"But just a few words, where can we talk about kindness and repayment? If you can continue to maintain peace after death, you should thank you for the people, and if you can really use this to prove the way of the Yin God, it should also be your hard work, and it has nothing to do with the following. Song You smiled and stood up, "Let's go and visit this Yuan'an City in the next place." ”

"The little one leads the immortals!"

The ghosts followed and introduced him.

After a careful tour of the city, they dispersed, and at this time, Song You and the cat and horse had returned to their original positions, which was where the original city guards lived, and Song You was going to spend the night here tonight.

At this time, there was still a ghost left beside him, and it was Tang An.

Song You happened to ask him: "I heard the general say before, the reason why the Saibei people came to attack again this time is because of the participation of demons and ghosts?" ”

"I heard from the people who sent letters to and from the border and Caotou Pass that there were demons and ghosts in the military tents of the Saibei people." Tang An replied truthfully, "I don't know where they found the demons and ghosts, and they are willing to help people fight, if it weren't for this, I'm afraid the people of Saibei wouldn't dare to go south." ”

"Isn't it amazing? Those demons. ”

"It's not very clear below, but according to the tone of the messenger, it must not be as good as those demon kings." Tang An said, "After all, demons and ghosts are different from people, there are many people in the army, although they are bold, but it is also troublesome to meet demons and ghosts with strange ways and means, I heard that before General Chen returned to the north to sit in the town, the border army was made panicked by those demons, and after General Chen went, he settled down." ”

"I see."

Song You frowned.

Tang An looked at him quietly.

"Mr. ......"

"General, don't worry." Song You's brows suddenly relaxed, and he also smiled, knowing what he meant, and he didn't hesitate, "I can give the general a wisp of spiritual power so that the general can walk back to Yidu." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand, and there was a streamer in the palm of his hand.

Tang An looked down at this streamer, his eyes reflected its luster, and hurriedly arched his hand:

"Thank you, sir!"

"You and I are half old people, so you don't need to be polite."

As soon as Song You raised his hand, the streamer flew up and sank into his body.

Tang An suddenly felt a thrill all over his body, and the ghost body seemed to have a burst of luster, which dissipated after a few breaths.

"Although I know that the general is resolute and fearless, I also have to remind the general that there are thousands of miles to go to Yizhou, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, there are both evil demons and evil ghosts on the road, as well as people who eliminate demons and ghosts, as well as palaces and temples and roadside gods, and dogs who love to bark at ghosts, especially in the middle of Hezhou, whether there are demons or folk masters in Hezhou." Song You reminded him, "If you meet a master, the general can tell them truthfully, and he is helping the general to return to Yizhou and ask them to raise their noble hands." After Hezhou, it should be much more peaceful. Please don't go into the city, if you encounter temples on the way, it's best to avoid them. As for the dogs keeping vigil in the villages along the way, although the general's road is not deep, it is really not shallow, and there is nothing to be afraid of. ”

"Mr. Daen, it is unforgettable!"

"Say it again, under the surname Song Mingyou, a native of Lingquan County, Yizhou, if you can still meet Ling Zheng, Brother Ling, and Luo Zhutou on the other side after you go back, please say hello to them for me."

"Keep in mind!"

Tang An paused as he spoke, but then asked: "But even if I return to Yidu and see my insider, I will be separated by yin and yang, and I will still have to find a place to live in the future, but I want to ask Mr. again, whether you can go to the ghost town of the underworld in Fengzhou." ”

Song You listened with some emotion.

But it's not that yin and yang are separated......

However, regardless of whether yin or yang is separated, when he returns to Yidu, he really has to find a place to live.

So he thought for a moment before he said to him, "Didn't the old acquaintances of the generals and captains in the northern army advise you not to go?" ”

"That's true, but I boast that I have been honest all my life, except for some small mistakes when I was ignorant as a teenager, and I haven't done anything wrong, can't I go?"

“……”

Song You looked at him for a moment, and still said: "I haven't been to Fengzhou in Xia, but I don't know the situation over there, but after all, it's not a trivial matter, and I have to persuade the general to be cautious." ”

Tang An also looked at him, and only gave up after a while:

"Understood."

"The general walks slowly."

"Farewell, sir!"

Tang An made a big salute, turned around and walked away quickly.

Song You watched him until he couldn't see it, then he withdrew his gaze, and with the help of the lantern raised by Sanhua Niangniang, he began to take out the quilt mat and spread it out on the spot.

It is a good thing to repay the favor of others. The old thing I met in Yidu five years ago can be concluded here, which can be regarded as a good end.

Even if that's all there is, it's worth it.

May you have a smooth journey to your hometown.

"Alas......"

Song You lay down and closed his eyes.

Sanhua Niangniang found a place to hang the lantern, and as he sighed, she also turned into a cat and lay down on the wool felt.

……

The morning sun shone straight down the door.

Song You came to his senses and opened his eyes.

I saw the blue sky at a glance.

Last night, I slept in the room with a tiled roof to protect the moon and the door to block the wind, and although there was nothing else in the house, it was just simple. Now when I woke up, there were only four loess walls left, and even the rammed walls of the loess were somewhat damaged, and all the beams, pillars, tables and chairs had disappeared, except for a lantern inserted into the cracks of the earthen wall.

Where is the roof in front of me?

Even the birds flying in the sky can be seen clearly.

Fortunately, there was no wind in the morning, but the morning light really shone on the face, awakening the Taoist.

Jujube Red Horse stood quietly aside.

It's also warm around the waist.

Lifting the blanket and looking down, the three-flowered cat was leaning on his waist, lying on his back to expose his belly.

She's comfortable.

Sensing the light, Sanhua Mao hummed and covered her eyes with one paw.

“……”

Song You put the blanket back, wiped his face, and stood up carefully.

Put on your shoes and go outside.

Outside, there's a spacious open space.

It seems to have been a courtyard.

Outside the courtyard are broken walls and ruins everywhere, a deserted scene, weeds have grown on the road by the wall, and no one has cleaned it up, only a series of footprints stepped on by the Taoist and the jujube red horse last night are also very blurred. The complete military fortress seen at night never seemed to exist.

This is undoubtedly a loess world in the spring grassland.

Both on the floor and on the walls, they are all yellow.

In addition to the devastation, there is also a touch of desolation.

The three-flowered cat in the house felt his departure, and only turned over, and continued to sleep, but it didn't take long to close his eyes, and he was not at ease, so he stretched his head out of the blanket, squinted at him, and a small face was clearly visible Tangled, and after a while, a result was entangled.

So he stepped out of the blanket and followed.

One man and one cat went around the city again.

Last night was night after all, and I couldn't see it clearly.

Even if you can see it clearly, it is different from this time.

Now take a circle, you can see the design of Yuan'an City more clearly, and even a person and a cat have walked on the city wall, on the city wall that is wide enough to run horses, and walked around the entire Yuan'an City.

The city built in the previous dynasty was abandoned more than ten years ago, but at this time there is a sense of historical desolation.

Compared to last night, it has a different flavor.

Sanhua Niangniang didn't ask him where he was going or what he was going to do, but kept a short distance from him. But she was very active and curious, always looking here and there, running around, as if she was concentrating on her own business, completely out of his business or not caring at all about what he did, but no matter what, she always kept a short distance from him.

The city tower and the arrow tower are still preserved.

Even standing on the edge of the city wall and looking into the distance, you can see the continuous beacon tower.

There are also traces of damage from the cluster of arrows on the wall.

Last night was the city as it was.

This is what the city is now.

This may be the case for a long time to come.

I just don't know how many years I can stay.

Song You hopes that it can last forever, and it is best to keep it until a few hundred years later, so that where he and Sanhua Niangniang have walked now, there will be many descendants to come and walk again.

“……”

Song You stopped and looked around.

Then he raised his hand and spread his palm.

"...... Grace"

More than a dozen streamers flew out of his hands and landed on the edge of this Yuan'an City, half of which was used to restore the vitality of the surrounding land, and half was used to seal the yin qi and ghost qi in the city.

From then on, as long as the ghosts in this city do not go out to cause trouble, they will not affect the surrounding land.

It's just that I have to keep another hand.

Song You found a piece of wood inserted in the city wall on the top of the urn city, it seems that there was originally a building here, stretched out his hand and gently broke the wood, then broke off a piece, put it in the palm of his hand and rubbed it, only to see the sawdust falling one after another, and when he opened the palm of his hand, the wood inside had become a rough token shape.

"Gone."

Song You said to Sanhua Niangniang.

With that, he turned and walked down the wall.

The three-flowered cat still stood on the battlement in the city wall, looking at the distant world with a pair of amber eyes, not knowing what she was thinking, as if she had not heard the words of the Taoist at all, until a moment later she turned and jumped down from the battlement, trotting to catch up with the Taoist.

"Shall we go?"

"Gone."

"Don't you have more fun?"

"Are there a lot of rats here?"

"A lot."

"There are also many rabbits on the grassland, and rabbits can be sold for money."

"yes......"

Returning to the overnight place, packing up the things, one person, one cat and one horse continued to walk out of the city cave, and bowed a handful of water in the pond outside the city to wash their faces, turned around and cast a spell, gathered soil into a wall, and raised a loess wall about four feet high in front of the city gate, and then left this turtle city.

When I looked back, the earth city was already very small.

Song You roughly knew what the national teacher was going to do by keeping this turtle city and gathering the ghost soldiers and ghost generals here.

The underworld will be completed.

Naturally, there will be ghost soldiers in the underworld.

However, inexplicably, Song You felt that maybe he and them would have a goodbye day.

It is also possible that there is not, or when you travel around and return to Fulongguan in Yinyang Mountain to retire, many years later, you will hear that there are heroic souls in this Yanzhou grassland through some channel, which is quite effective, or which of them has become a god with outstanding virtue and ability, and how many grass gods and miscellaneous gods under his subordinates are more or less, so it can be regarded as another kind of meeting.

(End of chapter)