"What?"

Zhang Hatshui, who was introducing the high-level of Taiyi Sect to Chen An, frowned when he heard this, and looked back at his old brother in surprise.

Now that the demons have been driven into the mountains and forests, the two largest sects in the entire south, Taiyi Sect and Mingyue Palace, are in the honeymoon period, there is no such thing as hegemony, and the only thing that can make them nervous is that in addition to a lot of demon beasts wandering in the wilderness, there are only ghost gangsters in Haizhou.

Haizhou is the largest gathering place for ghost gangsters, and it is close to Nanfu Road, so Zhang Hatshui and others can't afford not to pay attention to it.

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, the ghost disciples are more than the demon beasts and demons, and they are more headaches for Taiyimen.

First, it is because they are not easy to distinguish, but they have different beliefs, and who can know if they are mixed in the crowd.

And not all the ghosts want to make a big news, there are also many branches of the Yakushi Yaksha and the Yulu Medicine Immortals, most of them are walking in the Langzhong, and they are very loved by the common people. There are only a handful of people who always want to make trouble.

Second, it's not easy to manage, cults have been a headache for rulers since ancient times, and they can't be banned when the Great Zhou Dynasty was overpowering the world, let alone now.

Since the tentacles of the imperial court have shrunk back to the north, the two states of Haifu have basically been autonomous, and whether it is Taiyimen or Mingyue Palace, the main forces are in Fuzhou, and Haizhou is at most fetters.

The scale of the development of ghost disciples in Haizhou is not small, and the two holy places only turn a blind eye to this, as long as they don't make trouble, they will go with him.

This is also the difference between the local sect and the state apparatus. For the state apparatus, the whole world is not the king's land, but the local sect, as long as their own mountain gate and the one acre and three points of land under their jurisdiction are not damaged, no matter how flooding they are outside.

That's why it's the situation we have today.

Hearing Zhang Hatshui's inquiry, Wu Yanting turned his head and glanced at Chen An again, but did not speak.

Originally, Zhang Hatshui listened to Wu Yanting's words and thought that the ghosts and disciples were making trouble again, and he was having a headache about whether to send people to encircle and suppress, how many people to send, and he couldn't just pay for his own family, so he had to drag Mingyue Palace into the water.

But now that he saw Wu Yanting's appearance, he didn't look like it, so he said in a deep voice: "Say, there are no outsiders here." ”

Wu Yanting's words made Wu Yanting chew for a long time, and then turned his head to look at Chen An, but finally he didn't dare to disobey his eldest brother's order, and said vaguely: "There is a letter from the south, saying that there are about three groups of people going to the north. ”

He was secretive, not only did Chen An not understand, Zhang Hatshui was also a little cloudy, frowned and said: "What three groups of people went to the north? Where did the three groups go?"

Wu Yanting coughed embarrassedly, hesitated a little and said truthfully: "Sang Qi, Kang Wei and Hou Yang, the letter only said that they went north, but did not say where they were going. ”

Zhang Hatshui's eyes narrowed, and he asked, "How many of them are there?"

"Well, the letter is vague, but there are probably a dozen or twenty of them. ”

A glint flashed in Zhang Hatshui's eyes, and he said casually: "What about the third and sixth children?"

Wu Yanting said truthfully: "The third brother has been monitoring those people in Haizhou, the sixth brother, there was something at home the day before yesterday, and he went home." ”

Zhang Hatshui pondered for a moment, and then said, "Do you know why they suddenly went north?"

"It's not very clear, but the wind we received was that the letterhead from the north prompted them to do so. ”

Zhang Hatshui was also very decisive, and immediately said: "After the birthday banquet the day after tomorrow, you and Lao Wu will take someone to the north to solve this matter, pass by Mingyue Palace, and pass the news over." ”

"Why?"

Wu Yanting was a little stunned, and said angrily: "On the surface of all kinds of signs, these guys are all going to the north, and they have nothing to do with us, we can let go of the road and let them go to the north to trouble." And this time they went there with good hands, so that the south side must be empty, and our life should be much better. ”

Zhang Hatshui was not annoyed by the face-to-face refutation, but said faintly: "Fourth, have you forgotten about the ghost mother? There are also ghost disciples in the north, once the north and the south are allowed to communicate, who can imagine the consequences, I am afraid that it will be another turmoil twelve years ago." ”

Wu Yanting's face changed, his eyes flickered slightly, and finally lowered his head: "Yes, after the birthday banquet the day after tomorrow, the sixth child and I will set off." ”

Zhang Hatshui nodded, turned his head and said to Chen An: "Let you see the smile." ”

Chen An smiled: "It's okay, I listened very interestingly, and I want to ask you about the ghost disciples." ”

A different color flashed in Zhang Hatshui's eyes, but it was fleeting, and then he also smiled: "It's very good, it's boring left and right, it's okay to talk to you, speaking of which, these guys also have a lot of relationship with you." ”

"Oh? ”

Chen An listened respectfully, not paying attention to the strange look of Wu Yanting who was sitting on the side.

Zhang Hatshui glanced at the banquet again, as a leader in the fight against the demon disaster, he was already Taishan Beidou in the martial arts at this time, and few people were qualified to come to toast him, most of them were taken over by Zhang Cheng, who is now the master of the Taiyi Sect, and he was indeed one of the most idle people at the banquet.

With a hint of strangeness, he began to introduce Chen An to the origin of the ghost disciples. And with his explanation, Chen An gradually sorted out a lot of things.

In fact, these ghosts appeared before the battle of Mingyue Palace, originally they were just a group of mud legs, or disaster victims, or prodigals, and even some unintended Jianghu guests, they somehow got together, and spread fear everywhere with the Haizhou plague.

In fact, to put it simply, it is a group of speculators who spread rumors and make troubles and seek benefits from them. In the name of the King of Ten Thousand Poisonous Ghosts, they committed fraud, and many squires in Haifu and Haifu were blackmailed by them.

Since ancient times, there have been many people who have made a fortune, and they have also been very successful, and with the erosion of the plague situation and the expansion of the war situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they have gradually grown like a snowball.

Of course, if that's all, it's okay, what can a group of small people in the market do, even if they have money, they can only buy land and settle down as squires. The so-called ghost disciple matter will naturally be over.

But who knows, in the first battle of cutting the domain, the blood division turned to the world, uprooting most of the gentry forces in most of the passes, and the power vacuum inevitably gave many people room for reverie, and then the two kings of Qin and Jin lost their positions, and countless cows, ghosts, snakes and gods under their command were at a loss.

As a result, the rivers and lakes were in turmoil, and the ghost disciples were taken advantage of by those who had a heart.

The initiator at the beginning, Chen An couldn't have imagined that it was the South China Sea Shenxu Gate, they lost the figure that supported the façade, and wanted to interfere in the affairs of the Central Plains, so they began to hype up the name of the ghost disciples, and they wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble.

Anyway, at that time, the name of the Ten Thousand Poisonous Ghost King was already famous, although it was the reputation of the stinky street, but it could also stop the night crying of children in the two states of Haifu, and it could also make the gate valves of the states in the Guannai terrifying.

In the name of eliminating ghosts, Shenxumen played a game of officers and robbers, and while having a lot of fun, it also established its prestige in Haizhou.

When the other forces saw that the name of the ghost disciple was so easy to use, they naturally didn't dare to be lonely, and they all ended up one after another, and each of them could play flowers.

Some of them are like the Shenxu Gate, pretending to be ghosts and gangsters to do evil, hyping up the momentum of ghosts, and then appearing as positive heroes to eliminate evil, robbing money and fame; some simply join the gang of ghosts and gangsters to attract people and gather forces; and some of them pull up the mountain and act in the name of ghosts, and they are invincible.

Among the latter two, the main operators are the remnants of the King of Qin, King Jin and even King Wu, who used religion to unite the anti-thieves.

Originally, after the imperial court thoroughly digested the territories of the major feudal kings, it should be able to free up its hands and completely eliminate the universe, and some cult names would still not be able to be captured in the face of the state apparatus.

And at that time, Chen An was still in the court, as long as he stood up, all the ghosts would not attack themselves.

But at this time, the First World War in the East China Sea broke out, Chen An not only disappeared, but also became a god in a war before his disappearance, almost pushing the name of the Ten Thousand Poisonous Ghost King to the top, but that's it, the most helpless thing is the outbreak of the demon disaster that followed.

Although the Great Zhou court won the demon disaster for seven years with the help of the entire rivers and lakes, the backbone of the court was completely broken.

No one can cure it, and there is a demon disaster panic, and the power of the ghost disciples has grown wildly, and it has once become a more terrifying disaster than the demon disaster. After the demon disaster, he even defeated the last bit of the Great Zhou court.

Fortunately, there are many ill-intentioned people among the ghost disciples, there are many factions, and there are many black gloves of the Jianghu sects, such as Taiyimen, who has cultivated a ghost disciple force in Haizhou as an eyeliner.

Therefore, even if it is now the out-and-out largest force in the rivers and lakes, it is still suppressed by the four holy lands.

Zhang Hatshui glanced at Yu Hong and said to Chen An: "You should already know everything about the future." ”

The world knows the things of ghosts, since Chen An found this person as a guide, he should have known a lot, but maybe because the status of this person in front of him is not obvious, he will not come into contact with some secrets, and Zhang Hatshui has witnessed the development of the whole thing from beginning to end, and has also participated in it and promoted a lot, so he is very familiar with the secrets, and this is what Chen An added.

Of course, I don't know what kind of purpose he has, and he explained Chen An very carefully. Wu Yanting next to him was a little confused, and he couldn't figure out that his eldest brother was going to take out these old things and say them again, and at the same time, he was a little suspicious of Chen An's identity.

Chen An nodded in affirmation, but did not speak, as if digesting the information he had obtained, and slowly exhaled for a long time. Shaking his head a little helplessly, he looked at the table again.

found that the banquet in the hall had almost dispersed, Wu Yanting accompanied Zhang Cheng to go out to see off the guests, and Zhang Hatshui had already arranged a place for them to stay.

At this time, he turned his head to Chen An and said, "Cheng Yi is ready, let's rest for one night today, and I can go on the road early tomorrow morning." ”

Chen An was about to nod his head in agreement, but suddenly saw Zhang Cheng Wuyanting, who had originally gone to the door, running back together, and handed a note to Zhang Hatshui with an inexplicable expression.

Zhang Hatshui frowned and slowly opened the paper in front of Chen An, and then suddenly looked up at Chen An.

Chen An was a little confused, and subconsciously looked at the note in Zhang Hat's hand, only to see that there was only one sentence written on it.

"News from the north, the secret legend of the Ten Thousand Poisonous Ghost King's 'Five Poison Analysis' is now in the world, and the ghost disciples from all over the world have gathered in Beijing to chase them down. ”