Chapter 42: The One-Armed Man Reappears

The earthquake came too suddenly, and it went quickly, that is, it ended in less than five minutes, and judging from Ouyang Xuan's experience, the magnitude of the earthquake was about five degrees, and judging from the reaction of the animals, it should have been a distant earthquake that had spread to this point. When the earthquake is over, get up, let the horse get up, turn to Uncle Tai Xuan and say, "Girl, hurry home and check if there is any loss."

"Oh, grandpa is usually not in the house, it should be fine. Ask, why do you let the horse lie down when the ground moves? Why do people squat too? ”。

"Because the vibration is irregular, it is easy to break bones when standing. Only a low center of gravity can effectively resist the vibration up and down." After finishing speaking, he turned over and got on the horse, turned his head to Uncle Tai Xuan and said, "Do you want to send you back?" ”。

"Of course, let me be a weak woman here, and lose the face of my son."

"Haha, you're still a weak woman, you have escaped more than 100 guards, and you have infiltrated a certain line in the middle of the night, comparable to a flying thief, if you want to leave, hurry up."

"How does a horse go, really."

"It's not far, hurry up, there is still something important to do."

"Okay, you sit back." After speaking, he didn't wait for Ouyang Xuan to say anything, as soon as he jumped up, just when Ouyang Xuan was about to move his body backwards to vacate the space in the saddle, Tai Shuxuan had already jumped on the back of the horse and sat in front leisurely. grabbed the reins, learned Ouyang Xuan to whistle, called the white wolf and the phoenix emperor, beat the horse and went straight to the service point. Ouyang Xuan became a guest on horseback, aggrieved behind, grabbing the saddle behind him.

When he arrived at the service point, Tai Shuxuan was not polite, and immediately jumped over, crossed over the horse's head, and fell gently to the ground. He turned around and saluted Ouyang Xuan and said, "Thank you, son, you see that the family is fine!" ”。

The service point is modeled after the Tuvan houses made of wood and moss, which should be no problem for such small earthquakes. Seeing that there was no big problem, Ouyang Xuan immediately handed over his hand to his uncle and said goodbye, and called the White Wolf Phoenix Emperor to gallop away.

Looking at Ouyang Xuan's distant back, Uncle Tai said: "This person must not be a mortal, but he doesn't know why he is in the deep mountains."

"Of course he is not a mortal, he is the Taishang Holy Emperor, although there are many scholars in this world, the Taishang Holy Emperor raises white wolves and phoenix emperors, but those so-called white wolves are just a kind of hunting dogs in the north. The occasional white wolf is also owned by Huyan, Linghu, and Yu, who are descendants of the Huns, and there is very little outflow. What's more, the Feng Emperor only has the Taishang Holy Emperor, and they are just peacocks from Dian Prefecture. Speaking of the art of calligraphy and painting, no one can match. There are many imitators in the world, all of them are inferior products, Xuan'er has seen this person's calligraphy and painting, which is no different from the original work of the Emperor Taishang. His family seems to be ordinary, but in fact, they are all extraordinary, if this person hadn't greeted his subordinates last night, Xuan'er might have died long ago. The arrangement of light and dark sentinels is the law of the military, but the light and dark sentinels recognize Xuan'er, know whether they are malicious or not, and help Xuan'er enter her study. Its sword is often never left and has never been seen, but the sheath handle is the rumored Chinese holy sword."

"Well, just have fun, don't tell me about it. At that time, the ancestors were taken care of by the Yulin Army, and the uncle family is prosperous today. It's been more than 90 years now, and I don't know if the prince is still alive. When my ancestors came here, they were here to repay the grace of the prince. Live here, and follow the princes who serve here. Later, he joined the army to the west, and has not been heard from since. Alas, this service point was also set up by the ancestors, just to wait for the prince."

"Grandpa, Xuan'er thought that the prince must still be alive, and just like the Holy Emperor, his face is not old. The master once said to Xuan'er that although this person had never met and was known as the master's apprentice, the master was never angry, but was proud. As the saying goes, this person acts very well, whether it is the military, politics, research, or business, there is a shadow of a master. The master also said that what he did was exactly what the master thought, and it was also in line with the essence of the master, and from the point of view of his ageless appearance, this person may have a fate with the master, but the master recognized this person as his disciple, and it was ten thousand times stronger than his proudest disciple Han Xin."

"Don't talk about this matter in the future, just know it, don't talk about it with others, otherwise it will be unfavorable to the Holy Emperor. The Holy Emperor is the pillar of the country, if it collapses, the country will be in danger, and the change in the capital twenty years ago is that the Holy Emperor Taishang will turn the tide, otherwise it will be like the Han land, and the people will be in much difficulty."

"Grandpa, this is nature, Xuan'er knows how to measure. Just looking at his face, he is still younger than Xuan'er. His holy beasts are also very close to Xuan'er, and with the wisdom of the Holy Emperor, he should know who Master Xuan'er is."

"You, after autumn, send you back to the capital, don't endure the bitter cold here." "Xuan'er won't go back, and my brother will grind again after a while."

"Peng'er is right, you are not too young, and now you are over twenty-eight years old, in line with the age of marriage match set by the marriage law, dancing with knives and guns all day long, something is inappropriate. With your current fighting ability, I am afraid that there are not many people in this world who surpass them."

"That's not it, it's the Taishang Holy Emperor Yulin Army, Xuan'er is no enemy. If he hadn't been acquainted with Xuan'er, he would have been told in advance that he would have been captured or killed."

"Forget it, it's up to you, just don't get into trouble. I went to drive the sheep back, and in the evening there was a herdsman to celebrate the birthday of the old man, and I went to prepare some vegetables. Speaking of this dish, listening to the ancestors, it is also due to the Holy Emperor."

"Not to mention, this Holy Emperor really has an interest in life, poetry, books, rituals and music, piano cooking, calligraphy and painting, but he is incompetent." Tai Shuxuan said while saddle a horse.

Ouyang Xuan returned to Xingyuan and urgently asked the deacon's guards to contact all parties, where was the most affected by this earthquake, and the feeling was the strongest. Although the earthquake is not the most serious disaster in this era, for Ouyang Xuan, as long as it is a disaster, it must be treated first. After dealing with business, I returned to the study, saw the painting of Tai Shuxuan's inscription, smiled slightly, and put my pen on it, inscribed "Snow Mountain Ranch Map".

Sit down in front of the piano, which has been with you for a hundred and fifty years. The strings were also replaced with special steel wire strings, and he played a song "Mountains and Flowing Water" casually, and the technique was not blunt, since Liu Hui passed away, Ouyang Xuan rarely played the piano. The tablet and SLR camera that I brought at the beginning had long been broken, but after being repaired by the Duliba people, they were restored to their original appearance and more functional, with photos of Liu Hui and music from later generations. Today, Ouyang Xuan somehow picked up the tablet tablet, looked at the photos one by one, recalled the scenes when he came to this era, and listened to the music that he was once very familiar with, as if he had returned to the afterlife. Before I knew it, it was nightfall, so I had a simple dinner, returned to the study, and continued to listen to the music and look at the photos. It wasn't until late at night that he went back to sleep in the next room.

Wake up in the morning, as usual. When I came back from breakfast and training, I saw that the painting was long gone. also left a note on the book: The painting was taken away, the imitation is the same as the real one, and even the seal is there. Ouyang Xuan smiled slightly, looking at Juanxiu's font, he couldn't imagine that the person who wrote such a font turned out to be a martial arts master.

Today, Ouyang Xuan did not go to herd the sheep, but asked Buick and Guli to drive the sheep to the pasture. According to information from various sources, the earthquake occurred in the western part of the Tien Shan Mountains, which is now Muzhou Hegu County, and judging by the approximate location, it should be near the later Ili region. Hegu County has already sent people to check the disaster situation, and Ouyang Dan also sent inspectors and troops to the earthquake area to investigate for the first time. Judging from the news of the nighttime exploration of the spaceship squadron, the earthquake caused the collapse of the walls of houses in Ningcheng County, Hegu County, and the stones rolling down the mountain cut off a river to form a dammed lake. This lake Ouyang Xuan knew that in Kazakh legend there was such a lake, and later the dam collapsed and washed away a city in the territory of present-day Kazakhstan. After reading the letter, Ouyang Xuan raised his head and said to the deacon's guards: "Spread my message to General Zhao of the Western Army, ordering him to blow up the weir and not destroy the new city." Another order was sent to Nie Sheng, ordering him to quickly transport some tents and materials to live and rebuild with the victims of the disaster in Ningcheng County." "No!".

As soon as the deacon guards went out, the commander of the guards entered the study: "Your Majesty, I just got reports from everywhere that this ground movement has caused many mountain insects and beasts to travel. The subordinates asked for instructions to send people to clean up the surrounding herdsmen to ensure the safety of the surrounding herdsmen." "Well, send some more men and join forces with the shepherds to clear them. If there is an abnormality, the Yulin army can be adjusted to go up the mountain". Now Ouyang Xuan separates the guards from the Yulin Army, and the guards are rotated by the Yulin Army every ten years according to the battalion, and are responsible for Ouyang Xuan's daily life, food, communication, and guards.

After taking care of the business, Ouyang Xuan took five guards to drive away the beasts. I saw the Phoenix Emperor herding sheep with Buick Guli in the distance hovering high in the sky and making a warning howl, and at the same time, there was a warning howl unique to the white wolf brothers and sisters. Ouyang Xuan immediately ordered the guards to find more people to follow, and led the people to gallop towards the accident site.

When he arrived at the place of the accident, Ouyang Xuan was also shocked by the scene in front of him, there were hundreds of wolves, and there were hundreds of snow leopards, tigers, bears, and super-large bears that didn't know what they were called, all of them were rushing along the river under the mountain beam towards the pasture, squeezing and trampling each other, the scene was very spectacular. It's just that if these animals come from the river, it has the potential to cause a lot of damage. "Quick, shoot with a crossbow arrow, don't let him pass through the valley. Do not use rifles or grenades, lest they startle the beasts even more." "No!" , the guards around him received the order.

Ouyang Xuan looked in the direction of Taniguchi, and saw Tai Shuxuan standing there with a short sword in each hand in an attack posture, Buick and Gu Li lined up on the left and right. Ouyang Xuan hurriedly came down from the mountain beam and went straight to the valley mouth, and on the way he met the guards who came to support him, and sent a thousand people to block the valley mouth, and the others went up the mountain beam to attack.

When I led the people to the mouth of the valley, I couldn't see the herd, but I could only see the swishing crossbow arrows pouring down like rain on the mountain beams. "You're really dead, that's nearly a thousand beasts." As he spoke, he took out the two short knives on his waist and handed them to Uncle Tai Xuan, "Will this be used?" ”。

Tai Shuxuan no longer had a naughty expression, and said with a serious face: "Before you come, what else can you do, you can only resist it first." This group of beasts seems to have been deliberately done by someone, not by nature." took the short knife, looked at the golden blade exuding blue fluorescence, which was very good-looking, and turned his head and said to Ouyang Xuan with a naughty face: "You have a lot of good things, I heard the master say that this is an artifact refined by the stone outside the sky, how did it get into your hands?" It is somewhat similar to the Xuanyuan Sword that the master talked about. The master taught this short weapon self-defense technique, and there is no problem." As he spoke, he inserted the short sword back into the sheath at his waist, clasped his hands behind his back, and instantly struck a spirit. "A good knife, it seems to have a sense of heart-to-heart. It's a pity that this thing is too valuable, or I really want to ask for it, hehe." "Okay, just for your fearless actions today, I will give it to you, but this device needs to be used with another object to achieve the best effect. Later, I ordered someone to send it", after speaking, he took off the scabbard on his waist and handed it to Uncle Tai Xuan.

"How is this good, so precious, the little woman is really flattered. Xuan'er Xie Gongzi gave the knife" and solemnly gave a salute. At this time, dozens of wolves and more than thirty large beasts of various kinds had broken through the blockade of crossbow arrows and bypassed a mountain cliff, according to which it was less than 500 steps. Ouyang Xuan ordered the guards behind him to release crossbow arrows and block the valley mouth. As the bolts were fired, wolves, tigers, and other beasts fell to the ground. But several bears were actually wearing crossbow arrows like hedgehogs, and they rushed straight over, and Ouyang Xuan could see that the eyes of these beasts were blood-red. Unlike the characteristics of a beast frightened by the earthquake, he didn't have time to think about it, drew his sword, ordered the guards to stop shooting, and went straight to the bears single-handedly, followed by more than a dozen guards with knives. They are all masters, and they don't need too many moves or formations to deal with these crazy beasts, they are all apprentices taught by Ouyang Xuan, and the methods are the simplest and most effective one-hit kills, almost all of them are killed by one face.

When he returned, he also dragged back the carcasses of several wolves and examined them carefully. They all had red eyes, and their abdomen was cut open with a sword, and no other abnormalities were observed. At this time, a herald on the mountain ran over and said, "Lord, all the beasts have been cleared, but these beasts are behaving a little strangely, and they can't hear the sound." "Oh, how?" Just now, a guard had rolled the rocks down the valley, and the beasts seemed to be fearless, even the loud noise caused by the collision of the stones."

Ouyang Xuan hurriedly took the short knife from Tai Shuxuan's hand, skillfully cut the ear, and took out the ear organs, the eardrum was completely broken. Instead, a thin-skinned empty box about five sheets of paper thick is attached to the ossicle. "Order, quickly transfer the personnel under the mountain to the mountain, and strictly investigate the surrounding five hundred miles of mountainous areas." "No!". Tai Shuxuan was very curious when he watched Ouyang Xuan dissect the wolf corpse, and then cut open a wolf head with a knife, and there was actually a box embedded in the skull. "What can this box be used for? understand people". "Control beasts with sounds that humans can't hear."

"If people can't hear it, is it still called a sound? It's a contradiction." "Haha, yes, Uncle Tai corrected it, but we can't hear it, some animals can hear it, it's called ultrasound." At this time, Ouyang Xuan noticed that the skin of the box that Tai Shuxuan had taken from the wolf skull trembled a little. "See, the skin of this box is still shaking, which means that this person is not far from here. When people come, they will be ordered to blockade a radius of fifty miles, and strictly investigate suspicious people according to the hills, especially the ridges and hills facing the valley." "No!" , one of the guards gave the order and went down to give the order.

"It's really impatient for someone to find trouble here." whistled, called Xuanyuan, turned back to Tai Shuxuan and said, "Will you go back?" ”。“ Well, I'm going to herd sheep with your divine beast, and I happened to catch up with it today. I also got a treasure knife, hehe, it's enough. I'll play it myself first." As he spoke, he sneered and walked towards the sheep with Buick and Guli.

Back in Xingyuan, Ouyang Xuan wrote a warrant and transferred four battalions of the Yulin Army to check the surrounding area. This person should not be a general person who can use technology such as ultrasound. The Yulin Army, which blocked various places at night, reported that no suspicious person had been found. Buick and Guli didn't come back, this is the first time. In the evening, the captains of each battalion arrived, and Ouyang Xuan assigned the task. Late at night, Ouyang Xuan took a flying saucer and made another round, and on the snow-capped mountain hundreds of miles away, Ouyang Xuan saw a trace of abnormality. On the top of the mountain, there is an obvious man-made structure, here the altitude is more than 4,000 meters above the snow line, it is impossible for a herdsman, stop the flying saucer at the back of the mountain, and send people up to investigate.

In less than half an hour, the dispatched personnel returned, and the colleague brought back a corpse. A voice from the head of the Yulin Army replied: "Your Majesty, this person was captured in a deep sleep and died suddenly on the way back." "Oh? And this thing". Ouyang Xuan walked over to the corpse and examined it carefully. Yu Linjun did it very professionally, and he was afraid that he would commit suicide by taking poison and biting his tongue, so he gagged his mouth with a sackcloth. The hands and feet were also tightly tied, and it was reasonable to say that there was no possibility of suicide. But Ouyang Xuan still saw a problem in his ears, there were blood stains in the ear holes, very little, and he really couldn't see it if he didn't look closely. Find a short knife, use the light of the flying saucer to cut open the perimeter of the ear, and completely remove the ear apparatus. Like the beasts, the eardrums had been replaced by an ultra-thin box, but the box was broken and some clear liquid remained inside. Carefully took some liquid, made a mouse hole, caught a mouse, scratched the mouse leg with a knife, and put the liquid on the wound, and after a while the mouse was lifeless. "Gao Ming, this trick is ruthless enough", Ouyang Xuan said to himself. "Your Majesty, my subordinates still don't understand." "Haha, the principle of this is very complicated, I will do a good test for you when I go back, and I will understand", after speaking, Ouyang Xuan ordered to go back. This person's methods must have been taught by a master, but the use of poison couldn't help but make Ouyang Xuan think of the Guiguzi heir of Yunmeng Mountain who he had been looking for for a long time and had not found it. At this time, the communications officer hurriedly came down from the flying saucer and reported: "Your Majesty, a one-armed night walker was found on the top of the mountain thirty miles away from here, and after wounding two Yulin soldiers, he sneaked into the lake below the mountain and disappeared." "Quick, get on the ship quickly." "No!"