The old man in tattered clothes scoffed.

took off the gourd on his waist, raised his head and poured a sip of wine, and said: "The scenery is good, but it's a pity, it won't be long before this place will be filled with smoke and miasma, and the smell is unbearable." ”

"You can fight whatever you want, I'm just here to see, I don't have the heart to play with you, as long as you don't provoke the old man, I'm okay to say anything. ”

The old man walked towards the top of the mountain, regardless of whether the man in the Confucian shirt heard him or not.

"It would be nice if all the scholars in this world were just pure readers!"

The man in the Confucian shirt heard it, and an inaudible sigh sounded in the mountains and forests.

The old man is an immortal of the Taoist sect, and his strength is also considered to be the top handful among the hundreds of sects, and it is the crossing of the gods of the middle five realms.

The man in the Confucian shirt is a Confucian listener, the second of the three storytellers, and his cultivation is also a god realm.

It's strange that the Legalist hasn't appeared for the time being, and the man in the Confucian shirt really wants to meet the person who came from the Legalist, after all, he counted one of his disciples, although he is a demon, but he is also his student disciple.

Confucianism is a person who goes against the rules, but he is by no means the one, nor is his disciple, and although the truth in the book is dead, it is also alive.

Since you like to take advantage of loopholes, then, I will do things according to the rules, and the disciple has been abolished by you, and I, as a gentleman, will always do something for him.

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Qinghe County, Chenghuang Temple.

A golden light invisible to ordinary people swept by, heading towards the back of the City God Temple.

Next to the river, a man in a koi silk coat was strolling along the river, when suddenly a looming middle-aged man appeared.

"Lord Li is so Yaxing, when will you be willing to come to this poor country. The middle-aged man said with a smile.

The man surnamed Li was not angry and arrogant, and scolded with a smile: "It's annoying, his uncle's turtle bastard, this huge Qinghe County is also here to pay off two points, so I called you to reminisce about the past." ”

"The dignified soldier is still a scholar, and he can even curse people. The middle-aged man teased, his gaze falling on the river.

The man surnamed Li said with a smile: "You are also a god, why don't you care about the things on the mountain? ”

The middle-aged man sneered and said, "Master Li, do you think I can interfere in the affairs of those immortals on their mountain, or do you want to trick me?"

The man surnamed Li restrained his joking look, and said with a straight face: "Lord Gan, you used to be a member of my Guhuai Kingdom, and I hope you can put the interests of Guhuai Kingdom first." ”

"What, there are instructions above the temple?" the middle-aged man's eyes narrowed slightly.

Of course he knows about the recent events in Guhuai Kingdom, and now all parties are secretly arranged, but he doesn't know where these people's bureaus are going to start.

Now this soldier seems to be polite, asking him to put the interests of the Guhuai Kingdom first, and the meaning of the sentence that seems to be an understatement is quite profound.

It seems that not only the immortals on the mountain are playing, but there are also people in this temple playing against each other.

He smiled and said, "What do you mean by Lord Li's words?

The soldier said: "This matter is related to the future national fortune of my Guhuai country, the people on the mountain have clearly expressed their intentions, and they want to fight for this century-old Taoist system, and you are the god of Confucianism and His Majesty, but now it is time for change, I hope you can stand again." ”

The middle-aged man's face sank, and he said, "Is this what you Lord Li meant, or the meaning above." ”

The man surnamed Li waved his sleeves and said, "Does it matter? Confucianism is good, but it is not enough to display the ambition of the Guhuai Kingdom, and only by enduring painful change is the future path of my Guhuai Kingdom." ”

"It seems that Lord Li already has a plan in his heart, but I can't get involved in this matter yet, I'm just a city god now, not an immortal in your mouth, and the things in the temple are really not something I can decide. ”

"So, Lord Li, don't embarrass me anymore, I'm a person who died once, and it's hard to die now, but if you Lord Li want me to become a lonely ghost, it's a matter of waving your hand, so why bother to embarrass me?" said the middle-aged man with a smile.

The soldier didn't answer, just walked unhurriedly in front, looked at the river, and said inexplicably: "Lord Gan, you see, the river seems to be calm on the surface, but the bottom of the river is surging. ”

The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head, he understood the reason, but now he really didn't have any interest in the temple affairs, and as for the matter of standing in line in the mouth of the soldier squire, he didn't bother to think about it at all.

He wants to guard this Qinghe County now, and he is satisfied with watching the people in the city live and work in peace and contentment, no matter how bad it is, it is not bad to take some incense money to buy some wine to drink, it is also good, as for what the people living in the temple are thinking, he is too lazy to pay attention.

These days, some fresh faces have entered the county one after another, and he sees all of this, but he, the little god of the City God Temple, can be compared with the people on the mountain, if he makes others unhappy, his golden body is estimated to be unsafe.

Therefore, it is still true that An An guards his own one-third of an acre of land.

What righteousness, what loyalty, that is all when he was alive, now, he doesn't want to get involved anymore, just one word, tired!

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Outside the city, a carriage headed for the city gate.

The time was just right, the sun had just set, and the frame was at the city gate.

Lu Wen opened the curtain, looked at the sacrificial city, and said with a smile: "Tsk, it's finally here, it's been a week's journey, and it's finally a crowded place." ”

"Butler, go find an inn, let's rest here tonight, and then we will go tomorrow." Lu Wen shouted at the middle-aged butler.

"Okay, Childe!" The middle-aged butler handed over the customs clearance document to the soldier in his hand, and drove to the city.

The butler found an inn, led everyone into the inn, and asked for a few rooms.

When Xia Ziyu and the others entered the inn, Qin Hongyi also woke up, looking at the eyes of the people around him, he was still a little timid.

The wounds left in her heart before didn't seem to be so easy to erase, Xia Ziyu softly comforted Qin Hongyi and told her not to be afraid.

The housekeeper asked the shopkeeper for a table of wine and food, and Lu Wen walked to a guest table and sat down with a big grin, looking at the wine and food that was served one after another.

smiled and scolded: "Uncle, in the past two years, the master's mouth has almost faded out of the bird, and today I can finally have a good meal." ”

"Xia Gongzi, don't you know, Taoism is really not a place where anyone can stay, you may not be able to see meat for a week, you can't drink alcohol, Lao Tzu has already run away, who still suffers from that sin. ”

Xia Ziyu smiled and said, "It seems that the resentment in your heart against your sect is not small?"

"I can't talk about resentment, it's just a little uncomfortable not to let people get fishy, a boy like me, there are a few people who can stand that kind of anger, that is, there is an unreliable gentleman, and he can make do with it, otherwise that day, don't talk about it. ”

"Come, drink wine and eat meat, be happy!" Lu Wen drank two large bowls of wine and ate the vegetables in a big gulp, without the demeanor of an immortal at all.

Qin Hongyi's small body stood on Xia Ziyu's legs, stretching out chopsticks to pick up vegetables, but her hands were shorter, some dishes could not be eaten, and her small mouth pouted, which was very cute.

"Xia Gongzi, such a lovely sister, only a son like you can be his brother, and he can take her out to play in the mountains and rivers, if it were other families, he would have let him learn what etiquette he would have learned a long time ago, so that he could marry a good family in the future. Lu Wen said vaguely.

Xia Ziyu smiled, patiently picked up the dishes for Qin Hongyi, and said: "As long as she is happy, I don't care about any etiquette or impropriety, all I care about is her temperament, just don't go astray." ”

"As for what kind of good family to marry, my sister is not up to her to pick when she grows up. ”

Lu Wen suddenly felt a little envious and jealous of that lovely little girl, who had a brother who cared for her so much, and how one big and one small looked pleasing to the eye, and I didn't know what kind of family could give birth to such a skinned young lady.

Suddenly, three people carrying long swords walked in at the door, all dressed in different clothes and dressed differently.

"Shopkeeper, come with ten catties of wine, ten catties of sauce beef, and a few plates of cold food. A burly man shouted.

"Okay, wait, officer!" the shopkeeper shouted.

The people in the inn were attracted by the three of them, and the three of them all had a strong Jianghu atmosphere, and there was a strong anger between their eyebrows.

One of them also had a hideous scar on his face, which looked particularly infiltrating, Qin Hongyi glanced at it, and then shrunk his body into Xia Ziyu's arms.

Lu Wen's face instantly became gloomy, and Xia Ziyu was the same, the two glanced at each other, and they both bowed their heads.

The three people who had just come in had a strong smell of blood, and they had obviously just killed someone, and there were quite a few of them.

Qing Geng just glanced at it lightly, then turned around and continued to drink, not bothering to pay attention.

Lu Wen whispered: "The three scattered cultivators of the lower five realms, and they don't look like good people, the smell of blood on their bodies is so heavy, I think they have killed a lot of people." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly made a silent gesture and whispered: "Childe, Xia Gongzi, let's not meddle in these idle matters, let's go upstairs to rest after eating!"

"I know, you're really disappointed, didn't I tell Xia Gongzi about this matter in the rivers and lakes? Besides, won't I just say a few words? They still dare to come and kill me?

Xia Ziyu just smiled and said that it was okay, so he stopped paying attention to the three people, after all, there are many murders and goods in this world, and besides, these three people are not necessarily evildoers, and it is always bad to criticize others.

"Big brother, what is it in that canal, killing so many people, we have seven or eight corpses collected today, right?" said a slightly swarthy man.

"Don't talk, hurry up and drink some wine to suppress the shock, it's really a fucking evil, and I don't know what kind of evil thing is doing it there, just don't put our three brothers in it." The man with a scar on his face said in a loud voice.

"Big brother, I think it's better for us to stay away from here, I feel that it won't be long before the entire sacrificial city will suffer, although we are killed from there today, but we will be targeted by that evil thing. The burly man said with a calm face, and poured a large bowl of wine.

"When the government digs a canal, there should be an immortal master who has seen the feng shui fortune, but how can such a strange thing happen?"

"Cut, Grandma, this group of corpse meal officials, it is estimated that the money and property that invited the immortal master to investigate have been filled with their own pockets, but they have harmed so many lives in vain. ”

"It's even more hateful than a wicked person like us, grandma's, it's really unpleasant, although we have also killed a lot of people, but this kind of killing people without blinking an eye is really terrifying. The swarthy man said viciously.

Xia Ziyu said softly: "Qing Geng, when we went to that village to find a way before, did the old man say that the young people in the village were recruited to dig a canal?"

Qing Geng nodded indifferently and said, "Yes!"

"You'd like to check it out?"

Xia Ziyu bowed his head and said, "You always have to take a look at someone you meet, right?"

"I know that your kid is a restless master, so let's eat well, just go!" Qing Geng said with a smile.

Lu Wen was instantly interested, and said, "Young Master Xia, you are ......"

That expression was not too funny, and he obviously wanted to make do with it, but the housekeeper surnamed Liang instantly panicked and said, "Childe, don't meddle in these things, I can't say what big trouble you will get into at that time!"

Xia Ziyu knew his worries and said, "Mr. Butler, don't worry, we have our own measure!"

After speaking, he handed Qin Hongyi to Qing Geng and walked towards the three rude men.

The three men looked at him and said, "Mother, such a handsome man, if you don't pay attention, you think it's a woman!"

Xia Ziyu sat down with a smile and said, "Three elder brothers, can you tell us more about what you encountered?"

The burly man looked at him with a fierce look in his eyes and said, "Boy, what's the matter, if you want to trouble our three brothers?"

"Second brother, don't be rude!" the scar man shouted softly.

"What news does this little brother want to inquire about?"

Xia Ziyu smiled, put a silver ingot on the table, and said, "I want to know about that canal!"

"To be clear, this silver ingot is yours, and if I can't say it clearly, I'll have to look for someone else. ”

The swarthy man stopped talking, looked at his two brothers, and wanted to speak.

The man with the scar glanced at the silver ingot and then at Xia Ziyu, and grinned: "My mother, I am also a rich boy who is not afraid of death, so let's just tell you about it." ”

"There is a mountain at the foot of a mountain at the foot of a mountain outside the city, but since the construction has begun, many people have been killed and injured, and even the people above the temple have been alarmed. ”

"But it's useless, it's still dead every day, but the people in the government didn't stop, but instead found some people in the rivers and lakes to collect the corpses, and you said that the corpses would be collected. ”

"The ghost knows that those who died will be resurrected, and they no longer have their intelligence, so they start to kill, kill people when they see them, and a lot of people in the rivers and lakes have also been killed, the point is that these ghosts don't know how to hurt yet. ”

"Unless they are dismantled in pieces, or their heads are cut off, they can be stopped, what do you think is going on?"

The more Xia Ziyu listened, the more shocked he became, this situation was generally controlled, and the wisdom was devoured, there must be something at the foot of the mountain, but why didn't the people in the government stop, but continued to send people to death.

Xia Ziyu continued to ask, "Isn't there a so-called immortal who came down to deal with these things?"

The swarthy man finally couldn't help it, and said: "Damn, what kind of bullshit immortals, a group of sanctimonious things, just came to see it and left, saying that it was a magic circle that was laid out, so that the people of the government could only start the work." ”

"But it's only been two days, and people have started dying there, and more and more people are dying, and they don't know how to die, it's too scary, Childe, I said you, leave quickly, this small town is in great trouble. ”

Xia Ziyu frowned, logically speaking, these things must be taken care of by the government, but if they are just let go like this, they are still recruiting people from the outside to make a pit, everyone knows that there is a problem, but what is this for?

"Thank you, three big brothers, for solving your doubts!" Xia Ziyu gave them the silver ingots and returned to his place.

Qing Geng didn't say anything, he heard the conversation just now, Lu Wen leaned over and asked, "Young Master Xia, how is it?"

Xia Ziyu said: "This matter is very dangerous, are you sure you want to go with us?"

Lu Wen raised his head and said: "Of course I have to go, after all, how can this kind of chivalrous and righteous thing be less than me, this is also my Lao Tzu's jurisdiction, if something happens, he will be responsible." ”

"Although I can't get used to his self-righteous appearance, it's my old man, I can't watch him have an accident!"

Xia Ziyu smiled and nodded, touched a glass of wine with him, and decided to take a look after eating this meal, the housekeeper surnamed Liang next to him had a sad face, feeling that his soul had been lost, but he really had no way to take his own son.

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In the county office, an old man in an official uniform looked at an evil painting on the wall of his house and smiled gloomily.

On the wall hung a scroll of a demon, full of fangs, with a hideous face, covered in bright red scales.

The old man smiled and smiled, and the figure disappeared into the room, appearing beside a canal that had not yet been fully dug.

Strange words came out of his mouth, and his hoarse voice was like a demon from the Nine Shadows.

In the canal, there was a myriad of liquids, and at first glance, it was all red blood flowing, and under that blood, it seemed that something terrible was being born.

"Hehe, it's finally coming out, the damn world has suppressed me for tens of millions of years, and sooner or later it will ruin you!"

The old man muttered to himself, his eyes shining with an evil light.