Chapter 547: Heirloom Incense

Wang Er just talked to himself like this, so he took the villagers who were still gathered around him, set off overnight, and headed towards Yongzhou City again.

The wind and snow are still there, and they seem to never change. In the night, there was a strange glimmer, the air was dry and cold, and the villagers of Niutou Village who insisted on going out of the Great Zhou to the Demon Domain did not have any fear, but had a kind of anger that regarded death as home.

They had long been accustomed to such a harsh environment, built houses of earth, cut wood and hunted, and survived tenaciously, but now, they had to leave their homes, because of this life, not only were they inexplicably dangerous, but they also seemed to have no hope of rising. So they went away and did not wait for the dawn.

In the territory of Yongzhou, such a snowy night is really common, so in fact, there are fierce beasts infested. Wang Er, each of them, carried a torch in one hand and a weapon in the other. The torches were lit with animal oil, which burned in the wind and snow, and the weapons were smeared with poison, and even some simple monk's sigils.

They are like a fiery dragon, swimming among the mountains.

Suddenly, the sound of a wolf howling rang out everywhere. Low, long, slender, changeable. Listening to the sound, there are more than 100 heads!

"It's not good! It's a wolf! and it's a pack of wolves!" a middle-aged villager, wrapped in animal skins, with scars on his face, and carrying a bow and arrows behind him, seemed to be an experienced hunter, but at the moment his voice trembled, with a hint of despair.

The Demon Sound Wolf is a strange beast at the junction of the Great Zhou and the Demon Domain. Tall and mighty as a tiger, with a varied and psychedelic, it is extremely difficult to deal with and extremely ferocious. It is said that an adult demon sound wolf is difficult to deal with even more than a dozen young and experienced hunters. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty, sympathetic to the mundane, at the beginning of the founding of the country, ordered the garrison near Yongzhou City to kill the demon sound wolf in the territory. In recent years, there have been occasional demon sound wolves, and they are only one or two, and there are more than a hundred wolves like this night.

The villagers' faces all changed drastically, and Wang Er was no exception. Then, everyone reacted quickly, shouted loudly, raised torches and weapons, and surrounded the women and children in the middle, as if they were facing a great enemy.

After a while, a pair of wolf eyes glowing with a faint green light appeared not far away. In the cold air, there was a shuddering fishy smell. Large flakes of snowflakes fell heavily, in the low, sometimes sharp howls.

The wolves were around, approaching step by step, and the people of Niutou Village kept slowly retreating.

Wolves eat people, in an instant.

Several children in the group immediately burst into tears. The cry was clear and resounding through the snowy night.

At this time, a strange fragrance rises, like countless flowers blooming under the vast snow.

This strange fragrance, so fragrant and intense, seems to have the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind. The child's cry gradually subsided. The rest of the people, smelling the fragrance rippling in the air, also forgot their fears, and even had an illusion of infinite strength and bravery.

But the wolves around them began to stir, and then began to scramble to flee, as if encountering an invisible and terrible danger.

Not only the wolves, but even the snowflakes in the sky began to have a lot, retreating against the wind, and it seemed that they were not blessed with this strange fragrance and avoided it.

The villagers of Niutou Village immediately cheered. After waiting for a while, I saw that no "benefactor" appeared. Some fell to their knees on the snow, bowing three times and nine times, muttering words in the air, while others stood there without making a sound, but they were also very solemn.

Whether there is a "benefactor" or not, all this can be said to be a miracle. Heaven has not forgotten these ordinary people, and is still silently sheltering them.

Then, they moved on. The wind and snow were still flying, but they no longer felt cold and fear, and they gasped for hot breath, held torches high, and walked through the snow.

Let's say that those magic sound wolves, after scattering and fleeing, quickly disappeared into the night. Wisps of brown smoke, to be exact, rushed towards an inconspicuous valley.

In the valley, a monk, covered in armor, looked at the fluttering snow, and said in a deep voice, "Since Counselor Zuo is here, why don't you show up and speak." ”

I saw that a snowflake flew straight in front of the armored monk, and then Sima walked out of the snowflake. After he stood still, he first looked at the small flag embroidered with a wolf's head in the left hand of this armored monk, and then saluted, "Sima Zhi, I have seen General Zhu." ”

It turned out that this monk was Zhu Donglai, the general of Yongzhou City!

Zhu Donglai, wearing a helmet, most of his face was covered, and only a pair of sharp eyes were unforgettable. He looked at Sima Zhi, "Counselor Zuo, why don't you come to the rescue?"

Sima Zhi smiled, "As soon as the Demon Sound Wolves appeared, I will know that General Zhu must also be nearby." ”

Sima Zhi's words are actually allusions. Back then, the magic sound wolf plagued the border people, Zhu Donglai was just a small partial general at that time, and his cultivation was only mortal, but he entered the wolf pack alone at night, fought bloodily, and killed hundreds of wolves. Afterwards, the imperial court specially commended the general of Yongzhou City at that time, and even personally took action, refining the remaining soul of the demon sound wolf he killed into a wolf flag magic weapon and giving it to Zhu Donglai. Zhu Donglai, regarded as a treasure, rarely used.

Zhu Donglai also smiled rarely, put away his armor, and made a gesture of please.

Sima Zhi, slightly returned the salute, and sat on a piece of bluestone with him.

"To tell you the truth, that night, Counselor Zuo investigated the murder case in Niutou Village, and indeed one person entered the barracks. Zhu Donglai groaned slightly, then went straight to the point and said directly, "But this person, Zhu Mou can guarantee that he is definitely not the murderer of Niutou Village." ”

"Oh?" Sima Zhi let out a soft sigh, his right hand gently rubbed his robe, and snowflakes flew out, "Since General Zhu said so, Sima Zhi can naturally trust it." But why did the general also pay so much attention to Niutou Village? Not only did he send people to escort them into Yongzhou City before, but he also seemed to want to stop them. ”

Zhu Donglai waved his hand, showing the pride of the upper echelons in the army, "I sent people to escort them before, but also for their safety; ”

This reason is a bit far-fetched, but if you study it carefully, Zhu Donglai naturally has a set of rhetoric. Sima Zhi, naturally, he won't ask again. He thought for a while and only asked, "General Zhu said that on the night of the murder in Niutou Village, there was indeed a person who entered the barracks, but I don't know where this person came from?"

Zhu Donglai glanced at Sima Zhi, and replied lightly, "I wish a certain old man." ”

Sima Zhi nodded, no longer asked, only saluted and said, "Does the general recognize the strange fragrance just now?"

Zhu Donglai, a hint of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, "I wish a certain martial artist, but he is not as knowledgeable as Brother Sima's family, and I also ask Brother Sima to give advice." ”

Sima Zhi looked sarcastic, "The general has also entered the court several times. The most recent time, also thirty years ago, the general was ordered to enter Beijing. Don't you know that the ancestral incense used for the sacrifice of the imperial court temple is handed down?"

Passing on the incense, how can I not know that I wish the East to come? The so-called ordinary people return to their hearts, and the Great Zhou Dynasty is established. The Great Zhou was able to suppress the major sects, relying on the power of the faith of ordinary people who were like ants but an incomparably large number of ordinary people, to suppress luck. And the heirloom incense is a secular person, when he is dying, there is a part of his mind, not into the six realms of reincarnation, is for obsession, going forward and successive, transcending life and death, condensed into incense, for sacrificial purposes.

Zhu Donglai was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "It's rare tonight, if Brother Sima has anything to say, you can say it bluntly." ”