Luoshan County, it has been almost two years since the flood, ordinary people are very forgetful, the Lotus Prince is gone, and now people believe in the Yin Urn sect.

On the official road outside the county town, I saw a Taoist man, wearing a shabby Taoist robe, tied his hair with a straw, a pair of sword bags behind his back, wearing a shabby green gauze hat on his head, no shoes under his feet, barefoot, at first glance, like a warlock begging for fortune.

This shabby Taoist is, of course, Zhang Xian.

He had been in retreat, he hadn't taken care of his clothes or anything, they were all worn, especially his shoes, which he had not gone far before they were broken.

He kind of understood why most of the high-ranking people described in the book were dressed in shabby clothes.

Because of the long time of practice, if you don't pay attention, the clothes will be old, plus the practice on weekdays, every move is a strong force, ordinary clothes are cotton and linen materials, and they can't afford such a strong wear and tear, and they will be tattered with a little force.

He thought in his heart, he had to make a few silk robes, the texture of silk is good, it is relatively tough, and it is not easy to get old, but the price of silk is not low.

In ancient times, the ancients used the silk weaving cloth of wild silkworms, which can be said to belong to the category of treasures, such as Wu Yunyao's red gold armor, and the splendid soft armor under the golden armor, which is woven with gold silk, and the golden cicada is a strange wild silkworm, which will gnaw on the golden yellow and spit out the golden silk, which is a treasure of heaven and earth.

Although the domesticated silkworms are not as good as those strange wild silkworms, the price is also very expensive, almost equivalent to gold.

An ordinary brocade cloth, woven from fragments of broken silk, also costs one or twenty taels of silver, but the toughness of the broken silk cloth is not good, the quality is lower, and it is easy to deform and tatte.

Medium quality, at least three or five dozen taels, if it is high-grade, at least more than one hundred taels, if

Therefore, if you are not a dignitary, you can't afford silk at all.

Of course, if you add embroidery or something, the price is endless.

He wanted to make a few sets of good silk clothes, but he couldn't get a few hundred taels of silver, plus buying some ginseng herbs, ginseng would cost 1,000 taels and 1 catties, which was not a small expense.

He counted the silver in his heart, while walking on the official road, looking back and forth, for some reason, today this official road is very deserted, he walked twenty miles, and actually met everyone.

Although Luoshan County is located in a remote area, but the county town is very prosperous, usually on this official road, more or less can meet some people, he crossed the mountains and forests, came to the official road, just wanted to meet passers-by to inquire about the situation of the county, but unexpectedly no one was seen.

"There's a post house in front, so there should be someone. ”

He quickened his pace, and his steps were like flying, bringing a gust of wind, and tearing a hole in his clothes, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, if he hurried with all his strength, it was estimated that this clothes would have to be blown by the wind.

After a while, I saw the post house on the side of the road, but this post house was also very deserted, there was no one in the tea shed outside, and there were no horses in the stables.

"It's strange, why is there no one on the official road?"

He sensed that something was wrong, in the usual post house, there were a lot of people drinking tea and resting, but there was no one here.

Walking into the post house, the door was actually closed, and on this door, as well as the eaves and beams, there were runes everywhere, and the atmosphere was inexplicably weird and gloomy.

"What's going on, could it be that the official road is haunted?"

He couldn't help but wonder for a moment, the Yin Urn Sect was stationed in Luoshan County, and Yang Immortal was in charge, how could the ghosts dare not give face to the Yin Urn Sect, and dare to be a demon on this official road.

He stared at the inside of the post house, and immediately found that there were people, and there were a large number of people, including officers and soldiers of the imperial court, as well as the shopkeeper of the post house, but all of them stayed in the backyard.

The front yard and the back yard of the post house, the front yard is generally to receive ordinary merchants, and the back yard is to receive the personnel of the imperial court, usually with one or twenty officers and soldiers stationed.

He went up and knocked on the door, wanting to inquire about the situation, and the knock on the door was heard, and after a while, the people in the backyard heard it, but the knocking sound frightened everyone, and they were all suspicious, and seemed to be very frightened, and they were frightened at the slightest disturbance.

Several officers and soldiers took the lead, carefully came out to inspect, confirmed that it was a knock, and then dared to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, I saw a young Taoist in shabby clothes.

However, although the clothes are shabby, carrying a pair of sword bags, the figure is straight, the spirit is not good, there is a fairy wind bones, several people look at each other, you look at me, I look at you, I think, could it be that this person is here to catch zombies? But this person's clothes are shabby, and he doesn't look like a Taoist in the city.

"A few officials, why doesn't this post house open for business?" Zhang Xian spoke, holding the seal in his hand and bowing, wanting to inquire about the situation.

Several people reacted, and hurriedly saluted, and one of the leading officers and soldiers said: "There are ghosts and monsters in Luoshan County, there are few pedestrians on the official road, and merchants dare not go out to do business, so we have to close the door and avoid it in case the monsters attack." ”

"Ghosts and ghosts?" Hearing this, Zhang Xian couldn't help frowning, where did the ghosts dare to be so rampant, and asked: "Isn't there a Yin Sect in the city? This is an authentic immortal enshrined by the imperial court, why don't you look for them to suppress the ghosts?"

The officers and soldiers said: "There are too many ghosts, and the Taoist leaders in the Taoist temple are too busy, so everyone has to dodge separately." ”

Zhang Xian was a little surprised, there were so many ghosts, even the Yin Sect couldn't do it? He only had the strength of the Yin Sect, how could he not suppress it.

He asked, "I don't know what kind of ghosts they are, how many are there?"

The officers and soldiers said: "It's zombies, there are a lot of them, and every once in a while, someone reports to the official, and when the grave is pulled open, the corpse becomes a zombie and jumps out, and ......."

Speaking of this, the tone of the officers and soldiers was a little frightened, and the rest of the people were also panicked, and the officers and soldiers lowered their voices and whispered:

"And every three or five times, that is, the young and middle-aged people die of evil, the gods of the Taoist temple said, this is a ghost chaos, these unjustly killed young and middle-aged people, the yang life is not over, and there is resentment in death, so it is easy to become a zombie. ”

"Uh...... Death every three or five days!" Zhang Xian was stunned, this is too rampant, but after death, it becomes a zombie, how can a zombie be so easy to conjure, someone must have done something to do it, and the Yin Urn Sect will practice corpses.

Could it be that the Yin Gang faction played with its own moths?

He asked again: "Out of the zombies, did the Yin Urn Sect send someone to suppress them, did the zombies burn it, or were they taken away by the Shadow Sect?"

The officers and soldiers said: "Report to the official, the government will ask the Taoist of the Yin Gang faction to suppress it, ten taels of silver apiece, the Taoist chief said, the zombie is a person who died unjustly, and it cannot be burned, otherwise it will not be able to live forever, so it has to be temporarily buried in the Taoist temple, and when the Zhenyin Tower is built, all of them are buried in the Zhenyin Tower, and the Taoist leaders of the Taoist Temple will work together to exceed." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xian was already sure that this must be the Yin Gang faction acting as a demon, casting spells to assassinate young adults, training zombies, and suppressing zombies to make money, ten taels is not cheap, but it is reported to the official, this money is from the imperial court, otherwise ordinary people do not have so much money.

While practicing corpses, the Yin Urn faction ate the money of the imperial court, and also made people panic, showing Taoism, bewitching the public, establishing their own prestige, and taking away zombies, which can be described as killing a few birds with one stone, which is really a good means.

He continued to ask: "I don't know what this Zhenyin Tower is?"

The officers and soldiers said: "Zhenyin Tower, that is, the tower for suppressing yin ghosts and monsters, I heard that it was built in the deep mountains of Luoshan, where there is a treasure land of feng shui, and it is far away from the city, and the suppression of demons does not disturb the yang. ”

Zhang Xian was puzzled in his heart, Luoshan is a part of the Taixu Mountains, it is an extinct deep mountain and old forest, cliffs, and dangerous terrain, the difficulty of this building can be imagined, the manpower, material and financial resources required are huge, and it has not been completed yet, the amount of work must be not small, and the Yin Urn Sect is so laborious, there must be another purpose.

He thought about it and wanted to inquire about some details: "I don't know when the construction of this Zhenyin Tower started, and how much manpower and financial resources were used?"

At the mention of this, several people couldn't help but sigh, and the officers and soldiers said: "Dao Chief, didn't you just come to Luoshan County, and you don't know about these things. ”

Zhang Xian nodded, and said casually: "I am a casual cultivator, traveling all over the world, wandering the rivers and lakes, and only arrived in Luoshan County today, but on this way, I didn't meet anyone, and I was wondering what was going on." ”

"Hey......" The officers and soldiers sighed bitterly and said: "Two years ago, there were immortals in Luoshan County who preached, recruited disciples, and taught immortal methods, called the Lotus Sect. ”

"......" Zhang Xian was speechless when he listened, he and Wu Yunyao destroyed the Lotus Sect, but they were regarded as demons, and the disaster was also blamed on him, but this is normal, how can ordinary people know about this, how can the people believe it when they say it on the table.

The officers and soldiers continued: "The Taoist leader of the Yin Sect said that if you want to suppress the demons, you have to collect hundreds of money and build the Zhenyin Tower, so you will move tens of thousands of disciples of the Lotus Sect to work. ”

"But it's just the beginning, and then the demons continue to make trouble, every three or five in the evil dead, the demon tower has not been completed for a long time, the people have to pay a hundred money every month, at the beginning of the year, the evil people died, and the zombies began to come out again, everyone was afraid, so they had to ask the Yin Gang faction for the spirit talisman to ward off evil spirits, the poor have a penny, and the rich have more money. ”

"But the calamity is not stopped, the demons are haunted, the ghosts are in chaos, the people are miserable, the merchants do not dare to do business, the city is all closed, in order to avoid the demons and monsters, many large families have moved their families, and those who can go to other places have also gone to run, leaving us ordinary people. ”

When these things were mentioned, several people were bitter.

Zhang Xian also frowned, this Yin Gang faction is a disaster, not much worse than the Lotus Sect, recruiting tens of thousands of people to build a large number of buildings, changing the way to collect money, what hundreds of money, asking for money, etc., gossiers confuse the public, preach demons and monsters, make everyone go, flee, and merchants are not doing business, it is strange that these days are not bitter.

"By the way, Daoist, do you want to rest and drink tea, or do you want to eat and stay in a hotel?" the officer and soldier asked.

"Thank you, I just passed by to inquire about the situation, and I'm leaving. ”

Zhang Xian saluted, and after speaking, he turned around and left, but as soon as he turned around, before he could move his feet, he noticed a wisp of gloomy air, and then heard a "ding bell" bell in the distance, as well as the sound of beating footsteps.

"Hmm, someone drove the corpse!"

As soon as his heart moved, he immediately judged that this was the movement of driving out corpses, but who was so unscrupulous that he drove corpses on the official road in broad daylight?