On the first day of the year 288 of the Great Flood Calendar, the sky was beautiful and the warm sun was shining.

Northland, Changqi County, outside Beiguan City.

The official road where the four carriages ran parallel was empty, and there was no mention of the hustle and bustle of the cars and horses that had come and gone in the past, only the patrol cavalry of Beiguan City galloped on both sides of the road, maintaining order as much as possible.

Everyone in the cavalry team had a solemn look on their faces, and all of them were holding soldiers, carefully observing the movements around them, as if they were facing a great enemy, even the high-spirited cavalry captain in the past.

"Damn, is the Sanyang Society already on this scale, how can the general still tolerate them continuing to preach and expand in Beiguan, and even send us to help maintain order?"

"Could it be that the Great General is controlled by the people of the Three Yang Society, or has the General also joined the Three Yang Society?"

The cavalry captain looked at the black and crushed heads on both sides of the road, and his heart couldn't stop panicking, and strange thoughts kept flashing through his mind.

In fact, it's no wonder that he thinks crankily, normal people will probably break out in a cold sweat when they see the Sanyang Society believers on both sides of this road, stretching for dozens of miles.

It's just that they're being too fanatical.

Along the way, he did not know how many foolish village women he saw, kneeling on the side of the road from morning to now, praying incessantly in their mouths. From time to time, you can see people who are weak and fall to the side at the sound of prayers, and never get up again.

But the people around him seemed to turn a blind eye to this, and still lowered their heads, reverently chanting the teachings of the Three Yang Society.

"The catastrophe is coming, and the heavens and the earth are dark. Sanyang saves the world and recovers the Ming Sect. ”

The chaotic sound of prayer continued in patches, as if there were hundreds of millions of mosquitoes flying in their ears, and people only wanted to cut off their ears to calm down.

The cavalry patrolling on the official road is constantly patrolling in this atmosphere that makes normal people look very terrifying.

The clock passed quietly, and it was close to noon.

On the official road outside Beiguan City, a group of people and horses suddenly came from a distance, and the believers standing on both sides of the road suddenly fell to their knees like wheat, and shouted in unison.

"The three suns came into the world and purified all sentient beings. ”

"The three suns came into the world and purified all sentient beings. ”

......

In the midst of the huge shouts, a huge Chengyu carried by sixteen strong men walked from the official road, and countless red and white indigo flower crumbs spilled from the hands of the girls carrying flower baskets next to Chengyu.

"The Tao is coming, and the believers worship. ”

The dandruff is flying.

Three young men dressed in red, white, and syllabic gauze were sitting upright above the Chengyu, as if gods and men were in the world.

Accept the worship of the believers.

Their eyes were full of compassion and a smile on their lips, and every believer they glanced at only felt as if they were being watched by a god, and joy and satisfaction rose up and down their bodies that could not be expressed in words.

The believers subconsciously worshipped the Taoists, and the frenzy in their eyes became more and more intense.

Zhang Jiao was hidden in the crowd, looking at the handsome faces of these three Taoists, who were not human-like, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

It's just that the more he looks at these three Taoists, the more awkward he feels.

The three Taoists in front of them are like those Internet celebrities on the Internet who have been shaped by plastic surgery, makeup, beautification, and P-picture four evil arts, the more they look at it, the more they feel weird and incongruous, and they faintly reveal an evil aura.

Zhang Jiao immediately glanced away, not paying attention to them, and looked at the people who followed behind him.

I saw that among the members of the Sanyang Society who followed behind the Daozi, there were men and women, old and young, and even bald monks mixed in.

Zhang Jiao looked at them one by one and secretly wrote down their faces for later use.

......

In the evening, after experiencing the grand ceremony of Sanyang Huidaozi entering the city at noon, the whole New Year of Beiguan City seemed to be a little lively.

Every household has put on a new peach charm, and in the sound of firecrackers, many children are picking up the firecrackers outside the door, which makes people subconsciously think that they are still in the middle of the prosperous year.

Zhang Jiao carried a dark burden, walked on the street, looked at the picture of fireworks flying in front of him, and did not feel that the smell of gunpowder in the air was so pungent.

He turned left and right, and soon came to a dilapidated courtyard.

"Knock knock. ”

There was a low knock on the door, and the courtyard door soon opened.

Hall Master Huang looked at Zhang Jiao, who was standing outside the door, with a habitual smile on his face.

"It turned out to be Brother Zhou! ”

As he spoke, he walked in with Zhang Jiao, especially after seeing the burden he was carrying, the smile on his face became more and more obvious.

In the main room of the old courtyard, the two sat separately.

Hall Master Huang immediately beckoned a plump lady to add tea to him, and then said with a smile, "Brother, you just came, my New Year's dinner is about to be ready, are you here at the right time?"

Zhang Jiao smiled embarrassedly, then subconsciously looked left and right, and said cautiously, "Brother Huang, I actually came this time ......."

Before he finished speaking, Hall Master Huang had already stretched out his hand to interrupt him, turned around and walked towards the inner room with him, and shouted outside by the way, "Hui'er, I have something to talk about with Brother Zhou, you heat up the food first, and eat it later." ”

Immediately, there was a sound of promise outside the door.

"Yes, sir. ”

In the inner room, after carefully checking the doors and windows, Hall Master Huang said to Zhang Jiao, "Brother Zhou has done it?"

Zhang Jiao nodded, and took advantage of the situation to put the burden on his shoulders on the kang.

He pulled the corner of the burden, and the yellow and white ones immediately appeared from the baggage.

"Brother Huang, here are five hundred and fifty taels, everything is left to you. After the matter is completed, the younger brother still has a good reward. ”

The Yellow Hall Master was immediately dazzled by the yellow and white thing in front of him, he subconsciously stretched out his hand, grabbed a silver ingot in one hand, and pinched a small yellow fish in the other, constantly rubbing, his eyes were full of eagerness.

After playing with it for a while, he came back to his senses and said to Zhang Jiao next to him, "Let my brother laugh, to be honest, my brother has really never seen so much silver." ”

As he spoke, he checked the ingots in his hand and said, "Brother Zhou, don't worry, eldest brother will definitely help you get things done properly, and you will never let your silver go in vain." ”

As he spoke, he picked it out of the package, picked out two big ingots and handed them over, "Brother, you take this back, set the number, how can I ask you how much you want?"

Zhang Jiao immediately pushed it up, and hurriedly said, "This is just a little bit of my brother's heart, I am still busy with my eldest brother during the New Year, and I hope that my eldest brother will not shirk." ”

The two of them immediately pushed up, and after half a cup of tea, the Huang Hall Master couldn't stand Zhang Jiao after all, and finally accepted the fifty taels of thanks.

He said in a more polite tone, "Don't worry, brother, you just wait for the good news from your brother." By the way, the meal is also good, brother, we won't get drunk tonight. ”

"No, big brother. I didn't have anything to do outside, so I left first. ”

When the hall master heard this, he immediately stopped forcing him to stay.

He looked at the figure of Zhang Jiao leaving, immediately turned around and returned to the back room, looked at the yellow and white thing in front of him, and plunged into it, rubbing his face and licking his mouth from time to time, and whispering in his mouth.

"It's gone, it's gone. ”

Zhang Jiao listened to the low voice of the weak mosquito ants behind him, but he whispered words that no one could hear.

"Brother Huang, I have also given enough money, you had better do things as agreed, otherwise I will really have to hold a funeral for your eldest brother. This year, buying a foot warmer girl is only 200 yuan. Five hundred taels of silver is enough to buy half a street for you to do white things. ”

He touched the snake wrapped around his arm and disappeared into the darkness.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, it was past the fifth day of the new year.

In the past few days, Zhang Jiao has been busy with the master of the Huang Hall, assisting the Taoists who came to the general association to inspect the situation of the believers in the city, and by the way, blessing and giving water to the believers.

During this period, every time Zhang Jiao saw the Daozi who came to inspect, the more he felt that something was wrong with them.

So much so that now, from a long distance, he could smell the stench that gradually emanated from the three Daozi like incense and candles mixed together.

Zhang Jiao looked at the Taoists who blessed the believers from a distance, only to feel that the smiles on their faces were becoming more and more fake, and their handsome and inhuman faces began to blur.

In a trance, he seemed to see that these three Taoists who seemed to be forever kind and kind-eyed were screaming silently, and the blood and tears seemed to flow endlessly.

Just standing there, the resentment that rushed to the sky had already obscured the sunlight overhead.

It's just that there is no liberation.

Their smooth and handsome faces are made up of countless pieces of flesh and blood, around their eye-loving eyes, countless threads pass through their eyelids to create a perfect image, and on the bridge of their noses, nail after nail is fastened to them......

Zhang Jiao looked at this almost non-human thing, and subconsciously covered the blood light in his right eye.

The Huang Hall Master next to him naturally came to his side and asked quietly, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Zhang Jiao shook his head and replied in a low voice, "Maybe I've been standing for a long time and suddenly feel dizzy, but it's okay now." ”

The Yellow Hall Master answered, and then said to him without a trace, "Come to my house tonight." ”

With that, he walked over quickly.

Zhang Jiao slowly put down the palm covering his right eye, and didn't look in the direction of Daozi.

Midnight.

Zhang Jiao came to the house of the master of the Yellow Hall as promised.

In the small back room, there were already two people waiting for him in the room early.

Zhang Jiao glanced at Hall Master Huang, then at the black-clothed man with a cloak covering his face beside him, and immediately asked, "Brother Huang?"

The Yellow Hall Master waved his hand and motioned for him not to ask more.

Zhang Jiao immediately closed his mouth and didn't ask any more.

The man in black saw this scene, looked at him with satisfaction, and said hoarsely to the Yellow Hall Master, "Since the person is here, then let's hurry up." ”

After speaking, he said to Zhang Jiao, "Since you have spent a lot of money to learn spells, then I will also tell you clearly that once you receive the curse, then you will always be a member of the Sanyang Society in this life and this life, no matter life or death." ”

"Think about it again, do you really want to be punished?"

Zhang Jiao immediately said without thinking about it, "The disciple begs the lord to grant the throne." ”

The man in black snorted and said gloomily, "Well, after the award, we will clear our money and goods, and don't blame me for not reminding you if there is anything in the future." ”

After speaking, he took out a red talisman from his bosom and sandwiched it between his fingers, and then shouted at Zhang Jiao, "Blood." ”

Zhang Jiao immediately took the dagger handed over by the Huang Hall Master, cut his wrist and took the blood of the small half teacup.

The man in black took the teacup and put it upside down on top of the talisman.

The blood in the cup immediately poured on the talisman, but something strange happened.

The blood neither soaked nor flowed from the talisman.

It seemed to come to life, and began to flow on its own along the talisman, slowly outlining a twisted and sinuous spell.

When the spell was fully revealed, the man in black immediately grabbed the talisman in both hands and drank loudly.

"The silt comes from the chaos of Qi, and the red sun is prosperous. The scorching sun shines on me, sweeping away the evil spirit. ”

"Sanyang is above, the disciple respectfully asks the Chiyang Tianzun to give me an order. ”

On the blood-stained talisman, a round of red sun suddenly appeared, and the reflected room was red, as if it was real and illusory, and it was extremely unreal.

Zhang Jiao looked at the red sun rising in front of him, and before he could make any action, he saw that this round of red sun turned into a red ray, shining straight on his chest.

A burning sensation like a pinprick came from his chest immediately, but it subsided in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Jiao opened a pair, only to see a complex talisman printed on his chest, flashing with his breathing.

"The talisman will disappear later, and the spell you expect will be comprehended by then. Well, now you can go. Let me remind you again, the technique is not light. ”

And when he had said that, he was silent.

Zhang Jiao immediately agreed, then glanced at the Huang Hall Master next to him, and after receiving the signal, he immediately turned around and walked out.

By the time he returned to the inn, the talisman on his chest had subsided, and a rush of information came to his mind.

Zhang Jiao closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes and walked to the table and poured a glass of water. Then I looked around and found a piece of paper with Sanyang Tianzun painted on it and put it in front of me.

He raised his hands in the air, facing east, and muttered a smooth mantra in his mouth.

A red sun immediately emerged from between his hands.

A crimson glow sprinkled all over the cup in front of him.

The water in the cup was bright red by the red rays, as if the red sun was falling on it.

Zhang Jiao picked up the water cup, looked at the red and bright water, and suddenly drank it all.

A warm current immediately flowed from the stomach to the whole body, as if the whole person was shining under the mild sun, the whole body was soft, warm, and extremely comfortable.

Although the taste is far less than the lusciousness of the moon dew spring given to him by the plum ghost, there is also a different taste that echoes in his lips.

Zhang Jiao couldn't help but squint his eyes, and when he put down the cup in his hand, he found that the scar on the wrist that had just been cut had scabbed and fallen.

He stroked his smooth wrist, and for a moment his eyes were full of smiles.

In the faint candlelight, his four arms slowly emerged from his shadow on the ground.

"This method works for me. ”