At dusk that day, Chu Qiguang checked the research and development progress of the craftsmen and urged the 12 craftsmen. After all, this business is very important, and he comes to visit it every few days, on the one hand, to keep an eye on the progress, and on the other hand, to exchange inspiration with the craftsmen.

This kind of fulfilling life seems to make Chu Qiguang feel that he has returned to those green years, and remembers the days when he and a group of employees enjoyed good fortune every day 996.

After grasping the progress of the project, he went out of the city, and at this moment he was walking with Qiao Zhi to Hongyan Township in Qingyang County.

Looking at the rugged road illuminated by Yang Guang at dusk, listening to all kinds of strange wolf-like cries coming from the mountains in the distance, and Qiao Zhi talking to him about the situation of monsters, he realized it again...... Now I am in a demon world.

"There is a Nanjian village in Hongyan Township, which used to be a winemaker, but then it was gradually dilapidated after a fire. A few years ago, I heard that the apportionment was too heavy, and most of the young men and women in the village had fled, leaving only some of the old, weak, sick and disabled. ”

"These are real hardships haha, they can't force a few dollars, the government simply treats them as if they don't exist, and they don't even bother to collect taxes. ”

Chu Qiguang knew that some villages in Qingyang County that were too dilapidated would always owe them if they couldn't collect taxes.

Every few years, the imperial court always has to pardon these arrears of taxes, after all, it is really too poor to collect, and the pardon can also show the benevolence of the court.

And at this moment, Chu Qiguang rushed to Hongyan Township to subdue the demon.

Since Chu Qiguang became the leader of the largest monster gang in Qingyang County, in order not to attract the attention of the Heavenly Master Sect and the Demon Suppression Division, he would deliberately guide his subordinates not to cause trouble.

But this time, when the youkai of the whole county were gathered, not every youkai would listen to him. He could only personally press down some troublesome monsters, so as not to arouse the idea of the Demon Suppression Division and the Heavenly Master Sect.

Chu Qiguang secretly said in his heart: "These monsters are really uneasy. ’

Qiao Zhi continued: "In recent months, it is said that there is a monster in Nanjian Village, which often comes to the village to make trouble, and the villagers are annoyed by being harassed, but they dare not invite Taoist temples, and they are afraid that the Taoist priests will exploit them even more. What's more, this incident didn't cause any deaths, and the villagers gradually got used to it, so this monster went to make trouble. ”

"When Bai Mi went to Nanjian Village yesterday, I originally wanted to call this monster to Wangjiazhuang. ”

The monster didn't want to, so Bai Mi quarreled with him, and was beaten up after being attacked by a sneak attack. ”

"Before Bai Mi left, I heard that there was a death in this village, and I am afraid that it was not caused by monsters. ”

"Now I'm afraid that the Taoist priest will go out to catch this monster, this monster already knows about our recent gathering of monsters, and it will be troublesome if the Taoist priest interrogates it. ”

After listening to Qiao Zhi's report, Chu Qiguang nodded and said, "Okay, then we will get this matter done before the Dao Masters come, and the masters in the Taoist Temple will still be busy with the preparation of the merit bank, so don't trouble them." ”

Behind Chu Qiguang and Qiao Zhi, there were also Chen Gang, Bai Mi, and Datou, all of whom were called to help.

When he came to Nanjian Village, Chu Qiguang found that the fields were in good order, and even ditches had been dug on the periphery, which didn't look like the dilapidated appearance that Qiao Zhi had said before.

Then Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang entered the village, while Qiao Zhi took Bai Mi and Datou to investigate outside the village, looking for traces of the monster.

When you enter the village, you can see that some of the roofs of the earthen houses have broken holes, some wooden doors have fallen to the ground, most of the farm tools in the yard have been discarded at will, and there are even traces of decay on the wooden handles, as if no one has farmed for a long time.

In the distance, a large area of charred ruins could be faintly seen, apparently left over from the fires of the past.

And in this dilapidated village, some old people squatted under the wall and looked at Chu Qiguang who entered the village, they were all skinny, and they all looked at Chu Qiguang curiously when they saw him entering the village.

Chu Qiguang asked Chen Gang to inquire about the news, and he chatted with an old man squatting on the side of the road.

The other party was also out of sight, especially after Chu Qiguang gave ten copper coins, he talked to him more enthusiastically about the situation here.

In general, there has been a severe drought in the past two years, and the village has always had no last meal, and people have to starve to death every year.

And since the monster came to the village to steal food, this day has been even more difficult, and the villagers can barely survive by helping each other.

After a while, Chen Gang came back and said: "I went to the village chief's house to ask, there is a monster who has been making trouble in Nanjian Village recently, and often comes to steal food from the village at night, and the villagers are miserable." ”

So Chu Qiguang followed Chen Gang to the chief's house, and what appeared in front of Chu Qiguang was a middle-aged man with an extremely thin body, not an old man like other villagers.

Chu Qiguang found that he seemed to be the only one living in the house, and there was no trace of the lives of other relatives.

The name of the person in front of him is Zheng Sanshui, and when he heard that Chu Qiguang had come to subdue the monster, Zheng Sanshui's face showed a vigilant expression: "The two are the masters in the Taoist temple?"

Chen Gang said: "Don't be afraid, this lieutenant, our son is not a master in the Taoist temple, he doesn't accept your offerings, and he doesn't want your silver, he is here to help the village subdue demons." ”

Zheng Sanshui immediately relaxed a little when he heard that the Taoist priest who was not a Taoist temple, but said with a skeptical expression: "Can you subdue demons?"

Chen Gang said proudly: "My son-in-law has a hard-working martial arts, he can stand on his fists, he can walk on his arms, and he can't be caught when he surrenders a little monster." ”

So Zheng Sanshui said about the monster again, but this Zheng Sanshui obviously has no culture, and he came and went to say that there was a black shadow drilling around, stealing food, digging holes in the ground, and what the monster was called, and it felt like there was no too useful information when he turned it upside down.

"I heard that the monster also killed someone?" When Chu Qiguang proposed to go and see the corpse, Zheng Sanshui's face changed, as if he had thought of something bad, and said with a gloomy face: "I advise you not to watch it, you can't sleep at night after watching it." ”

Chu Qiguang smiled: "I've long been used to not sleeping. ”

So at Chu Qiguang's insistence, Zheng Sanshui took the two of them towards the ancestral hall in the village, Chu Qiguang followed behind, looking at Zheng Sanshui's limping appearance, and found that the other party's right leg seemed to have some problems, and his legs and feet were very inconvenient.

On the way, Chu Qiguang chatted with the other party casually, and inquired about the situation in Nanjian Village, and sure enough, there was only a group of old people left, and Zheng Sanshui in front of him was already the youngest.

He couldn't help but think to himself: 'If there are no young people in this village, how can they take care of the fields outside and dig ditches?'

As soon as he came to the ancestral hall, a rancid smell came to his face, and Chu Qiguang swept over the altar not far away, and found that the Xuanyuan Daozun here seemed to have not been worshiped for a long time, and it was full of dust.