighed.

"Track the city ......" Qi Wuwei read on his lips, then turned around, his hand had already taken out a map from his arms, opened it and pointed it out only two or three times, and then took it back, and when he turned back, he took a few pieces of broken silver in his hand, only threw it in the direction of the old man, and walked away.

"Why do you want to give them money?" A full look suddenly flashed out from behind Qi Wuwei, she was as afraid of trouble as Qi Wuwei, but she didn't know how to use it to be ghostly, not only to be at ease and not to provoke others, but also to follow and gain insight into what Qi Wuwei saw on the road.

Qi Wuwei deliberately put on a tired look and said: "The girl doesn't understand the world, we are passing through here for an uninvited guest, and it is rude to suddenly talk about it, and an uninvited guest who is rude will not be liked by anyone." What's more, they are doing things for the government, so naturally they have to have relevant people to interrogate, if they don't have these silver taels, as long as someone asks him, 'Are there any suspicious people along the way?', we will inevitably get into trouble. Qi Wuwei looked back at the old man father and son, except for the one who fell to the ground, they all lay on the ground with bright eyes, picked up the silver taels in the dust, and then turned over their sleeves to wipe them clean and put them in their arms, they smiled, as if they had forgotten all the troubles in life.

"Scenes like this can at least give me peace of mind. ”

The old man and his sons woke up the fallen son, helped him to the mule cart, and walked ahead, leading the mule and guiding the way, while singing loudly, cheering for the sons behind.

......

"Pu Yu" opened his sleepy eyes, and the first thing he said was:

"Has there been an enemy attack since nightfall?"

The guard, who was holding a long axe in his hand, replied, "My lord, no enemy troops have come to disturb you, and the whole army has rested early according to your instructions, and is already cooking on the fire." ”

When Pu Yu heard this, he immediately lifted the blanket and got out of bed, and the guards hurriedly put on his coat for him, but he didn't even put on his sleeves, but hurriedly picked up the lantern and walked out of the tent. The soldiers who were eating out put down their dishes and chopsticks and stood up when they saw him, and he only waved his hand lightly, indicating that he was not here to inspect military discipline.

Walking all the way to a large tent, Pu Yu looked through the curtain of the door, and saw that there was no light inside, so he asked tentatively, "General Pei?" Immediately, he heard some faint movement in the tent. After a while, a sturdy man left in a panic with his armor in his arms, Pu Yutie blushed, listening to the movement in the tent was still unstoppable, and after a while, seven or eight disheveled sergeants came out one after another.

Pu Yu became impatient, he lifted the curtain and was about to break in, only to find that someone in the tent was about to come out.

"Master Pu, the sin of neglect, don't blame it!" The hearty voice came from a tall woman, and she seemed to have just put on her bottoms and stepped on her leather boots, and came out to greet her, although her chest was wrapped in several layers of cloth, but the light when the light shone on her smooth shoulders and lower abdomen still made Pu Yu and the guards blush for a while.

"Don't worry, don't worry! General Pei still went back and got dressed......" Pu Yu said as he followed the lantern to the side.

Two waiters waiting outside the tent entered the tent to help General Pei put on his armor, and General Pei asked in the tent, "I wonder what instructions Lord Pu has here?"

Pu Yu asked, "Judging from the resistance we are suffering now, can our army speed up the journey and cross Yuanjiao City ahead of schedule?" “

"If that's the case, then the other two cities of Yuchu Mansion can't be entangled any more. General Pei said: "And when the whole army rushed to Yuanjiao City, the enemy who blocked it must have come prepared, but our army fought again and again, and only rested at this time......

Pu Yu's face became ugly, but General Pei still kept talking, "In addition, our army is completely ignorant of many military situations of the enemy, with such meager strength, rashly attacking is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg." I don't know what the adults think, but when it is still possible to slow down, they have to take such an inappropriate risk. ”

Pu Yu pondered for a moment and replied, "I just want to ...... Rushing ahead of that person and opening up this road for him may be the first thing to do after he has a stable foothold. It is also a fair reward for all the brothers who have followed me and contributed their lives. ”

"Oh?" The two attendants lifted the curtain, General Pei had already put on his armor, and the bright sky had made the flame of the lantern gradually dim, but the enthusiasm in General Pei's eyes became vivid. Jing Shuiyi didn't dare to look directly into her gaze, he didn't know what kind of unnatural appearance this human skin mask that had not been taken care of for a long time would look like at this time.

General Pei walked outside the tent and waved his hand lightly, "Lead my horse!" and then turned to Pu Yu and smiled: "Those sergeants are the partners of the last general when he was in the Xuning Mansion, and our closeness is not a general friendship! Don't misunderstand. ”

......

Fengyu Mountain, the base camp of the Dragon Slayer Army.

Over the course of several days, there has been a general change here, with the castle on the top of the hill spreading around the hill below.

Several avenues descend the mountain, like a few scars in the hurried greenery; from the mountainside, there are layers of cultivated fields, and there are soldiers of the dragon slayer army and ordinary people to take care of them together; at the foot of the mountain, you can see a few simple wells and dwellings; a few miles outward, there are all the camp tents set up by the dragon slaying army, and the idle women, children, old and young are divided into several groups, each free to be led by a big voice wearing the uniform of the dragon slaying army, visiting the emptiness of this place at this time.

A sedan chair carried by two dragon-slaying sergeants was bumping into such a group of people head-on, and the company in the sedan chair secretly lifted the curtains to take a look, only waiting for the pedestrians to notice and look at him before letting go of the curtains and putting them down, but their ears were still carefully listening to the movement coming from the direction of the pedestrians - it was the big voice leading the way, chattering endlessly, "The evil dragon will come out of the world, Wang Shixiong rebels against the army" Such a dramatic declaration, but when it comes to the example and argument of some mysterious signs, it is all vulgar and unbearable witticism that cannot find meaning.

Lian Bo was embarrassed in the sedan chair, and although the loud voice and the pedestrian were getting farther and farther behind him, he still knew what the big voice would say next and where it would go. Because the "script" was written by him, and this declaration was also designed by him, no one can imagine that a captain who has been chased by the huge waves that cover the sky and the sun or a mastermind who can strategize and control tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can write such a down-to-earth thing, but he firmly believes that this will be of great effect, so he does not hesitate to put aside other affairs for many days to concentrate on studying the drama classics of Zhongzhou. The Dragon Slayer had asked him if this would really persuade the people to submit, but he said meaningfully:

"We're not trying to convince anyone, we're trying to lead them to convince themselves. “

The sedan chair continued to walk out, and gradually walked out of the tent. The wilderness outside is no longer an ordinary wasteland, but is surrounded by rules and regulations, and signs have been erected on them to indicate what they will be used for. The palanquin meticulously walked along the road that had been planned but had not yet been paved, until it reached the outermost ring of the base camp - the city wall under construction in full swing.

As soon as the sedan chair arrived, two non-commissioned officers of the commander of the Wu who were directing the work with a picture scroll in their hands immediately came to greet them, they had only recently heard about the deeds of the dragon slayer army and came to defect, but they were appreciated by Lian Bo because of their top-notch knowledge among the soldiers.

As soon as he got off the sedan chair, Lian Bo didn't wait to come out, and asked, "How is it going?"

The two non-commissioned officers looked at each other, and when Lian Bo stepped out of the sedan chair, one of them stepped forward and said respectfully: "The drawings given by the military advisor are extremely detailed, and even if we have no experience, we can also rely on this to lead the soldiers." ”

Lian Yu stood in front of the sedan chair with his hands behind his back, completely unresponsive, as if he hadn't heard the report of the two, and seemed to have known that the two of them hadn't finished talking about it.

"It's just...... There seems to be an obvious flaw in this drawing, and if it is built according to the state, its harm is difficult to estimate, but the whole drawing is meticulous, and it is really strange that such an omission can be made, so we have to put it aside for the time being, and we are about to send someone to ask the military advisor!" said another captain.

"Okay!" Lian Bao slapped his face and said as he walked towards them, "I'm not afraid that you will have doubts, I am only afraid that you will make your own decisions." And take this as a test, and I have come to judge it, so I can give you a passing grade. ”

"But the military advisor, after your test, the work here ......"

Lian Bo waved his hand and said, "According to the drawings, proceed as usual!"

The two Wu commanders glanced at each other and bowed in unison: "My subordinates are puzzled, please make it clear to the military advisor!"

Lian Bo paced slowly, saying, "The more you pursue perfection, the more you can't get a satisfactory result." From ancient times to the present, there are countless examples and fables at home and abroad that can be corroborated, or can be compared to the principles of martial arts, even if it is a strong qigong, there must always be a cover door, no matter how majestic those qigong experts are, no matter how boasting that they have no weaknesses, they will still have the nightmare of being broken by someone. ”

The two commanders seemed to be vaguely aware of the meaning of such a design, and without waiting for them to figure it out, Lian Bo continued: "This wall is called Nine Walls, not nine zhang high, not nine stories thick, but to draw a clear line with the perfection that cannot be pursued! Our army does not need to worry about potential hidden dangers, as long as the defects that the enemy will take advantage of are within our grasp!"

Only then did the two captains see through, it turned out that the drawing seemed to be missing at first glance, but it was actually an excellent place designed for the ambush trap.

"The mandate of heaven is numerous, the increase and decrease are based on reason, and the grace of the three lords is impermanent. My lord is merciful! May this be perfect, and it can be exchanged for a little vitality for our army!" A transparent and light voice resounded all around, and before the two army commanders could react, Lian Bo had already exclaimed: "Sect Master Yue, are you here?"

In the open field, because many trees had been cut down, there was already a little wind and sand, and a figure in the distance, leading his mount, swayed in the wind and sand in the direction of Lian Bao. Lian Bo noticed him, although according to common sense, it was impossible for him to say the words that Fang Cai could hear clearly, but Lian Bo firmly believed in his identity.

"I'm late again, I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed! I hope the military advisor won't blame him. The voice appeared around the crowd again, but the figure did not move forward except to move forward, and as the two captains turned over to find the source of the sound, a donkey's cry interrupted their thoughts.

In the direction that Lian Bo's eyes were pointing, it seemed that the figure who was still a few miles away from the previous moment suddenly arrived, and after the donkey he was holding called Fang Cai, he smiled at the two stunned Wu Chang in turn.

The appearance of the person who came can no longer be simply described as "dusty" or even "unkempt", his sloppiness at this time, even Qi Wuwei, who does not pay attention to his appearance and has footprints all over the sea, can not be compared with it, only the extremely selfless and paranoid person can cultivate this demeanor. Against the backdrop, Lian Bo and the others couldn't help but feel that the donkey he was holding was clear-eyed, in contrast, everyone only felt that it was so clean that it seemed to be about to emit light, especially the pinch of pink fluff on the tips of a pair of long ears, which was more like the elegance left by the rich and noble people on their pets.

"It is expected that the arrival of the sect master will be extraordinary, and the king protector has been waiting on the top of that mountain for many days. Lian Bo said.

The chapped lips of this Yue Sect Master did not seem to be able to speak, but I saw that his demeanor was slightly meaningful, and he did not speak, and the same voice as Fang Cai sounded again in the place that could not be found in this place: "But if you see a lot, you will inevitably fall into clichés, anyway, it is just a little trick to step on the void, and it is not rare! Overseas land is scarce, and the territory of the sea is vast, so I thought, since I can't avoid vulgarity, it is better to follow the customs! Riding a horse and whipping, but Yue Mou's long-term expectation." The Yue Sect Master's voice sounded to himself, but when he said "riding the horse and raising the whip", his eyes drifted towards the lovely donkey.

When Lian Bo saw it, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed on his face. The Yue Sect Master turned his head to look at him, and his voice sounded behind him, "I see that the military master has also learned to follow the customs of the locals, but I can't see a few sedan chairs like this overseas." “

"This sedan chair is stable and comfortable, can avoid fatigue and bumps, it is indeed one of the few good things in the sea. Lian Bo exclaimed. But the Yue Sect Master smiled, "If you don't bump, you won't be able to please the lottery!"

"Huh?" Lian Bo was puzzled.

The Yue Sect Master continued: "The military advisor got a sedan chair, which was specially designed to welcome the newlywed women. The person who carries the sedan chair needs to struggle to shake, and it is believed that hearing the coquettishness of the bride in the sedan chair will be able to meet good luck, which is the custom of the Shengping area. “

"Actually...... There is such a thing!" Lian Bo blushed instantly, "There are still many recruits in the army, I have to swagger through the market with such peace of mind, wouldn't I let them pick up the joke!" He looked at the two army commanders, and then at the two soldiers carrying the sedan chair, all four of them bowed their heads and were silent, Lian Bo suddenly felt very annoyed, and said abruptly: "The sin is arrogance! The sin is ignorance! I still have to humbly ask the people at home for advice on many things in the sea! Lian Bo, I would like to thank the Yue Sect Master for his guidance first!"

"The military advisor doesn't have to be polite, if there are no other orders, Yue will retire first!" said the Yue Sect Master.

"Wait!" Lian Yu hurriedly said: "The arrival of the sect leader is not a trivial matter, please allow me to inform the king and other important members to catch the wind and wash the dust for the sect leader." “

"Okay!" Sect Master Yue agreed very happily, "But forget about the king's side, his newlywed joy is inconvenient to disturb." With a single step, the Yue Sect Master was like stepping on an invisible staircase, and he took the donkey and walked into the air. Lian Bo didn't have time to be surprised how he learned about the marriage of the Dragon Slayer King, and was shocked by his random supernatural powers. I saw that the frequency of his footsteps did not change at all from when he was on the flat ground, but his figure was getting higher and higher, and his speed was getting faster and faster, and the donkey seemed to be one with him, and he was free from the laws of heaven and earth.

"Military Master, what kind of means did this Yue Sect Master use to do this volley? You see that his body is surrounded by his body, and there is not a single fluctuation of his strength, and he is so fast that his clothes and hair cannot be blown by the wind. A Wu Commander looked at the distant figure in the air and said in a daze.

Lian Bo said meaningfully, "Maybe this is the power of God...... His God, His Three Lords......"

"Three masters?" the two captains asked together: "What kind of god is that?" In their hearts, the word "miracle" in the past has always only told the experience of more distant people from the mouths of others, only saying that in the sea, the most famous gods have been circulated in several sects, with countless believers, but they have never revealed a "miracle" that they can experience in person.

However, Lian Bo, who came from overseas, could not answer their doubts in this matter, he shook his head and said to the two military commanders: "From what I can verify to what the Yue Sect Master personally explained, Wang Protector is the first believer of his three bishops, and when I first asked Wang Protector, Wang Protector has never even heard of the name of the Three Masters. ”

"This ...... Could it be that he believed in a God that only he believed in?"

......

"Hey, man, you copy...... How do you sell it?" the pedestrian woke up the old man guarding the stall, pointed to the old man's calligraphy with one hand, and prepared to withdraw the money from his bosom with the other.

The old man heard the familiar local accent, looked at the pedestrians who stopped, and said casually: "A knife coin." ”

"How many sets of coins are there?"

"One knife coin. “

The passerby's hand froze in his arms, and after a while, he came out empty-handed, "Old man, don't you think that my money is blown by the wind?"

"Hehe......" the old man smiled, "Let's go, let's go, anyway, it's not a famous person, and it's not a noble person." ”

The pedestrian suddenly jumped to his feet and scolded angrily: "How can there be such a business! I'm angry, I'm angry!" As if he hadn't seen the old man getting old, he would have fought with him. However, he scolded and walked out a few steps, but turned back, flicked his sleeves and threw two knife-shaped copper coins on the ground, and then copied the two notebooks and left.

This place is the country of migration in the East, not only the coins and costumes are different from Shengping, even the written language is different from Shengping, although the land is not as good as Shengping's jurisdiction, but its climate is pleasant and there are few disputes, or it has become the preferred choice of many Shengping people to flee from their hometowns. And the old man was one of the two cultivators who rescued the idiot from the border between Shengping and Anlu that day, and he lived in seclusion here with his fellow initiates, and this job of selling words only started when there were suddenly many more Shengping people here.

A young Dao Gu walked straight to the old man, her Dao robe was covered with many patches, and the two boys behind her were both emaciated, as if they couldn't eat enough. Dao Gu witnessed the deal that the old man had just made, and as soon as she came over, she knelt directly in front of the old man's stall, and waved her hand to the two boys behind her, each of whom took out a bag and leaned towards her, and the old man saw two small mountains of sword coins piled up.

As far as the old man knows, it doesn't take five knife coins to invite a dozen or so people to eat a good meal in the largest restaurant in this town, and only two of the two coins he earns to marry a wife are enough, and there are hundreds of knife coins around this aunt, so that the eyes of passers-by are shining and they can't move. The old man didn't care, and only asked lightly, "I don't know what this guest needs?"

Dao Gu didn't respond, she was also stunned with bright eyes, but not at the mountains of money, but at the old man's calligraphy, in her eyes, each of these words is not as simple as it seems on the surface, but all run through it with the special strength of Taoist cultivation, each of which is sent with the strokes, and each of them does not affect the strokes that have been made.

"Really, people who have a heart to hide still can't bear loneliness......" Dao Gu sighed softly.

The old man was unmoved, "If the guest wants a few, please buy it and study it again!"

Dao Gu looked at the old man and asked, "If the junior wants to say that there is an acquaintance to recommend, I wonder if the senior can give some discounts?"

"Haha......" The old man laughed and said, "I've only been open for three days, and I've made two deals, and I already have repeat customers? “

"So...... The guests of the Heavenly Ridge, I don't know if the seniors are welcome?"

The old man stood up suddenly, with a thousand words in his heart, and he was only dumbfounded at the moment.