The moon would not rise until the second half of the night, when it was pitch black outside, and the surrounding mountains were silent and mysterious. The sergeants on the side turned on the gas lights, and the figures of the group were cast far away in an instant. However, when the scattered lights were always exhausted, a blurred outline with raw edges was left at the end of the light, and the shadows that could not be framed went in the direction of the strange distortion.

Yu Moji took Heng'er and walked behind Yuan Pingzhi, but he felt at peace in his heart.

When she first entered the Council, she did not like to walk in front of people, and always timidly hid behind people and refused to come forward, but now her state of mind is completely different. At this moment, she just didn't want to hinder Yuan Pingzhi from chatting with the sergeants.

There are not many open places in the southwest mountains, so the landing point of the pan-sun kite is not far from the camp of the Zhennan Army. Turning a small hill, the brightly lit camp appeared in front of him, and Yu Moji's trance-like vision also lit up.

She remembered that in the past, when the bandits were leveled in Juping Mountain, the march was always as fast as wind and fire, and not moving like a mountain, even when they returned to the camp, everyone was still holding a string, and at night, except for the sergeants who took turns patrolling, no one would casually light a lamp. Only after winning the battle can the sergeants really let go of drinking, chatting, and having fun. Now the Zhennan army is so presumptuous, obviously not taking the enemy seriously.

The leading sergeant led the three of Yu Moji to the main tent, made a report, hung the gas lamp outside the tent, and withdrew.

Yan Zheng had been walking two steps behind Yu Moji, but at this moment he stepped up, sideways and weakly, raising his hand to prop up the heavy curtain, as if he was afraid that the curtain would fall and hit Yu Moji's head. However, Yuan Yizhi has always had the habit of leaving the door for the latecomers, and others have already entered the tent, and their hands are still on the curtain. When Yan Zheng raised his hand, he grabbed Yuan Zhizhi's hand.

Yuan Zhizhi: "......"

Yan Zheng: "......"

Yu Mojin couldn't see these details clearly, and he didn't notice it, but he wondered why the two of them stopped together, making the main tent door, which was not too small, seem a little crowded.

However, her attention quickly turned to the temperature inside the tent. Although autumn in the south will not be as cool as in the north, it will also have a bit of a damp and cold bone-chilling meaning. However, as soon as the curtain was lifted, Yu Moji felt the warm air rushing to his face—the tent must have been lit with heating utensils.

Yu Mojian was feeling puzzled, when he heard Yuan Pingzhi smile and said, "Dashuai, why are you still reading at night at this time?" ”

Yu Moji raised his eyes and saw a vague figure sitting on the main seat, holding a book in his hand. She didn't have much impression of Qu Haoying, and even if she could see it clearly, she might not recognize it. She thought that the boss was reading the letter of the imperial court, but what he held in his hand, if it was a letter, would be too thick.

"General Yuan, you can count it on." Qu Haoying smiled as she got up to greet her, "I'm not like you, I'm not very familiar with the stories of the gods and monsters of the southern barbarians; At this point, I realized how important it is to understand these customs and customs, and I have to make up for the evil for a while! ”

Yu Moji suddenly felt a little helpless. It turned out that the coach turned on the stove lamp just to read a strange story. When she followed the Zhennan Army to quell bandits in the past, she had never heard of Qu Haoying being so unreliable.

Yan Zheng interjected, "What's so important about chasing after the wind and shadows and messing with strange forces?" ”

Qu Haoying sighed and said, "Originally, the people of our army only worshipped the heavenly generals, and they didn't care about these things at all. However, this time against the Xuannu Sect, although there was no head-on conflict, the army was never able to march south. If you don't study their routines well, I'm afraid you will miss the construction period of exploring the Southern Wilderness. ”

Yu Moji slandered, the so-called Jiangxing, in her eyes, was as illusory as the Xuannu Sect's Divine Eyebrows and Ghost Dao, and it was just a puppet pinched out by her predecessors to sell sustenance. However, Qu Haoying's words seemed to be in line with Yu Moji's previous guess. She continued, "In addition to harassing civilians with the so-called 'heavenly punishment' and 'earth punishment', has this Xuannu Sect done anything else to hinder the march of the Zhennan army? ”

"It seems that the sergeant who went to meet you has already told you." Qu Haoying's tone sounded a little embarrassed, "There are so many bad deeds of the Xuannu Sect. The most troublesome thing is two of them - one is miasma, and the other is the valley. ”

When Yu Moji heard this, his brows furrowed slightly. She knew that the reason why the Zhennan army took the route of Juping Mountain was to avoid the miasma that Yan armor could not deal with; But I didn't expect that I still didn't avoid the past in the end.

However, she still felt that something was wrong with this matter, so she said, "Miasma Valley, although difficult to deal with, is not uncommon in the southwest mountains. How can the big handsome judge that it must be the Xuannu Sect's doing? ”

Qu Haoying continued, "It's the sound of the flute." Whenever we heard a sharp flute on our march, either a miasma would immediately drift out of our surroundings, or we would be in a valley further on, and if we did not retreat at once, we would have lost our troops. He seemed a little hesitant, hesitated for a moment, and then added, "Even the place where we are camping now has had problems before. After nightfall, the sound of the flute was heard, and the whole army gathered to point troops, but a group of men and horses disappeared alive and disappeared, and their whereabouts are still unknown. Later, according to the Zhiwei that circulated in the south, we lit the lamps and heated the stove every night, so that this kind of thing did not happen again. As he spoke, he sighed, "I heard that the Pan-Sun Kite is coming, and we originally hoped to adjust the time for the release of the kite earlier, but these gods and ghosts are not always easy to tell the imperial capital, so we took the risk." Don't blame you. ”

Only then did Yu Moji understand why the sergeants who went to meet them almost had a gas lamp in their hands; When it comes to the matter of disaster punishment, why do you hesitate again and again? However, when she heard this, her face was a little wrong. She still remembered her previous dealings with the Xuannu Sect in Chenglin County, and she never forgot those terrifying flute sounds. But can the records on the monsters really be useful?

Yuan Pingzhi seemed to notice her expression, and said gently, "Back then, the DPRK sent dozens of warriors to explore the Southern Wilderness, and the clues they relied on were also folk legends. ”

Yu Mojin also admits that many of the folk anecdotes are forced explanations by civilians for incomprehensible phenomena, so they can provide some clues related to the local environment and meteorology. Even so, the defenders of one side had to act entirely on the basis of their will, and they had to survive according to these incomprehensible records, wouldn't it be no different from the Xuannu Sect based on the old Tusu Sect?

But at the moment, Yu Moji has no solution to the problem, and it is not easy to refute Qu Maoying. She let out a noncommittal soft "um", but in her heart she wanted to find out the root of the problem as soon as possible.

Yan Zheng said on the side, "When our Pan-Sun Kite just landed, I suddenly felt a lot of movement. The sergeant who came to pick us up said that it was the 'land punishment' of the Xuannu Sect. Has the marshal already sent someone to investigate this matter? ”

“…… Not yet. Qu Haoying was a little embarrassed.

"It's understandable." Yuan Pingzhi said with relief, "The marshal has already said that even the sergeants in the camp have been lost at night, and if someone is sent to investigate the matter of the Xuannu Sect at this time, I am afraid that there will be more twists and turns." ”

"Exactly." Qu Haoying's voice revealed a bit of gratitude, "When the so-called 'heavenly punishment' and 'earth punishment' appeared before, it was not that people were not immediately sent to investigate, but all the sergeants sent at night often went and never returned. In addition, the civilians here are also avoiding us. said that once they came into contact with us, they would be punished by the Xuannu Sect. He sighed as he spoke, "Even if the Zhennan army has a large number of men and horses, it can't withstand such a toss. When the bandits were put down in Juping Mountain, the Zhennan army had lost most of its strength and its vitality was greatly damaged. Now it's not time to fight a tough battle, and these things have happened, and all the sacrifices are human lives. ”

The Zhennan Army wants to replenish its troops, and in such a short period of time, it is not enough for the evil young bastards who replace the punishment with the army, but if they want to recruit troops on a large scale, they are not the people of the Great Qi Empire? Qu Haoying can achieve the position of the coach, and he was also a general who was famous for his vigorous and resolute behavior in the past, such a person, in the bottom of his heart, must have left many irreparable wounds because of such a terrible sacrifice, so he will become what he is now.

Yu Mochen was dissatisfied with Qu Haoying's approach, and when he heard the last sentence, he lost his temper.

Yan Zheng said, "Why don't I go and have a look." ”

Qu Haoying hurriedly said, "General Yan, don't be rash!" ”

"The Zhennan Army has the prestige of being a tiger and wolf division in our dynasty, and it will be helpless when it encounters these strange things, I think about it, the biggest possibility is that the Zhennan Army has been stationed in this strange place for too long, and when they didn't pay attention, they got into something that affected their morale and physical strength." Yan Zheng is obviously also a person who doesn't believe in fate, but these words are serious, and Yu Moji listened to it next to him, and couldn't help but feel very funny. Yan Zheng only glanced at her expression quickly, and continued, "We just arrived anyway, and even if that Xuannu Sect has any special skills, it won't work immediately. This is the best opportunity to set out and investigate. ”

Yu Mojin became interested, nodded, and said, "I'll go too." ”

Yan Zheng shook his head and said undoubtedly, "You stay." You can't see things clearly, what's the mess? ”

Yu Moji was about to argue, but Qu Haoying said, "You are Yu Xiaodutong, who was born in Xiliang, right?" ”

Yu Mochen listened to it with pleasure, on the one hand, Qu Haoying called her official position, instead of calling the girl directly, which was very popular with her; On the other hand, Qu Haoying's reaction is probably not familiar with her. After she heard Shen Meng say that Qu Haoying complained about her in public, she was always afraid that Qu Haoying would blame her; Now it seems that the manager of the day has only heard of her name as the "Little Cannon King", but he has no impression of her as a person. In this way, Qu Haoying is afraid that she will be embarrassed to mention that she didn't know who the coach's name was.

Yu Moji suppressed the little smile that was about to rise to the corner of his mouth, nodded, and said, "The general just calls me Xiao Yu." ”

Qu Haoying said, "If General Yan has made up his mind to investigate, then it is best to bring Xiaoyu." ”

Yan Zheng frowned and said, "Why?" ”

Yuan Pingzhi smiled and said, "The villagers here are probably not Qi people, right?" ”

Qu Haoying continued, "That's exactly the case. In order to educate the aliens along the way, we originally brought a few masters from the imperial capital who were proficient in foreign languages and could pass on culture. The road ahead was quite smooth, but when I got here, I encountered something about the Xuannu Sect. These masters are now in our camp, but at night even the sergeants dare not go to investigate, let alone the masters. As he spoke, he glanced at Yu Moji, "Since Xiao Yu was born in Xiliang, he should know some local dialects?" ”

Yu Moji said in his heart, Xiliang is actually not only the Tusu family. However, the ethnic groups are geographically close and use most of the languages that have some similarities. Since Qu Haoying gave her a step, Yu Mozhen stepped on it, nodded, smiled at Yan Zheng, and said, "People with good eyes can't see clearly at night." Let's find out who is causing the chaos. ”