red man

Chapter 286 Something Like National Fortune
"Gentleman, there are many stone ships."

Looking at the row of boats, Gouzi was a little surprised, "It's still so busy in the first month of the month."

"It seems to be borrowing Wenshui as a canal."

Looking at the map, the quarry is not far away, and the construction site is just southeast of Wenshui.

"Strange, the southeast of Wenshui, shouldn't it be 'Wuwen County'?"

Frowning, Wei Hao was very puzzled.

"Gentleman, the fortunes of the country here have declined badly. Who is protecting the boatmen and trackers?"

"Generally speaking, it's demon exorcists or Jianghu bodyguards. But in the current situation, it shouldn't be necessarily the case."

Entering a mountainous area, it snowed suddenly, and noises could already be heard.

Wei Hao stepped on the snow without a trace, and soon reached the top of a cedar tree. A white cloak wrapped his whole body. When he looked into the distance, he saw a valley where Wenshui crossed the border. The mountains on both sides had been dug out. a huge gap.

The gravel tumbled down, through logs and ropes, and gradually slid down to the shore.

There are fleets of boats on both sides of the river, and the trackers are dragging the cables, leaning forward, almost parallel to the ground.

Use both hands and feet to move forward.

Next to the team of trackers, people would cast spells from time to time, mostly as a way to drive out the cold, so that the trackers could continue to work.

More advanced spells cost a lot, and not everyone can afford them.

But after seeing this scene, Wei Hao still felt angry. A good spell, not to mention finding a way to stretch, but to supervise the stretching, it is simply hateful!
"I've never seen this kind of dress before."

Wei Hao carefully looked at the warlocks who kept the trackers away from the cold. They were not so much warlocks as soldiers who knew two ways of magic.

This kind of person, logically speaking, shouldn't show up swaggeringly.

Seeing that those guys have the same symbol on their bodies, Wei Hao compared the similar symbols he had seen one by one, but there was still no similarity.

It's not the Shangnei Supervisor, nor the Qin Tianjian, the Sky Surveyor, nor the symbols of the Dragon Army, the Flying Bear Army and other powerful troops.

"There is a horizontal line under the semicircle of this symbol, and another vertical line runs through the center... I haven't seen it before."

I asked Gouzi, "Xiao Wang, have you seen this kind of symbol?"

After drawing it on his palm, Gouzi shook his head, it had never seen it before.

"It seems that it should be new."

Wei Hao was taken aback suddenly, "The Lord of the Earth said that a nobleman has arrived, and the one who can come here recently is probably 'Dong Bohou'?"

Moreover, "Dong Bohou" is also a wonderful title that has been confirmed in a hurry. The ancient legends are no longer reliable, and everything is starting from a new one.

After deliberating in this way, Wei Hao asked Yan Xuanxin to come up to investigate and make sure.

Flying swallows in the first month was unreasonable. Yan Xuanxin changed into a hemp robe and turned into a little sparrow, jumping around the mining area, and landed in the stone ship from time to time.

Soon, Yan Xuanxin flew to Wei Hao's side.

"Elephant Elephant is from the mansion of 'Dong Bohou'. These monks who follow the tracker are members of the 'Tiandiwei' under the command of 'Dong Bohou'."

"'Tiandiwei'?!"

Wei Hao was speechless immediately, this "Dong Bohou" punishment.

In a big tone, he even got a "Tian Di Wei" out.

"Xuan Xin, go and see where these stones are unloaded first, the construction site should be where the unloaded goods are."

"Yes."

The little sparrow flapped its wings, flew away, and searched along Wenshui.

"My lord, what about us?"

"Go to 'Jiangjiagou' to inquire first."

"okay."

call! !

With a shake of the cloak, he fled immediately, not even leaving any footprints on the branch where he was standing.

Not long after, a few tits from the first month of the lunar year landed on it, tilting their heads to look around, obviously not aware that someone had just been to the place where I was staying.

In the mountains, Wei Hao's body was like a white horse, under the cover of snow, he couldn't see his trace at all.

Wang Jiexing showed a dog's head, sniffed a little, and noticed a place where there were people.

And Wei Hao's perception has spread to fifty miles away. The location of "Jiangjiagou" is not far in a straight line, and it is only fifteen miles away from the quarry. However, seven or eight hills block it, and the winding mountain road is far away.

Just walking on two legs, I can't stop for a hundred miles.

Among the hills, Wei Hao accidentally discovered a large number of altars, each altar is similar to a beacon tower, and soldiers are stationed in it.

As little as one, as many as a team.

There are both long and short weapons, and they are also equipped with various talisman papers and magic weapons.

"Good guy, when did the local garrison get so rich?!"

Wei Hao was very shocked. You must know that a strong army like the Longxiang Army does not mean that the talisman paper is used as straw paper.

But along the way, there are seven or eight hills passing by, and there are more than [-] sentry posts, with a total force of about [-].

The fire does not use a scythe, but a "fire talisman", a kind of talisman paper that can ignite things.

Don't look down on it, but to make talisman paper, you must be the help of a comprehension expert in runes.

And if you want to carry mana, ordinary paper is useless, there must be "spiritual charm" in it.

Paper is definitely not simple, not ordinary.

According to the practice of the past dynasties, the "tribute paper" usually made by the famous ministers and generals has its own "spiritual charm". The cultivation of the talisman paper only needs to solve the problem of the runes being completed in one go, and the rest is natural.

Generally speaking, such things are controlled supplies, and it is impossible to flood them.

The imperial court’s control of the demons is also controlled from two sources. One is basic materials, that is, elixirs for improving strength, spiritual things, etc.; Not all sorcerers can be successful. The sorcerers can become stronger, but they will die if they are struck by lightning.

Like the piebald fox, who already has no shortage of family resources and "fa-rectification". It's just that the fox's qualifications are not good enough, and he will die if he is struck by lightning, and he doesn't have the determination to start again.

The two daughters are exchanged for thousands of years of cultivation. If any big monster has such a good deal, he will be the first to come and kowtow to Wei Hao.

It is absolutely unambiguous to knock a few knocks.

Just because there are so many pitfalls in practice, how can Wei Hao not be shocked when he sees ordinary soldiers lighting fires with "fire talismans" to keep warm? !

"What's the origin of this 'Dong Bohou'?!"

Wei Hao patted the dog's head on his chest.

Gouzi was speechless for a moment: "Gentleman, I'm just a dog, not just asking around."

"You are in Qilin Academy, so you didn't study hard?!"

"That gentleman is in Suzaku Academy, and he didn't say that he should take care of the heroes of the world."

"I'm a math major, so I just need to learn elementary mathematics well. Besides, I'm very familiar with the local officials in Beiyang Mansion, and they are like a treasure."

"Gentleman, you are a person who wants to be the number one scholar in the science of calculation. If you want to look at the world, how can you only focus on the one-acre three-point land in Beiyang Mansion? I want to criticize you!"

"..."

The little dog is good at eloquence, Wei Hao was so angry that he rubbed the dog's head angrily.

After a while, I finally arrived at a Wubao. In terms of shape, it is a bit similar to a "rectangular earth building", built in the shape of a mountain.

There are quite a few Wubao groups in the shape of Pinzi in the entire "Jiangjiagou", but it can be seen that it is a bit depressed now.

"There are officers stationed here."

Wrapped in a white cloak, Wei Hao stood at the highest point, looked down, and felt the surrounding atmosphere. In a place similar to an ancestral temple, several officials in fox fur were eating around the stove.

In terms of attire, it is true that it is a bureaucrat in Daxia.

But there is a problem with the guy who waits on the left and right.

"fox?"

The servants are not human beings, but fox spirits, with low cultivation and weak mana, and they probably won't be able to withstand Orion's hatchet.

"It's kind of interesting."

Wei Hao immediately guessed, "Could it be that 'Dong Bohou''s magnanimity has something to do with inhuman spirits?"

This is not impossible.

From the perspective of others, Wei Hao and Wang Fubo are not cooperating with spirits?

What they did, "Dong Bohou" naturally did too.

But there is one more thing, Wei Hao finds it strange that "Jiangjiagou" is a male who has been transferred too much, not "Jiangjiagou" where all the people died.

There are still men, old and weak women and children left, and there are thousands or hundreds of people.

Where are you at this time?
Wei Hao raised his hand to cover his eyebrows, and looked around with his golden eyes, and immediately found the place where people gathered.

It turned out that they were all gathered in the other two "rectangular earth buildings".

Judging from the traces of activities, it should be united in one place to prevent accidents.

Moreover, it is convenient for children to gather together and restrain them, so as not to know where a single family is taken away by wolves.

"Let's go and have a look."

Jumping up, there was not even a sound of wind, and the snow never fell. Not long after, the magpie rose and the rabbit fell, and it has already moved around.

The four corners of the entire "rectangular earth building" are archery towers and watch corners, and strong archers stare at them in turn.

The ladder up and down is movable, and there is a pot of fire inside, and dozens of bowstrings are hanging not far away.

The arrows were stacked neatly, and there was also water and dry food.

There is no iron armor, only bamboo armor and leather armor brought from the south.

No matter they are old or young, they are all silent. The mountains in the first month are very dull.

But judging from the traces of the various earthen buildings, perhaps the first lunar month in the past was not so depressed.

Wei Hao pricked up his ears and heard the complaints of the women who were busy spinning hemp.

Complaining about the weather, complaining about the court, complaining about officials, complaining about her husband, complaining about injustice...

"'Dingjianao' heard that there was a pause, and asked Ding Juren to borrow food, and they all went to the county seat. I think this 'Dingjianao' is going to suffer."

"Didn't Ding Juren say that he has always taken good care of his fellow villagers?"

"Hey~~ That was the time when 'Dingjianao' had no worries about food and clothing. What year was it in the past, and what year is it now? Ding Juren has a maximum of [-] acres of land, but once this year is over, [-] acres of land can't be cultivated." live."

"Hu Liai Lie, how can it be impossible to cover five thousand acres!"

"You still don't believe me? Someone died in the 'East Mine'. Yesterday I went to deliver food to those who didn't work, and I overheard it."

"Huh? Dead? Then... what about the 'West Mine'?"

"How do you know that?"

"You silly girl, why don't you ask?"

"There is no news now, it is good news, don't ask."

"..."

There was silence for a while, only balls of twine were thrown into the basket, and there was still some movement.

Just listening to the chatting of these women, Wei Hao was convinced that they had the courage to sue.

Complaints are just complaints, but they still work tenaciously in the complaints, and have more tenacious wisdom.

Yes, in this world, no news is good news.

"Gentleman, although there is popularity here, there is no national fortune to protect it. Fairies can enter the village for activities. How can we maintain order?"

Gouzi is also observing, it just felt that something was wrong.

Without the protection of the national fortune, without a large number of armed forces, and without demon extermination people, if the spirits were in groups, it would be a catastrophe.

"No, you close your eyes and sense it."

Wei Hao stroked the dog's head lightly, making Wang Jiexing feel the surrounding environment again.

Hearing this, Gouzi closed his eyes immediately, and the surrounding was very quiet, except for the busy voices of the women, even the children gathered together to play and pat each other.

Soon, Wang Jiexing discovered the problem.

It is true that there is no national destiny here, but there are brand new things similar to national destiny being born.

No, not born, but already functioning.

Gouzi followed this special spirit to explore, and found that different mountain tops have different altars.

When I came here, the outposts and beacon towers on the mountain were actually altars.

Cthulhu? !
No.

Gouzi thought it was an evil god worshiped by sorcery and demons, but found that there was nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, this kind of aura, like the national fortune, has the function of joint protection.

A large number of outposts and altars are combined to form an extremely huge altar.

Stretching out, I'm afraid there are mountains in it.

The range is very wide, and Wang Jiexing guessed that it is more than two hundred miles away. If there is no "Two Boundary Mountains", it is estimated that Mount Tai can be included.

But now, it is obvious that Mount Tai and Liangjie Mountain cannot be touched, so this strange aura is expanding around the southwest of Mount Tai.

"Like there's something in it."

"good."

After receiving Wei Hao's affirmative answer, Gouzi was shocked: "A gentleman knows?"

"My piercing eyes are superior to your dog's eyes."

"..."

With a dog face, Gouzi was speechless.

Smiling, Wei Hao said: "Although I don't know what it is, but at present, it seems that it is not an evil spirit, but it should also protect the common people."

"Don't need to destroy it?"

"It depends."

Wei Hao said indifferently, "It's still the same sentence. When a righteous person uses evil methods, the evil is also righteous; when an evil person uses righteous methods, the righteous is also evil. Everything depends on the follow-up."

"Then shall we go down to inquire now?"

"No need."

Wei Hao glanced at the surrounding hills, "Just go to the fields and the mountains for a walk."

After finishing speaking, Wei Hao left again, arrived at a mountainside, in a dilapidated mountain temple, and stomped his feet: "Where is the mountain god?!"

"Uh... Which fairy is calling?"

There was a voice, and a blind tiger with broken teeth jumped out from between the snowy rocks behind the mountain temple.

This tiger is very weak and old, and when he speaks, he is quite leaky.

Arriving in front of Wei Hao, the tiger looked up, and immediately prostrated itself on the ground: "Oh, it's King Wei coming here, the little god welcomes you from afar, welcomes you from afar..."

"You have the body of a tiger, how can you recognize me?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know that this body was originally my mount, and it is old and weak. The little god couldn't bear it to die in the wind and snow, so he possessed it to maintain its vitality."

After hearing this, Wei Hao stared at the tiger, only to realize that there was more than one soul, besides the tiger's own soul, there was also a middle-aged man's face.

Looking at the statues of the mountain temple, they are quite similar.

Wei Hao nodded, and said: "This is not a solution. Life, old age, sickness and death are suffering, and you have to suffer. You have to be cautious."

"Oh, why didn't the little god know? But this big cat said it was a mount, but it was actually like a brother. It was rescued by my father when it was young, and it was raised until it was one year old. It was afraid of the neighbors and had to be released into the forest. But later it I turn around often, and many mountain products are delivered to my home. One year, there was a drought and then locusts. It ran all over more than [-] mountains and saved my family and the folks on this mountain. Hanging a life is not just a bite Is it..."

Listening to the narration of the mountain god, Wei Hao was fascinated by the stories of the past.

After the mountain god finished speaking, Wei Hao realized why he didn't give up for so long and wanted to keep the tiger alive.

Only because after the villagers accepted the existence of this fierce tiger, the mountain god who was still alive at that time would take the tiger out to hunt every time there was a famine for 40 years.

With meat, they will naturally survive the famine.

Because driving tigers to hunt is quite miraculous to outsiders, which is why you can get Fengshan God after death.

It's just that the mountain god never thinks it's his own credit. In his view, it's all the merits of Brother Tiger.

When a mountain flood suddenly broke out one year, he rode a tiger to save people, and finally died of exhaustion. The image after his death was the image of the mountain god driving the tiger and riding the tiger.

After becoming a god, he thought about allowing Brother Hu to be reincarnated as a human being in the future, and he hoped to accumulate more merits.

With the decline of the mountain village, this kind of thinking has declined, because the mountain god feels that the Tiger Brothers at this time are more free.

At this moment, the mountain god's idea for the tiger is to make it as happy as possible, and then reincarnate as an adult.

Hearing such a legend, Wei Hao sighed: "Well, you can help me solve the 'Jiangjiagou' case. After it is over, I will say hello to the underworld and give it convenience as appropriate."

"Ah this..."

The mountain god was stunned, never expecting that this is a good thing from heaven!

Immediately, it crawled and kowtowed again and again, but the image of the tiger was somewhat weird, it looked very weird.

The mountain god said again and again: "Thank you, King Wei, thank you, King Wei, the little god will definitely do his best..."

Wei Hao hurriedly helped the tiger up, and then said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be like this, I'm just saying hello, whether it's successful or not, I dare not guarantee it."

That's what he said, but the mountain god had seen it in the underworld, and he was overjoyed at the moment, feeling that he had finally found a reliable place for Brother Hu.

(End of this chapter)