Ruins of the past

"Yes, we are taught in class." Thirteenth Niang nodded hesitantly.

But although Thirteenth Niang learned it, she didn't think much of it. She just learned simple numbers and addition and subtraction, which met the basic requirements of the labor camp.

So Chu Qiguang then asked a few math questions from Shisanniang's elementary school. The fox demon was confused and answered about half of them intermittently.

On the other hand, the fox demon sister on the side answered questions fluently and even recited the multiplication table.

Chu Qiguang asked curiously: "What's your name?"

The fox demon sister lowered her head and said, "Yiyi."

"Yiyi..." Chu Qiguang said: "Then you and your sister will work under Wang Cailiang first. If you do well in the future, I will let you be responsible for purchasing outside."

He thought to himself that this fox demon looked good, had good strength, and was very familiar with human society. He also had a younger sister who could settle accounts, so he could take over Wang Cailiang's purchasing work.

'At that time, they will have to arrange a few cat demons for their subordinates to watch...'

He also told the two fox demons to study hard in class, and Chu Qiguang left.

Looking at his leaving figure, Thirteenth Mother was a little suspicious and said: "Is this old demon who is all-powerful really not so pretty?"

The fox demon sister on the side nodded and whispered: "Sister, I think this old demon of Tongtian not only has the strength to be a Taoist, but also has the dangers of mountains and rivers in his heart, and the strictness of the city in his chest."

"This Yaoyin Village has been recruiting troops, clearing wasteland and farming for a year, and everything is prospering. The wheat in this warehouse will probably be enough to feed an army of ten thousand people for several months next year."

"The various systems in the village are also in good order, with appropriate rewards and punishments. They do not exploit the demon people, but manage them properly."

"Looking at his subordinate Qiao Zhi, he can even calculate how many little demons there are in the village and how much money there is. So we know that Yaoyin Village controls the villagers like an arm and a leg. I am afraid that if he takes a weapon, it will be a powerful weapon. military."

"There are also those giant living corpses. Not only do their physical strength far exceed that of ordinary people, but the key is that they can understand commands and their numbers are still growing. I have secretly calculated... I am afraid that there are nearly a thousand of them now."

Thirteenth Niang was slightly shocked when she heard this: "Thousands of them?"

The fox demon sister nodded: "With just such an army of zombies, if they swarm out, they can immediately capture the nearby Qingyang County."

"I also heard from some local monsters that...this old Tongtian monster has many connections with the wolf tribe in the north, and has close contacts with several wealthy families in the Han Dynasty."

Plenty of food, obedient demon people, an army of living zombies who are not afraid of life and death, and an old demon who is suspected of being a Taoist.

The more the two fox demon sisters thought about it, they realized it was not simple.

The fox demon sister Yiyi said: "I think this old demon has a big agenda, and it can't be bought with just beauty or money."

"Since he has set so many rules, then if we follow his rules, we will naturally gain a place in this Yaoyin Village."

Thirteenth Niang nodded: "You invite the other fox demons in the clan at night, and we will also communicate with them."

…

Chu Qiguang on the other side wanted to continue to inspect the granary, workshop, sawmill, and blacksmith shop... but when he was halfway there, he saw Qiao Zhi coming towards him with a group of little demons.

Qiao Zhi complained: "Why didn't you say anything when you came? If the cat demon in the village hadn't informed me, I wouldn't have known about it."

"I just took a look." Chu Qiguang chuckled, then noticed the strange look in Qiao Zhi's eyes, and asked, "What happened?"

Qiao Zhi and Chu Qiguang came to the room and sighed: "Something happened in Jiubian."

Chu Qiguang asked doubtfully: "Nine sides?"

In order to deal with the northern demon clan, the Han Dynasty set up military towns at nine key locations on the border, collectively known as the Nine Borders.

Among them, Yunzhong Military Town and Beining Military Town are the leaders, just because the leaders of these two military towns are Taoist Martial Gods, and their martial arts, strength, and prestige are unparalleled among the Nine Borders in the North.

However, after many years of operation, Jiubian's army has become a local overlord. Relying on its own military strength and the two martial gods, it has gradually become the most powerful force in recent years.

Before Chu Qiguang went to Yaoshan, he heard that there was another mutiny in the local area, and a censor was exiled, forcing the court to stop the nine-sided reform.

At this moment, hearing Qiao Zhi talking about Jiubian again, Chu Qiguang asked doubtfully: "According to you, shouldn't Jiubian be taken care of by Mr. Wu Ge next year?"

Qiao Zhi scratched his head and said, "That was originally the case, but now it seems that the situation has changed."

"We got the news from Yi Siman that the Northwest Wolf Clan and the Northeast Eagle Clan are now connected with Jiubian."

"Yisiman also said that Jiubian agreed to switch and let the demon clan go south... It's so ridiculous. I don't know if it's true or not."

Chu Qiguang still remembers Yi Siman, the Golden Sword Prince, who is also considered an outstanding figure of the Monster Clan. He spent a lot of effort to defeat the opponent last time, and temporarily reached a strategic cooperative relationship with the Northern Monster Clan.

In Qiao Zhi's telling, judging from the news coming from Yisiman during this period...

"Jiubian Military Town also knew that the imperial court wanted to take action against them, and was unwilling to sit still and wait for death. It even reached some agreements with the demon clan because of this."

"Joining forces with the demon clan? Is the Jiubian Army Town in danger?"

Chu Qiguang listened to Qiao Zhi's story and asked curiously: "Are they not going to do this in the first place?"

As Chu Qiguang listened to Qiao Zhi telling him about the future, the outline of the entire situation emerged in his mind for the first time.

'In the last life, the Dragon Snake Mountain of Tianshi Tao was closed for one year, but in this life Long Snake Mountain was unsealed in three months. I heard from Qiao Zhi... Tianshi Tao supported the imperial court's reform of Jiubian, and Jiubian felt this. The pressure brought by Tianshijiao? ’

‘In the last life, the tragedy at Chaoyao Mountain seemed too inexplicable, but in this life it has greatly damaged the majesty of the Han Dynasty. ’

‘In his last life, Yisiman was fighting against Huangtian Dao in Yongzhou, but in this life he was working with the demon clan in Lingzhou. ’

‘In the last life, Wu Siqi took control of the court more slowly than he does now, because Wu Wei sent him more money in this life. Did it put more pressure on Jiubian? ’

'And the attitude of the Northern Tianyu School in this life...'

Chu Qiguang compared the differences item by item and sighed in his heart: "More and more differences have caused the trend of history to change. The two martial gods from Jiubian have probably made different choices."

Qiao Zhi said: "Yi Siman has wanted to see you recently, saying that he wants to make an agreement with you that after the demon tribe goes south, we will also raise troops to respond..."

Qingyang County is not far from the border. Once there is chaos in the Nine Borders or the demon clan goes south, Chu Qiguang's foundation will probably be severely affected.

Along with what Qiao Zhi said, Chu Qiguang seemed to smell the aura that the storm was coming.

Qiao Zhi sighed: "You said that we have been helping the big man and wanted to give him a little more support. Why does this result... seem to be even worse?"

Chu Qiguang said: "Are you talking about luck?"

Qiao Zhi said tiredly: "I don't study the secrets of Feng Shui very much, and I didn't believe in it before. But now that we have done so many things, the big man has not been able to survive much, and the nine sides have become more chaotic. I have to believe it." ."

Chu Qiguang said: "Don't think so much, at least Jiubian hasn't become chaotic yet."

"What Yisiman said is just the opinion of the Northern Monster Clan. I don't think Jiubian is that easy to cause chaos."

"But we do have to prepare early. In troubled times, only strength is the most reliable."