Chapter 119: The Side Room (Part II)
Xiyi Prefecture, Eighteen Mile Town.
Wisps of cooking smoke, somewhere in the ruined town, rise, and a little farther away, you can still see "this somewhat makes the place that has just been hit by the war a few days ago, and is full of desolate scenes, a little more life."
The small town has more than 500 households, a wide street, connecting the east and west, standing at the end of the street, almost the entire town scene can be seen at a glance.
Outside the town, there was a wall "to block the intrusion of outsiders, and at this time there were only a few remnants left on this wall" The small town gate has been mashed, and the bloodstains on the wooden door are very clear.
There are more than a dozen shops in the town, and nine out of ten have closed.
Ordinary houses are scattered all over the town, "not to mention that the courtyard walls of the houses are damaged, and the doors are closed one by one, and the tense atmosphere has never dissipated here."
Occasionally, people walked through the streets, also in groups" with a vigilant face.
A fertile field outside the town was deserted by soldiers and bandits, and now only a large wasteland remains, overgrown with wild grass, with mountains in the distance, and deep in the depths is the boundary where wild beasts are frequent.
At the time when this soldier harms people, it is the fear brought by the beast that is not as panicked as the three or five soldiers who come.
Because there was no land to plant, "the surrounding people often went to the mountains to dig some wild vegetables to survive, and when the war came", they hid in the mountains to save their lives.
The silence of the night continued as the morning came.
With the hissing of unknown beasts in the distance, a red sun gradually rose from the east.
With the arrival of the early morning, there are gusts of fresh wind, and a few wisps of cooking smoke rise into the air, "blown away by the wind, and the aroma of wild vegetables makes it more and more unbearable for people with empty stomachs."
The dazzling morning light reflected the blood stains on the street that had not yet had time to be washed away.
A bloody smell had been spreading in the air in the area since a few days ago, and there was no sign of retreating, and it became more and more pungent at this time.
More than a dozen corpses that were dragged to the western outskirts of the town "before they had time to be buried" are a record of the tragic things that happened here.
A pair of two-toothed clogs came from a distance and stopped in front of the corpses.
Looking up along the two-toothed clogs, the Taoist priest in a feather coat, a handsome face, and a high bun of hair hurried all night, and his slightly tired face was still with a thin dusty color.
The Taoist priest frowned slightly, looked down at the corpses in front of him, "After checking the lifeless mouth, sensing the resentment around him, the Taoist priest sighed helplessly" and said to himself: "Poor, pitiful!", I saw that he first took out a little dust and sprinkled it on the corpse, and then chanted words in his mouth, in his eyes, with the divine spell "more than a dozen hazy black shadows, pulled up from the corpse one by one" The shape is no different from ordinary people, and his eyes are confused looking at him.
Seeing this, the Taoist priest turned his gaze to them and continued to the next paragraph, "The Netherworld and the Dark Qi have been opened.
"Dare to ask who Engong is, I went underground" Thank you for Engong's grace!" A black shadow twisted his body and spoke.
"I'm a hidden landscape mirror, passing by here, helping you wait is just a convenience. The Taoist priest said lightly: "This place is not a place to wait for a long time, it is important to go to the underworld quickly, let's go!", with a wave of his hand, a light shot out from the ground, attracting the way.
More than a dozen black shadows understood, and they all bowed to the Taoist priest, and disappeared into the ground with the light" The water mirror kept watching them disappear, and then embarked on the journey again.
This time, the Marquis of Shu wanted to conquer Xiyizhou, and the Thirteen Divisions and the Hidden Gate joined forces to send many people to spy on the military situation" Shui Jing is one of them, he was patrolled all over the country by the division, and what he saw and heard along the way made him feel emotional.
If it weren't for the smoke rising in front of him, Shui Jing would really think that this was another slaughtered town.
"Even if they are not killed, there are only a few people left!" Walking on the street, looking at a few blood stains on the side of the road, Shui Jing sighed and continued to move forward.
Xiyi Prefecture was already in depression at this time.
The war disaster has ceased for the time being, and "the people's lives are miserable.
Along the way, all the towns and villages "encountered people with poor faces, and patrolling soldiers were added at the border, and these people wanted to flee to Dongyizhou, making it even more difficult."
These, but not Shui Jing can govern "encountered a few tragedies of extermination, and all he could do was try his best to save a few people.
The so-called cultivator's fear of affecting cause and effect is not entirely wrong, but it is not this at all, but it is just powerless against the world, even if there are martial arts and spells, how many soldiers can be used as a sword and how many people can be saved?
Even so, what Shui Jing saw and heard along the road made him feel pity: "The world is chaotic, and it is the people who suffer." It is said that someone once wrote a poem (no need to delve into the source): "The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road."
Looking at the western capital, he hesitated.
Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil.
Xing "The people are bitter." Death, the people suffer. ”
At this time, in Shui Jing's view, this may indeed be a deep talent in talent, but the essence is nonsense.
"Of course, the people are suffering, Xing, the people are just tired" How can there be corpses everywhere, no one for ten miles, like a ghost domain?
Then bury the bodies of a few young children on the road, send the souls to the underworld, and increase the speed of the water mirror, wanting to rush back to the master as soon as possible to make a report.
Although the situation in Xiyi Prefecture is chaotic, the Taoist monks have come and gone for a reason.
Because people outside the party are not subject to household registration restrictions, even if they are soldiers in Xiyi Prefecture, they cannot be prevented from returning.
The water mirror traveled all the way, and when I passed through the checkpoint, it was quite smooth.
As the water mirror was speeding along a small road, he "heard a woman's cry for help in front of him."
Shui Jing sighed secretly, what Xi Yizhou saw and heard, made him understand what was happening ahead, hesitated for a moment, and still ran in this direction.
In a moment, the scene came into view.
I saw that among the five tooth soldiers, two tooth soldiers had already caught a woman, and she was struggling desperately with her hair in a messy bun.
One soldier tore hard, only to hear a crisp sound, and the snow-white skin was already exposed, and another, who seemed to be the captain, said to the tooth soldier who was beating a young man not far away: "You guys get rid of him quickly!"
Listening to the captain's order, a tooth soldier smirked and drew his long knife violently.
The sword light is bright, this scene, let Shui Jingzhong Jiang sigh, run forward, shouting, "Stop!"
"Daoist, don't be nosy, get out of here!" Seeing a Taoist priest appear in front of him, these tooth soldiers were startled, and Wu Chang roared angrily.
Shui Jing was ashamed to talk to these people, and he also knew that words were useless, and with a wave of the sleeves of his wide robe, more than a dozen paper figures fell, but only fell, only to hear the sound of "Peng", "More than a dozen armors were conjured."
These dozen or so soldiers, burly and tall, armed with long knives, walked towards them step by step.
Seeing this vision, both men and women, "were dumbfounded."
Wu Chang was the first to wake up, hesitated, but let go of the person in his hand and said, "Withdraw!"
Although it may not be impossible to break this strange art, why bother?
Shui Jing stood in place, "Ignore it, see the tooth soldiers go away, look at the pair of men and women who stayed, Wen Yan said: "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's leave quickly!", said, with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen paper figures returned to his hands again, and he walked forward quickly, disappearing in a blink of an eye.
"Husband, didn't we meet a fairy?", seeing this scene, it took a while for the woman to come to her senses and say to the man who had suffered a few minor injuries.
"Lady, it must be the gods who came to save us, he said it is right, let's get out of here quickly" In case these soldiers come back, it will be troublesome. Although the man was shocked by the sight of the right person, he did not forget what this place was, and he took the woman away, and when he got home, he burned incense and prayed, and there was no need to say any more.
The water mirror, which is said to be a stream of immortals, has already traveled through Eighteen Mile Town at this time, and the sweat stains on the palms of his hands are quickly wiped out on the road, revealing his nervousness.
In fact, the paper figures spilled by the water mirror are just bluffing, illusions, these five people don't leave, and he has no choice but to "don't bring the Heavenly Exorcism Samurai this time" If he does it himself, he may not be able to defeat these five tooth soldiers.
It's just that these five people were bluffed by the paper man and didn't dwell too much, "It's a good thing for each other."
Shui Jing sighed in his heart, and his feet became faster and faster, just to return to the division as soon as possible.
At the same time, by the blue lotus pond in the hidden mountain in the deep valley, the three-foot round pond "at this time the water depth is eight inches, and a green lotus in the middle" is half-open, with five petals, and one petal is slightly rolled yellow.
More than a dozen people watched intently, only to see bubbles in the pool from time to time, which was a sign of growth.
There is another person to the head of the house said: "Yesterday's view of the qi" Xiyizhou is filled with gray and black gas, this is the resentment of the people, Dongyizhou is full of red gas, more and more thick, the luck is determined, and it can no longer be reversed, this time the Marquis of Shu went on the expedition, there will be victory and undefeated, this Yizhou can enjoy peace!", no matter how it is said, the so-called, "Wang", at this time has a meaning, on the one hand, the gray and black air is full of "hundreds of miles of corpses, like a ghost domain" on the other hand, reclaiming wasteland, cultivating people's livelihood, this comparison, the significance is great.
No wonder the founding emperor has hundreds of millions of gases.
An elder was very happy to hear this, and his tone was flat, but there was a trace of excitement that could not be concealed: "The master" Since Dongyizhou was pacified by the Marquis of Shu, the luck in the Qinglian Pond has gradually recovered, which is really a great blessing!"
"Yes, the head of the sect, since the prince called the Marquis of Shu, and issued a decree to praise my door, news came from the underworld, and the monks of my sect in the underworld "are all favored by a trace of law. It seems that the act of supporting the Marquis of Shu has begun to increase the number of qi for my Dao Unity!" another elder said.
The practitioner is not desireless, but the things he desires are different from those of mortals, and the law favors him, even if it is only the slightest "enough to make the monk happy."
When the head heard this, his expression softened, and he sighed and said: "It's a pity that we made a mistake before and didn't get the merit of supporting the dragon's head, otherwise how could our luck increase tenfold?"
"You must not take it lightly" need to know that this world dragon war, a slight suddenness, is a defeat, we are now, has been with the Marquis of Shu a glory, a loss, although not absolutely can not be cleared, but before making up, we must be more careful to deal with, not to destroy the Taoist system in our hands. ”
Speaking of this, the head sighed in his heart, "He has received the news that the dragon girl is accepted as a side room, and he is very envious in his heart, and he doesn't want to be so prepared" but he cheapened this woman.
"Yes, boss!" everyone should say yes!!~!