"Just a few words, how can we talk about kindness and repayment? You have protected your family and country during your lifetime. If you can continue to maintain peace after your death, I should thank you on behalf of the people. If you can really use this to realize the power of the Yinshen. "It should be the result of your hard work, and it has nothing to do with me." Song You smiled and stood up, "I will go to visit Yuan'an City again."
"Young man, go lead the immortal!"
All the ghosts followed and introduced him.
After carefully walking around the city, they dispersed one after another. At this time, Song You and Mao Ma had returned to their original positions, which was where the city's guard originally lived. Song You planned to spend the night here.
At this time, there is only one ghost left around him, and that is Tang An.
Song You happened to ask him: "I heard the general said before that the reason why the Saibei people invaded again this time is because there are demons involved?"
"I heard from people who sent letters to and from the border and Caotou Pass that there were demons and ghosts in the Saibei people's military tents to help them fight." Tang An answered truthfully, "I don't know where they found the demons and ghosts, but they were willing to help them fight. If not, the Saibei people would probably I don’t dare to go south either.”
"Are they awesome? Those monsters."
"I don't know very well, but based on the words of the messenger, they are definitely not as good as those demon kings." Tang An said, "After all, demons and ghosts are different from humans. There are many people in the army, and although they are brave, they can't meet those who have the right methods. The strange demons are also troublesome. I heard that before General Chen returned to the north to take charge, the border troops were disturbed by those demons and became panic-stricken. It was only after General Chen left that they calmed down."
"I see."
Song You frowned.
Tang An looked at him quietly.
"gentlemen……"
"General, don't be anxious." Song You's brows suddenly widened and he smiled. Knowing what he meant, he did not hesitate, "I can give the general a ray of spiritual power so that the general can return to Yidu."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand, and there was a stream of light in his palm.
Tang An lowered his head to look at the stream of light, his eyes reflecting its luster, and he quickly raised his hand:
"Thank you sir!"
"You and I are half old friends, so there's no need to be polite."
Song You raised his hand, and the stream of light flew up and disappeared into his body.
Tang An's whole body suddenly shivered, and his ghostly body seemed to glow for a while, before dissipating after a few breaths.
"Although I know that the general is resolute and fearless, I still have to remind him that the road to Yizhou is thousands of miles long, with high mountains and long rivers. On the road there are both evil spirits and demon exorcists, as well as palaces. When looking at temples and roadside statues, there are dogs that like to bark at ghosts, especially if you have to pass through Hezhou, where there are many demons, ghosts, and folk experts." Song You reminded him, "If you meet an expert, General But tell them truthfully that I am helping the general return to Yizhou, and ask them to show their respect. It should be much more peaceful after passing Hezhou. General, please don't go into the city. If you encounter temples on the road, it is best to avoid them. As for the dogs keeping vigil in the villages along the way, "Although the general's moral practice is not very deep, it is not very shallow at all. It is not something to be afraid of."
"Sir, I will never forget your kindness!"
"Once again, my surname is Song Mingyou, and I am from Lingquan County, Yizhou. If after I go back, I still meet Ling Zheng, my brother, or my opponent Luo Batou, please send my regards to them."
"Please keep this in mind!"
Tang An paused for a moment, then asked: "But even if I return to Yidu and see my wife, I will still be separated from the yin and the yang. I still have to find a place to live in the future, but I want to ask my husband for advice again. Then Can I go to the ghost town of Fengzhou?"
Song You felt a little emotional when he heard this.
But there is no separation between yin and yang...
But regardless of whether yin or yin and yang are not separated, when he returns to Yidu, he will definitely find a place to settle down.
So he thought for a while and then said to him: "Didn't the old acquaintances of the generals and captains in the northern army advise you not to go?"
"That's true. However, I pride myself on having an upright life. Apart from making some small mistakes when I was young and ignorant, I have never done anything untoward. Can't I go ahead?"
"..."
Song You looked at him for a moment, and still said: "I have never been to Fengzhou, but I don't know the situation there. It's just that it's not a trivial matter after all. I have to advise the general to be more cautious."
Tang An also looked at him, and then handed him over after a moment:
"Understood."
"General, walk slowly."
"Goodbye, sir!"
Tang An gave a big salute, turned around and walked away quickly.
Song You watched him after him until he couldn't see him anymore, then he looked away, and with the help of the lantern raised by Empress Sanhua, he began to take out the quilt and spread it out on the spot.
It is a good thing to repay someone's kindness. The old thing that happened in Yidu five years ago can be settled here, which can be considered a good ending.
Even if it's just that, this trip is not in vain.
I wish you a safe journey to your hometown.
"well……"
Song You lay down and closed his eyes.
Sanhua Empress found a place to hang the lantern, imitated his sigh, turned into a cat, and lay down on the wool felt.
…
The early morning sun shines directly on the door.
Song You woke up and opened his eyes.
You can see the blue sky at a glance.
Last night, I slept in a room with a tiled roof to cover the moon and a door to block the wind. Although there was nothing else in the room, it was just simple. Now I woke up, but there were only four loess walls left, and even the rammed loess walls.
The walls are somewhat damaged, and all the beams, columns, tables and chairs have disappeared, leaving only a lantern inserted in the cracks in the earthen wall.
Where is the roof in front of me?
Even the birds flying in the sky can be seen clearly.
Fortunately, there was no wind in the morning, but the morning light really shone on his face, waking up the Taoist.
The bay-red horse stood quietly aside.
The waist is also very warm.
When he lifted the blanket and looked down, he saw that the calico cat was leaning on his waist, lying on his back with his belly exposed.
She is quite comfortable.
Feeling the light, the calico cat hummed and covered its eyes with one paw.
"..."
Song You put the blanket back on his face, wiped his face, and stood up carefully.
Put on your shoes and go out for a look.
There is a spacious open space outside.
It seems that it was once a courtyard.
Outside the courtyard, there are broken walls and ruins everywhere, a desolate scene. Weeds have grown on the walls and roads, and no one has cleaned them. Only a series of footprints made by the Taoist and the bay red horse last night are very blurry. What I saw at night
A complete military fortress seems to have never existed.
This is undoubtedly a loess world in the spring grassland.
Both the floor and the walls are all yellow.
In addition to the dilapidation, there is also a touch of desolation.
The calico cat in the room felt his departure. It just turned over and continued to sleep. But not long after closing its eyes, it felt uneasy, so it put its head out of the blanket and squinted at him. A small picture appeared.
A look of confusion was clearly visible on his face, and after a while, he finally came to a conclusion.
So he took out the blanket and followed.
One person and one cat walked around the city again.
It was night after all last night, so I couldn't see clearly.
Even if you can see clearly, it's still different from now.
Now when I walked around again, I could see the design of Yuan'an City more clearly. One person and one cat even walked up the city wall, and walked around the entire Yuan'an City on the city wall that was wide enough to run a horse.
The city built by the previous dynasty was abandoned more than ten years ago, and now it has a sense of historical desolation.
Compared to last night, it certainly had a different flavor.
Sanhua Empress didn't ask where he was going or what he was doing, she just kept a close distance from him. But she was also very active and curious, always looking here and there, running around.
, as if she was concentrating on doing her own thing, completely irrelevant to him or not caring about what he did, but no matter what, she always kept a close distance from him.
The city tower and arrow tower are still preserved.
Even standing on the edge of the city wall and looking into the distance, you can still see the continuous line of beacon towers.
There are also traces of arrow cluster damage on the wall.
Last night was the original state of the city.
This is what the city looks like today.
This may be the case for a long time to come.
I just don’t know how many years I can stay.
Song You hoped that it would last forever, preferably hundreds of years later. In this case, many future generations would come and visit again where he and Empress Sanhua had walked.
"..."
Song You stopped and looked around.
Then he raised his hand and opened his palm.
"Swift..."
More than a dozen streams of light flew out of the hand and landed on the edge of Yuan'an City. Half of them were used to restore the vitality of the surrounding land, and the other half were used to seal the gloomy and ghostly energy in the city.
From now on, as long as the ghosts in the city don't go out to cause trouble, they won't be able to affect the surrounding land.
Just have to keep one more hand.
Song You found a piece of wood inserted into the city wall on top of the urn city. It seemed that there was originally a building here. He stretched out his hand and gently broke off the wood, then broke off a piece. He rubbed it in his hands and saw sawdust flying everywhere.
After dropping it, when you open the palm of your hand, the wood inside has become a rough token shape.
"gone."
Song You said to Empress Sanhua.
After saying that, he turned around and walked down the city wall.
The calico cat still stood on the crenel on the city wall, looking at the distant world with a pair of amber eyes. She didn't know what she was thinking, and it seemed as if she didn't hear the Taoist's words at all. It wasn't until a moment later that she turned around and jumped down from the crenel, trotting
Chase after the Taoist.
"Are we leaving?"
"gone."
"Don't you want to play more?"
"Are there a lot of rats here?"
"A lot of."
"There are also many rabbits on the grassland. Rabbits can be sold for money."
"right……"
After returning to the place where they spent the night, they packed up their things and continued walking slowly and leisurely out of the city cave. They poured a handful of water into the pond outside the city to wash their faces, turned around and cast a spell, gathering earth to form a wall.
A loess wall about four feet high was built in front of the city gate, and then they left the turtle city.
When I looked back, I saw that the Tucheng was already very small.
Song You roughly knew what the Imperial Master wanted to do by keeping this turtle city and gathering the ghost soldiers and ghost generals here.
The underworld will be completed.
Naturally, there must be ghost soldiers in the underworld.
But inexplicably, Song You felt that maybe he would see them again someday.
There may not be one, or when you travel around and return to Fulongguan in Yinyang Mountain for retirement, you will hear through some channels many years later that there are heroic souls on the Yanzhou grassland, which are quite efficacious, or one of them is
Those with outstanding virtues and abilities have become so-and-so priests, and have as many grass gods and miscellaneous gods as their subordinates. This can be regarded as another kind of meeting.