It's been more than a year, but Hua Yan, the guard of the White Drum Tower in the southern realm, every time he recalls the incident when Prime Minister Zuo suddenly appeared from the 100,000 floods, entered the barracks and bumped into his wife and children, he still broke out in a cold sweat, and couldn't help but reach out and touch his neck... Fortunately, Prime Minister Zuo was merciful and left his head around his neck, allowing him to make meritorious contributions.

The wife and children no longer dared to stay nearby, so they had already sent them back to their hometown, and Huayan was also severely punished by the Ministry of War, receiving thirty lashes, three levels of official demotion, and half of the salary, but his position remained unchanged for the time being, and he still led the soldiers of the White Drum Tower to monitor the movements in the flood.

After a long and wise life, Hua Yan is much more honest than before, but it is only honest.

Hua Yan, like most Nanli officers and soldiers, has the ambition to serve the country in his heart, and he will fight hard if he really wants to go to the battlefield to fight, but what is the usual practice... It seems that some of them are too boring, especially the weather in the southern boundary, in addition to the scorching heat is the torrential rain, in such a climate, it is inevitable to practice if you can. Therefore, the border soldiers of the White Drum Tower usually do not go out early, except for being on duty on duty on time, they can sleep a lazy sleep that is not too outrageous almost every day.

At dawn today, Hua Yan had a good dream...... I dreamed that I was wearing a luxurious robe, dressed like a gentleman, and climbed the Jinxiu Building, a famous fireworks place near the state capital, alone, and the old bustard greeted him with a smile on his face: "Hua Ye, you came by chance, the girl in the building doesn't charge money today, whatever you want to be happy." Dream of Yan was overjoyed, and was about to say something, but the old bustard suddenly took out a horn trumpet from his arms, puffed out his cheeks and whined at his ears.

The noise was unbearable, Hua Yan woke up in a rage, and his good dreams were shattered. Before he could 'not collect money', he woke up, which made him a little annoyed, and was about to curse, when he was shocked to find that the old bustard in front of him was gone, but the sound of the horn in his ears was still there!

The warning horn is different from the flood.

Hua Yan hurriedly got up, ran out while dressing and armor, rushed directly to the sentry platform, and looked at the mountains and forests on the arrow stack, only one glance, General Hua Yan gasped, and his heart sank!

There was no barbarian army in front of him, but by the dawn of the morning, he could see it clearly: within his sight, the reckless dense forest moved without wind, the leaves were undulating and noisy, the crows were all alarmed, and the flocks flew up in the hasty chirping, dense and almost obscured the sky, as long as a person with a little common sense could understand that there were large groups of monsters in the reckless forest moving quickly and rushing towards the border.

Usually lazy and sloppy, but at the moment he is terrified, but with the clear responsibility of 'guarding the White Drum Tower', Hua Yan will not be sloppy, no matter how many monsters will rush out later, he will fight hard to the end. Hua Yan gave the order repeatedly, and all the soldiers under his command entered the defense, and at the same time lit a beacon fire to send a message to the Quartet.

After a stick of incense, the White Drum Tower was armed, and the arrows were waiting for the sword to come out of the sheath, and at the same time, without warning, the green waves and leaf waves that had been pushed layer by layer and had tumbled to the edge of the manglin subsided steeply...... The torrent of monsters did not break out of the dense forest, but the atmosphere on the battlefield became even more depressing.

Hua Yan swallowed his saliva, and ordered his subordinates not to relax. This order is simply nonsense, as long as he is not a fool, no one will relax on this, but the general feels that if he doesn't say something at this time, his heart will be empty and uncomfortable, but he didn't pay attention to it, and he unconsciously lowered his voice when he gave the order.

The birds flew away, the noise was gone, there was silence inside and outside the White Drum Tower, and the soldiers could even hear their own heartbeats...... Suddenly, a crisp cry suddenly came from overhead, and everyone followed the sound, only to find that dozens of huge black eagles flew close at some point, and were hovering in mid-air, and the dawn shone on the Fengze feathers, reflecting a red blood light.

A recruit who has just enlisted in the army, finally can't suppress the fear in his heart, without getting the order, he raised his hand to draw the bow, and shot an arrow at the black eagle, but unfortunately the accuracy was too poor under the nervousness, and the distance from the target was crooked, and the arrow flew crookedly and obliquely into the air, and when it was exhausted, rose to the highest point, and was about to fall, a giant eagle's wings shook slightly, and a black half-arc was drawn from the air, as if a lightning rushed away, stretched out his beak and held the arrow steadily, and then his mouth was forced, and the 'snap' sounded, and the arrow shaft was broken...... Hua Yan turned his head and glared at the pawn, and before he could reprimand, a lieutenant beside him whispered: "General, please look, someone is coming!" ”

After a brief silence, there was finally movement in the forest. It was not a large army, only a group of five people.

An open-topped sedan chair made of vines, four monkey-like savage sedan chairmen, and a goblin sitting comfortably on a sedan chair...... In the scorching heat, ordinary people can't wait to take off their skins, but she is still very cold; The hair is as white as snow, but there is not even a trace of wrinkles on the face, the facial features are delicate and delicate, and the skin can be broken by blowing.

This dress, this look, isn't it a goblin?

The strange man appeared, and the captains became more and more nervous, but General Huayan, after seeing the other party clearly, was really relieved, his face showed joy, and he shouted: "Is the amber senior ahead?" ”

Amber was slightly stunned when she heard this, urging the sedan chair man to come closer, and after making sure that her voice could be heard, she looked at Hua Yan with a smile: "You know me? ”

Huayan is not the only one, all the sentinel officers along the southern boundary know her.

At the beginning, Amber stayed in the '100,000 Flood Wilderness', but when they parted, it was clear that she didn't stay here and not leave, but just wanted to play for a while, and she would still come back in the future. After Song Yang returned to Nanli, he asked Lord Hu to help send a message to the Southern Realm to pay more attention to this, and once Amber appeared, he must not be misunderstood.

Hua strictly cared about this order, and recognized the other party at a glance. Hua Yan hurriedly ordered his subordinates to open the gate and let Amber and his party in, and he personally greeted him.

After staying in the rainforest for more than ten months, Amber's aura has not changed at all, just like when he was separated from Song Yang, he was not polite when he met, and asked directly: "Does the general know about Song Yang's situation?" ”

The name of the Marquis of Changchun and the things are well known to Nanli, and the distant border pass is no exception, Huayan immediately told everything he knew about Song Yang, including the big and small things such as 'the princess and the princess, the lord of the marriage, and the swallow of the feudal city', Amber listened very carefully, and her eyes were bright and happy from beginning to end.

Hua Yan knew that the strange person in front of him was Song Yang's elder, and said with a smile: "Chang Chunhou once specially summoned the border pass, asking everyone to pay attention to your old whereabouts, now it's okay, you are old and back, and the family will be reunited......

"I don't plan to go back yet." Amber shook her head and interrupted him: "It's just that I miss my son a little, and I have trained the big eagle again, and I plan to build a letter road." ”

As he spoke, Amber stretched out his hand to one of the four palanquins, and the person he had clicked took a step forward, and Amber continued to say to Hua Yan: "Please, General, send someone to send him to Yanziping." ”

This person is the 'Eagle Lord', he walks on the ground, and the Eagle will move with him in the sky, this trip is actually to lead the Eagle to recognize the way, and after a trip, the Eagle can go back and forth between Amber and Yanziping, and communicate with each other.

Amber said what was it, and Hua Yan could only nod.

After talking about serious things, Amber took up another topic and asked a little abruptly: "Does the general want a head?" ”

Hua Yan was startled, and was about to shake his head when he suddenly came to his senses and asked, "What does the predecessor mean?" Amber smiled: "The head of the savage, there was just a battle in the wilderness a while ago, and many people died, and it is useless for me to ask for these corpses." ”

Huayan Huo Ran was overjoyed, this is a great credit for Bai Lai. In an instant, he roughly thought about the military submission: a few days ago, there were savages rushing through the pass in formation, and the top and bottom of the White Drum Tower fought to the end, and finally repelled the strong enemy and held the border...... Aunt Amber never calls people plainly, as long as she does things with her heart, it will definitely be good.

Amber laughed and said, "After we leave, the general will send someone to the forest to set off for luck, due south, so it's easy to find." After speaking, he didn't wait long, got on the sedan chair and left the White Drum Tower.

Hua Yan waited for the sentry tower to look into the distance, and when Amber and his party entered the dense forest, a burst of cheers suddenly came from the forest that had just calmed down, and then the leaves were still rolling, but this time the direction was diametrically opposite, spreading towards the depths of the desolation!

When Amber left the White Drum Tower, Chang Chunhou's family was getting together for breakfast...... Song Yang, Xiao Zhu, and Chu Rong all seem to be thieves, one is weaker than the other, and no one can eat a rich breakfast.

Xiao Grape was also in the middle of the banquet, looking left and right, and didn't dare to talk more, holding the big bowl and turning around to drink porridge, this method of drinking porridge was learned from Ayigo.

After drinking a bowl of porridge to the halfway point, the little baby still couldn't hold back after all, and asked Song Yang tentatively: "Teacher, what do you think about my martial arts learning from Master Genting?" ”

The grapes worship Yunding, and Yunding's desire to accept his thoughts was also seen by him, and his eyes were full of anticipation at the moment.

Song Yang was unmoved: "I can't do this thing, I still have to ask your father." ”

Speaking of this, Ren Churong took over the topic and said to the grapes: "Yesterday I already sent a letter to Prime Minister Zuo, don't worry, it is the fastest horse in our fiefdom." As he spoke, he reached out and took some side dishes and put them in the doll bowl.

The amount of information transmitted by the book is limited, and the county lord chose a fast horse messenger and sent his henchman Hongbowei to Phoenix overnight.

Grape thanked her repeatedly, and Song Yang's expression was also happy, and he looked at her and smiled. He didn't know when Ren Churong would write a letter or send someone, but it was a blessing to have such a smart and meticulous person around him to help.

Ren Churong didn't look at him, but a trace of joy quietly rose between his eyebrows, and after a while, he instructed Grape: "Recently, stay in the Hou Mansion more, try not to run outside, you must want to go out to play, be sure to tell me first." Although Genting solemnly promised, Cheng He was still afraid that the Living Buddha would suddenly kidnap the little baby.

The grapes were obedient and agreed to come down crisply. Soon after, when he was full, he put down his rice bowl and pretended to greet the teacher, the princess, and the county lord, and ran to the yard to play. Song Yang coughed, and carefully talked about the matter of inviting Feng Long to do Honghuang last night, and the best way to dilute the embarrassment is to talk about serious things, and sure enough, from Xiaoyu to Chu Rong, he listened attentively.

Song Yang shook his spirits and said harder, a little unrighteous is that he slightly exaggerated Feng Long's confused performance last night... In order to make the two daughters-in-law happy, they didn't do the opposite, so they had to take the first emperor to pad their teeth.

Xiao Zhu was amused and giggled, Ren Churong also said again and again, and finally Song Yang relayed the preparations put forward by Feng Long one by one, but as soon as he opened his mouth this time, Ren Churong smiled and said: "Genealogy, Hong History, Queen Hong's resume... All these things have been prepared for a long time, and I will send them to Mr. Li Da today, and I will confirm with him at that time to see if there are any omissions. ”

This is the case with Chu Rong's family, she will discuss with Song Yang for real big things, and give advice at the same time; But those little things that don't seem to be important, but they can't be ignored and are extremely trivial, no matter whether Song Yang thinks of it or not, she will take care of it in an orderly manner.

Song Yang suddenly sighed in his heart: If there is no Ren Churong in Fengyi, what can he do.

Without Ren Churong, Fengyi would really be over...... After breakfast, the county lord immediately got busy, the deployment and transportation of weapons, the preparation for the replacement of production in Nanwei, the use of silver coins, the placement of the old and young eliminated in the cicada yaksha, etc., etc., etc., every day is like this, as soon as Ren Churong opens his eyes in the morning, countless things big and small come to his face, and it is not until he falls asleep late at night that it is temporarily over.

Now that Song Yang is back, he can help her share the burden as much as he can, but what he can do is really limited, and there are two things in the end, one is to find Mu En to talk in detail, explaining the kindness of giving away equipment, Shanxi Man hates the Han people, and the Han family's equipment is advanced and easy to use, they don't even look at it, but the gift from Song Yang can be another matter, this matter Ren Churong has not mentioned to Mu En, and he is waiting for Song Yang to come back and say it in person.

Mu En is not stupid, she fully understands how much benefit a large number of ordnance into the mountain will bring to the clansmen, but she is still worried about Song Yang's 'nine colors do not stick', and she doesn't want the clansmen to have any connection with Song Yang, so the old woman came up with a way to deceive herself, all the weapons are considered to be given to her by Song Yang, and then she will transfer them to the clansmen.

The other is that Song Yang himself entered the mountains and went to the station of the Cicada Yasha, explaining the matter of 'Mo Dao recognizing the master', and asked them to arrange a batch of personnel and rush to Fengyi to assist in casting the knife, and at the same time, Song Yang also informed the other party that Emperor Dahong is now in Fengyi. Zheng Zhuan, the main general of the Cicada Yaksha, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately selected important generals in the army, and accompanied the secret envoy out of the mountain to meet Emperor Hong.

After a trip back and forth in the mountains, Song Yang deliberately suppressed his steps, and after nearly a month of hard work, Feng Long's side was almost ready.

The real emperor, who was still sitting on the dragon chair half a year ago, has been reading the scriptures and studying history since he was a child, has strict training in etiquette, and has a natural bearing, and now he is naturally comfortable playing a fake orphan, plus Li Er and Li San are also 'real materials', and they are all acting in a scene, and there are no flaws.

Song Yang accompanied him throughout the whole process, and he was still uneasy at first, afraid that Feng Long would smash the performance, but he quickly put his mind at ease.

However, after watching the play for a long time, Song Yang gradually realized that the cicada Yaksha was a little unnatural... Since Zheng Zhuan, the Cicada Yaksha generals are indeed both happy and embarrassed, but I don't know if it's an illusion, Song Yang always feels that their strong emotions don't seem to have much to do with the Hong Emperor in front of them.

After pondering carefully, Song Yang was relieved. Cicada Yaksha has been breeding in the mountains for 600 years, brainwashing and instilling from generation to generation, one day to go out of the mountains to fight for Emperor Hong, loyalty is undoubted, but loyalty is not necessarily love, at this moment their joy comes more from an indescribable 'liberation'.

In any case, the matter of Emperor Hong can be regarded as a success, and at this point, the cicada yaksha in the mountains has also been officially included in the sequence of the fiefdom armament. Ren Churong is busy again... Before, she was not sure if she could actually take down the Cicada Yaksha, so she 'did not move', but now that the matter is really implemented, she is about to start setting up camp.

The nest of the cicada yaksha is in the hinterland of the mountains, and it takes more than 20 days to travel back and forth at the earliest, which is too far away. But such an army settled in the fiefdom, and it is too eye-catching, even if the king of Zhenxi is in power, this kind of trouble can be avoided, and the cicada Yaksha is best not to meet Fenglong every day, and it is difficult to guarantee when the stuffing will be exposed, so the county lord selected a fairly flat terrain more than 20 miles south of the fiefdom, and built civil engineering to build barracks and open up a camp.

The new battalion of the Hong army has entered the sphere of influence of the mountain stream man, and it is indispensable to ask Mu En to say good things to the barbarians, the current mountain stream man, from food and drink to equipment, is all provided by the feudal city, how can this little thing be compared with Song Yang, and he agreed very happily to promise not to disturb him.

On the second day after Song Yang returned from the mountains, unexpectedly, the king of Zhenxi led a team to Fengyi without prior notice. Like last time, the prince was not alone, and Lord Hu, the prime minister of Zuo, walked with him.

Everyone also said that something was wrong and what was wrong, and hurriedly went out to greet them, and only after meeting Shi Li and greeting him did they know that Phoenix City was peaceful, the court was stable, and the king of Zhenxi just went to Xiguan to inspect and take a detour.

This is the first time that the king of Zhenxi has come to Fengyi, and it seems that he is just passing through the nearby 'come in and sit', but this trip also reveals a hint... After all, Song Yang is also a counterinsurgency and arson, and he has completed two major events one after another, but he has not received the slightest credit, such a son-in-law is not something that can be found anywhere, and the prince's prejudice against him has gradually been eliminated, and coming to his fiefdom is also a recognition of him.

The king of Zhenxi went to the Hou Mansion first, the number of etiquette could not be abolished, and he met the 'first emperor' with Lord Hu, and then relaxed, turned around the mansion twice, and frowned at Chu Rong: "The pattern of the Hou Mansion is a bit small, hurry back to tear down the wall, and expand it again, it's not that there is no money." ”

In fact, the Hou Mansion is already very big, and now in addition to Song Yang's family, Fengyi dignitaries, and Xie Zihao, Feng Long, Yunding and others also live, they are still full of brightness, but the mind of being a father, even if the son-in-law's mansion is twice as large, he may not be satisfied.

Ren Churong shook his head and smiled: "It's enough to live... It is true that there is no shortage of money, but there will be a shortage of places in the future, and I am afraid that there will be nowhere to expand. ”

The king of Zhenxi was puzzled: "There is a huge fiefdom, and there is nowhere to expand?" ”

"There are still some vacant spaces around the Hou Mansion, but the Fishless Master is too prepared to build a wonderful auspicious place... This holy land is not too big to build, and now it is divided into seven miles, and I plan to expand it in the future......"

The expansion of the Hou Mansion was just a casual remark, and the prince had no intention of pursuing his daughter's explanation, so he waved his hand to divert the topic: "Take me to Nanwei and see Modao." ”

(To be continued)