It's too late?

Since the Heavenly Master and the Old Dao had said so, Zhou Jiujian put this stubble aside slightly.

It's not that he is completely relieved, it's just that Fang Qingran, as a Taoist Great Heavenly Master, said this to him, it can be regarded as another guarantee for Fang Sanji and the female ghost, at least, his credibility is quite high.

"Huh, several, have you all forgotten about our county guard?" Lao Hong on the side suddenly interjected a sentence secretly, facing a few people, but there was no meaning of life.

"Hey, look at what you said, we naturally haven't forgotten the county guard, it's just that my brother just woke up this week, and there are some things, so naturally we have to talk about it. But it was Fang Sannag who replied.

Zhou Jiujian was a little surprised, and after listening to Lao Hong's words, he realized that the man who was standing far away next to him was actually the local county guard of Shangyang City. He originally thought that this person's status was naturally not low based on his clothes, but he didn't see any personal guards accompanying him, so it shouldn't be too high, probably a wealthy official in this city, chatting with them to express his gratitude......

But I didn't expect it to be a county keeper.

It's a bit unexpected.

You must know that although Shangyang City here is small, it is naturally not as prosperous and grand as the many counties and counties of Houchu and Daqi, but it is also one of the three major cities in the Dongying Kingdom, and the significance of its status cannot be underestimated. Dongying small country, a country's territory only occupies a radius of thousands of miles, except for the capital in the middle of the city - Shangrao City, in addition, the two cities of Shangyang and Xiayin, which are more than 500 miles away from the capital, but they are already two states and counties of Dongying small country. In the county town, there are naturally county guards who are in charge of military and political affairs.

And this 500 miles apart, if it is placed in Houchu and Shangtang County, it is just the distance between one county and another county under the state and county.

But after all, it can't be grouped together, and now that a county warden can appear here, its significance is already very important.

I saw that this Shangyang county guard, who could be regarded as a person with great power in the Dongying Kingdom, was just smiling in front of everyone, and stopped again and again, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the affairs of your immortal family are more important, I'll wait for a while." Besides, thanks to your immortal family's righteous action a few days ago, the evil ghosts on Baizhu Mountain were eliminated, and with such great kindness, all the people of Shangyang City should be grateful. ”

The county guard's tone and attitude were very low.

It's just that the young man is quite unaccustomed to his title of "fairy family".

Before he ascended, he was still a mortal body, but it was just the difference between the mountains and the mountains, and how could he dare to call himself an "immortal".

Well, if you become a peerless sword immortal like the predecessor of the sword armor, you can take up seven points of the sword, and you can fly away at any time, if so, calling yourself an "immortal family" is not too much at all, but it is very suitable.

The young man thought about it, and suddenly thought of what the county guard had just said, "A few days ago, I made a righteous move, and then I got rid of the evil ghosts on Baizhu Mountain", the word "several days".

He gently brought his head close to Liu Yue beside him, smelled a faint girlish fragrance, and asked quietly, "I, how many days have I been in a coma?"

The girl replied, "Three days." ”

When Zhou Jiujian heard this, he was a little surprised, thinking that it was just a day......

But he heard the old Taoist Fang Qingran stroking his beard on the side and said with a light smile: "Lord County Shou, our affairs have been finished, we can go to your house and have a drink." ”

Lao Dao naturally didn't say it to the young man, but to this county guard.

Zhou Jiujian looked at Fang Qingran, and then at Fang Sanyan, in fact, there were still some doubts in his heart.

The young man's eyes finally looked at the county guard again, but he didn't expect that Liu Yue just said that going to the banquet turned out to be going to the county guard's mansion to go to the banquet.

Suddenly thinking about it, it didn't seem surprising that they could be invited by this county guard, right?

The young man suddenly recalled that when Lao Hong told about this Baizhu Mountain before, didn't he already say that the Heavenly Master Lao Dao Fang Qingran was still in the government and did a huge ritual, so that the whole city knew that there was a hanged ghost and a water ghost who were making trouble on this Baizhu Mountain, and he, the head of Fang Dao, was naturally known.

When I heard it at first, I only felt that there was no credibility, after all, there were very few Taoist priests walking on the Sword Continent who had real skills, and naturally it had to make people suspicious.

After that, who would have thought that he was really a genuine Taoist priest, and he was also a great heavenly master.

However, the young man, in the end, he still hasn't seen the old way make a move, and the previous time was still mysterious.

And now that the ghost trouble on Baizhu Mountain has been solved, as a county guard, this adult must have to show something, and inviting everyone to the mansion for a banquet is naturally quite appropriate.

It also saves a lot of trouble.

Zhou Jiujian's eyes were looking at the "slightly thicker" county guard, I don't know if it was his keen perception, or it was a coincidence, but he didn't expect that he just happened to match his eyes with the young man, but the county guard just smiled at the young man, but he couldn't see any other meaning, and the young man naturally only smiled in return.

"That's the case, then don't waste any more time, let's go!" Lao Hong greeted him, and in front of the county guard, he did not feel anything wrong.

Seems to be an extremely good talker.

Liu Yue looked at Zhou Jiujian, and the young man winked at her mischievously, causing Liu Yue's face to suddenly become hot, and the young man said, "Go." ”

The girl nodded.

This time, Xuanyuan Hong was a little more interesting, and let the county guard go first, while he followed behind, and walked out with Fang Sanna.

The forefront, naturally, is the county guard and the old Taoist Fang Qingran, I saw the two of them walking in front, the county guard was talking to the old Taoist from time to time, Fang Qingran would then reply indifferently, and then the county guard nodded again and again, in the winter, but his face was full of red light and a happy face.

The boy and the girl followed behind them, and by this time it was already twilight, and it was snowing again.

Everyone walked out of the courtyard hall, and then bypassed the ancient well, when the old Taoist Fang Qingran passed by, the pace was inadvertent, glanced at the ancient well, seemed to see something, and then suddenly turned his head to look at Xuanyuan Hong behind him, and smiled slowly: "It's really good." ”

After speaking, Lao Dao continued to walk out the door.

Others, naturally, didn't understand what Lao Dao meant, and Xuanyuan Hong was even more confused.

Fang San pursed his lips and said, "This old man, that's the problem, he talks crazy from time to time, don't pay attention to him." ”

When Xuanyuan Hong heard this, he believed Fang San's words, and then asked with some concern: "What, when did this problem of the old Taoist elder come about?"

Fang San listened to it and said, "This matter can be a long time, as for whether it is serious or not, I don't think it is light......

The two of them began to talk like this.

Behind Fang Sanna, the female ghost in red followed closely, not leaving an inch, and kept her head down without saying a word, but she looked like an angry little daughter-in-law.

Zhou Jiujian and Liu Yue followed around the ancient well, but the young man couldn't help but glance at the ancient well again.

There were no waves in the ancient well, but there was suddenly a faint ripple in the center.

When the boy saw it, he quickly looked around.

Got the wind?

Outside the house, in the small alleys and alleys that gradually fell into the darkness, as the snow fell, the wind also blew.

Outside the door, two tall men with swords at their waists were waiting.

It turned out that the guards of the county guard had been waiting for them outside the gate of this mansion.

Although there were guards, they were only two guards, and there were no other carriages and sedan chairs waiting outside.

This county guard, apologized to everyone and explained, probably what is said to be an official in politics, self-being honest and self-reliant, winning a small country in the east, a small city in Shangyang, this is not rich, although it is a county guard, but it is not allowed to rise to that extravagant wind, it is to use cars and horses, and it is all omitted.

The boy naturally doesn't care about this, but it's just a matter of taking a few extra steps, and it's not much of a problem.

So the group faced the wind and snow and went to the county guard's office.

......

This Shangyang City County Guard, named Guo Zixi, was appointed as the Shangyang County Guard by the Dongying Imperial Court, but it has been ten years.

Being an official in such a small country, and being able to achieve such an official position as a county guard, can be said to be the person with the highest authority and the heaviest in a country, except for the emperor who sits on the dragon chair in the capital. The feudal officials are in charge of the military and political affairs of a place, and if they go up, they will no longer be sealed.

After all, it is one of the small countries that have surrendered to Hou Chu long ago, protected by it, and stable all year round, naturally it does not cultivate military equipment, let alone any frequent wars, and it is impossible to have the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and it is more than enough to defend it, if you want to open up again, at least, before the destruction of Hou Chu, you don't have to think about it.

After walking a long way in the city, the sky was already dark, the wind and snow were getting stronger, and there was no pedestrian on the street at this time.

The county guard mansion is located in the center of Shangyang City, and the two red lanterns in front of the door are swaying in the wind, but they also guide everyone to the way.

The wind and snow here are even bigger.

Guo Zixi pulled the brim of his hat down, then turned back to everyone and smiled: "Everyone, it's here." ”

The snow was constantly flying, making it difficult for him to see his face even now.

When everyone walked to the front of the mansion, they saw that there was already a person who looked like a housekeeper waiting in front of the door, and when they saw that the person was coming, they hurriedly shouted to the mansion: "The master is back!"

Immediately, he greeted him with a warm face.

"Yang Fang, is the banquet in the mansion ready?" asked Guo Zixi to the housekeeper.

The butler walked up to him, hurriedly saluted and bowed his head, and said, "Back to the master, everything has been prepared, and the wine and food have been specially warmed once, just waiting for the master and all the distinguished guests." ”

Guo Zixi smiled with satisfaction after hearing this, and then didn't say anything more, everyone in the province was blowing the wind and watching the snow outside, which violated the way of hospitality, so he hurriedly took everyone to the mansion and entered the door.

The front is used to open the office, and the back is naturally the living place of the county keeper and his family.

The group followed Guo Zixi and walked all the way until they reached a backyard hall.

The two guards who had accompanied them before had already disappeared in front of everyone's eyes after entering the county guard's mansion. Along the way, looking at the two of them, their steps are calm and powerful, their bodies and bones, and they are also the bodies of dragons and tigers who have been trained by many years of martial arts, but it is really not simple, and it is estimated that there can also be a third-order realm of ordinary martial artists, compared to the city gate guards that they saw when they entered the city earlier, they are worlds apart.

Zen went covered in snow and walked into the hall.

The boy suddenly felt a burst of warmth, compared to the cold and snow outside, but here it was like a stove greenhouse.

In the center of the hall, a sumptuous table of wine and food has already been set up. There are more than a dozen dishes of all kinds, all of which are exquisitely styled and fragrant, which makes you want to sit down and move your chopsticks.

That Guo Zixi is really a gossip master, with a wave of his hand, he first asked the maid butler who was waiting on the side to go down, and then entertained the old Taoist Fang Qingran to sit on the main seat, and then greeted him all around, and everyone was seated.

Needless to say, after sitting down and drinking a toast first, many of the restraints that followed suddenly disappeared.

The cups rotated, and the conversation was naturally opened by the cups of hot wine.

The boy and the girl sat next to each other, watching everyone in the audience drink with chopsticks, if someone suddenly raised a glass to salute, he reasoned that he would not drink, and could only replace wine with tea.

The same is true for young girls.

Everyone saw that they were still young, so naturally they didn't force it too much.

After a round of drinking, Guo Zixi's cheeks were already red, but he had been talking to Lao Dao. And the meaning of those words, the young man listened, but it seemed that he was thinking of asking the Heavenly Master Lao Dao to refine so many pills that could prolong his life for him, if it cost him, it was not a problem, of course, if he could live forever, it would be the best, even if he was bankrupt, he could afford the money.

After hearing this, the young man couldn't help but smile, what a "clean and self-reliant" county guard.

And that day, the old master was also interesting, but he was full of nonsense, and it was actually some mysterious words, but he was fooling the county guard, and there was no promise in his words.

Looking at Fang Sanji and Lao Hong on the side, the two of them drank very fiercely and ate fiercely. After eating and drinking, he was full of nonsense, and the young man listened to it, but he didn't have the slightest interest in the content, it was better to go and see Liu Yue and the female ghost in red next to him.

The girl Liu Yue, although she said that she couldn't drink, took advantage of everyone's lack of attention, quietly poured a small cup for herself, and then drank it all.

When the boy saw it, he wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

Seeing the girl's beautiful face, she wrinkled suddenly, and then showed a bitter face, her face was flushed, she turned sideways, covered her face with her bare hands, and kept coughing lightly.

The boy said that he had never drunk alcohol, but in fact he did, but he had never drunk like a girl, so ...... Forthright.

Zhou Jiujian hurriedly poured Liu Yue a cup of tea.

The girl took the tea, and saw a pair of eyes, which had already overflowed a few tears, slid down from the edge of the long eyelashes, and the little face was still wrinkled tightly, but it also showed another moving posture, but it was really pitiful for me.

The young man couldn't help but blame: "Look at you, it's okay to do something, what kind of wine are you drinking? ”

The girl rarely showed a trace of grievance, but she couldn't speak for a while, and silently took a sip of tea, with a hot voice, which made her feel a little better.

Zhou Jiujian couldn't help but smile when he looked at Liu Yue's appearance now.

The girl looked at him angrily, then took her own tea and turned her head.

When the wine reached the second round, everyone was drinking drunk, and it had gradually reached the top of the excitement, and the voices of Lao Hong and Fang San were gradually rising.

That Guo Zixi, Guo Junshou, was naturally still chattering about the old Taoist Fang Qingran for the elixir.

This old man is also an old fox, while fooling, he gradually loosened his talk, so that the county guard could see a glimmer of hope, but he didn't make it clear, and he kept hanging on the appetite of the county guard.

Zhou Jiujian poured Liu Yue a little wine, prompting her to drink it slowly.

The girl was bitten by a snake once, and she was afraid of the well rope for ten years, so she shook her head again and again, saying that she didn't want to touch it again.

The boy had no choice but to give up.

Suddenly, in the wind and snow outside, a person suddenly broke in in a hurry.

Covered in snow, he climbed with rolling belts, and as soon as he came in, he shouted: "My lord, something is wrong!"

Guo Zixi had been begging for Fang Qingran's elixir, but when he saw that the old Dao's words were loosened, he was overjoyed, and he was planning to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and poured a few more glasses of wine into the old Dao, and he was in a daze, so he naturally agreed, and then it would be done, and the matter of immortality was in front of him, wouldn't it be beautiful.

Suddenly, such a person came, interrupted his plan, and actually shouted something "something is wrong"?

Guo Zixi was angry, he didn't put down the wine glass in his hand, he stood up angrily, and looked at it, but it was the captain of the city patrol under his own command, seeing his panicked appearance in front of the distinguished guests, he couldn't help but be a little angry, and he spoke out angrily, and his official authority appeared, and said: "Guo Tianyu, don't you know that Lord Ben is going to entertain all the distinguished guests of the immortal family in the mansion today, what are the idle and trivial matters, I will talk about it tomorrow, get out of here quickly!"

But when he saw the captain patrolling the city, he looked depressed at this time, and said: "My lord, my lord, something is wrong......! The capital has fallen!"

When everyone suddenly heard what he said, they were all shocked and looked different.

And Guo Zixi, as the county guard of Shangyang, heard such bad news, the wine glass in his hand suddenly fell down, smashed on the banquet, and splashed a table of wine, however, he was unconscious, and his fat cheeks were as pale as paper: "Fall...... Fallen?"

......

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The capital of the East Win Country, Shangrao.

Although it is said to be the capital of a country, it is just that this Shangrao City is higher than that Shangyang City, and the city wall is higher and thicker, but in fact it is only more than ten feet higher, and it is seven or eight centimeters thicker. However, Shangrao City is also the capital of Dongying a country, compared to Shangyang City, it is naturally much more prosperous and wide, and the emperor's palace in the capital, although it is a minister belonging to Houchu, according to the title specifications, the lord of Dongying Country cannot build a palace, all specifications and etiquette, but it has to be built in accordance with the foreign feudal county king, but it is also built luxurious and extravagant.

A huge palace, occupying one-third of the area of a city, can really be regarded as a great waste of money and labor.

Now, in the royal palace, a raging fire has already been ignited.

In the vast wind and snow, it could not extinguish the monstrous fire, and the dazzling firelight illuminated half of the sky in the dark night, and it could be seen clearly in all corners of Shangrao City.

The south gate of Shangrao City, which should have been closed, is now open.

Under the city gate, an army covered in black armor is marching in an orderly and consistent manner, like the beat of a drum, in the midst of a heavy storm and snow, one after another into the city.

First the infantry army, then the cavalry army.

With all the black armor, except for the sound of the undisturbed footsteps, there was no sound of this army anymore, and even the cavalry that entered the city after that had been on every horse was chewing on its head with a horse cover on it, and there was no word.

There is silence, and in the silence, there is endless murderous energy brewing!

As the cavalry entered the city one after another, he saw a horseman, holding a fine steel spear in his right hand, and a banner in his left hand.

Above the flag, the background is pitch black, but there is a strange bird with a white background, fluttering and hideous!

In Shangrao City, the fire soared into the sky, and under the wind and snow, suddenly, a thunderbolt pierced the sky!