Han Jiangliu said: "It doesn't matter, it's good to have a place to rest." ”

The second captain, He Chedi, and the third captain, Huaizhong, also said: "Yes, the soldiers of the military brigade were originally very able to endure hardships. ”

Only the four captains were silent.

The Sanqing Heavenly Master first let the twelve wounded forbidden soldiers line up and detoxify them one by one.

The detoxification process took two hours. Sanqing Heavenly Master's head was sweating, obviously very hard, but he still couldn't see any mood on his face.

During the whole process, Han Jiangliu and the second and third captains were busy, helping to hand over towels and cold water, and everything was under the orders of the Sanqing Heavenly Master.

When all the detoxification was completed, the four captains Qi Bafang said, "I really can't stand it." ”

Han Jiangliu asked, "Captain Qi, what's wrong with you?"

Qi Bafang said: "General Han, I am going to resign and not go with you to save the princess." ”

Han Jiangliu said, "Why?"

"Do you need to ask why? Celestial Master, may I ask, how far is this from the Flame Island in the South China Sea?"

The Sanqing Heavenly Master said: "There are still 149,000 li to go to Flame Island, and if you calculate the detours and the need to avoid danger, it may exceed 200,000 li. ”

Qi Bafang said: "We have left the capital less than 10,000 miles now, and more than 50 brothers have already died. ”

The third captain Huaizhong said: "Fourth, you can't say that, we eat the emperor's food, we should do things for the emperor, this mission to find the princess is very glorious, even if you die on the road, you are a hero, you retreat halfway, what kind of ability?"

Qi Bafang said: "You are a hero, you are all heroes, I am a bad seed, I don't want to be a hero, I will stay here for one night today in the Heavenly Master, and tomorrow morning, I will go back to Tokyo to ask for my guilt, I would rather be assassinated by the emperor and sent to Shamen Island to fill the army, than follow you General Han." ”

When Han Jiangliu heard this, he was silent, what the four captains Qi Bafang said was not unreasonable, and it might be a mistake to bring them out by himself.

Thinking of this, Han Jiangliu said: "Several captains, brothers, you have indeed suffered a lot of hardships when you came out with Han, and there are many brothers who have died in this Dragon and Tiger Mountain, and Han really can't bear it." ”

After a pause, Han Jiangliu finally made up his mind, "That's it, Heavenly Master, please help me find a pen and paper." ”

The Sanqing Heavenly Master said, "Paper and pen are ready-made. Pointing to the pen and ink on the table, he said, "It's all there." ”

Han Jiangliu took the pen and ink, brushed and wrote a chapter, which was to the effect that he took these 200 soldiers on an expedition to Flame Island in the South China Sea, and the journey had not yet completed one-tenth of the journey, and more than 50 people had been lost. I have the secret protection of the gods such as Lishan's mother and Wuyun Immortal Gu, and I believe that I will be able to save the princess from danger safely, but these soldiers are all dismissed, and other tasks are appointed.

Write the recital, hand it over to the second captain He Chedi, and say: "Brother He, you take the brothers back to Beijing, and give this recital to the emperor, the emperor is benevolent and will not blame you." ”

He Che said, "This, how is it good?"

Qi Bafang took the chapter and said, "That's it." He took the piece in his hand, waved it to his soldiers, and read it through.

In the huge Sanqing Palace, there was silence, only the sound of Qi Bafang reading the chapter was heard, and even the Sanqing Heavenly Master was sitting on the chair next to him, listening silently.

Reading the recital, Qi Bafang said: "As the saying goes, those who know the times are Junjie, everyone who wants to go back to the court with me, please stand on the left side of the main hall, and whoever wants to continue to brave the Flame Island with General Han, please stand on the right." ”

There was a commotion in the main hall, and people stood in line one after another, and the result was half on the left and right: half of the forbidden army thought of their wives and children, remembered their own net worth and life, and was willing to go back to Beijing with Qi Bafang; while the other half of the people standing on the right side thought that they would be punished for disobeying the holy decree when they returned to Beijing, so it was better to try their luck with General Han and might make great contributions, while some were purely because Han Jiangliu usually treated him very well.

Han Jiangliu waved his hand and said, "Brothers, you don't have to follow me to the adventure, go back, all follow Captain He, Captain Qi, and Captain Huai, and we will naturally meet again if we have the opportunity in the future." ”

Those forbidden troops who followed Han Jiangliu desperately said one after another: "If we don't go back, we are willing to follow General Han, and we will break through the sword mountain and the sea of fire!"

"Why bother?" Han Jiangliu was very moved.

Huaizhong said: "The subordinates are willing to follow General Han's saddle before and after the horse, and General Wei Han's order is obeyed." ”

The third captain, Huaizhong, is tall and strong, and he speaks like a bell, which is extremely powerful.

"Yes, we are willing to follow General Han before and after the saddle, and General Wei Han's order is obeyed!" more than 30 forbidden soldiers echoed in unison.

To put it mildly, these people had to follow Han Jiangliu anyway, but Han Jiangliu had no choice but to agree to their request.

In the evening, the Sanqing Heavenly Master asked the little apprentice to prepare some vegetarian food, arranged for more than 100 people to eat, and everyone rested in peace.

Early the next morning, everyone said goodbye to the Sanqing Heavenly Master.

Qi Bafang and He Chedi led more than 100 people to prepare to return to Beijing, while Han Jiangliu and Huaizhong led 28 strong men to prepare all the way forward.

He Chedi and others made Han Jiangliu and Huaizhong very much. He said to Han Jiangliu: "General Han, the mountains and rivers are far away, the land is wide and the sky is long, you must take care of yourself." ”

Han Jiangliu said: "Don't worry, Brother He, your journey back to the capital is not close, you must pay attention to the safety of your brothers." ”

He Che said, "Yes, General Han"

He Chedi said to Huaizhong again: "Third brother, you have been friends for many years, and you have to separate at this moment, I don't know what year and month you can see each other again." ”

Huaizhong said: "Don't worry, second brother, as long as the younger brother doesn't die, he will definitely go back to you." Huaizhong regretted this ominous remark, but the words had been spoken, and it was inconvenient to change them, and the two brothers said goodbye in tears.

Over there, Qi Bafang urged He Chedi to leave quickly.

The teams on both sides parted ways.

Han Jiangliu and the third captain Huaizhong were about to set off with twenty-eight brothers.

Sanqing Heavenly Master suddenly walked out of the main hall and shouted, "General Han, Captain Huai, you go slowly." ”

Han Jiangliu and the others stopped halfway up the mountain, waiting for the Sanqing Heavenly Master.

The Sanqing Heavenly Master walked in front of him.

Han Jiangliu asked, "Heavenly Master, may I ask, what do you command?"

Sanqing Heavenly Master said, "When you go to Flame Island this time, you don't know what other demons, monsters, wolves, insects, tigers and leopards you will encounter on the way, and you really don't know what kind of danger there is. I have some pills here, you can take them, this pill is called the Soul Resident Pill, although it can't bring the dead back to life, but in case of serious injury, it can save your life, so it's convenient to ask Lang Zhong to treat it. ”

Han Jiangliu and Huaizhong thanked each other, greatly grateful for the hospitality of the Sanqing Heavenly Master.

Sanqing Heavenly Master said: "My Soul Pill, is made of local precious herbs, in the past hundred years, I have only refined thirty pills, one pill I took myself, one pill was dedicated to the Queen Mother at the peach festival, there are a total of twenty-eight pills here, you all take it." ”

There are twenty-eight pills in total.

Han Jiangliu and Huaizhong, look at me, let me look at you: there are a total of thirty people in his team, and now there are only twenty-eight pills, who eats and who doesn't?

The Sanqing Heavenly Master was still looking at the two of them expressionlessly.

Han Jiangliu said, "Brother Huaizhong, you can distribute the pills." Thirty people, I don't have it, and you don't have either. ”

"Yes, General. Huaizhong did not complain, and distributed the twenty-eight pills to the other twenty-eight people.

The twenty-eight forbidden soldiers were far away and did not hear the conversation between the Three Qing Heavenly Masters and them, so each of them took one pill and took the pill, and at that time they felt light and healthy, as if they had changed their bones.

The Sanqing Heavenly Master said: "General Han is really a benevolent and righteous person. ”

Han Jiangliu humbly thanked him: "Say, if you have a fate in the future, you should meet the Heavenly Master again." ”

The Sanqing Heavenly Master said, "If you have any difficulties, you can come to Longhu Mountain to find me." ”

Han Jiangliu immediately said to Huaizhong and the twenty-eight forbidden army sergeants: "Let's go." ”

Thirty men continued on their way.

Leaving Longhu Mountain, on the road, I came to a big river on this day.

The river roars and grows, and there is no grass growing on the riverside, but the river is so wide that you can't see the view on the other side at a glance.

I don't know what the name of this big river is.

Han Jiangliu sent people to ask the local people, and the people sent to him came back after a while, and said: "The local people call this big river the Kaiyuan River, they say that there is no fish in this big river, and it does not produce any aquatic products, and the water in the big river is used to irrigate the crops, and the crops will immediately wither and yellow, so this river is called the Kaiyuan River, and it is also called stagnant water by the local people." ”

Han Jiangliu asked, "So is there a ferry?"

The pathfinder sergeant said, "No." There are no ferries in the area, but the locals say that there is no need for ferries here, because the climate here is strange, the day is summer, and the night is extremely cold, and the river is frozen, so people can walk over it. ”

I see.

Han Jiangliu said: "Since this is the case, everyone will rest by the river for a while, wait until it gets dark, the river surface freezes, and cross the river together." ”

Everyone sat on the floor and ate some dry food that they brought with them to satisfy their hunger.

Huaizhong asked: "General Han, we have come so far, I don't know if this is still under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty." Han Jiangliu said: "Under the whole world, it is not the land of the king, no matter how far away, it is the territory of the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Huaizhong said, "That being said, I always felt that the environment here was too weird. ”

"How?"

"General, look at this day. Huaizhong pointed to the white clouds floating in the sky.

Han Jiangliu looked up, but saw that the white clouds were rolling one by one, at an extremely fast speed, and sometimes transformed into various magnificent colors.