Nightwatcher Chapter 689

Published at 21st of April 2023 06:34:28 AM

Walking in a quiet town, I occasionally see a few children wandering in the open street, or taking off their pants to pee on 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.

In the future, when they grow up and improve their ability, they will become like their parents, hiding in the corner every day.

"Does mother-in-law Tiangu say that the" economic situation "of the dark Gu department is not good? It's strange that she can be good. Most of her time is wasted on meaningless hide and seek." Xu Qi'an muttered in his heart...

When he first got the seven Jue Gu, he only felt that the side effects of dark Gu were very troublesome. He had to take time to hide himself every day for an hour or two.

I have never thought that if people of a race are like this, it is actually a kind of "disaster".

"In fact, you can hide at night. There's no need to hide during the day."

Xu Qian said.

The young man of the patrol nodded again and again:

"of course, there are people hiding at night, but most of them are unmarried. If you have a family, you don't have time at night.

"In addition, the higher the level, the purpose of hiding is not only to eliminate the side effects, you are also the great master of dark magic, you should understand."

Side effects are the most basic needs of the dark insects. If you want to increase your accomplishments and cultivate the dark insects, you have to take the initiative to hide in the shadow and feel the power of the dark insects.

As he spoke, he saw that Xu Qi'an looked at the shadow under his feet and said with a smile:

"you're right, the rest of the patrol are hiding in the shadow under my crotch."

Under the shadow of SHENTE's crotch, do you people in the dark Gu Department live under the block?... Xu Qi'an almost couldn't help spitting out a slot.

Through the quiet alleys, the two approached the center of the town, where there were a lot of dense people, pedestrians in twos and threes shuttling through the open streets, with shops on both sides.

Xu Qi'an saw that among the pedestrians, there were people from Central Plains and people from southern Xinjiang, wearing ragged cloth clothes, which was not much better than the refugees in Central Plains.

The main reason is that most of these pedestrians have no dark poison in their bodies.

"They were slaves. Some of them were captured from the Central Plains. Some of them were unruly tribes in southern Xinjiang. They were exterminated by us. The population was divided equally by seven tribes."

Young people on the patrol said:

"these slaves are valuable labor in our family."

Xu Qi'an pondered for a moment and said, "the Gu people often trade with the Central Plains caravan."

The four words "population trade" have stunned young people for a long time before they understand them, saying: "yes.

"The caravans in the Central Plains knew that we were short of people, so they often sent people to southern Xinjiang for some unique herbs, wood, minerals and so on."

Most of those people were abducted..... Xu Qi'an thought about the ancestor of the Chai family. When the ancestor was young, his family was killed by his enemies, and he was sold to the corpse Gu department in southern Xinjiang as a slave.

Later, somehow, he fled back to the Central Plains and established a sect in his hometown of Xiangzhou.

By the way, you have to ask Youshi for a map. The half map of the Chai family's ancestor is in the shigu department. At this time, Xu Qi'an saw a big house with the characters of Southern Xinjiang written on the plaque.

"This is the chief's residence. Xu Yinluo, please come in."

Entering the mansion, Xu Qi'an takes a glance at the layout of the courtyard. A road paved with bluestone leads to the inner courtyard. On the left side of the road is a water tank covered with wooden boards.

On the right side are narrow pits.

Xu Qi'an took back his eyes, followed the young man further, walked for a while, half a person did not see.

Until they entered the inner hall, Xu Qi'an saw the shadow of the leader of the dark Gu department in black, sitting on the throne, holding a cup of tea in his hand.

He doesn't see sunshine all the year round, so he has a pale face and a little smile:

"the tea is ready, please sit down, Xu Yinluo."

It is the etiquette of the Central Plains to offer tea to guests.

After Xu Qi'an took his seat, he said:

"just a moment, I have sent someone to invite the elder. I can't make up my mind about sending troops."

This is something that was initially discussed when we fought yesterday.

Half a cup of tea, eight shadows emerge from the bottom of the table and turn into eight elders in the inner hall.

"The leader has already told us that Xu Yinluo wants to ask the dark Gu tribe to go north to help Dafeng fight against the rebels in Yunzhou."

The old man with white hair seemed to be the elder. He said slowly:

"it's not impossible. It depends on what Xu Yinluo can offer."

Xu Qi'an sipped a sip of tea and said: "after the war is over, Dafeng gives silver 50000 Liang, silk 50000 pieces and grain 30000 stones to the dark Gu tribe every year for only five years."

Several elders were slightly moved and whispered in Nanjiang dialect.

"Fifty thousand taels of silver can fill my room."

"Fifty thousand pieces of silk can make us all wear beautiful clothes.""Food is more important. Our people have no time to hunt and cultivate."

The elder with white hair coughed hard and interrupted the elders' whispering. Fortunately, Xu Yinluo didn't understand the dialect of Southern Xinjiang, otherwise his bargaining power would be defeated by these worthless elders.

The elder shook his head:

"but if Dafeng is defeated? Don't we draw water from a basket and get nothing

Xu Qian's face does not change:

"how do you want to add it?"

"Cheerfulness!" The elder nodded and said in a deep voice, "double that."

"Cheerfulness!" Xu Qi'an got up in silence and arched his hand:

"I have to go to the Xin Gu department. I won't disturb you. Goodbye."

The shadow moved, but held back. Seeing Xu Qi'an come to the door of the hall, he sighed and said: "silver 60000 Liang, silk 50000 pieces, grain 50000 stone, give six years.

"In return, our nation sent 800 elite people to the war. Don't worry, they are absolutely elite."

Although all the people of Gu nationality are soldiers, it is true that there are a lot of 800 elite people who are able to get rid of old and weak women and children, and then ordinary people.

Xu Qian stopped and said with a smile:

"deal!"

Before he came to huaiqinggou, he got the reasonable category of "year grant" from her.

After all, Xu Qi'an is not a history reader. He has no research on this thing. He does not know the market price of "year-old gift".

The requirements put forward by the shadow are within a reasonable range.

Shadow breathed out a breath: "the elite soldiers of dark Gu department will do their best to help Dafeng wipe out the rebels."

As for whether Xu Qi'an can represent the Dafeng court, shadow and elders have no doubt. He is not only the first martial arts man of Dafeng, but also the double monk of national master Luo Yuheng.

What he said is more reliable than the golden words of the Central Plains emperor in the eyes of the dark Gu department.

"After a while, I will ask the imperial court to send the documents as the evidence of the alliance between Dafeng and Gu clan." Xu Qian Road.

The shadow nodded.

...

after leaving the dark Gu department, Xu Qi'an flew in the sky. Half an hour later, he came to the territory of the heart Gu department.

Here, birds sing, flowers smell, birds and animals are everywhere.

The houses of Xingu department are built in the dense forest, with pavilions hidden among the green branches and leaves. People and animals live in harmony.

The young girl rides a gorgeous tiger and plays happily in the mountains and fields; the animals in the fields are all kinds of giant creatures; the flexible and small long tailed monkey carries a bamboo basket and picks fruits all over the mountains and fields.

All of a sudden, Xu Qi'an saw a scaly beast rushing up in the dense forest below, flapping its wings and carrying a young heart bug people around him.

"Xu Yinluo, the leader asked me to receive you."

The young patrolmen were respectful and spoke not too standard mandarin of the Central Plains.

Xu Qi'an "Er" a, he chooses to Yu Kong but come, is active "exposure", let Chun Yan aware of him.

The young Xin Gu tribe drove the flying beast and landed in the forest.

Well, this flying beast is not a female. It seems that the knight is a serious Knight... Xu Qi'an had no reason to come up with this idea. He followed the patrolman to a loft on the south side of the mountain and the edge of the cliff.

Beside the attic, there is a pavilion like old pine.

Squirrels play on the branches and Panasonic white apes cry.

Outside the attic, several big black feathered birds with long feet pecked down. When they saw strangers coming, they fluttered their wings in panic.

Wearing a long blue dress and two red snakes hanging from her earlobes, Chun Yan, with gorgeous eyebrows and eyes, stood outside the attic, smiling.

"Leader Chunyan!"

Xu Qian smiles back.

They enter the attic and take a seat in the hall on the first floor. Xu Qi'an, as a psychedelic master, immediately notices all kinds of poisonous insects, snakes and small animals hiding in the corner.

"There are snakes, insects, mice, ants, birds and animals all over the place. Do you feel friendly to Xu Yinluo?"

Chun Yan said half jokingly.

Can't help but want to call them all out and dance square dance together... Xu Qi'an said with a smile: "it's really unforgettable and kind."

In a simple word, it seems to shorten the distance between the two sides.

Chunyan Apricot's eyes were rippling, and she said with emotion: "but if you are too close to animals, you are easy to get lost in them."

You mean to pitch forward and backward with animals...... Xu Qi'an has a smile without prejudice on his face:

"this is their personal choice."

Chunyan looked at him and saw that he was not biased. She was a little gentle with a smile and said: "the clan stipulates that anyone who goes beyond the rules and rules with animals is not allowed to marry again. This is not only a deterrent to the people, but also a respect for their choice. "

Xu Qian then said:"It is helpful to temper the will to resist the impulse from the original life, but it is beneficial to the cultivation of the heart if the instinct is lost. It's a double-edged sword, I have to say

He made up his mind not to let the little mare out during the period of Southern Xinjiang, and let it stay in the pagoda of futu.

Otherwise, he was worried that he would be stolen by the people of the heart Gu department, or eaten by the people of the force Gu department.

Seeing that the conversation was pleasant, Xu Qi'an explained his intention and gave the Xin Gu department the same conditions as the dark Gu department.

Chunyan thought for a moment, and said: "the heart poison department is not short of food and grass. I hope to change the food and grass into cloth, tea, porcelain, salt and iron."

For Xin Gu master, eating meat is not a problem at all. In farming, animals can also be driven to act as animal power.

"No problem." Xu Qian agreed.

After the deal was completed, Chunyan smiles and asks:

"then, what arms does Xu Yinluo want? The heart poison master is good at defending beasts. The Central Plains lacks powerful beasts and is scattered all over the country, so it is difficult to fight directly. The reasonable way is to enlist directly from my heart poison department. "

Xu Qian agreed: "what's the suggestion of leader Chunyan?"

The central plains are no better than the southern Xinjiang. There are poisonous insects and beasts everywhere. The city is full of cats and dogs. There are many beasts in the mountains, but it is difficult to guarantee that there are abundant herds of beasts at the edge of the battlefield.

But ordinary beasts have little effect. Compared with other beasts in southern Xinjiang, their combat effectiveness is not at the same level.

Chunyan said:

"there are two major arms in the heart poison department, namely, the alien beast cavalry and the flying beast army. I personally suggest that Xu Yinluo choose the flying beast army. It took at least a month for the foreign cavalry to march in groups to Qingzhou.

"People eat animals all the way, and food is a big problem. After arriving in Qingzhou, food is still a big problem. Because of the severe cold disaster in Dafeng, there was a shortage of food, but the foreign cavalry only ate meat, not grain.

"Although the flying beast army only eats meat, it's fast to March. It can reach Qingzhou in six days at most. Along the way, the people can find food by themselves. It's easy for our Xin Gu master.

"In terms of combat capability, Dafeng has no shortage of cavalry, but there are very few flying beasts, only the red tailed eagles in the Shanhaiguan campaign."

However, because of the declining national strength and the inability to raise red tailed eagles, the imperial court has sold them to the local chamber of Commerce and the powerful families in Leizhou, and only a small number of flying beast troops are kept..... Xu Qi'an sighs.

"How much can Xin Gu give?"

"There are only 1200 flying beasts in the tribe, and the maximum is five hundred."

"Deal!"

Chunyan knows that Xu Qian still has something to do, and doesn't do much to keep him. She sends him out of the attic.

...

Xu Qi'an's next stop is the corpse Gu department. Among the seven Gu families, Tiangu is not good at fighting and expelling; the poison Gu people hate Dafeng too much and expelling; the emotive gas of Qinggu department doesn't distinguish between ourselves and enemies, but hate Dafeng too much and expelling;

therefore, he wants the four tribes of Li Gu, dark Gu, Xin Gu and corpse Gu.

Among them, the corpse Gu department plays the most important role. Although the corpse Gu department needs sub Gu to manipulate corpses, it can't control corpses in batches to form a large army like the Necromancer's corpse control technique, but the walking corpses of the corpse Gu Department win in high quality and strong combat power.

And a high fighting force of the death squads, in the battlefield can play a considerable role.

There is a gap between the situation of the Department and Xu Qi'an's expectation. He thought that the headquarters of the Department is similar to the legendary ghost city.

But in fact, the base camp of the corpse Gu department is the most magnificent of all the departments, which is enough to stand side by side with Tiangu.

It's a small town.

The stones built up the high wall in a square shape. 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 the trade is quite developed.

The only strange thing is that the sedan chair bearers are all white pupils. A living person must be accompanied by one or two walking corpses to act as an attendant and coolie.

In the crowded market, two-thirds are walking dead.

It's scary.

Who would have thought that a group of iron, simple and simple Ligu department was the most normal painting style of the Gu family, second only to Tiangu Department..... Xu Qi'an had no emotion.

Because he deliberately exposed his breath, he immediately attracted the attention of Youshi and was invited into the Sanjin compound in the center of the city.

The servants came and went in the yard, doing their own work, and the patrol guards were all white.

Walking corpses get along well with living people.

After entering the inner courtyard, Xu Qi'an saw many naked maids. They seemed to be used to it, and they didn't have any sense of shame.

Xu Qi'an waited for a moment in the reception hall, but you Shi came late and said faintly:

"just say the terms."

He did not come directly, but manipulated the corpse to meet Xu Qi'an.

But Xu Qi'an looked at him and said with a smile:

"is it disturbing your elegance?"

According to his current cultivation, you can hear the movements of his maidservant clearly."You Shi" said faintly:

"this is the best way to control the side effects of corpse poison. Whenever you can't help but think about what happens to the corpse, there are several naked maidservants around you, which can be a good diversion.

"When you vent your desire on them, you won't be interested in walking corpses for a long time."

Skillfully use the sage's time to resist the side effects of the corpse poison..... Xu Qi'an nodded slightly.

The corpse Gu tribe was relatively rich, so it did not raise the price as the dark Gu tribe, but Youshi attached a condition that Xu Qi'an had to leave the ancient corpse in the corpse Gu tribe during his stay in southern Xinjiang.

When do you leave the Gu clan and take away the ancient corpse.

Listening to you Shiqiang's calm but eager tone, Xu Qian pondered:

"yes, but I also have a condition."

"But it doesn't hurt to say so." You Shi said immediately.

"I once traveled to Xiangzhou, where there was a Chai family, who learned the secret skills of the corpse Gu department and could make iron corpses..."

Xu Qi'an told you Shi about the Chai family, "do you have any impression?"

The ancestors of the Chai family are more than 100 years old.

You Shi recalled for a moment, nodded and said:

"there is such a slave. That was when my father was the leader. If you remember correctly, he seems to have used half a volume of map in exchange for freedom."

The map Xu Pingfeng deliberately collected is absolutely not simple......

"I need that half volume of map," Xu said

You Shen pondered for a moment:

"OK, but I have a request."

No Dolls... Xu Qi'an nodded: "but it's OK to say so."

"If you can solve the secret of the map in the future, I hope you can tell me."

After Xu Qi'an nodded and agreed, you Shi said, "just a moment!"

More than ten minutes later, a walking corpse with a white pupil entered the reception hall, holding a black wooden box in his hand.

Chapter end