"May I ask, how long will this be temporary?"
In fact, it's tomorrow, but how can we casually inform about important military matters? The team leader could only talk to him: "Taoist priest, wait patiently. Brother, please arrange which camp the Taoist priest will live in? The Taoist priest is also tired. Give him some food and drink." It was tantamount to house arrest.
The subordinates agreed and were about to escort Yunkong out when another subordinate hurriedly came to report: "Captain, there is someone outside the camp asking to see you." Seeing that he looked restless, the situation was unusual.
"Is it sent by Mr. Liu, the envoy of Lu appeasement?" He guessed that there was some important military matter?
"No, it's a strange man known as Beishen Sou." His subordinates were a little flustered, "He is one of the four great strange men, and the divine arm crossbow is his family's invention."
When Yun Kong heard this, his whole body tensed up a bit.
The squad leader was confused. He had heard about this person, but why did he appear on the eve of sending troops to attack the bandit fortress?
"Did you ask him what he wanted to see you for?"
"He said that the secret of military intelligence must be told face to face."
The team leader pondered for a while and asked Yunkong: "When the Taoist Master heard about this person, his expression changed. Is it an old acquaintance?"
Yun Kong didn't expect that such a slight change in his face would be seen through by this young man. It seemed that it was difficult to hide it: "To be honest, this person has some issues with me."
"What kind of festival is it?"
"Actually it's just a private matter..."
"Please forgive me for asking more. The military situation is tense at the moment and there is no room for rumors. Even if it is a private matter, I would like to ask the Taoist Priest to explain it."
Yun Kong had no choice but to say: "Pindao said it, I'm afraid you won't believe it."
"But it doesn't matter."
Yun Kong had no choice but to say: "This old man from the North God, whose surname is Hong, is from a hunting family. He specializes in hunting rare birds and animals for dignitaries, including fairies and ghosts."
"Fairy ghosts?" the soldier holding Yun Kong laughed.
The squad leader stopped his subordinates and asked Yun Kong to continue: "What's the use of hunting ghosts?"
"It's said to be for food." Yun Kong snorted.
The soldiers next to him were livid after hearing this.
Yun Kong continued: "One time I went into the mountains and met a mandrill by chance. While we were talking to him, he actually shot the mandrill in front of me. Not only for this reason, he killed monsters indiscriminately. Some monsters have to cultivate for hundreds of years to become human, but He shot and killed him arbitrarily, causing the fox fairy to come to seek revenge. He chased the fox fairy, but was saved by my senior brother and me, so we formed a rift."
After hearing this, the team leader said: "I thought the story about gods, immortals, demons and ghosts was absurd and unfounded. But from what the Taoist priest said, is it true?"
"Beishen Sou came here rashly, if not for hunting, then he must come here for monsters." Yun Kong asserted.
The soldiers around him were even more distracted.
"That doesn't make sense," the team leader pondered: "If his bow and arrow are as powerful as the rumors say, and if he is willing to cooperate to kill thieves, it will be even more powerful. Unless he can help me, what's the use of seeing him?" He shook his head. Shaking his head: "It's weird, it's really weird!"
"Brother Yue," the soldier beside Yun Kong finally said, "I think it is better to do less than to do more. In these critical times, it is better not to see Beishen Sou."
The team leader thought about it for a moment and suddenly said: "Taoist priest, it says on your tactic that you can tell fortunes, right?"
"Yes, but..."
"Please make a divination for this matter, and use it as a reference to see if you should meet Beishen Sou?" He thought to himself that "Sun Wu's Art of War" also mentioned war divination. Although he didn't agree with it, he might as well give it a try.
Yun Kong had no choice but to sit on the ground and take out three copper coins from the bag.
That was not the Song Dynasty copper coin, but the more ancient "Kaiyuan Tongbao" from the Tang Dynasty. Putting the ancient coin in the palm of your hand, it naturally exudes a strong breath, as if all the time that has flowed through it has condensed around the square hole.
He formed an arch with his hands, flipped the copper coins inside, and murmured repeatedly: "May I ask the God of Gua, if you see the Northern God, is it good or bad?" When he feels that the time is right, he puts the money on the ground, and according to the The heads and tails of three copper coins determine Shaoyang, Shaoyin, Laoyang, and Laoyin. Shake them six times to get a hexagram.
"Compare the hexagrams and turn them into Wuwang hexagrams." Yun Kong said, drawing the hexagram shape on the ground with his fingertips.
The team leader crossed his arms in front of his chest, looked at the hexagram and said, "There are many changes in the lines, does it mean that things have changed a lot?" The hexagram changed into the hexagram Wuwang, and three of the six lines exchanged yin and yang, so there is this explain.
Yun Kong glanced at him: "Looking at your young age, you have also studied "The Book of Changes"?"
"I love reading, and I read all kinds of books." The squad leader said seriously, "What's the good or bad luck?"
"The divination said: Good luck, Yuan Yuan Yongzhen, no fault. It means that the divination is correct, not good or bad. Then it says: Uneasy Fang Lai, future husband is bad. It means that Gang Lai is unwilling to obey. Surrender, and there will be disaster for those who come after you.”
"What's the meaning?"
"It's hard to say, just look at the fortune-telling." Yunkong said: "The hexagram Wuwang says: Yuan Henry is true, and his gangsters are in good fortune, but unfavorable and have a fate. It still means that it is a favorable prediction, but... this sentence is difficult to understand."
"Why is it so difficult to understand?"
"The bandits are righteous. Generally speaking, the ancient saying "bandits" means "unrighteous", which means that improper behavior will cause disasters. But the captain didn't tell you just now. You are here near the border of the Liao people. Are we going to fight bandits? Or are we going to fight barbarians? If we are fighting bandits, I'm afraid this hexagram has another explanation."
The team leader looked into Yun Kong's eyes.
The water is as clear as a mirror.
"It's a robber," he said.
"Captain! It's a military plane!" His subordinates quickly reminded him, but he waved his hand to stop him.
"There were bandits Tao Jun and Jia Jin in Xiangzhou. They led a crowd to attack nearby counties and towns, killing countless officials and residents. The army attacked them several times, but they were defeated repeatedly." The team leader said, "At this moment, they are really determined. The mountainous area south of the mansion is entrenched, and we will send troops soon."
"For such a powerful character, you only cast so few people. Are you going to die?" Yun Kong asked in shock. When he entered the camp just now, the officers and soldiers were nowhere to be seen, probably hiding in the tents. He also saw that there were not many tents in the camp, and there were only dozens of troops and horses, so he made a rough estimate of the number of people.
Besides, there was a strange smell floating around the campground that I couldn’t tell what it was, and it smelled quite unpleasant.
"You already know what you need to know, the rest is military aircraft."
"Okay," Yun Kong licked his lips, "The bandit is in trouble, which may be interpreted as: the bandit is in trouble. And the sentence "unfavorable" means "unfavorable", if it means that it is not conducive to the attack, it is inconsistent, if it means It's unfavorable to meet the Northern God, so I can barely solve it."
"Is the matter too complicated, or does the Taoist Priest's ability to interpret hexagrams need to be strengthened?"
"I have encountered such hexagrams before, and there must be a variable that is difficult to estimate." Yun Kong gritted his teeth and said, "Wait for me to divine another hexagram."
Yun Kong shook the copper coin and asked again: "Please tell me the unknown variables." This time he got the hexagram "Jin Jiu Si", which is the fourth line change of the Jin hexagram.
"The line for this hexagram is: Jin is like a mole, chastity and sharpness." Yun Kong's brows tightened, "It's hard to understand, it's hard to understand. The mole is a big rat, and Jin is like a mole, which means it attacks like a mouse. It’s a fierce Zhanwen.”
The three subordinates next to him all looked strange, and some even quietly put their hands on their swords.
The team leader thought for a moment and said, "The good ones will not come if they come with bad intentions. The man named Beishen Sou should reject him." Then he turned to Yunkong and said, "Perhaps, 'Zhenli' does not mean fierce possession. But does it mean that this divination question means that the attack is overwhelming?"
Yunkong heard that the team leader had something different to say, and there was something in his words: "I am a poor man with little talent and little knowledge. I would like to hear the details."
When the team leader was hesitating how to answer, screams suddenly came from outside the camp tent.
The squad leader reacted quickly. In just a moment, he turned around, picked up his big bow, hung a quiver on his waist, put a long arrow on the bowstring, and immediately rushed out of the tent.
His well-trained men also drew their swords and followed him out.
Yun Kong was still stunned when one of his subordinates who had just ran out screamed and returned to the camp tent. He immediately fell to the ground on his back with a short arrow stuck in the chest of his armor.
What shocked Yun Kong even more was that the soldier's head was shrinking!
The soldier's limbs shrank rapidly, gradually retracting into his sleeves and trouser legs, and his head gradually retracted into his armor. His shouts became shriller and shriller, and finally turned into a squeak, and then became silent.
Yun Kong stepped forward in surprise, but as soon as his hand touched the arrow body, he flinched in pain!
The short arrow was very cold. Touching the cloud sky was like dipping your hand into the glacier of the twelfth lunar month, and it was so cold that it penetrated your bones.
He picked up the armor and poured out a few pieces of blood that had solidified into ice cubes, and the body of a big rat fell out heavily.
It all makes sense!
Beishen Sou didn't change his true colors, he came here specially to kill the rat spirit!
