Twilight Boundary

In the next few days, Mingzhou seemed very lively.

A rich gentry in the city ate a plain calligraphy with the words "King of Mingzhou, Prosperity of the World" in the belly of a fish. He was shocked and talked about it.

There were also craftsmen who heard a fox in the wild calling in the direction of Mingzhou Fucheng at night. They chanted the name "Destiny is here to protect the grain poplar", and they gathered in groups and kowtowed in the direction of Mingzhou Fucheng. Incessantly.

Another person was walking at night and heard the ghosts crawling out of the graves on the roadside chatting: "The real dragon is about to be born, Mingzhou is a blessed place..."

"Oh, it's just that our fate is not good. If we had died a few years later and caught up with Mingzhou King Byou, we wouldn't have died in the wilderness..."

"..."

One by one, stories spread, and in the alleys, storytellers, tea sellers, workers, and merchants, everyone was talking about the fact that the food-protecting general had come to his destiny. .

Many insiders also revealed that once the general who protects food is granted the title of king, Mingzhou will have good weather and abundant food and grass for at least a few years.

Some people even said that if you were granted the title of king, you should thank the people. Mingzhou might have to be free of taxes for three years. The people were the most practical and sent thousands of people's letters to ask for the title of king by the general who guaranteed food.

There are even village elders who come to the city and refuse to get up unless the general who protects the grain is granted the title of king.

How could the food-protecting general endure such a thing?

He refused repeatedly: "Oh, I can't do it, I can't do it, old man, get up quickly..."

"We are the generals of Duyi. We are loyal to the emperor. How can we claim the title of king? It is against etiquette and law."

"..."

But he couldn't bear it anymore. The three armies knelt down and all the people were united. The general who protected the food supply had no choice but to tolerate it.

So, in front of Mingzhou Fucheng, they worshiped heaven and earth and named Mingwang. The mansions in the city have now been renamed with plaques and become royal palaces.

He also took advantage of the title of king and exempted Mingzhou from paying taxes for three years to express his gratitude to all the people.

Taking advantage of the prosperity of Mingzhou's reputation inside and outside, he rewarded the three armies and awarded three generals, the left general Zhou Liang, the deputy general Zhao Zhu, the right general Zhang Yanbei, and the lieutenant general was the former Red Lantern Empress Association. Shen Hongzhi, the protector on the left, and three generals each led an army.

After sealing off the army, they issued a call for the thieves to pay. They just said that there were too many people living in restlessness in the world, and they couldn't stand it anymore, so they wanted to go out to Mingzhou to beg the thieves.

The first one is the three-headed dragon demon king who is hiding in Huzhou and causing trouble.

For a moment, everyone under General Guo Liang was excited and shouted: "That old thief has been coveting the land and water of Mingzhou for a long time, and he still punishes people for coming in to cause trouble. That's so cruel, let's go find him now!"

"..."

"..."

"Bu Shi Niu is really very professional when it comes to doing these fancy things..."

At this time in Zhuangzi, Qingshi Town, Hu Ma also knew about the recent excitement in Mingzhou, and was a little bit dumbfounded. Now, even the people around Zhuangzi, no one knew about the King of Mingzhou, and they had a natural and just idea. .

But he was not interested in the excitement of the title of king, but he was quite concerned about the three-headed dragon demon king who was about to move.

"The door says it has a thousand years of Taoism?"

Hu Ma felt quite disdainful: "What's this mess? Now even I only have two hundred years of Taoism, but his Taoism is five times higher than mine?"

Twenty years is one pillar, and now I have ten pillars of incense, which means two hundred years of Taoism.

This is already the first time in the records of Da Luo Dharma Sect, but now it has happened a thousand years ago?

"Can your two hundred years of Taoism be the same as someone else's thousand years of Taoism?"

Old Abacus had already found out the details of the three-headed dragon demon king from the disciples of Da Luo Dharma Sect, and sighed: "In the past twenty years, ten surnames have been watching over the world."

"With the help of the four great officials in each sect, as well as the princes and wandering gods of each state, the world can be considered stable."

"It's just that after all, the ten surnames are not officials in the open, but are spying secretly. To put it bluntly, they are ruling the world with rivers and lakes. How can they really watch it?"

"Don't talk about loopholes, they are almost like a sieve. Therefore, despite the great reputation of the ten surnames, there are many talented people in the world who are not in their eyes, let alone among their sects."

"This three-headed dragon is such a strange creature."

"According to Daluo teachings, there are three thousand worlds, each of which is heaven and earth, but our world is closer to Tai Sui. Since ancient times, there have been many rumors of evil spirits, and one or two will pop up from time to time. A demon with good manners."

"Just being suppressed by the ancestral altar, it will never become a climate, and now the three-headed old dragon in Huzhou is such an old thing that has a climate."

"It's just that the difference between it and other spirits is that this old dragon should have developed spiritual wisdom five hundred years ago. At that time, the Zhang family was still in the world, and the barbarians had not yet raised an army. It was not a big deal. Although With Lingzhi, I just hid and practiced.”

"Originally, this thing was only three to four hundred years old at most, and was often destroyed by God's punishment. Although it has some abilities, it is only spiritual and can deceive people. At most, it can only give dreams to the surrounding villagers, and it has no great abilities."

"It really pisses off the people around it. The Orion farmer will discuss it and kill it with a hoe."

"But this thing happened to have the opportunity, and it happened to be a good time for Tai Sui to come to the world."

"Taisui came to the world, and evil spirits sprang up between heaven and earth, causing trouble everywhere. But it was also smart. It occupied a blood mine that no one could see at the bottom of a deep mountain lake, devoured the blood, and hid in secret without causing trouble. Just practice quietly.”

"In the past two hundred years, how quickly has your ability increased?"

"It's just that because it is cautious, it is first afraid of the Zhenzheng Mansion, and then it is afraid of the ten surnames, so it has been hiding and not letting others know about it. Of course, it has never had a chance to get the title."

"Without the seal, other demons would have stopped here and stagnated. But it is different. It relies on eating Tai Sui and practicing a long way, and gradually develops magical powers. According to my fellow sect who noticed his existence, This old dragon is at least in an inhuman state."

"..."

"This is truly an alien from heaven and earth."

Hearing this, Hu Ma nodded and said, "Since you are always so careful, why did you pour it out to cause trouble now?"

"And you didn't choose even if you didn't choose, but you actually chose Mingzhou, which is close to Laoyin Mountain?"

"..."

Mingzhou is the place where he sacrifices himself to the mountain and leads to new gods. It is the place with the most incense under the sky. Other evil spirits can't hide in time. If it dares to send the demons from the Niang'ermen over to cause trouble, it is already audacious in the extreme.

"Maybe I feel that my destiny has arrived."

The old abacus shook his head and said: "This ghost thing used to be very careful. Anyone who noticed its existence would be eaten by it."

"But thirty years ago, when the capital was destroyed, it also took the path of reincarnation, got into the belly of a peasant woman, and used it to bring the fetus to the human world. This kind of monster's method of transformation is no better than that of Feng. It’s wrong, but it’s just a foreign matter at the root, and it’s still the same after reincarnation.”

"Now he borrows the human form to confuse the people, curb his incense, and raises troops to become king. We guess that he must have noticed the reappearance of the destiny, so he wants to raise an army to fight for the destiny."

"If you can really succeed, you can rectify yourself and become a righteous person in this world."

"Having this heart and ability, I have been holding back my temper all my life, and now it suddenly explodes, and I am more fierce than others."

"But this really talks about Taoism. He is only thirty years old now, but adding in the age when he was in the dragon body, he is five hundred years old. He is said to have practiced Taoism for a thousand years, and he is putting gold on his face."

"..."

"If you really think about it, this is the biggest monster I've ever seen in my life."

Hearing this, Hu Ma became interested and said, "However, since even the ten surnames haven't seen it, how can you understand it so clearly?"

When Old Abacus heard this, he also laughed and said: "Da Luo Dharma Sect disciples have only one job, which is to travel around the world, watch their qi and find their fate, and stay with people who are destined to be fateful. Naturally, some things can be seen better than those of the ten surnames. Be more thoughtful.”

"Of course, even Da Luo's teachings can't guarantee that they can see everything clearly. They may have a fate, but those who know how to hide will be happy and carefree and will not have to deal with us."

"..."

Hu Ma didn't ask much, just smiled and said: "In that case, let's go and watch this so-called Thousand Years of Taoism first!"

Now on the surface, Yang Gong is sending troops to fight against thieves, but on the ground, he wants to kill the Caotou King, receive the destiny, and refine the treasure seal, so Hu Ma does not neglect it, and there is no need to follow the food security army to make a big show, so he just I brought my old abacus and secretly came to Huzhou to investigate.

To put it bluntly, this is also to collect the destiny and refine the treasure seal, which is why there is a lot of trouble.

If he could directly kill the Caotou King to refine the seal, Hu Ma would directly assassinate him now, but destiny is determined by the human heart.

After killing the Caotou King himself, the destiny is still there. Naturally, the second local Caotou King comes out. Even after killing here, no one dares to call him the Caotou King. The destiny there is only scattered, not It was taken away by yourself, so you must be upright.

After some exploration, I also got a little understanding of Huzhou.

The food security army is now even more in trouble.

We were about to send out the thief's surrender, and we decided on Huzhou first, so the food security army naturally began to prepare.

Food, grass, weapons, horses and armor, but in addition, they also had to build warships.

Huzhou is a special place, with water on three sides and roads at both ends. Most of the soldiers, horses and warlocks under the Three-Headed Jiao King are good at Yinxie Water Magic.

If the food-protecting army passes by from the land, the enemy may be killed in the water on both sides at any time, or the opponent may cut off one's own army in the middle, and the head and tail cannot see each other, or the opponent loses and retreats into the water, nothing can be done. No.

Therefore, before sending troops, ships must be prepared.

But it was precisely this that caused the food-protecting army to get into trouble before they even set off.

Among the demons who do not eat cows, there are countless capable people from all walks of life. Building ships is not a problem, but launching a boat is rare.

That water is evil water.

Bu Shiniu led the manufacturing camp and built countless boats overnight. However, when he tried to enter the water, he suddenly discovered that the rivers and lakes around Huzhou were full of evil spirits. When he entered the water, he was knocked over by the waves.

Some people who knew how to swim wanted to try diving, but as soon as they entered the water, they disappeared without a trace. They were finally fished out, but their calves were covered with cyan handprints.

There were even spies from the food security army who came overland to inquire about terrain information, but as soon as they entered Huzhou, there was no movement.

Only then did we realize that the three old dragons were quite capable. They not only occupied this thousand miles of water, but also made the surrounding villages monolithic.

Inside and outside, they were either occupied by the Jiao Army under his command, or were overrun by the Niang'ermen cult members he raised. The food-protecting army was obviously powerful and had many soldiers and horses, but now it was only in Now it is difficult to enter Huzhou.

Things in the water are different from those on the ground. On the ground, the intimidation of the army is enough to keep most evil spirits from showing their heads. But when people are on the water, they are naturally awe-inspiring, and the evil spirit will be much weaker.

"If we attack Huzhou, we must first control the water monsters!"

Seeing this, Tie Zuizi, the military advisor under King Mingzhou, said: "For the rest of the boats, please don't enter the water yet. While I'm burning incense at night, I'll go to Mingzhou to invite the powerful ones to come over."

Yang Gong listened to his advice and temporarily set up camp until the capable men cured the water monster before marching with the army.

At night, the military advisor Tiezuizi took only two followers to the waterside, set up an altar to cast spells, burned three sticks of incense, and invited the Aotou God from Niujiawan, Mingzhou. As soon as he resigned, black clouds and water vapor began to appear everywhere.

Not long after, you could see the vast water ahead, with ripples and bubbling bony protrusions, like an earthquake at the bottom of the lake.

After struggling until midnight, the military advisor Tiezuizi gave up and returned to the camp to report: "The God Aotou has been here at night."

"When the descendants of the Hu family fought hungry ghosts, it showed up to protect the people's food, and then they got incense and built temples. Speaking of which, it also has a connection with our food protection army, so when I invited it, it Come here."

"It was just a fight, but the result wasn't very good."

"It's just that there are a lot of things in this river, and they all have abilities."

"In my own Niujiawan, the things in the water can't beat him, but in other people's places, he can't fight these things in the water, not to mention, deep in Huzhou, there is a powerful person watching. , so he can’t help with this matter.”

"..."

"I didn't just come here to take a look, I also left some river fresh food here to show my respect..."

Yang Gong, the king of the Ming Dynasty, pointed to a wooden basin in front of the tent, and saw a few loaches and two crabs crawling in it. He said distressedly: "I said last night why I dreamed of a fat shadow with a wide back and a thick waist standing next to me." How about kowtow in front of the tent to apologize?"

"I feel guilty for not being able to help. I'm still wondering when did these monsters become so polite... Is the co-author an acquaintance who has dealt with me before?"

"..."

I felt a little unhappy for the moment.

When he was not prosperous, he had a fight with this old turtle, but fortunately he was not killed. Now he is obedient, so there is no need to cause trouble to him anymore.

However, what the food-guaranteing army wanted for the first battle in Mingzhou was to go smoothly and resoundingly, but now they are in trouble?

I knew I should have picked a soft one!

"It's only been less than two years since that old turtle built the temple and enjoyed the incense, right?"

Hu Ma is now in the Huzhou area and is equally dumbfounded: "Now my skills have not improved much, but I have learned all the etiquette."

Last night, Tiezuizi summoned the turtle-headed god to control the water monster. He took a look at it and didn't hide it, so the turtle noticed him.

Not only did it bring fresh river food to Yang Gong, but it also brought a few fat fish to itself, as well as a bag of gold and silver ingots wrapped in rotten fish nets. It kowtowed a few times and left, but your etiquette was in place, but your life was... I couldn't do it...

This thing in the water is not difficult to cure if you take action yourself. Just plunge it in and chop it twice.

But he borrowed the food security army to leave Mingzhou, and what he had to deal with in the end was not these monsters, but the top ten surnames in the art, and the most fierce and reckless heroes in the world.

It is important to have capable people to help you, but the food security army itself must also be strong. Now it is just the first battle in Mingzhou, and you have to rely on yourself to take action in everything. How can you talk about facing those powerful ones? ?

Taking the world as a chessboard and betting on victory in a battle of wits, one cannot have the idea of ​​​​a superior horse versus a inferior horse from time to time.

"I'll come, I'll come!"

But just when he and Yang Gong were concentrating on their thoughts, the food security army over there had a discussion and someone came up with suggestions.

When everyone looked at it, they were surprised to see that she was the adopted sister of General Shen Hongzhi of the Central Road. Her name was Dong Qiaoyun, and her husband's surname was Lu. She lived in Wutong Town, Gunzhou. She was originally a rice seller, but later made a living in the red lantern club. I haven't made a few big mistakes either.

This time, it is said that she came here to find her foster sister and come with the army to play. Now seeing that everyone was helpless, she took the initiative to stand up and wanted to solve the problem.

The entire army was somewhat suspicious of her because they didn't know what she was capable of, but Shen Hongzhi, the general in the middle, was convinced.

So everyone followed her to the lake and ordered two boats to be dragged over. Mrs. Lu didn't even burn incense and cast spells. Instead, she pinched a few seals with her white and tender hands, and two boats flew out from around her. When the paper man came, his body was vaguely purple.

She put the two paper figures on the two boats, clapped her hands and said, "Okay."

"With these two boats in the lead, we can ensure that there are no waves in the river. We can send as many boats into the water as we want. We are just about to see how capable the things in the river are!"

"..."

Everyone didn't believe it, so Shen Hongzhi went out to reward the silver, found two brave people to get on the boat, and rowed into the river.

I saw a dark wind blowing quickly on the lake, getting faster and faster, as if it wanted to set off big waves and overturn the two boats.

Unexpectedly, no matter how strong the wind was, the river remained calm, as if it was suppressed by something.

Even the wind stopped in front of the boat. Not only could it not blow the boat, it couldn't even blow the paper man. The entire lake seemed to be suppressed.

Yang Gong, the king of Mingzhou, was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "The boats are launched into the water to protect them, and the army sets off to enter Huzhou and kill the old dragon."

"Is this the paper figurine she took the opportunity to make in Shangjing City?"

Not far away, Hu Ma was watching this scene and was quite emotional: "I didn't expect that the first merit was actually achieved by Di Gu Shao."

In the past, Di Gu Shao relied on paper money to buy countless lives in Shangjing City. Now, all of them are on the three paper figures around her. Even she herself couldn't estimate how important these three paper figures are now.

She put the paper figures on the boat and suppressed the water surface. This was not actually a fight, but just prevented the things in the river from making waves.

When Ming Wang Yang Gong saw that the problem was solved, he immediately ordered the boats to be launched, and sent several leaders from each group to lead two thousand soldiers and horses to board the boats and press on both sides. The army was in the middle and took care of the other two groups, heading to Huzhou.

There were also several storms on the way. Some scattered bandits were not vulnerable to the grain-protecting army. Even those in the water were suppressed by the paper figures. The boats had iron bottoms and talismans painted on them, so the things in the water could not make trouble.

Even some of them came out of the water to hurt people, but they were shot to death by the soldiers on the boat.

Now, after two days of marching, they have entered the territory of Huzhou. When passing a village, they saw ragged people kneeling on both sides, trembling and not daring to look up, fearing that these soldiers would come to rob people and burn houses.

Unexpectedly, the grain-protecting army was different from the bandits. They passed through the villages without hurting people or taking grain. But suddenly, some of these people secretly passed the signal, and suddenly took off their outer clothes, revealing the red bellyband inside.

One by one, holding a knife in their hands, chanting a spell in their mouths, and shouting, they killed the general who was protected by the army.

But because this village was a magic altar of Niang'ermen, now seeing the army coming, some loyal disciples gathered together to take the opportunity to assassinate Ming Wang Yang Gong.

It's a pity that they don't know that the leader of the army is the left general Zhou Liang, who leads a part of the real elite of the grain-protecting army who came back from Shangjing and were cleansed by the purple qi.

Facing this group of shouting monsters, Zhou Liang didn't even raise his eyelids. The deputy general Zhao Zhu next to him, holding a steel fork, flashed out, took a breath suddenly, raised his hand to support his ribs, and then his tongue burst into spring thunder.

"Hah!"

A deep shout, like thunder, the masculine aura shook the evil spirit in the army.

The evil aura on the red bellybands of these monsters was instantly blown away, and they were dizzy and lost.

Behind him, Zhou Liang had already waved his hand, and the grain-protecting army pulled out a group of soldiers and horses, raised their guns and stabbed, and instantly stabbed these monsters under their horses. The red bellybands that everyone in the countryside and rivers and lakes was afraid of turned like a rag.

Only a team of 100 people was sent to charge into the village twice, and the demons from the Niang'er Gate were killed cleanly, and even the altar was found and destroyed.

Such a ruthless move immediately caused a panic in the Huzhou Jianghu. Many people who wanted to make great achievements and come to assassinate also stopped and rushed to the direction of Huzhou City.

When the grain protection army was approaching the lakeshore in front of Huzhou City, they saw the huge stone city in front of them. Under the fumigation of the lake, it was dark blue. There were large flags on the city, and the demonic aura was standing on the city.

And under the city, a large group of soldiers had already gathered, with countless boats, heavily armored, and in formation.

When the two sides were facing each other from a distance, in Huzhou City, at this time, on a low mountain behind the Huma Food Protection Army, looking up, he saw the deep rolling demonic energy in Huzhou City, and the faint rays of light.

He sighed for a moment: "I have reincarnated into a grass-headed king, but I have shaped my predecessor into the god of incense in Huzhou City."

Whether this three-headed dragon has a thousand years of Taoism is not to be mentioned, but it is really rare to be smart, but it is precisely because of this that it is suitable for him to use it to refine the treasure seal in his hand, right?

Faintly, he even felt that the treasure seal had a slight resonance.

When he found the first three words, the treasure seal was passively accepted, but when he started to find the third word, the treasure seal itself began to have spirituality.