Before nightfall that night, Zhang Sui and the monk Wuxin rushed to Qingcheng.

To Zhang Sui's surprise, when he entered the city, the city gate guard sent him an invitation.

The content of the invitation is that Sun Ying, the youngest daughter of Sun Ying, the lord of Qingcheng City, is preparing to compete in the ring in the city at noon tomorrow to recruit relatives.

The target of recruiting relatives requires that the man be between the ages of sixteen and forty, have the cultivation of the rank of martial king or above, have the strength to command an army, and have good looks.

The most important thing is that this time I will go out with the large army to protect the security of the eastern border!

Zhang Sui and the Wuxin monk found an inn to stay, the Wuxin monk was lying on the bedside drinking, Zhang Sui looked at this invitation suspiciously, guarding the safety of the eastern border, could it be that the eastern border was broken by the demon army?

Thinking that he and Wei Xiaofeng left a few days ago, as of today, they should have arrived at the eastern border as early as possible.

The 10,000 Protector Eastern Army didn't have time to stop the demon army?

Zhang Sui shook his head and pushed the thought out of his mind. Now, the most important thing for him is not the war between the demon clan and the Qin State, but how to reach the Spirit Island, find the Holy Maiden, and beg her to take him to the East Pole Light to find the entrance to the Netherworld.

"Wuxin, do you know where that old fisherman lives in Qingcheng, and we will go to him now?" Zhang Sui turned around and asked the unintentional monk.

The Wuxin monk stood up, put the wine jar into the storage belt, stretched his waist and said: "Let's go, the poor monk hasn't been there, but I have inquired, but I don't know if there is a curfew in Qingcheng." ”

When I got out of the inn, I saw an endless stream of people outside the inn, not to mention the curfew, and there were people everywhere.

The innkeeper stood at the door of the inn, waiting eagerly.

Zhang Sui patted him on the shoulder curiously, pointed to the crowd outside and said, "Shopkeeper, doesn't Qingcheng enforce a curfew?" Why is it so lively outside? ”

The innkeeper glanced at Zhang Sui and sighed: "The demon clan has begun to attack the eastern border, advancing twenty miles a day, steadily pushing and fighting. The Eastern Army led by the National Division of the Frontline was defeated and retreated, suffering heavy casualties, and now there are only 60,000 Eastern Protector Army left, and they are all in a decadent state. Alas, the misfortune of the country! Fortunately, Commander Wei led 10,000 royal city guards to the eastern border and launched a duel to the death, which made the situation slightly better. ”

"Now that the whole country is jointly punishing the national teacher, how can the former wolf in the east become like this under his hands?"

The innkeeper looked at the horizon worriedly, and said, "Wei led the first battle, and the 10,000 royal city guards swore to guard the eastern border, and more than half of them were killed or wounded. The people who fled from the eastern border were like they had lost their souls. It is said that only 3,000 of the 10,000 royal city guards remained, and 7,000 died tragically on the battlefield, and blood stained the eastern border. ”

"But since the last rebellion, the royal capital has become an empty city, where are the soldiers sent to the eastern border to defend against the demons? The princes of the various fiefdoms still stood still, regardless of the safety of the country. I, my old bones, I can't wait to go up and spit on them! ”

Zhang Sui fell silent and sighed. The originally powerful Qin State, after the rebellion of the Northern Army of the Protectorate, various problems emerged one after another.

Thinking of King Qin, Zhang Sui smiled bitterly.

I can't scruple now, how can I have the leisure to take care of her?

Zhang Sui turned around and was about to leave with the unintentional monk, when the innkeeper suddenly pulled down his sleeve and said, "This young man, why don't you two join the army?" If the demon clan really attacks the hinterland of our Qin State, how many people will be destroyed by then! ”

"I'm sorry, I, I still have something." Zhang Sui shook his head, broke free from the innkeeper's hand, smiled awkwardly, and left.

The innkeeper glanced at Zhang Sui, but he didn't stop him, just sighed there.

Zhang Sui was about to leave, when he saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy rushing out of the inn, carrying a spear, and rushing out.

The innkeeper hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and said, "Girl, where are you going?" ”

The young man turned around and said hurriedly: "Dad, this demon clan has crossed the eastern border, and the child is naturally going to join the army!" That group of heavenly killers don't send troops, and the demons can flee when they come, where are we, the common people, fleeing to? ”

"Silly daughter, but your brother just went, if you go again, in case- do you let your father send a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and die alone?" The innkeeper was suddenly anxious.

"I don't care, my brother is my brother, and my child is my child!" The young man broke free of the innkeeper's hand, looked at the crowd outside eagerly, and said: "Dad, let it go, even the little princess has gambled on the happiness of her life, and the child can't go!" ”

After all, the innkeeper did not stop the young man's footsteps, and the whole person stood there sluggishly, his eyes were red.

Zhang Sui and Monk Wuxin glanced at each other, and both of them fell silent.

I didn't expect that the young man just now turned out to be a daughter, and he was so young.

Thinking about the content of the invitation just now, Zhang Sui's face was indescribably hot.

Seeing this, the monk touched the top of his bare head, and walked into the moonlight first, saying as he walked, "Let's do our thing." The people in the Qin State are so keen to join the army, it makes no difference whether you go or not. Could it be that you still think that without you, the Qin State would not be able to fight against the demons? ”

Zhang Sui nodded silently and left with the unintentional monk.

Tonight's Qingcheng is very lively, almost all doors are wide open from house to house, and you can see white-haired old people or wives with sad expressions everywhere.

The shadows that stepped into the night, one by one, marched with their heads held high, merged into the flow of people, and looked in the direction of the east of the city.

The Wuxin monk asked for directions all the way to the west of the city, and Zhang Sui followed behind him in silence all the way.

Finally, outside a large courtyard, I saw a scene that made Zhang Sui feel a little comfortable.

Outside the courtyard, three children frolicked in the moonlight.

A young woman, dressed in a coarse dress and with a quiet smile on her face, quietly watched where they were playing.

The Wuxin monk walked over, touched his bald head, and was about to talk, when the young woman's face was a little ugly.

Zhang Sui glanced at the unintentional monk helplessly, stepped forward and said, "You don't have to be afraid, we have no malicious intent, we are actually here to find someone." ”

The young woman glanced at the heartless monk with fear, hurriedly beckoned the three children to her side, and hurried into the courtyard.

Zhang Sui and the monk Wuxin looked at each other.

Not long after the young woman entered, a white-haired old man with a spear in his hand hurriedly ran out with his back bent, and said to Zhang Sui and the monk Wuxin viciously: "What do you want to do? The ancestral notes have been taken! ”

"Taken?" Zhang Sui's heart suddenly stopped beating, and he said urgently: "Who took it away?" What does he want Minami no Abyss weather notes for? ”

The old man said: "Sure enough, they are all coming for the ancestral notes, gone, gone, my apprentice master will be back soon!" He is a martial king, a person like you, he will definitely kill you! ”

"Your apprentice master?" Zhang Sui was suddenly startled, and hurriedly stepped forward and gestured excitedly: "Is he so tall, carrying a fan all day long, and he looks coquettish?" ”

The old man pointed a gun at Zhang Sui from a distance, and asked in confusion: "How do you know?" ”

Zhang Sui almost screamed, and hurriedly said: "Old uncle, don't be afraid, I'm Zhang Sui, his senior brother!" Where is he now? When will you be back? ”