Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

The old woman from the Gu religion in Yizhou City went out in the dark, walked through the alley, and quietly left the city along the side of the road.

It was still raining from time to time, and she held an oil-paper umbrella, which she deliberately lowered so that no one could see her face clearly.

After coming out of Yizhou City, she walked all the way south.

To the south of Yizhou City, there are many villages and towns of Han people.

She didn't stop and walked all night.

The land of Bashu was foggy, especially in the mountains, but she was able to walk steadily.

By daylight the next day, she had gone a long way.

The land of Bashu is rugged, and it is not easy to enter Shu from the Central Plains.

It is even more difficult to go south from Yizhou City to the land of Liuzhao, and riding a horse is useless.

The old woman can only rely on two legs to pass through the villages and towns of the Han people.

The old woman's dress and behavior were no different from theirs, and she also knew how to keep a low profile and not attract other people's attention.

After walking for three days, he arrived outside a city.

This city is the frontier Miezhao city built by Du Xingmin.

This city is next to Shi Langzhao.

In their view, this city is very strange, it was built suddenly in a few months.

Du Xingmin dug earth and fired bricks here, and it took more than 5000 people to build it at the same time.

Then build up the bricks with something, which looks like mud on the outside, but it is so hard that an arrow cannot penetrate it after drying.

They don't know each other, this is called cement, and Su Yu gave it to Du Xingmin.

The city of Miezhao was built very firmly, and Shi Langzhao's army dared not attack it.

But the people of the Gu Sect looked down on Miezhao City.

Because they are playing with bugs, there is no strong city that can stop the erosion of Gu bugs.

So they are not in a hurry to attack Miezhao City.

The old woman deliberately avoided Miezhao City, walked through the woods, and entered the boundary of Shi Langzhao.

After walking on the mountain road for two days, I saw Juhe Castle.

This is the capital of Shi Langzhao, the most prosperous place in Liuzhao, with a population of tens of thousands.

Before Liuzhao and Datang turned against each other, this was the only way for business travel.

From Juhe City to Yizhou, and then to Chang'an City, this is a trade route.

After the Ghost Festival last year, Du Xingmin went to Yizhou to serve as the governor. After the city of Miezhao was established, this road was sealed off.

The population of Juhe City was reduced by half in an instant.

When the old woman entered Guhe City, the people on the street looked at her strangely, because she was still dressed in Tang Dynasty clothes.

There is a palace on the east and west of Juhe City.

The palace on the west side is even more magnificent. This palace is built against the mountain, and it looks eerie. It is the main altar of the Gu religion: the Hall of Ten Thousand Insects.

To the east is Shi Langzhao's palace, where Shi Wangchen lives.

The old woman entered Guhecheng, and the people on the road looked at her strangely.

But she didn't care, and went straight to the Temple of Ten Thousand Insects to the west.

At the gate, there were several female disciples guarding the gate of the palace.

They obviously knew the old woman, so they didn't stop her and let her go.

After entering the Temple of Ten Thousand Insects, the old woman began to climb up the stairs step by step, and finally reached the palace on the top of the mountain.

There are also female disciples guarding the door.

"Is the priest there?"

asked the old woman.

The female disciple nodded and said, "The leader is here, let's report first."

The female disciple entered the hall, and saw a little girl sitting there with a small pot in her hand, and she was playing with Gu worms with a thin grass.

"Little lady, Mrs. Hua is asking to see the leader."

The female disciple reported.

This little girl is the closed disciple of the Saintess of the Six Edicts, trained as the next Saintess, and the Gu Cult calls her Xiaoniang.

There was no expression on Xiaoniang's face, she didn't look like a little girl at all.

After fiddling with Gu worms, she closed the lid, put down the jar, got up and went inside.

The inside is covered by a straw curtain, and the saint of Liuzhao and the leader of Gu Sect, Yaniu, is inside.

Xiaoniang entered the grass curtain and saw a dark-skinned woman with a thin body and a bun on her head.

This is Ya Niu.

"Master, Mrs. Hua is back, please see me outside the door."

said the young lady.

Ya Niu is meditating with her eyes closed, and there are dozens of pots beside her. Gu worms keep crawling out, crawling up her body, getting in from her eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and then coming out again, looking very scary and disgusting .

Ya Niu didn't seem to hear it, she sat there, her body twitched from time to time, Gu worms came in and out.

The little lady was not in a hurry, she just waited beside her.

Obviously she's seen it many times, so it's not surprising at all.

After about an hour, Gu worms slowly crawled out of her seven orifices, and crawled back into the jar one after another.

"belch"

Ya Niu's body twitched violently, and a violent retching sound came from her throat.

"Blood"

Yaniu rolled her eyes, as if she was in great pain.

The girl didn't panic at all, picked up a jar on the table, and poured out a bowl of human blood.

Then pick it up and give it to Ya Niu.

Trembling hands stretched out, holding the blood down.

"what"

Ya Niu's eyes slowly returned to those of a normal person.

"Madam Hua is back?"

Yaniu asked.

Xiao Niang replied: "Yes, I am asking to see the leader at the door."

The little lady covered the jar of human blood.

These human blood were not obtained by killing people, but were donated voluntarily by believers in the city. In the eyes of these believers, this is a kind of offering and a kind of merit.

"Let her in."

Yaniu said.

The little lady turned around and walked out of the straw curtain. When she reached the door, she saw Mrs. Hua.

"The leader asked you to come in and talk."

The young lady is young and mature, with no expression on her face.

Seeing Xiaoniang, Mrs. Hua was secretly shocked: Everyone said that Xiaoniang's aptitude surpassed all saints, and it seemed to be true.

The cultivation base of the Gu Cui saintess can be seen from the body, the age of the skin and appearance.

This little girl looks like a little girl, but she is actually dozens of years old.

The last time I left the Temple of Ten Thousand Insects to go to Yizhou, Xiao Niang looked like her age, and now she looks even younger.

Hua Pozi was shocked.

"Disciple obeys."

Pozi Hua followed Xiaoniang into the palace and stood in front of the straw curtain.

She is not eligible to enter.

The leader is inside, and the only one who can enter is Xiaoniang, and other trespassers will be killed without mercy.

"Grandma Hua pays homage to the leader."

Granny Hua knelt down and kowtowed.

Ya Niu in the straw curtain said slowly, "What's going on in Yizhou City?"

Granny Hua replied: "Three days ago, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his son-in-law Su Yu arrived in Yizhou City and brought five thousand soldiers into the city."

When Ya Niu heard that Li Shimin and Su Yu were here, her voice became even colder.

"anything else?"

Yaniu said.

Naturally, what she wants to hear is not the number of soldiers and horses, but the whereabouts of Gu worms.

In the eyes of the Gu Sect saintess, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, there are no more Gu worms.

In the land of the six edicts, there are hundreds of thousands of mountains, and there are many Gu insects lurking in it.

It is impossible for Datang's army to fight over.

Hua Pozi quickly replied: "The disciple has confirmed that the Ice Silkworm Gu King is on Su Yu's body."

The girl who was playing at the side suddenly stopped playing when she heard that the ice silkworm was on Su Yu's body.

Suddenly there was no sound from inside the straw curtain.

Hua Pozi was terrified, thinking that she had said something wrong.