"Believe me, Yan Shou was originally an official of the Acropolis. He was taken to the ice field by Li Chengdao and became a ghost tribe. They also hate the ghost tribe and Li Chengdao."
Long Chen sat down and continued to stare at the map and ponder it.
"I always feel like something is weird."
The empress was a little worried. On the surface, Yan Shou didn't seem to have any problems, but he just felt strange. ??
"Yan Shou may have been controlled. What I mean is that his brain may have been controlled by Li Chengdao."
Long Chen said seriously.
The empress frowned and spat: "You little bastard, how dare you tease me!"
Long Chen chuckled and said: "It's not a joke, Yan Shou is too strange. It feels like he has been in a state of excitement. It doesn't look like he just surrendered."
People have a process of adaptation, both to the environment and to people.
When Hu Feiyang and Qiu Kuohai surrendered, it took a lot of effort to change their minds and be willing to join Long Chen's command.
After entering the Dazhou Military Camp, it took a long time to slowly adapt to the surrounding environment and people.
To this day, they are still a little cautious.
Yan Shou was different, he felt like he was familiar with it, but the soldiers under his command were not so enthusiastic, and they just acted like they were surrendering normally.
Therefore, Long Chen said that Yan Shou was abnormal and was probably controlled by Li Chengdao.
"Do you think Li Chengdao can control people's souls?"
The empress was a little surprised. He thought there was something wrong with Yan Shou, but he never thought that Li Chengdao was manipulating his spirit. She felt that Yan Shou was pretending to surrender.
"I think he deliberately asked him to give us wrong information or to inquire about our information."
The empress shook her head and said: "So, Li Chengdao is so generous, he actually used six thousand soldiers as bait."
Long Chen smiled and said: "I am a treacherous person. If I don't spend money, how can he confuse me?"
The empress put her hand on the table, tapped the map with her jade finger, and asked: "What does Li Chengdao want to induce? To make me walk into a trap? Or what?"
Long Chen shook his head and said: "I don't know, anyway, I accepted the six thousand ghost soldiers sent by Li Chengdao."
The empress nodded , said: "Be careful, it's best to put them at the back of the team and leave Yan Shou alone."
Long Chen said: "Let Bai Tingting take charge, and Yan Shou will be the deputy general. When they get near Yuecheng, Yan Shou can kill them."
The empress agreed with Long Chen's approach.
No matter what tricks Li Chengdao had, when the two armies fought, Yan Shou was useless and could be killed.
"Okay, get ready to go."
Long Chen left the igloo and walked to the barracks to the east. Bai Tingting was training soldiers in the camp, and Yan Shou stood beside him.
In the past, this army was called the Dragon Slayer Army, but now it has been renamed the Guiyi Army.
It means that anyway, he returns from the ghost clan to the Great Zhou Dynasty and fights for the people of the Central Plains.
"You are the people of the Acropolis. Like me, you grew up eating whole grains. Your ancestors' graves are in the Acropolis and your roots are in the Acropolis. You are different from the ghost tribe who were born in this land of ice and snow! We are the ones who live here.
the same!"
Bai Tingting lectured the soldiers below.
"Some people will say that you have become the same as the ghosts. It doesn't matter, because like you, I ate ghost meat, drank ghost blood, and became a half-ghost body!"
"The Demon Slayer Army is like this, the Long Family Army is like this, King Wu and His Majesty are like this too!"
"Don't think we are different, we are the same!"
"Follow us, follow King Wu and the Holy Lord, kill the ghost clan together, kill Li Chengdao together, and avenge your wives, children, and children. Then, follow us and leave, return to the Central Plains where we were born and raised, live a normal life, marry a wife and have children.
Keep farming and eating food, instead of eating people and drinking blood every day!"
Long Chen listened for a while and secretly smiled in his heart: Bai Tingting is very sharp-tongued and can speak well.
However, Bai Tingting said that it is difficult to return to the Central Plains and become a normal person again.
Li Chengdao was no longer afraid, so Long Chen thought of a way to deal with the demon fetus.
But after the ghost clan is wiped out, how to place these soldiers is a problem.
A half-ghost body is a half-ghost race with a desire for human blood and human flesh. If left unchecked, the future of the Central Plains will be ruined.
"I wonder if Yu Shinan can find a way to solve it."
Thinking of this, Long Chen felt a little heavy in his heart.
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Capital.
The spring breeze has blown to the capital, the ice in Quan Lake has thawed, the willows on the shore are like smoke, and the cruise ships on the lake are making ripples.
Taoist priest Xuanzhen and Mojie were sitting on a boat, while Xuanhui, the young Taoist priest, and Zou Kai were squatting at the stern of the boat watching the fish.
"The jasper is as high as a tree, with thousands of green silk ribbons hanging down; I don't know who cut out the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors."
Looking at the weeping willows on the shore, Mojie chanted impromptu.
Taoist priest Xuanzhen didn't understand poetry, but he knew it was a good poem.
"The Master actually has such a good literary talent."
Mojie shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not a poor monk, it's a poem by King Wu. However, he said that it's not his poem either. It was written by a man named He Zhizhang."
Taoist Master Xuanzhen was not familiar with literati, so he didn't know who He Zhizhang was and didn't ask much.
"It's spring already. I heard that King Wu and His Majesty were sending troops to the north. I don't know where they are at this time."
Taoist priest Xuanzhen was worried about the war and felt that the spring scenery in Quanhu Lake was suddenly not so bright.
"Recently, this poor monk often thinks about one thing: whether Buddhism can save all sentient beings, or not."
"King Wu fought in all directions and fought against ghosts. He is the Buddha who subdues demons and saves all living beings."
Mojie looked at the lake with a compassionate expression.
"I should have gone there, but I couldn't do anything."
Taoist Master Xuanzhen has little cultivation, and he can only be a drag if he goes there. What he knows has been told to Long Chen, and he can no longer contribute more.
To the north, a small boat slowly swung over. There was a man wearing civil official clothes sitting on the boat, followed by a book boy behind him.< br>
"Taoist, Master."
The boat came close, and the man stood up and saluted.
"Excuse me, sir."
Xuanzhen didn't recognize him, so the man smiled and said, "I'm Yu Shinan."
Xuanzhen still didn't recognize him, but Mojie stood up and returned the greeting: "It turns out he is Master Yu, the number one scribe in Daliang."
Yu Shinan hurriedly laughed and said: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it."
Mojie immediately invited Yu Shinan to board the boat and take a seat, and introduced Taoist Master Xuanzhen: "Taoist Master, this is Mr. Yu Shinan, the head of Daliang scribes. He is now serving in the Hanlin Academy in the capital."
"I've heard Master Yu's literary name for a long time, but I couldn't meet him. I never thought I'd meet him by chance today. It's a pleasure to meet him."
Taoist Master Xuanzhen then paid his respects and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Yu. Pindao is also from Daliang, so he should be from the same hometown."
Yu Shinan was in Jinling City and Taoist Priest Xuanzhen was in Liehuo Temple. The distance between these fellow villagers was a bit far.
"Yes, I heard about the Taoist priest earlier this morning, but there are too many secular affairs, so I only got to see him today."
Taoist Master Xuanzhen said: "Finally we met by chance."
Yu Shinan smiled and said, "I'm ashamed. It's not an accidental encounter. I came here specifically to find the Taoist Master."
Taoist Master Xuanzhen was a little curious and asked: "Master Yu, why are you looking for Pindao? If it's about reciting poems, Pindao really doesn't know how to do it. He can only recite some Taoist scriptures."
Yu Shinan and Mojie laughed at the same time.
Zou Kai held a fishhook in his hand, and a koi fished on the hook. He lifted it up with a swish, and the koi landed on the boat. Xuan Hui immediately picked it up and threw it into the water, saying, "Amitabha, sin, sin, sin."
"Why did you throw away the fish I caught?"
Zou Kai was a little unhappy.
Xuan Hui said: "Don't kill!"
Zou Kai argued: "I didn't kill, I just fished."
The little Taoist priest was afraid that the two of them would quarrel, so he advised: "Master, there is a bearded man over there. Let's go and have a look. Isn't it more interesting than fishing?"
Zou Kai turned around and saw Yu Shinan, immediately dropped the fishhook and moved to the side to enjoy the excitement.
