The Eight Winds of Rebirth

It is clearly early summer, and the silent night in Luotang County is still indifferent, half cold and half cloudy, the evening wind blows through the scattered branches, rolling up a piece of dry grass and smoke.

The soldiers inside the city gate have been standing here for three full days, and the shift system that was supposed to be handed over every half a day has long since been beaten into chaos due to an inexplicable undercurrent. My own duty, I haven't received the military order, so what should I do?

Suddenly out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a black shadow, and the soldier paused for a moment before raising his head and looking around in a daze, but he could only see a wild cat walking slowly and listlessly on the city wall behind him.

The soldier was so tired that his eyelids were heavy and his calves were trembling. He couldn't bear it and spat softly: "Even the cat can't live happily anymore." Then he continued to be his squad helplessly.

However, immediately after a gust of strong wind blew past, the soldier only had a cold light flashing in a circular arc, and then his neck felt cold again, and he felt bad in his heart, but he rolled his eyes and fell down limply .

Just like this, in less than half a moment, all the people who used to guard the city gate under the city wall of Luotang County fell into one piece. In the night, only a few black-clothed men were seen, who were as light as swallows, looked at each other, and received the leader's call. After the people nodded their heads as a signal, they dispersed quickly and disappeared into the dry bushes on the side in a well-trained manner, before heading towards the camp in front of them.

There was a faint bonfire burning in the camp, and people in purple military uniforms patrolled past from time to time. A few men in black took shelter in the hiding place on the east side, and the rest went straight ahead.

A man in black at the head pulled out a crossbow from behind, set the arrow to draw the bow, and then tied it to the branch of a tree with a knot. The movement was done in one go, and the arrow pointed straight at the camp not far away.

After getting it done, he immediately flew away and chased the man in black in front. He was able to dodge the surrounding defenses in the seven turns and eight turns. Obviously, he knew the terrain of the place well. Outside the house, there are more soldiers guarding in front of the low house, all armed with spears, trying their best to guard them strictly.

The man in black took out a few things that looked like hay from his arms, lit them, and after putting them on the fire, billowing green smoke came out. They quietly threw these things around the low room, and waited for a while. A very faint smell of grass spread out, and not long after, the soldiers who had been able to move freely before were all stiff in their hands and feet, their heads and eyes were dazed, and they fell to the ground one by one after a while, and their personnel were unknown.

After the entire army was wiped out, the men in black approached the low house from all directions, piled up bark and dead branches and other things, and then lit a fire, slowly watching the gradually rising fire red surround the place little by little, Then erode.

After confirming that everything was done, the people in black did not want to fight, and quickly retreated. However, they had only run a few steps before the patrolling soldiers in the camp realized that something was wrong, and someone immediately shouted.

"The granary is flooded! The granary is flooded! Put out the fire, there are assassins, there are assassins!"

This voice roared and shook the sky in the dark and silent night, and the next moment, the Habayashi army tent almost moved, and groups of soldiers and horses rushed out, and a man in armor walked out of the leader of the main tent. His face was as white as Fu Fen's. He was supposed to be handsome and beautiful, but he had a pair of slender eyes with slanted feet, seven points of white eyes, three points of blackness, and endless darkness and cruelty in the gray eyes.

"Deputy General Luan..."

The captain rushed over to report to him, but was interrupted by Luan Yu, who still had a strange half-smile on his face: "Let's go to fight the fire, let's chase people, and lead the horse!"

The man in black was walking ahead, and after a while, he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, and the leader said in a cold and light voice: "Let's go separately, follow the plan!"

The words fell, and the rest of the people scattered left and right obediently. When passing through the dead tree when they came, the leader in black drew a small knife from his sleeve and threw it towards the other end. The tied knot, the machine crossbowstring on the tree trembled, and without the feathered arrow that held it in place, it flew out with a "swish", carrying the momentum of thunder, straight into the largest tent. There was actually a letter hanging on it.

Luan Yu didn't care about the arrow, but galloped behind those assassins with his men and horses, but the opponent's figure was like a phantom, flying away under his feet, as fast as a ghost. A few people jumped up and climbed over the city wall neatly.

The city gate was unguarded, Luan Yu lowered his eyes, and heard the soldiers report that all the soldiers guarding the city were dead, but the city gate couldn't be opened? !

Luan Yu saw that they were trying to smash the door, abandoned the horse under him, and jumped onto the city wall himself. He saw several thousand-jin stone piers outside the door firmly supporting the city gate, thinking that the other party had planned it , and calculated the escape route, and bet on the way of chasing soldiers first, even if their Habayashi soldiers had more strength for a while, they would not be able to attack.

Luan Yu squinted at the fleeing figure in front of him, grabbed the longbow from the school captain at the side, thrust his arm upwards, stretched the bow and drew the string, and the feathered arrow on it flew away like a streamer, heading straight for the figures in front of him .

At first, an arrow directly hit the foot of one of the men in black. The man in black swayed slightly, but did not stop at his feet.

Several soldiers climbed up beside Luan Yu. Seeing that the lieutenant general was like this, they all raised their bows and arrows and shot at them. Arrows rained all over the city wall of Luotang County. Unavoidable interference.

Without squinting, Luan Yu shot another arrow.

This arrow went straight to the vest of the last person, the person didn't move, the scimitar in his hand suddenly rose horizontally, the arrow tip was cut off suddenly after brushing his cheek, and he waved his hand back, The scimitar and the arrow were thrown back at Luan Yu.

If it wasn't for Luan Yu's quick reaction to dodge, this thing would have been flying right in front of his door.

"Lieutenant General, the door is open, do you want to chase?"

After a long while, the Yulin army finally broke open the city gate of Luotang County. The stone pier was blocked skillfully, and even borrowed the rocks from the collapsed mountain road to block the road. And none of them in the army had noticed it before.

Luan Yu snorted sinisterly.

The soldiers on both sides trembled, and someone said: "They took the scimitar and put some kind of drug. The soldiers guarding the granary were all poisoned. Could it be the Southern barbarians?"

Luan Yu was still silent, someone presented the letter stuck in the feather arrow just now, Luan Yu opened it and flipped through it, and found that it was the same as the letter he received a few days ago, except that the wording was fierce and already It was an ultimatum to ask the Habayashi Army to borrow troops from the Nanman again. If they did not comply, the harmonious relationship between the two parties would be broken.

Luan Yu lowered his eyes to think, and the people around him asked noisyly again: "Deputy general, should you tell the third king that the granary in the west corner has been burned, and the stockpiled grain has been reduced by half..."

Luan Yu finally raised his eyes, and immediately after a "poof", the sword in his hand was unsheathed, and the warm fishy liquid splashed out, splashing on the side of Lieutenant Luan, but he looked at Fang Cai unconsciously. The head of the person he was talking to rolled rolling at his feet.

Luan Yu said without changing his face: "Since there is no food, the useless people should not waste it. Let's deal with all the dereliction of duty tonight."

Throwing down a sentence lightly, Luan Yu slowly walked back to the tent with a flushed body, and the soldiers at the original place were all in a daze, no one dared to speak...

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Gu Xiangtan was sitting in the main hall of Ji Wan's mansion, Su Xi'an was standing beside him, and in front of him, Jia Changtao and his party were kneeling on the ground, trembling.

"My, I don't know that the Lingfo is coming, so I, some are far away to welcome, please forgive my sins... Please forgive my sins..." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed his head.

Gu Xiangtan silently looked at the blood clot formed on the core of his forehead, and did not say a word until Yanfang came back from the door, whispering in his ear: "The child has been settled in the room, and the doctor has also come to see it, saying it is a cold. Enter the body, first prescribe some medicine and drink it, whether it can be cured or not depends on the next two days."

Hearing this, Jia Changtao trembled as if he was wobbling. The people on both sides looked at him like this and felt uneasy, so they kept begging for forgiveness. For a while, there were wailing in the hall, like mourning for a concubine.

Gu Xiangtan didn't interrupt, and after he had finished howling, he said slowly and softly: "Where are the disaster victims now?" The emptiness all over the street must be unusual.

Jia Changtao listened to the young man's neutral tone, and glanced at his elegant face. He really couldn't guess whether Lingfo was angry or not, so he could only make amends and hurriedly said: "In, in the back city..."

This Ji Wan is not big at all, but since the disaster broke out, the city was full of diseases. Jia Changtao came up with an idea to isolate a safe place, and the rest of the victims could not be driven away, so they simply got together. In one place, people are not allowed to run around, so a high wall was built between the narrow hillsides behind the city, and people were trapped inside, one by one, and one by one. He would also think about sending some meals. Over time, too many people died, and the people outside the city were also afraid, so they were left to fend for themselves. Lin Jun couldn't take care of himself, so Jia Changtao let him deal with it here.And the child in the corner didn't know whether he slipped through the net or tried to escape, so he was seen by Lingfo.

Thinking of this, Jia Changtao felt that his clothes were wet with sweat. This test might be a bit sad.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Gu Xiangtan just nodded his head, without the cold air before, and said slowly: "From Mosong to Bufang, I have written letters to Buddhist temples along the way, about two more One day they will bring supplies into the city to help, and these two days, you and I will work together to find a way to release everyone and take good care of them."

Jia Changtao understood what he had done, he thought that he would die this time without a place to bury him, but when he got such a statement, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Gu Xiangtan naturally knew what he was thinking: "If Mr. Jia is unwilling, then there are other ways to atone for this sin."

Jia Changtao was horrified, this time his head was knocked down for real, the blood clot melted immediately, and his face was bright red.

"Thank Lingfo for your kindness, Xie Lingfo for your kindness, I'm going to save people right now, just go..."

Seeing the other party staggeringly lead the person away, Gu Xiangtan's face sank like water, and he turned to An Yin and said, "Send a letter to the capital, telling the truth about the disaster here."

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Gu Xiangtan didn't dare to be negligent in Jia Changtao's place, so he ordered someone to tear down the high wall separating the inner city. However, the scene here is too hard to repeat. I saw the head starving and dying everywhere, numerous skulls, the living and the dead. Huddled together, the smell is unbearable, just like the Avici Hell in the world, it is horrific.

Seeing what he did alone, Jia Changtao and the rest of the yamen servants were frightened out of their wits, their hands and feet were weak, and no one dared to step forward for a while.

Whenever Gu Xiangtan and his attendants came to a disaster place, they would take some health-enhancing medicines in advance so as not to be prepared, but even so, Su Xi and An Yin would still be worried when Gu Xiangtan wandered around. Right now, seeing that Lingfo was about to step forward, the two wanted to stop them, but they were pushed away by Gu Xiangtan.

His expression was indifferent, his voice was a little deep when he listened carefully, but there was nothing unusual about the other things, and he calmly ordered: "Stay at the exit, don't let them all out, wait for the people from the Buddhist temple and the reinforcements to arrive, and then give medical treatment, first go get some food and water Come."