The night is as cool as water.

Wang Shen and Daozheng stood on the tower of Qinzhou City, which was the highest point in the entire Qinzhou City, and they could see the lights of thousands of homes in the city.

However, at this time, it was close to the third watch, and as far as the eye could see, there were only some sporadic lights in the east and south of the city, most of which were some restaurants that did not close all night, and most of the people in the city had turned off the lights and fallen asleep.

It was late autumn, and he was standing on a high place, Wang Shen couldn't help but shiver when the night breeze blew, and he hurriedly picked up the prepared wine jug and poured it into his mouth.

The wine is the most famous instant burning in Qinzhou, it is an extremely strong wine, the entrance is strong, and it can make the whole body rise with a hot warm current in the abdomen, which is most liked by the border army.

After Wang Shen drank three sips, he touched his mouth and said comfortably: "If you don't have this wine, I really don't know how to boil it tonight." ”

Dao Zheng had been secretly staring at his wine jug when Wang Shen was drinking, and then saw Wang Shen put the wine jug away, and after enduring it for a long time, he asked, "This wine is really as delicious as the legend?"

Wang Shen was slightly stunned, looked at Dao Zheng and said curiously, "Haven't you drunk it?"

Daozheng shook his head and said, "No, you can't drink it on the mountain before, but now when you go down the mountain, there are also clear laws in the Yin Division that you can't drink." Moreover, my master said that drinking alcohol is easy to mess with sex, and it is not suitable for cultivators. ”

Wang Shen recalled for a long time but didn't remember that his master had said something similar, although Xuanyuan Daoist didn't teach him any skills, but he taught himself a lot of principles of being a human being in the past five years, and these principles did not include the rule that he could not drink alcohol.

Seeing that Dao Zheng looked entangled and wanted to speak, Wang Shen smiled and said, "Do you want to taste it?"

"Oh? no, no, no...... In case the Master knows about ......"

Dao Zheng waved his hand again and again, but a pair of eyes were staring at the wine jug handed over by Wang Shen, and the Adam's apple rolled as if something was constantly swallowing.

"A bite won't kill you, don't worry, you know this, I know it, and others will never know. My master is also a cultivator, and he told me that there are countless strange things in this world, some people regard them as treasures, and some people regard them as beasts. But if you don't try it for yourself, you'll never know what it really is. ”

Wang Shen's words made Dao Zheng have the courage to take the wine jug, he first opened the wine jug and smelled it, his eyes immediately lit up and said, "It's so fragrant." ”

"Drink, the devil knows how long we'll have to keep watch tonight, and if you don't come out, you'll have to come back tomorrow. ”

Wang Shen tightened his shirt to prevent the autumn wind from drilling into his collar, he was not like Daozheng, who had vitality to protect his body and could not be afraid of the cold.

"Well, it seems that your master is an enlightened person. ”

After saying this, Dao Zheng finally overcame the fear of the master in his heart, and had the courage to follow Wang Shen's example and pour a mouthful into his mouth.

For beginners, drinking for the first time is the most taboo, Daozheng is inexperienced, and Wang Shen didn't want to remind him. It wasn't until Dao Zheng was hunched over the wall that he choked on tears, Wang Shen patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "My master also said that many things are not what you see, you have to think twice before you do everything, especially when you do it for the first time, remember to be careful." ”

Wang Shen was obviously teasing, and Dao Zheng, who choked on snot and tears, didn't take it to heart, and at this time, he felt more in his heart that he finally drank a sip of wine, even if the feeling brought by this first sip of wine could never be forgotten in his life, but these things were hardly worth mentioning compared to the courage he needed to try to drink.

Once many things start, it is difficult to contain his feet, and Daozheng, who is coughing on the ground and red ears, calms down, and after taking a few deep breaths of cold air to make his burning throat feel better, he actually takes another sip of the wine jug.

He had learned to be clever in this sip, drinking less and slowly, and only when the fierce drink slowly swallowed from his mouth, then flowed through his throat, and finally fell into his belly, did he squint his eyes and feel the raging fire in his belly.

"Master is not right, drinking alcohol does not affect the cultivation path. ”

Dao Zheng said solemnly, and after taking a sip of wine, it actually made his vitality that had been silent in the sea of dantian qi for a long time a little restless, and there was a faint precursor to breaking through the bottleneck of cultivation.

As a disciple of Huazhen Daoren, the Qingyang Palace talent, Daozheng is young but cultivated, he has eight veins in his body before going down the mountain, and Huazhen Daoist took him down the mountain to find some opportunities in the world, so that this disciple who is most proud of himself can break through the boundaries of the eight veins as soon as possible, and look forward to the true avenue of heaven and earth.

It's a pity that this seventh vein is like the first difficult pass in life that suddenly appears in the path of cultivation for Dao Zheng, who has always been smooth on the path of cultivation, and there is no sign of breaking through after descending the mountain for so long.

Until tonight, after taking a sip of the one handed over by Wang Shen, it was immediately burned, and the vitality that had been condensed in the sea of righteous qi for a long time became agitated as if it had been ignited by something.

So, Dao Zheng put the wine pot down, sat down cross-legged on the spot, put his hands on the dantian under his abdomen, and slowly closed his eyes.

Wang Shen, who was on the side, saw that his eyes lit up, although he couldn't gather qi in the dantian, but his perception of the aura of heaven and earth was no worse than others, and at the moment when Dao Zheng crossed his knees, he obviously felt that the wind on the city tower was stronger. These winds are not too cold, but more clean and soft, coming from all directions of heaven and earth, hovering around Daozheng.

"Hey, it's really more popular than people......"

Wang Shen smiled bitterly and picked up the wine jug on the ground, and then quietly watched Daozheng, observing the situation in the city from time to time, and secretly said that it was better not to have any accidents at this time.

Tonight, Wang Shen and Daozheng made an appointment with the Qinzhou Mansion to catch ghosts.

According to Wang Shen's plan, according to the judge, fifty messengers were sent to arrest the prisoners, and wandered around the city of Qinzhou in the guise of civilians, each with a fire signal in their hands.

After the third watch, if you meet a lone woman on the road, you will immediately ignite the signal in your hand. This signal is not an ordinary thing, but the unique soul-attracting lamp oil of the Zhiyin Division, and the flame ignited by the soul-attracting lamp oil will not alarm the ghosts, but will only calm their minds. And these servants were divided into ten groups, each with five people. Each group was responsible for an area of the city, and one of the five lived on a high place, and the other four walked alone, but they were not more than a hundred feet apart from each other. Once one of the four people ignites the signal in his hand, the person in the high position will also ignite the signal in his hand at the same time. There are ten people in the high position, and if one of them lights the signal in his hand, the remaining nine people can see it, and the signal in the hands of these nine people can be transmitted to the eyes of the other four people in their own area in time. As a result, everyone was able to act as soon as possible and rushed to the scene of the incident.

In addition to the soul-attracting lamp oil, there is also a packet of red and yellow powder in each person's hand, if it is once the ghost commits a crime, this red and yellow powder can at least save his life for a while.

This plan is like a big net, enveloping the west of Qinzhou City in it.

Because all the previous murders happened in the second half of the night, and they were all in the west of the city with the fewest restaurants and fences, Wang Shen locked the scope and time with this, and the ghosts generally acted at night, and they would try to avoid crowded places.

According to the judge's person is this net, and the real net collector lurking in the shadows is Wang Shen and Daozheng on the city tower, to be exact, there should be only Daozheng, Wang Shen is just a military advisor role, even if the situation really happens somewhere, with Wang Shen's strength, it is almost a fool's dream to rush over before the other party escapes.

Fortunately, the path was settled for half an hour, and no signal was found in the city.

And just when Wang Shen was nervous, Daozheng, who was sitting on the side, suddenly rolled up a strong wind, and the wind centered on Daozheng, frantically swept away in all directions, so frightened that Wang Shen hurriedly hid behind a big stone pillar, hugged the stone pillar tightly and did not dare to let go.

The wind was fierce, and the wine jug that Wang Shen had dropped was also swept into the air, and this sudden strange wind seemed to be spiritual, rushing into the streets and alleys of Qinzhou City, washing every brick and tile of the houses along the road.

"There's a ghostly spirit. ”

Suddenly, he stood up, his eyes shining, and he looked at one of the alleys that had been swept by the wind.

After a few moments, a faint blue fire lit up in that direction.

"Right there!"

Wang Shen snorted lightly, but the Dao Zheng beside him had long since disappeared, Wang Shen turned his head and saw that Dao Zheng jumped directly from the majestic city wall dozens of zhang high, his thin body was like a dexterous flying swallow, and his arms were stretched out to tear open the night, and he flew towards the place where the incident occurred.

Wang Shen also hurriedly pulled out his starting rope and chased after him from the stone steps on the side.

As soon as the two of them moved, the dark blue flame signals in the city lit up one after another, and the dotted dark blue flames were like fireflies on a summer night, circling in the dark streets and alleys, gathering in the same direction.

This is the magic of the net, once there is movement, it will spread through dense silk threads to every inch of the net.

In a secluded alley in Qinzhou City, a girl dressed in purple looked at the four strong men who suddenly appeared in front of her, and she was so frightened that she cowered in the corner of the wall and looked frightened.

But the four big men opposite her were no less afraid than her, the yin fire in the hands of the four of them blocked the alley, but none of them dared to approach, and the messenger who first found this lone girl was even more trembling in his legs and his teeth trembling, if it weren't for the three colleagues who appeared beside him in time, he would have been paralyzed on the ground now, and all his courage had been used to ignite the signal in his hand.

Because he knew that the person who appeared in front of him was not an ordinary girl, and no woman from any family would appear in such a remote place at this time. If he had encountered this kind of thing a few days ago, he wouldn't have thought about it so much, but since he learned that the serial murders that had been investigated in his yamen for half a month were the work of ghosts, he would have thought of these details even if he was stupid.

This is a ghost, it is said that the sight of a terrible thing will kill people! I am not one of those gloomy mysterious immortal officials of the Yin Division, and there is no reason not to be afraid when I encounter it.

The night was dark, and the alleys were getting darker.

The girl cowering in the corner seemed to understand what was going on after the initial panic, so the delicate figure slowly stood up from the corner.