37. Fighting Bailu(1/2)
"You received it?"
"Well, you have it too?"
"Um."
In the remnant city of Lin'an, such dialogues happen from time to time, mostly concentrated on famous masters of the world, the heads and elders of first-class sects in the world, or the masters on the ground who participated in the battle in Lin'an.
They all had strange expressions and held the same thing in their hands.
The shield-shaped emblem with the word Penglai written on it is quite exquisitely made. It should be a kind of jade, very cold, with various patterns on it, and there are some marks on it, which are the words used for counting.
It is divided into three types: heaven, earth, and man.
It is hard not to think of the ranking list of the world created by Yinlou. Although Yinlou, which gradually became a rat crossing the street, was no longer updating the list.
As for these emblems, they were brought back by the first people returning to Lin'an.
They couldn't tell who gave them, but they just said that someone asked them to deliver these things to different people and paid in advance.
"Pretending to be a ghost!"
Lin'an City, the former site of the Imperial City, has been set up as a camp for Yaoguang Guards to rest and use. In the camp tent, Qingqing frowned and looked at the emblem in her hand over and over, with disdain in her eyes.
Of course there is another worry.
Because there is also an invitation to come with the emblem, the Bailu Festival, Chongming Island and Zhenhailou, which invite heroes from the world to learn about the grand event together.
What is the so-called grand event? The people who sent the emblem cannot explain clearly, but Qingqing and the others can probably guess it.
"Is that old ghost going to do it?"
The Queen of the Great Chu was very worried. The bird who assisted her was by her side and said softly:
"Now, the beginning of summer is just over, and there are still four months left before Bai Lu."
"Only four months left."
Qingqing's eyes were even more worried. She looked at the map of the country and country placed in front of her, stroked her delicate chin and said:
"Four months, there is no time to clear out the evil formations of all spirits in the world.
That Zhang Chu was still siegeing cities and villages in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other places. He might not be able to expel them in four months, let alone unify the world."
"Four months later, the overseas kamikaze will probably dissipate almost."
Asuka whispered:
"Perhaps, at that time, the Japanese ghost soldiers would have stepped into Middle Earth again, and not only tens of thousands of people would have come. If they invade in full, and Penglai opened the evil formation in the world, the survival of Middle Earth would be at risk."
"Um."
Qingqing nodded, without any interest in answering the conversation.
She felt an urgent heart, and she planned to wait a little longer to let the Lin'an army take a break. Now it seems that everyone has no time to rest and must set off immediately.
"Ao"
The crested eagle's hissing sounded outside the camp. Qingqing raised her head and saw Jinghong gathering her wings and gliding in from outside the camp. Behind her, the wind and purple lightning were also followed by Qingqing.
These spirit eagles have grown up now and are no longer young birds. The male birds have also learned to be jealous and always please the female eagles of Jinghong and Qingluan.
But these two guys were both arrogant and ignored the flattery of other male birds.
Maybe it's not even in estrus.
However, when she saw Jinghong coming, Qingqing stood up and her senior brother came back. Her worries in her heart suddenly disappeared a lot. She took Feiniao and Yaoguang Guard's personal guards and walked into the city under the leadership of Jinghong.
A week passed in the Battle of Lin'an, and a large number of people returned in the city, and the Beggars' Sect and Heluo Boxers were responsible for maintaining order. Qingqing appointed a new Lin'an Prefecture Order, and found Zhao Lian to select several ministers who were still in use to preside over the reconstruction of Lin'an.
In just seven days, it is naturally impossible to rebuild the city.
But it is still possible to barely clean up the entire city. The Royal Family of the Great Chu opened the Southern Dynasty treasury and distributed silver and money to the people. Fortunately, the southern country was prosperous, and the first batch of rice and grain from Suzhou was transported over, so that the people would not endure hunger.
A multi-pronged approach has allowed the city to restore order quickly, so the work of repairing houses was immediately put on the agenda. This kind of work is naturally done by the people, and they are also happy to rebuild their homes.
Therefore, when Shen Qiu returned to Lin'an, the city was already full of enthusiasm.
Although every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, in fact, the people at the bottom don’t care who sits on the dragon throne. What they care about is whether their ordinary and boring life will be broken by war.
Safety and order are the top priority. No one wants to lose his family because of an accident and be in poverty.
As long as this is guaranteed, the people will be very satisfied with the people on the dragon throne.
If the emperor of the country could reduce taxes and make life easier, the people would praise him or her for his wisdom.
Qingqing moved into Lin'an, and as the daughter of the Great Chu, the first order issued by Qingqing was to reduce taxes from the people this year, and not collect the only foundation they had left, and quickly restored the order of the remnant city.
This is enough to make most of the people in this city grateful. As for those who are not satisfied, there is nothing we can do. Now the world is in chaos and there is no time to care about their food, drink, defecation and urination.
"It's not bad. The people in the city are in order. Although most people have worries on their faces, their expressions are positive and they do not look sad.
Qingqing will definitely be a wise king in the future.”
At the Luxian Temple ruins, Shen Qiu saw Qingqing coming over, and the first thing he said was to praise him, which made the junior sister feel a little embarrassed.
She got off the horse, waved her hand, and said to her senior brother:
"Most of them are hosted by Old Man Zhao Lian, and I haven't interfered much. This is his credit."
"The merits of the ministers are the merits of the monarch. Knowing people and making good use of them is also a necessary skill for a wise monarch."
Shen Qiu said, looking at the rebuilt walls and cleaned ruins in front of him, and said in a gentle tone:
"Senior brother was worried that you wouldn't be able to do it, and he wanted to pass on some of your "dragon-slaying techniques". But now thinking about it, those things seem to not be suitable for this era. They are very lacking in productivity, so it's better to use the old method.
If you really want to reform, you should wait until you can sit firmly on the dragon throne before you talk about it.”
Qingqing nodded.
When she decided to carry the banner of Da Chu, her senior brother did tell her some "strange ideas", many of which made Qingqing a little shocked.
But these are secondary.
"Senior brother, have you received this?"
The junior sister handed Shen Qiu the shield-shaped emblem in her hand, held it in her hand, looked at it, and said:
"Of course I received it. My name is 'Tian'. On the way I came, I asked Jinghong to fly around other places. Not only did we receive it, but we also received it in Taiyue Mountain and Jianmen, far away in Xiaoxiang.
It’s not just them, this thing scattered all over the world overnight. I guess even Zhang Chu might have received it.
Although divided by heaven, earth and man, the number is definitely more than 108. It seems that the ancestor still has an idea and plans to take what he had not finished in Lin'an to Penglai Fairy Mountain and do it again.
Four months..."
Shen Qiu let out a long sigh and did not return the token to Qingqing. He said:
"Four months later, no matter what we are going to do, we will go to the appointment."
"Swish"
A slender figure flew out of the sword jade, and the mountain king floated in the air, looking at the token in Chen Qiu's hand, she said:
"This is the token for entering and leaving the Penglai Mountain Protection Array. He is inviting you to go to the fairy mountain. If I expected it, four months later, it should be the day when the ancestor completely wakes up.
The formation of all spirits in the immortal mountain intercepts the spiritual energy of the world's recovery, and is already full of energy. Just wait for the ancestor to wake up and then preside over the launch.
He is threatening you.”
"Yes, it is indeed a threat. If you don't go, everything you did before will be wasted, especially me, you must go through it."
He looked at the sword jade on his wrist and said:
"He said it before, saying that the thing in my hand is the key, the key he longed for for a thousand years. When he thought about it carefully, he probably saw the hope of reconstruction of Tongtian Road and wanted to set up a Hongmen Banquet in Penglai.
Force me, or seduce me, use sword jade to open the heavenly gate, why is he so sure that I have this ability?"
Chen Qiu was quite confused, but this doubt was quickly answered.
"He's seen it!"
Dingshanjun remembered the conversation between her and the ancestor before, and said:
"The ancestor said that he was awakened once more than 20 years ago, saying that he had clearly felt the state of seeking but not getting it, and that there was a suspected Taoist ancestor who had arrived in this world and left hope here."
"Ah, so that's it."
Chen Qiu suddenly realized, he was silent for a few breaths and said:
"Anyway, you will definitely not be able to escape. The switch to destroy the world is in his hands, and four months later, it will be the time of showdown."
"But senior brother, it's impossible to unify the whole world for four months!"
Qingqing rubbed her forehead and said with a headache:
"You told me that no matter how the spiritual energy recovers, it will be a new era. There are also Japanese ghost soldiers. If the entire army is under pressure, Middle-earth will be unable to be unified, it will be difficult to resist.
Four months later, the people of Jianghu went to Penglai to fight the last battle. It is hard to say whether they lost or won or won, but I was really powerless to clean up the world of Zhongdi and give me so little time."
"Then concentrate your efforts and make a guide first."
Chen Qiu turned around and said to Qingqing:
"Tomorrow, you will take the Tiance Army, the Heluo Gang, and the Beggars' Gang back to Luoyang. We will not go to Guanzhong. I have already sent a letter from Polang to Chang'an.
To be continued...