chewing dragon

Chapter 339 Nightmare Soul
"Invite me to a banquet?"

In front of the main hall of Qianjun Dutong's Yamen, Qi Jingzhi looked at the visitor with a bit of surprise in his tone: "Now that Forbidden Water Pass has not been truly pacified, why is Wang Dutong so busy entertaining guests?"

"My family has told everyone that there are many things going on in Guanzhong at the moment, and Yongchang Zuojun and Zuowu Army are not under each other's control. It is even more important to discuss a charter as soon as possible to avoid any unnecessary disputes. Therefore, I have specially ordered I am humble enough to come here and invite you to come and have a chat with me."

The one who replied was a hundred cavalry commander of the Yongchang Left Army: "My family has also sent people to Captain Wei outside the city to invite him."

The attitude of the Hundred Cavalry Commander was quite respectful, but the meaning behind his words was obviously strong. It was not so much an invitation to the banquet, but rather a notification of the meeting. After all, in terms of military position alone, Yongchang Zuojun was the king. Tong is now the highest-ranking general in the forbidden water pass. He has just succeeded in breaking the city. It is the time when he is arrogant and self-reliant.

While speaking, Commander Bai couldn't help but glance at General Zuo, who was holding his head in his hand, and then turned his gaze to Qi Jingzhi's right shoulder.

There is a young monk in black standing in the air. He is no taller than a candlestick. Under his feet are two small tigers with black background and red stripes. They look like two tiger charms, which are connected to the handle on his waist. The black sheath dagger also has a tiger talisman as its handle, and is decorated with a lifelike ghost head at the end.

In fact, not only this little monk, but also the soldiers of the Zuowu Army around them also had a ghost head on their sword hilts.

"What are you looking at? Since we don't belong to each other, why does your family have to say the same thing and my eldest brother has to run over?"

The little monk snorted, his whole body was filled with light and aura, and his eyes were filled with mist.

The Hundred Cavalry Commander felt dizzy and quickly looked away, not daring to look any further.

Qi Jingzhi waved his hand indifferently: "The King of the Capital has a fierce and domineering temperament. When he landed on the beach to attack the city, he was really uncompromising and majestic. Now he has changed his nature and is willing to negotiate with our Zuowu army. It is really strange. "

Li Shenxian, who was standing beside him, immediately sneered: "This is when he saw several military offices in the city fighting on their own and not helping each other, and one of them was occupied by us, so Wang Dutong became anxious. You want to divide the territory with us by relying on the strength of the crowd!"

Seeing the embarrassment on the face of the Hundred Cavalry Commander, Qi Jingzhi chuckled, but what he was thinking about was Huang Xiaoer's previous words. Could it be that they were exaggerated?
"There hasn't been any big noise at the Houjun Dutong Yamen so far. Was it really captured so easily by Wang Tong? I might as well go and take a look, and also take care of the Zuowu Army brigade that is arriving later."

Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi looked at General Zuo: "I have to thank Brother Zuo for his kindness for today's matter. Will you stay here to rest, or will you follow me to the south of the city for a banquet?"

General Zuo shook the head in his hand and answered simply: "I won't go!"

It glanced at the young monk's Six Thieves Ghost Head Jian Dao, and then patted the tiger talisman on his waist, which was made by dividing the five-baht Pibing Tongbao into two parts: "If something happens...ask the city god...to call me!"

After saying that, the heroic soul of the mountain turned around and left, minding his own business.

"It really looks like an ancient hero!"

Qi Jingzhi sighed in admiration, nodded to the hundred cavalry commanders in front of him, and said, "Since it is the invitation from the capital, Qi should attend the meeting."

He immediately left Li Shenxian in charge of the military office, ordered twenty knights to be selected as front soldiers, and took the young monk and Ban Nu to the appointment.

When he walked outside the door, Qi Jingzhi did not forget to take out a few seeds of door-protecting grass, wrapped them in the aura of pines, cypresses, armored wood and green god feather branches, and then sprinkled them on the ground.

But in the blink of an eye, several strange-looking grasses grew out of the soil between the bricks, and they grew extremely strong, like small trees.

Their leaves are oblong in shape, and the edges of the leaves are like waves, clustered together with three purple-red buds.

Immediately afterwards, the flower bud in the center suddenly opened. The flower center was hollow and shaped like a human mouth. The flower buds on both sides had no intention of blooming and swayed like two long ears.

This kind of grass usually just listens quietly during the day. It's okay after nightfall when nothing happens. Once someone or something passes by, it will open its mouth to curse or yell angrily, which is perfect for warning.

It was still daytime at this moment, so I was not afraid of being scolded for no reason. However, both Hu Chan and Ban Nu, as well as the soldiers of the Zuowu Army guarding the door, looked at the puzzled eyes of the hundred cavalry commanders of the Yongchang Left Army and subconsciously felt a few steps away from these. The strange grass is farther away.

It's not that they're afraid, it's just that these things are too unpleasant to curse, and their voices are extremely sharp and harsh. After everyone learned this a few times, no one wanted to come near them anymore. After galloping along the road for a while, Qi Jingzhi once again passed the headquarters of the Chinese Army.

His eyes swept over the two headless corpses standing quietly at the street corner, and he felt more and more weird.

Today, Daqi soldiers returned to Forbidden Water Pass, but these ghosts are far less understanding than General Zuo. At this moment, they are still unresponsive. Could it be that they think that the human race can live in harmony with them?

The tiger Zen was still floating on the young man's shoulder, and he suddenly said: "Binman told my brother that the military office here is occupied by a ghoul ghost and hundreds of corpses under its hands. It eats rice every day and does not hurt animals."

"Eat rice?"

Qi Jingzhi was slightly startled when he heard this: "Where does the rice come from? Do they still farm?"

Hu Chan was silent for a moment, and then replied: "Binman said that rice was hoarded here by Marquis Hengye back then. The city gate tax paid by the ghosts and ghosts would also contain grains stained with corpse aura, and most of them were stored in this place. The rear army is all in charge of the Yamen."

Hearing this, Commander Baiqi, who was leading the way, couldn't help but turn around and said, "Is there a mistake? That yamen has been searched inside and out, and not a single grain of grain was found!"

However, no one paid him any attention.

Qi Jingzhi asked again: "What kind of spirits are the ghoul and the corpse?"

"The ghost guarding the corpse is also called Po She. It looks like a child, suddenly looks like a dog or horse, and has black hair two inches long on its back. It is inside the human body. After death, it is called a ghost."

Hu Chan answered word for word, obviously parroting Binman's words: "The shot can transform into the appearance of the dead person it is parasitizing, enter people's dreams to seek food, and can also cause headaches and haunt people's souls. Turn his nightmare upside down and kill him!"

"Ok?"

Qi Jingzhi frowned slightly: "Master once mentioned that the various external demons that block the way in the Wuji Wilderness have become more and more restless recently, and the dream ghosts and nightmare monsters that come out of the dreamland are particularly harmful."

"Although this so-called corpse-watching ghost Po She lives by guarding the corpses of the dead, and has the word "corpse" in his name, his method of harming people seems to be closer to the flow of nightmares..."

After thinking for a moment, he came up with a guess: "Those headless monster corpses are called nightmare corpses. Are they all the corpses of the dead whose souls have been possessed by the corpse-guarding ghosts?"

Hu Chan nodded immediately after hearing the words: "Binman said that those nightmare corpses were indeed the corpses of the dead who died here and had no time to transport them away. Their remaining souls were dragged into the upside-down dreamland by the blast, and they only thought that they were still alive. .”

"Even though they were confused and confused, they still did not forget their responsibility of guarding the camp. After losing their heads, they grew eyes on their bellies to see, and turned their navel into a mouth to speak. Especially, they always remembered to clear the way for Marquis Hengye, so they put a Two hands grew out of the cavity, specially used to hold the knife and carry the lantern."

Qi Jingzhi's heart shuddered when he heard that. The technique of breaking into the nightmare souls of the ghoul ghosts definitely didn't sound like a good way, but those nightmare corpses were loyal and admirable, and even more pitiful among them. , Zhijiao people are sighing.

The hundred cavalry commanders in front heard the Qi brothers' exchanges and saw that what the other party said was true and did not look like nonsense, so he couldn't help but feel hesitant.

If the Houjun Dutong Yamen is really the place where the ghouls of the Forbidden Water Pass gather food, once the supply of food in the headquarters of the Chinese Army is cut off, the ghouls and nightmares will definitely come here to cause trouble, and it will inevitably happen again. It was a bloody battle, not to mention that there were two military offices for the left army and the right army.

However, as far as Commander Baiqi knew, not even a grain of grain was found in the yamen of Houjun Dutong.

Where are the grains of corpse energy that were either left by Marquis Hengye or collected as city gate taxes... where are they hidden?

　I will post a small chapter first and continue during the day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)