There are two land temples in Maotan Village, one is at the end of the village, there is a two-trip small house, there are clay sculptures of the Eight Classics in it, although it is not exquisite, but there are also tables with incense tributes, and there should be no less.

The second land temple is in this cemetery area, which is just a small earthen house half a person high, so that the land inside will not be exposed to wind and rain.

However, the land lord is not very stationed in the village, but often stays in the small temple in this cemetery area, also to facilitate the sighting of the ghosts here.

The land lord sighed here, he has been guarding Maotan Village for seventy or eighty years, although the original body is a spirit, and it is not a ghost or god who becomes an ordinary person after death, but he still has some feelings for this village, and at present, from old to young in the village, almost everyone is raised by him.

In particular, the people of this village are not bad, and being able to establish a righteous mound in such a not peaceful year is enough to show this, so when this kind of thing happens, the land lord still wants to take care of it within his ability.

It's just that he is only a small piece of land, and his jurisdiction is only a little around Maotan Village, and the leyline disorder has also affected this place some time ago, which makes the land lord in a period of mental weakness at this time, and it seems that there is no injury, but in fact, he can only use seventy percent of his ability.

"Hey......"

The land lord sighed again, this kind of disaster came too suddenly, even if Tuomeng told the villagers to let them flee now, it was too late, besides, this kind of world, leaving Maotan Village, where they lived, the whole village was afraid that they would eventually become bones on the side of the road in another country, and at that time, I am afraid that there would be no one else to collect and bury their bodies, and there would be no righteous grave for them to rest in.

When the land lord was secretly hurting himself, the ghost fire in the righteous mound suddenly became vigorous, which also made the land lord feel terrified, and he hurriedly put on a majestic appearance to look at the cemetery.

"In such a world, it is fortunate that there is a place to rest, why are you restless?"

As he spoke, the land man's cane gently slammed into the ground.

"Knock ......"

An indelible magic light dissipated, and all the graves sank slightly, and the restless ghost fire immediately weakened like the unpaid fire.

However, the situation did not develop in the direction of the land public's imagination, and he found that there were faint ghosts floating not far away.

'Oops, could it be that the ghosts here are also affected by the source of the plague ghosts, and they are going to become a scourge?'

The land lord was alert in his heart, but his outward appearance was to look at the ghost without changing his face, and by the way, he even jumped to the small earthen temple, so that his height could barely be equal to the ghost.

It didn't take long for the ghosts to become clear, with about a dozen ghosts at the forefront, and hovering at the edge of the grave at the back, unable to see how many there were.

The leader was actually a newly buried ghost in armor, which reminded the land prince of the two new corpses that Liao Daqiu and the villagers had buried together during the previous day.

At that time, the land lord didn't pay attention, but at this moment, it seems that there is still a difference between the armor of the two buried people, and one of them has a heart guard on his armor, which should be more advanced.

"I'll wait to meet the Lord of the Land!"

Although the person is dead, the habit is still the habit of the military, the two ghosts newly buried today knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists to salute, and the other ghosts also subconsciously followed the salute when they saw this.

'Looks like I'm thinking too much!'

The land lord breathed a sigh of relief and said indifferently.

"What's the matter?

The leading armor raised his head and looked at the land lord, he had never seen ghosts and gods in his life, although he had also encountered some evil things, but the first time he had seen a well-known god like the earth lord, he was really short in stature.

"Dare to ask Lord Land, what is the plague ghost you kept talking about just now?"

In the slightly panicked attitude of the land lord before, some keen ghosts sensed that it must be a big deal, and the land lord sighed frequently and looked at Maotan Village, a worried mood was self-evident.

The land lord looked at these ghosts solemnly.

"What are you asking for?"

The ghost of the armor looked at the land lord, and before he could speak, the land lord could vaguely read some kind of answer from his eyes.

......

Maotan Village is very quiet at night, and despite doing physical work during the day, Liao Daqiu can't sleep on his side.

"Hey, the child, the ...... the kid"

After calling twice, he could only hear the faint snoring of the woman next to him, so Liao Daqiu stopped talking and sat up carefully from the bed, stuffing the quilt in the process to prevent the cold air from rushing into the quilt.

Liao Daqiu, who felt that his mouth was dry, put on a coat, carefully left the bed, and dragged his shoes to pour some water to drink.

When he walked to the outhouse, he was not in a hurry to pour water, but walked through the hall and lifted the curtain of the child's room, and was relieved to see his son sleeping soundly.

Although Liao Daqiu is not young, there is only such a child who is only five years old in the family.

This is not because the husband and wife of the old Liao family are not good, in fact, Xiao Liao has a brother on top of him, and he should be almost thirty years old now, he should be the age to start a family, but now there is no news.

The world is not peaceful, the eldest son of Lao Liao was conscripted by the army, this walk is nine years of no news, there is the same batch of young men in the county who were conscripted to be soldiers with the Liao family's son, and they ran back in the second year, it is said that many people died, and it is not clear where the soldiers of the same township are now.

Lao Liao and his wife have always believed that their son is still alive, although many times secretly wiped tears, but this hope has not been broken, looking forward to the eldest son one day to return from the armor, but in their hearts and lack of mouth, the second son is at the end of the third year after the eldest son left, miraculously conceived, it is considered to be an old child.

Liao Daqiu encouraged the villagers to build a righteous mound, not out of a kind of purpose of accumulating virtue and doing good, hoping that God would let the eldest son return to this task.

In other words, there is also a trace of the most helpless thought, if the eldest son encounters misfortune outside, he also hopes that someone can collect his body and make him in the ground.

Every time he saw his youngest son at night, Liao Daqiu would recall in a trance how his eldest son was asleep when he was a child, thinking like this, the sleeping youngest son really became the eldest son in his eyes, and he was the eldest son when he was a child.

Lao Liao was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes and looked again, the youngest son was still on the bed.

"Hey......"

Sighing, Lao Liao withdrew from his youngest son's room, returned to the outhouse, lifted the upside-down tea bowl, lifted the kettle on the table and poured water for himself, but before the water was full, he felt that there seemed to be some light outside the house, which made Lao Liao very strange.

But he looked outside and didn't care, continued to pour water, and then picked up the teabowl and drank water, drinking several bowls in a row, and even the teapot was empty but still felt thirsty.

'Am I sick?'

Liao Daqiu thought so distraughtly, and the light on the wooden window analysis became more and more obstructive.

Finally, Lao Liao walked to the window, pulled out the wooden pin, pushed the window open, and found that there was a dark green outside, and when I looked closely, there were many "people" standing in the black outside the house, everyone lowered their heads, and their faces were black and couldn't see clearly, and the dark green fluorescence around them.

"What the hell!"

Lao Liao was so frightened that he screamed, and the person also collapsed to the ground, allowing the wooden window panel to "click" and smash on the window frame.

"The child is his mother, the child is his mother, there are ghosts, there are ghosts, you get up quickly......"

Liao Daqiu screamed in fright, but there was no movement in the inner room, and when he was panicking, there was a voice outside.

"Eun Gong, please don't be afraid!"

The voice was clear, calm and deep, without the gloomy feeling of the imaginary ghost, which made Lao Liao temporarily stop his voice.

"Engong, we are all the people who have been buried by you and the villagers over the years, Engong has a great kindness to us, we will definitely not harm you, nor will we harm the people of Maotan Village. ”

Hearing this voice, Liao Daqiu also calmed down a little, thinking that he would build a righteous mound and help others enter the earth for peace, and he had indeed helped others, so he shouldn't hurt himself, right?

"Can Eun Gong open the door and see you?"

As soon as these words came, Liao Daqiu hesitated again, waited for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, slowly walked towards the door, struggled for a while, and finally pulled out the door pin and opened the door.

There were many ghosts standing in the courtyard, and Liao Daqiu couldn't count them for a while.

"So I've been buried so much over the years......

Seeing Liao Daqiu open the door, the ghosts outside actually knelt down one after another, seeing so many ghosts kneeling, Liao Daqiu forgot what it was to be afraid, subconsciously boasted out of the door and raised his hand to stop.

"Hey, I can't help it! Everyone, please get up, please get up!"

The ghosts knelt for a while before they got up, and then Liao Daqiu saw clearly that at the front were the two newly buried soldiers, one of whom stepped forward slightly and said to Liao Daqiu sincerely.

"Engong, the local area is about to face a catastrophe, and there is a kind of ghost breeding, I heard that it is called a plague ghost, which will spread plague and harm people's lives. ”

"Ah, there are rumors in the county that there is a plague in the countryside, is it because of this plague?

Liao Daqiu became nervous, although it is often said that ghosts are not credible, but he is willing to believe these ghosts.

"Engong, Maotan Village is in the location of the way where the plague ghosts are raging, I am waiting to come this time, not for anything else, I just want to repay the kindness, we have decided to fight to the death with the plague ghosts at the moment of arrival, hoping to keep Engong and the people of Maotan Village safe!"

Although only this one ghost was talking, all the other ghosts looked at Liao Daqiu, and their faces were dark and oppressive, but they were surprisingly convinced by Liao Daqiu.

"This ......"

"Engong, we have discussed with the land lord, there is still some time, I hope Engong can find an excellent papermaker to make a few battle flags for us, one hundred and fifty weapons, the battle flag must have the left, middle and right of the handsome flag and the front and rear formation flags, the blade needs fifty shields, fifty swords, fifty spears, fifty bows and arrows, and the more arrows, the better!"

Liao Daqiu hurriedly wrote it down, and silently repeated it several times, and only after confirming that he would not forget it, did he look up at the ghosts again.

"Uh, any other requirements?"

Hearing this, the ghosts of the amusement rope sounded, and then it fell silent, and it was the leading armorer who spoke.

"If you could...... I hope to sacrifice another full meal......"

(End of chapter)