no soul

"Lin Hong?" Li Niang frowned and thought for a moment, "I don't know you."

Don't even know Lin Hong?

Besides Wu Niu, no one in this ghost party knew Lin Hong?

Lin Hong continued to ask: "What dynasty were you at that time? What year was it?"

This ghostly dynasty—the Yue Dynasty was imagined by Wu Niu. Lin Hong wanted to know what era they lived in in reality.

Li Niang didn't know why he asked this, but she also answered seriously: "The Daofeng of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was 18 years old."

Daofeng 18 years.

Lin Hong understood.

No wonder.

The 18th year of Daofeng in the Southern Zhou Dynasty was the beginning of the separation of the seven forces.

The Zhou Dynasty was tyrannical and licentious, levying miscellaneous taxes, the people were in dire straits, and the world was suffering for a long time.

At that time, there were ministers in the imperial court who were in trouble, and heroes among the people rose up in the grass. The feudal landlords suppressed the uprising with armed forces, and gradually formed a warlord regime, and many forces were ready to move.

Large and small sects rely on the large number of believers to have a share of the pie.

At that time, the world believed in witchcraft and ghosts and gods very much. There were many witch doctors among the people, and each family also had shrines for worship.

Curses and blessings are both taboos. Feng Shui yin and yang are all the rage. People don’t kneel to the emperor, but ghosts and gods.

A rotten age.

Under such a background, it is no wonder that Wu Niu believed in Lin Hong's theory of shady soldiers, even to the point where he would not hesitate to kill his father.

Lin Hong thought, if no one here knows Lin Hong, it is very likely that he used a fake name and borrowed a fake identity.

"Does the lady know a person with a handsome appearance and a cold temperament?" Lin Hong asked.

"My lord, do you mean Prime Minister Zhao?" Li Niang's expression was very cold, and her tone was also vicious, "He imprisoned us and ordered us to be skinned! He was also there at that time! He was also the one who ordered Wu Niu to be chopped off later. The head hangs on the city wall! This is the man!"

"Prime Minister Zhao?" Lin Hong's heart skipped a beat.

Who else could Prime Minister Zhao be in this period——Zhao Yi.

A well-known power minister in the history books, a generation of heroes.

Zhao Yi was the son of "Situ" (Note 1), the third official in the dynasty. He borrowed his father's name and influence, and was transferred to many official positions when he was young, but they were all insignificant idle positions.

But the times make heroes, and the situation in the Zhou Dynasty was chaotic. He waited for his own opportunity-he led the troops to escort the uprising.

The emperor at that time was only eight years old, and he was extremely dependent on him. Coupled with the oppression of the army and the turbulence of the current situation, he coerced the emperor to order the princes, and won the support of the court's civil and military forces. Yi.

In the court hall, his flames gradually grew, turning his hands into clouds, and turning his hands into rain.

Over time, Zhao Yi emptied the Zhou Dynasty from the court, and later, even occupied a corner in the warlord separatist situation, proclaiming himself "Qi State".

The forces of the seven parties confronted each other, and he was supposed to be the strongest party. However, there were many heroes in the world, and he couldn't resist the alliance of all countries. The situation was changing, and he was defeated in the fierce fire.

Chen Guo emerged, unified the seven kingdoms, and all the world belonged to Chen.

Although Zhao Yi failed in the end, he is still a hero of the generation.The outstanding generation, the deeds are spread in the poems and essays, the praise and criticism are mixed, but they are also shocking the past and the present.

Lin Hong is Zhao Yi?

How did such a character get involved with Wu Niu?

Lin Hong calculated that in the current period, it should be Zhao Yi's meritorious service in protecting the lord, leading troops into the palace, from officials to the prime minister, and is wooing various forces.

Why did a prime minister pretend to be a Fengshui master to find Wu Niu, a farmer in the mountains, and ask him to kill his father to cultivate Yin soldiers?

In the end, Wu Niu and his family were arrested in the name of rebellion before the seven-day agreement was reached, tortured, and made known to the world.

Lin Hong thought.

This is obviously Zhao Yi's trick for Wu Niu, tricking him into rebellion and then killing him in the name of rebellion.

But what is there to be afraid of a farmer in the mountains for the prime minister?Could it be that there is some deep hatred?

Lin Hong asked again: "Did Madam know Zhao Yi before? Is there any relationship with him in the family?"

Li Niang sighed: "What is the origin? Before this, our family kept our duties and rarely went out of the mountains. How could we get involved with such a big man?"

Having said that, Lin Hong couldn't think of the reason for the time being.

So that day when I met Lin Hong——Zhao Yi in Yongsui Mountain, he came to check whether Wu Niu had done what he said, and whether his trick had succeeded?

"Ma'am, what are your plans for the future?" Lin Hong looked at them.

Li Niang smiled, "I have resentment in my heart, I can't rest in peace, I can only wander around the world."

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Lin Hong said, "I would like to do my best."

Li Niang shook her head, "Master, it's a great help for us to return the human skin to us."

Lin Hong fought hard: "If I want to find you in the future, is there any way? Where should I go?"

Li Niang took off the crude wooden hairpin from her hair, and handed it to Lin Hong with both hands, "Young Master, if you need it, you can light this wooden hairpin, and we are also willing to help you."

The three nodded and disappeared in the wind.

Only Lin Hong was left in the huge courtyard, and the night and moonlight were silent.

Only then did Lin Hong feel the cold. His hands and feet were numb from standing outside for so long, so he strode back into the house.

He roasted by the red-hot coals for a long time before he recovered.

There were still no candles in the room, Lin Hong's eyes were used to the darkness, and the moonlight was bright and clear, so he could see things fairly clearly.

When he got up and turned around, he saw a cloud of black smoke, which made him take a step back in fright.

Seeing that he hit the brazier and almost fell, Hei Yan jumped in fright, and seemed to want to pull him forward, but there was no entity that couldn't pull him at all.

Lin Hong calmed down and calmed down his heartbeat.

The black smoke floated there, separated from him by a certain distance, and seemed a little nervous and cramped because it frightened him.

He stared at the cloud of black smoke.

Wan Guchuan in this form will only make him more anxious.

"Wan Guchuan, how much do you know?" Lin Hong asked him.

The black smoke stopped.

Lin Hong also looked at it silently.

The black smoke floated down slightly for a moment, like a sigh, and it floated to the bedside, as if signaling Lin Hong to fall asleep.

Lin Hong looked at the bed and hesitated for a moment. He recalled last night and felt that an unspeakable part of himself was not good...

The next morning, Lin Hong woke up and expressed his admiration.

He thought that Wan Guchuan was going to tell him something, but the black smoke drifted to the bedside last night, he probably just wanted him to go to bed early and rest...

Wan Guchuan also became hazy in his dream, he just sat on the edge of the bed and looked at himself, Lin Hong couldn't even see his face clearly, he didn't know what his expression was, so he could only lie down and look at him, unable to move , There is no way to get close to him and pull him.

"We'll meet again soon," he said.

Lin Hong's heart twitched violently.

Most of the truth has emerged, which means that he is about to leave the ghost and return to the real world—but he is a little stage fright at this moment... What is waiting for him when he goes back?

During the breakfast, Lin Hong told Duan Yu and Yu Tianyi what Wu Niu's family told him last night.

Duan Yu groaned again and again, "This Wu Niu is too inhuman, how can he do it? I definitely can't do it!"

"It's really unconscionable, and it also implicated his wife, children and mother." Yu Tian was also furious, "He deserves to be beheaded in the end for public display!"

Duan Yu said: "Lin Hong, no, he should be called 'Zhao Yi' and he is not a good person. What is he doing to disturb this family?"

What Duan Yu proposed was exactly what Lin Hong didn't even think to understand.

One person lives high in the temple, the other lives deep in the mountains, and their status and status are very different. How are they connected?

Lin Hong was thinking, Wan Guchuan didn't tell himself anything last night, it should mean that all the clues have surfaced, and he just needs to piece together and associate, Wan Guchuan knows what he can think of.

Lin Hong felt that he was too dependent on Wan Guchuan.

He began to recall the historical materials he had read.

The Zhou Dynasty was turbulent, and the historical materials were incomplete. In addition, ghosts and gods were believed in at that time, the historical materials were miraculous, and the writing was true and false.

The few historical materials about Zhao Yi... mentioned that he was a prime minister in the court, and he also founded the "Bright Flame Dao" among the people. justice".

Respected by the common people as a forerunner, some people call him a "good teacher of great knowledge". He has not only the army but also believers, and even disciples.

He told the court that as the prime minister of one dynasty, he was trying to win the hearts of the people for the Zhou Dynasty.

But Zhao Yizhi's heart is known to everyone, he is playing a game of internal and external cooperation to overthrow the Zhou Dynasty!

The "no way" he wants to attack is not the civil uprising army, not the forces of warlords, but the Zhou Dynasty; the "justice" he wants to support is the power of his state of Qi.

Lin Hong was thinking, what is he relying on to win people's hearts?How can the believers believe his empty words?

if--

Does he have Yin soldiers?

Zhao Yi used Wu Niu to create Yin soldiers, and then spread rumors that the evergreen Yongsui Mountain had dragon veins, and that there were voices of thousands of troops hidden there. Lin Hong wondered if there was Ben Lei who passed through the border at that time as evidence for his rumors , or his cronies confuse the crowd, and in the end, he succeeded in convincing the people who were already superstitious about ghosts and gods that there were soldiers in Yongsui Mountain.

When people were panicking, Zhao Yi once again raised the banner of "cutting down no way" to suppress the Yin soldiers.

Mortals dare to confront ghosts and gods.

He exposed Wu Niu's frenzied murder of his father to raise Yin soldiers, and killed Wu Niu's family, telling the world that the generals of Yin soldiers had died under his sword.

——The Yin soldiers are not his opponents either.

He also left behind a Jade Tiger Talisman, so he might finally announce to the world that the Yin soldiers have surrendered to him.

What a "great mentor".

Maybe there are no "yin soldiers" in reality, but Zhao Yi made them exist in the hearts of the people.

Even if this move can't stop those rebels who are determined to die, and can't deter heroes who don't believe in ghosts and gods, it is still enough to win the hearts of many people and strengthen their own strength.

As for why he chose Wu Niu - isn't a person who is different from ordinary people in appearance, sensitive in nature, unwilling, and extremely greedy a good choice?What's more, he happened to live in Yongsui Mountain.

Lin Hong felt that the truth was almost inseparable.

"Wonderful! Brother Lin is so smart!" Duan Yu sighed after hearing this, and quickly flattered him.

Yu Tian also pondered for a moment, "It makes sense—but so what if we know? How should we go back?"

Lin Hong said: "This is Wu Niu's ghost recipe, of course it is to break his illusion."

"How to break?" Duan Yu asked.

"We'll see the outcome in the early morning today." Lin Hong said with a smile.

Duan Yu shivered when he saw his smile.

It's scary... What is Brother Lin going to do...

Before morning time, Dai Xuchen came. He said that Shanye Wu Niu had been captured and was being locked up in the sky prison, waiting for Lin Hong's release.

"Take me to see him." Lin Hong said.

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Note 1: Sangong is the collective name of the three most prestigious official positions in ancient China.It is said that this word already existed in the Zhou Dynasty. According to the "Shangshu Dazhuan" and "Book of Rites" and other books, scholars of the Western Han Dynasty believed that Sangong refers to Sima, Situ, and Sikong.According to "Zhou Li", scholars of ancient texts and classics believed that Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao were the three gongs.

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