After some rituals, the main family had prepared several tables of extremely rich delicacies to entertain the Taoist chief and the helpers, Zheng Yan was also arranged a seat by the housekeeper because he helped carry the stones, and the two Taoist priests were accompanied by the main family and the village teacher to sit at another table.

Two Zhuang Kui, one in his fifties and looks experienced in the vicissitudes of life, and the other in his twenties has a high-spirited edge, looking at the lively young woman quietly pointing, the young man seems to have a more erect chest. During the banquet, the host kept persuading him to drink, while earnestly asking about the precautions in the future, the elder Zhuang Kui explained in detail while drinking, but there was no arrogance of ordinary monks in the face of mortals, and the young people were a little pretentious.

On the left of Zheng Yan is a crop man who seems to be a bit addicted to alcohol, his nose is dark and yellow, he has been drinking wine comfortably, and rarely moves chopsticks to the chicken, duck and fish meat on the table, Zheng Yan is a martial arts cultivator who is naturally familiar with medical science, not to mention that he has been very interested in this since he was a child, and he has dabbled in internal medicine and surgery.

On the right hand side is a square and somewhat sad man, looking at Zheng Yan a few more glances at the man who was drinking, he said helplessly, "In order to drink the land is rented out, the wife and children go back to their parents' house for five or six years, and they live by working long and short jobs, young people must not learn from him",

Zheng Yan smiled kindly, and then asked curiously, "Our Zhuangzi seems to have hundreds of households, why don't there seem to be many people on the street?

The man took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Some rich people from the county came to Daqinggou in the northwest, saying that they wanted to build a courtyard, and the people in the village went to work there, and they could earn 50 wen a day, and the masons and carpenters could earn 100 wen a day, all of which were settled on the spot, and we all had to go over in a while."

Zheng Yan came from the south, all the way to pay attention to the terrain and landforms, did not find any nearby feng shui treasures or unique scenery of the place, actually someone came here to build a courtyard, how can there be hundreds of miles from the nearest county seat, so there are some want to go to Daqinggou to have a look, but first see where the two Zhuang Kui go, if they go north, they will follow, go to other places to care, go directly to Daqinggou to see and continue to hurry.

The master asked his subordinates to bring a money bag and handed it to the elder Zhuang Kui, about three or four hundred dollars, the elder Zhuang Kui took it with a smile, put it in his sleeve quietly, and then took the young man to say goodbye, Zheng Yan put down the chopsticks and left.

The two of them went straight to the east, probably to the side of the post road, Zheng Yan secretly said that it was a pity, so he had to walk alone in the direction of Daqinggou in the northwest that the villagers said. Daqinggou is five miles away from the village, only a sheep intestine path extends into it, the people in the village generally rarely go in, only in the late summer and early autumn to hunt grass will go, I heard that there are a lot of poisonous insects and beasts.

Zheng Yan left the village and walked more than two miles and began to enter the woods, this side is indeed vast and sparsely populated, the cultivated land around the village can feed the whole village, and the northwest side is mostly hills and ravines, it is said that Daqinggou is a group of hills and ravines, the man on the wine table said that the widest ditch is three or four miles, the narrowest is thirty or fifty zhang, the depth is generally in thirty or forty zhang, there is almost no straight up and down the cliff, but the rich businessman from the city built another courtyard site under a stone cliff, the whole stone cliff is more than ten zhang high and one hundred zhang wide and said that he is ready to carve some Buddha cave Buddha statues.

Walking and walking, he suddenly saw that there seemed to be a brand-new white jade tablet in front of him, Zheng Yan jumped on a big tree and carefully identified it, and found that it was actually a Lingxing Gate, and the plaque on the door was inscribed "Cave Heaven and Blessed Land", is this the meaning of taking root here?

Just when Zheng Yan was puzzled, he saw several burly men wearing black suits guarding the door, greeting the villagers who were working in the ditch enthusiastically, and when the villagers walked away, one of them was recording something on the table.

Seeing this, Zheng Yan finally began to have doubts in his heart, this is not the style that the rich businessmen and gentry from the ordinary county town would do, and looking at those families, they are obviously all practicing families, and it is impossible to see whether they have practiced or not;

Thinking of this, Zheng Yan jumped down from the tree, looked in the direction and walked towards a densely wooded place on the side, preparing to bypass the Lingxing Gate on the road and enter the ditch. Unexpectedly, I didn't go far and saw two family members, and they were actually holding wolf dogs, which made Zheng Yan a little itchy, so he simply spread out his body and only galloped on the canopy, for Zheng Yan, who is now in the five realms of martial arts, it is easy to avoid a few family members, as for the wolf dogs, they can be deceived with some wild leeks and wormwood.

Soon into the ditch, and the villagers introduced, the terrain is really complex and abnormal, the peculiarity is that the hills have completely soil with gravel, and there are bare rocky boulders, which is really strange, the gentleman who supervised the study of geology in Zongxue Guozi did not say so, and it is impossible for the geology to appear in a small area This completely different form.

Zheng Yan carefully inspected some loess and large and small stones, it seemed to be familiar, such a large area naturally could not be artificially fried like a tomb, more like a large-scale fire spell burning, it seemed to be a little eyebrows, but a little puzzled, simply paid attention to the trees and wildflowers and weeds, and actually saw a lot of unicorn and silver vein that should have been extremely rare, as well as phoenix tail ferns and ground cattails, and found a nest of purple pipa scorpions in a low-lying and dark place! This time Zheng Yan was really a little uneasy.

It is clearly recorded in the "Atlas of the Great Wilderness" that the purple pipa scorpion only grows in the deepest part of the Gobi and Taihua Mountains in the Tianshan Mountains west of Daqin, and many people have verified with practical actions that these guys can't live anywhere except these two places, and it is precisely because of this that the world can breathe a sigh of relief, because these beautiful little guys, as long as they are a little, can kill people, regardless of ordinary people and monks.

Zheng Yan was a little surprised, he had just come in and found so many strange things, Qilin Luo Silver Vein Luo and Purple Heart Luo were called the "Three Immortals in Luo" It is said that it can also create vitality, indoor planting can invigorate the blood and nourish the essence, for unknown reasons during the Millennium War, these three kinds of vines suddenly disappeared from the world, and now there may only be some family collections, Zheng Yan has seen a silver vein in the old man's house at the sacrificial wine, the old man said that he wanted it from Ouchi, and he didn't know where Ouchi got it.

This season is the time when the vine seeds are ripe, Zheng Yan naturally has to collect some, and be careful to avoid some places that may hide scorpions, as for the phoenix tail fern and the ground cattail, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't eat it, these two things are *, and there is no cure, it is said that the meaning of the dragon and the white deer is special.

Twists and turns, because there are scorpions in the ditch Zheng Yan tried his best to walk the mountainside, and finally saw the other courtyard that the villagers said when the sun set, sure enough, it was under a mountain cliff, the cliff has carved some cave Buddha statues, and the other courtyard under the cliff seems to have almost been completed, and now it is probably to do some ground regularization and interior decoration work, at this time people are finishing work, some are queuing up to receive money, Zheng Yan quickly wrote down the layout of the yard.

Looking at this "other courtyard" Zheng Yan couldn't help but smile, and lied to the people in the village that it might work if the other courtyard worked, but he definitely couldn't deceive himself, saying that the fortress was a little demeaning to it, saying that the city was more accurate, or that the sect mountain gate was also OK, with the current layout and possible extension, such a scale can accommodate at least thousands of people, and the location of several hills outside is excellent, only the hidden passages that are connected are missing, and the inner buildings are clearly layered and extremely open, this is not a problem of the atmosphere, this is the most basic condition for defense.

Now Zheng Yan regretted that he didn't ask the villagers in detail, he thought it was just a scenic spot, the rich businessman wanted to live in seclusion or hide his wealth, but he didn't expect that there was so much content, he was thinking about waiting for it to get completely dark and go in to find out, and suddenly felt that there was something moving in the hills behind, and now Zheng Yan's mental power is much stronger than before, and it seems that he has a more subtle perception ability, and he didn't want to hide in a bush quickly.

Soon two figures walked out of the ravine, quickly climbed up the hill where Zheng Yan was, and began to carefully observe the opposite courtyard, Zheng Yan saw clearly through the gap in the grass that it turned out to be the two Zhuang Kui that he met in the village, it would not be deliberately made to go to the east first, and then turn here when people were unprepared, right? Someone followed them? Yes, there must be people arranged by other courtyards in the village, and when he entered the ditch, he didn't feel being watched.

Zheng Yan couldn't help muttering in his heart, mainly because all the people he met along the way were masters, and any person could clean himself up, he always felt that his skills were not as good as others, and he fell into a shadow, so he was not confident, and he still looked around for the sake of safety, and he really didn't find anyone who was watching, but his heart was still hairy, okay, there were really some shadows.

The two Zhuang Kui observed for a while and seemed to be communicating something, the distance Zheng Yan couldn't hear clearly, and then the two walked in one direction, probably looking for a temporary hiding place, probably with the same idea as themselves. After waiting for a while to see that there was no movement outside, he was about to crawl out of the grass, and suddenly his waist, which was about to arch up, was pressed back to the ground, and there was a "grass line" swimming in the barren grass more than half a person high in the ditch! It was the direction in which the two men had gone before.

Zheng Yan held his breath and condensed, his qi was already restrained, and he picked up the "Hidden Dragon Death Method" again, and saw the "grass line" disappear in a ditch, and waited for a while before he stepped forward.

Careful all the way, I don't know how far away it is from the ravine on the other side of the courtyard, and finally saw a cluster of fire in a depression in front of him, Zheng Yan couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, who do you two think you are? So blatant, aren't you afraid that people will find out? Thinking of what they have been followed, Zheng Yan still decided to stay away.

waited until the second half of the night, and finally the two of them extinguished the bonfire and began to touch the side of the courtyard, Zheng Yan quietly followed behind to keep a distance from a ravine, and never found the person who was following them, and his heart was a little lost.

When they arrived at the ravine where the other courtyard was located, the two of them did not act rashly, they each burned a rune paper, and then disappeared out of thin air, Zheng Yan took a deep breath and was a little helpless, there was still such a means, there was nothing to say, after all, people are still Taoist priests in name, the key is not to know whether they use the earth escape charm or the stealth charm, if they don't understand, forget it, it seems that they can only give up the plan to fish in the troubled waters of Chen Cang in the dark.

Just as he was about to get up and walk in the other direction, he suddenly saw a graceful figure in the place where the two disappeared through the waning moon, a woman! Wearing a black bodysuit, an assassin or a spy? Or is it a guard in the other courtyard? I saw the woman jumping down, like a Lingbo fairy, strange and with a strange temptation, Zheng Yan actually had some urge to follow, and realized that his will was loose and hurriedly tense, this woman is not a person!

Choosing another direction again, Zheng Yan also touched the courtyard below, and encountered a few bright and dark sentinels on the road, as well as some ingenious early warning organs, which basically mixed in without danger, and there was no movement in the direction where the woman on the other side was walking, Zheng Yan was actually a little happy in his heart, and suddenly realized that they made some movement before they could act, right? Sure enough, it is not a person, it must be a spirit of successful cultivation, otherwise it would not be possible to have such a great attraction, a little like the feeling that Li Xuanzhen brought to himself.

Zheng Yan speculated while climbing over a few courtyard walls, and finally came to a courtyard with a voice, judging from the movement from the house, it should be the residence of the nurse, and after listening carefully for a while, he didn't hear anything valuable, mostly some martial arts training, and the rest was some meat talk.

Zheng Yan gave up the plan to grab a tongue, and the confidence to listen to the people in the room was probably around the three realms, and there were more than ten people in the two rooms, and he was afraid that he would not be able to take it for a while, and he would have to kill people if he wanted to take it, and the situation was unknown, and he couldn't do it, not to mention that he hadn't killed anyone yet, no, he had killed people in Mu Hanyang's memory, and there were countless of them, thinking of this, Zheng Yan couldn't help but sigh lightly, the imprint of this memory in his mind was not ordinarily deep.

After crossing a few more courtyards, before he knew it, he had arrived in the backyard, Zheng Yan began to think in pieces, the two Zhuang Kui hurriedly exposed, maybe there must be an echo if they really want to forget, there was a shout from the west of the courtyard, and then there was a firelight shining, Zheng Yan saw clearly that it was the five elements spell released by the Fu Seal, and the two guys were really exposed, and then several small courtyards rushed out of a team of guards holding steel knives wearing the same black suits,

Under the command of a few leaders, there were several teams scattered to the west courtyard to surround the past, one by one the big men were in good shape, running on the walls and roofs, and some archers began to occupy favorable terrain, the rules and weather were not simple, absolutely well-trained, the other half of the people had begun to rush towards Zheng Yan's side, from their shouts just now, Zheng Yan knew that this was preparing to go to the courtyard in the northeast corner to protect their master and young master, Zheng Yan did not hesitate anymore, and began to take the lead in the northeast direction.

The courtyard on the east side is very quiet, because there is a wide open space on the east side of the courtyard, and it has not been built yet, but Zheng Yan knows that it should be preparing to build a martial arts field, because the empty thieves generally do not choose to sneak in or break through from here, so there are few guards, Zheng Yan sneaked in without much effort, and then suddenly saw the woman who was shrinking under a cornice.

The woman seemed to be intently checking the movement in the courtyard, and did not find Zheng Yan hidden behind the ridge of the wing room on the other side, Zheng Yan followed the woman's line of sight and found nothing.

The courtyard is empty, this building is built with a magnificent atmosphere, no less than a side hall of the palace, the level of these guards plus these pavilions and pavilions carved beams and paintings, if it weren't for the top few giants in the Great Zhou, Zheng Yan didn't believe that he was a rich businessman from a small county town, those big families are not counted, the strength of the family is definitely stronger than this, at least there will definitely be monks in the guards, and it is impossible for him to enter here so easily.

A young man in a brocade suit walked out of the building, who looked like a son, probably the young master that the guards said. The young man summoned two burly men from the corner and ordered them to lead the guards outside to protect the left and right.

From Zheng Yan's point of view, the young man seemed to be a little evil, the corners of his mouth turned up and seemed to be a little proud, and then turned around and walked towards the building, just as Zheng Yan was observing the young man's walking posture, suddenly the woman who had been hiding under the eaves quickly ran to the eaves of the door, and then jumped down to attack the young man who was about to cross the threshold, the timing was very accurate, if...

If Zheng Yan hadn't finished thinking about it, the young man had quickly dodged to the side, and at the same time, a golden energy in the building was in the middle of the delicate body of the woman who had just fallen and was still unstable, the woman was unavoidable and barely protected her arms on her chest, and the next moment she flew out upside down, landing three feet away, and rolling out a long distance, Zheng Yan was a little distressed, seeing the woman struggling to stand up, but it was a little futile.

The young man's tone seemed to be very helpless and distressed, "Dongchuan Daoist, you are too heavy, how can such a beautiful girl withstand such a blow from you",

Saying that, he quickly ran to the side of the woman who was struggling to remember, quickly and cautiously pasted a talisman on the woman's forehead, and clicked a few acupoints, probably thinking that it was still inappropriate, and shouted into the house, "Dao Chief, use your blocking technique to add another insurance, and when this son heals this girl for a while, I'm afraid that there will be a misunderstanding."

"It's been sealed, her current strength is no different from ordinary people, you can do whatever you want", a voice from the room that seemed to be a little old,

The young man stood in place and seemed a little helpless, and looked down at the woman who was staring at him hatefully, and smiled again for a while, " Beauty, I've been waiting for you for a long time, don't worry, your sister is fine, my son likes Shuangfei the most, no, I like sister flowers the most, phew, no, it's the taste of waiting, for a while, the three of us stay and fly together, you can't beat me, after tonight we are a family, rest assured, although my son is attentive, it also depends on who is right, you and your sister are the best in the world, and it is more than enough to be on the top ten beauties, this son must take good care of you",

It seemed that there was some hesitation, but the young man finally used a handling technique, always separated from the woman by an arm's length and a half, Zheng Yan couldn't help but secretly scold the beast, you are so careful and cautious in doing such things, the dagger that the girl prepared for you can't be used.

Seeing the door closed, Zheng Yan was inexplicably a little anxious, this is not his style!