The three-flowered cat walked alone in front of the cat with cheerful little broken steps, walking and stopping.

When he stopped, he turned his head to look back.

Behind him are ghosts and ghosts.

The Taoist asked the ghosts around him, "I wonder how many ghosts there are in the city now?" ”

"Mr. Hui, more than 1,200."

"That's a lot......"

"There were so many last year."

"It's amazing."

"I don't know...... I don't know where the magic is? ”

"Are they all the original garrisons of Yuan'an City?"

"But the gentleman heard the wrong news." The ghost in armor said, "More than ten years ago, the Saibei people went south and indeed captured this Yuan'an City, not only slaughtered the soldiers in the city, but also many soldiers were tortured to death by them, and the resentment was overwhelming, the garrison in the city was 3,000, and there were indeed a few people who turned into ghosts and ghosts and refused to disperse, but now there are more than 1,200 ghosts in the city, most of them are not the original 3,000 garrisons, and the original defenders of Yuan'an City have turned into ghosts and are only twenty or thirty. ”

"Oh?"

"It's like I'm waiting." The ghost in armor looked back at the people around him, "I waited for a ghost who died on the battlefield on the northern border more than ten years ago, and I got here after several journeys. ”

"I see."

This makes more sense.

Originally, he thought that the ghosts in this turtle city were all formed by the garrison in the city, but that really frightened him - even now, it is impossible for a few hundred defenders to become ghosts, let alone more than ten years ago.

Song You glanced at this ghost a few more times, and then continued to ask curiously, "Then why did they come here?" ”

"It's really helpless."

"There's nowhere to go when you're dead."

"I heard that there is a turtle city here, which has become a ghost town, and since it was slaughtered by the Saibei people, the imperial court has not sent new people in, so we felt that there was a place to live, so we gathered here."

"I heard that in the past two years, there have been Taoist priests, monks and ghosts from the south who have been searching for us soldiers who have become ghosts after death, and some of them have been taken away by them, and they don't know what to do. I heard that some of the ghosts that were brought there didn't have good consequences, and we didn't want to go, so we had to stay here. There are so many ghosts here, and those people don't dare to come. ”

"I don't know where those ghosts have been taken......

"I heard that a ghost town of the underworld was built in the south? I don't know if it's true or not? ”

The ghosts seemed to see that Song You was not very malicious to them, and they felt that there was really no need for such immortals to pretend to deceive themselves, so they said it word by word.

Song You also nodded, indicating understanding.

Most ghosts actually have thoughts similar to people, but they are far more lonely than people, and if they are lonely for a long time, they will be timid, and they may also change, if they can gather people for warmth, no ghost will refuse.

"I also heard that the national teacher built a ghost town in Fengzhou, but although I have traveled all over the world, I haven't seen it in Fengzhou with my own eyes, so I don't dare to tell you." Song You paused for a moment, "But it's really not a good thing for yin ghosts to gather in the yang world, it's good that you want to just gather here, but there are some troubles." I heard what you said before, there has been thunder from Lei Gong a few days ago, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for this turtle city to continue to be your place of support in the future. ”

When the ghosts heard this, they were shocked.

It's not a new ghost, it's been gathered here for more than ten years, and it's different from those ghosts in the south who have no companions since the day they became ghosts, there are often demons and ghosts here, and there are often gods and spirits to eliminate demons, even if they just look at it, they know something somewhat.

"It's all to blame for that big ear!"

"I persuaded him to be honest earlier!"

"And General Chang......"

"Alas......"

"So what's that going to be?"

At one time, some of the demons were angry, some complained, some sighed, and some were anxious.

But this grassland is not as good as the south.

The south is full of villages, and if there is a village, there must be a grave, and if there is a grave, you can rest. And here is a vast and sparsely populated area, and the grave is more difficult to find than in the south, although they are martial artists and become ghosts, but they have not been ghosts for a long time, and when it comes to Taoism, they are far less than the scholarly ghosts in Changjing, and they can only hide in places with heavy yin qi during the day. If you leave this turtle city and go to another place to settle down in this prairie, I am afraid that you may not be able to find the next place with a grave in one day, which is really not a simple matter.

At this time, the voice of the Taoist came from beside him.

"I just heard from you that you are all from different armies in the north, so I think that you and the ghosts who are causing trouble to the people around you are not necessarily subordinate, so I will ask directly." Song You turned his head and looked at several ghost soldiers with a smile, "I don't know what you said, who is that Feng Da'er?" Who is General Chang? The events of the past few years seem to have something to do with them? ”

"This ......"

The ghost in armor who had just talked a lot refused to speak.

A moment later, a ghost behind him gritted his teeth and said in a loud voice:

"What's so bad about that?

"Although that big ear has the ability, but he is greedy by nature and harms the people, what kind of hero is he? Although you and I are in the army and become ghosts, who was not a child of the common people before we were alive?

"General Chang doesn't do such things, but he's not the general we used to do in the north! How much more should we hide the crimes of this man, who is hot-tempered and often scourges his soldiers?

"Why should we be affected by what these two men are doing?

"Let's go back to Mr. That Feng Daer and General Chang are the only two ghost generals in this city, and many ghosts in the city are at their disposal! After we gathered here, there was a decree from Changjing that the national teacher said that this place would be a place for us to stay, and that we should not make trouble or hurt people.

"But that Feng Da'er relied on himself to become a ghost first, his ability was strong, and he had a lot of followers here, and he always sent people out to harm the people's cattle and sheep, and competed for power and profit with General Chang!"

Song You asked curiously, "What about General Chang?" ”

"General Chang was originally a ranger general in the north, very brave, and most of the ghosts from the north were willing to listen to him. Previously, Feng Da'er often made chaos around, and the Yanzhou government had sent people to check, and once a group of people came up to burn us again, and also dug up the soil and opened the grave, came in the morning, left in the afternoon, burned next to each other, dug next to each other, several brothers were scattered, General Chang was a temperamental again, after knowing where they lived, he ordered that night, bring people, oh no, take ghosts to find them......"

"That's right......"

Song You also thought it was funny.

This ghost is a young man with a round face.

Listening to the accent, it looks like it's from Jingzhou.

It's quite touching to think about, this ghost seems to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old when he died, but he lost his life on the battlefield at such a young age.

When I looked up, there was a huge shadow in the darkness in the distance, and it should be almost to Turtle City.

The three-flowered cat still walked ahead, stopping from time to time to look back at the Taoist and listen to what he and the ghost were saying.

Talking a few more words with this round-faced ghost, Song You almost understood.

Feng Da'er and General Chang were both generals in the original northern border army, and they were strong in martial arts and very brave before their deaths.

Feng Da'er was the first to become a ghost, the first to come here, with high ability and deep qualifications, plus he often disregarded the laws of the national teacher, went out to suck the essence of the people's cattle, sheep and horses, and strengthened himself, so his skills were very high. However, these ghosts were very disdainful of this big ear, and they were also very dissatisfied with the fact that he did not listen to the words of the national teacher and caused trouble for Turtle City.

General Chang had an excellent record in the north, and his prestige was higher than that of Feng Da'er, but he was short-tempered and murderous, and he often bullied the ghost soldiers when he didn't fight, so he didn't like these ghosts.

However, the rules in the military are different after all.

Whether it is Feng Da'er or General Chang, they are not the generals they followed during their lifetimes. But after all, he is a general, and he was quite powerful in his life, and he settled in this turtle city after his death, and among these ghosts, except for this round-faced ghost who is willing to talk about them, the rest of the ghosts are reluctant to say it.

And these two ghosts are not both bad things.

This place is very close to the border, more than ten years ago, the Saibei people went south, and even once crossed Yanzhou, entered Hezhou, and hit the gate of Beifeng Pass, the people who died here are not only Dayan people, not only Dayan people are qualified to change into ghosts, both sides are enemies before death, and after death, they are under the urging of obsession, and naturally do not deal with them.

The ghosts of Turtle City can't tolerate them.

In addition, in the past two years, the eighteen departments of the Saibei grassland have used troops to the south again, and I heard that there are demons and ghosts involved. In the past, there were often little demons and imps who crossed the border and went all the way south, as if they wanted to go to the snowfield, and many of them were stopped when they passed through the vicinity of this turtle city.

It's complicated to say.

"Mr. ......"

The ghost in armor looked at Song You and said worriedly, "Yuan'an City is just ahead." ”

"Okay."

Song You almost knew what they meant.

This turtle city really doesn't need anyone to lead the way, just on this grassland, you can walk along the Great Wall, so you can see, there is indeed no gate, anyone can enter. I think these ghosts heard about their deeds of subduing demons and eliminating demons in Heyuan, and they were afraid and admired, so they brought themselves here, but even if they said that they were just here to increase their knowledge, they still inevitably had some conflicts with the ghosts in the city, and they were afraid that other ghosts would have opinions on them and think they were traitors or something.

"Everyone, bring it here, since there is no door here, it is a deserted official land, just go in by yourself."

"Then Mr. Benyi."

The ghost in armor said with his hand.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard this man shout:

"Please wait a minute."

"What else does the gentleman command?"

But I saw this person staring at him intently: "Listening to the general's accent, he looks like a native of Yizhou, looking at the general's appearance, he is a little familiar, I don't know where he lived before his death?" Gao's surname? ”

This ghost should be dressed like a school captain.

"Mr. Hui, the youngest lived in Yidu before his death, and his surname was Tang Ming'an." The lieutenant replied.

"Tang An ......"

Song You was already smiling.

Memories seem to be evoked.

"Yes."

The captain ghost didn't know why he was for a while.

"The general doesn't know." Song You said to him, "Before going down the mountain, I practiced in Lingquan County, Yizhou, and the first stop on the mountain was Yidu. ”

"That'...... That's fate......"

The lieutenant remembered what he said, "some familiarity", and suddenly felt a feeling similar to the tightness of his heart when he was alive.

If you don't have to breathe, you need to breathe.

"The general has a younger brother?"

"My brother's name is Tang Zhong!"

"The general looks a lot like him."

"That's what everyone said since I was a kid!" The lieutenant's tone changed slightly, "Sir...... Mr. has met my brother in Yidu? ”

"Yes."

"Is my brother okay?"

"It's been five years since I left Yidu, and it was pretty good at that time."

Song You thought of the middle-aged man in Yidu, and also remembered the woman's remnant soul obsession.

The remnant soul often sings and dances in the courtyard, and the song is sad and dancing, looking forward to the return of her husband in this way, which is Song You's deepest memory in Yidu.

And although Tang Zhong really wanted to use Song You's hand to get rid of the remnant soul obsession left by his sister-in-law, and then take his brother-in-law's courtyard into his own, but Song You didn't do what he wanted, and in the end he seemed to give up.

As for this man......

Human nature is complex, there are thousands of faces, and the world is also complicated, Song You doesn't want to comment too much.

"It's okay, it's okay."

The lieutenant muttered to himself, as if he had lost his soul.

Then he heard the preacher say to him,

"The general still has a lady?"

"Sir! Sir has also seen my lady? How is she? How have you been doing all these years? Has the news of my death been reported? I was promoted to Captain Yi before I died, did they get a pension? ”

"There were too many people who died back then, and there seems to be no news coming back." Song You shook his head and said, "But although there is no news, Ling Zheng has been waiting for you to go back at home." ”

She ...... She hasn't remarried yet? ”

"Nope."

"She's still waiting for me?"

"Waiting." Song You said, "Wait stupidly." ”

“……”

The captain in armor was stunned for a moment.

If it weren't for the ghosts without tears, they would have been full of tears.

(End of chapter)