"Senior brother, have you noticed that this Qingyuan County looks very lively, but there is almost no smile on people's faces." On the streets of Qingyuan County, Lin Jia and Xu Fan walked side by side.

Xu Fan nodded, these subtle weirdnesses, Xu Fan had already discovered them when he entered the county seat, but he didn't say it.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jia had good observation skills, and he even found out.

"Good observation, it seems that your heart is quite fine."

Hearing Xu Fan's performance, Lin Jia suddenly raised his head and smiled, as if he was a little proud, but quickly retracted his smile and whispered in Xu Fan's ear; "Senior brother, you say, why is this Qingyuan County so strange, could it be that something happened?"

"It's not easy to know what's going on, just find someone to ask." Xu Fan said loudly.

"Now, that's fine." Xu Fan pointed to a noodle stall on the side of the road.

Then, the two walked directly to the noodle stall.

Not long after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, restaurants were generally opened, that is, these roadside noodle stalls provided some places for travelers to eat.

In this kind of era, even if it is not delicious, there will not be many people who are picky, after all, they have experienced the war era when there is nothing to eat, for them, as long as there is something to eat, as for the taste or anything, they do not pursue it.

"Two guest officers, what are you going to do?" When the stall owner saw a guest coming to the door, he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Old version, cook two bowls of noodles."

"Okay."

"Is there any meat?" Xu Fan spoke up again.

"A little."

"That's all for us, the money can't be worse than yours."

"Okay, you two, please wait a minute." The boss is also a sincere person, and when he saw the clothes of Xu Fan and Lin Jia, he knew that the two of them were the kind of people who were not bad for money.

Especially Xu Fan and Lin Jia are holding a sword, and at first glance they are the kind of knights who walk the rivers and lakes, this kind of person is not bad for money.

The sword is the king of weapons, and the knife is different, most of those who eat with martial arts are holding a big knife to kill, after all, compared to the sword, the long knife is more convenient to kill, so most of the people who eat with martial arts use knives.

And those who use swords are either rich sons, the kind used to show their identity, or they are chivalrous warriors who walk the rivers and lakes.

"Two guest officers, your face." Soon, the stall owner served two large bowls of noodles, the bowl was very large, and the portion was also very large, mixed with a lot of shredded meat, it seems that this should be the only shredded meat of the stall owner.

"Boss, here's the money for you." Xu Fan directly took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and threw it to the stall owner.

"Hey, guest officer, you give too much, this is a lot of three taels, and the villain has no money to find you."

"You don't need to look for it, you only need to answer a few questions from me, and the money is all yours." Three taels of silver is nothing to Xu Fan, but for ordinary people, this is definitely not a small number.

You know, he only sells three copper plates for a bowl of noodles.

And one tael of silver can be exchanged for ten copper plates, and one coin is a hundred copper plates.

He only has three copper plates for a bowl of noodles, and even if it is with meat, it is at most twenty copper plates, and it is less than a penny.

Xu Fan seems to have bought a lollipop for a hundred yuan, and then the money doesn't need to be found for that kind of money.

When the boss heard that there was such a good thing, his face immediately turned happy.

"Really?"

"Then there can be fake, you look at my clothes, and you know that I am not an ordinary person, but I am just a newcomer here, and I have some doubts, as long as you solve this doubt for me, the money will be yours."

"Guest officer, may I ask?" In the face of the temptation of money, the boss is also smiling, three taels of silver, he may not be able to earn so much in a year.

This money is enough for him to buy two thicker clothes for his wife and children for the winter, and buy some good food for the family.

You know, his wife and children haven't seen meat for a long time.

He himself is the same, and the little bit of meat he added to Xu Fan and the others was also bought by him with a lot of effort.

He thought he wouldn't be able to sell it, but he took it home and made it into cured meat and ate it slowly at home.

"That's the case, I see that the atmosphere in Yuan County doesn't seem to be very good, there is always a frozen atmosphere, here, is there something going on?."

"Guest, you're from out of town, right?"

"Yes, my junior sister and I are passing through here, passing by here, but we have some doubts in our hearts, and we just heard about it, both of us are disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect of Dragon and Tiger Mountain."

"Dragon Tiger Mountain?" The stall owner was shocked.

Longhu Mountain has been passed down since the Han Dynasty, and even some ordinary people know the name.

However, there are not many disciples in Longhu Mountain who have been walking outside these years, so his reputation is a little smaller.

But this did not prevent the people from knowing about the Heavenly Master Sect of Longhu Mountain.

Because all the people who come out of Longhu Mountain are definitely very powerful existences, the kind with real skills.

As soon as they heard that Xu Fan and the others were Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain, the stall owner suddenly became even hotter.

"Two Dao Masters."

"This matter has to start from three years ago, it was a rainy night three years ago....... Things, that's it. ”

While eating noodles, the two listened to the stall owner tell that the meal took nearly 20 minutes to eat.

"So, in this Qingyuan County, there are mountain demons in the downtown area, looking for children everywhere?"

"Yes, that mountain demon is really hateful, there are more than forty children lost in Qingyuan County, and one will be lost almost every month, no one knows whose turn will be next time, and it is not only our Qingyuan County."

"Not far away, in Lishan County, Zhangxian County, Hejiawan County, and Qiaobei County, children are lost every month."

"Isn't there anyone in charge of this?" Xu Fan frowned and said loudly.

If it is true as the stall owner said, then the child has lost something serious.

Many counties are losing children, and this year, if you round it up, it will be nearly a hundred.

"Tube, how can no one care, in the past three years, there have been many Taoist monks in the county, but this matter has not been dealt with, the mountain demon is too powerful, just the loss of the Taoist monks here, there are more than a dozen, and there are seven or eight who escaped halfway, no one dares to care about this matter."

"Although the two Dao Masters are the high disciples of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, you had better leave this matter alone." In the end, the stall owner kindly persuaded him.

After all, Xu Fan gave him three taels of silver, but he helped him too much.

"Okay, we get it, thank you." Xu Fan said politely.

"Senior sister, have you eaten well? Once eaten, it's time for us to go. ”

"Well, almost." Lin Jia nodded.

Xu Fan nodded, and then the two left directly.

Looking at the back of Xu Fan and the others leaving, the stall owner seemed to want to say something, but in the end he shook his head and didn't say anything.

He actually wanted Xu Fan and the others to solve this matter, after all, the two of them were the masters of Longhu Mountain, but when he thought of those 'masters' who died in this matter, he really couldn't say this.

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In the county government of Qingyuan County, Liu Zhengzheng, the county magistrate, was close to the three unveiling people, accompanied by officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, workers, shop chiefs, and undertakers, plus a master book and more than ten government officials.

Because of the disaster of the mountain demon, Liu Zheng had to send a list to invite someone to get rid of the demon.

Because this matter has been stranded for three whole years, in the past three years, the county has lost a lot of children, and as a local parent official, his prestige has been lost by most of it.

If this matter is left alone, it won't be long before the black gauze hat on his head is estimated to be gone.

It is precisely because of this that he had to spend his blood money next time and take out three hundred taels to offer a reward.

And things are as she expected, under the heavy reward, there will be brave men.

No, this Zhaobang has only been out for a day, and three people have come.

He doesn't care if there are many people, when the matter is settled, who will give the money, he only cares about the mountain demon this time, whether it can be solved.

After all, no matter how many people come, he still has to solve the matter of the mountain demon at all.

"Lord County Commander, what do you think of these three groups of people." The master bookkeeper glanced at the three people below, and whispered in the ear of the county order.

"What do you think? Let's see what they have to say. ”

"Ahem, this official made this famous list this time, I think you also know what the reason is."

"Lord County Commander, the matter of the mountain demon, my master and I can definitely help you solve it." As soon as the words of the county order fell, below, a combination of old and young suddenly spoke.

It was the man in his twenties who spoke, with a smile on his face, offering his hands, and looking confident.

The county magistrate subconsciously frowned, he didn't like this kind of person, after all, the thing hadn't been done yet, he had such an expression, either arrogant or arrogant, he had seen a lot of such people.

"Young man, don't be young and vigorous, this matter is not something that the two of you can do, this time the mountain demon disaster, before you, there were also cultivators who came, but they couldn't solve it, but they buried themselves here."

The young man was stunned for a moment, and the middle-aged man next to him who looked to be in his forties glared at him, and then arched his hand towards the county order, but did not speak.

And beside the old and the young, there were three women, but they were not ordinary women, but three nuns.

A middle-aged nun who looked to be in her thirties took the lead, and behind her, there were two young nuns who looked seventeen or eighteen years old, with clear eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and if it weren't for the lack of hair, they would also be beautiful young girls.

"Lord County Commander, the matter of the mountain demon, the three of my master and apprentice will also make a modest effort, as for the reward, there is no need." The old nun made a Buddhist salute and said loudly.

"Then thank you, Master." Seeing the attitude of the old nun, the county order was immediately overjoyed.

Compared with the old and the young, it was obvious that the old nun's words made him more happy.

After all, buying and selling without spending money, who doesn't like it.

You know, of the three hundred taels of silver, one hundred taels of which he gave it, and as for the remaining two hundred li, it was given by the squire, and if they didn't want the three hundred taels, they could still solve the matter.

He is not a person with power, fame and fortune, such a good thing, where would he be unhappy.

But the old nun's words made the old and the young disliked, this matter, they came for the three hundred taels, the old nun didn't want it, but it seemed that they were not very good.

But it is natural to do things with others and take people's money, but when it comes to the mouth of this old nun, it is due, which makes the middle-aged man feel a little unhappy in his heart, and he wants to leave directly.

But thinking that this was not good, I finally suppressed the anger in my heart.

(End of chapter)