CHAPTER XLVI
Approaching the middle of April, between the barren mountains and wild forests, fine spring snow quietly descended on this dojo that had just calmed down. The swirling snowflakes kept falling, slowly staining the corpses of the unfortunate Daoists in the middle of the field.
"Senior brothers, you go all the way!" Wu Weizi closed his eyes, folded his hands, bowed deeply to the corpse of his senior brother, and then lay on the ground again, and made a five-body bow! Zhang Jiaming watched the whole incident from the side, and his heart was also surging, a Taoist with a humble identity who was not valued by the government of the previous dynasty, actually took it as his responsibility to subdue demons and eliminate demons in the last days, regardless of his low combat power, and resolutely fought on the front line of the demon eradication road! How is this spirit not worthy of one's own admiration?
"Daoist Yuanqing and all the Daoists seek benevolence, although the ending makes people sigh, it is not an insult to the Taoist backbone! In the following, a cloud of passers-by, full of admiration for the conduct of all the Taoist leaders! Zhang Jiaming did the same, and also bowed to the body of the deceased Yuan Qingdao Daoist, and his actions were completely seen by Wuweizi. The two of them went their own way, and after the ceremony, Wu Weizi performed his body again, and three yellow runes were nailed to the bodies of the three departed Taoist masters, and after a while, the raging flames engulfed the flesh left by the Taoist leaders in the world.
Zhang Jiaming suddenly felt that something was wrong, and suddenly thought about it, in this wilderness, there are overlapping mountains, deep ravines and dangerous ravines, how did these zombies break through the defense line of the mountain range, come here to make waves, and kill and injure several Taoist masters guarding the mountain gate? Zhang Jiaming cast his suspicious gaze on the scene, looked around, Wuweizi next to him had just woken up from his deep pain, he walked towards Zhang Jiaming, and did not salute lightly until he was close: "Don't be surprised, these demons are all caught by my mountain falcon and trapped in the dungeon dug in advance, please look!" Zhang Jiaming followed the Taoist and walked to the edge of the dojo, only to find that there were many cages made of rattan in the rock crevices next to him, combined with those natural rock crevices, which happened to be used as dungeons, during which there were dozens of zombies trapped by death, grinning from the gaps in the cage and stretching out their black claws, constantly howling and demonstrating at the two big living people above! Wu Weizi looked at these monsters, and his expression was very sad: "I know what you want to ask, these demons are all ordinary mortals, but they were just caught in the miasma of demons, plus they thought of evil, and the two were combined, so they were tempted by the devil, gave birth to greedy thoughts, fell into the devil's way, and devoured the living as their evil deeds!" ”
"This ,,," Zhang Jiaming doesn't know how to explain what Resident Evil is with these Taoists who have been isolated from the world for too long, but he is still not ready to refute the face of this Taoist, he doesn't understand the industry he is proficient in, and of course the unnatural phenomena explained by others will not be exactly the same as his own education, as the so-called, there are 10,000 Mona Lisas in the eyes of 10,000 people, as long as it is reasonable, you can slowly understand it!
"Several elders of my family are in order to implement the concept of eliminating demons and defending the way, but they are afraid that I am unwilling to allow them to do such dangerous rituals, so they went behind my back, and when they chose a good day and an auspicious time, they quietly set up the altar to practice, hoping to find and eliminate the obstacles in the hearts of the demons, so as to restore their original mortal bodies, that was expected,,, alas!" Wuweizi looked up to the sky and sighed, with a look of chagrin. "If you had informed me earlier, and let me be present to protect the Dharma, I wouldn't have ,,, not ,,,."
"Dao Leader doesn't have to blame himself too much, several immortal masters have already done their best, and now they are seeking benevolence, which can be regarded as a blessing!" Zhang Jiaming stepped forward again to comfort the sad-faced Taoist.
"Needless to say, I know that when I met you on the mountainside, I knew that you were not an ordinary person!" Wu Weizi turned around and looked at Zhang Jiaming with blazing eyes: "Although my Taoist Qimen Dunjia technique has not been passed on, the body method you use is one of the secret methods that my Taoist does not pass on: hiding the form and hiding the shadow!" You don't deny it, I recognize it very well. Zhang Jiaming grinned embarrassedly: "I just learned some superficial tricks in the rivers and lakes, and I made a fool of myself in front of the immortal!" However, in Xia Dou dared to ask the immortal chief, what was the spell you used just now? ”
"The Five Elements Demon and the Tai Chi Divine Fire!" A momentum of non-anger and self-authority rushed out from around this thin Taoist leader, which actually made Zhang Jiaming cringe in his heart, but it was only a few tenths of a second of fear! The other party is obviously also an evolutionary person, and he is still a cultivator who understands the Dao! "I didn't intend to hide these secret methods in front of the guests, after all, you and I are both fellow believers." Wu Weizi retracted his aggressive coercion, regained his composure, his face was pale, and he bowed his hand to Zhang Jiaming again: "Eliminate the demon and defend the way, there must be its wonderful way to do it, today, I met Mr., and I saw and heard the Dafa of hiding the shadow used by Mr., which shocked me in my heart." ”
"This ,,,," No matter how clever Zhang Jiaming is, he doesn't dare to fool an immortal master of the Jingdao Method, although everyone is a fox on the mountain, it is not appropriate for you to talk to anyone about fasting. I don't believe in the gods and ghosts, but when I thought of winning over this capable man, Zhang Jiaming still decided to forget about it, anyway, he had been praised by the priest before: The divine envoy sent by God to save all the people from fire and water! And his own grandfather, Daddy Qin, and a group of ignorant young people also regard themselves as the pets of the royal majesty in front of the Yalu King Shelf - "Mao Ato"! There are also two old werewolves who come out in the back, who look like professional abduction, and boast about what kind of "doomsday savior" they are! Even a bunch of rats who met Ah San in India followed suit, saying that they were some kind of bullshit Chosen One! Come on, so many big hats on your head - yellow mud on your pants, it's not it! Every time I recall my experience, it makes our protagonist sigh, and now, he has faintly felt a kind of "destiny" calling, and he is also in debt, and he doesn't have to worry about lice, so come on, anyway, the title under this leather is not afraid of so many. Zhang Jiaming boasted that his face was thicker than the city wall, and he was not stunned when it came time to play on the spot: "Immortal Chief, please forgive me for being reckless!" ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Wu Weizi is very open-minded and smiles.
"The spells I learned under Xia are indeed related to this great plague, and on that day, I was also an ordinary mortal, and I occasionally got karma, drank strange rainwater, and had a serious illness, so I got such an ability!" Concealing some details, Zhang Jiaming simply made some key points clear.
"Rain?" Wu Weizi raised his beard, his brows furrowed slightly, and he looked very suspicious.
"It was rain, it was rain, and at that time, there was a lot of fog on the river, and I was blocked by a man-eating demon in the boat, and there was only a loyal dog guarding me." Zhang Jiaming looked at the Taoist chief with sincerity.
"You were chased by ogres and fled to a river boat? And then drink the nectar that came down from heaven? Wu Weizi suddenly became excited, and swept away the depressed face just now.
"That's true, it's true!" Zhang Jiaming looked at Wuweizi without even blinking his eyelids.
After groaning for a while, Wu Weizi never said a word, but Zhang Jiaming didn't dare to move, and quietly waited for the Taoist chief to follow.
"I have lived in this Jigong Mountain for a long time, I have not asked about the world for many years, and I have been obsessed with seeking immortals and asking, unexpectedly, I am more than forty years old, but I have never been able to understand too many truths in the world, now, although the way of heaven is constant, but this world is impermanent!" Wu Weizi let out a sigh, "I predicted a few days ago that a stranger would come here to meet me today, who would have thought that the good luck and evil would be uncertain, but it was such a situation today!" Providence, this is providence! Patiently listening to the Taoist chant, Zhang Jiaming was about to doze off when he heard it.
"Immortal Chief, there is a reluctant request below, please listen to the next word of the Immortal Chief?" Zhang Jiaming looked at where he was shaking his head, lamenting his inaction for a while, and asked cautiously.
"You don't have to say more, you and I must be entangled in fate, I have already calculated, if it is not fate, it will be fate!" Wuweizi sighed for a long time, looking extremely distressed, and he couldn't see the slightest happy feeling. Zhang Jiaming felt that he had no drama.
"I know, you came this time, you must be going to cause trouble, from the moment you broke into the mountain gate, was injured by my domesticated mountain falcon, it was as if nothing happened, I knew that my Daomen catastrophe was coming,,,," The mournful relatives recounted for a while, the Taoist chief stood up suddenly, pointed around, Zhang Jiaming jumped up, and then found that there were suddenly many more shadows in the surrounding bamboo forest! Relying on their own induction alone, there are at least hundreds of people! What's wrong? Say turn your face, turn your face? I didn't kill your brothers, do you want to fight in a group or avenge your brothers?
"Don't panic, these are just local mountain people I sheltered, and some of them are victims of nearby villages and towns, you see." Wu Weizi respectfully Hou stood aside, and after a while, people of different ages and sizes came out, Zhang Jiaming carefully looked at these people, but saw some famous halls - they actually had ruddy complexions, without the slightest look of despair and embarrassment, and even their clothes were not necessarily torn, but many people were dressed very neatly and warmly.
"These people are still partial, and there are many family members in the stone cave on the mountain, and there are more than 4,000 people when you count them all." Wuweizi's face was colorful, and he looked at Zhang Jiaming quietly, this time, no matter how stupid Zhang Jiaming was, he could see that Wuweizi had other plans in his heart. "However, you also know that just relying on the fields between the mountains and fields, it is really difficult to feed so many people, coupled with the long cold winter and the lack of sufficient medical drugs, there have been a lot of illnesses among us, and the most deadly thing is that our salt has run out, at most within a month, there is no salt supply, we are in danger,,,," Listening to where Wuweizi poured bitter water, Zhang Jiaming nodded slightly quietly: "Dao Chief, but what is the solution?" ”
"The mountain falcon is very powerful, but the territory it can shelter is too small to take care of so many people, and I, you see, if there are more ogres, I can't deal with them all,,,," sighed, Wu Weizi shook his head very dejectedly. Seeing the opportunity to come to the door, Zhang Jiaming was not polite, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "I have heard the old man say, if you are together, you will prosper, and if you disperse, you will die, and it has been ,,,,, since ancient times" Who knows, Zhang Jiaming was not halfway through his words, and Wuweizi had already waved his hand to interrupt his speech.
"I already have a general understanding of your intentions, but you are alone, no matter how high your martial arts are, you can't enter and exit seven times in the sea of corpses, right?" Wu Weizi's face was pale, but his tone did not loosen at all: "I heard that there is a high man in the north more than 100 kilometers away from here, and all the people respect him: Great Chief!" He was alone, raised troops in the reckless, called on all the people to rise up, jointly resist the enemy, in order to resist the national fortune, now, he commanded 100,000 elite soldiers, fierce generals like clouds! More than a dozen county towns have been recovered, and its military momentum is like a rainbow light, and it is unstoppable! It is no wonder that Senior Brother Yuanqing sighed every night before his death, but he foresaw that the Big Dipper was moving and the purple qi was coming north. It is even more regrettable for the senior brothers, but they don't know when this big leader will come, so they have to ask me to wait to recruit more homeless people and settle them down, so that this big leader who is admired by all the people will be treated! In fact, we cultivators also have selfish intentions, and recruiting villagers is also a source of power, so as not to see any big leader, empty-handed, and make people laugh! ”
Zhang Jiaming understood it, and his heart suddenly blossomed! This Nima's, if you want to eat ice, it will rain hail immediately! Zhengnian is talking about his mother's house, and his uncle and uncle will come to the door immediately!
But on the surface, Zhang Jiaming still had to pretend to be a fake--he couldn't jump up and shout right away: Down is the big boss you just said! Oh, you dog is a discerning eye, come on, come on, today is a big luck, don't bow your head yet!
"Below, it's a vanguard scout, a pawn for the big leader!" After finishing speaking, he looked at the people in front of him and the others, "Now, the mission has not been completed, and I have to go to the suburbs of LZ to investigate the details, but I heard that since the immortal chief is interested, I will be the pioneer as the big leader, and I will be introduced from the present generation, I don't know what the long-term intention is?" ”
"Are you really?" Wu Weizi's eyes bulged like bull's eyes, and his face was unbelievable.
"It's a matter of urgency, you can swear to the heavens, if you have the slightest harsh words, you are willing to die by the five thunders!" Looking at Wu Weizi with a straight face, Zhang Jiaming took out his satellite phone - it is already a miracle of miracles that this thing was not damaged under the attack of the golden-winged Dapeng bird. After dialing the phone and talking for a while, Zhang Jiaming put away the walkie-talkie and gave a gentle salute to Wuweizi: "I have offended the number of people before, please forgive me." ”
"Didn't ask Mr. Daming?" The villagers and Wuweizi had expressions of admiration on their faces, and they hurriedly stepped forward to ask questions.
"It's just a pawn in front of the lower district, it's not a big name, it's just a good fate, and I followed the big leader, and even the name and surname are the same as the big leader, it's just the same surname." With a sloppy eye, Zhang Jiaming fooled the past lightly.
"Mr. Zhang, we are all grateful for what you have done, but when will the Great Northern Leader Heavenly Soldier come to save the people here?" Wu Weizi is very pragmatic, he immediately hit the crux of the problem, and he has no intention of letting go of Zhang Jiaming.
"The sages always said: If you want to be saved, you must first save yourself! You must be very familiar with this place when you have lived in this precipitous mountain pass for a long time, and when the army arrives, you can plan for the place where the army will camp! I mean, you know? Zhang Jiaming looked at the villagers with a smile and stopped talking.
After listening to Zhang Jiaming's words, all the elders were stunned, and one of them, the old man with a white beard rushed to ask in a trembling voice: "Mr. Zhang, are you saying that the army has set off and will arrive in a few days?" ”
Smiling, Zhang Jiaming nodded his head.
The crowd was boiling, cheers resounded among the mountains at once, countless hats flew into the sky, the crowd was happy, finally, the army they had been waiting for rescue was coming! No matter how bitterly cold the snow is falling overhead, it can't extinguish the blazing flame of hope rising in the hearts of the people! Our army is coming, and women, children, and the elderly have hope of living! Countless people celebrated with their crowns, hugged each other excitedly, and the sound of cheers never stopped!
"Look! Over there, over there! Look!" The crowd gathered on the mountainside, standing tall, naturally seeing far away, the shout of a sharp-eyed young man with quick reaction attracted everyone's attention, and in the direction of his hand, people saw a distant horizon, although vague, but the rising gusts of fog were moving at high speed towards the foot of this mountain!
"That's the horse team! It's really a horse team! "First there was a shout of surprise, then a shout of affirmation, and more people began to see clearly that it was a cavalry all the way!" They came, they really came. The children's crisp voices shouted in surprise, with joy and infinite anticipation. They are coming, they are our army, they are our soldiers. "The old people are choking back tears, no one is in a hurry to wipe half a minute, they are finally looking forward to their savior!" They came,,,, it was our people, it was really our people who came. The women burst into tears one by one, leaning on each other and crying together, enduring all kinds of hardships on this bitter cold mountain in vain and night, and finally, their savior was at hand! All the crowd cheered loudly, even though they knew that their cries would be blown away by the mountain wind, they felt and spontaneously shouted for the happy event in front of them! This is a kind of catharsis, a release of the feelings of the rescued!
Without anyone noticing, Zhang Jiaming had already left there, and he was worried about walking in the wilderness easily - before the task was completed, there was another burden! It's not certain whether you can get that Dao Master to help you, but it's the most realistic big problem to have another 4,000 mouths right away! If these people are on their own borders, it will be easy to solve it, but this back and forth is hundreds of kilometers, and the road has not been opened, relying on the horse team and the sheep team for such a long distance of transportation, I don't know how much manpower it will take to get it! Moreover, when Zhang Jiaming came back this time, he was made by a group of staff officers who didn't know how much bigger, and they all asked for food for themselves, not to mention that the order documents he wanted to sign weighed dozens of pounds! I had to work overtime to sit in the office for a few days and nights, and I had to let a few little ladies accompany me to help me review the documents. He meowed, who made Lao Tzu the leader of this bullshit in the first place, and he had to manage these hundreds of thousands of people all day long. Although Zhang Jiaming had a lot of slander in his heart, he still had to grit his teeth to hold on, and after finishing the work at hand, he had to go to the LZ direction to investigate non-stop, for the sake of this collective, this is his heart that can't be.
Here, more than 300 people from the cavalry battalion led by He Yunlong arrived at the foot of Jigong Mountain without half an hour's effort, and the soldiers who quickly mingled with the villagers who came to greet them accepted their few gifts - white flour cakes, chaff baba and some home-brewed liquor. When they were talking about happiness, Wu Weizi and a few elderly people took the hand of He Yunlong, who was full of red faces, and asked, "I wonder when the big leader will be able to come here in person?" Let me wait for the old man to see each other? ”
He Yunlong was stunned: "Didn't the big leader already arrive here just now?" He called us to discuss setting up camp! ”
At this moment, a group of villagers were staring at each other, and they were collectively silenced!