Huang He, who was hiding in the clouds, was also surprised. He secretly accompanied Shao Wu and Zong Yan under the orders of his master. Of course, he had explored the surrounding situation clearly and believed that there was no threat. The white rabbit accidentally alarmed the people in the mountains.
The evil thing drove the evil spirits to attack. Shaowu and Zongyan could handle it themselves, and there was no need for Huang He to do anything.
The demon ghost was killed by Shao Wu, and a more powerful monster appeared. Huang He judged the strength of this monster very clearly. Shao Wu was definitely not his opponent, but Zong Yan was still there! With Zong Yan's ability
She is also holding a divine halberd and can handle it completely. Why did she run away? This is not her temper.
This is indeed not Zong Yan’s temper. If there was no Shao Wu around, Zong Yan would have already taken advantage of him! But with the Shao Wu around, Zong Yan must be cautious. She is not Huang He and can clearly judge the other party’s temperament.
In terms of strength, I only know that the attacker is very powerful. Although I can deal with it, unexpected situations will inevitably occur. It will be bad if the fight affects Shaowu.
Zong Yan's first consideration was not how to subdue the evil beast, but to ensure the safety of the young servant. This girl seemed carefree and thoughtful, but she didn't know when she changed her temper.
Zong Yan made a decisive decision and ran fast, quickly out of the range of the evil creature's spiritual consciousness. If the opponent tried to chase him, he could no longer find its shadow. In fact, the white rabbit had already touched the vicinity of the village they were going to just now, just to find a way out.
It was a more suitable route to open up a highway, but it took a long detour and accidentally alerted the evil creature. Now he was hiding in the package and giving instructions to Zong Yan on how to run. Half an hour later, the villagers could be seen on the gentle slope in the distance.
Just as Shao Wu was about to ask Zong Yan to put him down, Zong Yan already took the initiative to let go of his hand. She let go very smoothly, opened her arms and reached out to grab the fish, allowing Shao Wu to stand on his feet and then put his hand on his waist.
She hugged him, as if she was afraid that he would fall. The young servant coughed and said, "Miss Zongyan, I'm fine!"
Zong Yan let go and said in surprise: "You didn't faint?"
Shaowu: "Ashamed, ashamed! I should have fainted, but I happened to have a treasure to protect me. It was given by my master. It was a sword talisman made by the ancestor Wufu Qiu himself. Wearing it can protect my mind."
The roar that the beast made was no ordinary roar. Its magical power could impact the soul and seize people's hearts. Even if Shaowu's cultivation level was good and he would not be controlled by it, he would still faint on the spot. But Shaowu was only conscious at the time.
He was confused for a moment, his legs went weak and he almost fell down, but then he regained consciousness, because he had always worn the sword talisman given by his master.
But Zong Yan didn't know that. She saw that Shaowu's body was weak and fell backwards, and she also knew that the attack of the vicious creature was powerful, so she thought that Shaowu had fainted, so she quickly grabbed him and ran away. Unexpectedly, there were many young men on the way.
Since they are all sober, this seems a bit embarrassing.
Zong Yan said unnaturally: "Oh, let me tell you, I am not ashamed to be Ba Jun. I carry so many treasures with me! ... We are about to reach the place ahead. I was planning to put you down and wake you up. You want to see someone.
Don't lose your appearance when you're in bed, as that will damage Ba Jun's identity. Since you've woken up, pack up and go over quickly."
Shao Wu: "Young lady is very thoughtful and considers things very thoughtfully."
Zong Yan: "As you said, you're just good at practical things! You think about things more thoughtfully than me. I've not walked this journey with you in vain, and of course I've learned a lot."
The village they were about to reach belonged to a small tribe. There were several villages nearby, but this village was the largest. It was located at the junction of the Yinshan Mountains and the Helan Mountains. If they were coming from the Yinshan Mountains, it would have been
There is a road, but Zong Yan and Shaowu came from Helan Mountain, and the road has yet to be opened.
When distinguished guests came from afar, the clan chief led the crowd to greet him respectfully. Although they had never seen Shaowu and Zong Yan before, they would never mistake them. Boyi and Wu Gu had already heard the news. Although Shaowu's body was wet
Yes, but she has returned to her usual demeanor in her behavior. At first glance, she is someone who has been in a high position for a long time. No one else can imitate her. As for Zong Yan, let alone Zong Yan, there is no need to even check the artifact halberd in her hand.
Like other places, the young ministers were treated with the most solemn hospitality, and even the clan salt was honored with them. First, a dedicated person served them and asked them to change into dry clothes, and then the clan leader served the most sumptuous food and attended the banquet.
I asked Ba Jun if he had any other requests.
Whenever the young minister went to a place, he never made any demands. He would welcome the other party as he liked. In short, no one would neglect him. Zong Yan's temper was always to ask directly about the progress of water control and whether the task had been completed as planned.
Of course, the young minister did not make any request, but Zong Yan took the lead and said: "You prepare hot water so that Bajun can take a bath. There is no need to send someone to wait for him to wash. But the bathtub must be big enough and the water must be hot enough."
, comfortable enough. Bajun just got caught in the rain in the mountains, don’t let him catch a cold and get sick."
This was a small matter, but it was rare for Zong Yan to be the first to make such a request for the young minister. The patriarch hurriedly made arrangements. In fact, Zong Yan would have made arrangements well without mentioning it. Bajun couldn't find a few beautiful maids to take care of him when he was taking a bath? But
Master Zongyan said again that Bajun didn't need anyone to wait on him to take a bath, but he had to be comfortable enough... Well, I'll just follow her request.
Shaowu and Zong Yan lived in their own courtyard specially given by the tribal leader and village leader. Each of them occupied a large room. There were servants on duty in the hall outside, waiting for call. These servants were all young women.
She lived in a side room. When the young servant was taking a bath, Zong Yan drove all the servants back, saying that they were not needed, while she stood at the door of the hall and looked at the yard in a daze.
In fact, this was not a daze. Zong Yan was using her consciousness to pay attention to the surrounding activities. She had just been in danger in the mountains today, so she had to be careful at this moment. But if she was not careful, her consciousness extended to Shaowu's house. What happened to the walls?
It can block the prying eyes of senior people. Zong Yan also explained to himself that it is to prevent the young servant from fainting or falling when taking a bath to avoid any accidents.
"This Bajun is not young, but he is still in great shape. He looked very brave when he killed the demon today..."
Zong Yan was muttering secretly, when a white light flashed on the wall of the courtyard, and a native rabbit jumped in from the outside, jumped in front of her and uttered words: "What are you doing? I have never seen you so stupid.
Stunned!"
"No...nothing. I'm just keeping an eye on the situation around me." Zong Yan's tone was a bit panicked. He quickly withdrew his consciousness, as if he felt like he was being caught as a thief, and then changed the topic and said, "Your
How are things going?"
White Rabbit: "I quietly went back to the mountains and found the lair of the evil creature. There are not many demons left."
Zong Yan: "Just find the old nest. Thank you for your hard work. If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
White Rabbit: "Why is your face a little red? Are you sick from the rain?"
Zong Yan turned around and waved his hands and entered the house, saying as he walked: "Nonsense! How can I get sick with my level of cultivation?"
White Rabbit muttered: "Anyway, I think you are a bit weird. Could it be that you were disturbed by that vicious thing?"
Zong Yan: "Don't talk nonsense and let others hear you, or you may be caught as a monster! Go find a place to play outside the village by yourself. I'll call you if I need anything."
White Rabbit usually did not follow Zong Yan into the village on this journey. He would find a place to stay in the wild and would not show up easily in front of outsiders. When the young servant finished taking a comfortable hot bath, the sky turned cold.
It was dark, and there was nothing to talk about after resting that night. Early the next morning, Zong Yan summoned the leaders of the local tribes to inquire about flood control.
There are five villages in this area, all belonging to the same tribe, named Youfeng tribe. The village they are in now is called Youfeng Village, and the tribal leader lives here. The Youfeng clan and the chiefs of the other four villages arrived, and Zong Yan asked
The result was very disappointing. The Youfeng Department did not complete the project progress according to Boyu's plan.
Not only did the Youfeng Tribe fail to complete the task, but the progress was still far behind. If this was the case, there would be big problems in cooperating with other tribes in the future, and the entire water control project would be hindered by this link. If Zong Yan’s original plan is followed
If you have a bad temper, you will definitely slap the table and reprimand, and even take out a big stick on the spot.
But after walking on the road for such a long time and passing through so many villages, Zong Yan's temper has changed a lot. In the past, every time she got angry and wanted to teach someone a lesson, the junior minister would reach out and stop her first. Today, Zong Yan's temper has changed a lot.
There was no need for Shaowu to stop him anymore, so he first took the initiative to look at Shaowu.
The young minister asked: "I inquired about the situation when I entered the village yesterday. The food supplies in the village are quite sufficient, and there are roads connecting the construction sites down the mountain. Why are only half of the prescribed tasks completed? Is there any accident?
What's the situation?"
The Youfeng clan stood up and bent down and said: "Bajun, Lord Zongyan, you two don't know something. We, the Youfeng clan, did not move here recently. We have been living here for hundreds of years. In the past, we rarely went down the mountain. Twenty years ago
It also accepted many victims from other tribes. Although there is a road leading to the river at the foot of the mountain, we don't need to go there on weekdays.
There are two roads here that lead to the outside world, one is a mountain trail that leads to the tribes in the Yin Mountains, and the other leads to the river flooded land below the mountain. But now the river flooded land is no longer inhabited, and the road has been abandoned.
If we had not followed Lord Boyu to control the floods under the orders of the Emperor, the local people would not have set foot on that road again..."
Seeing that the monarch was a bit verbose, Zong Yan interrupted him directly and asked: "Is there something dangerous on the road?"
Youfeng clan nodded quickly and said: "Your Majesty, you are wise! Evil things have always happened on that road, and it is not just in the past twenty years..."
This section of Helan Mountain has loess soil near the foot of the mountain and is crisscrossed with ravines. If you want to go down the mountain from where Youfeng Department is, you cannot go directly due to the ravines blocking it, so you have to go a long way around to the heights of the mountain. It is precisely on this section of the road.
There are always evil things happening, and I don’t know when it started. When I was a child in the Youfeng clan, I heard various legends told by the elders.
There is an evil place deep in the mountains here. You must not step into it easily, otherwise you will lose your soul and be taken away inexplicably, and you will never come back. Before the flood, there were many tribes under the mountain, and the Youfeng tribe would also follow.
They exchanged many things and sometimes intermarried.
But every time the Youfeng tribe members go down the mountain, they must choose the day with the clearest weather and pass through that area quickly at noon, so as to avoid evil things happening as much as possible - this is the ancestral motto of the tribe. Later, the foot of the mountain became a deserted place.
Since people live in the land of rivers, they no longer need to risk going down the mountain.
But the emperor ordered water control, and the Youfeng Department also received the task. At the foot of the mountain, there was a section of the river they were responsible for digging. Many young and strong laborers were sent to the construction site, and the necessary materials had to be transported from the village. However, due to the tribal
According to the ancestral teachings, there are not many qualified road traffic periods, the material transportation capacity is limited, and the number of young and strong laborers that can be dispatched is limited, so the progress of the project is greatly delayed.
Hearing this, the young minister seemed to have thought of something, and asked again: "Is it because of the ancestral teachings of the tribe that you delayed the water control?"
The Youfeng clan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Please forgive me, Lord Ba, but the clansmen really don't dare! Outsiders may think that this is nonsense, and that it misses the big deal just because of legends, but I know that the evil place is definitely not
Legend has it that I have seen it with my own eyes..."
Youfeng is over fifty years old this year, but he was once a vigorous young man. He also dismissed the legends, thinking that they were made up by old people to scare children, just to warn everyone not to cause chaos in the mountains.
He ran away to avoid danger. Once when he came back from the mountain, it was almost dusk when he passed that evil place, so he didn't care much.
Watching the sunset on the west mountain, he poked his head out of the hillside and happened to see a person rushing in front of him, a villager he was familiar with. He was just about to shout, but suddenly he felt that the mountain wind was a bit cold, and he shivered inexplicably, and then he found that person
Something was wrong. The villager seemed to have lost his soul, his feet deviated from the road, and he walked into the dense forest stupidly.
An inexplicable feeling of fear seemed to clenched his heart. He lay there without daring to move. After a long time, he slowly retreated to the back of the hillside, stumbling down the mountain again in the dark... Later, when he returned to the village, he heard that
That villager has disappeared and has never come back. Youfeng saw this with his own eyes when he was young. Since then, he has repeatedly warned his people not to violate the ancestral precepts.
After hearing about this past incident, the young minister said with a solemn face: "In the past twenty years, you have stopped going down the mountain, and the tribesmen will not pass through that section again. It is said that everything should be in peace. But I ask you, are you still there?
Is there a clan member missing?”
Youfeng clan replied: "Living in the mountains, various accidents will inevitably happen. There are indeed a few people who disappear every year. Some people say that they have entered forbidden areas without authorization, while others say that they have had accidents in the mountains."
There are five villages in Fengbu and more than a thousand tribesmen. Several people disappear in the mountains every year. This has been a "normal" situation in the area for hundreds of years.
The Shaowu asked again: "Accidents in the mountains are inevitable. For example, if you accidentally slip and fall off a cliff, you may not be able to find them again. But are most of your tribesmen who disappear every year the strongest and the strongest?"
The Youfeng family was slightly startled: "Since Ba Jun asked this, I remembered that every year, there are two or three tribesmen who disappear in the mountains, and sometimes five or six. Most of them are young and strong. It is said that they are the least.
Something should happen!" At this point, the monarch seemed to suddenly realize something, and suddenly knelt down and said, "Does Ba Jun know what happened to them and what is going on in the forbidden area in the mountain? Is there a way to solve this problem?
Suffering?"
As soon as he bowed, the other four clan chiefs also knelt down and kowtowed to the ground: "If Lord Ba really has a way to solve the evil things that our clan has encountered since ancient times, please do come to rescue me. Everyone in the Youfeng tribe is grateful."
kindness!"
The young minister hurriedly stood up and helped him. Before he could speak, Zong Yan said, "You don't have to kowtow. Isn't it because some evil spirits are causing trouble? I'm going to clean up right now. You guys just get up and wait. Take good care of Ba Jun."
I’ll come as soon as I go!”
This girl was straightforward in her work. She rushed out the door with a halberd in her hand like a gust of wind. The young minister didn't even want to shout.