In the hearts of the Dayan people, the Qishan Territory is a mysterious and awe-inspiring place. Qishan is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Fengyuan, the capital of the Great Yan King, it is rumored that the fifty-third year of Emperor Chengxiang of Zhou, that is, the year when the Great Zhou Dynasty collapsed, there is a phoenix wailing on Qishan, several days are endless, followed by a rainstorm of up to half a month, which envelops Fengyuan City. Then I listened to the woodcutters and hunters around Qishan, in the first year of the Yuan Qi Dynasty, obstacles and strange beasts suddenly appeared in Qishan, and became unpredictable, after that, there were few survivors who went deep into Qishan, and most of the people who came back were lost and crazy, so that the people did not dare to enter the mountain for more than ten miles. In the fifteenth year of Yuan Qi, Yin Qi, the king of Yan, issued an edict and ordered the residents of Qishan to move to the Weishui area in the south.

Behind this wilderness, there is a galloping road that comes from the direction of Wangcheng and leads to the foot of Qishan Mountain. Since the thirteenth year of the Yuan Qi Dynasty, Dayan began to build the Chi Road, which lasted nearly five years, and now the Chi Road has been widely spread to the boundaries of the Dayan territory, conveying the order, transferring troops, and transporting are very convenient. However, the land through which the gallop passed was all wilderness, with neither messengers nor carriages and pedestrians, but the road was wide and solid, free of weeds, and seemed to be maintained by errands.

At this time, it was more than half of noon, the autumn locusts were neighing, and suddenly there was a faint sound of horses' hooves from the north, and a black horse appeared from a gentle slope from time to time, and the divine horse was very. The person on the horse is nearly middle-aged, his face is handsome, his hair is straight, he is dressed in dark fish scale armor, the perimeter of the armor is inlaid with beautiful patterns, and he is wearing a vermilion coat, which is extremely heroic. The black horse's neck was already sweaty, but his breath was not disordered, and his running momentum was unabated, and he ran all the way to the foot of Qishan Mountain, but he saw that the gallop road led to the mountain. The horse also did not stop, and traveled more than ten miles, the peak turned around, and in front of him was an open flat land, and there was a courtyard located here.

There was an armored sergeant standing in front of the courtyard gate, and when he saw the comer, his face suddenly showed great joy, and he ran quickly, knelt on one knee, lowered his head and shouted: "General!"

The man had already reined in his horse, rolled over and jumped down, reached out to lift the sergeant, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Yan Zhao, how are these two months?"

The sergeant straightened his waist and said loudly: "Report to the general! In the past two months, we have all performed our own duties, and we have been careful to take precautions, and nothing has changed!"

The general shook his head and smiled, and said, "It's just an ordinary question, don't use it for the Beishan camp, go, go in and talk." ”

Yan Zhao responded, took the reins of the horse, and followed the general into the courtyard gate.

There were already dozens of soldiers standing in the courtyard, and when they saw the general coming in, they all knelt on the ground and saluted, the general waved his hand, turned his head sideways and said to Yan Zhao: "Let's tell everyone to disperse first, tie the horses, and then follow me to the backyard." ”

"Scatter!" Yan Zhao turned his head and roared, leading the horse to the stable. The hay in the stable trough had already been prepared, Yan Zhao looked at the black horse, couldn't help but rub it on the horse's head, and said with a smile: "Rourou, do you miss our brothers?" Somehow these good horses were given such incompatible names.

The black horse snorted, lowered his head and just ate grass.

Yan Zhao didn't tease it anymore, turned around and walked out of the stable, and walked quickly to find the general. Bypassing the main house, I saw the general walking slowly on the path leading to the backyard, looking around, as if he was very leisurely.

When Yan Zhao walked behind him, the general did not stop, turned his head and asked, "How is Chaolu these days?"

"The little general is doing well these days!" Yan Zhao replied.

"Little General?" The general was stunned and laughed suddenly. "That's an interesting nickname!"

Yan Zhao also showed a little embarrassment, scratched his head, and said, "The subordinates usually call Chao Lu like this when they are happy." ”

The general smiled and nodded, "Did he talk a little more?"

Yan Zhao pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "These days, the little general still doesn't like to talk, but he is still very active, and the amount of food is also very large. ”

The general was silent for a moment, then nodded.

The two of them had already come to the backyard during the answer, and the general pushed open the courtyard door, turned his head and said, "I'll go in alone, and you can take care of other things."

"Yes". Yan Zhao responded and turned around.

The general sighed and stepped into the backyard, and as he walked forward, the smile on his face became thicker and thicker, and as he walked, his eyebrows suddenly raised, and he laughed silently. There was a young man, crouching with his back to him beside a mound of dirt, his head bowed and fiddling with something. The general slowed his steps and walked slowly, standing behind him.

The boy was unaware, as if his body and mind were immersed in what was in front of him, and the general moved to the side, and saw clearly what the boy was in his hand, it was a little man pinched in mud.

There was still a lot of mud in front of the young man, and the clay figurines were scattered on their heads, which were pale gold, and the number of red clay figurines was much more than that of the golden clay figurines, which were divided into several places and surrounded the golden clay figurines. The dark red on the clay figure in the boy's hand was even thicker, resembling flames, and he placed it in the center of the red phalanx. He kept his hands and swung the red clay figurines closer to the golden clay figurines, as if he was using them to simulate a battle.

Then the golden clay figurines

The red clay figure surrounded and picked up the red clay figure again, and with a force of both hands, the clay figure in his hand broke into several pieces.

The general frowned, calmed his thoughts, laughed, and asked softly, "Why did you crush it?"

The young man was startled, hurriedly turned around, froze for a moment, and immediately threw himself into the arms of the person who came.

"Daddy!" Live nodded. The general reached out and took a piece of mud, lightly pounded it on the stone slab on one side, and then put it in his hand, kneading the mud into a soft and soft shape, and when his fingers flipped it, the outline of a human figure appeared.

The general said while pinching: "Dad was the same as you at that time, first pinched out the body, and then glued the head and limbs, and later found that the hands and feet of such a clay figure would fall off in a few days, so I tried to pinch out the human body directly, look, just like this." After saying that, he handed the clay figure to his son.

The young man happily took the clay figurine and looked at it cautiously, suddenly looking a little discouraged.

The general smiled, pressed his shoulder, and said, "Chaolu, you have to take your time in everything, the clay figurine you pinched is already very good, look at this, I can recognize it at once, it's Dad, right?" He picked up the clay figurine with the golden bird on it and shook it.

Chao Lu squinted his eyes, pursed his lips and smiled, nodded and said, "It's just that the crow doesn't look like it, and they're all gone again, I can only rely on it." ”

"They're going to be back soon, and they're going to fly right here with you, and you can try to draw them, which of the three of them looks better?"

Chao Lu thought for a while and said, "The third child should look better." ”