Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 485: Giant Toothed Beast
Xu Zhiqiong came to the palace on horseback, wanting to see Emperor Yu Xian.

Yu Xianhuang was playing chess with the queen in the palace. Hearing that Xu Zhiqiong begged to see him, he smiled at the queen and said, "After we won the battle, someone came to pick the peaches. I didn't pick the peaches. I was really anxious. The widow came to ask for peaches."

The queen was surprised: "Then Xu Zhiqiong wants to take advantage of us? What does he want? Food or money?"

Yu Xianhuang shook his head and said: "If it's food and money, it's okay, I'm afraid they are thinking about Da Yu's land."

"Why give it to them? Our own soldiers and horses won the battle, but they used some of their ordnance. The ordnance is not in vain. We all bought it with money."

"It is precisely because of Xuan Guo's lack of faith and righteousness that I am unwilling to deal with them," Yu Xianhuang turned to the guards and said, "Tell Xu Zhiqiong that I am tired today and I don't want to see him."

The guard conveyed the original words, Xu Zhiqiong turned and left.

Why don't you want to see me, I'm too lazy to care about you.

Originally wanted to go back to the Marquis's Mansion, but on second thought, Yan Huan treated him well, and he couldn't just leave him alone. After thinking about it, Xu Zhiqiong urged the horse to find Princess Yanghuan.

Princess Yanghuan was busy mobilizing troops, horses, food and grass. When she heard that Xu Zhiqiong was coming, she didn't intend to see him, but the battle was at a critical juncture. If Xuan Guo had other plans, she had to be prepared.

She rushed back to Yanghuan Palace and met Xu Zhiqiong.

After two sittings and a cup of tea, Xu Zhiqiong explained the purpose of his visit: "Da Fengchang may have fallen into the enemy's snare."

He made some dots on the map, and Princess Yanghuan laughed after seeing it, "Marquis Yun, have you ever fought a war?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiqiong already understood Yang Huan's attitude, and simply said perfunctorily: "I have also been on the battlefield."

Yang Huan said with a smile: "Da Fengchang has fought countless battles in his life, presumably he has experienced more battles than Yunhou, so Yunhou won't have to worry about wars."

Xu Zhiqiong was silent for a moment and said: "Your Highness, Xu is really thinking about your country."

Yang Huan nodded: "Young Hou is kind, Yang Huan appreciates it. The weapons Daxuan sent are very good. I, Dayu, keep my word. In two days, I will send the remaining five million silver."

Xu Zhiqiong silently looked at Princess Yanghuan.

Yang Huan smiled slightly: "You come and we go, there is no debt to each other, the business is done, don't ruin the harmony between the two families because of temporary greed."

Xu Zhiqiong got up and left.

What else is there to say?
It's hard to persuade the damn ghost!I'm so super redundant!

Xu Zhiqiong returned to the mansion and continued to learn Yu Xian's dialect. At dusk, Princess Yanghuan came to the door in person.

Xu Zhiqiong thought she had figured out what was going on, but she didn't come here to talk about the war, she came to recruit soldiers.

"I heard that there are five male servants around Yunhou. The battle is imminent and there is a shortage of male servants. Your Majesty has ordered that officials of all sizes in the capital are not allowed to keep male servants at home.
Yunhou, although you are a minister of a foreign country, since you are in our capital, you must abide by this rule. "

"Keep it! How dare you not keep it, but there are only four male servants in my house, if you want to take them all!"

Yang Huan said in surprise, "But I heard from Mo Chi that there are five male servants in total."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "The princess should know who Li Yong is. Do you think he can still live to this day?"

Li Yong is an amateur spy arranged by Yang Huan next to Xu Zhiqiong, there is no way to discuss this matter with Xu Zhiqiong.

Yang Huan snorted coldly: "Forget it, there are only four, please ask Yunhou to invite them out!"

Xu Zhiqiong called out all four male waiters, and the four male waiters cried to death.

Qing Ge hugged Xu Zhiqiong's leg and said: "Master Hou, please spare me, I don't want to leave, I don't want to fight, I will serve you well in the future!"

For the sake of getting acquainted, Xu Zhiqiong pleaded for Qing Ge: "Princess, this man is usually diligent in his work. Since he doesn't want to fight, let him be a human being."

Hearing this, Yang Huan couldn't help laughing and said: "It's okay, this man is strong and strong, and he must have some good seeds."

Unexpectedly, Qing Ge cried even worse: "Master Hou, I know I was wrong. I went to fight, and I will not be a human race. I beg you, Master Hou. If I become a human race, after two years, I will be finished!"

The princess didn't want to say anything else, and ordered the male attendant to be taken away, Xu Zhiqiong said: "No!" Then he closed the door, and went back to learn Yu Xian's words with Qiaozhu, mouth to mouth.

Qing Ge was sent to the seed husband camp that day.

The so-called seed husband camp is not a real camp, but a place where ordinary people come to collect seeds.

The building of the seed husband camp is very large, and there are more than [-] adult men living in it. Each man has a separate room, and the living conditions are not bad.

Because of his strong physique, Qing Ge was assigned to the fifth row of bedrooms, which belonged to the top breeders.

The person next door to him was an old man with gray beard and hair, who seemed to be in his sixties.

At this age, can you be a breeder?
The man stared at Qing Ge for a long time, then suddenly called out: "Is that Ah Qing?"

Upon hearing this voice, Qing Ge felt familiar, and hurriedly turned around and said, "You are..."

"I'm a little bug, a mountain bug!"

Shan Chong, Qing Ge's childhood playmate, is about the same age as him, only in his early twenties.

How could a person in his early twenties become like this?
Qing Ge quickly supported Shan Chong to sit down, and asked, "It's only been a few years since I saw you, why are you so old?"

"Hehehe~" Shan Chong smiled wryly, "You were lucky enough to serve as a servant for His Highness Mochi, but I was caught in the seedling camp. You served as a servant for seven years, and I served as a servant for seven years." The seed husband made this appearance,
It’s okay, it’s okay, in three more days, I will be able to go home after my service period expires. The seed husband camp will give fifty taels of silver every year, a total of three hundred and fifty taels. Have a good two years. "

Huaqiu is the daughter-in-law of Shanchong's family, and Shanchong married her when she was ten years old.

"Alright," Qing Ge sighed, "It's good to be able to go home."

"It's a pity, it's a pain in the ass," Shan Chong sighed, "I'm useless now, but she's still young, and we don't have any children yet, so I can't do it anymore, or I have to come to the husband camp Taking seeds, do you think this is absurd?"

While speaking, Shan Chong laughed.

Laughing and laughing, both of them cried.

"Brother, you must take care of yourself!" Shan Chong held Qing Ge's hand, "If you can't stand it anymore, just say you are sick, don't force yourself, you can rest for a while, yes for a while."

While talking, I suddenly heard someone making noise in the corridor.

A fierce woman pointed at a breeder and yelled: "Thanks to me taking it out and taking a look, just your little thing is clearer than white water, so what's the use of it?

Your seed husband camp gave our family three coupons this month, is this one wasted?

This person has taken it several times today, what else can it do?You are seeing that I have no power or influence, and deliberately make our family a successor! "

A policeman opened the roster and saw that the breeder had taken seeds eleven times today, so he really had to wait a little longer.

He said to the breeder: "You go back and have a rest, eat more food, take seven more times, and you will rest today."

Thanks a lot to the husband, and went back to the house.

The messenger shouted to Qing Ge: "You are new here, do this job first."

Qing Ge glanced at the fierce lady, and whispered: "Just wait a moment, I'll come when I go to the toilet."

After entering the latrine, Qing Ge wrote a letter, burned the paper to ashes with flames, and sprinkled the ashes in the air.

In the middle of the night, Mo Chi received a message: "I was forcibly conscripted to the seed husband camp by Princess Yanghuan. Your Highness, come and save me."

Qing Ge was Mo Chi's eyeliner who planted beside Xu Zhiqiong.

He knew that Xu Zhiqiong was suspicious, so he only installed such an eyeliner.

Unexpectedly, with just such an eyeliner, he was caught in the seedling camp in a daze.

It was difficult to save him, but Mo Chi also received another message.

Xu Zhiqiong suspected that Yan Huan had fallen into the enemy's trap, so he went to remind the emperor and Princess Yanghuan.

As a result, the emperor disappeared, but Princess Yanghuan made fun of Xu Zhiqiong again.

This is a big deal.

Xu Zhiqiong fought in the north and south, and had a lot of experience on the battlefield, but Yan Huan hadn't fought for a long time, so Mo Chi believed in Xu Zhiqiong's judgment.

He immediately sent a letter to Shanyan, asking Shanyan to deal with the matter immediately.

The next day, Shanyan received the news and immediately went to find Princess Yanghuan.

Princess Yanghuan has been very tired these two days, and the armaments and food for tens of thousands of people are not so easy to allocate.

Hearing that Shan Yan came to see her, Yang Huan didn't answer her questions, but Shan Yan was more patient than Xu Zhiqiong. She waited from morning until late at night, and finally Princess Yang Huan was willing to see her.

This was not for Shan Yan, but for Mo Chi's sake.

In order to help Yao just succeed to the throne, the relationship between Princess Yanghuan and Mo Chi has always been bad.

But now the situation has changed, Yang Huan no longer supports Jiang Gang, and for her own sake in the future, she must reconcile with Mo Chi.

Shan Yan explained her purpose directly, and she agreed with Xu Zhiqiong's conjecture that Yan Huan was likely to be tricked into enticing soldiers.

Princess Yanghuan still used the same rhetoric: "Have you ever fought a war?"

"Your Highness, I have never fought, but I asked the generals who fought. The enemy had several opportunities to counterattack, but they didn't do anything. This is obviously a trap set up, waiting for Da Fengchang to take advantage of it."

Princess Yanghuan frowned and said, "Which general said that? Bring him to see me."

Shan Yan shook her head and said: "Dafeng often won consecutive battles, and the whole capital is celebrating. If any general dares to pour cold water, he is not asking for trouble? That general does not want to reveal his name."

Yang Huan sighed; "Shan Yan, I know that there is a deep rift between you and Da Fengchang. When Da Fengchang returns triumphantly, I will help you to persuade him. You don't have to use this method to slander Da Fengchang."

Shan Yan let out a long sigh: "His Royal Highness, you underestimate me, I have been a secret son in Xuanguo for more than ten years, what kind of grievances have I never suffered?

When I was a prisoner under Emperor Daxuan, the knife edge was hung around my neck day and night. When did I say I was wronged? "

Yang Huan frowned and said, "Since it's not for the enmity with Yan Huan, is it for Xu Zhiqiong? Do you have an affair with him?"

Shan Yan sneered and said: "Your Highness is good at joking, what age am I? No matter how old I am, I can be Xu Zhiqiong's mother."

Yang Huan shrugged his eyebrows: "Your four-level cultivation base looks like you are in your early twenties now."

Shan Yan smiled and said: "Your Highness, all the jokes that should be told have been said. I have no personal relationship with Xu Zhiqiong, and I have no personal grudges with Yan Huan. Everything I do is for Da Yu."

She took out a map and handed it to Yang Huan: "His Royal Highness, please give the map to the emperor, just ask him to take a look at it. This is related to the lives of Da Yu's entire army."

Yang Huan took the map and looked at Shan Yan again.

Looking at this woman who has suffered countless grievances for Da Yu, Yang Huan suddenly felt a little admiration in her heart.

That night, Yang Huan took the map, entered the palace, and reported the matter to Yu Xianhuang.

Yu Xianhuang looked at the map, smiled lightly, and put the map aside.

"I know that Xu Zhiqiong has fought in battles, and participated in both the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition of Xuanguo, but he was not in charge of these two battles. The commander of the Northern Expedition was the famous general Chu Xin, and the Southern Expedition The commander-in-chief is Liang Xianchun who once served as an envoy in Dayu,"

Yu Xianhuang poured a glass of tangerine wine for Yang Huan, "Yan Huan fought half his life, and I, Da Yu, have countless good generals. How could I doubt Da Yu's brave soldiers because of Xu Zhiqiong's casual words?"

Yang Huan said: "But the location marked on this picture is indeed suitable for counterattack..."

Yu Xianhuang smiled and said: "At the beginning I went out with my father and brought a total of [-] troops. After fighting the enemy for three days, there were only [-] soldiers left.

The army was completely disintegrated, and I followed my father, riding a war horse and fleeing wildly all the way. I fled for hundreds of miles, let alone counterattack. At that time, I didn't even have the guts to stop and eat something.
Yang Huan, the enemy's current situation is similar to mine at that time, the defeated army has no power to fight back, if I tell Yan Huan to withdraw immediately, wouldn't the hearts of the soldiers be completely chilled?
You go and tell Xu Zhiqiong that there is no shortage of food from him, no shortage of drink from him, and no shortage of women from him, let him stay in the Marquis's mansion honestly, don't always come out and jump up and down, the widows don't owe them Xuanguo, let him He likes to do it for himself. "

Yang Huan left the palace, and told Shan Yan what he had said.

Shan Yan conveyed it to Mo Chi as it was.

Sitting in the Suzaku Palace, Mo Chi threw the wine glass on the ground.

"Zhuzi! It's hard to make a big deal!"

Wait a minute, what does "Zhuzi" mean in Daxuan's official dialect?

It doesn't seem appropriate to use it to refer to the father...

How can I manage so much now!Mo Chi told Shan Yan: "Try every means to tell Yan Huan to be more careful!"

Ten days later, Yan Huan led an army of [-] to Cong'an County.

The overall structure of Yu Xianguo and Daxuan is roughly the same, the only difference is that Yu Xianguo has no states, only counties, which are under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and each county governs several counties.

The army was less than [-] miles away from Cong'an City, the prefecture of Cong'an County, and scouts had sent news that there were no defenders in Cong'an City, and it was almost an empty city.

Yan Huan was very excited!
Over the years, Yu Xian has been harassed by the Gu tribe every year, losing more and more territory, and now he can finally take back a county!
He ordered to speed up the march, but saw the front army slow down.

Yan Huan ordered people to investigate.

Not long after, the sergeant came to report that there was a herd of cattle blocking the way.

Yan Huan frowned and said, "How can a herd of cows stop the army? Just drive them away."

This sergeant had fought many battles before, he said to Yan Huan: "Da Fengchang, I think those cows are not very common, maybe they are war beasts of the Gu clan."

Yan Huan raised his guard: "Have you seen any people from the Gu clan?"

The sergeant shook his head.

No people and horses, only war beasts, what is the reason for this?
Yan Huan urged his horse to come to the front army, but he saw thousands of cattle standing on the narrow and long mountain road, including domestic cattle and bison.

Some soldiers came forward to drive them away. These cows were like clay sculptures, standing on the mountain road without moving.

Yan Huan had a premonition that something was wrong, there should be Gu worms in these cows, he immediately ordered: "Use fire, burn all these cows!"

All the sergeants who have the cultivation of life know how to use fire. They gathered in one place and were about to perform the technique of washing double pupils with fire, when they suddenly heard a report from the sergeant: "Da Fengchang, it's not good, there are huge teeth attacking the rear army!"

The huge teeth are a kind of giant beast unique to Yu Xian.

Upon hearing Shuo Chi's name, Yan Huan's hair stood on end.

He hurried to the rear army, just when he got near the middle army, he heard Shuo Chi's shrill cry.

A fat giant beast more than four feet tall, with a proboscis of more than three feet, and two tusks of more than one foot protruding from under its lower lip, was rushing and trampling in the army formation.

This giant beast has rough skin and thick flesh, and bows, arrows and spears are completely ineffective against it.

The tusks were waving, there was blood, the footsteps trembled, and the ground was covered with muddy flesh. Every time the huge-toothed monster took a step, there were two rows of corpses around it.

Yan Huan used fire to wash the heavy pupils and burned the two giant beasts to death. Before the giant beasts died, they fell into madness, but they also killed many soldiers.

Yan Huan hissed and shouted: "Use fire, use fire!"

All the qualified sergeants had originally gathered in the front army, preparing to burn the cattle, but now they hurriedly gathered in the rear army.

The sergeant had just walked halfway, when he suddenly saw the enemy's figure appearing on the hillside.

The group of enemies had round and fat bodies, and their necks circled and shook continuously as they crawled.

Golden silkworm!

How did the golden silkworm suddenly appear halfway up the mountain?
It was clearly called scouts to investigate before, and there were no enemy troops within dozens of miles around!
Golden silkworms cannot be dealt with with ordinary swords, guns, water and fire. A hundred or so golden silkworms are enough to destroy an army of tens of thousands.

Yan Huan rushed forward and used the Golden Crow True Fire to fight the golden silkworm.

The Golden Crow True Fire can indeed burn golden silkworms to death, but this is the fourth-grade skill of the Dao of Life. How can there be so many fourth-grade skills in the army?

The golden silkworm can be burned to death with the flame formation. Yu Xianguo's soldiers are very familiar with the flame formation, but the mountain road is narrow and the formation cannot be arranged.

To make matters worse, because of the narrow mountain road, [-] people formed an army formation several miles long, with no response from the beginning to the end.

Yan Huan was fighting with Jin Cang, and when he heard that the former army was in chaos, the herd of cattle went berserk and rushed into the army formation.

……

News came from the front that Yan Huan was defeated in Cong'an County, and [-] troops were besieged.

The supply was cut off, and the food and grass lasted for at least five days.

Yu Xianhuang sat on the throne, speechless for a long time.

Yang Huan was at a loss, and suddenly said: "I'll go find Xu Zhiqiong."

"Why are you looking for him?"

"Let Xuanguo send reinforcements, we'll give you some extra silver taels."

Ju Liang said from the side: "This is absolutely impossible!"

(End of this chapter)