There are also temples built on the other side of the snowfield.

At this point, the earth finally rose and fell.

Dozens of hills are hundreds of feet high, but they have gentle curves, and they are covered with grass near the spring of March, and even the steepest slopes can be walked up diagonally.

Temples were built on these hills.

Heyuan has been frozen for more than ten years, and after the snow melts, the original official road naturally appears.

A person, a cat and a horse walked along the official horse avenue leading to Yanzhou in Heyuan, until they reached the foot of the mountain, and they had already seen the boundary monument between Hezhou and Yanzhou. However, looking further, the road has not been walked for more than ten years, and it has long been covered with grass and cannot be distinguished.

The Taoist continued to move forward with the jujube red horse.

The cat walked cautiously in the grass, stopping from time to time and looking around, attracted by some movement.

I can vaguely see the direction of the original road.

Because there are rolling hills on both sides, there is only this passage in the middle, and the road will naturally not pass over the mountains for no reason, but will naturally pass through the middle.

It took a total of one day to get out of Heyuan.

It took another half a day to see the level.

The checkpoint is built according to the mountain and is guarded by elite soldiers.

The defenders defend both the north and the south, and at this time, no matter which side they are, they dare not take it lightly.

The soldiers on the tower of the city saw from a distance a man and a horse coming from the direction of Heyuan, both vigilant and frightened, and even the bow and crossbow had been wound, so they took a closer look, and hurried to report to the captain.

When the captain saw it, he immediately called the guard.

When the general came, the Taoist had already arrived at the pass.

Looking down, I saw that the person who came was not only a man and a horse, but also a three-flowered cat at his feet, but the cat was too small and hidden in the grass, and it was really difficult to see it far away.

The guard did not immediately let the people around him relax their vigilance, and after a little contemplation, he shouted below:

"Who's coming?"

Song You raised his head and looked at the guard, raised his hand to salute, and replied honestly: "Under the surname Song Mingyou, he is a traveling Fang Daoist, who comes from Hezhou and wants to go to Yanzhou. ”

"Where is the Taoist?"

"Lingquan County, Yizhou."

“……”

Hearing this, the general couldn't help but turn his head left and right, exchanged glances with the people around him, and then continued to ask: "Hezhou is separated from this by Heyuan, Heyuan is already entrenched by demons, how can you get by?" ”

"The Great Demon of Heyuan has been removed."

"The big demon was really removed?"

"The snowfield has melted, doesn't the general know?"

"......" the general's eyes flickered, "Where did Mr. come from before he was in Hezhou?" ”

"General Hui, from Changjing."

"But Elm Street?"

"Back to General, it's Willow Street."

"It's really Mr. Song!"

The general shouted, immediately waved his hand, and someone next to him shouted to open the city gate, and the general shouted below: "Mr. Song, don't be surprised, the demons are cunning, and there are often good at deceiving people, although we have long known that Mr. Song may come, and we have long known that the ice and snow in Heyuan have melted, but we are also afraid that there are demons that have not been eliminated, and if we want to escape with tricks, we have to be more cautious!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

A heavy push was heard inside the door.

Song You looked around.

This pass is quite magnificent, the city gate is also large, you can imagine that before the snow field demons made a rebellion, this place was used as the traffic artery from Hezhou to Yanzhou, and I don't know how many people entered and exited from here. Now the south-facing end of the pass is not only overgrown with weeds, but also seen broken bones that have not been cleaned up along the way, some of which can be clearly identified as not belonging to people, so it can be imagined that occasionally there are small monsters and monsters who have mixed with the vigilance of the temple gods, intending to go north from here, and were discovered by officers and soldiers and killed in front of the pass.

Just as the city hunts and sometimes hunts demons, the defenders here not only guard against the eighteen parts of the northern grassland, but also guard against the monsters in the snowfield.

Dayan took the route of elite soldiers, the elite of the border army was dominated by martial artists, who were already full of blood and strong martial arts, and had honed a body of courage and evil spirit in the army, plus a body of armor, a strong bow and a crossbow, ordinary tigers, leopards, jackals or little monsters who had not long attained the Tao, it was really not enough to see.

"Bang ......"

The gates of the city have been completely opened.

There was a team of armor soldiers standing on the left and right of the pass, all of them were tall on one side, and they were afraid that they would weigh dozens of pounds in armor, and their faces could not even be seen in their helmets. The leader is a tall general, and there are several colonels standing behind him, both the general and the colonel give people a strong sense of oppression, but they are all treated with courtesy.

"The last general Pu Zhengye, there are many delays, please forgive me, sir!"

"The general's words are serious, it is a person like the general who is so loyal to his duties that can keep the peace of Dayan, where can he forgive me?" Song You saluted with him.

"Sir, please come in!"

General Pu made a gesture of invitation to him, and walked into the gate of the city with him, and then said: "I have received a letter from General Chen Ziyi Chen last year, if there is a Taoist, with a jujube red horse and a three-flowered cat from Heyuan, to go to Yanzhou from here, the Heyuan demon has been pacified, and we must be polite and released, we have been waiting here for a long time, but when the gentleman comes, I still almost can't believe it." ”

In one sentence, he not only explained why he knew that he would come, but also explained why General Chen wrote in front of him, but he and others were still extremely cautious.

I am afraid that when they received General Chen's letter, they also couldn't believe it, but because of General Chen's prestige, they didn't dare to be dismissive and reported it to the whole army. However, waiting, waiting, but from summer to autumn, and from the fifth year of Mingde to the sixth year of Mingde, and now it is spring, so I waited.

I'm afraid that I have long thought that it is impossible for that person to come.

"General Chen has a heart." Song You said a word, and then asked, "I wonder if General Chen is okay?" ”

"It should be fine, I only received an order from General Chen from the border two months ago, saying that we must strictly guard the checkpoint, so that no small group of rangers or demons and monsters from the north of the Saibei will pass by and enter the snowfield, and then cooperate with the demons in the snowfield to stir up a bigger mess."

"What about the border war?"

"The specifics are not clear, it seems to be very intense, but General Chen has returned to the north, so he can naturally win."

"I see."

Song You listened thoughtfully.

General Pu didn't dare to neglect him, and wanted to know about Heyuan, so he ordered people to kill cattle and sheep, set up a banquet in the big tent, and entertained him with hospitality.

This time it was not as eager as the last time Beifeng Pass, and Song You was not familiar with Yanzhou when he first arrived in Yanzhou, so he also had some questions to ask, so he responded. In the past two months in the snowfield, not only have I never slept in bed, but I have not eaten a meal properly, so I should rest for a day.

That night, in the big tent, except for General Pu, Song You and Sanhua Cat, there were only a few cronies sitting in the colonel, and some soldiers brought good wine and meat.

The wine is all the wine of the big altar, it is filled in a big bowl, the meat is a big lump of meat, both boiled and roasted, and the brazier is lit in the middle, which reflects the fire of the big tent, and the general and colonel speak loudly, and suddenly there is a bit of heroism in the military camp, which is also something that Song You has not experienced.

The host and guest first toast and say a few polite words.

Cut the meat with a knife, and Song You gave it to Sanhua Niangniang first as usual.

"Sir, is this cat exquisite?" The general saw the attitude of the Taoist towards the cat.

"The general doesn't know, this extraordinary cat is Sanhua Niangniang, who was originally the cat god of Yizhou, with strong mana and great magical powers, and in the next way, thanks to her." Song You explained.

"Oh? It turned out to be Sanhua Niangniang! The general and the colonel were both shocked, "I don't know if Sanhua Niangniang may understand people's words?" ”

"Naturally, I understand."

This general is guarding here, he must have seen a lot of demons and monsters, unlike the southerners, there is no need for Song You to hide it in front of him.

"That's the last general's rudeness, you should add a table case to Sanhua Niangniang!"

"It's not necessary, just Sanhua Niangniang is with me."

Song You looked down at the cat.

The cat pressed one paw to his leg and stared up at the talking general.

After a while, Song You asked:

"I wonder how far this is from the northern border? And what is the boundary from here? ”

"It's only six or seven hundred miles from the border, and from here to the north, it's a grassland, called Dada. Most of the area was designated as official pastures, which were used by the army to raise horses, and there were also herdsmen. It doesn't matter if you follow the main road, but in the spring the weeds grow wildly, and sometimes we can't find the way. If the gentleman goes into the depths of the grassland, if he meets a herdsman, don't panic, he probably wants to invite you to the tent for a drink. General Pu laughed a few times as he spoke, and his heart was heroic, and then he said, "Yanzhou belonged to my Central Plains as early as the Yu Dynasty, and the herdsmen have northerners and Central Plains people, if the language is not understood, it doesn't matter, they will pull Mr. You can't stop talking, you can listen to it or not, as long as there is a living person, they will be happy." ”

"The people here are very welcoming."

"That's it!"

General Pu paused as he spoke: "But if you accidentally enter the official ranch, Mr.'s horse, well, the last general will write a letter to Mr. in a while, and naturally no one dares to embarrass Mr." ”

"Thank you very much."

"Sir is here just in time." There is a small school below and said, "The eighth day of the first month of the next month is the horse racing festival of as much as one, and the people of the whole grassland will gather together, and it will be very lively, especially especially the people on the grassland are different from the people in the south, who can sing and dance, and are good at singing and dancing, and those who come from the south will be shocked if they go to the horse racing festival." ”

"Do you also have a horse racing festival now?"

"Naturally." The colonel said, "Demons are demons, war is man-made disasters, and the horse racing festival is a big event. ”

"Then I should have checked it out."

"If the gentleman wants to go, we can send someone to take the gentleman." General Pu said.

"It's not necessary, just let it be." Song You said with a smile, "I happened to go around the grassland more and enjoy the grassland scenery that I can't see in the south." ”

"Haha, Mr. Benyi."

The people talked about wine, and then they talked about the snowfield.

It's just that Song You is really embarrassed to brag too much, just talk about a rough idea, point to point, specifically, if you want to come to the two-day checkpoint, you will send a tanma to see it.

Speaking of the plague in Guijun, talking about Doctor Cai, and talking about the heroes of the Spear Gate, they are all emotional.

The conditions here are not good, there are no people who specialize in singing and dancing, only a partial general plays a copper pipa in one hand, and sings heroic words with a broken gong voice, like the sunset on the grassland this evening, reflected in the stream with nine bends and eighteen bends. There is a small school drunk, also shouted twice, or draw a sword dance to help the fun, swordsmanship is not as good as Shu Yifan, but they are also people with martial arts, if you don't join the army, mixed in the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that you can also have some fame in one of the realms, and it also attracted applause for a while.

Song You and Sanhua Niangniang ate and drank in the barracks, slept all night, and the next morning General Pu gave him dry food, and then said goodbye and left.

Ahead is Yanzhou, and the road has also appeared.

……

May Monthly Pass Ninth! Thank you!

By the way, I will ask for a guaranteed monthly pass at the beginning of the month!

Sincerity for sincerity!

Last month's monthly pass was ninth, which was really surprising, thank you! At the beginning, I just wanted to make up enough for the monthly pass goal, but I found that I was in the top ten, and I only wanted to spend a few more days, and I didn't ask for a ticket in the middle, but I didn't expect to be able to go to the end, thank you! Bow and bare!

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