Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 514
In Asan Mountain, in a small valley that no one has stepped on, more than 3000 out of place trees are crowded in this nameless valley.Suddenly, a gust of wind hit, and these big trees moved, and then these big trees began to deform, gradually giving birth to hands and feet, and turning into faces.

Suddenly, one of the tall trees spoke: "Brothers, the Goddess has called us, it's time to go on the road!"

The other treants nodded, then pulled their legs out of the mud and began to walk out of the valley step by step.The shortest of these trees is fifteen or sixty feet high, and it is not surprising that they are twenty or thirty feet tall.They walked with long legs, and each step was several feet long. The rugged mountain road and complicated terrain were not a problem for them at all. In just half an hour, they walked out of the valley and came to the outskirts of Mount Asan.

Beyond Eshan is Eshan County, and the three thousand tree people walked towards Eshan County, arousing the vigilance of the goblins in Eshan.

A red-backed jackal looked at these tree monsters, narrowed its eyes slightly, and ran towards the cave.Not long after, he entered the cave and said to an old jackal inside: "Brother, a group of tree demons are heading towards the county town."

This old jackal is the jackal monster Lao Yan who fought side by side with Zhang Wei back then.He couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: "Which one without eyesight dares to attack Taizu's Longxing land?"

He claimed to have fought side by side with Zhang Wei, and thought he was also a good monster protecting the people, so he said, "Brothers, go and see together, and see what dares to attack the county town!"

More than a hundred jackals and monsters responded, and followed up with swords and shields.All the monsters hurried forward and came to the tree man.

Looking from a distance, the three thousand tree people seem to be a moving forest, but they have the aura of covering the sky and the sun.Lao Yan squatted halfway, squinted at these tree men, and suddenly said: "No, these are not ordinary tree demons. It is difficult for a tree demon to move so easily when it becomes a spirit. There is a difference in this matter, and we must inform the county. Ya."

It is difficult for ordinary dryads to move their bodies. Even if they want to do evil, they are like waiting for a rabbit.Where is there such a tree demon with hands and feet that looks like a human being?

Lao Yan looked at these trees, and said to one of his subordinates: "Xi'er went to visit friends in Tianmen County, you are the quickest, go to the county government quickly, and pass the news on."

The ordered red jackal nodded, immediately changed into its original form, and ran towards the county government office in no time.

Now the underworld system is not yet fully operational, and these are usually the affairs of the land master.The instability of the court and the middle reflects the instability of the underworld.

Whenever there is a change in the court, it is the underworld that is most affected.A large part of the land, day and night wandering gods, judges and city gods in the underworld were pardoned by the imperial court.If the Ministry of Rites does not grant amnesty, most of the yin officials will not be able to work.

When the great glory was first built, it was the time when all the waste was waiting to be rebuilt and the world was amnesty.However, some ministers in the court opposed the Queen Mother, and many pardons were blocked, so the ghosts of the officials in the underworld were floating around, and many decrees of the underworld could not be communicated.

Every time he thought of this, Lao Yan wished he could enter the capital, take out the heart, liver and lungs of those treacherous officials, and see if they were black!Empress Dowager Chen worked hard to support the young master to ascend the throne.Not only did these court ministers not help, they actually dragged their feet!
If it wasn't for Zhang Wei...

Lao Yan sighed, how could such an amazingly talented and generous person suddenly disappear!

Lao Yan is a goblin, and he doesn't know much about human court affairs.But he heard from Shuangxi that it was because Zhang Wei was not friendly to the aristocratic family, saying that he opposed the merger and benefited the world and so on.These old smokers also don't quite understand.Anyway, it is said that Tianmen County is quite noisy.If things don't go well, it is estimated that Tianmen County will go to Beijing to 'Qing Jun's side'.

Lao Yan doesn't quite understand, this good day has only passed for a few days, why is it going to be noisy again?
If it was as good as his Asan, after the tiger demon died, this Asan would be peaceful!

The red jackal that ran out ran quickly, entered the county town from the culvert outside the city wall, and then came out of a hole outside the county government office through the underground culvert.

This hole is a rain road, which means that when it rains, the rainwater is drained along this hole.He got out of the hole, looked left and right, and then got into the county government office through the dog hole.

Of course it was impossible for him to go to the lobby to give a report to the county lord, but he had his own way. He came to an eaves and knocked on the window under the eaves.

"Who is it!" An old voice sounded, quite dissatisfied with being woken up from sleep.

At this time, the jackal made a shrill voice and said: "Please tell the elder, there is a group of tree demons in Mount Eshan, and they are walking towards the county town, and they will arrive soon."

When the old soldiers in the house heard this, they all woke up in a jerk.He didn't look at what anyone said, but asked, "Is the situation true?"

The jackal demon said softly again: "This is a message left by Lao Yan, the Eshan wolf demon."

Hearing this, the old soldier believed it. Lao Yan was the new demon king of Eshan. He behaved according to the rules and could restrain the demons in the mountain from doing evil.More importantly, this goblin is old with Taizu Zhang Wei, and they fought together when they attacked Eshan Goblin.

Such a young fairy with roots is naturally trustworthy.Now there are priests of this demon king in the county, and there are not many demons who can enjoy the official worship of the court!

The old pawn nodded and said, "I understand, please send my regards to the Demon King!"

Hearing this, the jackal walked away satisfied.When he heard the rustling sound of leaving, the old pawn opened the window and took a look, only to see a red figure disappearing under the corner of the wall.

He immediately wrote down what he just heard, and then hurried to the back hall.

The county lords of Eshan County are the Zhang family, and because they have accumulated military merits to the county magistrate, and they are also the head of the Zhang family, they were naturally assigned to work in their hometown.Although the imperial court stipulates that one cannot serve as an official in the place of household registration, the rules are dead and people are alive.

To become an official based on military merits and contributions is also Zhang Wei's previous reform.Although the main body is still dominated by imperial examinations, this small part makes many civil servants sleepless.

When Zhang Wei fought the world with Zhang Wei in Qingzhou, the imperial examinations were gone.Because the court is gone.Therefore, a large number of students entered the military career, on the one hand to eliminate evil spirits, and on the other hand, to use military merits to pursue official careers.

These people have indeed received the support of Zhang Wei.Not only that, but Zhang Wei also conferred official positions on the master craftsmen of several steel factories and mines in Qingzhou, and said that such people who have contributed to their work should also be able to be officials.

Of course, no one took it seriously at the time.But now that the world is peaceful, when it is time to share the fruit, it will be fatal.The three sisters of the Hu family support this point, because their subordinates are all master craftsmen, master shopkeepers, and master foremen.When Qingzhou was developing, it was these people who worked under their hands to support the construction of weapons, railways, housing, trade, etc. in Qingzhou.

They have merit, and Zhang Wei once said that he would give them official positions.The vixens are very supportive of Zhang Wei's words, which conflicts with other ministers.

In this regard, the fox sisters refused to budge, but Chen Zhirui did not speak out.Although the three sisters of the Hu family are Zhang Wei's wives, they are monsters after all, and many things cannot be said in public.Chen Zhirui has always been their representative in the court.

Now that the representative is silent, the three sisters of the Hu family are naturally extremely disappointed.The matter of masters and masters entering the court was dragged away like this. The three sisters of the Hu family only felt sorry for their subordinates, and left the court in a fit of anger!
In today's Darong, textiles, steel, shipbuilding, railways, and construction account for an increasing proportion, and there are more and more workers in the workshops, especially in Longxing places like Tianmen County and Qingzhou, where there is almost no pure farmers, their voices are getting louder and louder.

When the demands are not answered, there will naturally be grievances, and if there are too many grievances, they will naturally explode.

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The old soldier came to the back hall and handed the note to County Magistrate Zhang, who was nearly [-] years old.County magistrate Zhang opened the note and laughed immediately. He said, "I have lived in the county for three to five years, and I have never heard of any goblins who dared to attack the city. Do you want me to recall the old days and destroy demons with a long knife?" captive?"

He laughed loudly, and said to the left and right: "Go, open the arsenal, summon the soldiers, bring the horses, and follow me to see, what kind of goblin it is, dare to come to my Eshan County to play wild!"

Stepping back left and right, another attendant came and whispered a few words in his ear.He frowned and said, "The old man hasn't left for the capital yet. Why?"

The attendant shook his head and said: "We are also inquiring, it is said that a big man has come."

"Important person? Who has such a big face that the old man will delay the trip? Unless the grandpa is here in person. But the grandpa is enjoying the blessings in the capital now, how could I not know when he is here?"

Magistrate Zhang said disapprovingly.In this world, there were many people who used to be called great figures by the elders, but now there are almost none.

The attendant nodded, at this time, the left and right came up and said: "My lord, the soldiers and horses are ready, please go."

Magistrate Zhang nodded and set off immediately.

Not long after, hundreds of galloping horses galloped out of Eshan County, and headed out of the city together with Magistrate Zhang.The people in the city all looked sideways, what happened?
The tree people continued to move forward, and soon they stopped by the E River, crossed the E River, and it was the seat of the county.

On the other side, County Magistrate Zhang also brought many cavalry to Pan of Eshui.

"What a big tree!" Magistrate Zhang couldn't help but sigh.He frowned in embarrassment, and then said to his subordinates: "This matter is estimated to be difficult, you should go to Shenji Camp quickly and ask for help from Shenji Camp."

As Zhang Wei's hometown, although Eshan County is not big, it is also equipped with Shenji Battalion.

As soon as the soldiers next to him heard this, they immediately rushed to Shenji Camp with the order of County Magistrate Zhang.

On the Eshui, there is a stone bridge.However, this stone bridge can only pass people and animals, and definitely cannot pass tree people.These treants did not destroy the bridge, but tried to walk across the water.

The tree man is tall, and now the Eshui is not too fast, it seems that it is not difficult to walk.However, the bottom of the river is silted, and the feet may be slippery. These treants still walked relatively slowly.

When County Magistrate Zhang saw it, he became anxious immediately. These tree people can't be allowed to cross the river!
So he said decisively: "Give me a rocket and burn them to death! Prepare a fireboat and run it over it for me!" County magistrate Zhang also accumulated military merits, so naturally he has experienced many battles.

To deal with this kind of wood elf, fire attack is the best.The bows and arrows have flames attached to them, which can burn their bodies. Now that they are crossing the river, they only need to load the boat with inflammable materials, then ignite the boat, and hit them, which can also cause considerable damage.

But in Eshan County, after all, there are few people and weak strength. If they can't cause effective damage, then they have to wait for the powerful magic weapon of Shenjiying!

Soon, many soldiers set up rockets and shot at the tree man.

The burning bow crossed the river bank and hit the tree man.These tree people are a little strange, why do these humans use small matches to throw them?
Even if the tall Feng Suzuki was hit by a rocket, it would not be able to burn at all.These are living logs, how can such wet living logs be easily ignited!

Tree people are very strange, so the movement speed of their feet is happier.When County Magistrate Zhang saw it, he immediately thought that it was the tree demon who was furious and was about to rush over and try his best.

County magistrate Zhang's face darkened, and he looked back at the 'low' city walls of Eshan County. These city walls are more than ten feet high, which usually look tall, but in front of these tree demons that are more than ten feet tall, this is a low wall. Low earthen walls.

It is impossible to retreat to the city wall. You can only stop the tree people here, or lure them away to prevent them from attacking the county.

"Brothers, the people of Eshan are behind us. If these goblins rush into the city, the consequences will be disastrous. I need some warriors to lead them away with me." County magistrate Zhang said to the soldiers beside him.

As soon as the other soldiers heard this, someone immediately shouted: "My lord, I will go with you! We must not let these goblins enter the city!"

Others also shouted one after another, Zhang County Magistrate's heart warmed, whether to kiss or not, it depends on the people in his hometown!
He immediately drew out his long knife and shouted loudly: "If this is the case, then we will live and die together, and go to the underworld together!"

"Stay behind the adults! Live and die together, and go to the underworld together!"

The yelling spread far away, embarrassing Zhang Wei in the distance. He said to Hu Qinghao beside him, "Is it because we came at a bad time?"

Hu Qinghao chuckled lightly and said, "These are all your subordinates, you have to figure it out!"

That's right, this county magistrate is the son of the Zhang family who followed him to fight in the north and south, and the tree man over there is the wind chime tree man he accidentally brought over.Both sides are my subordinates!

Now there is no way, the tree people felt their arrival, and they all moved closer to themselves spontaneously. They are tall, so they will be so powerful.

Zhang Wei couldn't help it. Although the atmosphere over there had already been set in place, he still wanted to go.

He coughed lightly and appeared in front of all the soldiers.

"Who is in front? This place is dangerous, leave quickly!" The soldiers beside Magistrate Zhang shouted loudly.

And Zhang Wei didn't speak, just nodded to the county magistrate.

This time, the county magistrate was stunned as if struck by lightning!He is a descendant of the Zhang family, not only has he seen Zhang Wei's portrait, but he has also followed him in various battles. How could he not know his appearance!

(End of this chapter)