The Red Scale Monster was deceived by Er Gouzi for no reason and was beaten up by Xia Qingshan. He held a grudge against the Xia family. After returning home to recuperate for more than ten days, he invited another Jindan Monster to lead 5,000 soldiers to attack Luoxi County. This time, the monster army was approaching. If the Xia family did not resist, they would have to hand over Luoxi County to the monster. Under pressure, the Xia family had no choice but to send troops to fight. At the same time, they also sent an envoy with heavy gifts to negotiate peace with the monster. But what they should not have done was that the envoy was actually an undercover agent of Hu Lao Mo. Hu Lao Mo intercepted them halfway and took away all the heavy gifts sent by the Xia family and replaced them with a pile of dead fish scales. The undercover agent entered the monster camp, threw down the gifts, and ran back without saying anything. The undercover was still too timid after all. According to the instructions of Hu Lao Mo, he should have scolded and insulted the two monsters. But the undercover was afraid of death and dared not scold, so he could only throw away his things and run away.
However, although the effect was a little discounted, General Chi Lin was still so angry that he vomited blood when he saw the box of dead fish scales. He felt that the Xia family had plucked out all the scales on his body, and now they were using dead fish scales to humiliate him. The offensive against Luoxi County was even more fierce the next day. Under the instigation of Er Gouzi, the war between the monsters and the Qingzhou army was rekindled, and two monster armies that originally attacked Sanyang County were also transferred. In this way, there were only three of the five golden elixirs who originally attacked Sanyang County, and one of them was Er Gouzi himself. Sanyang County can finally be stable for a while. This time, the scale of the battle between the monsters and the Qingzhou army was not large, but as long as the two sides maintained this hostile state, it would be enough. Er Gouzi was finally able to get out of it and return to Sanyang County. He first came to the border of Sanyang County. Fatty Chen and his men were guarding here with their soldiers, and they dared not relax. "Brother Zhang, you are finally back." Fatty Chen stroked the shiny shoes in his hand, looked at the demon camp in front of him, and showed a puzzled look on his face. "What kind of conspiracy do you think these demons are using? Every time a war starts, they are eager to retreat." "The art of war says: show that you can do it but show that you can't do it, and show that you can use it but show that you don't use it. I suspect that the demons deliberately show weakness to the enemy, set traps behind the scenes, and lure us into the trap." Fatty Chen made a more reasonable inference based on his many years of experience. "Brother Chen, do you think the demons are just afraid of death, so they retreat at the first touch?" Seeing that Fatty Chen made a wrong judgment, Er Gouzi kindly reminded him. "It's unlikely. I have fought with demons for many years. Compared with us humans, demons are more fierce and less afraid of death."
Fatty Chen shook his head firmly and denied it. He had fought with the monsters for many years, and he had a deep understanding of their bravery. Er Gouzi felt that Fatty Chen had been misled by his past experience. Probably no one would have guessed that the monster army in front of him had been led astray by Er Gouzi. Now everyone just wants to save their lives, and they just want others to charge forward while they pick up the bargains behind. "In fact, people will change, and monsters will change too!" "Maybe they have changed their minds after experiencing something." When Er Gouzi said this, he actually felt a little bit nostalgic about himself. He seemed to have changed a little along the way. He used to be very timid and would blush and get nervous when talking to people. I don't know when he learned to speak human words to people and ghost words to ghosts, and he could even lie to people. It seemed that he started from reading the books of sages, and then Yang Tie taught him a lot of unspoken rules in the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The one who had the greatest impact on his mind should be the owner of Ding Manor, whom he admired the most, who suddenly became Ding Laomo and swallowed up the population of an entire county. But he seemed to have changed, but also seemed to have not changed. He still liked farming, liked to look at the crops in the fields, and loved his crops. He still liked money, which was a worldly thing, and was still the honest and simple farmer. He seemed to be the same as before, and preferred the plump women. When he thought of women, a girl with a plump upper body and eight legs in the lower body appeared in his mind. This idea was very dangerous, and there were misunderstandings between them... "Could it be... that the demon really changed?" Fatty Chen murmured. In fact, he had found many things wrong during this period, and he always felt that it was not a trap. It's just that Sanyang County now has so little property, and it can't afford to lose it once. If it loses, it won't even have the capital to turn over. He dare not gamble. "Brother Zhang, how about I lead the Zhenguo Army to charge once and test it?" When Fatty Chen spoke, he patted Er Gouzi's shoulder and pulled him back to reality from his thoughts. Er Gouzi thought about it and felt that he should learn from Xia Mingyuan. This old coward could endure being ridden on in order to avoid fighting with the monster. "No need!" Er Gouzi shook his head and rejected Chen Pangzi's proposal. "Why? If your guess is right, we will definitely win a big victory."
"Now the monsters are fighting with the Qingzhou army. If we suddenly win a big victory here, it will attract the attention of the monsters." Er Gouzi tried every way to make the monsters and the Qingzhou army fight again. If the monsters are attracted again because of a big victory here, it will be more trouble than gain. "Hahaha……" "You're right, I didn't expect that you have the talent to be a commander!" Fatty Chen patted Er Gouzi on the shoulder and laughed. "A warrior like me only knows how to fight and kill, and at most he can only be a small general. Without the vision to coordinate the overall situation, he will never be able to become a general who leads an army." "Brother Chen, thank you. I just happened to think of it." "Anyway, the demons don't pose much of a threat now. Those subordinates here are all left to Brother Chen." Er Gouzi took a look at the border, then rode on his beloved big white goose and flew back to Sanyang County. During the time he left, the population of Sanyang County seemed to have increased again. When passing by the black iron mine, he saw from the sky that it was in full swing below. The entire mine and its surroundings have a population of at least hundreds of thousands. The kind of convoys transporting coal from other places were crowded on an official road, and you couldn't see the end or the end. Because the Xuantie Mine also produces a large amount of ordinary iron ore, smelting it into iron ingots requires a large amount of carbon, which is not available nearby and can only be transported from other places. He also saw many caravans waiting outside the mine to transport iron ingots to other places for sale. Pig iron is something that cultivators look down on, but within the entire Zhou Dynasty, it is a relatively scarce strategic material like salt. Returning to the county town, I saw that the city was densely populated and bustling with people everywhere. Perhaps because there was really no room for crowds in the city, many simple houses were built in the open space outside the city wall, and many people lived there. Er Gouzi put the big white goose into the gourd, squeezed casually into the crowd and entered the city. Maybe it was because his face was too dark and his clothes were not gorgeous. He was an unremarkable person among a group of ordinary people, so the soldiers guarding the city did not recognize him. The streets were very lively with stalls selling and bargaining. Ergouzi walked on the street and bought two bunches of candied haws. I bought another big bag of meat buns and ate them while walking. When I took a bite, I found that they were filled with fat meat and pickled cabbage fillings. When he walked to the door of the county mansion, he quickly stuffed all the remaining buns into his mouth, choking and rolling his eyes. Then he wiped the oil on his hands on both sides of his clothes and on his buttocks, and then walked towards the gate of the county mansion. "Master, you are back...ahem..." In the Sheriff's Mansion, Huang Laocai saluted Er Gouzi tremblingly, looking a little older.
"Get up quickly, you are so old, you don't need to be polite." Er Gouzi quickly helped Huang Laocai up and asked him to sit down. "Have you finished eating the large piece of meaty Ganoderma lucidum I gave you last time?" "I'll get you another piece." As Ergouzi spoke, he took out a large piece of Ganoderma lucidum. It is said that this product can prolong life and make you less old. "Master, don't waste your money. As you get older, your appetite decreases. I haven't finished the big piece last time." Huang Laocai was hunched over, and it was a bit difficult to even breathe.