The wonders of nature are incredible, but the miracle of manpower is equally amazing.

After leaving Yuheng Palace, Chu Tianya and Xiao Linglong walked into an artificially dug mountainside passage. The road is very wide, there are many stalactites and mountain streams, and there are several transparent caves carved overhead, so that the road is not dark. When the sun shines down, the stalactites and streams reflect a wonderful light, which is beautiful.

It can be seen that there were originally many karst caves here, and after artificial processing to open up and penetrate them, such a deep and wonderful cave world was formed.

"Beautiful, paradise!" Chu Tianya couldn't help but exclaim, and his voice spread far and wide in the channel.

Xiao Linglong walked a few steps in front of him with her hands behind her back, looked back and said with a smile, "This road, which is only more than a hundred steps long, took several generations and hundreds of years to excavate. After passing through here, it is the real Seven Star Village. The three palaces of Shaoguang, Kaiyang and Yuheng in front are only regarded as outer villages. ”

Chu Tianya couldn't help laughing, looking at Xiao Linglong's style, he really had the taste of a beautiful tour guide. If this place is a place for a sweet date, it is the perfect place. In this way, it is a beautiful day...... It's just a pity that there are a little more light bulbs.

Along the way, there were many heavily armed soldiers and minions guarding the sentry, and the defense was quite tight. Now two men who looked like leaders came forward to greet them. Chu Tianya recognized it, these two were the brothers Yelu Chongwen and Chongwu who had followed the monk Dongzhang One-eyed.

It turned out that after Zhang Duyan was killed, the two brothers took the Khitan people who had been exiled to Xishan together to take refuge with Xiao Linglong, and followed Jiao Wentong to Qixing Mountain at that time. Now they belong to the Yuheng Palace, but they do not dare to set foot in this "daughter country", and they are usually only responsible for guarding the outer palace pass of the Yuheng Palace and guarding this passage, and they are also the main labor force to transport materials to various parts of the cottage.

"The reason why the Yuheng Palace where I live is used to collect grain, grass and materials is because it is located in the middle of the area, which is convenient for the transportation of materials inside and outside." Xiao Linglong said, "However, I, the so-called 'Yuheng Palace Master' and 'Lian Zhen Xingjun', have never seriously managed this kind of affairs. In fact, I have no merit and no qualifications, and my eldest brother and second brother let me take the position of a big leader, mostly out of care for me. Under me, there are four sisters-in-law in charge of Yuheng Palace, and they are usually in charge of these affairs. There are two of them, the wives of the eldest brother and the second brother. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have been able to take care of all these cumbersome logistics, even if I had three heads and six arms. ”

Chu Tianya glanced at her and nodded to show that he understood, and the two of them tacitly agreed.

Xiao Linglong's off-string voice is that she is just an "honorary leader" and does not have much real power. If it weren't for her noble background, with her qualifications of less than two years in the mountain, this position of "Yuheng Palace Master" would definitely not be compatible with her eight poles.

Now Chu Tianya can be regarded as understanding why Xiao Linglong wanted to petition and Taiyuan to "carry out the task" in the first place. At that time, she said that she was too idle in the cottage to have nothing to do, so she took the task with great self-esteem. Of course, there are reasons for this in the actual situation, but I am afraid that Xiao Linglong knows that her position as the palace master does not live up to her name, so she also wants to make a little achievement and make a little contribution, so as to convince the public.

Thinking of this, Chu Tianya smiled heartily and said in a low voice: "With the Yelu brothers, plus the hundreds of Yaksha Lady Army you brought from Taiyuan, no one will question your qualifications and prestige now, right?" ”

Xiao Linglong was slightly stunned, glanced at Chu Tianya, and then said, "It seems that nothing can be hidden from your eyes?" ”

Chu Tianya smiled and said: "It seems that Lord Xiao is more scheming than I imagined, and he has been working hard to attract people and horses to expand his strength." No, I was pulled into the camp by you as soon as I entered the cottage. ”

"What's the matter, I'm too lazy to pull you!" Xiao Linglong pursed her lips and said angrily, "You are alone, you can't be an Anbang martial arts can't set the country, and you only have a mouth left that can eat and talk nonsense, what do I want you for?" ”

"Ah, that's what you said; If you have something to do in the future, you are not allowed to ask me for help. Chu Tianya said with a smile.

"If you don't look for it, you won't look for it!" was broken by Chu Tianya's words, Xiao Linglong was a little annoyed and embarrassed, and hurried a few steps forward.

Chu Tianya laughed and strode to follow.

Soon the two walked out of the cave, and their eyes were bright!

At the foot of the foot is an artificial staircase more than ten zhang wide, one or two hundred steps, and at the end of the staircase there is a large open flat large enough to pave a large number of people and horses. In the center is placed a simple incense burner up to a foot high, and the smoke is burning at the moment. There is a bell and drum tower on each side of the open flat, and the big flag is flying on it.

Facing in front of you, is an ancient mansion with blue bricks and gray tiles with arches and cornices, up to three floors. From the point of view of architectural style, the mansion here is not the same as the gentle and simple style that is common in the Great Song Dynasty now, and it has the magnificent and dazzling appearance of the former Tang Dynasty. On the eaves of the platform on the second floor, a huge vertical plaque with a height of more than three feet and a width of more than three feet was hung, and four big characters were written on it -- "Tianquan Military Aircraft"!

"Tianquan Palace, Military Aircraft Department? Presumably it is the territory of the fourth brother Bai Xu? Chu Tianya asked.

"That's right." Xiao Linglong nodded, "When you get here, it's the real Seven Star Village." Bai Xu is in charge of the cottage to strategize, but all the soldiers and generals are here to pay tribute to the gods and swear to send festivals; If it is to enforce military law and punish criminals, it is also here to affirm the rules of the village and read the military discipline, and then clarify the canonical punishment. ”

As they spoke, the two walked to the front of the mansion. The huge door of the house was tightly closed, and there were twelve big men with red scarves on their heads and carrying torture knives on their shoulders standing on the left and right of the door, with hideous faces and majestic faces, and at a glance they knew that they were executioners who specialized in execution.

On the walls on both sides of these twelve big men, there is a tall white marble wall, which is full of eye-catching gold lacquer and red lacquer carvings, which is written on the rules and military law of Qixingzhai!

Chu Tianya watched carefully for a long time, and saw that most of the thirty-two village rules were the requirements and constraints for the internal personnel of the cottage, which was a metaphor for strictly prohibiting brothers from killing each other, insulting women and disrespecting their sisters-in-law, and those who committed this kind of mistake would be punished heavily, that is, beheading and abandoning the corpse.

There are also penalties for stealing, fighting, embezzlement, and other acts, all of which are clearly written, either with a cane or expulsion, but there is no "financial punishment".

Chu Tianya was a little curious, so he said: "There are no rules, there is no circle, and these village rules are clearly marked here to show everyone, so that everyone has a law to follow." That's really good – but why isn't there such a penalty as a fine? ”

Xiao Linglong couldn't help laughing, "After all, this is a cottage, not an official prefecture and county, and some things here have to be changed according to local conditions." In fact, the punishment method of 'fines' is unfair in the first place, and it is clearly a shield for the rich and harsh on the poor. The eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother all served as officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and they hated some of the practices in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, the rules in the Seven Star Village have always been very strict, and the owner of the village has truly violated the law, and he is guilty of the same crime as the minions, and he will not be tolerated! -- I have heard them say that if an official of the Great Song Dynasty commits a crime, he will be punished according to the 'Eight Discussions.' You should know better than I do what the Eight Deliberations are. ”

Chu Tianya nodded, he had been in Taiyuan for so long, and he still understood this basic common sense, so he said: "The so-called eight discussions are to discuss relatives, reason, virtue, ability, merit, nobility, diligence, and guests." In short, it is to punish the royal family, nobles, heroes, celebrities, etc., who have committed mistakes, and should be punished lightly as appropriate. This is a typical example of the rule of man interfering with the justice of the rule of law. This kind of tolerance and protection of a small number of people is actually a kind of cruelty and harm to the majority of people and the entire national community. ”

"It seems that you and Fourth Brother Bai will have a lot of topics in common." Xiao Linglong said with a smile, "Has he ever sued you, although he is a Confucian student, but the only sage he worships in his life is the Legalist of the pre-Qin Dynasty - Shang Jun?" ”

Chu Tianya nodded, "I have talked to him about some topics in this regard, but I didn't talk deeply. In fact, I can see that Bai Xu is not the same as many scholars in the Great Song Dynasty today. I rarely see him quoting scriptures and classics to find chapters and sentences, or reciting poems to dance to the wind and the moon, and he has always given me the impression that he is introverted and has real talents, and is very pragmatic and never exaggerated. ”

"When the white-haired fox hears you praise him like this, he will definitely put on an ugly posture of 'sympathy', shouting 'confidant, wine every thousand cups'." Xiao Linglong smiled, "You two often praise each other behind your back. I wonder if you're ......."

Chu Tianya couldn't help but be stunned, "What? ”

Xiao Linglong coughed lightly and smiled, "It's nothing, you just understand-let's go, go to the Seven Star Hall!" ”

Chu Tianya was stunned for a long time, and said in his heart, Xiao Linglong, how can you be so impure as a girl? You think I don't know, do you mean to say 'dragon yang fetish'? …… Phew, that's disgusting!

The two of them did not enter the gate of the Heavenly Cardinal Military Machine. This is the military location of the cottage, and usually except for Bai Xu and a few entourages around him, no one else can enter without invitation or summons. Otherwise, the twelve red-clothed King Kongs at the door are not vegetarians, and it is their prerogative to cut first and then play.

The two bypassed the main hall of the military aircraft department and passed through the Tianshu Palace Taoist Temple from the side corridor, and the terrain extended downward from the apse of the Taoist temple, and there was a long slope of stairs one or two miles long.

In fact, when I walked to the apse Chu Tianya, I saw that together with the peak of the Tianshu Palace, there were four tall peaks, which were connected by cascading and steep mountains and hanging ladders, forming a closed mountain belly in the shape of a courtyard.

On top of each peak, there is a Taoist temple like Tianshu Palace, which is located halfway up the mountain, and the distance between the four peaks is about the same, about three or four miles, forming a prismatic shape that is close to square. Then connect the three outer peaks in front of it, and it is indeed shaped like the "Big Dipper". The military machine department of Tianshu Palace is the core of the entire cottage, and it is also the watershed between the inner village and the outer village.

The belly of the mountain surrounded by four peaks in the middle is very huge, there are orchards, waterfalls, streams and rivers in the middle, and a standard Song-style big tile house is built in the center, and a huge flag floats in front of the house, which reads - "Seven Star Hall"!

There are many wooden houses built around the Seven Star Hall, and the pattern is quite strict like a chessboard, and it is difficult not to think of the idiom "10,000 mansions".

"See, there is the Seven Star Hall, the real main village of our Seven Star Village." Xiao Linglong pointed ahead and said, "Although our seven big leaders each have a mountain residence and division of labor, most of the time, we are actually gathered in the Seven Star Hall. There are many people living in the Taoist temple of the seven peaks, and many of the houses built next to the Seven Star Hall are also homes in the cottage, and some rooms are set aside to entertain guests like you. To put it bluntly, it's like a village. ”

"Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs." Chu Tianya smiled, "This is a veritable paradise." ”

At this time, the courtyard in front of the Seven Star Hall was already full of tables and chairs, and the crowd was crowded with joy; On the side, a dozen large stoves were erected with grass sheds, and the smoke was billowing and the aroma was permeating; Not far away, on the stone platform of Huanyi Creek, the butchers were busy killing pigs and sheep.

Obviously, this is to hold a celebration banquet for the victory of Huanglong Valley.

Chu Tianya, who had not known the smell of meat for a long time and was so hungry that his belly was about to stick to his backbone, smelled the aroma and couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, and he charged directly towards the big stove with no image.

"Don't say anything, I'm going to eat hard first!!"