"Head?"
Guo Zida was stunned. He stretched out his right hand, merged his two fingers into a sword, put it against his neck, and made a cutting motion:
"You don't want my head on my neck, do you?"
"Haha, of course not."
Xia Zhichan shook his head, chuckled a few times, took out the crimson wine gourd from the wide white sleeves of his right hand, and picked it gently with his fingers.
The whole house is filled with the aroma of wine.
"Suck it - it smells so good. This is a good wine from somewhere. It really attracts greedy people to come out."
After all, Guo Zida came from a general family with a strong family tradition, so he has been able to drink wine since he was a child and loves fine wine. When he was still in the capital, he often went to various wine shops, of course the serious ones who only drank wine.
"Hahaha, Brother Guo..." Xia Zhichan turned over and placed the tea cup in front of Guo Zida in the palm of her left hand. There was not even a drop of tea in it. He gently tilted the wine gourd and poured out a small half cup of the translucent viscous liquid:
"Can I have a drink?"
"Only one cup? You can drink even ten or a hundred cups. Come on, come on."
Guo Zida was not polite. He picked up half a glass of wine, sniffed it first, and with a delighted smile on his face, he drank it down in one gulp.
Tsk tsk tsk, such a good wine must be savored carefully.
"Hmm? This wine is tasteless..."
Fine wines have their own aroma, and depending on the ingredients they are brewed from, they each have various complex or simple aromas. Of course there is another kind of wine, that is spirits. The aroma is thin, the color is turbid, and it only has a strong taste. That kind of fierceness that gallops across the sky and earth without paying attention to everything in the world is the goshawk that flies the highest in the sky, the fastest wild horse on the grassland, and the kun fish swaying freely in the sea.
Jianghu people love him the most, and Guo Zida naturally does too.
Strangely, this glass of wine has neither fragrance nor potency in my mouth. It is like a piece of spring water picked up from a mountain stream, or like a rootless water picked up from a dark cloud and rainy day.
"This wine..."
But before the next sentence could be said, Guo Zida fell drunk on the table and chair. His whole body was skewed, and his mouth was full of laughter.
Opposite him, Xia Zhichan just smiled, raised the wine gourd and took a sip of wine.
…
The wind blows through the forest and plunders the plains like a wolf howling.
The cold light condenses on the wilderness, and the white and cold trees make people's skin and bones ache.
Jet black armor, bright silver gun.
The black-armored general, whose face could not be seen clearly, was sitting on his horse, and behind him were a hundred thousand warriors with gold medals. Each one is crouching in the grassy sand dunes, with only the cold and ruthless pale moonlight in their dark eyes.
The moonlight is ruthless and can tolerate all things, but the ruthless gaze only contains murderous intent.
The lonely city in the distance is like the last leaf of the last branch on a dry old tree. Although it has not fallen yet, everyone knows that it will eventually fall, and it will definitely fall.
Tonight is a strange phenomenon, and at midnight the Tengu swallows the moon. At that time, there will be a black moon hanging in the sky that was originally full moon, and even half of the moonlight will not tilt down.
Darkness can swallow everything.
There is only one big flag left on the lonely city, with only a broken word "Guan" written on it.
The city is lonely, and the people in the city are also lonely.
There were no reinforcements, no military rations, or even arrows, and the soldiers did not even have cotton-padded clothes for the winter. It was such an isolated city that was blocked by Da Qi's overwhelming attack for a whole year.
But the general trend of the world is like a river rushing down, unable to turn back or look back.
Standing on top of the city, he raised his eyes and looked down. The moonlight flows down like water, covering the entire wilderness. The corpses of the soldiers lying scattered in the wilderness were also swallowed up by the moonlight and could no longer be seen clearly.
"General Guan, the 'mutton' in the city has been eaten up. We..."
The tall body like a black tower did not move at all. He raised his head and kept looking sideways at the full moon in the sky, his messy beard fluttering in the wind.
mutton.
The city had been without food for a long time, and the people and soldiers had eaten all the snakes, insects, rats, ants, and grass stalks in the earthen walls. Later, I don’t know when, the city began to eat "mutton". This "mutton" was distributed to everyone by the soldiers. Although it was very small and tasted very hard, it was still food and could make people survive.
Humans are also called two-legged sheep.
It is recorded in the history books that during the famine of the year, the people all exchanged their children for food and dissected their bodies for cooking.
These are just a few words, but I don’t know how many innocent people’s souls and how many hungry corpses are buried underneath!
"Pass the order..."
The general surnamed Guan finally lowered his head that he had held high all his life. He slightly closed his red and phoenix eyes, and put his right hand on the long swallowing sword that had been standing aside for a long time.
Buzz. The broad blade is covered with old marks left over from the battlefield. But the moment General Guan's right hand came up, he still let out a low cry. The sword has a spirit and will naturally respond to its owner.
The dragon's eye, which had been completely dimmed, slowly seeped out crimson blood.
The time has come!
"kill!"
With a cry, one hundred thousand soldiers rushed towards the lonely city like a tide, like the last withered leaf on the branches blown by the urgent autumn wind.
Along with the shouts came the timely Tengu swallowing the moon.
The full moon was swallowed up bit by bit.
The pure black moon is like God opening an eye.
There was no compassion or kindness in his eyes, nor was there any anger to punish the world. It just looked at the people below who were as small as ants, whether they were soldiers attacking the isolated city or the generals defending the isolated city, they were all the same.
It was dark, like the end of everything.
"kill!"
The black-armored general came on horseback. He raised the bright silver gun in his hand and shouted loudly.
On a moonless night, one can only hear the chaotic footsteps and roars, but no one can be seen. Coupled with the lack of food and grass in the isolated city, there were many casualties. This is the best time to attack this isolated city.
"fire!"
"fire!"
"fire!"
After three loud shouts, the city gate that was said to have been poured with molten iron to form a dead gate actually opened from the middle. No, that wasn't opened.
But it was split.
boom!
The heavy city gate fell to the side, breaking several pieces of the bluestone city wall.
Fire!
Not torches, not bonfires, not lights, not fireworks.
But a fire bursting into the sky! The whole city was on fire, as if the sun had set on the ground, and the wasteland that had been covered in darkness by the black moon was once again illuminated by blazing light, as bright as day.
General Guan walked out slowly, holding the Longtun sword in his hand. The whole city behind him is burning, beating the drums of victory and playing triumphal songs for him.
Look, the souls of the dead are dancing with flags. The living were burning with flames, holding broken spears and short swords, and fought out like evil ghosts crawling out of the depths of hell.
There are only a few thousand people, but these thousands are not human beings. They are evil ghosts, evil ghosts seeking lives, and Yaksha ghosts who have escaped from hell.
boom!
Under the firelight, the Longtun sword and the bright silver gun collided.
…
"yawn……"
Guo Zida stretched himself and yawned loudly. He got up from his seat and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his sleeves without any care:
"What a strange dream I had. I dreamed that I became a general guarding an isolated city, but unfortunately in the end, I ended up with the city destroyed and people killed..."
"The man's name is Guan Dingshan, and the man who fought him and killed him is Pei Yan."
Xia Zhichan was not asleep. There seemed to be countless amounts of fine wine in his small wine gourd. He drank wine one after another, quietly waiting for time to fly by. The sun had already set and the crescent moon rose quietly.
"The former general Guan Dingshan was the enemy of tens of thousands of people during the Spring Festival. Didn't he die tragically in front of the battle more than three hundred years ago? Are you looking for his head?"
Guo Zida shook his still dizzy head, and the thoughts in his mind gradually became clearer. Some records in history books and some unofficial rumors appeared in his mind:
"I remember the records in the history books. Guan Dingshan died of exhaustion, and then his head was beheaded by General Pei Yan to the three armies. Pei Yan also personally trampled Guan Dingshan's head into mud..."
Xia Zhichan put down the wine gourd in his hand, and continued what Guo Zida had not finished:
"But Pei Yan later went crazy in the court, hit a pillar and killed himself. At that time, people all over the world said that it was the ghost of General Guan who was causing evil, and even Emperor Gaozu believed it."
"In order to appease the souls of the dead, His Majesty the Great Ancestor sent people to carve gold and jade heads, and buried them together with the body of General Guan. They were buried with the courtesy of the princes. Could the head you mentioned refer to the gold and jade head?"
When Guo Zida saw that Xia Zhichan had led him to the legend of Jianghu Ji, he naturally thought of the legendary golden and jade human head.
"A hundred years ago, this object was stolen from General Guan's tomb. However, this object has been aged for a long time, and it has become attached to the soul of General Guan. It has become a special kind of evil object. Many demons are attracted to it..."
Xia Zhichan shook her hand, and a round thing rolled out from the black sleeve robe on the left side. That was the black cat demon who had turned into a kitten with its milk teeth still intact. She was just like a small pet kept in an ordinary home.
"Could this cat demon be the same..."
"Exactly."
It is impossible for a weak woman to cultivate into such a powerful cat demon in just fifty years, even if she was full of resentment during her lifetime. Therefore, there must be help from strange and evil things, and coupled with the cooperation of heaven and earth, it is only a one in ten thousand possibility.
But it's hard to predict the chances between heaven and earth. It's almost foolproof but it will fail. It's clear that a narrow escape is just a glimmer of hope.
"I want Brother Guo to help me take all the people in the county to the east valley to avoid disaster. Something big will happen on the west slope at midnight tonight, and I don't want any people to suffer the disaster of pond fish."
"This... driving the people away for no reason will cause panic. Besides, it only lasts for three hours. Although Qingtian County is small, there are hundreds of households, including women, children and the elderly. There is no way it can be done before midnight tonight. all……"
Guo Zida frowned. He couldn't think of a way to solve the matter. Even if he oversteps his authority and relies on family connections to second him to the army, he will not be able to complete this task in a short while.
"This is easy to handle. Just arrange for the government officials to lead the way. I will take care of the rest."
Xia Zhichan picked up the wine gourd with both hands. Although she saw his lips parting slightly, she couldn't hear any sound. Under Guo Zida's surprised eyes, Xia Zhichan blew a gentle breath at the end.
The red wine gourd disappeared from his hand in the blink of an eye.
"Okay, let's make arrangements."
Although Guo Zida was extremely surprised, he still arranged everything according to Xia Zhichan's instructions. After all, the other party is a five-color spiritual official who can subjugate demons, which is not something ordinary people can imagine.
A scent of fragrance wafted out from right above the county seat. Everyone who smelled it stopped and stared blankly, and then walked towards the east valley in a state of fascination.
If there are elderly people at home, they always carry the elderly people on their backs and leave. Those with children either hugged or led them and hurried towards the east valley.
At the front of the road were two government officials in black holding gongs to clear the way. They shouted loudly to attract the crowd and beat gongs to clear the way.
Walking at the back of the crowd was the young county magistrate Guo Zida. He walked on the dirt road in the mountains and looked back from time to time in the direction of the county seat.
At the top of the county seat, there is the red wine gourd floating.
Looking from a distance, it looks like the last red maple leaf falling in autumn.
…
Dark night, midnight, mass graves on the west slope.
Meow~~~
With a childish meow, a green-eyed cat with black fur walked forward with cat steps. A red silk thread was wrapped around her neck, and the thin thread extended to an invisible place in the distance.
Under the reflection of the waning moon, a layer of enchanting red halo was emitted. The red color is like the bright lipstick on a beauty's lips, exuding some inexplicable fatal attraction.
But at this moment, countless mounds of earth collapsed and cracked. White hand bones emerged from under the earth.
"You came……"
