9. Hongsang Town (1)
"I'm also a doppelganger of a god?"
Although the appearance of Taixu verified the conjecture he had just obtained, it still made him dare not accept it.
He has been a mortal all year round, and suddenly becoming a red moon only makes him feel happy to see the hunting heart with a heavy treasure in his hand. But when he knew that he was really not a mortal, he only felt uneasy in his heart.
He was suddenly unsure where he stood for.
The morning sun rose in the sky, Shi Yuanji got out of the tent, looking at the red clouds, and his heart became more and more confused. He took the seed bag in his hand, remembered the master's voice and smile, and couldn't help but smile.
"What am I thinking? Could it be that the man who claims to be too empty says I'm a god? I don't even question it?"
"No, I questioned it in my heart. However, he did not react much...... Does that mean he's not as strong as he says he is?"
"Taixu itself, if he really represents the will of our universe, will he not be able to move Xihe? I actually believe him, believing that he is really above Xihe. ”
"But what is certain is that I am not an ordinary person and that it is absolutely true, but it is probably not too false. ”
Thinking of this, he realized something in his heart, and his confusion dissipated.
"Let's take one step at a time, first let the mortals of Pangu Heaven survive the attack of the Heavenly Wolf. ”
Li Laiheng got out of the tent, sleepy-eyed, stretched his waist, and saw the thoughtful Shi Yuanji at a glance, he stepped forward with a smile and greeted: "Master, get up so early?"
Shi Yuanji looked back at Li Laiheng, smiled back, and asked, "Li Laiheng, you always said that you wanted to come to Hongsang Town to have a look, now you should tell me the reason, right?"
"Anyway, I don't really want the innocent to be involved. If it's too dangerous, I'd better let the teacher and brother avoid it first. ”
Li Laiheng was overjoyed, and said in response to the question: "Master, you have changed. You used to be very passive, but now you are much more confident, is it because Mrs. ......" He showed a smile that men know how to smile.
"Let's just say that. Shi Yuanji did not deny it, nor did he admit it.
If what Taixu said is true, and the exhaustion array that separates Taixu and Da Luo Zizai Tian is almost unbearable, then Nuying, or Xuan Ming, is indeed the top priority. As an insider, how could Shi Yuanji not take the initiative to face him?
"Let's talk about it, what is there in Hongsang Town?" Shi Yuanji still had a smile on his face, but his eyes became sharp.
Li Laiheng stopped frolicking, and said sadly: "Master, if you go to Hongsang Town, you will know what makes people's hearts sinister." ”
"After I was discharged from the army, I went back to my hometown, and I was the only one in the family, and I was originally clean, so I thought it would be good to find a daughter-in-law to live in peace in the future. Who would have thought that they would have to flee the famine in time for the drought. ”
"Hongsang Town is a big town in the east of the river, and I thought I would have something to eat when I got there. At that time, hundreds of thousands of people poured in, and the county order and the king of Yan both said that they would give porridge, and the result was ......"
With that, he let out a long sigh, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was complicated, both angry and bitter.
"What's wrong? what's going on?" Shi Yuanji said suspiciously.
"They want to make peace. Li Laiheng said angrily.
"Kanhe, what do you want to do with the porridge?" Shi Yuanji frowned and asked puzzled.
Li Laiheng sighed, and said with a tangled face: "I don't understand, anyway, there is no porridge without investigation, and if there is no food, I and the other victims will have to continue south." After that, when I arrived at Feng Ho, you know what happened. ”
"Kanhe, Kanhe?" Shi Yuanji paced in place, muttering two words repeatedly, and had a plan in his heart.
"Let's go, go now, I'll leave a note, let the teacher and brother stay here." ”
Li Laiheng agreed, and then said, "Master, Yuan Zongdi also has to take it." When I left Hongsang Town, he didn't leave, and he knew a lot of people who could help. ”
Shi Yuanji nodded in agreement, left a note in the tent, and walked out with only the human seed bag. And Li Laiheng took Yuan Zongdi out and went on the road together.
Yuan Zongdi was a little reluctant, and asked with some complaint on his horse: "Chonghe Hou, didn't you say that you want to form an army? Why hasn't there been any movement until now?"
"It seems that you have an idea?" Shi Yuanji was not angry, and asked with a smile.
“...... No. Yuan Zongdi hesitated for a moment and said with a full temperament.
Shi Yuanji didn't speak, looked at the southwest direction and was slightly distracted, turned over the horse's head and galloped away.
Li Laiheng pointed at Yuan Zongdi and said, "If you look at you, you won't be able to speak well?"
Yuan Zong didn't say a word, turned the horse's head, and went straight to Hongsang Town.
Li Laiheng sighed, but he didn't have time to stop it, so he had to follow Shi Yuanji straight to the southwest.
The fields of the huge Hongsang town are barren and the land is cracked. The sparse flow of red water through the area is clearly a legacy of the drought. Only the mulberry trees that stand everywhere still stubbornly grow a few green leaves in the midsummer sun, showing their vitality.
"Master, why did you turn your head?" Li Laiheng finally caught up with Shi Yuanji and asked curiously.
"I'm going to take a look at the mass grave. Shi Yuanji said with deep meaning.
Li Laiheng nodded silently.
Legend has it that the southwest is a place of reincarnation, where judges judge the good and evil of the dead, and Yan Jun leads the dead to be reborn. In Dongsheng Shenzhou, all towns would use the southwestern region as mass graves for the protection of judges and Yan Jun.
The two of them looked in the direction of Hongsang Town, walked to the southwest, and couldn't help but be surprised.
A huge deep ravine lies between the mountains, and the rock wall is clearly chiseled, and it is by no means a natural formation. In the deep ditch, there were bones everywhere.
The white bones at the bottom had long since weathered, and it seemed that a gentle gust of wind would shatter. Above the white bones were half-rotting corpses, emaciated and rickety, with ribs visible at every root. A few wild dogs wandered here, their scarlet eyes wide open and gnawing at these poor people who had lived in life.
Several corpse collectors pulled the cart and threw the corpses on the cart into a deep ditch, singing in unison as they threw them:
"The east road is down, the west road is down, and it's not uncommon for people to see the road!
The fields were abandoned for a few days, and people died like a blockage.
The day is dead, don't ask the number, the day is bleak and sad.
The three of them walked less than ten steps, and suddenly two people died across the road.
The night is dead, not daring to cry, and the drought ghost exhales and shakes the green.
The wind and lights are flickering, and the coffins of people and ghosts are in the same room.
The black cry continues, and the dog smells it when it cries.
People are ghosts, and ghosts take away people and gods.
There are many ghosts in the daytime, and ghosts at dusk are suspicious!
People are dead all over the ground, and human bones are gradually blown old by the wind.
If there are no seedlings growing in the field, who will the official rent test from?
I want to ride the heavenly dragon, go to the heavenly mansion, call the heavenly father, beg the heavenly mother, sprinkle the heavenly pulp, scatter the heavenly milk, and penetrate the nine plains and thousands of feet.
Everyone in the underground is alive, and the Yellow Spring turns into a spring rain!"
Shi Yuanji couldn't help but be gloomy when he heard the corpse collector's singing, and sighed silently. Seeing this, Li Laiheng comprehended, stepped forward and asked, "Everyone, who taught you the songs you sang?"
The corpse collectors looked at each other and said with some vigilance: "You are from out of town, where did you come from, what are you doing here?"
"We came from Hexi, came out to do silk business, and wanted to collect some raw silk from you. Li Laiheng said with a kind smile on his face.
"I can't eat raw silk, where do I get the strength to grow mulberry and raise silkworm......s?" A corpse collector complained with a bitter face, but was stopped by his companion.
Another corpse collector kindly persuaded: "There is no raw silk this year, and I'm afraid there will be no one the year after tomorrow, so let's come back the year after tomorrow." ”
The corpse collectors stopped and went on with their work.
Li Laiheng touched a soft nail and had to return to Shi Yuanji's side in a huff. Shi Yuanji looked at the bones in the deep ditch, was silent for a long time, got on his horse and galloped towards Hongsang Town.
"Li Laiheng, when you go to the city in a while, you find two pieces of torn clothes, let's take a good look. When the two of them drove away from the sight of the corpse collector, Shi Yuanji whispered.
Li Laiheng's eyes widened, and then he understood and agreed.
......
Yuan Zongdi turned left and right in Hongsang Town, and came to the Xihe Temple in the west of the city.
"Why are you here?"
It was a drought, the temple was empty, only Miao Zhu cleaned the temple with a broom, he raised his head and saw Yuan Zongdi leading the horse, and was very surprised.
"The Reunion Hou is here. ”
These words made Miao Zhu's brows furrow, he put down the broom, walked to the gate in three steps and two steps, and eagerly closed the door.
"The celebrity around His Majesty, coincides with Hou Qixunji?"
"Then is there a fake?" As soon as the door closed, Yuan Zongdi suddenly talked more. "It's exactly the same as the rumors, young, a master of natural disasters, and a Chengyun Pavilion. Moreover, he is also accompanied by a mysterious master, what is it called Kui Wood Wolf?"
Miao Zhu nodded and strode towards the temple: "Go, go with me to see Niu Gongzi." ”
"How can this work? King Yan is arresting him everywhere! You just have people spread the news. Yuan Zongdi said uneasily.
"It's okay, King Yan has entered Beijing. Miao Zhu's tone was very affirmative. Qu Qianren walked with him. ”
Only then did Yuan Zongdi relax his heart, put down the reins, let the horses walk around the courtyard, and hurriedly followed the temple into the temple.
......
In an alley in the east of Hongsang Town.
Shi Yuanji changed into the clothes that Li Laiheng bought from the victims, and he did not hesitate to wear them on his body regardless of the dirt.
Li Laiheng said while dressing: "The soup kitchen is spread outside the east gate of the city, and there is a grain store in the south and north of the city. I don't know where Yuan Zongdi went, with him, why is there such trouble?"
"Let's split up. He smiled slyly and said his plan. "I'll go to the grain store to have a look, and you go to the soup kitchen and ask the victims about it. I'd like to see what kind of place this Red Mulberry Town is. ”
"In addition, this is the territory of King Yan, and there will probably be masters haunting. Don't clash with them when you encounter something, lest they commit murder. ”
"Understood. Li Laiheng agreed. "Master, where do we meet?"
Shi Yuanji sighed: "It's better here, after all, we are not familiar with this place." ”
The two of them said to each other carefully and left.