Although I was still giggling with Ye Sen and Tan Yue one moment ago, I felt very sad the next moment. I was not as strong as I imagined, and the retreat was a bit evasive, I didn't want to see anyone, I didn't want to hear anything, so I just sat in the ashram and meditated on the "samsaric sword".

It wasn't until two months later that I was called out by Tang Xiangwan. When I breathed in the chilly air outside, I realized it was winter.

"It's almost the New Year, and I don't know where the old walnuts will spend the New Year......"

This is my first time spending the New Year outside. I don't know what happened to the old walnut. Without the old walnuts for the New Year, I will probably feel a little uncomfortable......, I suddenly want to drink the old walnuts to make sauerkraut soup, I don't know if I can make the same taste by myself.

When I followed Tan Yue to the Human Hall, Tang Xiangwan was already waiting there: "Originally, this mission should not have let the two of you make a move, but this time I have to trouble the two of you." In view of the interference of the last promotion mission, the Temple of Rewards and Punishments rearranged the task after public discussion. ”

Tang Xiangwan said: "This mission is a bit difficult for you, but I hope you will do your best." I am bound to win the promotion of the Human Hall. ”

I nodded, "What task?" Let's just say it. ”

"The mission site is in Anping Village, a tributary of the Yangtze River, where people die mysteriously every year. Your mission is to investigate and solve the cause of the villagers' deaths. The details, I'm ready, you guys will see on the way. ”

Tang Xiangwan handed over a file bag: "The mission time is set to end before the year. Time is pressing, and you can only learn about some related things on the road. I've got the tickets and documents ready for you, and I'll be leaving this afternoon. ”

"Good!" Since I knew that time was pressing, I didn't ask too much, so it was only right to hurry back and get ready to go.

This mission is related to the promotion of the Human Hall, and Da Luo and Xiao Luo naturally can't follow, what I didn't expect is that Ye Sen actually followed. That guy didn't know where he got the identity of an overseer ambassador of the Temple of Rewards and Punishments, and in short, he was with us to supervise the completion of the mission. According to him, monitoring everything is secondary, the important thing is to be happy.

I really don't see what's there to be happy about such a mission?

Along the way, Tan Yue has been studying the mission information: "This mission, I'm afraid it's not as simple as I imagined." Anping Village was a stronghold of Pai Jiao from the beginning of the Song Dynasty until the Republic of China. According to this inference, Anping Village should have the inheritance of Paijiao, if it is really ghosts and gods who kill people, it is impossible for the people of Anping Village to have no clues. ”

"Pai?" I frowned and said, "Since the Pai Sect is in Anping Village, why do they still hire people?" ”

"It's a task, not a hire." Ye Sen explained: "The various factions of the art are not omnipotent, which is similar to the police handling cases. If the police station can't solve the case, it has to be reported to the sub-bureau, and if the sub-bureau can't handle it again, it has to be reported to the city bureau, and then layer by layer, and finally a master will always be found. ”

Ye Sen continued: "There are many vassal sects under the Reward and Punishment Palace, and if they can't handle it, they will naturally have to submit it to the Reward and Punishment Palace, and the Reward and Punishment Hall will solve it. Of course, there are certain interests involved. ”

"Oh!" I asked in a weird way: "The Hall of Rewards and Punishments treats the case as a task to the promotion combination, and you don't have to contribute yourself, you can still sit and wait to collect the money, right?" ”

Ye Sen nodded approvingly: "You can understand it like this. ”

I glanced at the other party, turned to Tan Yue and said, "You can tell me about Paijiao." ”

I heard the old walnut say about the platoon, but he didn't deal with the people who platoon, and he didn't know much, but he just told me that there was a dragon and a crouching tiger in the platoon, and that there was nothing to do and not to provoke them as much as possible. I'm also curious about Pai Teaching.

Tan Yue explained:

Pai teaching, originated from the platoon workers on the river. The so-called discharge is a means of transporting timber from forest farms located in the upper reaches of the river to the downstream. Workers from the upstream forest farm first rolled the large logs that slipped down from the mountains into the river, tied the three layers of large logs into a wooden row with bamboo ropes and large iron nails, and then connected a dozen large rows into a string, and put some daily necessities on one of the wooden rafts to set up a small tent. The platoon lived on the raft for the next few days, transporting this long string of timber to the downstream pick-ups. This process is simple to say, but in fact it is extremely dangerous, and many lives will be taken in every time the platoon is released. Because of this, the platoon workers have gradually formed a group that supports each other - platoon gangs.

At first, the Pai Gang only relied on luck, strength, and courage to beg for their lives, and it was not until Chen Silong, the ancestor of Pai Jiao, founded Pai Jiao, that it improved.

Chen Silong, a mage in the Tang Dynasty, was not a monk or a Taoist, and his spells became a family of his own, and he was chivalrous and righteous for people, because he felt the hardships and hardships of the life of the platoon workers, and made a grand wish to govern the Dongting waterway in his lifetime, remove the reef, kill the water monster, and teach the platoon to use spells to fight the heavens and the earth. Over time, a major school of art was formed.

Because the life of the platoon is precarious, the platoon workers have developed a fierce and ruthless character and an almost blind belief in the platoon leader. Such characteristics make Pai Jiao have a very strong cohesion. Pai Jiao was also at its peak in the art of art.

There is no leader in the Pai Sect, and the leader of the Pai is in charge of everything. But in reality, not all of the leaders are real mages.

In the heyday of Pai Jiao, there were 100,000 congregants, and one of the dozen platoon workers would be the leader. Although everyone at the top of the queue claims to have boundless mana, nine out of ten of them are witches and gods, and the remaining one percent of them have some spells, and most of them can only use some superficial means. The big queue that can really be ranked as a master of the Dao of Arts, but there are very few.

After listening to this, I said, "In this way, Pai Jiao is indeed a difficult role. What are their spell genres? ”

I say this without basis. Jianghu people are not afraid of low cultivation, but they are afraid that they do not have the courage to fight fiercely with others. didn't do it, first broke the guts, and there was no need to say anything about being a king, and it was a serious thing to go home and farm honestly.

Tan Yue said: "The inheritance of Pai Sect is varied, and it is somewhat similar to Mr. Bai Pai in the Northeast, and the source of spells includes almost all the Taoist systems of all mage schools in the land of China, but there is no orthodox inheritance. In short, use whatever is useful. ”

"Huh?" My brows couldn't help frowning: "It stands to reason that there shouldn't be a problem that can't be solved in the rehearsal......

Ye Sen disagreed: "Nonsense. If you don't even have a heritage, what problem is there to solve? ”

I laughed and said, "I'll give you an example." When I went to the countryside, a group of university professors went to the countryside to herd cattle, and as a result, two cows fought. Several of them, squatting on the ground, were researching solutions, drawing, and calculating, and they did not come up with a result for half an hour. Then an old farmer came, grabbed a handful of hay, lit it with a match, and threw it between the two oxen, and the two oxen immediately separated. ”

"Those famous people are those professors; Mr. Bai Pai in the Northeast is the old farmer. Mages without orthodox lineage are the most difficult targets. Those people are practical and can often solve problems in the simplest way. ”

My words made Ye Sen choke up and roll his eyes, but Tan Yue didn't give me face at all: "You said that Mr. Bai Pai in the Northeast is powerful, but how many real Mr. Bai Pai are left?" After mechanized logging, coupled with the gradual opening of waterways, Paijiao also declined. Now, it's harder to find a real leader than a dinosaur fossil. ”

"Ahem...... I almost choked on my saliva: "I have a hunch, this time we will definitely deal with Pai Jiao!" Let's not talk about these things first, tell me first, when did the dead people in Anping Village begin? ”

Tan Yue said: "Forty or fifty years ago, it was the most ferocious time when the bull ghosts and snake gods were fighting, and one person a year, never stopped. Someone has analyzed that it may have been at that moment that someone touched some kind of prohibition that caused the later results. ”

I frowned and said, "The people from Anping Village didn't move out?" The Temple of Reward and Punishment has never sent anyone to investigate the truth? ”

"The people of Anping Village really didn't leave." Tan Yue said: "As for the Reward and Punishment Palace, it is not written in the information. ”

I turned my head to look at Ye Sen, who made a phone call before gritting my teeth and saying, "I've been cheated again!" The Hall of Reward and Punishment sent five or six batches of masters before and after, but none of them returned. ”