In a valley in the north of Quyang County, the surrounding ancient trees rise from the ground, and their branches and green leaves seem to block out the midday sun.
But even though the branches and leaves of the ancient trees are very dense, there are still spots of sunlight shining through the gaps, vaguely conveying a hint of early summer.
Especially when the mountain breeze comes slowly, large swaths of sunshine take the opportunity to penetrate into the valley, trying their best to dispel the coldness in the valley, demonstrating its power.
However, when the mountain wind passed, the cold air returned, and the coldness suddenly returned to the valley, making the ravaged wildflowers and grasses that had just bathed in the sun droop their heads again.
However, although those green weeds and unknown wild flowers have been trampled down, they are still growing tenaciously, as if they are trying hard to live out the splendor of this spring.
"call!"
At this time, a gust of mountain wind blew by, and the sun once again occupied the valley, but it was only a flash in the pan.
Then, another gust of wind blew, and this time the mountain wind seemed to want to keep the sunshine in the valley longer, so it lasted longer than before.
"hiss!"
Suddenly, a long roar sounded in the valley.
Immediately afterwards, other war horses also roared.
"Little Plum, what are you doing? Don't you want to live anymore? Did you forget the command of the commander and let these horses bark randomly?"
At this time, a ferocious Baihu came out and shouted at a group of soldiers.
However, the soldiers didn't seem to hear it and still looked up.
"Hey, I'm talking to you..."
"Boss, look quickly, is that a golden dragon?"
Just when the hundred households were about to take action, a soldier ran out of the crowd and stopped him, pointing upwards and saying excitedly.
The hundred households looked up and saw only dense leaves. Just when they were about to curse, they suddenly saw a golden thing flashing away, and they couldn't help but be shocked.
"Then, what is that?"
He asked nervously to the soldiers beside him.
Hearing this, the soldier shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I just saw the war horse neighing just now..."
"Ah, here we go again!"
Before he could finish his words, he saw the previous thing flash from above again.
"Snapped!"
At this time, the top of an ancient tree suddenly broke, and then everyone saw a huge golden five-claw disappear in a flash.
"Hey, that looks like the legendary dragon claw. Is it a five-clawed golden dragon?"
At this time, a surprised voice came from the crowd.
After hearing this, everyone thought about the situation just now and had the same opinion as him.
"Could it be that the golden dragon that appeared in the capital a few days ago came here?"
Someone in the crowd said something else.
"How is it possible? In this place where birds don't poop, how could a golden dragon..."
"ah!"
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly saw a huge head, which looked very much like a dragon's head on the stage, and he couldn't help but let out a scream.
When the others saw this, they were also stunned with fear.
In the end, I don’t know who took the lead in kneeling down first, causing everyone present to kneel down and worship.
After a while, more than a hundred people knelt on the originally empty grass, all with pious expressions on their faces.
At this time, many people came after hearing the news.
But after waiting for a long time, the golden dragon never showed up, and he asked the previous person with a look of disappointment.
"Brother, have you seen the golden dragon? Can you tell me about it?"
"Hey, you didn't see..."
"I'm telling you, that day when the rebels were attacking the capital, a five-clawed golden dragon suddenly appeared in the sky..."
...
For about a quarter of an hour, everyone in the valley was talking about the auspiciousness of the golden dragon.
"Hey, what about you? It's you. What are you talking about, you little brat?"
"Hey, whose subordinate are you? Why do I look so strange to you?"
At this time, a general with a sinister face and fierce eyes came out and shouted to a soldier who was vividly describing the appearance of the golden dragon.
Seeing the angry look on the general's face, the soldier said in panic: "I didn't say anything, I..."
"Who cares what you say? I'm asking whose subordinate you are?"
The general shouted impatiently.
"I...I am Wang Bai...a soldier under Baihu!"
The soldier glanced at the scattered soldiers and replied with some hesitation.
"Wang Baihu? Is it Wang Qianyong?"
The general asked sharply.
"Yes, it is!"
The soldier felt a little guilty.
"Wang Qianyong, where are you? Come here for me?"
When the general heard this, he turned around and shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, a burly man hurried over.
"Look at him...hey, where did that kid go?"
The general was about to ask Wang Qianyong to identify him, but when he turned around, he found that the previous soldier was missing.
He searched everywhere unwillingly, but never found the soldier, and finally had to leave in frustration.
However, not long after he left, the soldiers gathered together again, and the soldier from before started talking about the golden dragon.
At the same time, in other military camps, there were some soldiers with strange faces telling various legends eloquently, which astonished the audience.
...
In the large tent deep in the valley, Zuo Liangyu, who has a long body and a bare face, is drawing on the Kun Yu diagram with a frown on his face.
His fingers first traced along Quyang County to Yu County, and then traveled from Yu County to the capital.
Then he returned to Quyang County and once again measured the distance between Quyang and Taiyuan.
Then, he started from Hengshui and extended to Quyang.
Then, he returned to Mianchi and calculated the relationship between Mianchi and Chang'an...
After about a cup of tea, Zuo Liangyu let out a long sigh and moved his somewhat stiff body.
"Commander, it's not good, those bastards..."
Suddenly, a rough voice came from outside the door.
Immediately afterwards, Jin Shenghuan, a tall man with a long face and short beard, and a murderous look walked in.
Although Zuo Liangyu was a little dissatisfied with Jin Shenghuan's rude intrusion, but thinking that he still needed to contribute in this trip, he suppressed his dissatisfaction and said in a deep voice: "Hu Chen, don't be anxious, tell me slowly, what happened?"
Jin Shenghuan didn't seem to understand the meaning of Zuo Liangyu's words, and said to himself: "Just now, when I... was patrolling the camp, I found a few strangers talking about the golden dragon... ."
"Golden dragon auspiciousness?"
Zuo Liangyu interrupted Jin Shenghuan in surprise and asked: "Isn't this matter over now? Why are we talking about it again?"
Jin Shenghuan shook his head and said: "I don't know, General. I heard that a shiny golden thing suddenly appeared just now. Some people said it was a golden dragon, so they started talking about it."
"But not many people saw it clearly. They were all spreading rumors and making noises. I originally wanted to catch those leaders and punish them."
"Unexpectedly, those boys were quite clever. When they saw that the momentum was not right, they turned around and ran away. This made me look for it for a long time, but I couldn't find it."
"But having said that, these boys are indeed my soldiers. They are smart enough and have..."
As Jin Shenghuan spoke, he suddenly found Zuo Liangyu staring at him solemnly. He couldn't help but stopped, looked at himself up and down, and said with some confusion: "Commander, the general...the general is fine. Bar?"
When Zuo Liangyu heard the sound, he seemed to have just come back to his senses. He shook his head and said, "Go and get Zou..."
As he spoke, he remembered that the old man with a mustache was still in Mianchi assisting Zuo Menggeng in blocking Yuan Zongdi, so he changed his words and said, "Get Mr. Huang Liang and Hao Xiaozhong!"
Jin Shenghuan was stunned for a moment. He wanted to ask, but when he saw Zuo Liangyu frowning, he walked out quickly.
