Chapter 230 Cao Jie Mistakenly Enters Xuannv Realm
In years of great famine, people ate each other. It is understandable that they could eat each other because they could not survive.
But those demon soldiers eat humans for the sake of satisfying their appetites and for the sake of practicing. This is unforgivable.
Cao Zheng skinned the dwarf tiger alive, shocking everyone. What he wanted to capture were those man-eating demon soldiers.
It goes without saying that we should mobilize the masses to conduct a thorough search and eliminate the soil where the evil soldiers live.
Following the route and policy set by Cao Jie step by step, the heroes either stayed to build a branch of Yuanbi Village or returned to the mountain to continue hiding.
Build high walls, store up food, and slowly become king!
There isn't much time left for real happiness.
That day, Song Jiang came to Cao Jie to cry.
"Brother, the new magistrate of Yuncheng has been exploiting my Songjiazhuang, and because of me, my whole family has been harmed. My younger brother Song Qing has been wearing shackles outside the county government for more than a month. He was only able to return home recently and asked me for help. I beg you to allow me to go back and bring my old father back to fulfill my filial duty."
"Is there such a thing?"
Cao Jie slammed the table and stood up: "I will accompany my brothers to pick up uncle and go up the mountain."
"Brother, you are busy. Song Jiang dare not disturb you because of family matters. I will go and come back quickly."
"Although the distance is short, I am worried about you going back alone. If the news leaks out, you will be caught by the government. It just so happens that I also need to go to Yuncheng. You go first and I will pick you up on the way."
Cao Jie thought of the Xuannv Temple and decided to act as a stalker to find out the truth.
"Thank you brother!"
Song Jiang immediately put on a felt hat, picked up a short stick, and tied a sharp blade to his belt, then went down the mountain.
Now Song Jiang crossed the ferry, disembarked at the Lijiadaokou Hotel, and took the main road to Yuncheng County.
On the road, you will inevitably have to eat when hungry and drink when thirsty, and stay at night and walk in the morning.
One day, he rushed to Songjia Village too late and could not reach it, so he stayed at an inn to rest. The next day, he arrived at Songjia Village early, hid in the woods, and waited until evening, then went to the village and knocked on the back door.
The village heard it, and saw Song Qing, who was covered in wounds, come out to open the door. When he saw his brother, he was surprised at first, and then said bitterly: "Brother, why did you come here alone? Go quickly."
Song Jiang said anxiously, "I have come here to take you and my father up the mountain."
"Brother, the new county magistrate is determined to capture you and gain merit. He has sent two Zhao Dutou to capture us every day and keep us from moving. There are one or two hundred soldiers patrolling around us day and night. You should go back to the mountain and ask the leaders to come and rescue father and brothers. Go quickly, or you will be stuck if you are late."
Song Jiang was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He did not dare to enter the house, but turned around and left, heading for Liangshan Lake.
That night, the moonlight was dim and the road was unclear. Song Jiang just kept picking quiet paths and walked for about an hour when he heard someone shouting behind him.
When Song Jiang looked back, he saw a cluster of torches lighting up the road only a mile or two away.
All he heard was a shout: "Song Jiang, don't run away! Come and surrender as soon as possible!"
As Song Jiang walked, he thought to himself: I didn't listen to Cao Jie's advice, and I am in trouble today. God, please have mercy on me and save me!
I saw a destination in the distance and just kept walking towards it.
After a while, the wind swept away the thin clouds, revealing the bright moon.
Song Jiang just recognized it carefully and groaned in his heart, because it turned out that this place was called Huandao Village.
There are high mountains all around, and a stream at the foot of each mountain, with only one road in the middle. When you enter the village, you can only go left and right, and there is no other road.
Song Jiang recognized the entrance to the village and wanted to turn back, but the people who came from behind blocked the intersection. The torches shone as brightly as day.
Song Jiang had no choice but to run into the village to find a way to escape. After passing through a forest, he saw an ancient temple.
But I saw: the walls were crumbling, the palace leaning. The painted walls of the two corridors were covered with moss, and the bricks on the ground were covered with green grass. The little ghost in front of the door had a broken arm but did not look ferocious; the judge in the palace was not polite without a hat. Spiders wove webs on the altar bed, and ants built nests in the incense burner. Foxes often slept in the paper stove, and bats never left the god's tent. I thought there would be no visitors for years, but I knew there would be clouds coming at the end of the day.
"what!"
"Why is there a Temple of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady here?" It turned out that two years ago, when Song Jiang went to Kongjiazhuang because of the birthday gift, he accidentally entered a Temple of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady and obtained three volumes of heavenly books.
Today, I saw the Xuannv Temple here again, and I was immediately overjoyed and ran into it to hide.
But at this moment, Cao Jie and his party also followed Song Jiang.
With a little trick, he lured the two captains away.
Compared with Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, the two captains with the surname Zhao promoted by the new magistrate Zhao were really too incompetent.
Song Jiang pushed open the temple door and looked around the front and back halls in the moonlight. He felt uneasy and became more and more panicked.
Hearing footsteps outside, Song Jiang became more and more panicked.
Seeing a god's kitchen in the hall, Song Jiang lifted the curtain, leaned inside and went into the god's kitchen. With short sticks, they lay in a pile in the kitchen, not daring to breathe or fart.
'Goddess of the Nine Heavens! Protect Song Jiang and help him get through this disaster!'
As expected, a fierce wind blew up from the kitchen, causing sand and rocks to fly everywhere. The temple was shaking, and a dark cloud covered the whole building, which was so cold that it made people's hair stand on end.
No one dared to get close. Relying on his magical power of "returning the wind and returning the fire", Cao Jie let out a wisp of divine consciousness, condensed the moonlight to protect himself, and then escaped into the Xuannv Temple.
At this moment, Cao Jie's heart skipped a beat.
Two boys in green clothes were seen standing in the hall, saying, "We are following the Queen's order to ask the Star Lord to speak."
How could Cao Jie, a fake who relied on his talent as a "demon star" to disrupt the destiny of heaven and turn the world upside down, dare to agree?
The boy said again: "The Queen has requested, Star Master can do it."
Cao Jie wanted to leave, but he couldn't move.
Those two girls in green clothes were not human beings at all, but two clay gods.
I only heard someone outside say, "Star Master, the Queen wants to see you."
Cao Jie looked over with a wry smile, and saw two girls in green clothes and spiral buns, bowing together and kowtowed to each other.
At that moment, Cao Jie knew that he was trapped in an unknown time and space. Although he was just a wisp of soul, even if he was destroyed, he would only suffer some minor injuries and damage his spirit.
But the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens was not like a mortal cultivator, so Cao Jie dared not be careless. He could only pretend to be Song Jiang and asked, "Where are you two fairy boys from?"
Qingyi said: "In compliance with the Queen's order, the Star Lord is invited to the palace."
"Where is the queen?"
"In the back palace."
The green-clad woman led the way and left.
Cao Jie had no way to retreat, so he followed him down the hall. Turning around the back hall, there was a small door in the corner of the wall, and the man in green said, "Star Master, come in from here."
When the spirit entered the corner gate and looked around, all one saw was a sky full of stars and the moon, a fragrant breeze, and lush forests and bamboos all around.
There are pine trees on both sides of the road, two rows of Xiangwu, and in between are large pine trees that are so big that you can't hug them together, with a flat turtle-back street in the middle.
Following Qingyi, we walked less than a mile before we heard the sound of gurgling stream water. Looking ahead, we saw a bluestone bridge with red railings on both sides. On the bank were planted exotic flowers and plants, lush pines and bamboos, green willows and peaches; under the bridge, the water was rolling like silver snow, flowing through a stone cave.
When you pass the bridge foundation, you will see two rows of strange trees and a large vermilion lattice gate in the middle.
When Cao Jie entered the Lingxing Gate, he looked up and saw a palace.
Gold nails and red doors, green tiles and carved eaves. The flying dragon plays with the pearl, and the twin phoenixes sing against the dawn sun. The red mud walls are decorated with palace flowers among the willows; the green mist towers are filled with faint auspicious light and shadows. The window is across the turtle's back, and the fragrant breeze slowly penetrates the yellow gauze; the curtains are curled with shrimp beards, and the bright moon is hung with purple qi. If it's not the mansion of gods in heaven, it must be the home of an emperor on earth.
Such scenery and such a palace are definitely not from the human world.
Cao Jie felt a little excited, but also a little hesitant...
(End of this chapter)