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Liu Yun fell into deep thought. Frankly speaking, what Lu Zhui said is true. The city is now tattered, and there is nothing left to be coveted. On the contrary, it is haunted day by day, and others should avoid it. After thinking about it again and again, he finally gave in and asked: "What do those two want me to do?"

"Let's talk about it first, what is going on in this city." Lu Zhui said, "I asked the people roughly when I came here. It is said that there is a burly evil spirit coming into the city to arrest people?"

"Yes." Liu Yun sighed, "It has been several months, and I don't know what kind of monster it is. It is so impenetrable that it can knock out the strongest boxer in the city with one punch."

"Are there files?" Lu Zhui asked again.

Liu Yun nodded: "Yes."

"Let's take a look first." Lu Zhui pulled the chair and sat down. "My lord, don't hesitate anymore. We will settle the matter in this city earlier, so we should rush to the Northwest Military Camp sooner. By the way, you just said that. I have also heard about Gu Yangdu. If we really came here to listen to the news, there would be no need to enter the house and start the snake. It should be gone now, right?"

Liu Yun was slightly stiff. If he remembered correctly, after talking about Gu Yangdu, he even made fun of his wife. This... a lot of people were so old that they didn’t show up, but they were heard clean by outsiders. I couldn't help but feel hot and ashamed.

"Ah." Lu Zhui changed the subject, "Where is Gu Yangdu?"

"It is a sandy ferry crossing hundreds of miles away. It is stationed at the branch of the Northwest Army of the Great Chu, under the control of Li Yang." Xiao Lan said, "If the fighting in the desert is fierce, this army will come for reinforcements. All are in Guyangdu."

"Why stay at Guyangdu?" Lu Zhui asked again.

"There are poor mountains and rivers, and banditry is in trouble all the year round." Xiao Lan said, "I often kill a round and then a new round pops up. The people are miserable, so General He sent a garrison to guard it all year round."

"So that's it." Lu chased it.

"Xiao Shaoxia was so familiar with the situation in the Northwest." Liu Yun came over with the file, a thick pile.

"So many?" Lu Zhui flipped through his hands twice, and saw the first one, the record was very detailed, and the signature had a small "mao" character.

"This is Master, his name is Zhang Mao." Liu Yun sighed, "I wrote about his disappearance in this stack."

The sky was already dark, and Xiao Lan lit a candle to illuminate the table. Lu Zhui flipped through the files, but it was consistent with what the people in the city said. They all said that they had been haunted three months ago. At the beginning, the county government had organized a group of archers to ambush in a high place. Kill it, who knows that those monsters can actually be invulnerable, as if they are covered with golden bells and iron armor, and the giant palm like a fan only volleys, and the people underneath will be stunned. After coming down several times, seeing the city getting more and more empty, the government had to order the people to hide in their homes. If there is nothing to do, they must not go out.

It was at that time that Master Zhang Mao was ordered to go to Guyangdu. As a result, there is no news so far, and his life and death are uncertain.

"Why send a literati and scholar to ask for help during his lifetime?" Lu Zhui had doubts about this.

"Master is not a literati, he is a martial artist in the army, and he can do his best." Liu Yun said, "You can even be called a master."

"The one who left the city died, what happened?" Lu Zhui asked again.

"It's a note sandwiched in the blood of the master, and they were thrown in front of the county government." Liu Yun sighed. "The other party obviously wants to cut off the connection between Changfeng City and the outside. In order to avoid panic among the people, I didn't The matter was made public, and only one order was issued. Whoever wants to leave the city must report to the government in advance and get my consent."

"My lord is very thoughtful." Lu Zhui closed the dossier, "I'm finished."

"What is your opinion?" Liu Yun asked hurriedly.

Lu Zhui said, "Sir, don't worry about it. Although the blood-clothed looks at the crippled person, I guess that the master is 80% dead, and maybe he didn't even suffer any injuries."

"Why can you see?" Liu Yun asked.

"First, pretending to be so fanatical and tricking ghosts, in order to take away the rich and powerful labor, the master is strong and powerful, and the other party is not willing to kill if he wants to come." Lu Chase said, "Second, if you really kill, why not Just throw the corpse in front of the county government office. Wouldn't it be more shocking, and why just throw away a tattered piece of clothing."

"Yes." Liu Yun nodded, "Shao Xia's words make some sense."

"Why don't I pretend to be a citizen of the city and go to Guyangdu for help?" Lu Zhui suggested, "If the other party takes him away, it will happen to be found behind the scenes."

Liu Yun nodded: "Okay."

Seeing that he promised so readily, Lu Chai was rather happy: "My lord doesn't think about it too much?"

"It's up to now, where can I give more consideration." Liu Yun stood up and held his hands. "The city is haunted. As a magistrate, I can't protect the safety of one of the villagers. I am extremely ashamed. The two young heroes are here, and I too I don’t doubt it anymore, and I would like to ask Zhang Yi to take action, and give Changfeng City a stable."

Lu Zhui said: "That's it, but I have one more thing, I have to trouble adults to help."

Liu Yun said: "It's okay to say that the young hero."

Lu Zhui said, "Help me feed the two-day horse."

Liu Yun: "..."

Liu Yun probed: "Just this thing?"

Lu Zhui replied: "Only this matter."

Three days later, two black horses galloped out of the city and headed northwest.

From Changfeng City to Guyangdu, there is an endless stream of gravel Gobi, which becomes desolate as you go, and often no one is seen for days and nights. After nightfall that day, Lu Zhui guarded the fire and muttered, "I don't keep my word."

"What?" Xiao Lan asked, "Me?"

"It's quite fast to check in. What does this have to do with you?" Lu Chai said with a smile, "I'm talking about those monsters. We have left Changfeng City for more than ten days, and so far no one has come to catch us. If we go on, I'm afraid It's really going to Guyang crossing."

Although it is said that at Guyangdu, the northwest garrison can be drawn into the city, and the people can temporarily regain a safe life, but it is by no means a long-term solution. Firstly, the imperial army could not stay in the city forever, and there will always be a day to leave. Secondly, even if the opponent really abandons the Great Wind City, there are many other cities in the northwest, and it is impossible to guarantee that ghosts will not reappear. If you think about it this way, you still need to draw out the black hand on the way, and after the net is exhausted, the future troubles can be avoided forever.

Xiao Lan sandwiched the scone with dried meat and handed it to him along with the water sac.

Lu Chai shook his head: "Hard."

Xiao Lan said, "That means you can't bake."

Lu Zhui opened his mouth with suspicion, and after a bite, it was really delicious, even the hard dried meat inside was baked and crispy.

"It's finished." Xiao Lan said, "It's cold in the middle of the night. I rely on this little food to warm my body. No matter how bad it is, I have to swallow it."

Lu Chai tilted his head and held the pie, eating rather absent-mindedly, still thinking about ghosts. Xiao Lan looked amused, and didn't interrupt, she just sat across the fire and looked at him-even if his face was stained yellow and thin with a dissolving potion, he still looked pretty, as the so-called lover's eyes were beautiful. , No matter what the sweetheart looks like, he must make good contributions to the family without changing his daughter.

"What are you looking at?" Lu Chai asked suddenly.

Xiao Lan said, "Look at you."

Lu Gongzi moved slightly in his heart and raised his head to meet his eyes. For such a long night, guarding a bunch of bonfires together, it seems that something should happen anyway, but it is a pity that both of them have a task at this time, another one has turned into a yellow-faced sick ghost, and the other is full of beards. , Looks ugly and funny, it's really not suitable for Langqing concubine to think you are my friend.

Lu Zhui had no choice but to eat a big bite of cake unwillingly.

Xiao Lan said, "I'm afraid I can't sleep tonight."

Lu asked: "Why?"

Xiao Lan replied: "Because someone is here."

Lu Chai was stunned for a moment, and listened intently. Sure enough, there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance. There seemed to be at least twenty people. He put the last bite of the cake into his mouth, chewed it twice, and took another big mouthful of water.

Xiao Lan smiled and said, "I just said that I don't have any appetite."

"You baked it, I will finish it naturally, it was a pity." Lu Chai wiped his mouth and then glued the beard on his face.

A full moon rises from the horizon, illuminating this vast silver Gobi. On the other side of the sand dune, a horse team was slowly emerging, and the black figure formed a piece in the moonlight, moving forward quietly and quickly, like a ghost soldier falling from the sky, making the back numb.

Lu Chai stood up, clenched a long knife in his hand, crouched, his eyes panicked.

Xiao Lan smiled and whispered: "It's a good performance."

The horse squad quickly came to their eyes. Everyone was covered with black cloth towels. The leader only glanced at the two people by the fire. Without even asking a question, he waved to his subordinates, holding a machete and twine. They swarmed up and bound them firmly.

"What are you going to do?" Lu Zhui struggled.

"Take it away!" The leader commanded briefly, his voice stiff, like a foreigner.

The subordinate agreed, put the two into cloth bags and threw them on horseback, and ran all the way to the depths of the sand dunes.

The sky soon lit up.

Lu Chai coughed twice, and the person was still packed in a dark cloth bag. His ribs were a little bit painful, but he shouldn't hurt his muscles and bones, just skin bruises. The horse team ran like crazy, trembling wildly, almost throwing out all the internal organs of the people on the horseback. When he finally stopped, even if he was practicing martial arts all the year round, he still felt dizzy and uncomfortable. , If you change to ordinary people, I'm afraid it is already half dead.

There was another cloth bag beside him, with Xiao Lan in it. Because they didn't know what was going on outside, the two of them had a tacit understanding of neither speaking, but only gently put their hands together through the linen cloth to let the temperature pass between each other.

Lu Zhui smiled inwardly and continued to listen to the movement outside. Time passed bit by bit, and it was estimated that it was not until noon that someone finally came to open the door, the tether at the mouth of the cloth bag was untied, and the eyes suddenly lit up, and it took a long time to adapt to the light.

Lu Zhui squinted his eyes and looked at the person in front of him laboriously.

"What do you want to do?" Xiao Lan asked in a deep voice.

"What do you want to do?" the other party asked back, his Chinese spoken well, with only a slight accent. Wearing black riding boots and two crescent daggers hung around his waist, it is a common dress for nomads in the desert.

There was silence in the room.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, the man said again: "Let me guess, I am going to Guyangdu to find reinforcements to catch ghosts, right?"

Lu Chai said angrily, "You really did it!"

The other party laughed presumptuously: "Then county magistrate Liu is afraid that he is confused, and he sent a master who doesn’t remember him, and he gave you two in vain. In a few months, I will not do anything, just for the labor in the Great Wind City. They will also scramble to come to the door."

It's really to grab the labor. Lu Zhui said again: "You pretended to be a fool, and you have already killed half of the city. Are you still reluctant to stop?"

"Who said I killed someone?" The man sat on a chair, "It took so many hardships to get it back. I can't bear to kill."

"Then what are you doing?" Lu Zhui asked again.

The man answered quite simply this time: "Dig a grave."

Lu Chai instinctively thought of Mingyue Tomb.

Xiao Lan frowned slightly and wanted to sigh in his heart. For the first half of his life, he couldn't get rid of the grave back and forth.

He asked: "Whose grave is digging?"

The life insisted: "The new grave, the tomb pit is dug, so I can let the army and generals of Da Chu into the soil as soon as possible." When he said this, there was an evil light in his eyes, as if he couldn't wait to wait for this day to come. .

Lu Zhui tentatively: "You, are you from Xilan Kingdom?"

"This has nothing to do with you." The man gave a condescending look at the two of them. "Just say a word, do you want to be obedient and do coolies, or do you want to be hard bones and be dragged to fill the sinkhole?"

Lu Zhui and Xiao Lan looked at each other, lowered their heads and said nothing.

Upon seeing this, the man laughed triumphantly: "A person who knows the current affairs is a good man, this is a good sentence."

"You can survive hard work?" Lu Zhui asked again, "The folks in the city are not dead?"

"Naturally, I will not do things like killing innocent people." The man waved his hand and stepped straight out, "Wait here, someone will come to pick you up."

The door of the house was locked, and there was silence again.

"Clearly he is a gangster, and he has to blow himself up as a hero, never kill innocent people indiscriminately, and is not afraid of others making jokes." Lu Chau sat on the ground, "but I thought they were living in tents. house."

"You can't build a house in the desert." Xiao Lan reminded.

Lu Zhui was stunned for a moment, guessing: "So what do you mean?"

"This must be a town in Da Chu." Xiao Lan said, "So either they have completely occupied this city like they destroyed Changfeng City, or at least they are quite powerful, otherwise they should have no courage to take them. Bring it into the city grandly."

"Dig graves for Da Chu's army." Lu Zhui thoughtfully, "what does it mean?"

"If you can't guess, don't guess. As long as you behave well, I'm afraid you will be taken to do coolies in three or five days." Xiao Lan said, "At that time, you will know."

"Yeah." Lu Chai nodded, "Up until now, you can only act by chance."

"Injured?" Xiao Lan asked, "Why keep pressing your ribs."

"Skin and flesh wound." Lu Chai moved his muscles and bones a bit, "I just checked, the bones are fine, but the horseback is too bumpy."

Xiao Lan said, "Let me see."

Lu Chai was taken aback: "Look here?"

Xiao Lan asked: "Otherwise?"

"This is not so good." Lu Chai pressed his shirt tightly and undressed his crush in the enemy camp. It sounded not only very hungry and thirsty, but also like a brain disease. Besides, he had never solved it before. For the first time, I should find a poetic place anyway, who wants to be shirtless in the broken black room.

Xiao Lan pulled away his belt.

Lu Zhui: "..."

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the house again.