Chapter 169 Sorry, we lost! (Seeking monthly ticket) Jiang'an County is located in the southeast of Shu, 6,800 miles away from Jinguan City. The Ten Thousand Mountains outside Youmen Pass are only two thousand miles away. In a corner of the eastern city of the county, in a simple and dilapidated house, a brother and sister in patched clothes were cooperating with each other, the brother blowing the fire, and the sister stirring the porridge in the hanging stove with a wooden spoon. However, the porridge was watery and the rice grains were scarce. But the siblings took it very seriously! "Brother, it's ready." The younger sister took the soup spoon dug out from the wood, scooped a little, dipped it with her tongue, and then picked up a gray porcelain bowl with a cracked rim from the ground and poured the porridge into it. Then, he carefully carried the bowl, afraid that the precious food inside would be wasted, and went to the dim inner room. There was only a bed made of wooden boards and mud, and a simple wooden box. The furnishings inside could be seen at a glance. But there was a man lying on the bed. He was wearing green armor. The right chest armor was broken and covered with dried blood. He was unconscious, his lips were pale and dry, and his breathing was so weak that it was almost undetectable. There was a knife on his waist. This happened the night before yesterday when the brother and sister heard some noise outside during a heavy rain and found the man fainted at the door of their house. Judging from his clothes, he is obviously a soldier.
However, this armor is different from the thin armor worn by the county’s soldiers defending the city. It is extremely thick and heavy. With the intention of saving lives, the brother and sister dragged the man in with great effort, helped dry his clothes, and fed him rice porridge that they were reluctant to eat, keeping his weak breath alive. They had originally planned to go outside the city to pick some herbs after dawn the next day! As a result, at dawn the next day, before the brother and sister could leave the city, the county government suddenly issued a warning and beat the drum, saying that a group of rebels had colluded with demons to capture the nearby county town. They ordered the city to be sealed off and martial law was imposed. Then they announced that if they encountered any suspicious persons, they could report to the government and receive a generous reward. The brother and sister were immediately shocked. The brother wanted to go to the authorities to report the case, but was stopped by his sister. Because, when my sister was wiping the soldier, she found that he was holding a silk scarf embroidered with mandarin ducks tightly in his hand. My sister could recognize that it was embroidered by a woman! Most importantly, a token was also found! This token reminded the younger sister of a few years ago, when she was only thirteen or fourteen years old and went outside the city to collect herbs to supplement the family income. She encountered a monster in the mountains and was on the verge of death when someone rescued her. The figure of that person was already very blurry, and she only knew that the adult claimed to be a mountain patrol captain, but she still remembered the token clearly. Same as this one! "Brother, hold on!" A frail girl with a mole at the corner of her eye and wearing coarse linen clothes was sitting on the bed. The brother said "oh" and supported the man's head with his hands, struggling to lift his head up. Then the girl fed the unconscious man rice porridge. After half a cup of tea, the thin porridge, which was mostly rice soup, was fed into the man's mouth. At this time, the brother put the man down, looked at his sister, frowned and said: "Sister, do you think this man is the same person as the patrol captain who saved you?" "Could it be the rebels the county government was talking about?" "I heard that someone reported it, also wearing armor, saying that he was a rebel. The county government sent people to capture and kill him, and that person got a lot of silver." "I won't remember it wrongly, brother, please don't think about it." The girl frowned. "What kind of person do you think your brother is? If this man is really the same as the patrol captain who saved you a few years ago, whether he is good or bad, we two brothers and sisters are grateful for his kindness." The elder brother, who looks a bit smooth and has been making a living in the market for many years, glared at him. As he said this, he set his eyes on the sword on the man's waist, and couldn't help but reach out and touch it, saying, "It's so beautiful. I envy those who can embark on the path of martial arts. If only my parents were like that." Just as he said this, the man on the bed suddenly roared. "General!" The next second, he suddenly opened his eyes, as if he had a nightmare, his eyes were bloodshot, like a mad beast. The brother and sister were shocked and startled. The next second, the man suddenly grabbed my brother's neck and lifted him up. "who are you?"
"where is this?" The man's voice was hoarse, but the look in his eyes that seemed ready to kill at any time made the brother and sister tremble. "This is my home. When we found you, you were unconscious at my doorstep." The girl said hurriedly. This sound seemed to bring the mad man back to reason. His eyes flickered, as if he remembered something. The strength in his arms loosened for a moment, and then his eyes quickly turned red, his lips trembled, and he held his head in pain: "General, I am incompetent." The older brother of the pair almost fell to the ground. He touched his neck which was almost broken, took a few deep breaths, and first took his sister back a few steps. Then he said unhappily: "If my sister hadn't insisted that you were a patrol captain, I would have sent you to the government long ago. Who knows if you are a rebel?" The girl quickly pulled her brother and looked at the man who seemed to have suffered a great shock and looked very painful. When the young man saw a grown man like this, his voice gradually lowered. The air was silent for a while, and the man on the bed seemed to slowly recover from his immersion. He then looked at the thin, pale-faced brother and sister, opened his mouth weakly, but his eyes were extremely intimidating: "What rebels did you just talk about?" The girl was not afraid, she just looked at the man's eyebrows and whispered softly: "Yesterday at dawn, the Jiang'an County Government sounded drums and issued notices everywhere, saying that a group of rebels had colluded with demons to capture other counties. The entire county is now under martial law and sealed off!" When the man heard the news, his face changed, "Are they still issuing a reward for people like us?" "Brother, how did you know?" "Because this county has been controlled by demons." The man's voice was full of chill. The brother and sister's pale faces turned a little pale. "Brother, your joke is not funny at all." One of the older brothers stammered. The man on the bed was about to speak when his ears suddenly twitched. He then looked outside the room, then looked at the young brother and sister, and said quickly in a low voice: "somebody is coming!" "They are two yamen runners." As he spoke, he seemed to sense something, and then summoned his own Mountain-Moving Tiger Talisman from the girl's arms and it flew into his hands. Then, the man blew at the palm-sized black token, and instantly it turned into a bronze mirror that could be held in the hand. Then, he threw the bronze mirror, which could be held in one hand, to one of the brothers, with murderous intent in his eyes: "When you open the door, use this bronze mirror to look at the two officials and you will know." The elder brother wanted to object, thinking it was ridiculous, but he somehow took the bronze mirror. Just as he was about to speak, "bang bang bang" There was a loud knock on the door outside. "Open the door" "Open the door" "Inspection of the government office."
The brother and sister were shocked. The man was right. They really heard the voices of two constables. When they thought of what the man said, they couldn't help but feel nervous. "I'll go open the door." The elder brother took a deep breath, covered the palm-sized round bronze mirror with his sleeve, blocked it with his hand, then walked out of the inner room to open the door. "squeak" The wooden door with a crack was opened, and as expected, two yamen runners wearing red round collars and green robes were standing outside the door. Two pairs of cold eyes instantly made the brother shudder. The two yamen runners walked into the house without saying hello, and their two pairs of eyes scanned the room. "Sir, what can I do for you two? This house is just for my brother and me, and we depend on each other. The house is a bit shabby, and we don't have any tea." The elder brother smiled awkwardly. "Routine inspection. Have you encountered anyone suspicious recently?" A yamen runner had a stiff face and stared at the young man. The young man's heart tightened, and he quickly shook his head, "No." "Where is your sister?" the runner asked again. The young man was about to call his sister out, but he saw the two runners turned to the inner room at the same time. "That person is still inside!" The young man's heart jumped into his throat. He rushed forward to stop him, but it was too late. However, after the two bailiffs walked in, my younger sister was the only one in the room. The man on the bed was gone. "I am a woman, it is not convenient for me to go out to greet the officer." The young man quickly explained with a smile. The two bailiffs glanced around the room, then said nothing and walked out with stiff faces. The young man smiled at the door and said a farewell word. Then his eyes flickered and he slightly lifted the sleeve that hid the bronze mirror, revealing a corner, and shone it towards the backs of the two yamen runners. The next second, the boy's eyes suddenly widened and his heart almost stopped beating. In a corner of the bronze mirror, I saw that on the backs of the two "yamen runners", there were two camel-like things with white fur lying on them. At this moment, in the bronze mirror, the two tufts of fur on the back of the yamen runner suddenly opened a pair of scarlet eyes and looked towards the young man's position. At that moment, the young man retracted his sleeves as if he had been electrocuted, his hair stood on end, and fear surged in his heart. Just then, a familiar voice was heard. It was the voice of the man on the bed that reached his ears. "Don't look it in the eye, stay natural, turn your head, and go in!" The young man did as he was told and tried hard to purse his lips. After entering the house, he slammed the door shut, then slumped down against the door as if he had lost his strength. At this time, the man's figure emerged from the air and a talisman fell off. When the young man saw the man, he finally believed what he said. He opened his eyes wide in fear and said tremblingly: "Big brother, it really is a monster!" "I told you I didn't lie to you!" the man said in a cold tone. “What is going on? Why are these yamen runners…” The young man couldn’t put it into words and still found it unbelievable.
"This place has fallen, and the demons have kept you in captivity!" The man said this with a sharp look in his eyes. "I'll take you away tonight." "I don't know if anyone has brought back the news that we lost the city." As night fell, people's anxious whispers could be faintly heard in Jiang'an County. "How long will this city be closed?" "The county government didn't explain clearly where the rebels came from. It's very confusing." "Today, the government officials came to inspect, and I saw Lao Yang. But when I called him, he seemed to not recognize me. His face was cold and scary. Damn it, I helped him in the past." "." At this moment, a surprising voice was heard from the roof of a house on the east side of the county town. "Thank you, brother. This talisman is really magical. It can actually make you invisible." “Shut up and don’t talk.” "Remember, don't move." Then, there were the sounds of tiles shaking, and then a gust of wind blew up, and the sound of a whistling breeze flew towards the eastern city wall. At this time, the eastern city wall was extremely quiet, as if it was connected to the night. It was pitch black on the city wall, without a single light. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and a bright yellow light curtain suddenly lit up on the city wall. Then, a scream suddenly sounded above the city wall. Suddenly, there was a flash of fire in the sky, and three figures appeared from the air. The spell lost its effect, and Xie Tianhao and the brother and sister were forced to reveal their true forms. At the same time, pairs of green eyes lit up on the dark city wall. "Jie Jie" “We’ve caught a big fish” "He is a patrol captain!" Xie Tianhao's face looked grim. It seemed that the county town had indeed fallen. He shouted, drew out his long sword, and slashed it downward. Dozens of three-foot-long white sword lights came down fiercely. Then, he stepped on the ground and flicked his hands. "go!" He led the brother and sister out into the dark night outside the city.
And behind them, there were roars, and some jumped off the city wall, or turned into a stream of light and chased after the three people. Xie Tianhao was already seriously injured, and now he was carrying a pair of siblings. He used his magical power to control the flowing light, and flew for more than ten miles, but soon he could not control it anymore. Behind them, there were two black clouds chasing after them, with a cold green light flashing inside. at this time, "boom" "boom" From high in the sky, two thunderbolts struck the two black clouds like a meteor chasing the moon. Two roars were heard. But then I saw several black shadows rushing out from below, and then slashing wildly towards the two black clouds. Just a few breaths later, The two black clouds dissipated after a scream. Xie Tianhao was startled, stopped and turned to look. I saw three streams of light flying over, revealing the same figure in green armor. "you." He was so excited that he lost his voice and his face quickly turned red, as if he had seen a relative. "Come on, I'll take you to see our general!" More than ten minutes later, three green-armored figures carried Xie Tianhao and the other two and flew hundreds of miles, and finally landed in a valley. All I saw was iron armor in the valley. A silver figure was standing on the top of the mountain! Three figures in green armor fell first and knelt on one knee. "See General!" Behind him, a man hurriedly saluted. "Xie Tianhao, former captain of the Tenth Mountain Army, meets the Ninth Mountain Lieutenant General!" As he spoke, he couldn't help choking up and lowering his head, "I'm sorry, we lost!" (End of this chapter)