Dawn.

When the first rays of sunlight in the morning passed through the distant horizon, warm and evenly sprinkled on everyone's body, the people of the county town in the East Valley, who were originally elated as if they had fallen into evil, came to their senses one by one.

"Where is this, where am I?" Someone scratched his head in a daze, his eyes kept scanning around.

"Didn't I just watch a big show...... someone rubbed his eyes hard, as if he had just woken up from a big dream.

"Well, oh, the sugar grunt is gone!" There is the childish call of a child.

"Huh? This place seems to be the East Valley......"

Among the crowd, there are naturally Orion woodcutters who often travel between the East Valley and the county seat. Naturally, they recognized at a glance what this place was.

"Stop! Don't move around, adults have orders, violators will be killed! ”

The officials who had been on duty all night around saw that the people had a tendency to scatter, so they scolded loudly and raised the snow knife in their hands.

"My lord, why is that?"

"Your Excellency spares your life."

"Hmmm, Momh......"

For a time, the noisy voices of the people filled the entire East Valley, which was mixed with the cries of individual people for mercy and the cries of children.

This chaotic sound woke up Guo Zida, the young county magistrate who was half-leaning and half-sitting on the edge of a huge bluestone. Even when he was asleep, he pressed his hands on the hilt of his unsheathed sword.

Red bloodshot spread in Guo Zida's pupils like vines climbing all over the gable. He didn't close his eyes almost all night, until the sky was dark, and he couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to take a nap.

"Uh......"

I opened my mouth to say something, but my dry throat barely made any sound. Guo Zida reluctantly swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva that was almost absent in his mouth, and waited until the pain in his throat dissipated a little before he said:

"Quiet, quiet, listen to me......"

However, the panicked cries and begs for mercy of the people in the valley were so noisy that almost no one could hear what he said, except for a few officials beside Guo Zida.

Bang!

A sword slashed at the bluestone, and the rumbling sound of the mountain stone was mixed with the clanging sound of the sword.

The sound was like the only torch lit in the dark night, and everyone in the darkness would desperately get closer to the light.

"Adult ......"

"Prefectural Lord ......"

"Master Guo......"

"Everyone, please be calm and listen to me."

When Guo Zida took advantage of the eyes of all the people in the valley to fall on him, he raised the sword in his hand, and then inserted the sword back into the sheath at his waist.

When all the officials saw this, they all withdrew their swords.

"Ladies and gentlemen, many strange things have happened lately because of evil spirits. Yesterday, a spiritual officer came here, in order to protect the people from harm, and also to eradicate demons. Only then did he cast an illusion and tricked everyone into the valley. ”

Everyone exclaimed, followed by a series of words.

"But don't panic, everyone, it's ...... now"

Guo Zida actually didn't know how to say that he could appease the panicked people, he said it in his mouth, and he was thinking about it in his heart.

Suddenly, the afterglow swept to the figure strolling at the mouth of the valley.

The other party didn't say anything, just smiled indifferently and nodded at Guo Zida.

The person who came was Xia Zhicicada.

"Now that the evil has been eliminated, the people don't have to worry......"

Guo Zida's voice was a little louder, covering the whispers of all the people for a while, and he waved his hand and ordered all the officials:

"Order all the officials, protect the people, leave the East Valley, and go home!"

"Yes! We will obey. The officials shouted, although their faces were haggard, but their eyes were bright.

"Your Excellency is wise......"

"I'm waiting to kowtow to the adults."

Everyone was grateful, even kneeling and kowtowing, Guo Zida was really embarrassed to see this, so he sped up his pace and left.

……

Out of the mountain pass, Guo Zida and Xia Zhician walked side by side on an unknown trail in the mountains. The season is late summer and early autumn, and the branches of the trees on both sides of the road are still green, and the deep and shallow leaves are still hanging with the morning dew that has not yet had time to dissipate.

"The thing...... Is it all settled? ”

Guo Zida was the first to stop, and the position where he was standing was on the slopes on both sides of the road out of the mountain. Looking through the gaps in the branches of the trees, you can see the figures of the people who have left the East Valley in groups with the old and the young.

"You can say it or you can say no."

Xia Zhician made a rare move, but what he said was also the truth, but people who didn't understand it couldn't understand it at all. He didn't plan to continue to sell Guanzi, and directly opened his mouth to solve Guo Zida's doubts:

"It's the end for you. The demons in Qingtian County have been eliminated, and there will be no strange things happening in the future, Brother Guo is at ease. ”

"Oh, that's fine." Guo Zida heard that the demon had been removed, and the heart that had been hanging in his stomach finally fell, but he reacted as soon as his brain turned, so he immediately asked:

"So this means that this matter is not over for you?"

"Nature."

Xia Zhician nodded, flipped out a turquoise bead and a strange-shaped jade with his right hand, he lowered his head and looked at the palm of his hand before continuing:

"Brother Guo still remembers that I said that I was here to find something?"

"Remember, it's a golden jade head."

Guo Zida also looked into Xia Zhicicada's palm. The green beads and the strange jade made his brows twist together, forming a deep Sichuan character.

He could feel that the county seal in the fish bag around his waist was faintly hot. You must know that this feeling has only appeared when you meet the cat demon.

Green is the color of the germination of all things in early spring. It was supposed to give people a fresh, natural, comfortable and gentle feeling.

But these two things are the opposite, the green is like putrefining sewage nourished by the dark gutter, emitting a disgusting invisible smell.

"This is part of the Golden Jade Head."

Xia Zhician is a cultivator, so he is naturally not afraid of the aura emitted by those two evil things, but Guo Zida is a mortal after all, even if he has the seal of Qingtian County, it is not suitable to contact it for a long time.

So he just flipped his right hand, and those two things disappeared into the palm of his hand.

"It's ...... Part? That means there are other pieces of debris. ”

The thing disappeared, and Guo Zida felt that his faintly swollen head had soothed since just now, and he still stretched out his right hand and gently kneaded it between his forehead.

"As far as I know, there should be eight pieces of debris, which are scattered all over the place. Although these things have been broken, the evil aura on them is huge, and once they are used by spirited monsters, they will harm the people. ”

Xia Zhician only said half of it, and the other half had speculation about how the golden jade head was broken and how the fragments were scattered everywhere, and he temporarily suppressed it in his heart and didn't say it.

"For example, this cat demon, although she is an immortal spirit, but without the nourishment of this evil thing, it is impossible to transform into a demon in just fifty years."

He shook his left sleeve, and only a few faint cat meows came from inside.

Yes, this cat demon also has an evil thing in its belly, which is also part of the golden jade human head, and it is a pair of green beads from the White Bone Lady. At that time, I didn't know what kind of coincidence it was, but it fell from the hands of Mrs. White Bone to the hands of Liu Cuicui, who had not yet turned into a cat demon.

"In this way, Brother Xian, you still have to travel all over the world and continue to look for the fragments of the golden and jade human heads, so as not to nourish the demons and harm the people with these evil things."

Guo Zida felt that his discomfort gradually faded, and only then did he speculate and continue according to what Xia Zhician said:

"Monsters are born, and demons are haunted. I always feel that there is someone behind this who is pushing the driver, will there be any ulterior secrets? ”

"Brother Guo's mind is quick, if he enters the capital as an official in the future, he must either enter Dali Temple or enter the Criminal Department."

Xia Zhician snorted, and deliberately brought the topic to prevent Guo Zida from continuing to speculate, although Guo Zida knew limited things, but if he wrote today's speculation into a song and sent it to the capital, it might cause unnecessary trouble.

"Brother Xian laughed."

Guo Zida was interrupted from his thoughts, and heard Xia Zhicicada's praise again. I couldn't help but wave my hand again and again with some embarrassment, but the smile on my face couldn't be hidden.

"There is one more thing, I want to ask Brother Guo to do it for me......" Xia Zhician said as he shook out a yellow and clear thing from the cuff with his right hand and grasped it in his palm.

"Although the demons in the mass grave on the western slope have been removed, many bones have been exposed, and I am really uneasy in my heart. Brother Guo sent someone to collect the bones and rebury them, and it was best to hold another super puja. ”

After speaking, he handed the things in his hand to Guo Zida. The yellow thing was a delicate gold ingot with a petite body. According to the laws promulgated by Daqi, one tael of red gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver. One or two official silvers can be exchanged for consistent money, that is, a thousand copper plates.

This red gold ingot, which is only one tael, can be said to be earned by an ordinary farmer who has worked for more than four years without eating or drinking.

"This, this, this...... No, no, don't you want me to take bribes, absolutely not! Guo Zida pushed the gold ingots back into Xia Zhiciao's hand, and he shook his head like a rattle.

"It's not for you, don't think about it." Xia Zhician rolled his eyes angrily, handed the money back to Guo Zida's hand, and continued:

"You don't need money to bury bones, do you? You don't need money to do transcendent rituals, do you? This Qingtian County was already poor, and even the taxes could only be barely paid. I beg you to do something, I can't let you, the county master, take your own money. ”

"This, that doesn't need to be so much. In case the unscrupulous villain finds out, he will go to the official and sue me for taking bribes. Then I can't speak clearly. ”

Guo Zida also knew that what Xia Zhician said made sense, but he still had concerns.

"!"

Xia Zhician took out his waist card, which symbolized the five-colored spirit officer, and shook it, he pointed his finger at himself, and continued:

"According to the system, as a five-color spirit official who went out of Beijing, I am the official position of the same four products. Only the assassin of a state capital can be on the same level as me. You are a small county county order, seven products! How could there be a fourth-grade official who gave a bribe to the seventh-grade county order. Does anyone believe this? ”

"That's what I said, then I'm ......"

Guo Zida reluctantly took the gold ingot. If ordinary people get such a piece of gold ingot, they are afraid of melting in their mouths and holding them in the palm of their hands for fear of falling off.

Only this Guo County Commander felt uncomfortable left and right as if he had taken a piece of charcoal that burned red.

"Alright, don't say anything else."

Xia Zhician threw off his robe, he bowed his hand, and then picked up a pinch of loess from the ground and threw it into the air. With the earth escape technique in his mouth, the whole person's figure disappeared directly in front of Guo Zida.

Only his voice was still floating in the air:

"We'll see you later, see you in the capital."

……

On this day, a large river appeared in front of him to block the way.

There was only one ferry boat parked on the bank of the river, and on top of it stood an old fisherman with a hat on his head.

There were several other people standing on the shore, one of whom was talking to the fisherman, as if to negotiate the price of the ferry across the river.

"It costs a penny to take a boat, and only ten people can walk the boat."

"You're really stubborn, can't I give you more money? I'll pay ten people, and you can send me one person over. ”

I saw the one who had lowered the price in the past, and for the first time I saw the stupid boy who had negotiated the price upwards. Xia Zhicicada felt interesting, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

"No, one person is a penny, and ten people must be able to walk the boat. Otherwise, Grandpa River God will be unhappy, and the boat will definitely capsize halfway through when the time comes......"

The old fisherman didn't look up, he held an old penny in both hands, and stood on the boat in a daze, letting the stupid boy who wanted to take the boat wear out his mouth, but he was unmoved.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly came. There were eight or nine of them in a group, most of them were dressed as slaves, and only the one in the middle was a white-faced brocade robe.

They also seemed to be planning to cross the river by boat.

"What? You step on the horse and say it again, believe it or not, I smashed your old bones, and then threw them into the water to feed the king, you are blind, do you know who our son-in-law is......"

"Ten people can walk the boat......" came the old fisherman's voice.

"Hey, you really don't know if you're alive or dead, are you? See if I don't ......."

There are eight people in Brother Childe's party, but it seems that they are notorious in the neighborhood. As soon as they came, except for the stupid boy who was willing to spend more money just now, everyone else ran away in a hurry. The local people all know that this boy is a wicked person who bullies men and women, and no one wants to be in the same boat as this plague god.

"This horse is just one person away, and I can't walk the boat, it's really ......"

It seems that the dog leg who is the henchman of the noble son is still scolding there.

Xia Zhician saw the present, so he walked towards the ferry boat unhurriedly.

He didn't have to take a boat, but this time he had a reason to do it.

Because this boatload of people...... Going to die.