Chapter 12 Poplar Mountains
One more step forward, and the baby will become a meatloaf.
The child grabbed the rattle on the ground, coughing incessantly from the dust raised by the horse's hooves. The parents finally squeezed out of the crowd, picked up the child's head and didn't run back.
Some people on the street blamed one after another, and the white-robed passenger looked up at Uncle Hao as if he hadn't heard it.
Uncle Hao's face was expressionless.
Liu Baobao was beside He Lingchuan and coughed vigorously: "Who are you waiting for, do you know that the horses in the city will be whipped?" ”
"Who's going to carry out the execution?" The white-robed young man laughed, not hiding his contempt, "You? ”
The man's gaze was like a needle, Liu Baobao's face was numb when he was stared at, and he couldn't help shrinking his head: "Blackwater City has strict laws and disciplines, how many more steps can you run?" ”
When he said this, the young man ignored him, and only moved his gaze to He Lingchuan, as if he knew that he was the mastermind.
He Lingchuan smiled at him, but the boy stared at him carefully before urging the horse forward again.
The gray-clothed guest in the back never looked up.
After such a short period of turmoil, the speed of the two men's rides also slowed down, and the men, women and children on the street watched them disappear into the corner.
In that direction, it's out of the city to the northeast.
Uncle Hao said in a timely manner: "Both of these people have cultivation, especially the gray-robed guest in the back, I can't see the reality clearly." The little ghost in white may be from a military family. ”
He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Uncle Hao once slaughtered more than ten large households in the capital at night, and then lit up for the people in the Daomen, practiced magic, dissipated anger, cultivated profoundly, and enjoyed high-level worship in the He family. He said that the gray robe was very good, and He Lingchuan had no doubt.
These two people are not like ordinary merchants, what are they doing in the frontier?
At this time, there were a few more people in the middle of the street, and they were the guards of Blackwater City. They were also alarmed and asked the crowd around them, "What happened?" ”
"There were two people who crossed the market and almost trampled on bad children!" The masses gossiped to the effect that so.
Only two? Then it's not the eldest young master of the He family, it's okay. The patrol was even more angry, and when he looked up, he saw He Lingchuan picking up the window to see the excitement, and hurriedly said hello, his face relaxed, and the corners of his mouth curled, "Lord He is okay?" ”
"Okay, very good." He Lingchuan smiled, "You guys are chasing people?" ”
"Chase!" The captain of the patrol is righteous and awe-inspiring. You say that you don't want to set the horse, you want it, isn't this a contempt of the law? "It must be punished severely!"
He Lingchuan showed them the way: "Those two went to the northeast gate." ”
The captain of the patrol thanked him and chased after his men.
After they left, Uncle Hao said, "A few patrolmen can't leave them." ”
"I know, just throw stones and ask for directions." He Lingchuan shrugged, "This is Blackwater City, can they make a big move in broad daylight?" ”
But the guards returned after about a quarter of an hour, empty-handed.
He Lingchuan was not surprised by such a result, but he had to ask: "What about the two of them?" ”
The patrol leader didn't expect him to wait for the result here, he was a little embarrassed, and coughed before saying: "Those two are the generals of Zhengbei and Xunzhou Mu, who came to Heishui City on business, and showed the official document of the fire seal. ”
He Lingchuan let out a long "oh".
He knew that the patrol leader was talking about the New Year Praise of the General of Zhengbei, and this person led Xunzhou Mu, that is, the number one military and political leader, and his power was much greater than that of Jinzhou Thorn History.
The state is the county. If Qiansong County Taishou He Chunhua saw this general who had conquered the Northern Expedition, he would also respectfully call himself a "lower official".
Several guards left quickly, and Liu Baobao looked a little uneasy: "Those two shouldn't remember me, right?" ”
"How big is it, and it's worth caring about?" He Lingchuan was so comforted that he was insincere, but he thought in his heart, what did the Xunzhou Mu Sect do in Blackwater City?
At this moment, two thunderbolts rolled in the sky, which made people's ears hurt, and also caused the dogs on the street to bark a few times, pick up their tails and run.
The people of Blackwater City are not surprised, and they will continue to do whatever they have to do.
He Lingchuan looked west and found that the wind was surging on the horizon, and a large area of thick and heavy dark clouds.
The storm is coming.
……
"The storm is coming." The white-robed young man looked at the sky, and then at the gray-clothed man, "Look, is it okay here?" ”
The two of them were in Hulu Mountain.
It has seven hills, three of which are rocky and rough like a bald man.
Although its appearance is not good, Hulu Mountain is actually rich in rats, rabbits, foxes, deer, and sometimes people can hunt wild boars and gray wolves.
The two of them were standing on a beast path, and they had already checked several caves.
"Although the water and soil are not abundant, there are a lot of living creatures, and the number is barely enough." The gray-clothed man had an extra purple gold pestle in his hand, with a protruding and large-mouthed monster carved on the top, and four hanging rings under its feet, the ends sharpened like cones, shining with a metallic luster.
With a flick in the wind, the pestle more than a foot long turned into a seven-foot purple gold scepter.
The gray-clothed man pierced the purple gold staff into the soil for more than a foot, and only after it stood firm on its own did he ask the white-robed young man for a cyan copper coin and stuff it into the beast's mouth.
The beast's mouth closed on its own, biting the copper coin, and the red light in its eyes grew.
The man in gray began to shake the top of the pestle.
The ring at the monster's feet suddenly clanged, and at first it was chaotic, but after listening to it a little longer, you could see that it was repeating itself to a specific rhythm, over and over again.
And each time it is clearer, more grandiose, and ...... than the last. Spread further!
The insects and birds that originally filled the mountains and forests have all disappeared, and only the bells echo for a long time.
The white-robed young man took a long breath.
With his concentration to listen to the bell, he felt dizzy and dizzy, heartbeat and tinnitus after a while, so he had to distract himself and stare at the mountain in the distance.
Distraction, it's still enduring.
It was about a cup of tea, and there was an angry voice behind the two of them:
"Stop shaking, stop, stop ringing!"
The purple gold pestle stopped when they heard the sound, and the two looked back and saw a poplar tree shaking its branches and leaves, and the sound seemed to come from the leaves.
The poplar is curvy and weather-beaten, and it looks to be at least three or four hundred years old, making it the largest tree in the vicinity.
The white-robed young man spoke first: "You are the local Shanze?" ”
"I am the mountain of Huyang Mountain, and I was appointed two hundred years ago. Now it's called Hulu Mountain. "The sound of Populus euphratica is very peculiar, like the friction and vibration of countless blades, it is still a little vague at first, and the more you speak, the smoother it becomes.
It's like a person who hasn't spoken for years is reused to the ability to speak. "I've been asleep for so long that even the local officials can't wake me up. Who are you? ”
Only then did it sense the copper coin of the Purple Gold Pestle Beast Head, and it was very surprised: "Hey, this is the social decree of the new dynasty, it seems to be called ...... What kite? ”
"Kite money." As soon as the gray-robed man slapped the beast's head, the cyan copper coin fell into his palm. If there are idlers watching from the sidelines, they will see that this thing is slightly larger than ordinary copper coins, and the hole is opened at the top to facilitate the tying of ropes.