Before going to bed every night, Gong Fan, the king of Shenxing, had to check the "inventory" in the army, and only after confirming that the number of boxes and packages was accurate and that there was no trace of opening could he go back to the house and fall asleep.

He often said to his soldiers: "It doesn't matter if you are hungry in normal times, tighten your belt, and patience will pass, they are all from poor people, and they can't stand this kind of suffering?" When you fight, you will definitely be fed. Think about it, the cold winter is coming, the snow is falling, and other descendant troops, and even many officers and soldiers, are still looking for food and grabbing food everywhere, but we can hide behind the city wall and be safe and sound. Governing the army is actually no different from living a life, and thrift is always the most important character. ”

Although he usually has to go hungry, but when he thinks that he doesn't have to brave the cold to forage for food after winter, many people would rather follow the Shenxing Heavenly King, Gong Fan wants to persuade some people to quit, euphemistically saying that his ability is so great that he can't afford to support too many people.

Gong Fan is an example, he is also harsh on himself, he eats with the soldiers, as long as the bedding is not broken into pieces, he has been using it, and the cloth he grabbed is either as a reward or packed for collection.

Gong Fan rarely lit the lamp, lay on the hard bed in the dark, drove the entourage away, let them go to rest, closed his eyes and squinted for a while, heard the silence in the four places, he took out a piece of preserved fruit from the pillow, stuffed it whole into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and never fell out of a single crumb.

"I deserve it." After swallowing the preserved fruit, Gong Fan whispered to himself, "Du Gousan, they drink wine and eat meat by themselves, but let the soldiers eat bran and swallow vegetables, I don't do this kind of thing, I just replenish my physical strength, if I fall, who will take care of these young people?" None of them have the heart to live......"

Gong Fan took out another piece of preserved fruit, and was about to stuff it into his mouth, when he heard the door being knocked on the sky, he couldn't help but be shocked, thinking that he was going to be caught, he panicked for a while, stuffed the preserved fruit into the bed, sat up and shouted: "Who knocked on the door at night?" ”

"Dude, we have something to say."

is a fellow villager veteran, a person who abides by his duty, Gong Fan breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still unhappy in his heart, "There is an enemy attack?" ”

"Nope."

"Then wait until tomorrow morning."

The man outside the door did not speak, but there was no sound of footsteps leaving.

Gong Fan lay down again, always feeling that someone was peeping through the crack of the door, and he didn't dare to fall asleep, nor did he dare to eat night food anymore, so he had to get up and open the door with his shoes on.

The veteran did not leave, and there were more than a dozen soldiers behind him.

With so many people coming to the door together, Gong Fan was very surprised, and couldn't help but soften his tone, "What's the matter?" ”

No one else squeaked, only the veteran said: "That Xu Gongzi's words, please think about it carefully." ”

"Which Xu Gongzi?" Gong Fan was confused.

"The Xu Qi Xu Gongzi who came with the three heavenly kings."

Gong Fan became more and more confused, "When did you care about these things?" Xu Ji encouraged us to fight for the position of king and big leader......"

"It's not this, it's another story." The veteran looked up at the sky.

There were a few dark clouds in the sky, covering the stars and the moon, Gong Fan also took a look, finally remembered, and said with a smile: "Surrounded by black gas? Buried in the city? Do you really believe his nonsense? ”

The veteran said: "Brother, you should be in awe of ghosts and gods." ”

"Of course, I have always feared ghosts and gods, you all know, but this time there are no ghosts and gods, they are all deceived by Xu Ji casually."

"Not really." The expressions of the soldiers became more and more serious, and the veteran said: "We asked the captives who surrendered, and this city is indeed quite strange, and it was breached in less than two months after they moved in. A few captives stayed longer, and in one year there were seven guards, and the shortest one didn't even survive ten days......"

Gong Fan was furious, "If you ask weird things, of course they will give you weird answers!" I see that you are old and serious, so I let you be my deputy, like your current stupidity, you should be a pawn. ”

The veteran's face was slightly red, "Okay, I'll be a pawn, anyway, the food and clothing are the same as the deputy, and there is less responsibility." ”

"The next time you attack the city, you will be the first to climb up." Gong Fan slammed the door shut, and shouted through the door: "Go back to sleep, dare to linger, don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

Outside there was a noise of footsteps and the crowd dispersed.

Gong Fan returned to bed, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat the preserved fruit, blindly scolded the veteran for being ungrateful, slowly, when he calmed down, he felt regretful, the veteran was loyal to him, and he suffered the same hardship as ordinary soldiers during the day, but there were no snacks to replenish at night, and he watched the rapid aging.

Gong Fan got up again, put on his shoes and clothes, sighed, opened the door and called several entourages next door to take them on patrol the camp.

What he saw and heard during the patrol camp shocked Gong Fan, it turned out that the people who believed in "ghost stories" were not only veterans and dozens of other people, but also rumors had already spread all over the army, and there were people everywhere who were whispering, looking up at the sky, as if there was really a black gas above their heads.

Gong Fan found the veteran and called him "Brother Qiu", acting more amiable than usual, letting everyone see that there was no suspicion between the two, and then pulled the veteran to the side and whispered: "What's the matter?" Everybody believed? ”

The veteran nodded and looked around, "Brother, wake up quickly, this city is getting weirder and weirder the more you look at it." ”

"There's not even an enemy, where is the weirdness?"

The veteran approached and whispered, "The three heavenly kings led thousands of troops, but they were a strong enemy, and they were in the city. ”

Gong Fan said with a smile: "Du Gousan, the soldiers they brought are only a few hundred, how can they rob my city?" ”

"Won't it? The three heavenly kings came with a request, but the elder brother didn't agree, they are all people who want to save face, in case they are annoyed......

"Don't talk about it." Gong Fan was also a little moved, although they were all leaders of the Incarnation Army, they didn't have much trust in each other, "What's wrong with the three kings?" ”

"I haven't slept all the time, I don't know what to talk about when I get together, and my soldiers refuse to rest."

Gong Fan still didn't believe that the three kings would have different intentions, but when he glanced at the soldiers gathered in the distance, he knew that he had to do something to calm the army's heart.

"Go and invite the three kings of heaven to meet with me, and if they come, they will be all right, but if they do not come, take care of them, and drive them out of the city early tomorrow morning."

"Yes, that's a good idea, brother."

The veteran was about to leave, but Gong Fan said again: "Invite that Xu Ji together." ”

The veteran nodded again and again, thinking that Gong Fan had finally been convinced.

Gong Fan returned to the official hall and ordered two torches to be lit and a pot of thin wine to be prepared for the guests.

Soon after, the veteran returned, his expression much soothed, "The three heavenly kings will be here soon." ”

Gong Fan also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'll just say that you are thinking blindly, don't look at me rejecting them, but what I said is reasonable, they have to be convinced, if there is something in the future, they have to come to beg me, how can they have different hearts?" ”

"Well, there is another person corresponding to that black gas, it may be an officer or an officer or a person from He Rong." The veteran said.

Gong Fan shook his head helplessly, feeling that it was too extravagant to entertain guests with a pot of wine, but he didn't want to give it to the veteran, so he quietly pushed the pot under the stool with his foot.

The three heavenly kings really arrived quickly, and they were carrying wine and meat in their hands, and as soon as they entered the hall, Du Gousan smiled and said: "We were going to invite Brother Gong to drink together, I was afraid that you would go to bed early, but I didn't expect you to be a night owl." ”

The smell of wine came to his nose, Gong Fan was full of joy in his mouth, and said with a smile: "The three heavenly kings are too polite, in fact, I invited the three of them to come, not for drinking." ”

"Drink and talk." Yan pecked the eagle and said, his face was black and red, obviously he had drunk a lot of wine.

Mu Tianzi took matters into his own hands, put a bench in the middle, used it as a table, put the wine and meat on the table, sat around the four of them, and continued to eat and drink.

When Xu Ji came in, the four of them laughed and laughed, and a group of soldiers guarding the door swallowed dryly.

"Why is he here? I gave a death order not to let him go out for half a step......" Du Gousan frowned.

Gong Fan said: "I invited him here, and Du Tian Wangquan should sell me a face." ”

"This is Brother Gong's territory, of course it's up to you. But that's all for the wine and meat, let's eat it, we can't take him with us. ”

"Of course." Gong Fan had no intention of inviting Xu Ji to the table, and said loudly: "Xu Ji, in front of everyone, tell me what the black gas is all about?" Did you make it up? ”

Xu Ji glanced at the dozens of soldiers guarding the door, and said with a smile: "As far as I can see, the black qi is getting thicker and thicker, and the pressure is getting lower and lower. ”

The soldiers changed color, and they didn't even care about the smell of wine.

Gong Fan sneered and said to Du Gou San and the others: "Can the three heavenly kings sell me another face?" Let me clean up this arrogant scholar, and rest assured, I won't kill him. ”

Du Gousan said drunkenly: "It's okay to kill, anyway, we won't fight for the position of the big leader, if we want to return him to He Rongren, Brother Gong will kill if he wants to, it's a big deal to return the head." ”

Gong Fan is an extremely cautious person, and he will never let people suspect that he has the intention of fighting for fame, so he said with a smile: "That's not necessary, Xu Ji said that there is a Chiyou head buried here, let him find the head, when to find it, when to rest, if he can't find it before dawn, he is lying and making up stories." ”

The three kings nodded at the same time, praising the idea as good.

Gong Fan said to the soldiers at the door: "You heard, take Xu Ji to find Chi Youtou, you can take turns to rest, he can't stop for a moment, understand?" ”

The soldiers nodded and dragged Xu Ji out.

The four heavenly kings continued to eat and drink, and it was over after midnight, and Xu Ji, who went out to find the head, never returned.

Gong Fan was drunk and hazy, picked up the little meat residue left on the plate and sent it to his mouth, and said with emotion: "It's still the three of you who are rich, and you still bring so much wine and meat when you go out, unlike me, I can't make up this meal of wine and meat after searching the whole camp." ”

Du Gousan said with a smile: "Brother Gong is too humble, who doesn't know that Brother Gong is a good hand at accumulating grain, although there are not many people in your army, you have hoarded more food than any new army, and now you have won a city, which is more than enough to survive the winter." The three of us are miserable, the food and grass in the army can last for half a month at most, not to mention winter, we can't even survive this autumn. ”

Gong Fan was most afraid of hearing this kind of words, so he hurriedly shook his head and said: "You are mistaken, there is no surplus food in our army, I can't hide it, those boxes and packages are actually full of bricks and tiles, which are used to comfort the army's heart, there is no food, not a single grain." ”

"Haha, Brother Gong is afraid that we will borrow grain, don't worry, we will go to Liangzhou to rob, if we don't borrow your grain, we all know that it is your lifeline."

"There's really no food leftover." Gong Fan staggered and got up, and Yan Peck Eagle and Mu Tianzi supported each other left and right.

Gong Fan suddenly remembered that there was a pot of thin wine under the stool, so he planned to sit down and take out the pot after the guests left.

But the people on both sides were too tight to sit down, so he raised his head and was about to speak, but he saw Du Gousan staring at him viciously, and he didn't know when there was a short blade in his hand.

"Huh?" Gong Fan still didn't understand.

"Brother Gong is right, food is fundamental, there is no food in your hands, you can't even feed your own soldiers, and you still fight for a fart? So sorry ......"

Du Gou San covered his mouth with one hand, and stabbed the blade into his heart with the other, Gong Fan was already breathing after a little struggle, Yan Peck Eagle and Mu Tianzi let go, Gong Fan fell to the ground, overturned the stool, and exposed the wine jug below.

Du Gousan picked it up and took a sip and threw it away, "The old thing is really hidden." What's next? ”

Mu Tianzi said coldly: "Xu Ji saw the 'black gas', he knew what to do. ”