chewing dragon

Chapter 263: The old palace of King Huan shows sympathy to each other

While they were talking, Qi Jingzhi and Lishan Guangye had already arrived in front of the wide city gate of Jimen.

Originally, the official road in front of the city gate was crowded with people and traffic. However, the mounts of these two young men were really extraordinary. Qi Jing also had a very conspicuous gold medal hanging on his waist. Both the carriages and the pedestrians consciously avoided the road and gave way. In particular, people entering the city took the initiative to slow down and followed the two young men who were walking slowly forward. Even the soldiers guarding the gate had no intention of coming forward to question them, so that the place in front of the two men actually seemed a bit empty.

So, when they entered the spacious and deep city gate, a dwarf who should have been buried in the crowd miraculously appeared, attracting Qi Jingzhi's attention immediately.

This dwarf is a quite old man with a big white beard that almost reaches the ground. The linen clothes on his body are very simple and ancient, and there is a fat red mouse lying on his shoulder.

The dwarf old man's legs and feet were very nimble, and his temperament was a bit out of control. He actually jumped up to Ban Nu. He raised his head and took a closer look at the gold medal of Gouchen Academy around Qi Jingzhi's waist, and then he bowed down respectfully.

Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this, because there were many pedestrians leaving the city at that moment, but they all turned a blind eye to this dwarf old man.

A moment after the dwarf old man appeared, several feet, donkey hooves, and wheels had already passed through his body without any hindrance.

"Huh? Didn't you say that the gods retreated and there were no taboos?"

Qi Jingzhi turned his head and glanced at Lishan Guangye. Unexpectedly, this guy also had two round eyes staring with surprise on his face.

"I just heard about it before, but today, thanks to my brother, I can finally see it with my own eyes!"

Lishan Guangye leaned over from Liju's back, pouted at the old dwarf man, and lowered his voice: "The spirit of the ancient sect, his name is Ye, and he looks like a dwarf. When he sees people, he worships them and calls them by their names. Good food."

Qi Jingzhi was slightly startled when he heard this: "Like Pu Shan and Pu Xi, who can feed us and drink just by calling their names?"

Lishan Guangye didn't expect that the young man would pay attention to this. He almost couldn't catch his breath. He coughed and shook his head: "The so-called good diet means that those who call its name will have a good appetite. Brother, think about it, this Jimen The spirit is a ruthless character who can swallow up the wild nature of Jishan, so how can his appetite be so bad?"

"Let it feed us and drink? Hey, it would be nice if it doesn't treat us as appetizers!"

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi suddenly realized that this statement was very reasonable.

But if Lishan Guangye hadn't been so sure, he wouldn't have been able to believe that the dwarf old man lying in the dust in front of him turned out to be the spirit of Jimen who swallowed Jishan with his beastly kiss.

Lishan Guangye then motioned Qi Jingzhi to look at the big mouse on the old man's shoulder: "The spirit of the ancient city wall, its name is [Carman], it looks like a mouse but is red."

Qi Jingzhi did not expect that the fat red rat also had a big background. Now that he had this evidence, Lishan Guangye's words became extremely credible.

He no longer had any doubts, and he cupped his fists and saluted the old dwarf: "Old man, please get up quickly! Why are you stopping the two of us here?"

The old dwarf man stood up, looked around, raised his hand and pointed behind him, and then skipped towards the city.

Although it did not speak, the meaning it wanted to express was very obvious: "Please take a step to speak, and don't obstruct pedestrians here."

Qi Jingzhi and Lishan Guangye looked at each other, and then followed without hesitation.

The two of them followed Ye He [Carman] out of the city gate, then walked along the base of the city wall for a while, and found a secluded and uninhabited place.

The dwarf old man turned around and bowed again: "Jiye, the little old man, has seen the camp captain, and he boldly stopped him in front of his horse, but he has a business matter to convey, and a private matter to ask for shamelessly."

Qi Jingzhi nodded calmly: "Then let's put business first and private affairs first."

Seeing that he was so cheerful, the dwarf old man stopped talking nonsense and said directly: "More than a month ago, the little old man and his colleagues from the other twelve city gates received an order saying that the government office and camp of Gouchen Courtyard had been selected. If we see anyone entering the city wearing a Gouchen Yuan waist badge, we must guide them on their path."

Hearing this, Lishan Guangye immediately became interested and asked curiously: "Where is the official office of Gouchen Courtyard?"

Unexpectedly, Ji Ye didn't even look at this guy, as if he hadn't heard anything. He just looked at Qi Jingzhi respectfully.

Lishan Guangye was so angry that he almost died, and muttered: "What a bullshit ancient sect. He worships everyone when he sees him. It turns out that he only depends on others to order his food. It's really better to have no books at all than to believe in them!"

It wasn't until the young battalion captain of Gouchen Court also asked a question that Ji Ye replied: "The official office of Gouchen Court was chosen at Huanwang Terrace."

"Huanwang Terrace?" Lishan Guangye couldn't help but exclaimed.

Without waiting for Qi Jingzhi to ask questions, he opened his mouth to explain Brother Yiyi's doubts: "That is a high platform located in the northwest corner of the palace city. It was built during the reign of King Huan. It is extremely tall and wide. There is even a main hall named Longevity Palace on the platform. It is used to comfort the gods and pray for longevity. People at that time praised it and said: "The Jian will come to the longevity palace, and the sun and the moon will shine together!"

Not to mention, Lishan Guangye was very familiar with King Huan's deeds.

Just listen to him continue: "It's a pity that King Huan failed to pray for longevity, and instead died in the longevity palace. So King Huan's platform and the surrounding palaces were abandoned. Now they are in a dilapidated state, so today's people have poems Said: On the stage, the longevity palace is closed, and the sun and moon are closed, and below the stage, there are weeds and grass everywhere... Well, the only advantage is that the place is big enough to build a government office and garrison troops."

Qi Jingzhi nodded and asked the old dwarf Ji Ye: "What about private matters? Let's talk about it first, I may not agree."

"This is natural. I will never dare to embarrass the battalion commander."

Jiye hurriedly bowed down again, and this time even the big mouse on his shoulder jumped to the ground, raising his paws and bowing repeatedly.

The dwarf old man straightened up, pointed at the big mouse and said, "This is a private matter that he actually wants to plead with the battalion commander. Unfortunately, he cannot speak, so the little old man has to report it on his behalf."

"Originally, there were two city wall spirits bred near Jimen. Dalang was the elder brother, and there was a second brother below him. When the imperial court opened up the north, its second brother, who had just opened his spiritual intelligence but had never transformed, was killed by Hengye Marquis. He took it away and placed it on the back eaves of the gate tower of the north urn of Jinshui Pass, and made the bricks for the city of Jinshui Pass."

"Later, the Marquis of Hengye was defeated and died, and the Forbidden Water Pass fell. In the chaos of war, no one could care about Erlang. Now more than ten years have passed, and the poor little boy still has no news and no one knows whether he is alive or dead. But I and I Even the old man can't leave the city, he can only sigh and worry every year..." Qi Jingzhi was stunned when he heard the words, and when he looked at the big mouse on the ground, he actually felt that he was in the same boat.

Jiye had been carefully observing the young man's expression, and he became energetic when he saw this: "The young man inquired privately that the imperial court seems to have the intention of another expedition to the north, and the newly established Gouchen Courtyard is the time to show off its achievements. It is said that the Grand Sima also intends to choose My subordinate, Hu Ben, went to Jinshui Pass to cleanse away the corpse spirit and slay the demons, so...therefore..."

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi didn't understand anything, so he immediately looked at the big mouse: "So if I have the opportunity to go to Forbidden Water Pass, can I help find the whereabouts of your Erlang?"

The big mouse immediately stood up and chirped several times, obviously very excited.

The dwarf old man hurriedly touched its head to comfort him, and then responded respectfully: "I don't dare to embarrass the captain with the words 'you want to see people alive, and you want to see corpses when dead', but just in case of luck, I can I would be very grateful for the accurate information!"

Qi Jingzhi nodded without hesitation: "I will accept this!"

The two spirits were overjoyed when they heard this. The big red mouse immediately opened its mouth and spit out a small yellow bird.

The oriole was actually still alive, chirping, and was held tightly by the big mouse's paws, respectfully held above its head.

It was still the dwarf old man who spoke on behalf of the big mouse: "I don't have anything good to thank you for. This is a long wind blowing from the southeast in August this summer. It was suppressed by Dalang at the top of the city and turned into the shape of a yellow bird. It was barely Lieutenant Wanwang, please don’t despise the essence of the wind.”

"Hua Que Feng?"

Lishan Guangye immediately looked straight: ""Fengtu Ji" said: In June, there is a long wind from the southeast, which is commonly known as Huangque wind. At that time, the sea fish turns into a yellow bird, because of the name. "Linhai Foreign Objects Chronicle" also says: Huangque wind Fish often turn into oriole in August and enter the sea as fish in October.”

The Lingtai Lang who was about to resign was obviously very happy to see Hunter Xin: "This oriole can turn into the wind and fly all the way from the sea in the southeast of Daqi to the royal capital. It is definitely not a common thing!"

Hearing this, the dwarf old man was proud, but also worried that Qi Jingzhi would think this thing was precious and would not accept it. He quickly waved his hand and said: "This is something that is available almost every year, it really doesn't mean anything!"

Qi Jingzhi originally wanted to say that he would not be rewarded for his merits, but after hearing about the oriole's legs, he suddenly remembered the comment about Wei Yingdian from the crane stele: "The strong wind stirs the water, the white blade condenses with frost, and a crane flies high, Break through the strong wind."

"Brother Wei's cultivation and the chosen path are obviously related to strong winds, water, and frost. Master ordered me to introduce Brother Wei to the door, and he must have the qualifications of the fourth realm to accept a disciple. This one comes from the sea, The oriole transformed by Changfeng may be of some help, and it comes at the right time!"

Thinking of this, the young man reached out and took the oriole over: "It's disrespectful and I feel ashamed. Qi Jingzhi will do his best and be loyal!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Banban came out of his arms, happily grabbed the oriole with his little paws, and played with it curiously in his palm.

I don't know whether it is the mountain god who has the ability to calm the wind, or whether it is the auspicious beast of the year that naturally attracts spirits. This oriole transformed by the southeast wind actually allowed it to be rubbed by all kinds of people without any intention of resisting or escaping.

The dwarf old man bowed and thanked him again, then grabbed the big rat that kept bowing, got into the wall nearby and disappeared.

Seeing this, Lishan Guangye shook his head, feeling a little unbelievable: "The old palace of King Huan, the trees with green moss, jackdaws roosting in the atrium, and elk swimming below the stage... I never expected that the king of the country would turn the long-abandoned Huan The royal platform is allocated to Gouchen Courtyard, the profound meaning of this really needs to be carefully considered."

Qi Jingzhi was not familiar with government affairs and national history, so he didn't bother to think about it: "My dear brother, you should know the way to Huanwang Terrace, right?"

"It's natural!"

Lishan Guangye came back to his senses: "My younger brother is a native of the capital, so he naturally knows the location of Huanwang Terrace. Although the palace is located in the northwest corner of the palace city, it has been vaguely divided for a long time, and there are other entrances and exits, so there is no need for it. It’s so troublesome to enter the palace first and undergo numerous interrogations.”

As he said that, he raised his hand to guide the direction. Suddenly he remembered something and pointed to the gold medal on Qi Jing's waist: "Brother, please know that with your current status, if you are not familiar with the roads in the city, you can summon a guide. Come lead the way.”

Qi Jingzhi lowered his head and looked at the token. He couldn't help but think of the respectful attitude of the two spirits just now, and an idea came to his mind: "You mean, I can use this token to control the spirits in the city?"

Lishan Guangye nodded: "That's right, especially those with official status like Ji Ye, they will definitely recognize the aura of this token, so they can obey orders and let them be driven. Hehe, this is the road in the capital. Zongheng, the most indispensable thing is the Taoist monsters who can show the way!"

Seeing his innocent appearance, Qi Jingzhi finally understood why this guy was able to hang out with Daocheng Huang in the first place.

While thinking, Qi Jingzhi picked up the gold medal around his waist and said, "How do I summon it?"

Lishan Guangye chuckled: "If you are in a familiar street and you already know the name of the Daojing Road monster there, just call it out. If you don't know the name, then report your official position and order me to All the local spirits can come and see us.”

Qi Jingzhi glanced sideways at Lishan Guangye, feeling that this guy had not held his shit in well.

He pondered for a moment, suppressed the weird and absurd feeling in his heart, then raised the token in his hand and shouted in a low voice: "My officer is Qi Jingzhi, the battalion commander of the Governor's Mansion of the Zuowu Army in the Gouchen Courtyard of Daqi. Where is this Taoist spirit?"

As soon as the young battalion captain finished speaking, a figure appeared on the ground, followed by a second, third...

In just two or three breaths, four spirits appeared in front of Qi Jingzhi.

Seeing the look of surprise on his face, Lishan Guangye finally couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Brother Shi is really majestic. No one dares to disobey an order!"

While laughing, the guy pointed at the burly man who was the most conspicuous among the four spirits and said: "The spirit of Tao is famous for making weapons. It looks like a husband and is good at dazzling people. If you call him by his name, he will go."

"Yida is called a road. Brother, even though this guy looks big and round, he is actually the youngest and least experienced among the four spirits. He is also the most naughty at ordinary times. He likes to make pedestrians confused and confused."

The man named "Zuoqi" had already seen Qi Jingzhi's token clearly. Hearing this, his expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly bent down deeply and said with a smile: "Don't entertain me, I have not done it for many years." You are playing tricks on your beloved, and you only dare to use those petty tricks when catching thieves."

Lishan Guangye ignored him, pointed to the boy standing at the man's feet, and introduced: "The essence of Qu is named Qiao, and looks like a child. If he calls it, he will go."

(End of this chapter)