After Lu Yu came out of the rouge shop, he went to Qingbai Guan outside the city unhurriedly, he had to stagger the time with his sister, so as not to be seen by his sister.

However, when he returned to Qingbaiguan, he was taken aback.

Master Bai Yongguan actually came back and was sitting in the hall.

Lu Yu was apprehensive in his heart, and stepped forward to greet him respectfully.

Bai Yongguan's face was expressionless, and he couldn't see his joy or anger, but he just asked Bai Yue, a disciple standing next to him, to light a candle in the hall.

Lu Yu wondered in his heart, what kind of candle is lit in this broad daylight?

Strange to say, not long after Bai Yue lit the candle, the sky outside suddenly became overcast, and it seemed that a heavy snow was about to fall.

In this way, the light of the candle is just right.

Lu Yu was shocked in his heart, what kind of magic power is this? Foresee?

At this moment, Senior Sister Bai Yue asked softly, "Senior brother, did you bring back the rouge I wanted?" ”

"Brought it back." Lu Yu hurriedly took out the rouge he had bought and sent it to his senior sister.

Bai Yue took the rouge and thanked him.

Lu Yu looked left and right, a little uneasy in his heart, and asked, "What about the teacher?" ”

Bai Yongguan opened his mouth and said, "Your sister is unwell and is resting. ”

Lu Yu's heart sank suddenly, just an hour ago, he was still in the same room with Shi Niang, how Shi Niang's body was, he knew best, but just an hour later, Shi Niang was unwell, who would believe it?

At the same time, Qi Xuansu had already left the Relics Mountain City and walked along the mountain road to Qingbai Temple.

Qi Xuansu had just stepped on the mountain road, and he felt that something was wrong, compared to the city, the sky was more cloudy, and in addition to the cold in the wind, there were also snow particles, no matter how you looked at it, it was a sign that it was about to snow.

Looking up at the Qingbai Temple at the end of the mountain road, it is brightly lit and very eye-catching.

Although Qi Xuansu didn't know what the sudden wind and snow meant, he also understood that something was wrong with the situation, maybe those Gu Immortal believers were starting to prepare to make a move, or maybe the weather here was so changeable.

For now, he can only continue to Qingbai Temple, hoping that the Taoist priests in the Taoist Temple can give him an answer.

……

In an underground hall.

In front of the statue of the six-armed woman, a man in a black cloak stands with his chest crossed, his face hidden in the shadow of the hood, and only a chin with a short beard can be seen.

In today's world, whether you have a beard or not depends on age.

Generally speaking, before the age of 30, there is no beard, and it is fashionable to have no beard, and most of the handsome men in the script are white-faced and beardless images, which can be seen.

After the age of thirty, you can grow a beard, because at this time you are already a father, and you generally have a short beard.

After the age of fifty, it is necessary to grow a beard, otherwise it is a loss of majesty, there is no respect for the appearance, and the long beard is generally the mainstay.

Therefore, it is not a matter for young people to have no beard, and it is even fashionable, but if the old man does not have a beard, it is extremely rare.

To put it bluntly, a man's beard is like a woman's hair bun, which always changes with age, and young people regard beardlessness as beauty, while old people regard beard as beauty.

In this case, the man should be a middle-aged man, between the ages of thirty and fifty.

The statue is three feet high, and its feet are surrounded by burning candles, or hundreds of candles, making it appear to stand on a rosette made entirely of candlelight.

In front of the statue was an altar, full of human heads, some of whom had been turned into skeletons for a long time, without any flesh and skin, and some who had just been cut off, whose eyes had not yet been closed, their eyes hollow, and their expressions of horror.

In front of the altar sat a monk kneeling with his back to a middle-aged man, his hands folded and his eyes closed to chant sutras.

The middle-aged man looked up at the statue and said, "It seems that the progress is going quite well. ”

"There's an obstacle." The monk did not get up and did not look back.

"Obstruction?" The middle-aged man in the cloak withdrew his gaze and spoke in a low voice.

The monk said: "We can use the power of countless souls to break the restrictions of the human world in a short period of time, but the rules of the Heavenly Dao are on the top, and even the immortal people cannot disobey them, so we also need a suitable container to hide from the heavens and avoid the suppression of the Heavenly Dao." It's like passing the threshold in the previous dynasties, there are loopholes in the law that can be exploited, provided that there is a showman. ”

According to the law of the Great Wei Dynasty in the previous dynasty, Xiucai can travel with a sword, without the need for a road guide, and does not need to pay a centimeter to pass the centi.

When some merchants pass the customs, in order to save money, they spend money to invite Xiucai to come forward to pass the customs, from Jinling Mansion to the imperial capital, the shortest waterway is 3,500 miles, to pass 12 banknotes, pay about 350 yuan, an average of one penny per mile, please a Xiucai, then only about 100 Wen.

It is only that the current dynasty has abolished this law, so the monks should deliberately emphasize the passage of the previous dynasty.

"One container, no problem." The middle-aged man said disapprerovingly, "I have a few devout believers under my command who are very willing to sacrifice their lives for the 'divine descending'. ”

"I'm afraid they won't be useful." The monk looked up at the statue of the six-armed woman, "This 'divine descending' is far better than the past, and the divine power descended is not the same level as the divine power that has been descended before. Therefore, the container needed must be very strong, either a celestial being, or a person with a special body and a strong heart. ”

"The body is special, but also the heart is tough." The middle-aged man muttered, "This is also the condition required by the Daomen Spiritual Officer, most of these people go to the Daomen, which is very rare." I'll try my best to find it, though. ”

A gentry and a scholar appeared behind the cloaked middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man casually asked, "How is the saint's injury?" ”

The gentry replied, "I am not optimistic, although her life was saved, but the complete destruction of the four strings of god-given beads that had been exchanged for her life, and the arrow wound, caused her to suffer a heavy blow and was unable to strike for a short time." ”

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment and said, "There is one less, and there are still six people left." I hope these two Dao Sect masters are just passing by. ”

The gentry asked, "What if not?" ”

The middle-aged man did not answer directly, but asked, "Where have they gone now?" ”

The gentry said: "The two have just separated, one stayed in the city, it seems that he plans to go to the hundred households, and the other goes out of the city to Qingbaiguan. ”

The middle-aged man instructed: "Inform the 'Taoist priest' and the 'soap officer' not to act rashly first, and focus on surveillance." ”

"Okay." The gentry answered, and turned to go outside.

……

Zhang Yuelu came to the Baihu Office alone, and after showing the identity of the urn, he met the local Qingluanwei Baihu Luo Xiao.

Although Qingluanwei is not in the system of Daomen, according to the convention, Zhang Yuelu is equal to thousands of households, so Luo Xiao's attitude is still quite respectful.

Zhang Yuelu didn't go around in circles, took out the head, probably said the story of the ancient temple, and explained his intention, wanting to take a look at the corpse.

After Luo Xiao heard this, he suddenly said, "Master Zhang feels that this matter is related to Gu Immortals. ”

Zhang Yuelu is always unkind in front of outsiders: "It's not that I think it, but it must be, doesn't Luo Baihu think so?" ”

"What the mage said is extremely true, as long as Gu Immortal believers would act like this." Luo Xiao nodded in agreement, because he did think so.

Under the leadership of Luo Xiao, Zhang Yuelu came to the morgue of the hundred households.

The scene is exactly the same as what Zhang Yuelu saw through the "Ziwei Doushu", there are many corpses in the morgue, most of them covered with white cloths, and some huge iron boxes, three stacked in one group, and ten groups are lined up side by side against the wall to park the corpses that cannot be buried for the time being.

The headless corpse was located in the deepest part of the morgue, Luo Xiao led Zhang Yuelu to the corpse, and hesitated: "The corpse may not be very elegant, I hope the mage is prepared." ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Yuelu said, "Whether it is Tiangangtang or Qingluanwei, they are all very squeamish in dealing with dead people, and they are not so squeamish." ”

Luo Xiao didn't say anything more, and directly lifted the white cloth covering the corpse. However, considering that Zhang Yuelu was a woman, he only exposed the upper body of the corpse, and the lower half of the body was still covered with a white cloth.

A headless corpse, disemboweled.

Zhang Yuelu looked at the corpse expressionlessly, her gaze lingered on the shattered heart for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Why is there no rancid smell?" Even in winter, it's not like there's no taste at all. ”

"It's the effect of formalin, this is a new gadget from the Western Continent, after a lot of dilution, it can be used to preserve corpses, but if the concentration is a little higher, it is even more lethal than alum oil." Luo Xiao explained, "In the past, we used salt or mercury for embalming, but both of these methods are expensive and not as practical as formalin. ”

The so-called "green alum oil" is the waste liquid produced by the Taoist priests' alchemy, which has a strong corrosive effect, and the Western Continent calls it sulfuric acid.

Zhang Yuelu nodded: "There are indeed many new things in the Western Continent. ”

Luo Xiao opened the burden brought by Zhang Yuelu and spliced the charred head with the corpse.

Zhang Yuelu looked at the corpse and said, "Shattering the heart and cutting off the head is a means of secretly forming a society to obtain the soul." ”

Luo Xiao asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "The master of the body is the heart, the heart is the mind, the essence of the mind is the soul, and the place of the mind is the spirit." To shatter the heart is to force the 'will' into the head, and then cut off the head, and apply a secret method to trap the soul in the head, but instead omit the special equipment that holds the soul. At first, we thought it was a murder for money, but we didn't think much of it and didn't examine the head. When the cult demon was encountered, it was too late, and a large fire burned the head into such a shape, and the living soul in it naturally dissipated. ”

In terms of living souls and Gu Immortals, Qingluanwei was indeed inferior to Tiangangtang, Luo Xiao didn't expect that the problem that had plagued him for a long time would be easily solved by the people in the Daomen, and he couldn't help but say: "In this way, this group of demons has a big plan?" ”

Zhang Yuelu asked, "Is there any specific information about the deceased?" It's best to include the birth date. ”

At that moment, a voice said, "Of course." ”

Zhang Yuelu turned his head to look, and an old man in Qingluanwei's costume slowly walked in.

Luo Xiao introduced: "Master Zhang, this is He Nian of our 100 households, and he is in charge of all the documents in the institute, and he is also responsible for this case. ”

He Nian saluted Zhang Yuelu: "I've seen Master Zhang, this corpse is dissected by the old decay." ”