Qinzhou is the westernmost state among the 34 states of the Southern Tang Dynasty. To the north is the Qinling Mountains on the northwestern border of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and to the south is the westernmost part of the Bashan Mountains.

Qinzhou City, located between the two mountain ranges, has been a military town since the Han Dynasty in the previous dynasty, and further east, there are the three most important passes in the west of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Xianren Pass, Yangping Pass and Jianmen Pass.

These three Xiongguan are in the shape of horns, looking at the Sixteen Kingdoms of Xihu in the depths of the Northwest Desert and the Qiang people hidden in the mountains in the southwest.

Qinzhou City is the first line of defense against the Xihu Kingdoms. Since the fall of the Han Dynasty two hundred years ago, the Xihu Kingdoms, which had been suppressed by the Han Dynasty, made a comeback again, taking advantage of the civil strife in the north and south, and broke through the Yumen Pass, forcing the Northern Qi and Southern Tang armies into the Zhenyuan Pass and the Xianren Pass respectively.

Fortunately, the rebellion between the north and the south only lasted for a short period of ten years before it stabilized, and the Northern Qi garrison defended Helan Mountain and Liupan Mountain, and rebuilt Zhenyuanguan, Xiaoguan and Qinguan to prevent the Xihu Rebellion. The Southern Tang Dynasty was heavily armed in Xianren Pass, Yangping Pass and Jianmen Pass, and later it took decades to recapture Qinzhou outside the Guan, two Xiongcheng cities in Xizhou, and finally set up CD Road in the west, with CD Mansion as the provincial government, and governed the four major state capitals of Qinzhou Mansion, Xizhou Mansion, Tongzhou Mansion and Luzhou Mansion.

But after two hundred years of recuperation, the sixteen countries of the Western Regions were also divided into two stronger forces, with Qilian Mountain as the boundary, the ten countries north of Qilian were dominated by the king of the Golden Horde of the Dayue clan, and the six countries south of the Qilian Mountain were dominated by the king of the silver horde.

Especially in the past ten years, the northern Dayue clan under the Golden Horde has repeatedly produced geniuses, the Golden Horde King is eyeing Zhenyuan Pass, according to the Southern Tang Dynasty secret agents from the Northern Qi sent information, the Northern Qi has quietly transferred some of the Zhenbei Army generals in the northwest defense line Juyong Pass and Shanhaiguan to Zhenyuan Pass and Xiao Pass garrison, it seems that he has also noticed some abnormal actions in the Golden Horde thousands of miles away.

Although the Roulan forces faced by Qin Guan were weaker than those of the Great Yue Clan faced by Northern Qi, the countries of the Western Regions have always been moved by the wind, and in recent years, the figure of Xihu rangers has also been common outside Qinzhou City.

Now the royal Roulan silver tent called the desert bright moon by the Hu people is also unpredictable, the silver tent king who has been sitting for nearly fifty years in the tent is already dying, in case one day if he leaves, the fierce and resolute Roulan princes will not be able to decide the new silver horde king in a few days. The young Silver Horde King would never be less ambitious than the Golden Horde King in the north, who was in his prime, and it was this Qinzhou City that would suffer first at that time.

The situation on the border became more and more tense, and the government and the opposition were divided into two factions, but neither the saber rattling on the table nor the undercurrent surging in the shadows seemed to affect the lives of the people in the city.

Because the people of Qinzhou have always been strong, whether it is the Han Dynasty or the Southern Tang Dynasty, this is a land of right and wrong.

The military and civilians here are mixed, and there will be no bloodshed at the two ends in three days, although there will be no murder such as killing people on the street, but this state secretary of Qinzhou Mansion is the most difficult to wear in the official hat of the five grades.

When Wang Shen walked into this border gate city again, he had mixed feelings in his heart.

This is the starting point of all his memories, and after five years, he is once again back in this place that is familiar but not so familiar.

He did not rush to report to the Yin Division, but walked along the South Gate Avenue and stopped in front of a beef shop.

The busy shopkeeper in the shop is still the shopkeeper, but the other party obviously can't recognize Wang Shen anymore, the age of fifteen to twenty years old is the fastest changing age in a person's life.

Wang Shen walked in the door, found a place to sit down, and asked for half a catty of braised beef, a bowl of Yangchun noodles and a pot of soju.

Seeing that Wang Shen poured half of the beef in the bowl directly into the Yangchun noodles with the marinade and mixed it to eat, the old shopkeeper who was watching from the side couldn't help but smile and said, "This guest officer is very tight." ”

"yes, I haven't been back in years. ”

Wang Shen took a sip of the noodle soup with a strong beef aroma, and smashed his mouth, still unsatisfied.

"Hehe, I said, only the old customers know how to eat in my store. ”

This beef shop is very famous in the neighborhood, and the business is also busy, the old shopkeeper said hello and then drove again, and after a while, the only young man in the store brought a plate of peanuts to Wang Shen.

"The shopkeeper sent it without money. ”

The young man should be a newcomer, about the same age as when Wang Shen left Qinzhou, Wang Shen had never seen it before, he smiled and nodded, and did not refuse.

Slowly eating and drinking all the things on the table, Wang Shen touched his stomach with satisfaction and said to himself: "It's still Qinzhou, hey, I finally don't have to cook by myself." ”

Thinking of the remote soul attraction pavilion where he had stayed for five years, Wang Shen couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Dust to dust, dust to earth, going around and back to the original point, life is always so impermanent.

After sitting for a while, Wang Shen got up and paid the money, casually got acquainted with the old shopkeeper and walked in the direction of the Yin Division.

The Yin Division is located in the north of the city, and unlike the Soul Attraction Pavilion in the wilderness, the Yin Division is all located in the city. There are a total of seventy-two Yin Divisions in the Southern Tang Dynasty, of which there is one in each of the 34 states where the state capital is located, and the rest are distributed in several large counties, such as Meng County under the Qinzhou Prefecture is also a large county in Qinzhou, where there is only another Yin Division in the jurisdiction of Qinzhou.

Although Wang Shen has worked in the Soul Attraction Pavilion for five years, he is actually not a lamp lighter, and the only person who has a lamp in the Soul Attraction Pavilion is his master Xuanyuan Daoren, so Wang Shen has never been to Meng County to practice Yin. At that time, the four of them were exiled to Meng County, and it was also a place for his master to find some ways to get a place to live, and his life was not disturbed by the outside world during this period.

It wasn't until a few days ago that everything was completely shattered, and the four masters and apprentices had gone their separate ways.

The city of Qinzhou is very large, Wang Shen entered the city from the south gate, and it took him more than half an hour to walk all the way to the north of the city, and when he saw the gate of the Yin Division, he was a little surprised and stunned for a long time.

The Zhiyin Division is very large, occupying a large piece of land in the north of the city, and there is actually a large poplar forest next to it, densely packed, and when the wind blows, those wide poplar leaves crackle.

Therefore, this Yang Lin is also known as the ghost clapping, whether it is the Yin Division or the Soul Attraction Pavilion, there is a Yang Forest next to it. Wang Shen heard the master say that the poplar tree belongs to yin and can calm the soul.

But what surprised Wang Shen was not the vast area of the Zhiyin Division, nor the poplar forest in the city, but the entire Zhiyin Division at least half a mile around, all of which were empty and empty, with no houses, no shops, and even a single figure was rare.

Although Qinzhou City is a border city, it is not worth every inch of land, but it is the first time that Wang Shen has seen so much land vacated like this. He has lived in Qinzhou for half a year, but he is basically in the military camp outside the city, and occasionally he enters the city only to walk around in the south of the city that is close to him, so this is the first time he has seen the Yin Division of Qinzhou City.

After a while, he showed a sudden look on his face, the Yin Division is actually just a larger soul attraction pavilion, and there are also a lot of soul attraction lamps hanging in it, in addition to this, it is said that the Yin Division is also involved in many other things related to the Yin soul in addition to the soul attraction, isn't this a living Hades Palace?

Who wants to make their home in such a gloomy place, and no one wants to open their doors to do business in this neighborhood.

Looking at the pair of stone lions at the door of the Zhiyin Division that seemed to be mighty, but in fact, they seemed a little sluggish and cold to Wang Shen at the moment, Wang Shen couldn't laugh or cry.

"Stop, who's coming?"

There was a thin little Taoist priest standing at the door of the Zhiyin Division, and he stopped Wang Shen at once.

"My name is Wang Shen, and I was asked by Daoist Hua Zhen to come here. ”

"Oh, you're Wang Shen, the guy who can suppress souls?"

The little Taoist priest put down his hand blocking the door and looked Wang Shen up and down, his face full of curiosity.

"Yes, it's down there, I don't know what this little Taoist master is called?"

"Ahem, the poor Dao Qingyang Palace is right, it is my master...... Oh, no, it's a disciple of Huazhen Dao. ”

The little Taoist priest was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he looked old-fashioned when he spoke.

Wang Shen saw that this little Taoist priest called Hua Zhen Dao people his master, and the three Qingyang Palace disciples who had replaced him as the lamp lighter before called Hua Zhen Dao people his master and uncle, he was secretly surprised in his heart, and he didn't expect that this person in front of him was much younger than others, but his rank was a generation higher.

"It turned out to be a long way, and I looked up for a long time. ”

Wang Shen knew that almost all of the Yin Divisions of this CD Dao were the territory of Qingyang Palace, and this Dao Zheng little Taoist priest in front of him seemed to be a favored person on Qingcheng Mountain, so he hurriedly saluted with Yan Yuese.

Seeing Wang Shen behaving like this, Dao Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Brother Wang is polite, it just so happened that my master asked me to watch it here today...... Well, you can't leave half a step for the time being, so you can go in first. When you meet someone, they say that I let you in to find the master and his old man, and naturally someone will lead the way. ”

Wang Shen smiled secretly in his heart, this little Taoist priest still wants to save face, he will watch the door, he has to say that he is playing, where is the master telling his disciples to play. However, Wang Shen smiled, but his face was extremely serious, and he arched his hand and walked in with the way of the gatekeeper.

The Zhiyin Division is indeed very large, entered a gate, walked through an extremely spacious courtyard, and there were actually two small doors, this door was left and right but I don't know where to go, fortunately, this Zhiyin Division has more daily things, and after a while, there was an official who looked like a person hurriedly walked out with his head down.

This official dress is also different from the ordinary official in the office, from top to bottom is dressed in black, only the chest seems to be embroidered with two white characters, Wang Shen stepped forward to see that it is the word "Yinsi".

"Excuse me, where is Daoist Huazhen? Under Wang Shen, I came here on the order of Dao Chief. ”

"The door on the left, go in and turn left, then go in the third door on the right, go in and turn right, there's a pool. Take the corridor on the right side of the pool, enter the door at the end, and then walk a few steps forward after entering the door, there are five rooms, the middle room, and then the backyard after entering, it should be there. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Wang Shen to reply, and lowered his head to rush his way.

Wang Shen looked at the other party's back in a daze, who expected that the other party walked to the door and seemed to remember something to stop, and said to Wang Shen: "If you can't find it there." Then go through the backyard again, continue inside, there are two doors in the innermost, go in to the left and look for it. ”

"Ahh......h Okay, there's Mr. Lao. ”

Wang Shen only felt that his head was big for a while, and carefully recalled the route that the person below said, and then moved forward after making sure that he had memorized everything clearly.