Taiping Village leans on Wuyin Mountain in the north and Huangfeng Slope in the south, and thanks to the clear stream of the Puling Mountains in the east of the Xiayun Continent, the land can be regarded as fertile. The Puling Mountains cut off the easternmost desert in the east, but they cannot isolate the influence of the heat flow in the east, so there are still frequent droughts in spring and summer in Taiping Village.

All this began to change three years ago, to be exact, when Daisen arrived.

Shi Tianwei lay on the bed and sighed, not knowing whether this change was good or bad, but did they have a choice at that time? Pinning their hopes on the so-called Taoist monks, the facts seem to have told them the answer......

In the courtyard, Shifang and Wu Daozi had breakfast, pretended to meet for the first time and gossiped for a long time, and then had a sumptuous lunch, only then did they remember to kill demons and demons.

"Senior Wu, what should we do next?"

"Wait?" Wu Daozi is unfathomable.

"What are you waiting for?" It sets off the inexplicability of the ten directions.

"After two meals, you forgot everything? You say, after startling the snakes, it is natural to see how they react, and if there is a real problem, they will definitely show their feet, and then we will move the camera. ”

"We're going to be here all afternoon?"

Wu Daozi picked up his wine gourd again, then walked out, and said to Shifang before leaving: "To understand the situation here, of course you can't sit here, you have to move." ”

After Wu Daozi walked out, Shifang smiled, after two days of temptation, he actually gained very little from this old Taoist, but the less information, the more strange things will be, how can he block my spiritual sense? How did he find out about my agreement with Shopkeeper Han? How did he do that when he disappeared silently last night? Is it really a coincidence with my trip to Taiping Village?

Shifang has a lot of questions, it's not that Wu Daozi can be dismissed casually by saying that I am an immortal, but no matter what point of view, about the demon removal in Taiping Village, it is not as interesting as figuring out Wu Daozi's identity, however, what should be done, Shifang will not be indifferent, this Wu predecessor is not wrong, if you want to understand a village, you really have to move, and the best way, of course, is to visit the villagers here.

The sun is warm in the spring afternoon, Shifang walks in the alley of Taiping Village, but there is some strange in his heart, it stands to reason that in the spring afternoon, the old people who can't work in the fields should be happy to get grandchildren, and enjoy themselves, why is it a little surprisingly calm now, not a small village, there are almost few people walking on the road, just wanted to come forward to ask one or two, but they hurriedly avoided it, what is going on?

At this time, Shifang stood still in front of a house, looking at an old woman through the fence, she was feeding some fluffy chicks, and Shifang said loudly: "Hello old woman." ”

The old woman glanced at Shifang, then put her eyes on the chick in front of her, and then sprinkled a handful of millet.

"I can't see that although Taiping Village is remote, the life of the villagers here is also rich, and the little monks travel all over the world, like this kind of village, there are really few that can be compared with Taiping Village." Shifang saw the corner of the old woman's mouth twitch, and continued: "At least feeding chickens with millet, it is indeed not common. ”

"Feeding chickens with millet, not necessarily our lives are good, little monk, you see this huge village, there are a few people who can show a sincere smile, that is, the old woman I have little time, dare to say a word or two."

"Hey, look at what Granny Cui said, why is the old man so pessimistic after his death for a year? Li Zheng gave you special care, the family has surplus food every year, every New Year's holiday, but also to send vegetables and meat, why are you still not satisfied. Through the fence, a woman of forty years old came out and interjected.

"Old man, I'm a little confused......" Granny Cui glanced at the woman, turned her head and walked towards the house, and saw clearly that a muddy teardrop dripped down, reflecting the lonely and trembling thin back, which made people feel sad for a while.

Shifang wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak, but he saw the woman continue: "Little Master, don't blame, Granny Cui's old man just passed away last year, and the two of them have no heirs, so it is inevitable that such a person has a somewhat strange personality. ”

"Hello auntie."

"How do you speak, people are only in their thirties this year." The woman was visibly not happy.

Shifang hurriedly changed his words: "Hello sister, then according to what you say, there is a very good person in Taiping Village." ”

"Of course, we...... Oh, he took very good care of us anyway. ”

"But I heard that Taiping Village is not peaceful, and the yellow list of monster hunting posted in the town a few years ago has never been removed."

"It's not that we have offended the head catchers there, and now these officials are only concerned about looting the people's fat and ointment, how can we really think about our villagers, that is, Lord Lizheng, who dares to offend the people of the official family for our interests. I really don't know what Huang Zhutou thinks, and he actually said that our Taiping Village colluded with demons? Three years ago, he even published an article, recruiting talents, saying that it was for Taiping Village to subdue demons and eliminate demons, what was the result, it was not God bless me Taiping Village villagers, those recruited mages, all of them were wine bags and rice bags, and they were ...... Frightened, he fled. The woman said.

With a surprised expression on his face, Shifang asked, "Is there such a thing?" In the current world, there are no officials and no greed, and there are not many people who can really ask for the lives of the people. ”

"Isn't it?"

"How did you say those mages were so scared to run away?"

"Of course...... I, how could I know that most of those mages were liars, and that our Taiping Village was located in a remote area, and we did not hand over enough gold and silver, so it was not surprising that they were naturally dissatisfied and returned with some unfavorable rumors. ”

"Then they are really hateful, no wonder there are still demons infested in Taiping Village in the town, but it's a pity that ......" Shifang sighed and said.

The woman was a little curious, "What's the pity?" ”

"Oh, there is an old saying in the town, saying that the immortals descended to earth and specialized in subduing demons and eliminating demons, and this time I am afraid it was for nothing."

"Probably liars." The woman spat out, clearly unimpressed.

"I don't look like it, a pair of fairy wind bones, quite a bit out of the dust, but unfortunately there are no demons to descend here, most of them came for nothing."

"It's not for nothing, if it's this old way, maybe Li Zheng is kind and gives him a few taels of silver, which can be regarded as a harvest." The woman smiled and continued, "If you don't know what to do, hehe......"

"Don't know what's wrong? Then drive him out of Taiping Village. ”

"It's hard to say, some people don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin!" After saying this, the woman turned away, and when she left, she gave Shifang a strange look.

Shifang smiled kindly and continued to wander around Taiping Village, and the afternoon passed in a hurry.

Seeing that the evening is approaching, the people of Taiping Village spring ploughing have returned to the village one after another, this huge Taiping Village is finally no longer calm, as the smoke rises, finally a little angry, but when they and these villagers meet each other, they just throw a casual glance, and then numbly rub shoulders away, yes, numb, Shifang affirmed this adjective, from them, Shifang felt a familiar feeling, but for a while I can't say, really as the old woman said, everyone really has no smile on their faces, There is almost no communication between them. Looking at their faces, there was a shallow paleness.

With just a stick of incense, Taiping Village returned to calm, just like yesterday night, when they first arrived.

Shifang shook his head, this is really a strange village.

Now, let yourself see, Li Zheng, who went out to inspect the spring ploughing, has come back now, and the most important thing is that it is just time for dinner, Shifang smiled.

Before returning to the main gate, there was already a servant Hou outside the door, and when he saw Shifang, he greeted him again and again: "Little Master, the immortal chief has been back for a long time, and now he is talking with Lord Lizheng, and it is the right time for you to come back." ”

"Oh?" Surprised, Shifang followed the servant towards the courtyard.

In such a remote village, the house of Sanjin is already very luxurious, and with the servant, Shifang found that this time it was not a side hall, but was taken to the main hall, but at this time in the hall, Lao Dao sat down with a person to drink tea and talk, and saw that the expressions of the two were relaxed, and the servants were talking about happiness, but it was not vain.

It's just that Shifang was still stunned for a moment. The person who sat and talked with the old Taoist, dressed in a cyan robe, in his early thirties, his body was not very burly, his face was thin, but his complexion was very white, and he was different from the villagers. He is not a bystander, it is the person who was seriously injured by Shifang snooping last night!

Wu Laodao took the lead in getting up and said with a smile: "Little monk, this is Lord Li Zhengshi, don't you want to thank you in person, now that you see me, why are you stunned?" ”

Shifang hurriedly saluted: "Amitabha, let Master Shi smile, I am really grateful for being willing to stay with the little monk last night." ”

"The little master is polite, being convenient with others is convenient for himself, just doing it conveniently, the little master doesn't need to worry about it."

"Master Shi's mercy is really a blessing for Taiping Village."

"But it's still helpless to talk about monsters." Shi Tianwei sighed and continued: "We have already prepared thin wine, why don't we talk while eating?" ”

"So ......" Shifang's words were directly interrupted by Wu Daozi, so he had to swallow his respect rather than obey his fate.

"Very good!" Wu Daozi smiled and rushed to the road.

Shi Tianwei laughed and went out first.

In the side hall, a table of banquets had already been set up, and the three of them sat down separately, Shi Tianwei just said a word of invitation, Wu Daozi and Shifang acted surprisingly consistently, there was nothing else in their eyes, and they ate seriously. Oh, and the two looked at each other with affection.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wu Daozi finally mentioned the purpose of this trip: "Master Shi, I don't know what the list says?" ”

"Youkai haunts?"

"Exactly."

"Nonsense."

"What does Master Shi mean, there is no problem in Taiping Village?"

"Not really."

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

Shifang looked at the conversation between the two and felt that it was quite interesting. I took a sip of my glass of wine.

Shi Tianwei smiled mysteriously, dipped his fingers in wine, got up and wrote a few words on the table, and then walked away.

"Pretending to be a ghost." Shifang muttered, and stepped forward with Wu Daozi, only to see the five words gradually fade:

Mt. Murakita Temple.