Chapter 1: Prison
Inuhill is not a castle, as the name suggests, it is really just a slightly raised, square hill.
There are no walls, everything is spread out on the earth, disorderly, but full of vitality, like wild grasses growing wantonly in the desert, chaotic, hideous, manic, with a certain wildness and aggression, desperately sucking everything that can be touched around them.
On the hills, there are countless courtyards and houses, vertical and horizontal streets, pedestrians come and go in a hurry, the edge of the hills is full of dense workshops, noisy and noisy, one after another machine beasts enter and exit from time to time, mixed with oxen, horses and mule carts, all kinds of materials, products, utensils, utensils, blades, armor and stomachs...... It is sent to various places in the dog hill, or it gathers at the wharf, and is transferred by boat and ship to all parts of the Great Zhou.
Beyond this messy field of vision, there is an endless field of corn pastures, where slaves belonging to the Tianshan Mountains sweat through the fields, compared with other places, there is more abundance and less vegetables.
The pale golden light sprinkled through the cracks in the clouds, and the whole hill was rendered extremely beautiful, dazzling, like the most gorgeous brocade, but at the same time, this light also shone on the huge cave behind the hill, and the flies and mosquitoes flying at the entrance of the cave also looked extremely gorgeous.
Deep in the cave, pillars of white bones, piled up.
In the middle of the whole hill, there is a huge group of stone houses that are boxy and like sealed soil, the stone houses are arranged neatly like tofu, and the white stone surface reflects the light in the sun, as if rejecting the entry of this halo, hiding the darkness in the house as deep as the nine abysses.
"There, it's the Tianshan Mound!" Xiao Si on the ox cart pointed out in a voice when the carriage turned and just turned the two of them facing the hills: "It is also the core of our entire Tianshan Retreat, and all major matters are decided there." ”
Following Xiao Si's fingertips, the six ugly saw the entrance of the stone house on the hill, the entrance of the four directions was like the mouth of a giant beast, and it was dark inside, not only refusing the penetration of sunlight, but also rejecting all those who dared to enter.
Fortunately, this was not the place where the six uglies were about to go, and after turning a corner, the carriage began to move quickly in the other direction of the hills, gradually moving away from this raging bustle and beginning to move towards a farther destination.
It took nearly two hours for the two to arrive at a humble camp in a river valley, and the soldiers at the gate of the camp checked the bronze medal of the fourth child and let the carriage go.
The simplicity of the camp was beyond the expectations of the six uglies, except for the simple barracks, there was nothing that looked like a training ground, and Xiao Si took the six uglies to sit in the camp for less than a moment before waiting for the people he wanted to see.
With a 'bah' sound, a person squeezed in from outside the door, bald, and his already ugly face was covered with horizontal and vertical scars, making him look uglier than the six ugly, he was extremely short but his shoulders were very broad, and the whole seemed to be square, even the camp gate seemed small, so he squeezed in with great effort, and his face was hideous.
The bald man was wearing a short shirt, his body was full of horizontal flesh and raised the Ge cloth high, his muscles were unbridled under the skin, the green tendons were abrupt, and the black skin was shiny, and as soon as he entered the door, he twisted his face, pinched his hands together, made a gurgling sound, and said:
"Let me see, what kind of goods are coming, and dare to come to the queue after the exam......"
Halfway through the words, his eyes fell on Xiao Si, and he suddenly laughed twice, and said: "Who should I be, it turned out to be sent by the heavenly ghost, but there is some foundation! It's just that if this is the case, you want to break my rules, and the heavenly ghost is also a little too underestimating me, right?"
Xiao Si stood up at this time, and said with a smile: "Yes, it is indeed sent by Lord Heavenly Ghost on my orders, and I hope that Lord Jin will bear with me and let me finish this effort." ”
The bald Jin Lan squinted his eyes slightly and laughed, stretched out his little finger and plucked his nostrils, and said in an urn voice: "What do you think?"
But Xiao Si was not flustered, but suddenly pointed at the six ugly, and said lightly: "Although he is a person from the heavenly ghost, do you know who his master is, Lord Jin?"
"Who?" Jin Lan took out his little finger for a while, feeling comfortable, and then took out his little finger, took it in his mouth and sucked it a few times, clicked his mouth, and said sarcastically: "Lord Long's intergenerational inheritance?"
"Lord Jin said and laughed," Xiao Si smiled: "His master is Lord Xie Shen." ”
When the word Xie Shen came out, Jin Lanluo's face changed inexplicably, and he was instantly embarrassed, and suddenly stretched out his hand, dragged Xiao Si in front of him, and said in a low voice in his ear: "Lord Xie Shen is dead!" The words were cold and unpopular.
Xiao Si didn't struggle, naturally he also knew that as long as Jin Lanluo made a move, he would struggle in vain, so he only said loudly: "Yes, that's why the Heavenly Ghost Master wants to make him a general!"
Jin Lan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly roared, and the roar roared like a thunderstorm in the ears of the six ugly and Xiao Si, and then saw Xiao Si's body flying backwards lightly, falling back on the original puff pad, and almost falling.
Jin Lan turned her face slightly, and finally set her eyes on the faces of the six ugly people, looked up and down a few times, and snorted: "Since you are a disciple of Lord Xie Shen, then I will make an exception for you to be assessed this time, but there is a sentence that must be explained first - no matter how many people want you to become a general, no matter whether these people are heavenly ghosts, yin ghosts or even ghost heads, together with me, this assessment will not help anyone, if you can live, but you will die, don't think that there is any preferential treatment!"
The six ugly stood up quietly, met Jin Lan's slightly knife-like wolf-like gaze, his gaze was unwavering, and he only said, "Has anyone ever passed?" Seeing him nod slightly, he also nodded, and said lightly: "That's the case, it's okay!"
Jin Lanluo looked at the eyes of the six ugly people, looked at each other, suddenly laughed, his face was finally soothed, and then he suddenly shouted outside the door: "Come on, serve the wine!"
Soon, a pot of turquoise liquor was supplied, along with a small turquoise jar, which Jin Lanluo poured into the jar and was just full, but he didn't drink it, but only handed it to the six ugly:
"Drink!"
The six clowns looked at Xiao Si, and then at Jin Lanluo, neither of them had any wine cups in their hands, and the six clowns had a slight doubt in their hearts, but they didn't feel the slightest murderous aura from the two of them, and they didn't worry in their hearts, so they simply raised their glasses and opened their mouths as they said, and poured all the wine syrup into it.
Liuchou swallowed this wine syrup in one gulp, and as soon as he put the small cup on the plate, he felt that the heavens and the earth were shaking, and a strong and turbulent sleepiness suddenly surged into his heart, like a flood beast, swallowing him into his stomach in one bite......
"Not good!" This thought only flashed in the six ugly minds for a moment, and before he even had time to change his mind slightly, the whole ground was paralyzed, and the world was completely dark and silent, and there was chaos!
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When the six ugly woke up, what appeared in front of them was a pitch-black stone room, the faint light was chaotic, and it was almost invisible.
On three sides are bluestone thick walls, solid as a mountain, only one side is covered with the thickness of a child's arm, and there is a closed door, on which there is a copper lock, and at the top of all the iron pillars on this side, there are red kudzu scarves, on which are written and painted with yellow notes, none of which are missing.
This is...... Prison?
The six uglies immediately confirmed their situation, this is a prison, and it is not an ordinary prison, these talismans are similar to those seen in the camp of the Tianxi Chamber of Commerce, and they are also used to imprison demons, so the purpose of this cage is self-evident.
This is a cage dedicated to imprisoning youkai.
The six ugly were quite shocked in his heart, but he didn't show it, instead, he came to the corner and sat down, and began to recall what he had seen along the way, and analyze the reason for being imprisoned.
Instructed by the Heavenly Ghosts?
No, the six ugly immediately denied this speculation, not to mention that he has no grudge against the heavenly ghosts, even if there is, he can take someone to kill the six ugly directly, and if he has a plan, he can also be arrested and tortured, and he can't use his wrists, and it is already a waste to kill chickens with a knife, and this move is far more than that.
Something to do with your actions in Liyang?
Although he killed people and sold goods in Liyang, but except for the cook and Du Pu, no one else noticed it, and he could know from what he said from the four mouths that the ghost banquet had never taken the life and death of others seriously, and Tianshan had not done anything, so the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and others in Liyang County, where did they come from such skills?
......
The six ugly thought left and right, thought about it repeatedly, and finally ruled out all impossible guesses, leaving only the last one.
I remember a saying in my previous life, which said: "When you eliminate all impossible situations, what remains, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth!"
The last one left is the real reason why the six uglies are here!
- This is the assessment content of the Tianshan Escape General, without him, the six uglies will escape from this prison to pass the test, otherwise, they will fend for themselves in this prison, and there will be no day!
Liuchou's guess is good, indeed, this is the assessment of Tianshan Dun, all those who want to become Hou generals need to go through such an assessment to be able to count, but the difference is that the cell that everyone enters is not the same, and the difficulty is also different.
The cage where the six uglies are imprisoned is the prison of nine beats.
For example, some were sent to the prison of the 16th Army, some were sent to the county prison of various cities, some were sent to the felons of Hojing, Nakyi, Xiqi, Xianyi, etc., or the heavenly prison...... Only demons, according to the rules of Tianshan Dun, must be sent to the prison of nine beats.
The Nine Beat Guards are also the last guards of the Four Guards!
The Dongling Guard is the army of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, mainly defending the royal family, guarding the capital, spying on hundreds of officials, etc., just like the duties of the Jinyi Guard in later generations; the State Spy Guard is a hidden guard, mainly to spy on the military situation of various countries, whether it is the demon country and the Buddha country, or even the princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they are all within the scope of its spying; Tianshan Dun is an elite squad, just like the special forces of later generations, carrying out tasks such as assassination, rescue, seizure, etc.; except for the nine beats, the whereabouts are strange, the plot is difficult to determine, and no one knows what it is.
What is only known is that the utensils, forged blades, and facilities built by the Nine Pai Guards...... Not ordinary people, but other people.
The Great Zhou Emperor seized the world, relying on people and the immortals of the two sects, and exterminated countless monsters, spirits, qi refiners, and scattered cultivators...... Since the country was founded and established, how could it be disregarded for its existence?
At this point, the Nine Pai Wei and One Army were born, which was thought to be used.
Although the six ugly didn't know that this was the prison of nine beats, he also understood that it was just an assessment, so he didn't have to worry about it anymore, for him, the most critical secret was just the demon refining pot, as long as it was not about it, naturally everything was safe.
With this in mind, the six ugly began to quietly observe the neighbors, looking for the key to escape.