Xie Toad has superb skills, and he casually walked around the township and solved many problems for the villagers.

Some people do encounter tricks but don't have big tricks, for example, someone said that their son was hooked by a ghost, but he went to see that he was only fascinated by the little demon, so a Shangqing shock talisman was pasted on, and people immediately sobered up a lot.

But more things encountered by people are psychological, Xie Toad went to write a tranquilizing talisman, town house talisman and the like to paste it on them, and then the villagers happily said that their homes were different all of a sudden......

After a turn in the township, Xie Toad came to Wang Qilin refreshed, and after meeting, he sang: "Immeasurable Tianzun!"

Wang Qilin waved his hand angrily and said, "You are quite deep in the play, do you really think you are a master?"

Xie Toad picked his ass and said angrily: "Poor Dao is originally a master of Dao!"

Shen Yi wanted to come up and laugh at him with a malicious smile, Xie Toad casually wiped it on his monk's robe and asked Wang Qilin, "Seventh Master, how is your news?"

Wang Qilin repeated Lao Liutou's words, and Xie Toad reacted the same as him after hearing this: "Are these two thousand upside-down soldiers a well-deserved death? What do they mean? Commit suicide? Neck to be killed?"

"Who knows? Let him say it carefully, he will kill himself, saying that the secret of the upside-down army is more important than his own life. Wang Qilin was helpless, "What is the secret of this upside-down army? If they are not wronged, then why should the Heavenly Prison suppress these two thousand heroic souls?"

Xie Toad's eyes shrank: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, it's very simple, it's not because they have grievances in their hearts to suppress the Hanging Army Heroic Soul!"

Wang Qilin asked: "Do you mean that the two thousand heroic souls of the upside-down army were not formed by unwillingness after being slaughtered, but that they took the initiative or someone deceived them and made them willingly become heroic souls?"

This is the conclusion he came to after analyzing Lao Liutou's words.

But he felt that this conclusion was unreasonable, if the two thousand upside-down hanging troops committed suicide, then why did they stay in the Shangyuan Mansion and not enter the Underground Mansion after they died?

Xie Toad said softly: "It should be like this." ”

Wang Qilin said: "Then the question is, who can do this? What is the purpose? Old Liu Tou has mentioned that it is a holy decree, could it be that the holy lord gave them death, and they will die honestly? Even if they die without grievances?"

Xie Toad said, "What if they make a mistake? If they make a big mistake, so the Holy Decree will give them death." ”

Wang Qilin asked again: "If you make a big mistake, can you still turn into a heroic soul after death?"

Xie Toad said heavily: "It's a big mistake for the court and the saints, but it may not be the case for the people and the society, so it's easier for them to become heroic souls!"

He waved his hand and drew a circle in all directions, and said in a heavier tone: "Seventh Master, you should understand that this world is the emperor's world! This prosperous era is the emperor's prosperous age!"

Wang Qilin sighed, how could this be?

He said: "I don't think these analyses are wrong, think about it, if I hadn't made a great wish with Xu Ye and them that day, saying that I would clear up the grievances and restore the reputation of the inverted army, how could that team of heroic souls leave willingly?"

"They must have been impressed by my great wishes, and they did have grievances or wanted to restore their reputations, so they accepted my great wishes. ”

Xie Toad said: "This is not a conflict, what did the Hanging Army do for the people to anger the court, and the saint gave death, they were unwilling to die after death, and wanted to restore their reputation......"

"Impossible, Dao Ye. Ma Ming shook his head, "Master Dao, you have never been an errand in the army, you don't know the thoughts of the soldiers in the elite division, the big guy is loyal and patriotic, the king wants the ministers to die willingly, and he will never be given the holy decree to die and be unwilling." ”

Wang Qilin laughed when he heard this, this is the so-called foolish loyalty.

But for any dynasty, this is the pursuit of the imperial court.

It is impossible for him to be loyal to the imperial court like this, otherwise the Marxism-Leninism in his dream would have been learned in vain?

But Ma clearly said a very important thing, unless the upside-down army wants to rebel, otherwise the holy decree is the will of heaven for them, and the king and the minister have to die.

But will the upside-down army rebel?

Wang Qilin denied the idea.

Xie Toad rubbed his nose and said, "There is a simpler explanation, the news that Lao Liu Tou gave us is not right. ”

Wang Qilin also denied this statement, the old man seems to be a sincere person, so he will not lie to him, otherwise why bother to play tricks with him? Just make up a lie about the upside-down army, anyway, he has been out of the army for 20 years, and this time is enough time for him to make up a big lie.

Time passed imperceptibly, and noon came.

Qiao Zhinian ran to invite them to dinner with great interest, saying that Lord Wang, who was most admired by the Heavenly Prison Xiaoyin, had come to his land, and he wanted to entertain them no matter what.

Xu Dayi was also very interested when he heard this, and asked, "What kind of entertainment?"

Qiao Zhinian said: "We have a saying in Tulong County, if you want to be warm, eat an earthen pot, hehe, I want to invite you to eat an earthen pot today." ”

"What is an earthen pot?" Wang Qilin asked curiously.

Qiao Zhinian smiled: "Adults come with humble duties, it is absolutely delicious!"

Suozhu quietly swallowed his saliva, and ran to find Lao Liu Tou very sensibly, Xu Da beckoned to him: "Zhuzi will go with the uncle, and call your grandfather to eat the earthen pot together." ”

The child smiled and said, "Thank you uncle for the reward, but the pillar family has food, you go to the feast, the pillar and grandpa also have a good meal at noon today." ”

Wang Qilin said: "Come with your grandfather, I have a nephew who is younger than you, but he is a genius like you, I think of him when I see you, and I am very willing to stay with you." ”

He really misses Black Beans.

Without black beans, he has no object to toss - it is impossible to toss eight meows and ninety-six, these two little things are very clever, and they immediately run away when they see that the limelight is wrong.

Qiao Zhinian also greeted, and when he saw this lock pillar and looked at Lao Liu, the latter rubbed his hands with a smile and said: "Cheng, you follow the adults to eat a bite, alas, last year's harvest was not good, and the New Year did not let you eat a pot." ”

Suozhu immediately shook his head: "I'm not going, grandpa, I don't like to eat the ground pot, what's so good about the ground pot, it's better to raise people with sorghum rice." ”

Wang Qilin said: "If you don't go, your grandfather is going to go, Master Ma, go and bring the old man." ”

Ma Ming marched and saluted in the past, showing the identity of the fierce army in the mountains and forests who first entered the camp.

The reputation of the mountain and forest fierce army is also very loud, and the first camp is full of warriors, and the old Liu Tou showed admiration after learning his identity, and bowed to him again and again.

He wanted to try his best to maintain the majesty of the upside-down army, but the life of an old peasant in the countryside for 20 years had already bent his waist and crushed his backbone.

Ma Ming looked sad, he was actually like this before he met Wang Qilin.

No matter how brave a man in the army is, after leaving the army and entering the street, he has to bow to a bucket of rice and a handful of baht.

What's more, in the past seven or eight years, in order to support the lock pillar, Lao Liu Tou has to beg for help in three days, and he no longer has much of the breath of a strong soldier on his body.

Ershui Township is a well-deserved poor township, and there is not even a restaurant in this township, so they have to go to the post house if they want to eat.

Qiao Zhinian has already found someone to prepare an earthen pot, this so-called earthen pot is indeed very rustic, that is, an earthen stove is propped up with stones and clods on the ground, a pot is placed on it, and the big bone broth is boiled in the pot, and then continue to cook tofu, vermicelli, meat slices, marinated water, radish, cabbage and other things, similar to the hot pot made by Wang Qilin.

However, this pot is very particular and uses a copper pot.

The copper pot is not small, there are several cow stick bones sticking out of it, the soup has been boiled thick white, and as soon as they enter the door, the wind will blow the aroma of beef bone soup to them.

The belly of the lock pillar suddenly rang.

There are condiments in the earthen pot, and a bowl of sauce made of leek sauce, sesame paste, sesame oil, and soy sauce is placed on the earthen stove, and whoever eats it will dip it gently.

Xu Da always had wine and food on his body, Wang Qilin glanced at him, and he began to pick it up:

Roast chicken, sauce elbow, braised pork, braised pork, etc., he directly cleaned up a big table.

A group of people went down to the meat and vegetables and began to stew, one bowl per person, whoever eats it will go to fish, and after taking it out, they will eat warmly around the earthen stove.

Wang Qilin fished out a bowl of vermicelli, this thing is stewed and he likes it more, and it has a pure broth fragrance after soaking it in the soup, and it tastes very delicious.

Qiao Zhinian thought that he liked to eat semi-liquid food, so he asked someone to send some hand-rolled noodles, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, please eat whistle noodles." ”

Wang Qilin asked while blowing the hot noodles, "Why do you call the whistle noodles? Can it sound like a whistle?"

Xie Toad smiled: "It's because the noodles cooked in the soup in the earthen pot are too hot, but most people can't usually eat such a meal, so some people have to eat quickly, and they have to blow the noodles quickly, and when they blow quickly, they will whistle." ”

The noodles were cooked quickly, and Qiao Zhinian said to the lock pillar: "Pillar, show the adults the whistle noodles." ”

The lock post sandwiched a bowl of noodles and squatted down to blow hard, blowing quickly, but as soon as he pouted, it sounded like a whistle: "Shhhh ”

Wang Qilin smiled, and also picked a bowl of noodles mixed with beef bone soup with light butter sauce to eat together.

He whistled at the noodles and blew out a song "Ninety-Nine Sunny Days".

After hearing this, Xu Da nodded and exclaimed: "Good mouthful!"

He played a song "Eighteen Touches".

Qiao Zhinian raised his glass to thank the toad and said, "The Taoist chief is an old immortal, well-informed, and even knows the whistle face of our small place, which is amazing. ”

Xie Toad took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "In the early years, I traveled to the north and south of the river, and I came to this Longdong area and ate whistle noodles a few times. ”

Qiao Zhinian asked with interest: "Where did the Taoist chief go? Have you ever been to our Tulong County? Alas, it is sad to say, our county does not know what's wrong, there has been a drought for several years, and the people have difficulty in drinking water, how can they still farm?"

Xie Toad said: "Lao Dao heard the people say before, you haven't had rain here for several years?"

Qiao Zhinian shook his head and said: "It's an exaggeration to say that it hasn't rained for several years, but it's okay to say that it hasn't rained seriously for several years." Not to mention the rain, not even the snow, there used to be two rivers in our township, you go to see, now where are the rivers?

Wang Qilin asked, "Is there a drought?"

Xie Toad shook his head resolutely: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, it is absolutely impossible! As soon as the drought comes out, the red land is thousands of miles, and there are countless displaced people, how can the villagers still barely survive?"

Xu Da gnawed on the pig's feet and said, "Maybe the drought here is a two-knife knife?"

Xie Toad said disdainfully: "You might as well say that the Tulong hidden in this Tulong County has left and has become a place where the Dragon King doesn't care, so the water and rain are cut off." ”

Speaking of this, he frowned, and suddenly asked the lock post: "You said that you will see a convoy moving when it gets dark, what does this convoy look like?"

The lock pillar, who was whistling and eating noodles, hurriedly put down the bowl and wiped his mouth and said: "Back to the old fairy, that convoy is very big, very dark, that is, all of it is black, the car is black everywhere, well, I can't see people, I can smell the fragrance and a smell......"

He racked his brain for a while, but he didn't come up with much key information.

But for Xie Toad, this was enough.

Xie Toad's brows suddenly wrinkled even tighter, as if three bars had been drawn between his eyebrows, and the wrinkled old skin could trap a black mosquito or a big green-headed fly.

Wang Qilin looked at him, and he said: "According to my Taoist Five Elements, water is black among the five colors, and it is beneficial. The convoy went in all black, which means that the water walks. ”

"And did you notice the handful of hair that the lock post was clutching in his hand?"

"That's the weasel's tail hair!" Speaking of this, he looked at Qiao Zhinian, Lao Liu Tou and the others and asked, "Do you have any legends of weasel spirits in your local area?"

Qiao Zhinian nodded and said: "Yes, looking at the records of tricks in previous years, it is said that there have been many times in this township where people have seen weasels begging for seals. There is also the matter of Wen Po delivering the weasel woman, there is indeed a group of weasel spirits. ”

Xie Toad said in a deep voice: "There will be no more in the future, they have moved away." ”

Wang Qilin's heart moved and asked him: "Something is going to happen to Ershui Township?"

Xie Toad took a sip of wine and sighed: "I'm afraid it's not just Ershui Township that will have an accident, Lord Qiao, quickly report this matter up, anyway, the people in this township have been dry for many years and have no water to cultivate the land, and staying here will be a death sooner or later, you call on your local people to go to relatives and friends in other places as soon as possible, and go to find a way to live again." ”

Qiao Zhinian was shocked: "Dao Chief, is it so powerful?"

Xie Toad said seriously: "I believe in the old way, something big is about to happen in this place, find a way to move the villagers out and rescue them." ”

He said to Old Liu Tou: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Liu Yingying, you should also hurry up." ”

Old Liu Tou hesitated, the nostalgia is difficult to break, and the hometown is difficult to leave!

Wang Qilin shouted: "You have seen Dao Ye's ability, what are you hesitating about? Can he lie to you? Your grandson was finally rescued, do you want to let him die again?"

The lock pillar is the weakness of the old Liu Tou, and when he heard this, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, anyway, the old man only has a few acres of dry waste land left in this township, just go." ”

Wang Qilin asked Xu Da to write a note, he left his parents' address in Pingyang Mansion to Lao Liu Tou, and said: "You take the lock post to my father, it just so happens that I have a nephew who is a little younger than the lock post but is also a genius, they should be good partners." ”

Hearing that he wanted to return to the county, Lao Liu Tou hesitated again.

Wang Qilin knew what to say to move him: "Suozhu is a smart child, and he will definitely be able to gain fame by studying in the future, but do you have a way to let him go to school and study? Go to my father, my mother is also there, let him go to study with my nephew, and work together for the well-being of the people in the future." ”

When Suozhu heard that he could study, he raised his head to look at Lao Liu.

He knew that studying was the way to change his fate.

Lao Liu put his head around his head and sighed, and the lock pillar immediately said sensibly: "I don't want to study, I won't go anywhere with my grandfather." ”

That's a good assist.

Old Liu Tou said: "Okay, Lord Wang, the old man will clean up his father's grave in the past two days, and then go to Pingyang Mansion!"

Qiao Zhinian asked anxiously: "Lord Wang, I know that you have the ability to reach the heavens, can you help us take a look at this place, what is going on, why is there a drought year after year......

"Master Qiao, I'm not your bronze captain in Longdong, if I do things here with you, this is out of bounds!" Wang Qilin sighed lightly.

Regardless of whether they listen to the heavenly prison or the yamen, they are very taboo to handle cases across borders.

In particular, Wang Qilin rose quickly, although the low-level officials took him as an example and had a good impression of him, but the middle and high-level officials did not have such thoughts.

They are very dissatisfied with Wang Qilin's experience of being promoted by sitting on two feet, and they must be jealous and jealous of him.

Qiao Zhinian understood this, and his eyes darkened again.

Wang Qilin sighed and said: "Meeting is fate, it's better to give you a note, if you can say that the people are moving, then go to the county and find the county guard, he will properly settle you people." ”

And he knew that Wu Hanlin would place the common people in Pingyang Mansion.

The common people are the primary productive force, and Wu understands this very well.

Qiao Zhinian said gratefully: "Thank you Lord Wang." ”

The journey was delayed a lot, Wang Qilin didn't dare to stay too much in Ershuihe Township, he left enough coils for Lao Liu, and then hit the road again.

When you arrive in Longdong and then turn south, you can directly dock with the imperial capital Chang'an.

The group experienced the official treatment, they could go in and eat and drink a good meal when they met the imperial court station, and they could also replace the exhausted mounts with energetic military horses, and the speed was increased by changing them once at a time.

However, when they entered the territory of Chang'an Mansion, the weather was still in mid-February.

They entered Chang'an from the north, and before approaching this glorious capital, they first had to pass through five mausoleums on the banks of the Wei River, which were called Changlingyi, Anlingyi, Yanglingyi, Maolingyi, and Pinglingyi.

After the Tang Rebellion, Chang'an City was burned down by thieves, and the surrounding area was looted by horrors, and the five mausoleums were destroyed more completely than Chang'an City.

When Emperor Taizu ascended to the throne, he began to restore the Liu royal court, rebuilt Chang'an City on the old foundation, and by the way, all the surrounding five mausoleums were also built.

Among them, tens of thousands of laborers died of exhaustion and disease during the construction of Chang'an City and five mausoleums, but no one thought that Emperor Taizu was cruel, because the laborers who built the city were all Mongols!

In the era of the previous dynasty, the Mongols were superior people and could bully the Han people wantonly, so after Emperor Taizu captured the Mongol captives, he sent them to work as laborers, especially the royal family and nobles, and they had to do the hardest and most tiring work.

According to legend, none of the nobles of the previous dynasty could live to see the construction of Chang'an City.

After the construction was carried out, a new city appeared.

A group of people crossed the Wei River from Dulingyi, the scale of this city is huge, Wang Qilin looked at its city wall when he got close, and it is estimated that the length of the front city wall is more than ten miles away!

The walls are impenetrable and are impenetrable, and crossbowmen are stationed around the clock, and the bows used by these crossbowmen are all as tall as a man, which is very exaggerated.

The imperial capital is the imperial capital, and there is a lot of traffic during the day, and there is no shortage of luxury cars.

There are various styles of carriages, there are common Central Plains four-way carriages, there are also rough open-top carriages in the Western Regions, and some carriages have canopies, and the passengers in them are full of silk and arms, or holding cats or birds, which are extremely luxurious, either rich or expensive.

Wang Qilin also saw some donkey carts used for business, which were also convertibles, with compartments on the body, some of which contained melons and fruits, some of which contained steaming soup, and some of which were small steaming drawers......

Seeing this, he was stunned: big cities are different, this brother is too business-minded, can he still do business?

There are many people coming and going, and the vitality of the city is rushing to the face, and everyone is confused.

There is a large peach forest outside the city, and now it is the world where peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the pink and white swaying with the warm breeze and the faint fragrance is refreshing.

Wang Qilin couldn't help but admire: "In this situation, I can't help but want to write a poem." ”

Xu Dahaha laughed and said, "Seventh Master, your poem Uncle has already thought of it." ”

Wang Qilin sneered: "You think of a fart, I'm talking about original poetry, not some Wuling young people fighting over their heads, a song of red silk I don't know!"

Can he still understand what Xu Da can think of when he faces Wulingyi?

Xu Da was stunned and said decisively: "Uncle still thought of it!"

Wang Qilin pulled the reins of the horse to the side to get out of the C position, stretched out his hand and said, "Come, you come to perform." ”

Xu Da led the horse over and said, "With the cultural level of the Seventh Master, this poem should be like this. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, there are many people in Wulingyi, plus me alone!"