This is a remote pavilion, calm and peaceful, but there is no life to see, almost all the houses are closed, the lonely cold wind blows gently, blowing the wooden signs on the gatehouse to make a miserable sound of "babbling", the empty long street, looking at the past is all depressing blue-gray.

A group of Han soldiers slowly marched from the street, and the military officials who led the team opened their throats and shouted: "On the orders of Jingzhao Yin Jun, all the people are strictly forbidden to go out, stop in the pavilion during the day, and be confined to their homes at night, and the offenders will be severely punished for the crime of being a homeless person!" ”

The officer stepped up and shouted the same words in a loud voice. Suddenly, a cold wind poured into his mouth, choking his already swollen and dry throat, and he couldn't help but stop and cough dryly.

A Han soldier hurriedly untied the water bag on his waist and handed it over.

The cold water poured into his mouth, and his throat seemed to be much more comfortable, but his heart was even colder. The officer looked up at the gloomy sky, cursed fiercely in his heart, and then shouted: "Brothers, we have to speed up, there is still a pavilion to inform before dark!" ”

"Dubo!" A chief came up and whispered, "Are we going to consider staying here?" ”

"There's still ten miles to go!" He pointed to the gray sky, and a trace of hesitation flashed on his face: "Do we really have to rush in the dark?" I heard that this Xianyang Plain ...... at night."

"Shut up!" Nadubo sank his face and scolded: "You don't shake the army's heart here!" Forget what the marquis said? ”

"These are extraordinary times!" He looked fixedly at the exit of the pavilion not far in front of him, although he was also flustered in his heart, he still gritted his teeth and said: "If you can't carry out the military order, how can you and I afford to be guilty?" ”

Nashi swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Yes! Be! Subordinates understand! ”

"Herald!" Nadubo whispered, "Prepare the torches and show your blades!" Let's go! ”

The chief said yes and trotted all the way to pass the life.

But Na Du Bo turned his back and looked at the empty field in the distance, revealing an ugly look that was inseparable from laughter and tears, and said in a low voice: "Phew! I don't believe it, bad luck will happen to me......."

"How-----" A terrifying roar of a huge beast suddenly sounded in the distance, its voice was violent and long, full of bloodthirsty ferocity. A field of jackdaws immediately arose from the dead trees nearby, and flew towards the black whirring night sky.

"What!" The faces of the Han soldiers changed miserably, and they all froze on the ground.

"Mom!" A Han soldier's body trembled like a sieve, and he said with a crying voice: "This, what kind of monster is this!" How could there be such a loud roar? ”

There was a "choking" sound, but another person was so frightened that the weapons in his hands fell to the ground.

Everyone looked at Du Bo with frightened eyes, and Du Bo also trembled in his calves, and said in a trembling voice: "Brothers, there are demon beasts ahead!" We can't move forward! ”

He tried to puff up his chest and said, "Such a major military situation should be reported to the upper peak immediately!" ”

The Han soldiers were stunned, but it was the chief who reacted first, shouting: "Exactly! Let's go back and report to the upper peak! ”

"Go back?" At this time, the big guys all understood, and without waiting for Du Bo's order, everyone turned around and ran away against the road when they came.

When the Han soldiers just rushed out of the pavilion, the originally dead silence of the pavilion suddenly became noisy, one by one the originally closed doors opened, and hundreds of men, women and children poured out like a trick, they carried their hands and shoulders, dragged their children and daughters, stumbled behind the buttocks of the Han soldiers, and in an instant, the wails were everywhere, and the cries were loud, as if it was the end of the world.

A rickety old man finally turned around, took a deep look at the home where his ancestors had lived for generations, and couldn't help but cry out in tears: "The world will be chaotic, and there will be demons!" ”

The spacious military tent was almost full, in addition to Nan Ying, Gao Shun, Liu Tao, the five Yangling officials and Sun Binshuo, Li Youjun, Xiangkai, and Master Jingnian were all present, and more than ten people were listening attentively to a trembling voice telling a terrible encounter.

“…… Something suddenly moved in the grass, and then the lower official saw two fierce eyes glowing green, and at this time, we were all stunned...... Lord Lingtai Cheng ordered to disperse and flee, and as soon as the words fell, the monster pounced up, Lord Lingtai Cheng, he, he ......" Although Zhang Shizhao's body trembled, he still insisted on repeating the experience of that night.

"Youkai?" Nan Ying said with a calm face: "Since you said that you saw two fierce eyes with green light, then it should be a beast like a tiger and a leopard!" Why do you say it's a youkai? ”

"The general forgives the sin!" The squire said with a pale face: "Although it is pitch black, the lower official can't see the appearance of that monster clearly, but the lower official asks himself that Bo has knowledge, and he has also seen fierce beasts such as tigers and leopards, but, but the body shape of that thing ......."

"It's too big! When it knocked down Lord Lingtai Cheng and his people and horses, that terrifying speed and strength ......" A look of horror flashed in his eyes: "Xia Guan really doesn't think that there will be such a huge tiger and leopard in the world!" ”

Everyone exchanged a look of horror and gasped in unison.

Nan Ying thought of the terrible huge wounds on those corpses, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked, he settled down, and said to the two people beside Zhang Shizhao: "What about you? Is there anything you would like to add? ”

The two were the other two survivors who had just been recovered, and they looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

"Go down and get some rest!" Nan Ying waved his hand and said: "The matter here, Lord Jing Zhaoyin has already written a book, before the will of the Son of Heaven is issued, you should leave this wait!" ”

After the three of them gave a salute and withdrew from the tent, Nan Ying smiled and said: "You are all well-educated people, and there are a few strange people in the world, if you have any ideas, you might as well talk about them!" ”

Sun Bin Shuomu said expressionlessly: "General, I am just a martial artist, and I have never believed in the long sword in my hand. As for these so-called demons and monsters, forgive me for being lonely and unheard! ”

Nan Ying was happy in his heart and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Sun is also an atheist!" ”

"Godless? Belch! Sun Binshuo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sort of!" ”

Li Youjun said coldly: "Mr. Sun doesn't believe that there are demons in the world? So I want to ask, how did these people die? ”

"Daochang Li, Mr. Sun has already said bluntly that he doesn't know, why bother asking?" Nan Ying relieved the siege and said: "As a Dao Sect master, I want to have another opinion, why not point out the general?" ”

"Well, this one!" Li Youjun's expression was straight, and he lowered his voice and said, "Do you know that there is a legendary demon beast called Scourge?" ”

Everyone shook their heads blankly, only Xiangkai was stunned, and turned to a ridiculous look.

Nanying was slightly stunned, and he didn't know why Xiangkai was laughing, but he had to pretend to be humble and said, "Please tell me carefully!" ”

Li Youjun stroked his long beard under his chin and said mysteriously: "Poor Dao found that there were traces of fire in both scenes, so I thought of this kind of demon beast!" ”

He shook his head and said: "Legend has it that this scourge is a kind of monster that lives in the south and looks like a dog, it has a vicious appearance, spews flames, and there are fires everywhere it goes, it is an extremely ominous monster. ”

Speaking of this, Li Youjun suddenly said nervously: "If it is really this demon beast, I am afraid that it will be a great murderer from the sky, and I am only afraid of the ...... of the Jiangshan Sheji of my Han Dynasty."

"What nonsense!" A voice snapped. Everyone looked at it in shock, but saw Xiangkai standing up, pointing at Li Youjun angrily and said: "Where did the demon come from, who dares to confuse the public and demagogue people here?" Don't you know that the king's law is strict! ”

Everyone was taken aback, after this Xiangkai appeared, he always maintained a graceful, polite and modest appearance, how could he expect that Li Youjun's few words would arouse him so indignant!

Li Youjun was also taken aback, but soon said with a pale face: "Xiangkai, you are also a warlock, and what you have learned in your life is the same as the poor road, why are you so domineering?" ”

"Joke!" Xiang Kai looked up to the sky and laughed: "I, Xiang Kai, once wrote to the two sons of heaven, and told the ominous things in the world, but none of them were speculated by themselves, but they observed the position of the sun, moon, stars and five latitudes in the calendar, and drew conclusions by the method of calculation!" You are a liar, and you dare to compare yourself to me! ”

"You, you dare to call me a liar!" Li Youjun said angrily: "My senior brother is Luanba......"

"Phew!" Xiangkai said contemptuously: "Luanba? I hate eunuchs the most in my life. If Luan Ba hadn't had a smooth yang qi later, re-entered the official position, and had a bit of courage, I wouldn't have looked down on him at all! ”

"As for you, you even followed the name of that Li Shaojun and gave the name of a young monarch! It's even more ridiculous! Xiangkai said mercilessly: "Then Li Shaojun is a big liar, he keeps saying that there is a way to live forever, but he can't even save his own life, and he is still a laughing stock in the world!" ”

Li Youjun trembled with anger and sneered: "It turns out that others are liars in your eyes, so you can tell me, in addition to the legendary demon beast scourge, what other beasts will cause fires in the haunted places?" ”

Everyone listened to the two of them arguing with each other, and they were stunned.

Xiang Kai continued to laugh and said, "Scourge? Although the legendary monster Scourge is big, it is no bigger than the tiger and leopard in any case, and the Scourge only eats flames, never eats people, and you force the matter of this place into the Scourge, which is simply far-fetched! ”

"Not only that, but with the help of ominous rumors of the calamity, you are here to incite right and wrong, saying something that is not conducive to my Han Jiangshan Sheji! Hum! Xiang Kai snorted coldly and said, "I suspect that you are harboring evil intentions!" ”

"You're so deceitful!" Li Youjun stood up angrily: "Poor ......"

"General!" A guard outside suddenly rushed in and said in a deep voice: "Yangling is on all sides, and there is a fire burning at the same time!" ”

"What?" Everyone stood up in shock.

"What am I talking about?" Li Youjun's eyes lit up, and he said proudly: "Who else dares to say now that this is not a disaster?" ”

"This fire!" Xiangkai said lightly: "I believe that it is artificial!" ”

"Xiangkai, until now, you are still here to make clever words!" Li Youjun laughed and said: "If this fire is artificial, Poor Dao will leave this place immediately, and he will not dare to ...... it again."

"I'm sorry! Michigan! Ma Jun lifted the curtain and walked in.

He was full of apologies and a hint of mockery: "It seems that you are really leaving, because I set this fire!" ”

Li Youjun's laughing expression suddenly froze, and the expression on his face was extremely exciting.

Instead, Xiang Kai was surprised and said: "Dare to ask this young general, why did you set fire?" ”

Ma Jun saluted Nan Ying, Gao Shun and Liu Tao before saying, "The general personally ordered that the general try to find out the traces of that fierce beast before. But today, it's freezing cold, and there's no way to find clues from the ground! ”

"At the same time, the deep dead grass on the ground will also be the best cover for the beast!" Ma Jun smiled and said: "So the last general will cut the grass first, burn the dead grass with a fire, reveal the soil on the ground, and then prepare to use a new waterwheel to attract the water of the Wei River a few miles away, and soak all the soil within a few miles around!" ”

"As long as that beast dares to show up again!" Ma Jun said confidently: "We can follow its footsteps and round it up!" ”

"Good guys!" Nanying couldn't believe it, "Can you soak up all the dirt in the vicinity for miles?" Brag about it! ”

"Nope! Xia Guan is convinced! Liu Tao spoke, he glanced at Ma Jun appreciatively, and then said: "A few days ago, Bi Lan also made a statement to the Son of Heaven, intending to create a kind of water tool called overturning and thirsty Wu, if it is caused, it is enough to water the suburbs of the north and south of the imperial capital, from this point of view, it is not impossible to achieve just soaking the soil for several miles!" ”

"Under the command of Yingyang Zhonglang, there are really many talents!" Liu Tao said sincerely: "No wonder I was able to fight in the south and the north, and I have made many miraculous achievements!" ”

"Hahaha!" Nan Ying was very proud in his heart, and said with a smile: "Lord Liu is really lifted!" ”

"Humph!" Someone in the crowd suddenly snorted coldly, "What kind of scourge is it that fights? It's really a deception and a thief, what face is left here? ”

That Li Youjun's face turned blue and red, and he suddenly screamed and rushed out of the tent. He is quite familiar with martial arts, and his body is extremely fast, and this rush is extremely sudden, and no one in the tent has time to stop it.

Nan Ying frowned and said: "Go and invite him back, it will be dark, he rushed out so recklessly, and he is not afraid of dying in the mouth of the beast?" ”

Sun Binshuo got up and said, "I'll go!" Others are afraid that they won't be able to catch up with him, and they won't stop him back! ”

"Oh no!" An official suddenly rushed into the tent like a whirlwind, his face full of fear and panic: "General, Lord Jing Zhaoyin, something is wrong!" Since yesterday's dusk, rumors have spread in Xianyang Plain, people's hearts are in turmoil, and now there are more than ten pavilions and nearly 10,000 people are fleeing in all directions! ”

"And," he muttered, "even among the officers and soldiers of the various tombs and ministries, there are deserters!" Nowadays, there are rumors of demon beasts killing people everywhere in Xianyang Plain! ”

"What!" Liu Tao's face bounced up like earth.

"Finally, it still can't be avoided!" Nan Ying sighed softly: "The panic has finally spread like a plague!" ”