"Huh? Sir is not afraid? ”

"I'm never afraid of demons and ghosts."

"It seems that the gentleman is also a true man." Zhang Yushi said, with a smile on his face and a very personable face, "It's just that the monsters here are not so easy to deal with, and some of them are powerful, even if I and other court officials who have been walking here all year round, they have to avoid it." ”

"How so?"

"Looks like this is the first time you've been here?"

"For the first time in my life."

"What a guts, sir!"

Zhang Yushi couldn't help but smile, and then asked him which direction he came from and which way he was going, and only after confirming the same road did he say: "This official is a person who believes in the Tao, and it is not easy to meet a Taoist from Dayan here. ”

"I'm going to have to take a nap here."

"We also have a good rest and let the horses eat and graze."

"That's fine."

Song You smiled slightly and didn't refuse again.

The overseer and the general sat down under the tree, while two attendants and another young man of letters laid down the horses and led them to graze, and at the same time kept an eye on them, lest they enter the rape fields and eat their crops.

Song You also lay down with his back against the tree again, his eyes were half-squinted and half-open, in front of him was a leaf, and in his ears was Zhang Yushi's voice.

"This place is indeed pleasant, the scenery is good, the sun is good, the breeze is not dry, and it must be enjoyed by cultivators." Zhang Yushi said, "If there weren't so many monsters, it would be a good place." ”

"Isn't Goshi afraid of youkai?"

"It's just a monster, what's there to be afraid of? The imperial court sent me to wait out, and I was originally going to the sword mountain, the sea of fire, and the wild land, if I was afraid, I would not come. Zhang Yushi said calmly, "What's more, my envoy is to represent the entire Dayan, with a three-foot Qingfeng on his waist, and he has the mission of the imperial court, whether it is a monster or a fan, if he dares to make trouble, he will be splashed with blood for five steps." ”

There is a lot of momentum between the words.

Song You nodded.

The diplomats of this era are often both civil and military, eloquent, and courageous, and they are among the most elegant people of the era.

"Does Goshi often encounter youkai?"

"I've met some. Even if the monsters here are trying to harm people, there are very few who can directly capture and eat people, and they dare not blatantly harm people in broad daylight, most of them are transformed into adults, and use some lies to deceive people, if they don't deceive people into their traps or caves, they will make people go the wrong way, and they will not be able to reach their destination at night, wandering between the mountains. Zhang Yushi said, and couldn't help but show a hint of ridicule, "It's a pity that the monsters here are too stupid, whenever they turn into human form, coax Da Yan people, and speak Da Yan words, the accent is very strange, and it is not as good as these monkey birds, but they always love to change into the appearance of Da Yan people, which is really easy to see through at a glance." ”

As he spoke, everyone behind him laughed.

"Don't worry, sir, we must be human." Zhang Yushi was afraid that he would be afraid, so he smiled and comforted him, "In this place, even if it is a monster, it will not dare to change into an official of the Dayan Imperial Court." Otherwise, the 20,000 troops of Gucheng in front of them would come to search the mountain the next day. ”

"It's also a human being down there."

"I guess so. I've never seen a Taoist here, and those monsters can't change it. ”

Zhang Yushi said as he looked at the horse next to him that had no reins and no traces of letting go of the saddle on his back, as well as the three-flowered cat hiding behind the grass and quietly targeting him, thinking that this Taoist must have some ability, but he didn't know how much.

"Sir, have you ever heard about the expedition of the army of this dynasty?"

"I think so."

Song You frowned and showed a thoughtful look: "It seems to have been more than a hundred years ago. ”

"Exactly!" Zhang Yushi seemed very happy when he heard this, and then asked, "Does that gentleman know that Wang Shida broke the country at that time, but why didn't anyone return to the dynasty to receive the reward after that?" ”

"I don't know."

At this time, the cat jumped from behind the grass, the posture was very light, it was really like an ordinary cat, looked at its own Taoist priest suspiciously, and looked at the stranger who was talking to its own Taoist priest, and then walked tentatively, lying down beside the Taoist, with a little vigilance, and a little doubt, silent, very well-behaved.

The Taoist also reached out and stroked her back.

The cat's face slowly became swollen and enlarged, and the shape became funny, but she didn't notice it, and she didn't care.

"More than a hundred years ago, General Anxi presented rare treasures to the court, and the emperor liked it very much, but he remembered that since the Western Regions produced such treasures, why had the kingdoms never presented these treasures to the court for so many years? So he sent an envoy to the Western Regions to question the Zhufan Kingdom, and then he learned that the original Zhufan Kingdom had offered treasures to the imperial court every year, but they were all robbed by the troops sent by the State of Weilan. When the emperor heard this, he was furious, and immediately tried his best to dispel public opinion, regardless of the fact that the country was thousands of miles away from Changjing, and still sent troops to levy it. ”

Zhang Yushi paused as he spoke:

At that time, the army approached the state of Weilan, and the king of the country of Weilan was afraid of pleading guilty, handed over all the treasures he had plundered, and promised to pay tribute to the court every year, but the general who led the army not only did not agree, but connived at the soldiers to slaughter the entire capital of the country of Weilan, captured thousands of people, and triumphed with rare treasures.

But as he was leaving, a warlock told him that the general's actions were too brutal, and that there was a great demon on the way who loved to collect treasures, and that he might be killed on the way back.

The general didn't believe his words at all, and he also relied on himself to have a large number of generals, and the gods dared to kill when they came, and they were not afraid of any big demons at all.

"However, after walking for hundreds of miles, the sky suddenly changed, and the sky was full of dark clouds in an instant, and the wind was raging on all sides, and the snowflakes were as big as birds' wings, and the thunder was as thick as a water tank, and the storm rolled up the water in the lake and froze into icicles and broke at the waist, which lasted for half a day, and all 40,000 soldiers were frozen to death, until now, the bones are still turned into ice sculptures, standing in the mountains, and there is no rest."

When Zhang Yushi said the first half, he couldn't help but feel arrogant.

The territory of Dayan is really unprecedentedly wide, and it is difficult for the world to imagine how far the country of Weilan is from Dayan, which is a distance that the previous dynasties have never reached or even imagined, and if the subsequent dynasties fail to inherit the prestige and arrogance of Dayan, I am afraid that they will not be able to reach the country of Weilan. But Da Yan not only went on an expedition here because the monarch was angry, but even as soon as the army arrived, the country of Weilan went out of the city and surrendered.

Now the Weilan State has become a subject country of Dayan, and there are 3,000 people in the city.

But when it comes to the second half, I can't help but be helpless.

"It can't be here, right?"

Song You couldn't help but ask him after hearing this.

"It's not far off."

Zhang Yushi turned his head as he spoke, looked into the distance, stretched out his hand, and sighed: "It's behind that mountain." Originally, I wanted to go east, and I passed over there, but since then, neither the people of the Western Regions nor the people of Dayan have dared to pass from there, so they have forced themselves to take a new road. ”

Song You looked in the direction he was pointing.

It is the Tien Shan Mountains over there, and there is still snow in the summer.

The road he was about to go was leading in that direction, but after walking a short distance, he turned to the left, and there seemed to be another road, which led more accurately to the direction pointed by Zhang Yushi.

"That road has not been walked for more than a hundred years, sir, do you know why it is not covered with weeds?"

"Please give me advice."

"It's because there are too many monsters on the mountain, they all go down the mountain, they all take that road, and because the bones of the soldiers in the mountain are not cold, the souls can't rest in peace, and some turn into ghosts, and they often come down the mountain along that road."

"Didn't the imperial court send someone to bury him?"

"The DPRK sent two envoys to investigate, but when they got there, they were scared half to death and left in a hurry."

"I see."

Song You couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Yushi looked at him silently.

The cat shrank beside the Taoist, a cat's face had swollen into a nest, and she was extremely honest at this time, and she didn't want to catch bees at all.

"Since you have traveled the world, such wonders should be seen in the future." Song You said with half-squinted eyes.

"Do you have the guts, sir?"

"Let's get some sleep."

The long journey is really tiring, both the scenery and the sunshine here are lazy, Song You lay on the ground, there was no other thought in his heart, only squinted, and fell asleep.

As soon as I opened my eyes, it was mid-afternoon.

Zhang Yushi's two military attachés and subordinates were tying the carriage back to the horse, and seemed to be about to leave, when they saw that he had just woken up, they raised their eyebrows and hurriedly came over to make amends with him.

He said that it was because he saw that he was sleeping soundly, and he could not bear to wake him up, and he wanted to wake him up several times, but he was also frightened by his cat, but the sun was gradually moving westward, and the road ahead was still long, if they had not reached the front post house before dark, and the demons were rampant at night, then even they might be in danger, so they had to prepare to leave early.

Just when Song You woke up, he invited Song You to go with him.

Song You rubbed his eyes, and immediately got up.

It was still a carriage, two attendants on horseback, one more Taoist and an unrestrained jujube red horse, a three-flowered cat and a swallow in the sky, Zhang Yushi came down to walk side by side with the Taoist.

Slowly walked to the fork in the road ahead.

The two horseback attendants and the young officer who was driving the horses both slowed down imperceptibly.

The Taoist stopped.

The fork in the road is left and right, all in the 10,000 acres of golden rape fields, one is today's road, full of ruts, and the other is the old road a hundred years ago, most of them are demons and ghosts, and there are few ruts.

Song You smiled slightly, and turned his head to look at Zhang Yushi: "I like to see strange things in the next place, so I went this way." ”

When Zhang Yushi heard this, he was immediately stunned: "Sir, don't be joking!" It's dangerous over there! ”

"I'm never afraid of demons and ghosts."

Song You bowed his hand, or this sentence.

"That army also thought so back then, but the demons in the mountains are far from being able to compete with manpower." Zhang Yushi hurriedly persuaded, "Sir, let's go along the right path." ”

"I've made up my mind." Song You still looked at him after speaking, and asked again, "Do you want to go with Yushi?" ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Yushi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at him.

With a "that's it", Yushi waved his hand.

A swaying carriage, two military attachés, a Taoist and an official, a heavy jujube red horse and a cat, slowly walked towards the ancient road on the right.

The mountains are close at hand, and the sunset is already golden.

(End of chapter)