There are three wells in the palace, and there is one in the west courtyard. After talking, Datou walked towards the well with his short legs. There was a large wooden barrel filled with well water, which undoubtedly contained watermelons brought back from Lingnan by a few people.
Chang Sheng sat down on the stone pillar under the tree, then raised his hand to signal everyone to take their seats. After everyone sat down, his eyes swept across the faces of several people one by one. Several people rushed back from Lingnan, although in their hearts The joy diluted the fatigue on his body, but he still saw the physical and mental exhaustion that could not be concealed on the faces of several people. They often traveled far away, and long-distance travel was not enough to make everyone so haggard. The reason for such expressions was undoubtedly due to the recent period. It was quite difficult to deal with the Japanese pirates, and Yu Yi had mentioned in his letter that the search for the earthly branches was not smooth.
Just as Changsheng looked around at everyone, Datou shouted loudly from the well, "Come and help."
Hearing Da Tou yell, everyone turned to look at the well, and saw Da Tou using his toes to fish out the watermelon from the barrel. However, the barrel was too high, the watermelon was too big, and Da Tou was short of hands and feet, so he couldn't catch it.
Seeing this, Shi Xuanming hurried over to help, holding back two large watermelons in each hand. When Shi Xuanming put down the watermelons, Da Tou shouted to his servants again and ordered them to get the cutting knives. The weapons they all had were weapons that had seen blood. , naturally cannot be used to cut melons.
The cutting knife was brought, and Datou cut the melon. The first piece was naturally given to Changsheng, but after Changsheng took it, he handed it to Huang Silang with his backhand. The palace is everyone's home, and Huang Silang is a guest, so he should be polite.
Huang Silang declined several times to no avail, so he could only thank him and accept it. In fact, he didn't like to eat fruits, so he couldn't refuse the kindness of Immortal.
At this time, watermelons were not common in China, but I had eaten them more than once before Changsheng. Master Dazhong of Longhu Mountain liked to grow this kind of thing. Although the watermelons grown by Master Dazhong were not as big as those brought back from Lingnan, they were not as big as those brought back from Lingnan. But it's sweeter than what everyone brought back.
Da Tou is an impatient person. After dividing the watermelon, he eagerly asked Chang Sheng how he escaped death that day.
As usual, Changsheng was concise and concise, telling what happened in a few words.
Everyone has been following Chang Sheng for a long time, and they know that he doesn't like to be sympathized with, and they also know that the real situation is far crueler and more dangerous than what Chang Sheng told, but since Chang Sheng downplays it, they can't ask for details.
After Changsheng told his story, Datou began to talk about what happened after he disappeared. On that day, several people only thought that he was blown to pieces by Japanese pirates. Because it was raining at the time, the battlefield was muddy, and his smell was mixed with the smell of Japanese pirates. At the same time, Huang Silang had an extremely sensitive sense of smell and could not tell which of the broken limbs and arms were his. In addition, everyone also found the broken Long Wei, his broken clothes and another body from the scene. There was only a waist bag containing the prince's gold seal, so everyone mistakenly concluded that he had been killed in battle.
It was precisely because of the error and misjudgment that they did not look around afterwards, but instead directed their anger towards the remaining Japanese pirates. After setting up a tomb for him, the five of them began to attack the remaining Japanese pirates. Those Japanese pirates.
Previously, Yang Kai and others brought the camps of the seven major families. Since it was an expedition, the seven major families naturally would not bring the old, weak, women and children, but they did bring many craftsmen and chefs who were good at creating things. The killing of these people made them Frustrated, and with all the patriarchs of the seven major families killed in battle, the remaining Japanese pirates were also holding back their anger. Faced with the attack of the five people, they directly used head-on confrontation. After a fierce battle, everyone on their side was either injured or poisoned, and the Japanese pirates On one side, more than fifty people were killed or injured. The remaining ones who were beaten no longer had the will to fight, so they hid in the dense forest and fled to the southeast.
The seven major families originally landed from the seaside in the southeast of Silla, and the ships they took were docked on the southeast coast. These escaping Japanese pirates undoubtedly wanted to escape to the seaside and leave by ship, but what they didn't know was that their ship had been captured by a large number of pirates. It was burned.
Datou knew the location of the enemy's docked ship. At that time, everyone on our side only thought that he had been killed, and all the Japanese pirates who participated in the siege had his blood on their hands. In order to avenge him, several people rushed to the beach where the Japanese pirates docked the ship. , condescending, waiting for rabbits, they will kill every Japanese pirate when they come, until they are all killed, no one escapes the net.
After avenging him, everyone returned to the original place and tried to make contact with the Earthly Branch Yinhu. The areas where the Earthly Branches are located are fixed and it is not difficult to find them.
Although the Earthly Branches are all female figures, they are neither human nor alien, but a breath of spiritual consciousness transformed from the spiritual energy of the five elements. It is well aware of what is happening nearby, and also knows that the bloody battle between itself and the Japanese pirates is to protect it, but Yinhu was very indifferent to Datou and others, with an indifferent face. In Datou's words, it was like he owed it a lot of money.
They didn't appreciate it, so everyone on our side could only leave in frustration and rush back to China to report his death. They first found Zhang Shan and Zhang Mo, informed them of his death in battle, and then asked them to summon the spirit because he died too suddenly. , they wanted to make sure he had any unfulfilled wishes.
There is indeed a soul-calling spell in Longhu Mountain, but to summon a person's soul, you need to know the person's birth date and birth date. But he is an orphan, and no one knows his specific birth date and birth date, so he cannot summon him.
He is the leader of everyone. The boss is dead, but they are still alive and well. This makes Datou and others feel ashamed. They have no face to face Zhang Shan and Zhang Mo, so they do not stay in the military camp for a long time. After a short stay, they Leave in a hurry.
Back in Chang'an, several people went to see the emperor. When they learned that he had died in Silla, the emperor's face was ashen and he cried bitterly. Since there was no body, he could not be encased in the funeral, so he had to stay out of court for seven days according to the ceremony of a state funeral. Announcement to the world.
Finding and protecting the Earthly Branches was what he had been doing during his lifetime. In order to comfort his spirit in heaven, everyone followed his will and continued what he had never finished. Huang Silang entrusted the waist bag with the Dragon Vein Map and other items to Yang Kai, so everyone continued to search according to the Dragon Vein Continuation Map.
Everyone had rushed to Silla from Bulham Mountain, so after some discussion, they decided to search in the opposite direction, looking for Zi Shu first.
The five elements of Zishu belong to water, and they are far away in the frozen land of the far north. To get there, they have to go all the way north. Just when everyone was replenishing supplies from Corinqin City in the northernmost part of the Mobei Grassland and preparing to enter the snowy forest of the vast north, Suddenly he was plotted by Japanese pirates.
No one on our side expected to be plotted by Japanese pirates in such a remote place. Fortunately, he left some antidote drugs when he was alive, and Huang Silang also knew some pharmacology, so everyone was able to escape death.
The Japanese pirates did not expect that Huang Silang also knew some Japanese. Huang Silang overheard the Japanese pirates' conversation and learned that the reason why the Japanese pirates set up an ambush here was because the Japanese pirates also had a Dragon Vein Map in their hands, and knew where they might go next, and The purpose of plotting against them was to regain the ancient magic weapon Tianji Rod that was snatched by him that day.
Although this was the first time Chang Sheng heard the name Tianji Stick, he knew what Datou meant by Tianji Stick. That day he met several Japanese pirates pretending to be them in Shenzhou. Among them, the Japanese pirate pretending to be Datou was his old acquaintance Sasaki. These The Japanese pirates rushed to Buhan Mountain to join Mitsubishi Mori. The leading Japanese pirate was named Ikeda. After killing this man, Yu Yi found a copper rod in his saddle. At that time, he did not know about this strange copper rod. What's the use of the stick? It wasn't until I came to Bulkham Mountain to kill Mitsubishi Mori and others that I found an important clue in the diary of one of the female Japanese pirates. From this, I learned that the copper stick was an ancient magic weapon. Used to kill the Earthly Branches, the Tianji Rod that Datou mentioned is undoubtedly this thing.
Although they escaped the Japanese pirates' plot, their destination has been predicted by the Japanese pirates. This group of Japanese pirates has been following and harassing them, causing everyone on our side to be on guard day and night, which is extremely annoying.
However, although everyone on our side needs to be on guard against sneak attacks by Japanese pirates at all times, they are confident because they know that the other party wants to get the Tianji stick in their hands. Now that all the eight major families have been killed, as long as the Tianji stick is still in our hands, the Japanese pirates cannot harm them. The remaining earthly branches.
Precisely because of this idea, everyone was not anxious to seize the day when they were on their way. First they rushed to the frozen land of the far north to find Zi Shu. After explaining their intention, Zi Shu entertained them warmly. Earthly Branches Although they are all transformed by the aura of the five elements, their temperaments are different. Some are withdrawn and gloomy, some are arrogant and cold, and some are relatively kind.
After informing Zishu of the dangerous existence, everyone on our side rushed to the northwest desert, which is the area where the earthly branch Haizhu is located. The five elements of Haizhu belong to wood, and the area is an oasis in the desert.
Along the way, Japanese pirates would continue to appear and harass, and both sides had taken action many times. Fortunately, everyone on our side had taken precautions, and every sneak attack by the Japanese pirates would return without success.
For a long period of time, everyone on our side spent the long journey and frequent fights with Japanese pirates. Not long ago, Yang Kai suddenly asked Datou to rush to Gupo Mountain in Lingnan where Weiyang was and where Wu Ma and Si She were. After inspecting the situation in the area, Datou didn't know why at the time. Yang Kai only thought that everyone on his side was probably fooled. The reason why the Japanese pirates frequently harassed them was not to snatch the Tianji Rod, but to hold them back so that the main force of the Japanese pirates could deal with other earthly branches. .
At that time, Datou only thought that Yang Kai was suspicious, but he never thought that Yang Kai's words made him take a breath of cold air. The weakest times of the twelve earthly branches are the month, day and hour of their own time, and April is the month of the year. , May is noon, and June is wei. If the Japanese pirates want to deal with the earthly branches, the three months of April, May and June are the weakest times for Si Snake, Wu Horse, and Wei Sheep respectively.
Everyone on our side had been misled by the Japanese pirates before. They thought that as long as the Tianji Rod was in their hands, the Japanese pirates would not be able to deal with other earthly branches, so they ignored the months and hours when the earthly branches are weakest.
When he rushed to Gu Po Mountain in a hurry, he was dumbfounded. Yang Kai's guess was indeed correct. A deep trench was dug around Gu Po Mountain, and the trench was filled with locust trees, willows and other negative trees. Tree trunk, among the five elements, wood overcomes earth. This move by the Japanese pirates is undoubtedly to weaken Weiyang's earth aura.
Since the trench was not completely closed, Da Tou went to the area where Si She and Wu Ma were to investigate. Like Gupo Mountain, a trench was dug around Huoyun Mountain where Wu Ma was located and flooded with water. Wu Ma's five elements belong to fire. Among the five elements, water defeats fire, and Huoyun Mountain is already dead silent. There is no doubt that the earth's energy has been broken, and Wu Ma is dead.
Then go to the Yanyun Ridge where Si Snake is, and it's the same. Water is diverted to flood the fire aura.
The results of the investigation made Datou the dead soul panic, and he hurriedly used Huang Silang's spiritual energy token to inform everyone on his side to rush to Gupo Mountain. Yu Yi returned to Chang'an for a visit after everyone went to Gupo Mountain. At that time, everyone on his side was planning how to take action, and The Japanese pirates there were not alarmed.
After Datou finished speaking, everyone on his side looked ashamed, lowered their heads in frustration, and sighed...
