At night, Wang Xu sat on the Taishi chair and was reviewing today's documents.

If the position is high, there are also disadvantages of a high position, for example, as the supreme governor of Fuzhou Jinyiwei, the big and small matters of the entire Fuzhou territory must be solved by him.

When you go up to a certain prefect, collude with a general judge to embezzle public funds, or go down to a drunk scholar who discusses state affairs, it will be sent in the form of a paper document.

These documents were gathered in Wang Xu's hands, and the important ones were kept in red for filing, and the unimportant ones were destroyed, and the suspicious ones were sent back for further investigation, and it took one or two hours to get them out every day.

And in the past few days, I don't know why, the strange things that happened below suddenly increased.

Today alone, there have been no less than 100 cases of demons and monsters attacking people.

The hunters who entered the mountain were attacked by mountain monsters, and Xiucai, who was traveling, suffered a violent death from female ghosts, coupled with some strange things about ghosts and demons, which made Wang Xu's workload more than triple than usual.

"Tick tock, tick tock..."

Wang Xu was reading a document on a vendor rushing to the night and encountering a ghost market at night, when he suddenly heard a ticking horn outside, as if there was a noisy procession to welcome relatives.

At first, Wang Xu didn't care about it, but after more than ten minutes, the ticking sound still came not far away, which made him a little strange.

"Someone!"

Wang Xu put down the document and shouted at the door.

Crunch...

The door was pushed open, and two brocade guards on night duty walked in and said respectfully, "What do you command?" ”

"What's going on outside, where did the in-laws team come from, actually making a noise outside our guard?" Wang Xu's tone was displeased, and anyone who was disturbed would not be happy.

"The greeting party?" Hearing Wang Xu's question, the two brocade guards looked at each other and whispered, "My lord, the moon is high and the stars are sparse outside, so there is nothing?" ”

"No?"

Wang Xu paused for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Didn't you hear the ticking sound?" ”

"No, sir!" The two of them simply shook their heads, not looking like they were pretending.

"Didn't you?"

Wang Xu had doubts on his face, only to feel that the gongs and drums outside were noisy, and the trumpets were constantly sounding, just like someone had a happy event.

Could it be that he misheard and had a blind voice?

No, when the martial arts reach the level of Wang Xu, it is already not bad to see the gods, and it is impossible to hallucinate when the mountains are mountains.

"Something is wrong..."

Wang Xu glanced at the pile of dense folds on the desk, and said softly: "What day is today?" ”

"Today?"

A brocade guard thought for a moment and replied, "Today is the Midyear Festival, my lord." ”

"Midyear Festival, Halloween Festival!"

Wang Xu slowly pondered the taste, the smile on his face became cold, and he snorted coldly: "Where did you come from, you dare to come to entertain me!" ”

Sou!!

Wang Xu suddenly burst out, left the Taishi chair in a flying way, turned into a black shadow and flew out.

There have been so many things that have happened recently, and he actually forgot about the Midyear Festival, which really shouldn't be.

It's no wonder that in the past few days, things have happened from time to time that demons and monsters hurt people, it turns out that it is not that there are more ghosts and ghosts, but that it is an auspicious day in the underworld.

Syllable!!

Descending from the sky, Wang Xu landed outside the guard and looked at the darkness in the distance.

While in the room, he heard the ticking sound coming from outside, but when he got outside, he heard it as if the ticking was still far away.

"I've seen my lord..."Several people who were carrying lanterns and patrolling outside saw Wang Xu hurriedly saluting.

Wang Xu waved his hand to signal them to continue, and after a moment, he walked into the darkness with his hands behind his back.

"What is luring me out and wanting to break ground on Tai Sui's head?" Wang Xu strode towards the darkness, this ticking sound could only be heard by him, and it was obvious that the other party's target was him.

This is a new thing, as a Fuzhou envoy, even if it is a demon and a monster, there are a few who dare to be presumptuous in front of him.

Even if he doesn't count his strength, this identity alone can scare ordinary demons and monsters, after all, the Daning Dynasty is humane and orthodox, whether it is a demon or a ghost, at most, it is to show off in the countryside, and it is rare to dare to mess around in the county, let alone make a mistake in the state city.

Dressed in a four-grade body, the official uniform of the pacification envoy with a black cloak gives people a sense of solemnity and majesty.

Wang Xu was not frightened, he walked fearlessly in the dark, following the guidance of the horn all the way, he wanted to see what was doing ghosts.

Walking out step by step, Wang Xu gradually left the state city and came to the outside of Fuzhou.

The city of Fuzhou is divided into the south city and the north city, separated by a canal, Wang Xu just walked in the dark, along the canal all the way to the east.

Lotus lanterns and river boats float down the river, setting off the starlight on the river.

In the dark, things that resemble aquatic plants poke out of the river from time to time, and after following Wang Xu for a while, they shrank their heads and dived down.

Wang Xu's eyes were like torches, and the darkness could not block his vision.

Under his gaze, where those aquatic plants were aquatic weeds, they were clearly clumps of hair scattered on the water.

"That's right!" Seeing the water ghosts retreating one after another, Wang Xu nodded secretly.

Ye Zhiqiu once told him that people with advanced martial arts are like bonfires in the eyes of ghosts.

Unless it has to be, ghosts will never approach these people, because around these people, ghosts will have the illusion of being under the scorching sun, and some of them will even be burned and scattered.

"Fangfang, don't run, wait for me, wait for me!"

Wang Xu was walking, and suddenly saw a scholar carrying a lantern, chasing a white shadow and running towards the river.

When you look at it, isn't this person the drowning scholar you saw when you entered the city that day?

That day, he took Yan Shi and just returned to Fuzhou City from Lanruo Temple, but on the bank of the river, he saw this scholar who was dragged down the river by a water ghost.

If it weren't for this person, Wang Xu wouldn't have known Moyun Zen Master, let alone go to Moyun Zen Master to treat corpse poison.

"It's really fateful to see this scholar again!"

Wang Xu thought so and shouted, "Scholar, what are you doing? ”

"Ahh Suddenly, he heard someone roaring, and the scholar trembled with fright, and the lantern in his hand fell to the ground.

"Hey, why am I here?"

The scholar had already stepped into the river with half a foot, and ran back in a hurry, exclaiming: "What's the matter, I'm not playing games with my lady, is she chasing me, how did you chase here?" ”

"Lady, shit lady, I saw you chasing a piece of white sand and jumping into the river to die!"

As soon as Wang Xu heard it, he knew that the scholar had encountered a ghost.

The scholar looked up unbelievingly, followed the moonlight and looked into the river, only to see a white yarn going straight down the stream, what else could it be if it wasn't her lady's favorite yarn.

"Ghosts?" Thinking of the absurdity of the past few days, the scholar's face turned blue with fright.

Look at it again, the white gauze floating on the surface of the river suddenly seemed to come out of the water, and turned into a woman in white with the gauze on her head.

The woman in white wore a hair with a hair in a bun mixed with aquatic plants, and said with a smile: "Childe, the slave family is here, come to me, and let you kiss me if you catch me." ”

The scholar sat down on the ground, crawled back with his hands and feet, and exclaimed, "Ghost, there is a ghost!" ”

"If you are so daring, you dare to play with ghosts!" Seeing the scholar's back, Wang Xu shook his head slightly, and thought: "Forget it, this scholar and I are also destined, and saving his life is a beginning and an end." ”

Wang Xu retracted his thoughts and continued to follow the sound of the horn and walked out.

After walking for a few miles, he turned back sharply and found that the water ghost named Fangfang was still following him on the water.

"What, you want me to be a substitute for the dead?" Wang Xu had a smile on his face, this kind of low-level water ghost is not a ruthless character.

Ordinary people who encounter clever points may escape from her hands, and in the face of a master of the rivers and lakes like Wang Xu, there is even less deterrence.

After all, the water monster is just a few tricks, the hair is entangled, the feet and necks are drowned, and if you can't resist, you will be drowned, and it will be okay to carry it.

These tricks are okay against ordinary people, but they are not good at dealing with masters of the rivers and lakes, which is why the water ghost's favorite substitute for the dead has always been a child, or a drunk young man.