A short distance north along the Demon Mother Niangniang Mountain, there is a mountain stream more than ten people wide.

Luan Yiliu waited outside the stream, and he led Cao Cao and a group of generals to lead the Templar Warrior Regiment in. The mountain stream is deep and damp, and there are dense mosses and fungi growing on both sides, and when you look up, you can see the blue sky and a few white clouds passing by, and a few small trees on the cliffs fighting against the rocks.

After walking more than 100 steps along the mountain stream, a vertical light finally appeared at the end of the vision, which also indicated that the trip had come to an end.

Luan Yi couldn't help but gasp, he had only heard of this backer before, and this was the first time he came, and he didn't know if the task assigned before had been completed.

At the end of the line, the eyes suddenly opened up. In the midst of the singing of birds and flowers, more than 30 houses are arranged in various corners of the depression, and in the center of the house, a large large house stands with a conspicuous sacred cross on the roof.

Seeing the cross, Luan Yi subconsciously drew a cross on his chest.

Cao Cao was puzzled, and finally couldn't hold back and asked Luan Yi, "Ziqi, what are we doing here?" ”

"Fetch food!"

"Fetch food?" Cao Cao took a look at what kind of food could be obtained from this small village, which only had more than 30 households and did not even have a barn. He became more and more puzzled, "There is not enough food in such a small village, where can tens of thousands of troops be raised?" ”

Luan Yi smiled, "Although the village is small, there is something in it!" ”

At the same time, the villagers noticed the crowd at the entrance of the mountain stream and ran to the church in panic. The bell in the church rang "Dang Dang Dang" non-stop, and hundreds of villagers with farm tools in their hands, led by a priest in a religious robe, rushed towards the mouth of the stream.

In the distance, the priest saw the red cross flag coming and waved his hand to signal the villagers to stop. Then he muttered something to Luan Yi, and the villagers suddenly turned their surprise into joy, and squeaked and hung the farm tools aside.

The priest immediately strode over, and when he saw that it was Luan Yi in person, his face showed joy, and he walked closer, slammed his left foot with his right foot, and leaned forward 45 degrees with his right hand raised and shouted, "Jiao Ji see the sect leader!" ”

Luan Yi also replied with a raised hand, "Pastor Jiao is hard! ”

"For the glory of Our Lady!"

Luan Yi smiled and patted Jiao Ji's shoulder, raised his hand to greet the villagers, and said, "I don't know what I asked, did Luan Fu tell you?" ”

Jiao Ji nodded, "The patriarch has been paying attention to this matter for several years, and it's all done!" ”

"Good!" Luan Yi nodded, "Take me to see!" ”

"Whoa!" Jiao Ji led Luan Yi and the others into the village and went straight to the church. Coming to the courtyard of the church, Jiao Ji pointed to the ground under his feet and said, "Sect Master, here it is!" ”

"Open it!"

Jiao Ji nodded. He crouched down and kicked the ground a few times, making a few "thump" thumps against the plank. Then the ground, which was still flat just now, suddenly revealed a black gap.

He brushed away the sealed soil one by one on the edge of the gap, revealing a well-textured wooden plank, and a large cross pattern was carved in the center of the board.

He grabbed the grooves at both ends of the plank and pulled it hard, the plank lifted off the ground, and a cool yin wind burst out of the ground, and the person who blew it couldn't open his eyes.

When the yin wind dissipated, everyone looked fixedly, and there was a big square hole in the ground. The cave was dark and couldn't see to the end, and I didn't know what was inside.

Cao Cao finally couldn't hold it back, "Ziqi, what's in the cave, just tell me!" ”

Luan Yi laughed and corrected Cao Cao by saying that this is not a hole, this is called a cellar. The underground is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is most suitable for storing grain and vegetables.

"You mean?" Cao Cao was shocked!

"That's right, it's all grain and grass underneath! There are more than twenty cellars like this in the village. "Luan Yi is leisurely. He had a torch raised and probed into the cellar, and when he saw that the flames were extinguished instantly, he did not warn the people not to go down for the time being, for they would suffocate themselves if they went down to the cellar.

After about half an hour of wind, Pastor Jiao Ji probed at the entrance of the cellar with a torch, and when he saw that the torch was not extinguished, he ordered someone to bring a ladder and led Luan Yi and Cao Cao straight down to the bottom of the cellar.

After being down-to-earth, Cao Cao looked around in surprise, looking east and west, there were neat cloth bags on the wooden shelves on the four walls, and they opened one at random to see, which was full of corn. The corn is plump, like a freshly threshed one. He asked Jiaoji, "It's all grown in the village?" So much, a bumper harvest every year! ”

Jiao Ji shook his head, "How can it! This is something that the patriarch bought from elsewhere and secretly sends people here on a regular basis! ”

Patriarch? Oh, Luan Fu! Cao Cao then remembered that Luan Fu had been staying near Luoyang before the princes met. He walked around the cellar row after row for a while, and he was particularly sensitive to numbers, and he immediately realized that although the grain in the cellar was full, it was such a large cellar after all. It was loaded with food to support the army for more than 20 days. Support is not Chang'an.

He then threw the doubts in his heart to Luan Yi.

Jiao Ji replied for Luan Yi, "There are more than 20 cellars like this in our village!" The food contained in it is enough for an army of 50,000 to eat for half a year! ”

"Huh? More than 20! "Just looking at the scale, we know that it is absolutely impossible to dig in recent years, such a large amount of work, such a small village has to dig for a long time. Cao Cao asked in surprise: "This hole ...... Uh, when did you dig a hole in the ground? ”

Luan Yi corrected again that it was not a hole in the ground, but a cellar. "I think it was three years ago!"

"Three years ago?" Cao Cao's eyes almost didn't pop out. "Three years ago, the first emperor was still alive...... At that time, why did you dig so many cellars in this ravine and store so much grain and grass? ”

Luan Yi choked, he couldn't say that he knew at that time that he would pursue Dong Zhuo all the way to Hangu Pass three years later, right? He could only lie, saying that the first emperor had taken him as a hostage to stay in Luoyang, and Zhang Rang wanted to put him to death. He was worried that his life would not be guaranteed, so he had to follow the cunning rabbit three caves and leave a foothold in a hidden place outside Luoyang. If Zhang Rang didn't push him to a dead end, it would be good that he would continue to be powerful in Luoyang. If things are not good, immediately roll up and hide in the backer in the depths of this mountain. With the grain in the cellar at the bottom, he can't be hungry, at least he can be a rich man for a lifetime.

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, and said that Luan Yi was cunning. "Ziqi is cunning and good! Cunning good! I never thought that he would retreat one day, but at this time it became a winning move. Wonderful, wonderful, God help me! ”

Returning to the ground, Luan Yi was busy, and this small church in Gushantun became his forward headquarters. He ordered his guards to take out the grain, grass and vegetables from the two cellars and fill them into the army. 6,000 people were drawn from the army of 30,000 guards, led by Mao Jue, to guard outside the mountain stream, to protect the grain and grass, and to deliver it to the army in time.

After arranging all the necessary matters, Luan Yi hastily gave a church service to the people in the village, and briefly explained the doctrine of Our Lady and the code of believers. In fact, Jiao Ji has told the villagers about these contents no less than a thousand times, but the villagers listened to the Holy Sect Master's expressions, and they were all pious and confused, obviously there was nothing inspiring, exciting, or moving, but they all had tears in their eyes.

Luan Yi then helped several villagers complete the baptism. At the time of the baptism, he also wore a brand-new robe of the Sect Master, took off his hairpin and hairpin, and put a straw ring made of artemisia grass on his head. He came to the baptized with silver cups in his hand, asked them by name, and asked, "Will you make the Great Mother your mother for life?" ”

The baptized person nodded yes.

Luan Yi said, "I am now baptized in the name of the Great Mother of Love!" ”

He sprinkled mud soup from the silver cup on everyone's face. It symbolizes that Nuwa was created with clay and water, dust to dust, soil to earth, and when it is stained with mud, she returns to the original and becomes a child of God.

Then he dipped his hand in muddy water and drew a cross on the forehead of the baptized. "You thought you were a people of God, my brothers and sisters, and the gates of heaven were opened like you."

The whole baptism ceremony was simple and solemn, and the 50-member church military band accompanied it by the orchestra carried by the army played beautiful music. The 1,000-strong church guards stood outside the church and sang hymns to the tune.

The scene is indescribably spectacular.

Cao Cao, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong were shocked by this scene. They had never seen such a ritual, let alone a corresponding number of rituals from the history books. Cao Cao asked Xu Shu curiously, "Where did Ziqi learn these things?" ”

"What things?" Xu Shu asked.

"That's what Notre Dame does, baptism, worship! And those ...... and so on."

Xu Shu looked at Luan Yi and said solemnly: "Naturally, it's from the Holy Mother!" ”

"Is there really a Mother in this world?" Xiahoudun couldn't help but speak.

"Yes, absolutely!" Xu Shu was categorical, "Brother Yi has seen it with his own eyes." He thought for a moment and said, "I've seen it with my own eyes!" ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao was shocked, muttering non-stop, and he didn't know what to say!

The baptismal ceremony ended hastily. Luan Yi hurriedly led the army out of the stream to the west, and when passing by the demon mother Niangniang stone outside the mountain and the demon mother Niangniang Mountain, Luan Yi deliberately stopped his pace and stepped forward to take a closer look.

The natural stone in front of me is really almost exactly the same as the statue of the Virgin. Is it a coincidence, or is it a miracle? Now Luan Yi is more inclined to the latter.

He immediately asked people to fetch a table of cases, and borrowed three animals from the villagers to burn incense and worship. He led 30,000 Notre Dame Guardians and thousands of Notre Dame believers in the Kong Rong Army to pray at the same time, praying that Our Lady would let them go west safely and return to the east safely. Pray that the Holy Mother will let the demon mother Niangniang Mountain be smooth and the people live and work in peace and contentment......

When the army was marching out, the nearby mountain people rushed to send it, and the guards of the Luan Yi Church were full of thunder. They knew that the team of soldiers and horses in front of them was the one who really protected them, not the previous Han troops who only knew how to loot and plunder.