Along the way, the city was full of murderous atmosphere.

The soldiers seen on the roadside often come and go in groups, and some people often sharpen their swords and guns at the entrance of the barracks, and there are often people pulling carts and carrying full of military supplies to and fro in the streets and alleys.

It can be seen that the big war is already in sight.

Think about it, too-

Although Saibei is strong, but General Chen has never been afraid of them, and Dayan is at the peak of integrity, regardless of military strength and national strength are at their peak, Saibei went south for the second time, the reason why General Chen is mainly defending, is just because there are demons in the Saibei army to help, and now the demons are eliminated, Saibei is the time when the people are panicked and the military heart is turbulent, and General Chen will not miss such a good opportunity.

"Here we are."

Zhang Junshi stopped at the gate of a compound.

The courtyard door was open, and Song You went in with him.

It is not as elaborate as the ordinary city houses, but the conditions are much better than the field camps. Stepping into the courtyard gate, there is a small open space inside, there are pear trees and vegetables planted, and the whole courtyard is surrounded by loess tile houses on the left and right sides, one by one, I heard that it is one per person, and there is a special room used as a hall, which is also much better than the ordinary soldiers.

There are people coming and going in the courtyard, and there are people drying clothes.

"Mr. Jiang."

Zhang Junshi grabbed Mr. Jiang, who looked the most leisurely: "I don't know if Mr. Qiao is here?" ”

"In the house."

"Thank you."

Zhang Junshi led Song You over.

Knock on the door, and soon someone will open it.

Mr. Qiao is a tall and thin middle-aged man, listening to Zhang Junshi, he can draw several kinds of talismans, some of which are worn on the body to avoid yin and evil, some of which are boiled with water to avoid illness, and some of which can be smeared on the sword to kill imps, but he is also a very needed folk master in the army. Mr. Qiao's original home is in Yuezhou, and later he had no choice but to join the army, and I heard that he knew a lot about Yuezhou.

It's just that Mr. Qiao was stunned when he saw Song You.

"What are you doing? Scared by Mr. Song? Zhang Junshi looked at him with a smile, "Mr. Song went down the mountain to wander the mortal world, and the next place is going to Yuezhou, I want to ask about Yuezhou, thinking that you are from Yuezhou, although I Zhang also know some, but after all, I don't know as well as you, so I took Mr. Song to find you." ”

"Oooh......"

Only then did Mr. Qiao react.

Song You glanced at his expression, looked past him, glanced into the house, and saw that although the room was not big, there were many paintings hanging on the wall, and most of the contents of the paintings were scenes of military slaughter.

The painting can also be called a good sentence.

It's just that in these years, although there are often literati in the army, there is no shortage of people who like the way of Danqing, but there don't seem to be many military paintings that can be seen, and most of them are generals. This painting is mostly a big scene, either the two armies fought fiercely, or the corpses flowed into water like a mountain after the battle, or the army marched like a long dragon, or the camp tent stretched for dozens of miles, which is also a rare style on the market.

In front of the bed was a table with paint brushes and a half-painted painting.

The painting is the scene of yesterday.

Song You retracted his gaze and continued to look at Mr. Qiao.

"Mr. Song is a god master, how dare Qiao snub when he comes?" Mr. Qiao reacted, hurriedly walked out of the room, and closed the door, "It's time to make a pot of tea for Mr. Song." ”

"Want tea? That's going to have to call me. Jiang Da Belly grinned, and walked over after drying the clothes.

And the group went into the hall.

The strange people in the camp are all strange people on the rivers and lakes and some folk masters, each with their own abilities, but their abilities are not limited to those strange spells, often have other hobbies, many people even if they leave that strange ability, but also a wonderful person.

Jiang's big belly is the most laid-back.

As soon as his ability is ancestral, he has it in his mother's womb, no need to practice hard, it takes no effort to get it, the vicissitudes of the world produce wonderful people, and the leisurely and carefree people also produce wonderful people.

Second, although his ability is very good, he has to use it once in three days, unlike Xing Wu and Mr. Qiao, if General Chen wants to defend and attack, they have to work overtime to prepare for the alchemy talisman. Only a small number of people like Mr. Jiang can continue to stay in the barracks and wash and dry clothes in a hurry.

Mr. Jiang loves to drink tea on weekdays, and he also has a good tea art.

The conditions in the army are bitter, but whether it is General Chen or Zhang Junshi, they all take special care of them, who either voluntarily serve the country from Rong or come to follow and help, so in this Jiang potbelly barracks, there is a dragon regiment tribute tea that many nobles in Changjing also think are strange.

Jiang Da Belly seems to really treat Song You as a god to entertain.

Take good tea, carefully crush and sift it, and take good water to fry it, every step is exquisite, and it has achieved the ultimate that can be done in this military camp, even Zhang Junshi drank it and called it luxury.

"Today is the blessing of Mr. Song, this Jiang belly on weekdays will not entertain us like this." Zhang Junshi said.

"What does Mr. Song want to ask?"

"I just want to ask what famous mountains and rivers there are in Yuezhou, what are the unique customs and customs, what are the demons, and what are the miraculous, and it is good to go next to each other."

"Alas......"

Mr. Qiao sighed, but put down the teacup in his hand.

"How many people are left in Yuezhou now......"

"How?"

"The last time the Saibei people went south, I was still young, and the imperial court's defenses were in Yanzhou Hezhou, Yuezhou's defenses were sparse, and the Saibei people crossed the border, saying that ten rooms and nine empty rooms may be a bit exaggerated, but it is not much worse. However, after the defeat and retreat of the Saibei people, the demons are in chaos, and it is definitely not an exaggeration to say that there are ten rooms and nine empty rooms. Mr. Qiao couldn't help sighing, "Previously, there was a big demon king in the south of Yuezhou, who was called the White Bull King by the locals, and almost occupied half of Yuezhou, which was more terrible than the demon king of Night City and Heyuan, and raised the people in the territory as livestock, who would dare to stay there?" Even if there were people who survived the military plague and the plague and moved away early under the torture of demons, it was like this that I left my hometown to follow General Chen. ”

Song You's expression was calm when he heard this:

"And now?"

"It seems that not long after the beginning of spring this year, Zhang heard rumors that the white bull king in Yuezhou was also killed by the gods." Zhang Junshi said next to him, but Shenguang couldn't help but dim, "But now there are almost no people in the south of Yuezhou, the previous death is almost dead, and no one dares to move over in a short time, I'm afraid that only after a few years when the north stabilizes, the imperial court will pull people over to fill in." ”

"When I left, the south of Yuezhou, that is, the territory occupied by the White Bull King, was already very few people lived, and now I am afraid there are indeed few people." Mr. Qiao also said.

"It's the west of Yuezhou, next to Yanzhou, and there are still some people, and the spear gate is over there." Mr. Jiang said, "The spearmen are all good men. ”

"But apart from the spear gate, there aren't many people left." Zhang Junshi said again.

“……”

Song You couldn't help but be a little silent.

There are not many people left in a state, and it seems that no matter when there is a military disaster, it has this power, and the big demon is also a common thing in troubled times, but it still can't help but make people feel frightened.

Fortunately, the gods of the Heavenly Palace still have the ability, and in the past few years, they have focused on suppressing the demons in the north, but they have really destroyed several great demon kings who have been accumulating strength for a long time and have taken advantage of this troubled world.

"If Mr. wants to go to the Spear Gate, Zhang can write a letter and go with the name of General Chen, and the Spear Gate will not dare to snub Mr." Zhang Junshi said.

"There are a few good scenery in Yuezhou, I like to paint when I was young, and I have been to a lot of places, such as Tianzhu Mountain, like the colorful pool, like the Yuelong Waterfall, when Yuezhou did not suffer from the military disaster in the past, there were also many literati and scholars who went to play idlely, I heard that Tianzhu Mountain, in the heyday of the past, could collect 100,000 taels of silver every year for 'mountain tax'."

The so-called mountain tax is equivalent to the ticket for this year.

In fact, there have been countless literati and scholars who are keen on mountains and rivers in all dynasties, and due to the developed economy of Dayan, some people with rich families sometimes go to the nearest place to travel, although life looks ordinary, as long as there is spare energy, there are also ordinary people who will try their best to make it shine.

As a result, the government surrounded the mountain to collect taxes.

There are those who do not collect taxes like Yunding Mountain, and there are also those who collect taxes like Tianzhu Mountain.

It's different everywhere.

Mr. Qiao saw that Song You was interested, so he talked to him in detail.

Including where these places are, how to go, which one is close to which one, all have to be with Song You.

Song You listened carefully and remembered.

Mr. Qiao quietly looked at him from time to time.

After writing it down one by one, Song Youcai asked again: "I heard that there is a green tung forest in the north of Yuezhou, and you can see a phoenix, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"I was about to tell my husband about the green tung forest." Mr. Qiao then said, "Yuezhou does have this legend. In the original Ning County, there is indeed such a green tung forest, the ancient green trees that grow there are thousands of years old, as high as clouds, the biggest fear is that dozens of people can't hug it, it is bigger than this room, just the branches that grow on the tree can leave. However, legend has it that the green tung tree can only be climbed by a phoenix, and it is unlucky for ordinary people to climb it, so no one dares to climb it, and no one dares to cut it down. ”

For a moment:

"I heard that every winter solstice and summer solstice, you may see a phoenix there, and some people have seen it. I have been there, but I have never seen a phoenix, and I don't know how to make paper from the bark of the tung tree, but I only know that the scenery there is beautiful, in addition to the miasma of clouds and mist, even if there is no phoenix and the supernatural, the scenery of the tung tree is also worth visiting. ”

"Zhang has also heard of it." Zhang Junshi said, "I heard that the summer solstice is the firebird, and the winter solstice is the ice bird, some say it is the phoenix, some say it is the Xuanniao, in short, it is the divine bird." Even if it's true, it's shouted by ordinary people who have seen it by chance, and who can tell what the god bird is really called. ”

"Reasonable."

Song You nodded and said.

"Zhang has heard a saying." Zhang Junshi said, "Some people say that this divine bird flies over and will take away the souls of the dead in the world, and some people say that if there are great sages and virtuous people on the ground, the divine bird will come, otherwise even if it is the winter solstice and summer solstice, it will not be seen." ”

"That's ......"

Song You looked thoughtful.

"Sir is going?"

"Naturally, I'm going."

"It's summer now, and it's not long before the summer solstice, Mr. should be able to catch up with the ...... at this time" Zhang Junshi paused for a moment and quietly looked at Song You, "If Mr. still wants to stay in the army for a long time, and see more of the different scenery in this army, you can wait until the winter solstice, which is a matter of a few months." ”

Saying that, Zhang Junshi immediately added: "Although the demons in the Northern Saibei Army are removed, it may not be said that there are still hidden, or there are still in other armies. ”

Song You couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard this.

(End of chapter)