The master said not to judge people by their appearance

On the way into the city, Shen Fan did not choose to take the carriage, he sat behind Xie Yunlan's horse.

The snowy road was slippery, and Xie Yunlan was not in a hurry, and walked slowly on the horse.

"You just said the God of Dreams," he chatted with Shen Fan, "What does the God of Dreams do?"

"Guarding the dreams of mortals." Shen Fan hugged Xie Yunlan's waist and said, "There are many monsters in the world, and the inner demon is just one of them. There are also monsters in the dream world, which are called nightmares. The dreams of mortals are vulnerable to nightmares. , after the dream is swallowed by the nightmare, it will either die or be assimilated into a monster. The meaning of Meng Zejun's existence is to bring the dreams of all living beings into his own dream, just like the walls of your city. The wall protects you."

"Meng Zejun?" Xie Yunlan said, "Is it the name of the God of Dreams?"

Shen Fan let out a "hmm".

"When he protects the dreams of all living beings, he only cares about monsters. Doesn't this man-made situation belong to him now?" Xie Yunlan asked.

"No." Shen Fan explained, "The original state of dreams is very chaotic, just like when the world first opened, without any rules and order, big dreams will unconsciously swallow small dreams, and eventually the individual and self will disappear , All living beings are reduced to chaos, Meng Zejun also has the duty to protect the order of the dream world, no matter whether it is a human or a demon who disrupts the order, he should take care of it."

"Then why no one cares about it now?" Xie Yunlan asked strangely, Cao Jinyu and the others had been having this nightmare for more than a month, and their soul fires were getting weaker and weaker. If they don't care about them, they will probably die because of this nightmare.

"Dream Realm is huge." Shen Fan said, "Three thousand worlds, three thousand dream realms, the territory of a mortal country is like a drop of water in the ocean in front of the three thousand dream realms, but even if it is only the size of a water drop , and you cannot perceive all that is happening on this droplet."

That's true.Xie Yunlan thought, let alone a country, even a state city or a village, no one can know everything.

"Mortals set up government to maintain order and make laws, but there will still be outlaws, and what they do may not be noticed by the government for a long time." Shen Fan said, "The big change in the dream realm Mr. Mengze will not miss it, but the current one is too small, so it is inevitable that there will be negligence and omissions."

Xie Yunlan listened, and suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Will he be punished for this negligence?"

"Normally not." Shen Fan said, "People make mistakes, gods make mistakes, and even heavens make mistakes. Not all mistakes need to be punished."

So what mistake were you punished for?Xie Yunlan thought to himself, before he could come up with a tactful way to ask Shen Fan, Yazhou City had already arrived.

Cao Jinyu and the others walked ahead and were being interrogated by the guards at the city gate. The guards opened their pockets with knives and let them go after confirming that they were only some walnuts, melon seeds and tea leaves. Then it was Xie Yunlan's turn.

Xie Yunlan had been to Yazhou City before, but he didn't stay here for long. This was the last city he recovered. He only stayed for more than a month. Although some of the current garrison in Yazhou belonged to his old troops, most of them were unfamiliar faces, such as those guarding the city gate today. They didn't know Xie Yunlan.

So, when I saw such a group of people riding tall horses, all of them were powerful, with weapons on their waists, I immediately became alert and asked, "What do you do?"

Xie Yunlan didn't answer, he was looking at the notice pasted on the gate of the city, and asked, "Are you recruiting alchemists?"

He has the demeanor of a superior, just like those officers in the army, the guard subconsciously straightened up and replied: "Yes, Mr. Huang is recruiting capable alchemists from all sides to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits."

Mr. Huang refers to Huang Yaowu, the prefect of Yazhou City, who also came from a general background. He is ten years older than Xie Yunlan. When Xie Yunlan was a school captain, he had already become a general. I am very unconvinced, thinking that this is just a kid, and that one success is just luck, how can he be worthy of a big responsibility?

He even found fault with Xie Yunlan for this, and gave Xie Yunlan a good show of power. Although Xie Yunlan also tricked him, he was just a mouthful of dissatisfaction. Later, he saw how Xie Yunlan used soldiers like a god on the battlefield. After repelling the wolves and tigers of the Yuanrong people time and time again, they were truly convinced from the bottom of their mouths to their hearts.

Huang Yaowu is also a straightforward person. After he was convinced by Xie Yunlan, he came to the door with a drink to make amends. Xie Yunlan didn't hold grudges like Shen Fan. After drinking a bowl of wine, all previous grievances were wiped away. After fighting side by side for so many years, although the two did not become brothers, But he also had a very close friendship. When Wei Chengzhi was about to come to Yazhou City, he specially wrote a letter to Huang Yaowu asking him to take care of him.

Xie Yunlan knew Huang Yaowu very well. This man was rough and informal, and like him, he was not a superstitious person. Now that he suddenly recruited alchemists, something must have happened.

"What kind of ghosts are you catching and driving away?" Xie Yunlan asked, "What happened in the city?"

"It's because many people in the city are haunted by resentful ghosts, with constant nightmares..." The guard suddenly realized something was wrong while talking, why did he have to tell this stranger so much?

He raised his weapon and shouted: "Who are you! What are you doing after so many inquiries! You want to sneak into the city!"

Before Xie Yunlan expressed his opinion, Wang Tai couldn't help it.

"You still ask who are we?" Wang Tai swung the weapon that dared to point at Xie Yunlan away with the scabbard, and scolded, "I really don't have any vision! Where are you prefects? Tell him to come out quickly, our Lord Marquis! I won’t come out to greet you!”

He didn't use much strength, but his strength was stronger than ordinary people. The guard couldn't stand still for a while, but he was overturned to the ground by him. The rest of the guards didn't hear what he said. Seeing this, they only thought that he did it on purpose , Immediately shouted and gathered around, countless spears and halberds surrounded Xie Yunlan and his party.

Seeing this, Cao Jinyu hurriedly took two steps back, he didn't know who the group in front of him was, he didn't even know the name of the other party so far, and now he was afraid that he would be implicated, and they would be taken to prison together as spies.

Being pointed at by so many weapons, the guards following Xie Yunlan subconsciously wanted to draw their swords, but Xie Yunlan made a gesture to stop them before they drew their swords. Even Lord Hou doesn’t know him anymore!”

Xie Yunlan was not angry at all. The guards guarding the city should be alert and not let go of any suspiciousness. This is what he asked for when he led the troops. Whoever he came, even if the emperor came in person, he had to interrogate him first. Identity can only be released after verification.

The emperor was no exception, let alone himself. He was about to ask Wang Tai to take out all the documents and tokens in his luggage for inspection by the guards, but he heard a rough voice from behind the city gate.

"Who is causing trouble at the city gate?!" The visitor had a big shoulder, a round waist, a strong physique, and a beard all over his face. He looked like a black bear from a distance.

Hei Xiong rolled up his sleeves as he walked, and scolded: "Ge Laozi, if you dare to behave wildly in Laozi's territory, you are unlucky. If you meet my official patrolling in person, if you don't beat you until you cry father and mother today, I will not be named Huang!"

He seemed to be in a bad mood, and he swears a lot of unsavory swear words, which is familiar to the soldiers in the army. A warrior is no better than a scribe, and he puts on a pompous air, swearing at people no matter how dirty they are.

Xie Yunlan didn't care about these at first, but at this moment he frowned slightly. If it wasn't for the inconvenience of being in public, he would have wanted to cover Shen Fan's ears to prevent him from hearing these obscenities.

It's a pity that he couldn't cover it, Shen Fan heard everything without saying a word, and asked behind Xie Yunlan: "What does he mean? Fuck..."

Xie Yunlan couldn't bear it this time, and didn't care about other things, he turned around and covered Shen Fan's mouth, and said, "Don't talk like him!"

Shen Fan blinked, with an innocent and puzzled expression, but he still gave an obedient "Oh".

While speaking, Huang Yaowu also walked to the gate of the city. The guards surrounded Xie Yunlan and his party. Xie Yunlan happened to have his back turned to him. He didn't see clearly for a while, but he was still shouting: "Where is the troublemaker?! Get out, old man! "

"Who are you?" Xie Yunlan turned around with an unfriendly expression.

Huang Yaowu was about to wave away the guards in front of him, and happened to meet Xie Yunlan who had turned back, and stayed where he was for a moment, and after a long while, he remembered to say: "Thank you, brother Xie?"

"Good boy, why did you come to Yazhou? Didn't tell my brother!" Huang Yaowu laughed loudly and walked up to Xie Yunlan. He stroked the mane on the horse's back and sighed, "Sword mantis neck, bamboo stick ears, it looks like a good horse at first glance, where did you get it?"

Xie Yunlan waved Huang Yaowu's hand away with a whip, and scolded, "I haven't said anything yet, who are you?"

"You are my father! Come on!" Huang Yaowu laughed loudly, still holding the horse tightly, his eyes saw the horse's hoof from the horse's ears, like a pervert seeing a beautiful girl, staring at it.

He said with a stern face: "Where did you get this horse? How about I get one for my brother?"

Famous generals love horses, and although Huang Yaowu's reputation is not particularly great, he is unrivaled in his love of horses. Once he was drunk, but he didn't go back to sleep in his camp, and told his soldiers to give him a call. I was looking for him, thinking that he had been kidnapped by some spy who had sneaked into the army, and I was so anxious that I finally found him in the stable. Huang Yaowu was lying on the straw with his new horse in his arms, whimpering. sleep.

He hasn't changed a bit in all these years.Xie Yunlan laughed and scolded: "Where did you get it? The late emperor rewarded you! What's the use of asking for me? If you have the ability, you can go to the late emperor!"

Yuan Shuo had been gone for almost two months, and even when he was still there, Huang Yaowu didn't dare to ask for it, so he could only stare at the good horse greedily, and reluctantly let go.

After turning his eyes away from the horse, he noticed that there was a person sitting behind Xie Yunlan's horse. Seeing the silver-white fox fur covering his body, it was not as delicate as the clothes of warriors like him and Xie Yunlan, so he thought it was someone A girl from the family, an ordinary girl would not share a horse with Xie Yunlan and still put her arms around Xie Yunlan's waist.

Huang Yaowu immediately realized something, and jokingly said: "Oh, brother Xie is married to a wife? Let me take a look at my younger siblings...why is he a man?"

The fox fur covered his body so that he couldn't see the other person's figure clearly. He just took it for granted that only women would wear such an exquisite fox fur, but after seeing the face clearly, he couldn't be mistaken at all. This is a man , although this man looks better than women, there is no doubt that he is a man.

"What nonsense!" Xie Yunlan reprimanded not too harshly, and he introduced, "This is Shen, the envoy of the Dragon God..."

He was about to say "Shen Fan", but Cangzhou said "Shen Fanfan" and Shen Fan had held his grudge for so long, and he had to mention it five, six, seven or eight times a day, and he finally didn't mention that sentence again this morning. I don't want Shen Fan to recall it again.

But before he finished saying his name, Huang Yaowu interrupted smartly: "I know! I've heard about the capital city and Cangzhou! This must be Master Shen Fanfan, the emissary of the Dragon God!"

The expression slowly disappeared from Shen Fan's face, Huang Yaowu still didn't realize it, and said to himself: "I heard that Master Shen Fanfan's supernatural powers are very good, it happens that my niece is talking about marriage recently, can Master help me figure it out?" Marriage, find a good family for her?"

Shen Fan was expressionless.