Chapter 18: Chapter 4: Burning Clouds

That night, Qi Guanyan warmly invited Kong Fang, first, to thank him for saving his life, and secondly, to clarify the things ordered by the emperor, divide their labor, and clarify their responsibilities. After a few pleasantries, the two decided to split up. One route was led by Qi Guanyan to organize and hold a title ceremony, and the birthday of the Queen Mother could not be delayed, and it must be implemented together. One route was led by Kong Fang to find out the list of the victims, sympathize with their families and other affairs, and then return to their homes to rest.

Early the next morning, Kong Fang's messenger informed the steward to order 500 cavalry, 1,000 infantry, 1,500 forbidden troops, and 50 carts of atractylodes, soaphorn, wormwood, sesame oil, and vinegar, and stationed them in Phoenix Mountain. When the army marched out of the city, it was already the middle of the day.

The army went about fifteen miles west of the imperial city, and there was a faint smell of rancid smell in the air. Kong Fang suddenly said, "Not good!" As soon as the words fell, a group of villagers stumbled out of the roadside.

"Bold!" the steward was wondering the reason for Kong Fang's exclamation, when he suddenly saw the people jumping out of the roadside and said angrily, "Where is the mountain village from there to scare Mr. Kong?"

"Don't be angry, General. Kong Fangyan dismounted, and turned to the sallow and trembling villagers and asked, "When will you panic?"

"That, that, that......" An elderly villager stretched his arm behind him, pointing in the direction of Phoenix Mountain, speechless in panic.

"Don't panic, old man, I'm a messenger sent by the emperor, just tell me if you have anything. After Kong Fangyan finished speaking, he took out the face saint gold medal from his arms.

"It turned out to be Chincha-sama. The elderly villager froze and bowed down, and the villagers behind him fell to their knees.

"The old man got up quickly and spoke. Kong Fang stepped forward to help the elderly villager.

"Lord Qincha," the elder villager said, standing up, "I am the village chief of Phoenix Village at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and these are the villagers of Phoenix Village. ”

"If that's the case, why are you running here in a panic?" Kong Fang asked.

"At dawn today, the descendants of the village went up the mountain to chop firewood as before, but they went into the mountain to find and find ......" The eyes of the village chief of Fenghuang Village were full of horror, and he couldn't speak with his mouth open.

"There's a monster in the mountains!" shouted Ichigosheng

"Yes, yes, we must have done something wrong, angered the mountain god, and released monsters to punish us!" the villagers said.

"There are monsters in the mountains!" Kong Fang said after a little thought, looking at the panicked villagers in front of him.

"Huh?" the villagers were shocked, and after a while, a whimper came from the crowd, and they instantly burst into tears.

"Folks, don't panic!" Kong Fang shouted loudly, "I am the immortal Dao sent by the emperor to capture the monsters! This is the leader of the forbidden army, the general of Wuwei, and the master of Guan! I was sent by the emperor to protect you!"

The villagers gradually stopped crying, and the mountain shouted long live.

"Don't be afraid, blind dates, go back with me now and see how I catch the monster!" Kong Fang said.

"No, we won't go back, we can't go back!" cried one of the juniors, and the crowd stirred. Seeing this, the steward wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by Kong Fang. Kong Fang said loudly: "Today you will live with the army, and I will be with you!"

Hearing what Kong Fang said, the villagers stopped crying and looked at Kong Fang with blank eyes. Kong Fang said again: "Although I have the ability to catch monsters, I am not from Phoenix Village, and I am not familiar with Phoenix Mountain, so this monster is not easy to catch." If you want to catch the monster as soon as possible, you have to bother you!"

"What Lord Qincha said is very true," said the steward, "The emperor sent Mr. Kong to help you catch demons, and you should assist!"

"The two adults have a point," said the head of Phoenix Village, "but the villagers are too panicked and don't dare to go back." ”

"Old man," Kong Fang said, "The army is stationed in Phoenix Village, so it's hard for the old man to believe in the old man?"

"Don't dare!" The village chief of Phoenix Village immediately turned to the villagers and said, "Everyone go back, now there is a forbidden army to protect everyone, and there is also the immortal road sent by the emperor, forgive that monster and don't feel that the village is coming!"

Subsequently, Kong Fang ordered Guan Fu to order his cavalry to be the vanguard, and behind the infantry palace, the army protected the villagers and marched to Phoenix Mountain. On the way, Kong Fang whispered to the steward: "I blame the old man for his negligence, last night when the Qisheng sent a forbidden army to block Phoenix Mountain." ”

"How can we blame Mr. Kong? The incident happened suddenly, the situation is critical, and we are not three heads and six arms. The steward said.

"After entering Phoenix Village and settling down the army, please ask General Guan to arrange another manpower, and don't let the villagers get away with it!" Kong Fangdao.

"Old Kong," the butler looked puzzled, "but why?"

"Such a catastrophe, the villagers are puzzled, if the rumors go away, rumors will spread, which is not good for the country and the people, and it will be a negative emperor!" Kong Fang said.

"What Mr. Kong said is extremely true!" Guan Fu finished speaking, and secretly admired in his heart.

The army arrived at Phoenix Village and settled down. Post a notice that no one is allowed to leave the village without permission, and leave a group of soldiers to live at the intersection of the village and the village. Kong Fang and the steward led a large group of people, with sesame oil paper stuffed in their noses, ginger in their mouths, and incense burners burning with atractylodes and soaphorns, and entered Phoenix Mountain from the east entrance of the village.

When he arrived at the mountain gate, Kong Fang ordered the steward to order a team of men and horses to stay, and ordered him to sweep the giant wolf corpses here, attach them to Atractylodes and soaphorn and set them on fire, and then scrub the ground with bad vinegar. After the order was properly ordered, Kong Fang and the steward led the rest of the troops through the welcome platform and came to the hot spring pool.

"Kong Lao, how can this, how can this be counted?" the steward looked at the stump and broken arm in the hot spring pool, and the urn sounded the urn airway.

"Hey, I had to pick them out and bury them together. Kong Fang sighed. So the soldiers dug a big pit on the west side of the welcome platform, hooked out the stump fragments in the hot spring soup pool with guns and halberds and threw them into the big pit, poured through the bad vinegar, shoveled soil and buried them.

When the wolf corpse was burned clean, the blood stains on the ground were washed away by the bad vinegar, and the sky was already dark. Kong Fang stood on the welcome platform, looking at the Phoenix Mountain through the night, there was no trace of birds and beasts, Yixiangzhai built in the air in the middle of the mountain, rows of windows were like monsters with countless mouths, and the sound of splashing water from the waterfall falling into the deep pool was even more strange and gloomy.

"Kong Lao, the matter is basically over, it's dark, let's go back, come back tomorrow to check, so that we can restore the emperor's life!"

"Well," Kong Lao said, pointing to Yi Xiang Zhai, "the old man, the dog and his two friends' luggage are all there." ”

The next day, Kong Fang and the steward returned to Phoenix Mountain, and ordered the soldiers to burn a pile of wormwood every 100 steps, then splash the ground with bad vinegar, and take loess to pave the mat, and clean the bloody land carefully. Then, Kong Fang and the steward went to Yixiangzhai and entered the Jinsi Nanmu guest room. Kong Fang took his luggage and said to the man: "The old man will return to the city to resume his life, and I hope that General Guan will work hard and keep watch in this Phoenix Village for one night, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people." ”

"It's all up to Kong Lao's orders!" said the steward, and then sent two hundred cavalry to escort Kong Fang back to the city.