The grassland hills are undulating, and most places are uninhabited, and the only people walking among them are a Taoist, a girl, and a red horse.

Sanhua Niangniang specially maintained her human form, so that she could carry her money, and she would reach out and touch it from time to time.

"It turns out that sheep are so expensive!"

"Dayan people like to eat sheep."

"Dayan people like to eat sheep." Sanhua Niangniang repeated but couldn't help but feel puzzled, "Why don't the people of Dayan like to eat rats?" ”

The Taoist only smiled and said nothing, and continued to move forward.

Two figures, one large and one small, plus the jujube red horse, sometimes climb the hill, sometimes go downhill slowly, and sometimes walk on the ridgeline of the sky, looking for the road and the turtle city.

It was finally at dusk.

It is relatively flat, the hills are very low, and the amplitude is also gentle, and a long earth-colored dragon can be faintly seen on the ground, connecting an earthen city.

It can't be said that there is no grass around Tucheng, but after all, the ghost spirit is heavy and the yin qi is strong, and most of the surrounding grass does not grow well, and it has withered and yellowed.

Song You stopped far away and sat cross-legged.

took out a small jade bottle from the quilt bag, took Yan'er Dan, and turned into a swallow.

Flying high in the sky, I feel that the grassland is boundless, the edges of the earth have become arcs, and the sunset is slowly falling, which is magnificent. The cool air and the vast world add a touch of freedom to flying.

The earth city below is also more intuitively displayed.

It was originally a military fortress.

Why is it called Turtle City?

Because its main body is roughly an oval, and there are protruding urn castles in four directions, the whole shape is like a turtle, with four legs, hence the name.

The swallow flapped its wings, changed direction freely, and skimmed lightly in the air.

It's not like observing, it's more like playing.

Experience the freedom that mortals can't experience.

From the high altitude, the whole body of the turtle city is made of loess, there is a moat around it, there is a pond outside the city, there is a temple, I don't know who was originally enshrined, and now it has been deserted. Many houses in the city, I don't know what the original purpose was, almost all of them have no roofs, no gates, and they look like they have been burned by fire, as if they have long been deserted, and as if they are still inhabited, which is quite strange.

It looks like it can accommodate at least a few thousand people.

In addition, Turtle City is also connected to the Great Wall.

One leads to the direction of Yandu, and the other leads to the north, which should be directly connected to the border.

However, whether it is this turtle city or the Great Wall, it is all repaired by the previous dynasty, I don't know whether it is no longer in line with the national strategy of Dayan, or the original setting is unreasonable, it has been abandoned, and no one has repaired the damaged places on the Great Wall.

Slowly, the sky darkened.

The swallow lowered its altitude and almost swept over the top of the turtle city, and vaguely saw a ghost figure below, and before the ghost could spot it, it skimmed lightly and flew out of the city, as if it was about to return home.

“……”

The swallow crashed into the body of the Taoist.

The Taoist also opened his eyes.

Sanhua Niangniang sat next to him obediently, took out the money and counted it again, and then reluctantly put it in the quilt bag, and then turned back into a cat.

"Let's go."

The Taoist stood up and walked into the distance.

Cats and horses followed.

On the vast land, the Great Wall built of loess leads straight to the Turtle City in front, and the Taoist people walk all the way to the bottom of the Great Wall, and then walk along the Great Wall, looking at the distance and the Great Wall, looking down from time to time, and can see the broken bones, cloth and arrow fragments that have not been cleaned up many years ago under the feet.

It will be dug up many years later.

It didn't go far before it got dark, and the moonlight was brighter tonight than last night, but it was still not clear.

The Taoist felt the darkness and walked in that direction.

"Someone came out......

"Oh! It's a ghost! ”

The cat craned its neck to look ahead and said to the Taoist.

"How many?"

"One, two...... Ten. The three-flowered cat counted them one by one and said, "They are walking towards us, and they are walking on this top." ”

"Did you spot us?"

"I don't think so."

"That's ......"

"What are we going to do?"

"What do you say Sanhua Niangniang?"

"They seem to be talking while walking." The cat craned its neck and almost stood up, looking not only through the night, but far away, with a deep curiosity in its eyes, "We can hide quietly and listen to what they are saying, it must be fun." ”

"Just do what Sanhua Niangniang said."

Song You smiled slightly and continued to move forward.

The cat seems to have a special obsession with eavesdropping and hiding tracks, and as it gets closer and closer, it not only slows down its steps, but also turns back and tells Taoists to be careful and walk against the edge of the Great Wall.

Song You had no choice but to do as she said.

The two sides are getting closer.

One side is on the Great Wall and the other is under the Great Wall.

The Taoist had already stopped.

The night wind blew in this direction, and I did hear the sound of talking from above.

It seems that the discussion is still himself.

"Heyuan is such a big demon, the gods raised by nature can actually be eliminated!"

"No matter how big a demon is, how can it compare to a fairy?"

"Is it impossible to say that there are not people on earth who have succeeded in rebellion? Maybe the Heavenly Palace will also change the dynasty! ”

"You dare to say that?"

"Don't dare to say it when you're alive, don't you dare to say it when you're dead? What's more, I heard that the demons in Hezhou were not eliminated by the immortals of the Heavenly Palace at all, but by a Taoist on the ground. ”

"A Taoist on the earth? It's almost as good as the gods descend to earth! ”

"I heard that with a jujube red horse and a three-flowered cat, he has great powers and monstrous abilities, and he is on the plain...... You knew about Heyuan, right? A piece of palms is flat, and the Dao man simply moved a mountain from elsewhere and put it in the middle of the Heyuan, suppressing the demon king. The ghost who walked in the front said, and he was a little worried, "I sometimes think, the demon king as big as Heyuan, among the demon kings in the north, if not the most capable of fighting, is the most difficult to exterminate, right?" It's all suppressed, our group of ghosts are here, heh, I don't know how long we can get away. ”

The Taoist stood still, and the cats and horses stood still.

The demons came from in front of them and above them, getting closer and closer, stopping and stopping, as if they were standing below without noticing the group.

"Didn't it thunder the other day? It was a sunny day. and one of them was split on the tower on the north side. ”

"Alas, this yang world, the world of the living, how can it tolerate us? Wait for Lei Gong to free his hand ......"

"Why do I think something is wrong?"

"Me too."

"Someone!"

This group of ghosts is worthy of being the elite of the border army, even if the sight is in the distance and the sky is dark, they still find the people below.

The ghosts lay on the side of the Great Wall and looked down.

By the moonlight, I saw someone.

Not only people, but also horses.

"Who?"

"It's a human or a ghost!"

"Is it a ghost or a demon?"

Suddenly, a ghost jumped down from above.

The Great Wall is high, and it is easy to land.

Seeing this, the rest of the ghosts also followed.

Just ten ghosts.

Some of the oni are still wearing the armor they had before they died, or they are broken or intact, while others are not, only cloth, but all of them have no blades.

"Whew!"

A ghost jumped high and pounced on Song You first.

The three-flowered cat looked stunned and opened its mouth to exhale.

"Hoo ......"

A canopy of flames exploded, illuminating the rough surface of the Great Wall of Loess, shining the dead grass all over the ground, as well as the people and ghosts here.

"Ahh

The ghost shrank back at a faster pace.

The rest of the ghosts didn't have such a violent temper, and stared at the Daoren, the three-flowered cat, and the jujube red horse that were reflected in the flames below, and their eyes suddenly widened.

"This ......"

The character who was still talking about it as a myth just now appeared in front of him.

It's hard to put into words.

The Taoist looked at them with a calm expression.

They also looked at the Taoist, but they were shocked.

"I've seen the ...... of the immortals"

A ghost in armor was the first to salute with a fist.

"See...... I've seen the immortals! ”

The rest of the ghosts followed suit, their voices trembling and their accents different.

"Where are you going?"

“……”

The ghosts looked at each other for a moment.

It was the armored ghost who spoke first and said, "Hui Immortals, we, let's wander around......"

"On patrol?"

"Back to the immortals, I don't dare to deceive the immortals, I'm just bored to go out for a walk, but if we encounter evil ghosts and demons, we have indeed killed them."

"I see."

Song You nodded, indicating that he understood.

People are complete, but ghosts are not, without a physical body, many ghosts have obsessions, and have to endure a living environment that is completely contrary to their habits in life, and some strange behaviors are also common.

It's like a scholar ghost in Changjing.

Look at these ghosts again—

Not only are the accents different, but the faces are also different, some look like the Central Plains, some look like the steppe people, both in the north and the south, and some even have the faces of the Western Regions.

This is also normal in Dayan's border army.

"I don't know the immortals...... But the immortal who suppressed the demon king in Heyuan? ”

"How do you know that you have lived here for a long time, and when you die, you become ghosts, and you go out by day and night, and you should have little contact with people?" Song You asked rhetorically.

“……”

Hearing him admit it, the demons were even more surprised.

Although it is said to be the elite of the border army, no matter how elite it is, it will be afraid of the officials of the court and the gods in the sky, let alone this one. For a while, all the ghosts thought that he had come to get rid of the ghosts, and his time for death had come again.

"Back to ...... Hui Immortals ......"

The ghost who spoke before trembled and saluted, "There is often correspondence between Caotouguan in the south and the border in the north, and they are all brothers in the army, no matter who they are, when they pass by us, they often bring some meat and wine to sacrifice a cup to us, even if they are recruits. Some people will find a random place to spend the night nearby, and when we meet this kind of thing, we will generally find a thank you and talk to them by the way, if you don't spend the night nearby, you can't do it. ”

"I see."

"Immortal ......"

"I'm just a Taoist below, not an immortal, you can call him Mr. or Daoist." Song You smiled slightly, "There is not so much malice in the next place, you don't have to be afraid." ”

"That gentleman came here late at night......"

"I heard that there are often ghosts in this turtle city who go out at night to wander, scourge the cattle and sheep of the locals, and have scared people to death, plus the situation of becoming ghosts collectively after death like you, it is really rare, so I want to come over and increase my knowledge, and I also advise you to settle down." Song You said and paused, "But now that I hear it, Lei Gong has already noticed this, so it won't be his turn." It's just that I've already walked here, so I'll go in and see it. ”

"This ......"

When the demons heard this, they looked at each other again.

Song You asked them, "How many of you want to continue to wander forward and relax?" ”

"Yuan'an City is just ahead, with our ability to wait, I must not be able to stop Mr. Yuan'an has long been without a city gate, anyone can enter and exit during the day, and at night it can only scare mortals, there is really nothing that can stop Mr. The ghost said, "Since Sir just wants to go in and have a walk, I'll take him there." ”

"Is that good?"

"Mr. is a god, it is my honor to lead the way for Mr., what's wrong with it?"

"But it tormented me."

"Please!"

After saying that, the ghost made a gesture of please and led the way.

Song You couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

(End of chapter)