"You met a man-eating cicada on the way, right?" Elder Dao sighed, "These ghost things are desperately invading the Rongshan Realm, and the disciples are trying to stop them, but they just can't stop killing. Qiu Hu swore that he would wipe out these strange cicadas. ”

He Lingchuan frowned: "What's going on?" ”

At this time, someone knocked lightly on the door outside to report.

Xue Zhangjiao had something to do, so he greeted He Lingchuan and left first.

The two men in the temple continued to talk.

"Qiu Hu was only three years old when he was brought back to Rongshan, and Elder Zhao handed him over to Baicun to raise him. For him, the only people closest to him were Elder Zhao and his adoptive parents. Elder Dao sighed, "Elder Zhao has passed away, Bai Village was invaded by a strange cicada two months ago, and there is not a single living mouth, and Qiu Hu's adoptive parents are also ......."

It was also eaten by the strange cicada.

"When he rushed over, the village was in shambles, and he made an oath in the White Village."

He Lingchuan thought for a while before saying, "If I can get rid of the strange cicada, Qiu Hu will follow me?" ”

Elder Dao sat up straight: "Gongzi He has a way?" ”

"When you first enter your land, where is it accurate now?" He's only here for the second day.

"Qiu Hu, this child, will repay if there is kindness, and revenge will be avenged." Elder Dao also knew that he was in a hurry, and said sincerely, "If you want him to suppress his temperament and be honest under your hands and not cause trouble, you must restrain him with kindness." To put it mildly, this is a good opportunity. ”

The meaning is very clear, He Lingchuan avenges Qiu Hu, and Qiu Hu will follow him with all his heart.

"I'll do my best." He Lingchuan responded without thinking, "By the way, I heard that these strange cicadas came from the northeast?" ”

"The first villagers in the northeastern border of Rongshan came to report, and they should have entered from there, and there was no grass growing where they passed." Elder Dao thought for a moment, "But according to the observation of my sect insiders, the growth rate of these monsters has actually slowed down in the past two months. ”

He Lingchuan frowned: "Is this still slow?" ”

From birth to adulthood, the strange cicada only took a few dozen breaths to eat people!

"Two months ago, they began to give birth immediately after eating people, and my Rongshan disciple observed that these ghost things were less than ten breaths from the time they laid their eggs to the time the larvae broke through the ground!" Even the well-informed Elder Dao felt that this was too outrageous, "How can a living being reproduce at such a speed!" ”

How can we really maintain such efficient production all the time? In less than half a year, the whole world will be filled with strange cicadas.

He Lingchuan also said: "This should be the result of a mutation, my companion pointed out that this is a seventy-year-old cicada, and the original cicada eggs and larvae had to stay underground for seventy years before they could mature and go to the ground." And the seventy-year-old cicada was originally a vegetarian, and it was far less big. ”

In the past 70 years, the growth of cicadas has suddenly changed from the slowest to the fastest, and their habits have completely changed, and they even eat people, there must be something strange at work in the middle.

Elder Dao continued, "But after these two months, their reproduction rate has slowed down significantly, and it already takes three or five hours from the time the eggs are laid to the time when the larvae break through the soil. ”

"That's what caused them to mutate, and they're losing their effectiveness at a rapid rate."

Mutation, mutation, well, what does the word conjure up with it?

Elder Dao smiled bitterly: "In the past two months, the disciples of Rongshan have exterminated strange cicadas everywhere, and even when we are talking, they are also busy. Alas, there is still no way to eradicate it. Where these monsters passed, there were no people and animals, the fields and trees withered, and the people of Rongshan were in danger and had no intention of farming, and even merchants from other places did not dare to come. ”

The frozen soil in early spring has not yet melted, and if the cicada disaster continues to rage, the spring ploughing will be over.

"I probably know." He Lingchuan suddenly changed the subject, "By the way, I heard that the Rongshan Sect is the creditor of the Kite Kingdom, and the Kite Kingdom has borrowed a lot of money from you?" ”

This news was revealed to him by Li Qingge. When he heard it, he felt unexpected and reasonable.

In fact, this is also the reason why he chose Rongshan to help himself.

This turn was a bit big, and Elder Dao was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses: "Well, yes, there is such a thing. In the past thirty or forty years, Rongshan and the Kite Kingdom have been good-neighborly and friendly, and the disciples of Rongshan have also served as officials in the Kite Court. Alas, in recent years, natural and man-made disasters have been continuous, and they have borrowed money from us many times. Last year, before they attacked Xunzhou Mu, they borrowed two million taels of silver from our sect and some grain. ”

"How much is owed in total?"

"Oh, this matter is handled by my junior brother, I can't go into details. However, how come there is also a 20 million taels, right? ”

20 million taels, the total debt owed by the Kite Kingdom to the Rongshan Sect. He Lingchuan believed that with the tone of the Kite Country, he would not only borrow money from the Rongshan Sect.

How much foreign debt does the country really owe?

"Is it still on?" It is no wonder that before the Battle of Hanshui, the Kite King Court suddenly raised money and food, which could support Zhao Pan's army.

The Rongshan Sect is very rich.

"Nope." Elder Dao waved his hand, "The war on the western front of the Kite Kingdom and the suppression of the rebellion in the south have sent people to ask for borrowing twice or three times, and this time I prepared some collateral, but they were all rejected by the master. ”

"Collateral?"

"It seems that the kite country wants to use mines, pastures, and docks as collateral, and if we can't pay the money, we will take these away." Elder Dao frowned, "I don't think the sect is interested. ”

He Lingchuan sighed secretly, he had to borrow money from abroad to fight the war, and the people of the Kite Country were also exhausted.

"Gongzi He, you ask this ......" Elder Dao was halfway through his words, and suddenly remembered that He Lingchuan was going to the Kite Country later, "What's the connection?" ”

"I'm a Kite Countryman."

Elder Dao was stunned for a moment, and looked him up and down twice.

"How?"

"The Kite Kingdom can still produce characters like Gongzi He, it seems that the number of qi is not exhausted."

"The family and the country are erosive, alas." He Lingchuan stood up, "My two friends have studied monsters, and I will discuss them with them. ”

……

Aunt Zhu didn't know where to go, and He Lingchuan found Dong Rui in a teahouse under the mountain.

Since he went out with a face, this person has eaten tea and listened to books, had a lot of fun, and is even willing to give rewards. And the ape sat beside him and ate the fruit. In this winter, it is not easy for people to eat a pear, let alone a monkey.

But the ghost ape finished nibbling one in three or two bites, and then went to take the next.

Others looked at the monkey and saw that it was clean and did not move, so they ate tea by themselves. What is so strange about a rich uncle who walks a monkey with a bird, the main one I have you don't.

The storyteller in front of him keeps up with current events and talks about the recent cicada disaster. But he also understands that when exaggerating horror, he must add some hope, otherwise the people in the teahouse will listen to it darkly, as if he is also dying, and will he be willing to give him a reward?

Therefore, he praised the bravery and fearlessness of the disciples of the Rongshan Sect, cutting insects like cutting vegetables. Take out the last few battles and add fuel to the vinegar.

He Lingchuan leaned over, grabbed the melon seeds on the table and gnawed on them: "You are quite rich." ”

(End of chapter)