Strange Records of Xijing

Huang Shi arrived at the barracks earlier than the four of them. Zhang Feiran got the news and sent a team to meet him. In addition, he ordered more than a hundred soldiers to patrol the surrounding area to prevent unknown enemies from hiding nearby.

The four of them didn't have time to take a break, and after getting off the carriage, they went directly to the camp to meet Zhang Feiran.

Zhang Feiran was over forty years old and guarded the northwest all year round. His sharp face had already been blown by the northwest wind to look more and more like it was carved with a knife.Sitting on the coach's chair with tiger eyes without anger, he raised the corners of his mouth when he saw Pei Jingxing coming in. His serious appearance suddenly became more amiable, and he smiled and said to Pei Jingxing and the others, "Come on."

"General Zhang," Gao Zekai, the leader of the team, took a step forward, first saluted Zhang Feiran, and then cut to the chase, "Before departure, His Majesty told me that a secret decree had been sent to General Zhang, asking General Zhang for help. Looking for the whereabouts of the ancient city, I don't know if the general will gain anything."

Zhang Feiran smiled, shook his head and said: "Ten days since I received the secret decree, I have sent three teams to search in three directions according to the pursuit route of the prince's guard, but there is still no news."

Zhao Shimin cried out, "Why haven't you found it yet?"

The eye pattern on his back, every time he looks in the mirror, he finds that it is a little bigger than before. It is clear that the curse of the ancient city is getting worse. If it continues, he will end up lying on the bed unconscious like the prince!

Zhao Shimin is just the son of a former minister of punishment, while Zhang Feiran is a general who holds military power. The former yelled so loudly in front of the latter, the soldiers next to him felt dissatisfied, and stepped forward two steps and shouted: " Be bold!"

Gao Zekai on the side scolded Zhao Shimin in his heart, but he pleaded with Zhang Feiran with a wry smile on his face: "General Zhang, Zhao Shimin is confused if he cares about it. He said nonsense for a while, please forgive me, General Zhang."

Zhang Feiran smiled, waved his hands to signal the soldiers on both sides to retreat first, looked at Gao Zekai, and asked, "Have you ever stayed in the barracks?"

Gao Zekai was a little puzzled, but he still answered honestly: "I have practiced and learned Taoism with the national teacher since I was a child, and I have never stayed in a military camp."

Zhang Feiran laughed again, and looked at Pei Jingxing: "Good apprentice, what do you think a general needs to lead an army well?"

Gao Zekai's eyelids twitched, and he sensed that there was something in Zhang Feiran's question. He was about to speak, but he heard Pei Jingxing answer from the side: "General, as a general, to command an army well, you must have majesty."

"That's right, it's majesty!" Zhang Feiran slapped the table and stood up, "If there is no majesty and no one is convinced, how should the general give orders, how should he command the army, gather the morale of the army, and repel the enemy? "

Now Gao Zekai wished he could immediately send Zhao Shimin, a guy who was not successful enough to fail, back to Xijing immediately, but he also knew that this was impossible, so he had to beg for mercy on Zhao Shimin's behalf: "General Zhang, as the saying goes, adults don't remember villains, Zhao Shimin It’s your junior, please ask the general to curse him, it’s his first offence, please forgive him this time.”

"First offender?" Zhang Feiran sneered, "I've heard this a lot. Which soldier was not a first offender when he first entered the barracks? If everyone spared him for his first offence, what would be the military discipline? What would be the military law?"

"This..." Gao Zekai thought for a while, and said awkwardly, "Zhao Shimin is not a soldier, so I ask General Zhang to forgive me."

Zhang Feiran shook his head helplessly, waved his hand first, and signaled the soldiers in the tent to retreat first.When there were only a few of them left in the army tent, Zhang Feiran walked up to Gao Zekai, and said, "Back then, more than a hundred people from Prince Wei strayed into the ancient city, and only five of them survived. It can be seen that the ancient city is full of dangers, so we have to be careful." Acting. Today, Zhao Shimin just blamed me because I didn’t agree with him. When you enter the ancient city, I’m afraid you will all be killed by him before you find what your majesty wants!”

Gao Zekai's heart skipped a beat. He always thought that Zhao Shimin was cursed and had to go into the ancient city to find a way to survive. Of course he would work hard along the way, and he didn't dare to make any fools.What's more, he studied under the national teacher, and Zhao Shimin relied on him to survive in the ancient city. He even had a way to punish Zhao Shimin, so that this guy would not cause any troubles.

It wasn't until today when he heard Zhang Feiran's words that Gao Zekai suddenly realized that he was worried that Pei Jingxing would beat up Zhao Shimin because he didn't like it, and he was worried that Su Yan's blindness would drag them down, but he ignored Zhao Shimin, who was most likely to become a crock.

Gao Zekai is not a fool, after being reminded by Zhang Feiran, he immediately thought of the consequences if Zhao Shimin ignored the time in the ancient city, it is not yet the first month, the northwest wind is very cold, Zhang Feiran did not burn a brazier in the military tent It's a habit, but it's so, Gao Zekai is already sweating profusely.

Zhao Shimin is not stupid, he was just spoiled by his family since he was a child, and he didn't let go of the domineering energy he had in Xijing when he arrived in the northwest. He saw Gao Zekai's face, and he knew that this person had been moved by Zhang Feiran's few words , I don't intend to protect myself.

"Gao Daoist, Gao Daoist, you have to help me." Seeing that Gao Zekai didn't answer, Zhao Shimin yelled inwardly, and turned to Zhang Feiran to beg for mercy, "General Zhang, General Zhang, I know I'm wrong, please read For my first offense, please forgive me this time, and I will never dare again in the future.”

Zhang Feiran ignored him, but looked at Gao Zekai: "Master Gao, what do you think?"

Gao Zekai gritted his teeth: "Everything is up to General Zhang to decide."

When Zhao Shimin heard this, his face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground.

Zhang Feiran looked at Zhao Shimin with a half-smile, and said: "According to military discipline, you will be punished with twenty military sticks. But it is because you are not in our military camp, and you will enter the ancient city again later, so it will be bad if you have a broken leg. In my opinion, you might as well go and run fifty laps around the camp, just to practice your body, so that you don't have the strength to enter the ancient city and drag others down."

Such a result was beyond everyone's expectations. Zhao Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his legs were saved, he would have to run [-] laps, let alone [-] laps!

Zhang Feiran called the two soldiers outside the tent: "You two watch him run fifty laps, when will he finish running, and when will he rest."

"Yes."

After Zhao Shimin left, Zhang Feiran said again: "I have asked the cook to cook a table of dishes for you. The place is windy and dangerous, and supplies are scarce. Please forgive me."

Gao Zekai was eager to repair the relationship with Zhang Feiran, he shook his head and said: "Where is General Zhang, we will eat whatever the soldiers eat."

"It's so good." Zhang Feiran nodded, although there was a smile on his face, but he couldn't see any joy or anger, "I haven't seen my incompetent apprentice for many years, and I want to take this opportunity to see if he is improving. convenient?"

Gao Zekai naturally agreed, but Pei Jingxing looked at Su Yan, as if he wanted to say something.

Gao Zekai understood immediately, and said with a smile: "Pei Street Envoy, please leave it to me, Fellow Daoist Su, I will definitely not let Fellow Daoist Su get hurt."

Hearing this, Pei Jingxing felt as if the secret in his heart had been exposed, he suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang Feiran, but found that his actions were too obvious, and it was too late to cover it up.

Zhang Feiran didn't know why, seeing his lover's strange behavior, he was puzzled.

Although Su Yan couldn't see, he could hear the conversations of everyone in the military tent clearly. He once again missed Pei Jingxing's guilty reaction, but quietly followed Gao Zekai to leave the commander's tent.

"You also have a curse on your back?" When there were only two masters and apprentices left in the army tent, Zhang Feiran put away his usual smiling face and looked at Pei Jingxing seriously and asked.

Pei Jingxing nodded: "That's right, I also have a curse on my back. This curse is very strange. Excluding the dead Niu Chunhui and Zhu Zhiwen, the eye pattern on the crown prince's back is the largest, followed by Zhao Shimin, which I heard is not smaller than the crown prince's." How much, it was me in the end, and it's about the size of a fingernail now."

"How did Niu Chunhui and Zhu Zhiwen die?" Zhang Feiran was in the northwest and didn't know much about Xijing's movements. He only thought that these two people were killed by the curse of the ancient city.

Pei Jingxing replied: "Niu Chunhui was killed by Zhu Zhiwen. After Zhu Zhiwen returned to Xijing, he began to eat people again, captured many children and girls, and even captured some monsters. In the end, he became a magic snake and was killed by Su Yan." Killed with me."

"Bastard!" Zhang Feiran slapped his palm on the table, gnashing his teeth, "I told His Majesty back then that these people had no regrets, and after returning to Beijing, they boasted about their so-called achievements in suppressing bandits everywhere. Any expression, it can be seen that they are wolf-hearted people, so we have to guard against them. I didn't expect that His Majesty just reprimanded these people, dismissed them from their posts, and ordered them to shut up and think about their mistakes!"

"Master," Pei Jingxing saw that Zhang Feiran was angry, and quickly reminded him, "Walls have ears."

Zhang Feiran got angry, and his voice quieted down: "Yes, walls have ears. By the way, that Su Yan you mentioned is the blind young man in the military camp today?"

"Yes, that's him." Hearing Zhang Feiran mention Su Yan, Pei Jingxing's heart thumped, fearing that Zhang Feiran would notice the beautiful and dirty thoughts in his heart.

"He's a pretty young man by his face," Zhang Feiran sighed, "I heard that after you were framed by Zhu Zhiwen, he helped you get cleared of the crime?"

Pei Jingxing was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered Zhang Feiran's friend in Xijing, so he didn't wonder why Zhang Feiran knew about it, but answered honestly: "That's right, I was arrested and imprisoned at that time, thanks to Su Yan's timely action Save each other."

"He also killed the magic snake with you?" Zhang Feiran admired Su Yan even more, "It's really good that a young man who is blind can help you clear up your grievances and kill the magic snake."

"Actually, Su Yan was not blind from birth." Pei Jingxing recounted their experience when they killed the demon snake. "Su Yan's eyes were infected by the blood of the demon snake, and he couldn't recover his sight with ordinary methods. When we go to the ancient city this time, In addition to finding a way to save the curse on the crown prince and us, we also need to find Zhubao toad, it is said that the inner alchemy of the jewel toad can heal Su Yan's eyes and regain his sight."

Zhang Feiran was very proud of having taught such an apprentice as Pei Jingxing, and he also loved Su Yan, so he asked a few more questions.

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener does. Pei Jingxing thought that Zhang Feiran had discovered his love for Su Yan, so he deliberately asked more questions, but the answer was so frightening.

"I've never heard of Zhu Baotoad, but from the name, it should be a toad-like thing." Although Zhang Feiran was surprised to see Pei Jingxing standing in front of him dying, he only regarded it as his lover because of the later The curse on his back and Zhu Baotou were worried, and comforted, "There is no unparalleled road. I have sent my proud general to take charge of it personally, and find the whereabouts of the ancient city for you. Don't worry too much."

After hearing this, Pei Jingxing quickly changed the subject: "Master, where is the general? Do you need our help?"

"Of course I need it." Zhang Feiran smiled and patted Pei Jingxing's shoulder, "However, if a worker wants to be good at his work, he must first sharpen his tools. You have traveled a long way and came here with great difficulty. Let's have a good meal first. I'll take you there again."

During the banquet, there was one missing Zhao Shimin who was still running around, but seeing how happily Gao Zekai and Zhang Feiran talked, they probably had already forgotten about this person.

Because they still have to ride horses later, and no one drinks alcohol, Gao Zekai casually ate a few mouthfuls of food, put down his chopsticks, and asked Zhang Feiran with a smile: "General Zhang, I wonder who found the prince and others back then?"

Zhang Feiran swallowed the meat, and then replied: "At the beginning when the prince disappeared, we sent many people to look for it, and I finally found it."

Gao Zekai's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Where did the general find it? Maybe there are clues to the ancient city there."

Zhang Feiran shook his head: "Taoist Gao has never been to the northwest, so he doesn't know the horror of the desert. The wind in the desert can move a sand dune overnight. A year ago, it was an oasis. If you go to the next year, maybe it will be an oasis." Only gravel was left. We found the prince and others in the desert, and they fell on the desert. If we arrived a quarter of an hour late, everyone might be buried in the sand and suffocated to death. There is no mark in that place, and there is no way to make a mark. There is nothing to refer to.”

Gao Zekai was very disappointed: "It turned out that I didn't think carefully and made General Zhang laugh."

Zhang Feiran didn't care about it, and said: "This time the general I sent is a native of the Northwest, and he is very familiar with this place. With his help, many difficulties can be alleviated."

Gao Zekai hurriedly said: "It's not too late, please General Zhang take us there quickly."

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