Nightwatcher Chapter 50: Half-roll map
Da Feng Da Geng Ren Jing Cha Feng Yun Chapter 50 Half-Volume Map Walking in a quiet small town, occasionally I would see a few children wandering around on the empty street, or taking off their pants and peeing on the side of the street. .
But adults are rarely seen.
Xu Qi'an speculates that these children are still weak and do not need to hide themselves every day to alleviate the side effects of Dark Gu.
When they grow up and their abilities improve in the future, they will become like their parents, hiding in the corner every day.
"Is it true that Granny Tiangu said that the "economic situation" of the Dark Gu Ministry is not good, it is strange that it can be good, and most of the time is wasted on meaningless peek-a-boo." Xu Qi'an muttered. . .
When he first got the Qijue Gu, he only felt that the side effects of the Dark Gu were very troublesome. He had to take time every day to hide himself, and one hiding was one or two hours.
I never thought that if people of the same race are like this, it is actually a kind of "disaster".
"In fact, you can hide at night, it doesn't have to be during the day."
Xu Qi'an said.
The young man on the patrol nodded repeatedly:
"Of course there are people hiding at night, but most of them are unmarried. If you get married, you don’t have time at night.
"In addition, the higher the level, the purpose of hiding is not just to eliminate side effects, you are also the Great Master of Dark Gu, you should understand."
The side effect is the most basic requirement of Dark Gu. If you want to increase your cultivation base and cultivate Dark Gu, you have to take the initiative to hide the shadow and feel the power of Dark Gu.
While speaking, he saw Xu Qi'an staring at the shadow under his feet, and he smiled:
"You read that right, the rest of the patrol is hiding in the shadow under my crotch."
The shadows under the crotch of the gods, are you guys in the Dark Gu Department living under the covers.........Xu Qi'an almost couldn't help but vomit it out.
Passing through the quiet alleys, the two approached the center of the town, which was densely populated. Pedestrians in twos and threes shuttled through the empty streets with shops on both sides.
Xu Qi'an saw that among these pedestrians, there were people from Central Plains and some from Southern Xinjiang, wearing dilapidated commoners, not much better than the refugees from Central Plains.
The main reason is that most of these pedestrians don't have dark gu in their bodies.
"They were slaves. Some were captured from the Central Plains, and some were unruly southern Xinjiang tribes. They were wiped out by us, and the population was divided equally between seven parts."
The young man on the patrol said:
"These slaves are precious labor in our race."
Xu Qi'an pondered for a moment, and said: "Gu tribe often engages in population trade with the Central Plains caravan."
The four words of population trade made the young people froze for a while before they understood, saying:
"Yes.
"The caravans in the Central Plains knew that we were short of people, and they often sent people to southern Xinjiang for some unique herbs, wood, minerals, etc. in southern Xinjiang."
And those people were mostly abducted...Xu Qi'an thought of the ancestor of the Chai family. When that ancestor was young, his family was destroyed by his enemies, and he was sold to the Southern Border Corpse Gu Department. slave.
Later, I somehow fled back to the Central Plains and established a sect in his hometown in Xiangzhou.
By the way, I have to ask You Shi for a map. The half map of the ancestor of the Chai Family is in the Department of Zombie Gu... At this time, Xu Qi'an saw a big mansion with a plaque saying The text of Southern Xinjiang.
"This is the mansion of the leader, Xu Yinluo, please come in."
Stepping into the mansion, Xu Qi'an glanced at the layout of the compound. A bluestone paved road leads to the inner courtyard. On the left side of the road are water tanks covered with wooden boards.
On the right are deep pits with a narrow diameter.
There are people hidden in the tank in the pit.........Xu Qi'an retracted his gaze and followed the young man to go deeper. After walking for a while, no one was seen.
It wasn't until they entered the inner hall that Xu Qi'an saw the shadow of the dark gu chieftain in black, sitting in the main seat, holding a cup of tea in his hand.
He doesn't see the sun all year round, so he has a pale face and a little smile:
"Tea is ready, Xu Yinluo, please sit down."
Meet the guests serving tea, this is the etiquette of the Central Plains.
After Xu Qi'an took his seat, he said again:
"Wait a minute, I have sent someone to invite the elders. I alone can decide on the dispatch of troops."
This is something that was initially discussed during the battle yesterday.
In the time of half a cup of tea, eight shadows drilled out from the bottom of the table and turned into eight middle-aged or old elders in the inner hall.
"The leader has already told us that Xu Yinluo would like to invite the Dark Gu tribe to go north to assist Dafeng against the Yunzhou rebels."
The gray-haired old man seems to be the great elder, and said slowly:
"It's not impossible, it depends on what price Xu Yinluo can offer."
Xu Qi'an took a sip of tea and said:
"After the war was settled, Dafeng gave fifty thousand silver, fifty thousand silk, and thirty thousand stones to the Dark Gu Tribe every year for only five years."
Several elders moved slightly and whispered in Nanjiang dialect.
"Fifty thousand taels of silver can fill my room."
"Fifty thousand pieces of silk can make our Dark Gu tribes wear beautiful clothes."
"Food and grass are more important. Our people have never had time to hunt and cultivate."
The gray-haired elder coughed vigorously and interrupted the elders' whispering. Fortunately, Xu Yinluo couldn't understand Nanjiang dialect, otherwise his bargaining spirit would be defeated by these few.
The elder shook his head:
"But what if Dafeng is defeated? Aren't we all fighting for nothing."
Xu Qi'an doesn't change the color of his face:
"How do you want to add it?"
"Be refreshed!" The elder nodded, and said solemnly: "Double."
"Be refreshed!" Xu Qi'an stood up silently, arching his hands:
"I still have to go to the Heart Gu Ministry. I won't bother you anymore. I'll leave."
Shadow moved manually, but held back. Seeing Xu Qi'an walk to the entrance of the hall, he sighed and said:
"60 thousand taels of silver, 50,000 horses of silk, and 50,000 stones for grain and grass, for six years.
"In return, our clan sent 800 elite people to participate in the war, rest assured, they are all absolute elites."
Although the entire people of the Gu clan are soldiers, but after eliminating the old, weak, women and children, and then eliminating ordinary people, there are indeed a lot of 800 elites.
Xu Qi'an stopped and smiled:
"Deal!"
Before he came, he had communicated with Huaiqing to obtain a reasonable category of "year gift" from her.
After all, Xu Qi'an is not a history student, and has little research on this stuff, and doesn't know the market price of "Sui Ci".
Shadow’s request is within a reasonable range.
Shadow let out a sigh: "The elite fighters of the Dark Gu Department will do their best to help Dafeng suppress the rebels."
As for whether Xu Qi'an can represent the Dafeng court, the shadow and the elders have no doubt that this person not only bears the title of Dafeng's first martial artist, but also is the dual monk of the national teacher Luo Yuheng.
In the eyes of the Dark Gu Ministry, what he said was more reliable than the Golden Mouth Words of the Central Plains Emperor.
"After a while, I will ask the court to send documents as proof of the alliance between Dafeng and Gu clan." Xu Qi'an said.
The shadow nods slightly.
............
Leaving the Dark Gu Department, Xu Qi'an flew in the air, and half an hour later, he arrived at the heart of the Heart Gu Department.
There are birds and flowers, and there are birds and beasts everywhere.
The houses of the Heart Gu Department are built in dense forests, and the pavilions are hidden among the green foliage, where humans and beasts live in harmony.
The girl rode a colorful giant tiger, happily playing in the mountains and the fields; various giant creatures acted as animal power in the fields; the flexible and small long-tailed monkeys carrying bamboo baskets, picking fruits all over the mountains and plains.
Suddenly, Xu Qi'an saw a giant beast rushing all over the scales in the dense forest below, flapping its wings, and carrying a young Heart Gu tribe, hovering beside him.
"Xu Yinluo, the leader asked me to welcome you."
The young patrol team was respectful, speaking non-standard Mandarin Chinese.
Xu Qi'an let out an "um", he chose Yukong to come, and he took the initiative to "expose" and let Chunyan notice him.
The young Heart Gu tribe controlled the flying beast and landed in the woods.
Well, this flying beast is not a female. It seems that the knight is a serious knight... Xu Qi'an had this idea for no reason, and followed the patrolman to the south side of the mountain. In front of an attic by the cliff.
There is a pavilion like an old pine beside the attic.
The squirrel on the branch is playing, the Matsushita white ape croaks.
Outside the attic, a few big black-feathered birds bowed their heads and pecked. Seeing strangers coming, they fluttered in panic.
Wearing a blue long dress, with two small red snakes hanging from her earlobes, Chunyan with gorgeous eyebrows stood outside the attic, smiling.
"Chief Chunyan!"
Xu Qi'an smiled back.
The two entered the attic and took their seats in the lobby on the first floor. Xu Qi'an, a Heart Gu Master, immediately noticed the various poisonous snakes and small beasts hiding in the corner.
"Snakes, insects, mice, ants, birds and beasts are everywhere here, do you feel intimacy with Xu Yinluo?"
Chun Yan said half jokingly.
I couldn't help but want to call them all together and dance the square dance together.........Xu Qi'an smiled and said: "It really makes people linger and feel so kind."
A simple sentence seems to narrow the distance between the two parties.
Chun Yan Xing's eyes are rippling, and she said with emotion:
"But being too close to beasts makes it easy to get lost in them."
You mean doing forward and backward motions with beasts..........Xu Qi'an has an unbiased smile on his face:
"This is their personal choice."
Chun Yan looked at him steadily, and saw that he was indeed unbiased. She smiled softly and said:
"The clan stipulates that anyone who has violated the rules with beasts shall not marry another wife. This is not only a deterrent to the clan, but also a respectful choice for them."
Xu Qi'an continued:
"Holding the impulse from the natal Gu helps to sharpen the will, and if it is to sink the instinct, it is beneficial to the cultivation of the Heart Gu. I have to say, it is a double-edged sword."
I made up my mind, not to release the little mare during the southern Xinjiang, let it stay in the Buddha Pagoda.
Otherwise, he is worried about being stolen by someone from the Heart Gu Department, or being eaten by someone from the Power Gu Department.
Seeing that the conversation was still pleasant, Xu Qi'an said that he had come, and gave the Heart Gu Department the same conditions as the Dark Gu Department.
Chun Yan thought for a moment and said:
"The Heart Gu Department is not short of food and grass. I hope to replace the food and grass with cloth, tea, porcelain, and salt and iron."
For the Heart Gu Master, eating meat is not a problem at all. In terms of farming, it can also drive beasts to act as animal power.
"No problem." Xu Qi'an agreed.
When the transaction was concluded, Chun Yan widened her smile and asked:
"So, what kind of unit does Xu Yinluo want? The Heart Gu Master is best at imperial beasts. The Central Plains lacks powerful beasts, and it is scattered everywhere, so it is difficult to directly engage in combat. The reasonable way is from my Heart Gu The Ministry directly enlisted in the past."
Xu Qi'an deeply agrees: "What advice does Chief Chunyan have?"
Central Plains is no better than southern Xinjiang. Poisonous insects and beasts are everywhere. The city is full of cats and dogs. There are many beasts in the mountains, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will be a rich herd of beasts on the edge of the battlefield.
And ordinary beasts have little effect. Compared with the alien beasts in southern Xinjiang, their combat effectiveness is not at the same level.
Chun Yan said:
"The Heart Gu Department has two major arms: the alien cavalry and the flying beast army. I personally suggest that Xu Yinluo choose the flying beast army. The alien cavalry marches slowly, and it takes at least a month to go to Qingzhou in groups.
"Along the way, people eat beasts and chew, food is a big problem. After arriving in Qingzhou, food is still a big problem. The cold weather is raging, and there is a shortage of food, but the strange animal cavalry only eats meat and does not eat grain.
"Although the Flying Beast Army only eats meat, its marching speed is fast. It can reach Qingzhou in six days at most. Along the way, the people can find food by themselves. This is a breeze for our Heart Gu Master.
"In terms of combat capability, Dafeng has no shortage of cavalry, but the flying beast army is very few, only the red-tailed eagle that shined in the Shanhaiguan battle."
However, because of the declining national power and unable to raise the red-tailed eagles, the court has sold them to local chambers of commerce and wealthy families in Leizhou, and only a very small number of flying beasts remain......... .Xu Qi'an sighed inwardly.
"How much can the Heart Gu Department give?"
"There are only one thousand and two hundred flying beasts in the tribe, and a maximum of five hundred will be given to Dafeng."
"Deal!"
Chun Yan knew that Xu Qi'an was still ill, so she didn't do much to detain him and sent him out of the attic.
...........
Xu Qi’an’s next stop is the Corpse Gu Department. Among the seven Gu tribes, Heaven Gu is not good at fighting and eliminate it; the poisonous Gu tribe and Dafeng hate too deeply to be eliminated; the aphrodisiac gas of the Qing Gu tribe does not distinguish between the enemy and me, and at the same time The hatred of Dafeng is very deep, we exclude it;
So, what he wants are the four tribes of Power Gu, Dark Gu, Heart Gu, and Corpse Gu.
Among them, the Corpse Gu Department has the greatest effect. Although the Corpse Gu Department requires sub-gu to manipulate the corpse, it cannot be like the wizard’s corpse control technique, which can manipulate the corpses in batches to form a large army, but the walking corpse of the Corpse Gu can win The quality is high and the combat power is strong.
A high-powered death squad can play a considerable role in the battlefield.
The situation of the Corpse Gu Department is somewhat different from what Xu Qi'an expected. He originally thought that the headquarters of the Corpse Gu Department was similar to the legendary Youdu Ghost City.
But in fact, the base camp of the Corpse Gu Department is the most magnificent among the ministries, and it is enough to rank alongside the Sky Gu.
This is simply a small city.
The high walls are built up by stones, which are square-shaped. The architectural style of the city is similar to that of Dafeng, with a combination of brick and wood.
People come and go in the city, and trade is quite developed.
The only weird place is that the all-white pupils of the bearer carrying the sedan chair must be accompanied by one or two walking corpses, acting as entourage and coolies.
In the crowded bazaar, two-thirds are walking dead.
This is terrifying.
Who would have thought that a group of Tiehan Li Gu tribes was actually the most normal Gu clan style, second only to Tian Gu tribe... Xu Qi'an sighed silently.
Because of deliberately exposing his breath, he immediately attracted You Shi's attention and was invited into the Sanjin compound in the middle of the city.
The servants in the yard are going to and fro, doing their own tasks, and the guards on patrol are all white pupils.
The walking dead get along well with the living people.
After entering the inner courtyard, Xu Qi'an saw many bare-dressed maids. They seemed to be accustomed to them without any sense of shame.
Xu Qi'an waited for a while in the meeting room, but You Shi was late and said lightly:
"Just say the conditions."
He did not come directly, but manipulated the walking corpse to meet Xu Qi'an.
Xu Qi'an looked at him and smiled:
"Did you disturb your Yaxing?"
Based on his cultivation base today, You Shi's body faces the movement of the fortunate maidservant in it, and he can hear clearly.
"You Shi" said lightly:
"This is the best way to restrain the side effects of corpse gu~IndoMTL.com~ Whenever you can't help but think about what happens to the corpse, there are a few exposed maids around you, which can divert attention very well.
"When you vent your desires on them, you will not be interested in walking corpses for a long time."
A clever use of the sage's time to resist the side effects of the corpse gu.........Xu Qi'an nodded slightly.
The Corpse Gu Department is relatively wealthy, so it didn't raise the price like the Dark Gu Department, but You Shi added a condition that Xu Qi'an had to keep the ancient corpse in the Corpse Gu Department during his stay in southern Xinjiang.
When will you leave the Gu clan and then take the ancient corpse?
Listening to You Shi's composure, but in a very eager tone, Xu Qi'an groaned:
"Yes, but I also have a condition."
"But it doesn't matter." You Shi said immediately.
"I once traveled to Xiangzhou, where there is a Chai family who learned the secret technique of the Corpse Gu Department and can make iron corpses..."
Xu Qi'an told You Shi about the situation of the Chai family, "Do you have any impression?"
The ancestors of the Chai family have been around for more than a hundred years.
You Shi recalled for a moment and nodded and said:
"There was such a slave. It was when my father was the leader. If I remember correctly, he seems to have used a half-roll map in exchange for his free body."
The map that Xu Pingfeng deliberately collected is definitely not simple..........Xu Qi'an said:
"I need the half-roll map."
You Shi pondered for a moment:
"Okay, but I have a request."
Forbidden matryoshka.........Xu Qi'an nodded: "But it doesn't hurt to say it."
"If you can unlock the secrets of the map in the future, I hope you can tell me."
After Xu Qi'an nodded and agreed, You Shi said: "Wait a minute!"
Ten minutes later, a white-eyed walking corpse stepped into the living room, holding a black wooden box in his hand.