Chapter 14: Xuanyun Displays
The mountain rain comes quickly, and it hurts fast!
At the kind invitation of Qiao Mingyuan, the governor of Qingshui County, Mo Chuan happily decided to go down the mountain to Qingshui County to investigate the truth about the death of Qin County's commander.
Huayin Mountain, after the water of the sky, is fresh as washing, emerald green as jade.
It's just that although the scenery in the deep mountains is beautiful, the mountain roads are rugged and difficult to walk.
Mo Chuan, who is attached to the old way, the road down the mountain is particularly difficult.
Fortunately, with the support of the servants of the Qiao family, although the mountain road is steep, it will come to an end if you walk slowly.
When it was getting dark, the group finally rushed to the farm at the foot of the mountain and decided to rest for one night and enter the county seat tomorrow.
Mo Chuan hasn't lived yet, someone from Qiao's family has visited, but it is Qiao Yuhong's younger brother!
After apologizing, he explained his intentions and wanted Mo Chuan to overtake his niece who died unexpectedly.
It turned out that Qiao Yuhong's daughter's death was too miserable, and everyone who saw it was frightened, and even worried that the corpse would cause zombies and ghosts.
In order to appease people's hearts, Qiao Yuhong's younger brother could only make this decision and respectfully ask Mo Chuan to overdue.
When Mo Chuan heard this, there was no reason to refuse, and he bowed his head and left.
In this era, the violent death of a girl who has not left the cabinet is not qualified to set up a mourning hall and enter the ancestral grave.
Although the Qiao family is a famous family, the rules cannot be overcome.
Therefore, Qiao's family only built a simple mourning shed in front of the door, prepared a thin coffin, and sent it to the water tomorrow, that is, a mass grave.
In the awe-inspiring gaze of the Qiao family, Mo Chuan recited a Taishang Sutra of Salvation, burned a few talismans out of thin air, put on a posture, appeased people's hearts, and then went home.
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The night is like water, and the insects are chirping and leaping.
Under the residual light of the bean candle, Mo Chuan took out the Lightning Strike Peach Wood Five Thunder Token, and after carefully probing it, he couldn't help but show a look of disappointment.
This Five Thunder Token, which was obtained from a heavy stone, completely fell into a mortal thing after stimulating the power of the Nine Heavens Thunder contained in it.
There is only a trace of thunder left on it, like a wine jug that has been filled with fine wine, and the aftermath lingers.
"This thing is useless to me, if it is given to mortals, it can't stop the catastrophe, and it can also scare the little ghosts! It's a pity that this thing came from the wrong way, and I am afraid that it will cause unjustified disasters to people! ”
Mo Chuan thought about it and threw it back to the sacrificial furnace, and he had the right to collect it.
Nothing was said all night.
In the early morning of the next day, at the invitation of the county lieutenant Qiao Mingyuan, Mo Chuan got into his carriage.
The two talked all the way.
Mo Chuan has been cultivated by Fuluanguan, and he is also half a disciple of Taoism, and he does not have much ink in his stomach, so it is enough to bluff the layman.
When the car arrived at the city, Mo Chuan shouted to stop, looked at the window, and then let the carriage continue to move forward.
"Dao Chief, but what did you find?"
"Has Qingshui County ever killed a tricky soldier or bandit?"
"Qingshui County officials rule Qingming, and there are few punishments of beheading...... I remembered that ten years ago, it seems that I beheaded a giant bandit named Qian San. ”
"That's probably him."
"What does the Taoist mean?"
"Qin County ordered that in broad daylight, he pulled out his head and died in the place where Cao was beheaded in the city, thinking that most of it was possessed by a headless ghost. Poor Dao has just looked at Shicao, and there is a faint residual ghostly energy, and the result should be very different. ”
Mo Chuanyun said lightly.
He remembered that the Qing Shui official had visited Fuluan Temple.
Thinking about it, Qingshui County has already invited all the monks from Shili and Eight Townships.
In this case, it is better to report the results early and take the lead.
If Qingshui County admits his feelings, after the death of Yanzhen Lao Dao's body, he may be able to earn a feng shui treasure, and it will not be in vain for him to borrow his body.
"Headless?" County Lieutenant Qiao Mingyuan was stunned: "What does the Taoist mean, that headless ghost is Qian San?" ”
"The headless ghost is one of the four evil ghosts of my Daomen, and it is difficult to form unless he is a murderous person, so it is most likely him."
Mo Chuan explained.
"Is there such a statement?"
Qiao Mingyuan muttered in astonishment, and after a while, he arched his hand and said, "Thank you Dao Chief, for your doubts, dare to ask Dao Chief, but you can find the trace of that headless ghost?" ”
Mo Chuan shook his head: "Not here, logically speaking, the headless ghost will linger in the place of beheading, so that headless ghost will either kill Qin County's order, satisfy the resentment, and disappear; Either ......"
"Or what?"
"Either be taken away by the masters!"
"Dao Chief, is it possible for that headless ghost to hide and wait until night to come out and harm people?" Qiao Mingyuan asked worriedly.
"It's possible, but it's not big."
To say this is to say nothing.
Qiao Mingyuan asked for details again, and did not stop asking questions until the carriage arrived at Qiao's mansion.
got out of the carriage, and at Qiao Mingyuan's respectful invitation, he walked all the way into the main hall.
Mo Chuan was surprised to find that the hall was already full of friends, in addition to the large and small officials in the county, the surroundings were full of three sects and nine streams.
He even saw two familiar figures in the crowd.
- Fuluan Lao Dao and Xuanyun Dao Tong.
When everyone saw County Lieutenant Qiao coming in, they all got up and saluted.
Mo Chuan looked at the room full of guests, his eyes were a little disappointed, and he suddenly realized that his cognition was probably misplaced.
The hall has more than 30 guests.
Monks, nuns, Taoist priests, Taoist aunts, and even peasant women dressed in shaddy clothes...... And so on and so forth.
Most people, however, are drowsy and have no spiritual light.
A very small number of people could faintly perceive some mana fluctuations, but they were also extremely weak, like the lightning struck peach five thunder token in his hand that had lost its effectiveness.
I don't know if it's a big guy pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? Or is it inherited from the ancestors?
In other words, the vast majority of people here are either imposters or have lost their heritage.
Mo Chuan has reason to believe that Qingshui County will definitely accept all the high-ranking people in the surrounding ten miles and eight townships.
There may be fish that slip through the net, but there are definitely not many.
However, under the gathering of this group of heroes, there is still such a confusion, it is conceivable that the number of cultivators is even rarer than he imagined.
No wonder Fu Luan Lao Dao was so excited after drawing the ghost receptacle.
And the reason why his cognition is misplaced is because he intercepted the ownerless incense several times, and almost all of them encountered strange and powerful ghosts.
Even when he bumped into someone as tall as Chongshizi, he naturally thought that the monks in this world were very powerful, and ghosts abounded.
As everyone knows, this is like working in a crematorium, seeing dead people every day, and naturally feeling that the world is full of malice.
Back to business.
When Mo Chuan looked at everyone, everyone's eyes were also fixed on him.
Because of all the people present, he was the only one who received such courtesy from the county lieutenant.
Not only did they come in the same car, but they were also invited into the seat.
However, no one questioned it.
Because Mo Chuan's appearance at this time is really not bad.
The old way of Yanzhen is about to die, but in the eyes of everyone, it looks more like a master.
In addition, when he was dying, he changed into a brand-new robe, and people looked even more good under the clothes.
"Today, I invite you to come, and you must have known about it. The death of Qin County Ling made Qingshui people panic, soothe the hearts of the people, understand the people's will, and the official has an unshirkable responsibility. ”
County Lieutenant Qiao was impassioned and brought everyone to the point.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately jumped out impatiently.
"Lord County Lieutenant, in my opinion, there must be a thief in this matter, I have a technique, and the trajectory of the murder can be observed, can you let me take a closer look at the body of the county commander and find out the murderer?"
"Yes!" County Lieutenant Qiao nodded and didn't say anything.
"Lord County Lieutenant, in my opinion, Qin County's order is clearly that he was attacked by the evil ghost, and he took the law!"
"Oh, do you have proof?"
"This ......"
"Lord Lieutenant ......"
For a while, the hall was full of heroes, each with their own rhetoric.
The situation that was like a vegetable market directly made Mo Chuan dumbfounded.
Yes, he deliberately took the lead, and his feelings became useless.
Of course, it's not necessarily true to say that it's useless.
Among the gossip, there are four or five families who swear that Qin County Ling is possessed by a headless ghost.
One of them especially attracted Mo Chuan's attention.
This person looks like an old woman in the countryside, restrained and timid, but her eyes are full of cunning.
When the Heavenly Spirit Guan Taoist priest bluntly said that the headless ghost was haunting, she hurriedly echoed.
Someone asked her how to prove it?
She said that this was the advice of the sect leader.
It turned out that this woman was a disciple of the Horse Immortal, and the sect leader was a ghost immortal.
Speaking of Ma Xian, it is quite similar to the technique of Fuluan Guan Ghost Immortal.
The difference is that Fuluan Guan invited the grandfather.
Out of the horse fairy invited to the grass fairy, and mostly composed of "Hu Huang Chang python ghost", also said: Tangkou.
They grasp psychic people as disciples, form halls, receive incense, and do yin things.
After talking about the headless ghost in the Heavenly Spirit Temple, the county lieutenant Qiao finally became interested and asked, "Dare to ask the Dao chief, is this headless ghost still there?" ”
The Taoist priest of Tianlingguan replied: "Back to the county lieutenant, when I passed through the city of Cao today, I carefully observed, and there was no trace of the headless ghost. ”
County Lieutenant Qiao subconsciously looked at Mo Chuan, what he said sounded similar to what Mo Chuan said?
It's just that Mo Chuan said that the headless ghost is the giant bandit Qian San, and mentioned the possibility of being taken away by the masters.
County Lieutenant Qiao was pondering, and suddenly heard the children in the hall showing off: "The headless ghost is the four evil ghosts of the Daomen, is it a powerful ghost that will dissipate when you go to resentment?" To tell you the truth, that headless ghost has actually been taken in by my grandfather...... Hmmm......"
Before the child's show off sounded, he was covered with his mouth.
The person who shows off is none other than Xuanyun Daotong.
It was Fuluan Lao Dao who covered his mouth.
It's good that Fu Luan Lao Dao doesn't cover his mouth, but this covering his mouth attracted a lot of side eyes.