Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 715
In the Hall of Shuilong Shuren, excavate the excavation and raise the wat to play. It is suggested that you lead your troops to Shuilongguan to rectify the defense.
"Zheng Guogong, you are a high official in the court. Being so loyal and patriotic is really a role model for the court. Of course, I will agree to your request, but if you go to Shuilongguan, who should take up the post of prime minister in the court?" Chu Xiulong Yan Dayue said.

"This is a matter for the emperor to decide, and I dare not make random recommendations." Qu Tu replied very cautiously.

"Okay, Qutu, then I will order Lord Mingchao to succeed, and Cheng Rong will go to Shuilongguan with you, what do you think?" Chuxiu couldn't help but set off the pearl toward the pearl, with a particularly trusting look.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qu Tu immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, Dug Tu himself asked to go to the Border Pass. Is he willing to endure hardships, or is there some other conspiracy? I don't dare to guess, but why did the Emperor let Cheng Rong and Die Tu go to Shuilong Pass together? The two of them have a very close relationship." !” When retreating from court, Chu Sheng, who was serving beside Chuxiu, hurriedly reminded Chuxiu of Daoism.

"Tusheng, I just want them to restrain each other. Cheng Rong is Wenzhi, and Qutu is martial arts. It is not a bad thing for two people to concentrate their power in one place. After all, Cheng Rong and Qutu are the left and right arms of the court. As long as I use the radish of official position to lure them, they will cancel each other's hostility, do you understand?" The first-time cultivator, Lu Xu, smiled complacently.

"Your Majesty is truly a sage, and this servant is so impressed." Tuo Sheng immediately complimented him flatteringly for a while.

Que Tu, Cheng Rong, and An Tong's men set off from Luoyang. Since the battle between Border Pass and Xirong had just ended, they walked for a long time, but there were only broken walls and the people were poor and ragged, which made Que Tu Sudden felt very depressed.

"Quitu, you proposed to go to Shuilongguan to consolidate the border this time. Is there something else?" Cheng Rong looked at Qutu sensitively and asked suddenly.

"Brother Cheng is indeed Que Tu's best friend. He hit the nail on the head. That's right. I led the troops to Shuilongguan this time. I have a very important plan, which is to take the opportunity to take the queen mother and princess back to Luoyang!" Que Tu blurted out very resolutely.

"Ju Tu, you are too confused. You don't ask the emperor about this kind of thing, and you lead troops to Lishan to meet the queen mother without permission. This is no different from conspiracy. Aren't you worried about us?" Cheng Rong suddenly sighed.

"So what, I just don't want Si'er to be trapped to death in that ghostly place. I want to bring her back and tell the world that the empress dowager and the emperor will never let the traitor succeed!" Ju Tu's words became fierce again.

"Ju Tu, you must calm down. Lishan is not only a cold palace, but also an extremely beautiful place. At least the queen mother can easily avoid the persecution of the treacherous and treacherous people in the court. You think Ma Yan and those guys are intensifying their efforts to create things that are not good for you and the queen mother. What is the purpose of spreading these rumors everywhere? Isn’t it to induce you to be fooled, and then arrange charges for you, completely ruining your reputation, so you can’t get excited now, you can only move on time.” Cheng Rong tried his best to persuade Digging the road.

"In this case, it's okay for me to go to Lishan to meet the Queen Mother?" Qu Tu said angrily.

"Ju Tu, it depends on what you do. If you go, I will go with you to meet the Queen Mother." Cheng Rongli could not help but smile.

The road to the Lishan Palace is the relic of the imperial road built by Minggong to avoid the summer heat. After years of war, the ground has long been covered with thorns, and it is difficult to identify the longitude and latitude of the road. Digging, Cheng Rong and An Tong led the cavalry along the road. Follow the imperial road and slowly enter Lishan Mountain. At this time, it was already evening. On the dead trees on Xishan Mountain, there was a strange animal roaring, the sound was ethereal and very penetrating.

"Cheng Rong, after the ravages of the Xirong iron cavalry, it has long been a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. It has been desolate for so many years. If you say that this kind of place is for the queen mother to live in, isn't that intentional to make the queen sick?" Que Tu looked angrily Looking at the wilderness, he couldn't help being furious and said,

"Yes, so it is even more necessary to re-governance here, let the people cultivate the wasteland, and within a few years, this place can be prosperous." Cheng Rong looked forward to it.

"Well, Mr. Cheng, what you said is reasonable. As long as this place becomes the home of the people and the village can live in harmony, the pass over there will naturally be strengthened." Qu Tu immediately agreed.

"You are here to lodge, alas, this place is not inhabited at all, tell you, sir, there will be ghosts haunting here every night, and the will-o'-the-wisps all over the mountains and plains, floating in the wind, it's really scary, It is said that the land of Lintong is full of graves, and there are more dead people than living people!" At this time, an old man staggered out from the wilderness, and came to Kuu Tu and Cheng Rong's horse in great surprise. , said to Jugtu and Cheng Rongshu.

"Old man, are you a resident here? Are there still people in your village? How many people are there?" Cheng Rong asked very kindly.

"Oh, look at your clothes, you seem to be an official. To be honest, no one dares to live here. Since this place is close to the border pass of Shuilongguan, Xirong's cavalry will burn, kill and loot every two days. Robbery, killing people at sight, the imperial court doesn't care at all, it is said that there is a general named Jue Tu, the Huben army led by him can defeat those idiots, but this place has become a battlefield, no one dares to plow the land here, as time goes on here It will become a ghost land!" The old man hurriedly teased for a while.

"Old man, you just need to settle down here. Soon, the imperial court will come to manage the border. The war is over." Cheng Rong comforted.

"My lord, alas, to be honest, this old man lived here when the first emperor was there, and he also participated in the construction of the Lishan Palace. Since Xi Rong entered the customs, he has been restless. I am old, so I still look at this house. As for Those young people in the village have already moved away." The old man couldn't help sobbing.

"That's right, old man, why did the young people come back? Now the war has ended with our victory!" Cheng Rong said very strangely.

"Because this has become a place haunted by ghosts. There have been wars for a long time, and many people died here. Those ghosts come out at night to scare people. Who dares to return to the hometown to farm and live?" the old man sighed.

"Old man, there are no ghosts in this world. You must believe me. I am the general Dutu you said. I am here this time to rebuild your hometown. If you don't believe me, I can go to catch ghosts and show it to the villagers. " Qu Tu said solemnly, stepping forward.

"You are General Quedu? You can defeat those Xirong people, but can you scare ghosts?" The old man looked at Quedu with some doubts.

"The will-o'-the-wisp flew out of the mountain again! Chasing people!" At this moment, someone screamed, and it spread for several miles.

"What's the matter?" Que Tu immediately drove the bay red horse to go. Suddenly, the bay red horse also neighed and raised its front hoof. The blue flame chased and crawled.

"Bold monster, it's scary in broad daylight, why don't you hide immediately?" Ju Tu waved his spear in his hand, and shouted loudly on the spot.

That weird and terrifying flame came floating in front of Qu Tu unexpectedly.It illuminated a piece of grass under his feet, and several white skulls stared at Qutu with ferocious faces.

"Look, Mr. Cheng, this will-o'-the-wisp is still moving, and there are indeed dead bodies on the ground, could it be that this dead ghost wants to tell us something?" Jug Tu suppressed his heartbeat forcibly, turned his head and waved at Cheng Rong road.

Cheng Rong steered the horse forward to take a closer look, and couldn't help laughing loudly: "Ku Tu, what kind of ghost is this? This is a liquid that flows out of the corpse when it rots, and it ignites a fire. It's just a normal flame. , it’s just that the will-o’-the-wisp glows with the liquid, so it will follow people, but it’s actually okay.”

"My lord is really well-informed, and I am convinced!" The villager and the old man immediately admired Cheng Rong very much, and thanked him repeatedly.

At this time, from another direction of the field, there was also the faint light of torches. "Master Cheng, is it also caused by this kind of will-o'-the-wisp?" Qu Tu asked Cheng Rong in surprise.

"No, there are really people there!" Cheng Rong immediately judged by setting up the awning.

The crowd immediately rushed to the place where the incident happened. From among the thorns, a beautiful face like clear water was revealed, with weak eyes and swaying waves, like the autumn moon.

"Si'er?" Jue Tu's gaze focused on the woman's face, and he was so excited that tears streamed down his face.

"Que Tu, why did you come to Lishan Mountain?" The woman who met Que Tu's eyes was almost beaming with excitement.

"Empress Dowager!" Cheng Rong immediately stepped forward and bowed at Bao Si's feet.

"Please wake up, everyone. I came out with Mingyue so late to help the villagers find a lost girl. It is said that ghosts haunt the place, and no one dares to come in, so I came to look for it myself." Bao Si could not help but smile. laughed.

"Queen Mother, why did this girl get lost in this ghostly place?" Jue Tu looked around, with some lingering fear.

"Ju Tu, because that girl is a sheep herder, and her livestock got lost here, so I went here to look for them, but it's so late, maybe she lost her way?" Bao Si hurriedly explained the situation in detail.

"Then how do we find that girl?" Que Tu was very worried.

"In this way, let's gather the torches and lamps here to emit a great light, and then call people, so that if the girls can hear and see, they will come out and meet." Bao Si suggested.

Everyone gathered the bright torches together, and shouted the girl's name desperately: "Hui'er! We are here!"

After a while, there was still no response. Bao Si thought that the little girl had fainted from fright, so she decided to take Ming Yue into the dilapidated courtyard to find someone.

"Queen Mother, you are a noble body, how can you risk yourself and enter this strange place yourself? You should let Qutu come." Seeing that Baosi insisted on going in, Qutu hurried forward and knelt down on his knees with a plop. into the field.

"Ju Tu, then let's go in and find the little girl together!" Bao Si couldn't help but smiled sweetly.

The three leaned close together, and slowly stepped into the dilapidated wall, full of annoying cobwebs and dust, Bao Si rolled up the cuffs and skirt and tied them up, and then walked very lightly into the dilapidated yard. When you enter, there is a disgusting stench.

"There are many bones of dead people here. It seems that this place was massacred by soldiers from the West!" Que Tu murmured sadly.

"Ju Tu, look, it's that little girl!" Bao Si carefully held the torch, and immediately caught sight of the girl lying in the dirt.

"Queen Mother, Mingyue is here to hug her." Mingyue hurried forward, picked up the little girl from the filth, and walked back with great difficulty.

At that moment, behind Mingyue, a terrifying grimace appeared.

"Mingyue, come here quickly!" Bao Si quickly caught Mingyue's catkin and hugged her down. At this moment, the ghost figure launched a fierce attack on the excavator.

(End of this chapter)