Chapter Seventy-Two: Action
In the strange cave of Beifu Mountain, Zheng Yan slept very peacefully, and he didn't wake up until he was pushed and called, and when he saw that it was Zheng Xingye, "Get up, I heard that there is food to eat, and I will be assigned work after eating",
As soon as Zheng Yan heard about eating, he immediately came to his senses, and he turned over and jumped out of bed and followed the fragrance, when he was mining at the Xuanwu Pond, he would be robbed of the rice if he was a little slower, and the lesson was simply profound, and Zheng Xingye, who was holding two legs of mutton in his hands, was stunned for a while.
I have to say that the food here is really good, the meat tube is full and there are a lot of fruits and wild vegetables, but there is no food, and it is a little bland, it seems that there is a real lack of salt. After the meal, a guy who was probably a leopard spirit walked into the cave, the leopard-headed body was extremely strong and well-proportioned, and he carried a flower whip in his hand, probably a weapon refined with his own tail.
The leopard spirit stood still in the middle, glanced at everyone with apricot yellow eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You more than 30 people are responsible for the construction of this Lu Cheshan house, the demon king is kind-hearted, and you are not embarrassed by the cold, we have dug the foundation, do you know how to read the drawings and have been a foreman?" Go over there to register, I will divide you into six teams, each team is equipped with three of our people, you can't do the hard work for them to do, it must be completed before the end of the year, this mountain is the village of Lord Purple Claw, you better cheer up the spirit, if something goes wrong, I will be beaten at most, you will definitely be eaten, understand?",
Everyone responded weakly, and the leopard spirit didn't care, but smiled and made people's spines cold.
Zheng Xingye leaned over at some point, and said, "Can you imagine that the spirit will behave like this?
Zheng Yan quickly figured it out, he had heard from Dugu Takihyun before, Beifu Mountain had the habit of plundering human beings a long time ago, and the main robbers were officials, scholars and craftsmen, there are two caves with hundreds of thousands of volumes of books on the main peak of Beifu Mountain, and the spirits who mainly hold important positions on the mountain must be literate and hyphenated, and they can only understand the heart by pursuing the words and words, of course, for those spirits who have little talent for this, they will generally not force them to read and write, and try to avoid their enlightenment, this is simply the main purpose pursued by most human dynasties hundreds of years ago, so it seems that this demon court is really not the crown of Mu Monkey。
"Stay away from me, I can still find a way to continue the investigation when you have an incident", Zheng Yan walked towards the registration office while transmitting the sound, thinking about fighting for a captain, although he had never done engineering, he did not see less.
Preparing to make everyone follow the leopard spirit out of the cave, Zheng Yan recognized that this Lu Che Mountain is more than ten miles southeast of the main peak of Beifu Mountain, and you can still see Siguniang Mountain here. The whole Lu Che Mountain is about four or five miles in a square circle, according to the leopard essence introduction, it does look like a chela, it is also named for this, the mountain is very steep, most of them are craggy lonely peaks, everyone walks between the lonely peaks are very worried that there are loose stones falling, one by one keeps looking up, walking in cringe.
The leopard spirit stopped at a very wide stone platform, and said solemnly to everyone, "We are going down the mountain now, the construction site is in the col in front, where it is extremely steep and steep, you need to use the plank road to go down, the first team first check whether the plank road is solid, and I will explain to you the next thing, from now on, you must keep it in mind every word I say, otherwise you will never see your family again."
Zheng Yan is the captain of the first team, this team is all carpenters, what is the relationship between plank road and carpentry? Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zheng Yan had to be the first to walk to the edge of the platform, and in an instant a violent mountain wind swept up, and he also saw that the plank road was a simple downhill passage made of wooden planks laid on the ironwood inserted into the cliff, the cliff was smooth and a little uneven, it looked like some kind of basalt, a hundred zhang deep, and there were lush mountains and forests below and in the distance, it did look a little secluded, well, it was indeed difficult to chisel a passage out, but such a passage could be said to be quite dangerous for ordinary people.
went down to check it briefly, Zheng Yan returned to it and discussed with the leopard spirit, can you find some iron bars to let the powerful little demon insert into the cliff to make a double insurance, the leopard spirit smiled and shook his head, Zheng Yan looked at his smiling expression full of helplessness, I don't know how much I have learned well, but what I have learned bad is not ambiguous, is human nature really evil?
Gold and iron may be very precious in the mountains, and you can probably guess one or two by looking at the armor they wear, but anyway, I haven't seen the whole body armor, and it is not refined and thick enough. In desperation, Zheng Yan had to find some tough wooden planks to repair some damaged places on the plank road, and he didn't know what happened to the previous wave of craftsmen? Zheng Yan has never thought of people as the worst, even if they are spirits, I hope they have all been reunited with their wives and children.
Everyone finally trembled down to the bottom of the valley, many people sat down directly on the ground, it is strange to say, the plank road is up the mountain wind is violent, but the following is a quiet, there is no wind at all, it stands to reason how there should be some feeling, the trees here are not towering, at most it is a general valley, it is indeed quite wet, and it is not very cold in this season, and even some warmth seeps up from below.
"In the future, you must not leave the trail and enter the woods, there are many poisonous insects in it, as long as you are stung a little, you will definitely die, and there may be some corpses of poisonous insects on the trail, let alone touch it, and the same will be true when you get to the construction site in a while", said the leopard spirit as he led the way forward.
The trail is about three feet wide, winding forward, the strange thing is that there is not a single weed on the road, it is clean, a middle-aged man who seems to be a mason is curious and ready to squat down to check, and is pulled by Zheng Xingye, who is quick-eyed, "Didn't the adults say?
The leopard spirit on the side turned his head and smiled, still smiling, Zheng Yan was a little demon beside him and laughed, "In the early years, there was a poisonous dragon dragon beetle that crawled from here, and it has not grown grass for a hundred years, and all the poisonous insects, birds and beasts that stain the soil on it will all die",
Zheng Yan took a closer look at the little demon who spoke as if he was a crow spirit, and the change was almost the same, but he didn't see it all the time, no, this guy was very smart at first glance, and he couldn't just try to set his words, and he observed the three spirits that followed him all the way, one crow spirit, one panniu spirit, and one couldn't tell, Mumu's, it didn't seem to be able to speak, but at first glance, his strength was not small, this guy only listened to the crow spirit, and it didn't work if the bull spirit spoke.
The terrain seems to be showing a downward trend, but it is very gentle and imperceptible, and finally saw a pavilion and pavilion in front of the woods in the shade, it is not the general exquisite, all the buildings lean on a mountain stone seven or eight zhang high, which can ensure quiet and not too much blocking the sun, there is a waterfall with a good scenery not far away, the stream is murmuring, many strange stones and grass, it is simply a paradise, this guy called Purple Chelate is a good Yaxing.
The leopard spirit began to assign tasks to each team, in fact, until now it is basically the finishing work, doing some ground fence carving and some decorations, etc., and there is no figure in the whole pavilion, and everyone is also told not to go inside, and it doesn't matter if they live or die after entering.
Two days have passed, Zheng Xingye has been completely immersed in the work of building a flower wall, he doesn't care about the competition at all, and he doesn't know what the result is, whether he has taken it back, and there is no progress in the approach of a few target demons here, Zheng Yan is full of melancholy, can he continue to do it like this? Maybe in the future, he can go to contract the project without the prince's fortune.
After another two days, when they were working, the little demons began to talk about the competition that happened in front of the main peak of Beifu Mountain a day ago, saying that their demon king killed the Quartet, and those humans knelt down to beg for mercy one by one.
Zheng Yan listened to it with relish on the side, and the little demon described to everyone must not have seen the battle at that time, and he also heard it from a familiar person, and he learned from it here, and he could roughly guess one or two realities, Zheng Yukun's strength in Li Zhubei is not much different, if Zheng Xingye goes, it is very likely that Li Zhubei will lose, Zheng Shilai doesn't know much about the situation, and he hasn't seen this brother much before, but he remembers that he looks like a humble gentleman, as if he heard that he is good at Qimen Dunjia, this kind of battle is really a little reluctant for him, and it is only to blame Zheng Xingye for picking a son。
The last little demon said indignantly that the commander of the army was ambitious, and he actually let go of the cubs he caught, and sent out a lot of stones, and the leopard spirit came over to give each little demon a whip, and without saying the reason, Zheng Yan hurriedly turned his head and continued to do his work.
After winning the fight, he immediately returned the person, and sent Hanhai Yaoyu, which is not quite in line with the consistent style of the demon clan, Zheng Yukun They are estimated to be aggrieved, but they can't attack, they can only admit it, they are estimated to be returning at this time, what does the demon clan want to do? Break the wealth and eliminate the disaster? Do it for the upper echelons of the clan to see? Zheng Yan was a little puzzled, the little demon working here obviously had no status, and he knew limited information, that leopard spirit was said to be a confidant of Zi Che, and he also held the position of the commander of Lu Che Peak, and there were three other commanders, who had not been seen these days, and said that they were on standby on the side of the main peak.
Zheng Yan also paid attention to observing, there are about more than a hundred demons under the command of subordinates, there are about a hundred in the dark, and there are still seven forces like Lu Che Feng around Beifu Mountain, which just occupy eight directions, as the master of this Lu Che Peak, Zi Che's combat power is stronger than Zheng Shilai, that is, the level of a human earth-level monk, so as his cronies, the leopard spirit should be bad, but it will never be too bad, and he should be able to win;
Before Dugu Takihyun also said that these eight peaks are just a role for vigilance and monitoring, and the real combat power is in the main peak, but these eight mountain masters are all Li Zhubei's cronies, belonging to the young Zhuang faction that has grown up in recent years, the qualifications are excellent, and the future is unlimited, the woman named Xiaying and the big man named Lingya I saw before are both mountain masters;
As for the combat power on the side of the main peak, Dugu Takihyun doesn't know much about it, there are three Cao, Liuqing, and eight generals on the bright side, and there are more than four elders, just like Yuanxian, but they don't have the realm of Yuanxian, and they roughly belong to the big demon column. Dugu Takihyun still hasn't woken up yet, and I don't know what she's calculating, what Zheng Xingye wants to investigate? Zheng Yan intuitively felt that there must be something else going on with this guy.
After more than ten days, seeing that it is almost the end of the year, according to the original plan, it should be back to Yiwang Mountain at this time, but it just stopped here, during which Zheng Yan wanted to blackmail Zheng Xingye to escape, Zheng Xingye's unprecedented dead face dragged down, Zheng Yan was surprised that he didn't find that this guy still had such a side, and he stayed in a daze, this day he suddenly found that the atmosphere was a little strange, the little demons were very silent, the leopard spirit was just looking in the direction of the south most of the time, and the craftsman was lazy and didn't care much.
In the afternoon, a few little demons brought the food to the construction site, saying that they would continue to rush after eating, and all the work here must be completed within seven days, Zheng Yan noticed that the leopard spirit was not there. During the meal, Zheng Xingye suddenly came over and asked Zheng Yan to cooperate to put a fire in the innermost, Zheng Yan agreed without thinking about it, it seems that this guy is finally going to do it, this day is finally over, and it doesn't matter what he hides from himself.
There is no moonlight tonight, the stars are rare, there are only a few torches lit on the construction site, I don't know why I can't order a few more, Zheng Yan took the opportunity to move the plank to a corner, and then unfolded his body to sneak quickly, although the drawings have only seen a part, but the general layout of this place has long been clear, and when he encountered a few secret whistles on the way, he was instantly knocked out, so that he quickly reached the innermost quietly all the way.
Zheng Yan stopped in front of a two-story attic with lights on, and found that this attic was actually built of pure wood, just used to set fires, and it didn't matter who was inside, it was better to meet that purple chela, anyway, the route of retreat had already been figured out, and it was absolutely no problem to run if you couldn't beat it, and the ground level was not repaired.
The light is on the second floor, Zheng Yan jumped directly on the railing on the second floor, gently pushed the window and opened it silently, and then the whole person fit in, it is actually a boudoir?
The elegant and tidy study room is almost the same as the layout of his own, the person behind the most critical desk is quiet and elegant like a holy water lotus, "Yingyue", Zheng Yan couldn't help but read out loud,
The woman who was originally in a daze suddenly woke up, and there was something in her ethereal eyes, quiet, as quiet as a peaceful lake under the shade of a windless tree, just looking at Zheng Yan as an uninvited guest, Zheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, not Yingyue, not as kind as Yingyue, and not as good-looking as Yingyue, but it is not bad, and Dugu Takihyun has a fight.
Zheng Yan, who was inexplicably relaxed, pretended to take a leisurely walk and walked over to the woman, sprinkled the lamp oil in the oil tank in his hand on the carved flower window, and finally gently put it on the desk, the woman just watched quietly from beginning to end, Zheng Yan wondered, "Aren't you afraid? I'm here to kill people and set fires, don't you notice that it's already on fire?"
There was a slight difference in the woman's eyes, and she asked softly, "Childe is a human being?"
Zheng Yan nodded sincerely,
The meaning in the woman's eyes changed again, and she seemed to have some joy and relief, and said softly, "Then the son, please, please,
Zheng Yan was a little stunned when he heard this, thought about it and asked tentatively, "You won't be captured by the monster to be the lady of the village, right?"
The woman's pupils shrank and her eyes were dark, but she was silent,
Zheng Yan understood, nodded and said, "Do you need me to take you away?"
The woman was quiet again.
Zheng Yan shook his head and began to pour lamp oil on the bookshelf, then picked up the lantern on the table and threw it on, and the bookshelf was on fire with a bang, Zheng Yan sighed again, he never thought that one day he would burn so many books, he was a little distressed, out of sight and out of mind, turned around and walked out, walked to the door and stopped, turned to look at the woman and said, "Do you need me to bring a message to your house?"
The woman hesitated and shook her head,
Zheng Yan turned to leave,
"Please wait",
Zheng Yan retreated again, and said helplessly, "What is the surname, where does the family live? The names of the parents, or what tokens do you have? Do you want me to bring your ashes back? This is forgivable."
The woman stood up with a sad expression, and said softly, "Can Childe take me anywhere? Just don't send me home."
Zheng Yan was full of confusion, such a woman of unknown origin was not okay, but he still walked over and slapped away the flames that were rushing up behind her, and the next moment he carried it on his shoulder, and then kicked through the window and jumped out, strange to say, this woman's reaction was really small.
Quickly sneaked back to an unfinished house not far from the construction site, settled the woman and hurried back to the craftsmen, and after a while, a sky-high fire rose inside, and the little demons shouted and went to fight the fire, Zheng Xingye walked over quickly to beckon Zheng Yan to run away, and agreed to meet at Siguniang Mountain, Zheng Yan glanced at the remaining craftsmen and there was nothing they could do, the surrounding woods were almost certain to death for them as soon as they stepped in, and they could only hope for the kindness of the spirits, Zheng Yan could only comfort himself in this way.
When he returned to the hut and saw the woman sitting there quietly, Zheng Yan didn't have any explanation, he carried it again and flew to the south, and the woman was quiet all the way.