Passing south through the canal, the once busiest grain ships now all stay in the south of Baima Lake. One hundred and fifty miles to the south is Wuchie County, and the southernmost end of Wuchie County is Dajiang.
On every out-of-service boat, there is either a statue or a peach charm hanging on it, which means, generally speaking, that Wei can keep him safe.
Kill the demons, and naturally no evil will dare to come to your door.
However, compared with the dangers of demons, the traffickers who were struggling to make a living at this time were more worried about whether there would be enough food to satisfy their hunger tomorrow.
"Where is the land?!"
Outside Wuzhi County, there are still garrison soldiers stationed in the small town attached to Guo. The officials here are in low spirits, and the guards are even more sallow and thin.
Filling the stomach has become a top priority for everyone.
"King!!"
When the local landowner came out of the ground, he was shocked when he saw it was Wei Hao, and then shouted: "Your Majesty, the national destiny is suppressed nowadays, Your Majesty, please be careful."
"It doesn't matter."
Wei Hao waved his hand, found a stone and sat down on the spot, and then asked the landowner, "This place is close to the river and is a land of plenty, but why are there so many dishes?"
If they were just trackers and watermen, it could be explained by unemployment and lack of money. However, the local top soldiers also looked like they were dying, which meant something was wrong.
"Last year's autumn harvest was poor. This year, Wuchie County has to hand over 180,000 shi of grain to Jiangyang Mansion. The ruthless officials collected and extorted money. In the end, more than 180,000 shi will be handed over."
"It's so good, why do you suddenly have to turn in so much?!"
"It's said to be 'border pay'. In order to be promoted, the prefect of Jiangyang Prefecture took over this job. The three counties of Jiangyang Prefecture are responsible for the food and fodder of an army of 200,000 people for three months. Wuzhi County alone is responsible for half of it.
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"absurd!"
When Wei Hao heard this, he was furious. If it were divided among dozens of counties, there would be no problem. If one county carries a hundred thousand troops to eat horse chews, isn't this nonsense?
However, Wei Hao fell silent again. This kind of thing may have been a joke before, but now, there is no solution.
He could even imagine that the magistrate of Jiangyang Prefecture was probably supported by nobles in the court, and his promotion and fortune should be due to the collection of "side wages" from this shop.
Jiangyang Prefecture was not the only place that was once an important place for food and salary.
Where in the Jianghuai land is not a land of plenty?
It's a pity that the "three disasters" are raging now, and there are no such conditions at all.
Anyone who can share the worries of the imperial court is a capable minister and official of the imperial court, and whoever can be promoted to a higher position.
This is very reasonable.
"Nowadays, there are always 58,000 or not 100,000 people who are waiting for the hard work of spring plowing."
Tu Tui looked uncomfortable, "Your Majesty, the people of Wuzhi County are suffering right now. If we don't think of a solution, we will starve to death. Just like..."
The words stopped abruptly and Tu Tu Gong did not continue speaking, but Wei Hao knew that Tu Tu Gong wanted to talk about the people on both sides of the Huai River.
"Your Majesty..."
The Lord of the Earth looked up expectantly and looked at Wei Hao. Although the king was only a mortal and he was a god, at this moment, the gods were helpless, and mortals might be able to find a way out.
"Inform the local fairies and tell them that I will soon go north to quell the demons."
After saying this, Wei Hao stood up and flew away, leaving behind a message to the landowner, "Leave this matter to the local people!"
Passing by the river bank, Wei Hao crossed the river. On the south bank of the river, Wufeng County's Dry Bones Mountain was clearly visible. The Ring-bearing Skeleton General slowly stood up, surprised by Wei Hao's sudden appearance, but also acting as if it was natural.
"Good..."
The skeleton general who kept the commandments was reciting scriptures, and the white bones all over his body were faintly flashing with golden light. After Wei Hao saw it, he knew that its cultivation level had increased.
"Walker, how is your hometown?"
"It feels like everything is peaceful."
The huge skeleton was originally eighty feet tall, but now it has reached the ultimate height of ninety-nine feet. If it goes any further, it will be a hundred feet tall.
However, Wei Hao could feel that the Ring-bearing Skeleton General seemed to have deliberately suppressed the improvement of his realm and was stuck at this limit.
At this time, the ring-bearing skeleton general is equivalent to a ghost immortal who has cultivated for 9999 years, but his strength is overwhelming.
"Walker, I want to rebel against Xia, and at the same time go north to bring down demons..." Wei Hao was suspended in the air, looking at the huge skeleton, "Walker, are you willing to help me?"
"Good..."
There was another chant, and the spiritual fire was slowly born in the eye sockets of the skeleton. The voice of the ring-holding skeleton general was like the collision of earthenware and fou, like the sound of gold and stone, but it was not exciting.
"My ghost is still here, and I am waiting for an opportunity to awaken..."
The huge skeleton said slowly, "Even if the Bodhisattva of Great Filial Piety, Great Vows, Endurance, Immobility, Meditation, and Deep Contemplation is reincarnated as a human being, I will not yearn for him. I can only comfort my loving heart at this moment."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Dry Bones Mountain suddenly shook, and skeletons crawled out from it. A large number of skeleton soldiers began to advance towards the river.
At the bottom of the river, the mighty army of skeletons seemed to have received an irresistible order, and they carried it out mechanically and rigidly.
"These are the ancestors of the people in this hometown..."
"Not everyone can smile..."
"There is always unwillingness..."
The command-bearing skeleton general clashed his teeth, "I am the pioneer to lead the way and build momentum."
A strange horn sound sounded, and suddenly it formed a very majestic momentum north of the Pheasant River. Wei Hao frowned, feeling the change, and was suddenly shocked: "Dead Qi!!"
Someone in the underworld is derelict in their duties?!
No!
no!
Wei Hao turned around and his eyes penetrated hundreds of miles to see the truth!
What I saw was that one broken corpse after another was crowded together in one place.
The city of Huaiyin was completely surrounded. Not only the city of Huaiyin, but also the south of the Huai River and the north of the Pheasant River were full of these lifeless corpses moving around.
"Zombies?"
Wei Hao was stunned.
"Take the sun and the moon, shrink thousands of mountains, distinguish the good and the bad, and play with the universe..."
The command-bearing skeleton general recited this sentence, or in other words, it was a description and a judgment.
The earth soul clone of the Great Sage Water Ape has such extraordinary supernatural powers.
"Does the traveler know something?"
Staring at the ring-bearing skeleton general, Wei Hao asked curiously. He always felt that his fate with this big skeleton was a bit deep.
I thought I would save a large number of skeletons, but I didn't expect that the ring-bearing skeleton general would still lead the "Sea of Skeletons" and would help him at this special moment.
Moreover, the original "Yin Yang Spirit Fire" was also given to him by the Ring-bearing Skeleton General.
Eventually it evolved into fiery eyes and golden eyes.
Facing Wei Hao's question, the ring-bearing skeleton general shook his head, "I don't know."
The change in cultivation has also caused some changes in his personality, making him a little more unpredictable.
After the command-bearing skeleton general said the three words "I don't know", he lightly tapped his eyebrows with his finger bones, and a ball of will-o'-the-wisps emerged from it, and then slowly passed to Wei Hao.
Wei Hao stretched out his finger and tapped it lightly, and instantly understood why the Ring-bearing Skeleton General said these three words.
There are countless memories, but they are not continuous, they are isolated fragments one after another.
At the same time, the Commandment-bearing Skeleton General himself is not convinced that these memories are real, they are the memories of "self", they are the unchanging reality of the past, and they are the unchanging past that has already happened.
The command-bearing skeleton general didn't want to mislead Wei Hao, so it said "I don't know" and left the rest to Wei Hao's own judgment.
These are tens of thousands of memories. Among the fragments, there is one where there is a heavenly official who looks like a god, facing the vast Huai River, saying: "Take the sun and the moon, shrink thousands of mountains, distinguish the good and the bad, the universe
The sentence "Mo Nong" is like a judgment, which separates a soul from the Huai River.
To be more precise, one of the three souls was extracted from the demon emperor who was suppressed in Huai River.
In the heaven, there are always people who want to use the human world as a chessboard and all living beings as chess pieces. Even immortals and gods are chess pieces that can be used or discarded.
"I am the pioneer..."
After saying that, the ninety-nine-foot-long huge body of the command-bearing skeleton general emerged from the mountain of dry bones and stepped towards the river. The water in the river was no more than knee-deep. The huge skeleton did not care about the cause and effect, but just wanted to do a small part.
what is it?
It is the reunion of the remains of martyrs, and the meritorious deeds and Dharma protectors desired by the "Great Filial Piety and Great Vows" in the underworld.
But it is also the predecessor of many modern people.
The blood has long been drained, and there may be white bones, but these white bones are the ancestors of today's people.
As an ancestor, I have been dead for decades and hundreds of years. I have no fear of death, but I still retain respect for survival.
"Walker!"
Wei Hao opened his mouth and shouted, then immediately changed his words, "General, go ahead, I will join you soon!"
Wow, wow...
The ring-bearing skeleton general did not respond, but continued to cross the river, spreading his legs across the river, and the current rolled forward like a wave.
That night, Wei Hao finally returned to Wufeng County, but the national destiny of protecting the city blocked his entry.
In the mass graves in the north of the city, he once exorcised ghosts here, killed countless big ghosts, and eliminated countless corpses.
"King?"
"Why are you here, Your Majesty?"
The local Gossi people were on their way, and a group of ghosts gathered, heading from the mass grave to the underworld.
Seeing Wei Hao by the moat, Gou Si people put away their long tongues. After bowing respectfully, they said: "Your Majesty, City God Qin also said earlier that he sensed that your Majesty was the number one scholar in high school. I really want to congratulate you now."
The king..."
Wearing banners of black and white, after bowing and saying hello, we went about our errands and chased the ghosts to the underworld.
"call……"
Protecting the city is like an invisible barrier that separates you from the city.
After the Yin Chai drove the ghost away, Wei Hao slowly stretched out his hand and touched the national destiny of protecting the city in Wufeng County.
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A bloody arrow shot out, just like a sharp blade trying to cut off his wrist. The invisible force suppressed Wei Hao in a very specific way.
Compared with the suppression within the national movement, this moment is more like an end.
"fine……"
Blood filled the air, forming a blood mist. Wei Hao used the "martyr's arrogance" as a link to control the blood mist to return.
The wound originally cut by the city guard's national luck also healed quickly.
Time passed slowly, and Wei Hao stayed at the mass grave in the north of the city. He did not go to Weijiawan, but just waited for midnight to midnight.
As soon as Zi Shi arrived, Wei Hao used the complete "Fengdu Seal" for the first time in the Yang Realm, which was the power of the Lord of the Underworld.
Originally, he could not fully perform in the human world, but now, it is different.
His official prestige and literary charm completely disappeared with the rebellion of the summer-making room.
Today, he is just a commoner in the countryside, a pure farmer.
Without an official position, one can naturally fully exert the power of "Feng Du Yin".
Ghosts and gods in the underworld, no matter how strong or weak they are, all have one biggest characteristic, which is that they can communicate in dreams, which is much better than the ordinary ghosts who can communicate in dreams.
There is no need to get close to each other or establish a relationship.
As long as it is not a ghost that has no name, as long as it does not live forever and will die, then the ghosts and gods in the underworld can entrust you with dreams.
Wei Hao is a living person, but he also has the power of ghosts and gods in the underworld.
It's just that he needs a little medium so that he can successfully entrust his dreams.
Sitting cross-legged, sensing a certain connection, as if responding to a certain call, soon, in Wei Hao's consciousness, one Wei Hao after another began to split, and then one of the Wei Haos shouted: "It's done!
I’ll go first!”
"I'm done too! I'm going too!"
"Please say goodbye——"
Wei Hao suddenly disappeared one after another. They did not merge into one again, but actually disappeared, directly erased from Wei Hao's consciousness.
But they were not completely without direction and purpose. Wei Hao could feel their direction.
Some went far away, and some were nearby.
In an instant, a dreamland spread across a radius of five hundred miles.
Many ordinary people, many ordinary elves, on this night and at this hour, all dreamed of the same person.
Wei Hao was talking about the same thing in his dreams one after another.
His five peaks, Wei Hao, will gather righteousness to fight against Xia. All like-minded people, regardless of human or non-human, can come to respond.
"...The demonic atmosphere in Jianghuai is fierce, and demons are raging. Today's Jianghuai may not be Jiangdong in the future. If someone wants to rebel against Xia, he also wants to go north to slay the demons. All warriors in the world can go with me!"
"...Today we call on all parties to mobilize their armored troops to defeat the unjust and restore peace!"
Wherever there are peach charms, flying knives, and statues, these words in dreams are particularly clear.
At the intersection of the Pheasant River and the canal, on top of the repaired grain boats, there were many hungry and cold trackers and watermen. On this cold spring night, blood suddenly filled their bodies, and everyone woke up with blood boiling.
Then, they looked at each other in shock and broke out in a cold sweat.
A dream is a dream after all.
However, the plow workers heard the roar late at night and felt the vibrations on the ground and in the river.
In the dark night, it seemed that nothing could be seen clearly except the starry sky above.
But they finally saw clearly that in the dark night, there was a huge black shadow moving forward. It was a giant that was probably a hundred feet tall, striding towards the north, towards the Huai River.
Quack, quack, quack...
Weird noises came, and finally I could see more clearly, it was not a giant, but a huge 100-foot-long skeleton!
"Ghost-"
Someone screamed, and the entire canal seemed to be frightened.
However, the huge skeleton didn't seem to see all this. It just looked at the Huai River from a distance, then suddenly raised its hand and pointed far away, turned around and shouted: "The whole army is arrayed -"
Wow! Wow!
Gala Gala......
The shaking on the ground became more severe. On both sides of the canal, a large number of skeleton armored soldiers suddenly appeared, like a tide, forming a strict military line.
Shields, crossbowmen, long berylliums, spears...
There is everything that should be there.
"We, be the first to get into the battle!"
As soon as the Ring-bearing Skeleton King said this, the "Sea of Skeletons" erupted into an astonishing shout. However, this shout made all ordinary mortals who noticed all this feel nothing but horror!