Chapter 57: The Dance of the Fish and the Dragon (Part II)
"It's so stinky! My lord, isn't there a way to go on like this?" The four Khitan high-rollers all covered their noses with their sleeves, and followed the leader to drive away the stench that was pouring to the left, and several people had a tired look on their faces, but the fog in the array seemed to be endless, and it was only after a wave that it rose and went, surging in groups, and exuding an amazing stench. There were a few other people around who were responsible for destroying the earth platform, but these earth ramparts were also like fog, one bag had just been flattened, and the other bag was rising, which made everyone feel helpless. "This array is not simple, you can repair the formation base by yourself, if you can't find out the array eye or array element, even if you are tired to death, you won't be able to blow this stinky fog. ”
Array Eye, Array Yuan.
The leader frowned, how could he not know that he should find these two key points first at this time! But the people who sent out had been looking for more than a quarter of an hour, and before he could tell him, he heard his subordinates complaining in his ears, and smelled a foul smell in his nose, and he rushed to the apex when he was unbearable, so he shouted into the mist: "Haven't you found it yet?"
"Back to my lord, I haven't found it yet!"
"Back to my lord, I didn't find it!"
"I didn't find it, my lord. ”
Six negative responses came from six directions.
The thief surnamed Hu! So treacherous! At a young age, he is as cunning as an old ruffian, and a hastily arranged formation can hide the eyes of the formation and the formation element so secretly.
"Alright, don't look for it, everyone will gather for me!" Seeing that he had been in the formation for a long time, he hadn't even figured out the mystery of the formation, but his own hands had already made his eyes red and irritated by the intense stench, and the leader really couldn't bear it anymore. "Destroy the formation base!"
Hu Tan's formation is not only difficult to find, but also quite vicious. Floating sand. Trap, thunder. The elusive flames, the earthen platform that will collapse on its own for some reason. The poisons of the Romans who are not yet dead...... These are still small paths, and what is really terrifying is the pervasive stench, like thousands of pounds of fish and crabs piled up on the shore, rotting and foaming, mixed with countless dead rats and rotten eggs.
Before that, the Khitan people had never thought that the stench could have such a heinous function, and it didn't take long for them to be smoked impetuously, their eyes watered, and their hands and feet weakened. The dough is unbearably hot. Even if I covered my mouth and nose with the sleeves of my coat, I didn't see much reduction in the stench, and it seemed that the pores around my body were swelling to absorb these filthy smells. It was only a pity for the heroes who were trapped in the array, their vision was obscured by the fog, and the effect of the illumination was mostly weakened by the scorched black soil, and they were smoked to a calm and completely devoid of it. Some people's soles were dripping with blood, some people's heads and faces were stained with sand, and some people's clothes were completely ruined. Some people have to stand tall, and everyone is dizzy and sluggish.
In such a situation, if you don't make a decision at the right time, you are afraid that you will really capsize in the gutter.
"My lord!" several subordinates heard that the leader was going to destroy the foundation of the formation. All surprised. Destroying the foundation of the formation is the most stupid way to break the formation, just like demolishing a house without pushing the pillars and beams but digging the foundation deeply, which is not only labor-intensive. And it takes a long time, and everyone is already eager to bury their noses in the soil to avoid it when they come to this stench for a moment. If you really want to use this method to break the formation, it will take an hour or two. How can you bear that!
"If you don't break the formation like this, everyone won't be able to get out tomorrow!
It's a damn bastard's choice.
Hearing that they might have to spend a whole day in this stench, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.
The lesser of two evils, and driven by terror, everyone was so efficient that they immediately trotted over and gathered. They were looking for the formation eyes and formation elements around this formation, and they had been anxious for a long time. Hu Tan used some strange methods, I am afraid that he used a side door such as an eye trick or a magic method, just now a group of people came and went to look around, and from the footprints on the ground, it seemed that they were only going around in a small circle. Whether it's going straight, diagonally, going left and right in a circle, everyone will always come back to the same place, and I don't know how this thief who killed a thousand knives did it!
The ability to lay out the trick in this way is already everyone's means.
Under the arrangement of the leader, the group began to look for the weak point of the formation seat, and destroyed it all the way in the direction of the weaker breath. There is no external water and soil in the base of the formation here, and it is not difficult to break out of a road after all, forcibly digging a road with fire and blades, and gathering the strength of more than 30 people to attack together. Sure enough, the talisman power that Hu Tan used to make the formation element was weak after all, and the formation base was not very stable, and it only took more than thirty people to work together for half an hour before they completely walked out of the range of the formation technique. Hu Tan's formation is really indescribably strange, dozens of people are obviously gathered together and walk straight, shoulder-to-shoulder, but halfway there are still people from time to time inexplicably turning left and right, as if the ghost is confused. A good team, but later it was stretched into a water snake to cross the river.
"Land Replacement Talisman!" After the destruction formation regained footing in the snow and saw what was buried under the scorched earth, the leader couldn't help but be furious, and a hollow palm shook the few yellow talismans half-buried in the floating soil into pieces. The formation with a radius of more than ten zhang gives people the feeling that it is as wide as dozens of zhang, and it turns out that this broken spell is the cause of this broken spell! When you walk to the place where the spell works, people will be moved, and they are still unconscious, no wonder a group of people can't walk in a straight line no matter how they walk!
After the resentment, he counted the manpower again, and saw a few wounded people who were drenched in blood but were ecstatic to breathe air because they were away from the stench, a few unlucky people who were poisoned and vomited, and then a ghost-like subordinate with unkempt hair and black faces and innocent white eyes, the leader couldn't help but be speechless, and only felt depressed in his chest, and he couldn't even hate Hu Tan.
The thief is very vicious, and his skills are not worth mentioning, but his harmful deeds are really not shallow. His formation is not surprisingly lethal, and the rune yuan is weak, but he has a special mind in the formation and ghost skill. So many people were dispatched to find the exact location of the array element and the formation eye, and if you want to continue to search, I am afraid that it will take more than half an hour. Trapping more than thirty people for nearly an hour delayed the pursuit, and in any case, his goal had been achieved. And then there's that nasty stench...... The leader really didn't want to think about it anymore, this was the biggest nightmare of this formation, as if people only needed to move a little. The mouth, nose, heart and lungs will once again be filled with the disgusting thing that makes people want to plunge deep into the snow and wash their bodies thoroughly, which is obviously just the product of the evil thoughts of children. But it can make a group of Khitans become so jealous and embarrassed, which is something that no other more clever destruction technique can do.
Look at these ghosts more than people in front of you. Where is the man who can't hide his joy just because he shouts clean air again, and who is still as bold and capable as before, who is bent on killing the enemy? Hu Tan used a hastily arranged formation to make more than 30 Nighthawks completely demoralized, and such a method cannot be commented on by mere boredom and bad taste.
"Send another urgent message to Shanghe Village, the target's strength exceeds the estimate, let them use all means, as long as this little ghost is stopped!"
This time there were no objections.
"Ahh Qin Su threw a concerned glance at him.
"Now that you've done your work, button up your clothes and don't catch a cold. ”
"Got it. It's warm, how can it catch a cold," Hu Tan said, "One sneeze is thinking, two sneezes are scolding, this is someone scolding me!" Xiao Tong rubbed his nose and muttered, "It seems that the formation net just laid out a lot of big fish, and they are talking about me." He was quite proud of the formation he had laid out. Imagining the embarrassed appearance of the enemy caught in the formation being overwhelmed by thunder charms, flowing fire, and floating sand, the little boy couldn't help but perk up and grinned.
"It must have been fun, but unfortunately I didn't get to see it with my own eyes. Hu Tan said in his heart. "Better smoke a few more bastards. ”
The little boy is happy by nature. A little good thing can put his worries aside for a while. But the rest of the crowd was not in the same good mood as him, and Lei Daring had a gloomy face, holding the reins of his horse and running at the front of the queue. Hurried silently. There is still a day and a night away from Yingchang Mansion here, and I don't know what the current situation of the master is. Thinking of the scene of the master being wounded and running away, isolated and helpless. The bald man's heart was filled with worry, and his mouth only kept drinking.
Guo Buyi and Lei Hong went through a fierce battle, but this mysterious young man didn't have much to say, and his face was still peaceful.
At this time, a group of people are galloping on the official road of more than 140 miles south of Jingqian Town, more than half of the card, the sky is dark, the four fields are as black as ink, the road is almost difficult to identify, it has been more than three hours since the breakthrough of Fubo Bridge, Lei Hong, Qin Su, Hu Tan and several people have been accustomed to such disputes and escapes, and the mood has been calm. However, Kancha and Mumuti had never had such an experience, and they could not dispel their worries, and they kept looking back during their journey, only fearing that their pursuers would suddenly cover up and kill.
"Uncle Ray, stop for a moment, the horses are dying. Feeling that the speed of the mount had slowed down significantly, his steps were vain, and he was forced to hurry, but he was afraid that he would not be able to reach the speed, Hu Tan proposed to Lei Hong. It is no wonder that from after lunch until this time, when a few horses have barely stopped, more than five hours of galloping, even if it is a thousand miles of horses, the physical strength will be exhausted, and this is also due to the two Hu people who brought more horses, and everyone took turns to change, otherwise, I am afraid that earlier, the horses will be exhausted.
"Let's rest for a while before we go, don't tire the horses out, we'll show them tomorrow." ”
Lei Hong frowned and raised his eyes to look ahead, but there was only a dark and dreary area in the extreme eye, and there was no half-star light. There is no shop in front of the village, the wilderness is empty, the cold wind sweeps away, and it is difficult to find a sheltered place to accumulate horsepower. Lei Hong couldn't wait to run directly to Yingchang Mansion in one breath, the master's life was at stake, how could he care about cherishing horsepower, but Hu Tan was right, I don't know if there is a horse market near Zuo, in case these beasts are tired and out of strength now, and they can't buy mounts, everyone will have to go on foot tomorrow, wouldn't it be more delayed.
"Okay, let's rest for a while and drink some water. The big man said, and didn't want to find any shelter from the wind, so he stopped the horse in the middle of the road, jumped down with a water bladder, and the healthy horse suddenly stopped breathing, and his muscles and muscles trembled, and he only pouted and kept snorting, and the sweat on his body was steaming.
The wind howls in the air, and there is a faint sound of birds flapping their wings.
Lei Hong understood it, but he didn't bother to think about it anymore, raised his eyebrows, and said with a sneer: "It's really a thief's heart that doesn't die, and it's all the way to follow." At this time, he was in a hurry, feeling a little tired, he didn't want to bother any more energy, these eye detectives were always inexhaustible, killing and coming, and the whereabouts of his group were all in the eyes of others. Lei has the reputation of 'bold', how can he be afraid of war and avoid war, he has always been good at fighting fiercely. I won't bother too much about thinking about the enemy's path, anyway, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. It doesn't matter if he's a god or a ghost, if you can't meet him. At most, it was a fierce fight.
Several people gathered together to share dry food. The two Hu people were frightened birds, and they felt that this place was not safe, but they knew that the horses were unbearable to move forward, and they were really like sitting on pins and needles, and they frequently looked around when eating and drinking.
Hu Tan saw that they were nervous, and he didn't know what to say to comfort them. The personal experience is different, the two Hu people have always been pampered, and they have wanted to enter the Central Plains for a long time. None of them had ever experienced a real life-and-death battle, so it was not surprising that there was such a reaction. After resting for more than a quarter of an hour, their bellies were full, and the men fed the horses again, and when the time was about to enter the sea, they were not too busy to hurry at once, but each of them pulled his bridles and walked slowly along the main road. After a day of running, the horses could not recover their physical strength in just two quarters of an hour. I can only take a break while walking, and slowly make plans.
Lei Hong and Guo Buyi led the way one after the other, and Qin Su was about a few steps away from the two of them, and slowly followed. Hu Tan wanted to comfort Kancha, so he was a few feet behind at this time, talking side by side with the two Hu people.
I was walking in the snow. Mu Muti suddenly let out an 'ah' and stopped. Staring at the wilderness behind him, he froze.
"What's the matter?" said Uncle Mumuti?" asked him, following his line of sight. But all I saw was an undulating slope of snow. "It seems that someone, a dark shadow, suddenly, is now gone. Mu Mu Ti rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked at the location where he had just found the abnormality, but the wind blew the snow mound in the distance, and there was no black shadow, a few sparse dead grasses, no more than the top of the monk's head, and obviously there was no way to hide people. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Mu Muti couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and said with a smile: "Maybe, it's my eyes that are spent, and I saw it wrong." ”
Lei Hong laughed, his five senses were much stronger than everyone else, if someone was really walking in the distance, the movement of stepping on the snow would naturally not be able to hide his ears. "Brother Mumuti, you are too nervous, it seems that you brothers have fought less, today is just a small scene, don't worry, I am here, if someone ......" Before he finished speaking, Guo Buyi, who had been following him, suddenly changed color, jumped up, and flew in the direction of Hu Tan: "It's not good!
"Bah!" The black smoke was released from his body and suddenly retracted, and the wind swept suddenly, waiting for everyone's eyes to see, Guo Buyi had crossed the distance of three or four zhang in an instant, and there was only a large ball of dense smoke ring that slowly rolled over from the original standing position, and he himself had already stood beside Hu Tan, dialed the child behind his back, and then stood up with his right palm, and snapped his fingers, and five dense black smoke poured out from his fingertips.
"Bold!!"
"Medium!"
The middle finger of the index finger of the right hand curled up and flicked sharply, and the two sharp sounds of "Boom!Boom!" were two sharp sounds, and the thick black lines shot out from the fingertips, hitting something six feet in front of them, and the "Whoa" was like a spark falling into the oil ring, and the dim green light flashed, and a large black smoke ring spread out.
Everyone vaguely seemed to hear a low whimper, and then the black smoke was blown away by the cold wind.
This change was abrupt, and all of them were nervous by Guo Buyi's expression and strange exercises.
"Who?!" Lei Hong said.
"What's wrong?what's that?!" Hu Tan asked, busy with the five-piece defensive spell. The two Hu people followed suit, and the leaf cocoon and the fine sand golden armor mantra were quickly blessed. Where did Guo Buyi have time to answer at this time, his eyebrows were cold, but he didn't stop moving, and he shouted loudly and condensed five twisted spells on his palm, bounced them into the ground in front of him, and then turned the knot with both hands at the same time, formed a few complicated tricks, and recited a spell as fast as a popping bean.
"East Prison Guanxi Prison Pass! South Prison Pass North Prison Pass! I point to the direction, the Quartet purifies the altar, the fire order summons the earth to the Yin general, and passes through the Xuanjia, the protector of the law in the town!
"Bang bang bang!" seemed to be a few explosions that exploded under the ground, making a muffled sound. On the snow in front of Guo Buyi, it was like splashing ink, and some unknown black things were like old trees pulling branches, the branches were tangled, and then snakes stretched out in four directions.
"Everyone, get on your horse quickly, get out of here as soon as possible! I won't be able to stop for long!" Guo Buyi shouted to everyone.
"Empty!", "Empty!", "Empty!", "Empty!" three sounds, several black lines seemed to touch the enemy, and when the air exploded a large black mist, a few faint cries in the wind disappeared in an instant.
Seeing the always calm Guo Buyi's jealousy situation, everyone hesitated and got on the horse one after another. Even though he didn't know what was going on, he looked so nervous. Everybody knows it's a big deal.
"Will you be good at chanting the Sutra, the Origin Mantra, the Immortal Mantra of All Things, and the Ananda Mantra?" Guo Buyi asked urgently. Everyone shook their heads once, but it was Hu Tan, who seemed to have sensed something from Guo Buyi's words, his lips moved slightly to speak, but Guo Buyi didn't give him a chance, raised his face and shouted to Lei Hong: "Forget it! Senior Brother Lei! Take them to the south! Remember to use the Thunder and Fire Technique to open the way! These are Yin Souls, stalking, but they are afraid of Zhengda's masculine spells! I'll break it off for you!" Guo Buyi finished speaking, grabbing Hu Tan's arm. I couldn't help but say that he rolled up the sleeves of the child's coat high: "Brother Xiaohu, their target is you! I will attach my natal god to you, I can help you resist three possessions, these things are not trivial, you must be careful! Don't be contaminated!"
Everyone watched Guo Buyi put his index finger into his mouth and bit it hard, but when he stretched it out, there was no blood on his finger, and what slowly wound and flowed out was black smoke like ink.
"This god has made an order! The three ghosts of Chibai and Qing are bound to the door!, and the pardon is decreed!" ignored the surprised gaze of the others. Hurriedly drew a spell on Hu Tan's arm as sharp as a knife and a sword, the black smoke touched the skin, Guo Buyi obeyed the order, and then slapped a palm on Hu Tan's mount's forehead. A black gas is sent into the horse.
"This brute won't be too easily frightened, go!"
"Drive!" Lei Hong said no more nonsense, pulling the reins and clamping the horse's belly. The mount hissed, and the man stood up. Shake up the spirit and re-sprinkle the hoof. It is rare for a mad Zen master's disciple to be so obedient to people, but this is not the time. He knew almost nothing about Guo Buyi's exercises, but the latter's strength was undoubted, which made such a master feel tricky, and the bald man didn't think that his ability could change anything.
"I'm afraid of thunder and fire, right! I'll teach you to know that my grandfather's surname is Lei, and I belong to them as I do it!" Lei Hong laughed, rubbed his hands as he spoke, put the two fingers of his left hand on his right wrist, and the red light shone in the dark night, and one arm swelled up, and he was the first hand to add a curse to the thunder arrow. "Everyone, follow me!" The strong man was in high spirits and burst into a shout, like a thunderbolt in the air.
The horses were bumpy, the cold wind split the face, and the enemy could not be seen in front of him, but these enemies were not as easy to see as ordinary things, Lei Hong did not dare to be careless, after a few steps of the horse, he twisted his body on the saddle, made a gesture of opening the bow, and then turned his strength to the heart palace, and returned to his arms: "Open!"
"Long!" A stunning white light pierced through, and countless lights seemed to be lit up in the dark night, illuminating the open space within a radius of twenty zhang to make the shadows of the needles visible, and in a short time, this wasteland dirt road seemed to have become the most prosperous street that never sleeped in Kyoto, with bright light and noisy noise.
"Open!"
"Long!" Lei Hong didn't wait for all the spells to disappear, and as soon as he saw that the light emitted by the fist technique was dimmed, the second arrow was rushed out. He was holding his breath today, and he was worried that he had nowhere to exert his strength. The fist arrow made a loud noise, swirling and rushing forward, the mad Zen master's exercise is masculine and domineering all the way, this is a powerful attack technique, but not only the momentum is amazing, the place where it rolls up and soars, the blazing breath radiates in all directions, and the surging fist strength is within the left and right three zhang, if there is no steel and iron bones, but it is the one who is standing.
"Open!"
"Long, Long, Long!"
"Open!"
"Long, Long, Long!"
Five men and seven horses rushed south without stopping in the thunderous and powerful opening method, gradually moving away. Guo Buyi saw that there was almost a candle shining on a road, and the sound of explosions continued, and he couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly, this Senior Brother Lei, with such a flamboyant temperament, really deserves the name of 'bold'. However, listening to his cheers, he was full of energy, and he obviously had spare strength, and Guo Buyi didn't worry much about him.
Turning his attention back to the front, he saw that the black smoke in the air in front of him had gathered as many as twenty clouds, and the young man couldn't help but turn pale.
I didn't expect them to be willing to spend such a large amount of money in order to deal with Hu Tan. Others don't know about such things, but Guo Buyi's exercises are special, and they are inextricably linked with these things, so how can they not know the details.
For more than 100 years, there is no shortage of good hands who practice black witchcraft, for the people of the country and the country, to do the heroic deeds of dissecting the liver and showing courage, and deserving of the reputation of a good man. It was the feats of these heroes that gradually reversed the reputation of black witchcraft as vicious and weird, and it was passed down for thousands of years, and finally changed in the Song Dynasty today.
However, outside the barbarian fortress, black witchcraft still follows the old path, and the strategy is not afraid of danger. But seek speed, and the exercises are not against their evil. But for example. Living shadow is a kind of secret art that is circulated among the Khitan black witches. Take the soul of the enemy alive, extract the seven souls and the two souls of heaven and earth, and only leave the soul of life. After that, the corpse was completely destroyed, and the soul was lost. Because among the three souls and seven spirits, the life soul is the corpse soul, which can last the most and love the flesh body the most, and after being refined by witchcraft, it can be guided to attach to the enemy's body.
This technique is extremely secretive. There is no trace, and it usually doesn't do much harm to the host, but the person who is attached to the living shadow is possessed by two souls for life, and can be interfered with by the practitioner if he wants to do it, and the living shadow has the nature of the soul of life, once it is recognized, it is extremely difficult to get rid of it, so it comes. Where the host is and what he does is easily grasped by the practitioner.
To refine a living shadow, it takes the life of a living person. If this witchcraft is known to the Central Plains, it will inevitably cause another turmoil. And regardless of the manpower and material resources consumed in refining, the time of refining alone. It takes at least 20 years for each shadow to be controlled, which shows that this thing is very difficult to obtain. Right now, in order to deal with Hu Tan, they have released such a number of living shadows. It can be seen that it will be fruitful. What gave Guo Buyi a headache was that the living shadow body was a life soul, and it couldn't be completely killed at all. When a person dies, his body turns into mud, and his soul can stay by the corpse for 300 years at most, which shows his tenacity. After being solidified by the guidance of black magic, the stubbornness and survivability of the living shadows are greatly strengthened, even if they are attacked and scattered, they can be reunited back after a short time, if they can't find the source of release and block the instructions of the magician, these living shadows will be pursued endlessly, and the mountains and fires will not avoid the dangers, and the mountains and rivers will not go away.
With a sigh, seeing that Lei Hong and his party were already miles away in an instant, Guo Buyi withdrew the defensive array in front of him. His cultivation is special, and he is not afraid of living shadows, he opens his eyes to observe the shadows in the distance for a moment, discerns the direction in which the living shadows are floating, and uses his body to run over.
There is only the sound of the wind in the four fields, and it is slow for a while, and it is far away from the dwellings, and it is the middle of winter, and there is no sound of dogs and insects. Guo Buyi galloped in the snow for about a quarter of an hour, and when he reached a chaotic hill pile, he finally saw a beating blue light in a dark shadow in front of him.
Finger Lamp. That's the guy he's looking for.
A dark green oil lamp, framed by white bones and covered by human skin, was provoked by a wooden stick and inserted in the shadows, and the dim light could not shine a foot away, which looked extremely strange. The lamp was like a bean, burning corpse oil mixed with all kinds of secret things. This is the beacon that guides Operation Living Shadow. Guo Buyi quietly approached slowly, and in the hollow ground on the back of Qiugang, he saw four men in fur furs, cowering in the shadows to avoid the wind and snow. Take a closer look, several people have different division of labor, the innermost two people are sitting cross-legged, their hands hanging on their knees, obviously doing exercises, but the two outside are one left and one right into a protective situation, their eyes can't help but patrol outward, full of vigilance, thinking that they are protecting the Dharma.
"Cough!" Xiao Xiao was silent, and the cough he suddenly let out was indescribably abrupt, but Guo Buyi had no choice but to do so. Look at the master's family so vigilant, if you rush up, I am afraid that I will meet with swords and soldiers immediately.
"Brothers, take the liberty to visit, and be polite. Guo Buyi came out of the shadows, stopped at the flat place, and made a fist salute.
Sure enough, where did the two sentry men think that there were still people coming to visit at this time, and when they heard the coughing sound, they jumped up like a cat with their tails trampled, and when they saw the figure again, one of them whistled repeatedly, and quickly summoned the beast, which was a huge brown bear, with rolling flesh, rich fur, and a body even twice as large as the horses bought by the two Hu people, standing under the hill, almost as high as the dirt slope. The other person has a phosgene on his body, and the ice shield and earth shield protect him tightly, obviously a sorcerer. The two men who were casting spells were also awakened, and at the same time, they stopped the spells that drove the living shadow, and each pinched up their attack fingers to be on guard.
"Don't be nervous, be a fellow traveler. Guo Buyi said, "May I ask how many of you were on an errand under General Xiao on the left road, or did you follow the general on the west road?" In the Khitan army that marched south, there were two generals in the camp who were responsible for the counter-infiltration in the Central Plains, one was Xiao Wanshi, the general on the left road, and the other was Li Chang, the general of the Western Road under Yeluqi.
As soon as this sentence was asked, several people in the shadows looked at each other, and this person in front of him seemed to know a lot about their origins, but he didn't know what the path was. It's just that their identities are secret, walking in the Central Plains, and the slightest carelessness will lead to death, so they can't calmly admit their origins because of an abrupt question from the other party, and when a thin man with a beard walked out, laughed, and asked with a fist: "What is the general of the left and right road?" We are just out on the road, and we are just stopping here for a while. This brother met late at night and it was also fate. Why don't you come over and avoid the cold, and you didn't ask for your name?"
Guo Buyi smiled slightly. He took out a sign from his bosom and threw it over. "This is a token, in the next place, I want to ask a few brothers for a favor, can you not use the living shadow on that child surnamed Hu?"
"It's the token of the king of the North Courtyard. ”
Several people picked up the sign from the ground, looked over and over, and saw the tiger head and eagle carved on both sides of the gilt token, and the Khitan text was written underneath: Beiyuan Xiao holds the license and orders the Ministry. It is indeed the shape of the envoy of the Inner Mansion of the King of the North Courtyard, and it is confirmed to be correct at the moment. put his mind at ease, and no longer doubted Guo Buyi's identity, but when he heard his request, he seemed quite hesitant. Several people deliberated in a low voice for a while before the thin man spoke.
"Originally, you had the token of the king of the North Courtyard, so we should follow the orders," the thin man shook his head and said, "But this little ghost...... It's a general...... Do whatever it takes...... South Courtyard ...... North Courtyard ...... It's hard to be a man in the middle......"
A gust of wind surged and raised a cloud of snow and mist. The shadows of several people were obscured, and the sharp sound of the wind cut off the rest of the sounds, and the voices of several people sounded intermittent.
"Drive, drive, drive!"
Ugly for two moments.
Yihu Tan and his party appeared in Changyue County. After three and a half hours of desperate driving, he drove out more than 130 miles. Five men and seven horses, a total of twelve living creatures. By this time, they were all exhausted, and it was expected that no matter how quickly those ghosts chased after them, they should have been distanced by here.
There's more to the shadowlands than the howling wind. There were more songs of unknown strange birds, and what I saw was not only a low slope not much higher than a mud house. Changyue is not too far from Kaifeng, Tokyo, and there are rolling hills in the boundary. Shadows and shadows, high and low, looking into the distance, the winding ridges stretch under the sky, like a giant dragon lying on the ground.
According to the estimation of the distance, the farthest distance from the seal at this time will not exceed 200 miles.
"Huh-" The horses under Lei Hong's crotch were finally too tired to bear the strength, and a hoof in the middle of the run stumbled, and the unsuspecting strong man pounced forward. "Bang!" Lei Hong became confused, and slapped a palm in the air to the air in front of him, using his strength to stop the castration, and turned over and fell.
"It's over, the horse can't run. Lei Hong looked helplessly at the mount kneeling in the snow, shook his head and said. Even if he was anxious in his heart, at this time, there was nothing he could do, and the performance of several beasts on this day was already extremely good, even if Lei Hong was short-tempered, he didn't complain about the mount's lack of courage.
And all the people turned over and dismounted.
"Where is this?" Hu Tan was unfamiliar with the terrain, turned his head to look around, and muttered to himself. The five of them only fled for their lives all the way, and they didn't pick up a good road to walk, and they didn't have time to check the boundary monuments.
"It's almost Kaifeng," Lei Hong replied to him, "the horses can't run, we can only walk, and we won't be too slow with the light body technique." If you are lucky, find the village market and buy a few more horses, if you can't buy a horse, if we go fast, we can also rush to Kaifeng Mansion after dawn to eat. Hu Tan nodded in agreement, and Qin Su and the two Hu people had no opinion.
At the moment, after discerning the direction in the snow, Lei Hong beckoned everyone and abandoned his horse and set off. Everyone untied their saddlebags, took dry food and sundries, and the group traveled lightly. Several horses could no longer run and had to stay where they were. There were several dry rivers in front of them, and at the foot of the hills, a path passed between the two mountains, forming a thin canyon, and several people ran forward with swift techniques. Two Hu people were born in the Western Regions, because of the climate, the west of Tubo is not suitable for growing grain, so the local people mostly live on animal husbandry, they cherish the livestock far more than the Central Plains people, over the river, and run out of more than 100 zhang, see a few horses still follow slowly in the distance, the heart is extremely reluctant.
"Let's go, they won't die. Lei Hong noticed the situation of the two Hu people and said.
Kancha and Mu Muti nodded, and Kancha was a little surprised: "Senior Brother Lei smiled, we, love horses, have been since childhood." But they're fine, someone will save them at dawn, and they don't have to run with us tired, hard. Lei Hong said: "Well, these horses are all good animals that run away, and I don't think anyone will kill them for meat." As he spoke, there was the sound of birds flying overhead, and the sound was noisy, and there were more than one or two. These spies are either falcons or eagle vultures, Lei Hong has killed many people along the way, they are controlled by people with spells, and what they see is what the caster sees, and they are the most suitable for detecting the whereabouts of the enemy. Lei Hong was full of impatience at this time, and heard this sound again. Where can you still endure the murderous opportunity, and the anger rises. The tiger stared, pulled out his fist and looked into the sky and opened the thunder arrow.
"Get me down!"
Light arrows are struck. The earth suddenly brightened. The rumbling thunder spread in all directions, and the screams of birds were heard in the sky, and before the blood rained, the feathers withered like snowflakes, and the four great falcons fell down, their heads, necks, and stomachs were sparse, and they were all killed.
"I don't know whether to live or die, it's endless! If you have the ability, bring me a few more, and Lao Tzu will kill as many as he sees!" Lei Hong spat at the corpses of several birds. He scolded hatefully. The crowd knew his feelings, and they didn't comfort him anymore.
"Let's go, no one will be staring at us for a while. With a wave of his hand, the strong man rushed forward again, leading the way. The rest of the people followed, and when they arrived at the mountain pass, they carefully discerned for a while, and without noticing the abnormality, Lei Hong led everyone to run in. This canyon is actually not long, more than 40 zhang distance, winding through the bottom of the two mountains, the further you go, the lower it gets. The side walls on both sides are high and steep, with dead vines, making it extremely difficult to climb. Out of the canyon. Under the pass, it falls even more straight, and it is a descending mountain road. And it winds left and right, and it is very rugged. Everyone hurried to Kaifeng, and they didn't pay much attention to it, and they used light body skills to leap forward, and walked and paid attention, and ran forward for about ten miles, and heard another eagle sound overhead, so that Lei Hong was killed again. Silently all the way, over a few small slopes, I thought I could see the open land, but I looked around, but it was full of cliff overhanging rocks, the road was gradually narrowing, the peaks on both sides intersected, and it became a canyon with a line of sky overhead. Hu Tan muttered to Qin Su: "This terrain is really not good, if someone sets up an ambush here, but they will catch turtles in the urn." Qin Su blamed him for speaking unlucky, but the evil consequences of this place were as Xiao Tong said, and Jade Girl Peak couldn't help but have hidden worries when he abandoned his brother. It's just that it's too late to regret it now, everyone in the team is not familiar with the road, how can they find a broad road in a hurry.
After going forward for about a quarter of an hour, the road began to feel a little wider, look at the front of another mountain col, two black peaks, from the waist to the waist, covered with snow in the empty place, against the dark sky, the dark shadow of the mountain range is not seen in the distance, I don't know if it is back to the flat ground, everyone is full of expectations, want to wait for a drum to run over, out of the pass to find another path, but Lei Hong raised his hand to stop everyone, "Wait!"
"What's wrong?" Seeing that the man's face was cautious, Qin Su and Hu Tan both chuckled in their hearts and asked at the same time.
"What kind of smell is this?" the strong man sniffed suspiciously.
There was a faint smell in the air, it seemed that wormwood was mixed with the fragrance of other spices, and there was an indescribable unpleasant smell, and Lei Hong seemed to have a sense of déjà vu in a trance. This breath is extremely light, if it is not for the right headwind, Lei Hong's sense of smell is different from ordinary people, and it is difficult to detect it.
"What's wrong, Uncle Lei?" asked Hu Tan again.
"Don't worry, it seems a little wrong. Lei Hong replied in a low voice, and this sentence made Qin Su's heart sink instantly. Lei Hong couldn't tell where he had smelled this smell, but he told him in his heart that this smell was dangerous, and it didn't seem quite right ahead.
Put your hands on the pinna, support your ears and listen, the wind is like a swallow, sweeping through the plains, blocked by the cols, through the cracks of the rocks, skimming over the dead branches, or arrogant or dull, hoarse or sharp, many different sounds. But gradually, there were more subtle noises in the wind, like the sound of snow particles churning on the white mounds, and like silkworms devouring mulberry leaves, rustling, but it was much denser, and before long, the sound became richer, buzzing, subduing, and more sounds joined in. After a short while, when the complex, chaotic, dense but light and orderly sound finally gathered from all directions, forming a wave, which really came into his ears, Lei Hong couldn't help but sink his face.
It's the sound of insects!
No wonder he felt that smell somewhere, it was not the insect repellent incense lit by the black-clothed men at Fubo Bridge yesterday! That unpleasant smell was the unique stench of insects when they gathered, but he didn't have time to distinguish it in detail when the situation was busy last night.
"Damn! it's the Lohmons!" Lei Hong scolded viciously, and stepped forward, his eyes piercing straight to the front of the black dragon like a sword. "This bastard ghost sect! Why is the ghost still lingering, what do they want to do? Several times they set up cards to intercept them, but they just don't give up!"
"Luomon Sect, they are here again!" Qin Su's face instantly turned pale, and he looked at Hu Tan. (To be continued.) )