Entering the inner courtyard, the Xuanfa Daoist walked outside the hut where Yan Yu lived, stretched out his hand and gently patted the door knocker and said, "Senior Sister Yan." ”

"Senior brother came back so quickly!" Before the door opened, Yan Yu's voice came from inside. Then there was the sound of hurried and broken footsteps, and then the door opened, revealing Yin Chonghua's little face.

"Senior Sister Yin is also here." Xuanfa Dao.

"Well, I'm learning to draw talismans with my senior sister." Yin Chonghua Road. She was a late starter, and her master Yao Dingyi asked Yan Yu to teach her many basic things.

"Well, Senior Sister Yin is really working hard, and she will definitely be able to become a fairy in the future." Xuanfa laughed. After saying this, Xuanfa turned to Yan Yu Zhengse, who was standing aside, and said, "Senior Sister Yan, this time I went to help King Fu's Mansion, but I encountered some things and wanted to ask Senior Sister for advice. ”

Although Xuanfa is a senior brother, he is actually not a core disciple who can get the true transmission in the sect. encountered some problems, but it was normal to ask Yan Yu, who was a true disciple, for advice.

"I don't dare to ask for advice." Yan Yu smiled and said, "Senior brother said it, let's take a closer look at it together." ”

When Xuanfa heard this, he said, "Senior Sister Yan, I entered King Fu's mansion this time to help me. You also know that in the palace of the vassal king, there is the dragon energy of the imperial court. This method of helping the beggars is actually not easy to use. Even if King Fu issued a decree and authorized me to practice the Dharma, this kind of help and invitation to God is actually very difficult to perform. Because in general, even if you ask God a hundred times, a thousand times, the maximum number of times you can invite God is once or twice. Other times, whatever he claimed to be, he was just spirits. Even sometimes, some ignorant people casually use Fu Ping as a game, and they will provoke evil spirits and make up a lot of stories. But in the royal palace, even if there is a blessing from the king, unless it is a righteous god, it cannot come. And judging from the proportion of righteous gods descending, this spell will most likely not succeed. Besides, I didn't really plan to invite the gods, but I planned to use some tricks to get the pen to write what we needed......"

"What happened next?" Yin Chonghua interjected and asked.

"I don't want to, there is really a righteous god coming!" Xuanfa lowered his voice.

"Senior brother, you planned to play tricks from the beginning, so the incense talisman is definitely not sincere. It stands to reason that God will not come. Yan Yu said, "Senior brother, I don't know which righteous god has descended?" ”

Xuanfa didn't answer first, but walked to the portrait of the patriarch hanging in the house, put a stick of incense, and burned a few pieces of rune paper, and then said, "It's Zhuchijun." ”

"Kajichi-kun?" Yin Chonghua said, "Senior brother, what kind of god is Zhu Chi Jun?" Why haven't I heard of it? ”

"The Emperor of the Pond is an ancient god," Yan Yu replied, "It was originally the god of water in the Pond. It's just that the pond dried up a thousand years ago, and the pond-kun has no miracles for thousands of years. Therefore, everyone guessed that Kazuchi-kun should have fallen a long time ago. Of course, it may not have fallen, but it has just changed its face and changed its name. But even so, His appearance was a miracle. ”

"What's that a miracle? Also, could it be that some other righteous god is impersonating? Or is it something particularly powerful? Yin Chonghua asked.

"How so? Don't be cranky. Yan Yu stiffened his face and said, "I usually let you read more, but I am not obedient, I only know how to play." Now as soon as he speaks, he smiles generously. ”

"Senior sister, Chonghua knows it's wrong." Yin Chonghua stretched out his hand and grabbed Yan Yu's sleeve, shook it and said coquettishly, "Senior sister, tell me about it." ”

Yan Yu shook his head helplessly, and then continued: "Chonghua, you must know that Confucius said, 'If the name is not right, the word will not be good, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done'. The names of the gods are extremely important, implying divine authority and cause and effect. Demons and other low-level things, changing names indiscriminately, fake names, it's not a big deal. But if it is a righteous God, changing the name often means a change in authority, a shift in cause and effect. Take Kuchi-kun as an example, if Kazuchi-kun has fallen, then you naturally know the weirdness of this thing. ”

Yin Chonghua nodded hurriedly.

"What if Kajichi-kun just changed his name? He changed his name in order to gain new authority or to get rid of old causes and effects. Therefore, there is no reason to go back and use the old name. Because that would be tantamount to going back, and if the righteous God is taking the names of other gods, it is tantamount to seeking His authority or bearing His cause and effect. It's not a little bit of trouble here. As for particularly powerful demons, demons are very different from gods in essence. The dragon qi is strong, even the righteous gods dare not infringe, demons or something......" Yan Yu shook his head.

"What if it's an ancient demon?" Yin Chonghua asked suddenly.

"Ancient demons? It's nice that you can think of that. But where do you get that word from? Yan Yu was very appreciative of Yin Chonghua's question.

"I don't know, I just saw it from an old book in the Scripture Pavilion. The book only mentions it, but it doesn't go into details. Yin Chonghua replied honestly.

"In fact, it's uncertain whether the 'Ancient Demon' exists. This word is just a guess by one of the predecessors of this sect, but there is no evidence. So, we can now completely ignore this kind of thing that doesn't necessarily exist. Yan Yu said, "There is only one possibility now, and that is that this Kuchi-kun has always existed." ”

"Senior Sister Yan, a god, even if it is a righteous god, if there has been no incense for thousands of years, then he ......" Xuanfa said.

"Theoretically, yes, but the name of the Pond is different from ordinary gods, and his name is in the annals of history, even if there is no Tsuichi and no incense, this name is still powerful. So He may still be able to maintain his existence, or maybe he has a new name, but the old name is not completely abandoned by Him because it still has power, and even because he has discovered new power from this name, most people don't know it. Yan Yu said.

"New powers? When you say that, I think of the verdict he gave. It's really interesting. "Xuanfa Dao.

"What kind of verdict did he give?" Yan Yu asked.

He replied with Du Mu's "Golden Valley Garden". It's the song: 'Prosperous things scatter the fragrant dust, and the flowing water is ruthless and the grass springs.'

The east wind complains about the birds at dusk, and the falling flowers are like people falling from the building. ’”

"Is this one? This is actually a bit similar to what you want to say, senior brother, but it is more straightforward and scary. Yan Yu said, "I'm afraid King Fu won't be able to sleep at night, right?" However, although the actions of this god seem to be in line with our hopes, at this time, the gods come in and intervene, which always makes people worry......"

"Otherwise, you let that person go back and tell Senior Brother Xuanyi about the matter here, he will definitely be able to see something." Yin Chonghua said suddenly.

……

At this time, the revolutionary army had approached Yichuan County.

Yichuan is the gateway to Luoyang, so although it is also a county seat, its city wall is not comparable to a county like Song County. After the revolutionary army captured Ruzhou, the surrounding cities were also strengthening their defenses, and Yichuan was no exception. The county ordered Zhang Yuanli to mobilize the wealthy families in the city to contribute money and strengthen the city wall. It also blocked three of the four gates of the county seat, leaving only the north gate to enter and exit. The garrison of Zhaobei brought more than 2,000 officers and troops, and 3,000 so-called "people's troops" to the city wall to defend the city.

If the revolutionary army was still in the situation when it first came out of Shangluoshan, it would not be easy to attack Yichuan County, but now, the situation is completely different. The revolutionary army had 50,000 troops, and although most of them were untrained recruits, the number itself was strength. What's more, for the first time, the revolutionary army had a powerful siege weapon: the Hongyi cannon.

The presence of the Hongyi cannon slowed down the march of the entire army. It took them more than ten days to arrive in Yichuan, but anyway, there was no large army of officers and troops nearby for the time being, and it was not a big deal to walk slowly. Moreover, everyone is very curious about the effect of the Hongyi cannon siege.

On the night of the siege of the revolutionary army, the garrison Zhao Bei actually sent more than 100 people to come out of the city wall with ropes to sneak attack the camp of the revolutionary army. It's just that the revolutionary army had already taken precautions, and the sneak attack failed, but it damaged its own morale.

The next day, the artillery of the revolutionary army began to be in position. However, the artillerymen were inexperienced, and although they fired a few shots that day, most of the shells did not know where they flew. By the third day, the accuracy of the shelling had increased, and the women's walls in many places on the southern end of the Ikawa city wall had been destroyed. But the main body of the city wall is still in good condition.

According to Xuan Yi's proposal, the revolutionary army used Yichuan County as a practice ground to practice siege skills. In addition to using cannons, they also built a variety of other equipment, such as more than 200 shield carts in one go, which they had to push the recruits on, approaching the walls that no longer had female walls. Then let the bird gun or even the small Furlong cannon rely on the protection of the shield car to shoot at the officers and soldiers in the city. Because of the large number of people, the revolutionary army could even organize the army into five groups and attack in turns, leaving almost no time for the defenders to stop and catch their breath.

By the fourth day, the revolutionary army suddenly launched a full-scale attack from all four directions. After the first three days of attack, the weakness of the insufficient number of defenders was already revealed. In the face of such an attack, flaws were quickly revealed. In the east, Liu Jiexuan led his troops to first control a section of the city wall. Then with a group of mandarin duck arrays, they killed along the city wall in the direction of the city tower. Soon they took control of the castle tower to the east.

After the castle tower was lost, the defenders fell into collapse. By the evening of the same day, the whole city had fallen into the hands of the revolutionary army.