"May I ask how to get to Yinnan County?"
"have no idea……"
"I don't know!"
"It seems to be heading south. I don't know exactly how. No one usually goes to that ghost place."
"You should go and ask somewhere else..."
The transportation and information in this era are really backward. Many people have been confined to a small world for their whole lives. At most, they know how to get to the village next door, and how to get to the county seat. As for other counties, they know a place one or two hundred miles away. I don't know how to go.
Some people have never even heard of Yinnan County.
The young man in black and white clothes was frustrated and tired after repeatedly hitting the wall.
"Don't worry, try asking another way." Song You said to him with a smile, without any intention of blaming, "It is said that there are tens of thousands of dragons and majestic troops stationed around Yeshan in Yinnan County. They were stationed in Fengzhou as the imperial capital. The troops guarding the south in Angzhou were transferred to Yeshan back then, and there must have been a lot of movement. Now there are tens of thousands of troops, people eat horses, and Yinnan is poor, there must be constant transportation of grain and grass. Moreover, I heard that the Imperial Guard once They mobilized civilian laborers to hollow out and repair the entire Yeshan Mountain, and later released the civilian laborers back. These civilian laborers may not know which county the mountain they are building is in, but they definitely remember the general direction."
"Yan An is stupid, he didn't expect it!"
"You just haven't heard that there is a large army stationed in Yeshan, nor have you heard about the situation in Yeshan." Song You said, "If you have heard about it, you can definitely think of it."
"I know, go ahead and ask."
"The transportation of military rations is sensitive, and most of the cities in the mountains built by civilians are also sensitive. When asking, be careful."
"clear!"
The young man immediately walked back.
After a while, he came back again, with a bit of joy on his face at this time, and said to Song You: "Sir, I asked, it is true that there are teams transporting military rations passing through the county town on a regular basis, usually from the west gate of the county town. The road goes to the south, but I heard that there is no main road not far that way. I'm afraid it will be more troublesome to find the small road. I wonder if the footprints of the donkey and horse are still clear."
"It doesn't matter, we just need to know the general direction first." Song You smiled at him and said, "The yin and ghosts here are getting stronger and stronger, and ghosts from all over the world are gathering here. All we need to do is go to Wait until a team of ghost messengers arrive at night, and just ask the ghost messenger."
"Yes..."
The young man was stunned for a moment, a little ashamed.
"It's very simple. Everyone can think of it. It's just that being in a panic is not conducive to thinking, so it's better to stay calm and calm when encountering problems."
"Thank you sir for your teaching!"
"Thank you for your hard work."
The Taoist smiled and walked forward first.
After leaving the city, it is full of barren mountains.
The mountains here are not high or big, but they are very dense. Walking in them requires climbing up and down. The road is uneven, full of potholes, gravel, and overgrown with weeds, making it very difficult to walk.
After walking for half a day, it became even more difficult to walk on a small road.
No wonder people say that the roads in Fengzhou Zijun are difficult.
Fortunately, a grain transport team transporting military rations had passed by before, and there were no thorns growing on the roadside. As for the weeds on the road, they should have grown newly in the early spring of this year.
These new grasses make wayfinding difficult.
I don’t know how the people transporting food find their way every time.
But even so, the Imperial Master did not order the road to be built, but allowed it to be done, presumably because he did not want to be known to too many outsiders.
Song You walked carefully.
Swallows also work hard to find their way.
However, the grass was too luxuriant and the woods in the mountains were too cluttered. The paths were complicated and difficult to find. Even though the group had been careful enough, the path was still broken as they walked. It was obvious that they had gone astray unknowingly. I just don’t know how far I’ve gone astray.
Fortunately, it was getting dark now, so Song You found a grassland with flatter terrain and few thorns, cleaned up the gravel, and prepared to rest.
"gentlemen……"
The swallow landed on a branch nearby, lowered his head and said, "It's my fault that I didn't find the right path..."
"How can you blame yourself casually?" Song You said, "You spent a year and a half exploring roads and streams for me, saving me an unknown amount of time and travel, and this is not what you should do as a matter of course. To say Get up, I don’t know how much I should thank you for, it’s just an occasional mistake, but what you say makes me feel ashamed.”
"I didn't mean that..."
"Then you must never say that again." Song You said, "It should be noted that if it were not for you, I would have gone astray for dozens of miles more. And if you occasionally make mistakes, no matter how harsh you are, it will only be a mistake at most." It's my turn to thank you a little."
"yes……"
Yanzi lowered his head and answered weakly.
Seeing him like this, Song You smiled again: "Besides, when I go down the mountain, I am walking in the human world. The official road is the human world, and this middle of the weeds is also the human world. How can it be another kind of experience? Who would have known that I would walk here? Is it a kind of fate?”
"yes……"
Yanzi still replied.
Sanhua Empress turned into a girl and ran to collect firewood.
Make a fire to make food, and then go to bed after eating.
But in the middle of the night, when Song You was sleeping in a daze, he found something hard and pointed pecking his forehead.
"gentlemen……"
When Song You woke up and opened his eyes, he could see a small black shadow beside him under the waxing moon.
"There has been some bad news over there..."
Yanzi whispered to him.
Song You woke up quickly.
Turning around, I saw that the cat had also woken up a long time ago, lying on the edge of the wool felt, sticking its head out, staring at the other side of the hill from afar.
It's quiet at night and you can hear voices.
Song You quietly lifted up the blanket and slowly walked up the hillside.
On the other side of the hill, I saw several ghost messengers walking towards them, talking as they walked, but they did not escort the ghosts. I wonder if they came from Yeshan.
But their tone sounded a little frustrated.
"Those two ghosts are not weak, and they were generals. They were supposed to have done a great job, but in the end they came here and ran away. Can you not be angry? It doesn't matter if they ran away. The important thing is that we I went to the north a few months ago, and it took me so long to come back, but I ended up empty-handed. How can I explain it to the superiors?"
"Then what can we do? The two of them are very powerful. It's okay if we take a group of ordinary soldiers and ghosts. But if we take the two of them, even if they take off their armor and weapons, they still can't stop them?"
"You must have exposed your secret somewhere!"
"Nonsense!"
"Stop arguing, let's think about how to explain it to our superiors. Let everyone talk about it, and tell the truth when the time comes..."
"Someone!!"
Someone saw the Taoist on the hillside.
The starlight and moonlight reflected the figure of the Taoist.
Ghosts can be seen more clearly at night.
"He's a Taoist!"
"who?"
A group of ghosts were either confused or wary.
"Don't be alarmed. My surname is Song Mingyou. I am from Yizhou Mountain. I have no ill intentions." Song You said to the subordinates, "I am an old acquaintance of the Imperial Master. I want to visit the Imperial Master in Yeshan. However, The roads in Zijun are difficult to find and walk, so I accidentally got lost and wanted to ask some of you for directions."
"Do you want to go to Yeshan?"
"Are you an old acquaintance of the Imperial Master?"
"How can we trust you?"
"Wait... may I ask what your last name is?"
"My surname is Song and my name is You."
Song You answered again patiently.
The group of ghost warriors suddenly became quiet and looked at each other in confusion.
Then the ghost officer who was the first to notice something was wrong said, "I dare to ask...but Mr. Song, the demon slayer in the north?"
"Before, there were many monsters walking in the north."
"..."
Many ghosts looked at each other, lowered their gazes, and saw the calico cat at his feet, and then quickly lowered their heads and saluted.
"I've seen a real person!"
"I've seen an immortal!"
"I've seen your Majesty..."
Several different names, but very neat.
"Don't dare to take it seriously..."
After Song Youyou finished, he asked again: "How many of you have heard of me?"
"Returning to your Majesty, the young ones have just returned from the ghost detention in Yanzhou in the north, where they heard some demons and ghosts talk about your deeds." A ghost messenger said respectfully.
"Yanzhou?"
"Exactly."
"I just heard from some people that they captured two ghost generals from Yanzhou and returned?"
"I don't dare to hide it. It is two ghost generals, one surnamed Feng and one surnamed Chang. They were discovered by us when they were wandering out. But it's not like they were detained. Their abilities are far superior to ours. Even if they take off their weapons and armor, they are not us. The only thing we could do was to see that these two people were quite talented and wandering around. They were not a good person and were afraid of causing trouble, so we lied about inviting them to come to the ghost town to serve as officials in an attempt to trick them into coming. When we got here, these two people got crazy for some reason and ran away again.”
"That's it..."
Song You couldn't help but find it interesting.
These two ghost generals, Feng Da'er and General Chang, almost dealt with him when they were in Yanzhou, but they didn't meet him. They didn't expect that almost two years later, they had arrived in Fengzhou, thousands of miles away, and they could still hear him. Their names almost came up again.
This can be regarded as a kind of fate.
It's just that these two ghost generals were cautious and suspicious, otherwise they wouldn't have run away without hesitation as soon as they heard he was coming. It was not easy for these ghosts to trick them into coming here. I guess it must be these two ghosts. I discovered somewhere that something was wrong, so I reenacted the drama of two years ago and ran away decisively.
These two ghost generals are not well-behaved, but it would be very troublesome for Song You to convict them. It would definitely be good if they could be taken to the ghost town and handed over to a specialized person to judge them. Now that they have run away, he is too lazy to go Pay attention.
"How to get to Wuye Mountain?"
"Your Majesty said that he is an old friend of the Imperial Master. That cannot be false. Your Majesty is willing to walk at night. If you are willing, we can take your Majesty there."
"Let us tidy up for a while."
"Okay, okay!"
The ghost officer said hello several times and felt happy. If he returned like this, he would definitely not be punished by his superiors.
After Song You turned back, he was no longer sleepy, so he asked Sanhua Empress to transform into a human form, light a lantern and hold it for illumination. After packing his things, he and Sanhua Empress each carried a lantern and followed the ghosts.
What I originally thought was that I would just ask for a way, and by the time I reached Yinnan County, I would be not far from Yeshan. Because of the ghost energy, there is no grass growing on Yeshan Mountain, and there are troops stationed there. Yanzi has air superiority, so it is easy to find where this mountain is, and then go directly there.
But this is naturally the best.
So I slept during the day and drove at night. I walked for about two nights before passing through Yinnan County, and then walked on the mountain road for another night before reaching the outskirts of Yeshan Mountain.
This place has been blocked by the army.
However, the Imperial Master had already come here to greet him.
(End of chapter)
