In fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called Longsheng gentry are people who have paid huge amounts of wealth to the emperor or the local treasury, most of them are local magnates, and there are also some children of families. This is a disguised betrayal, but it is not too serious. Taizu set this rule when he founded the country, because the treasury was empty at that time, so he came up with this method to accumulate wealth. In this way, you can collect money, but it is not a complete sale of official titles, and it does not affect the normal operation of the government. For those who have money, firstly, they have face, and secondly, they have the protection of the Longsheng gentry, and the officials have to look at them differently, and some petty crimes can not be punished according to the laws of the country. Therefore, although there are a lot of contributions paid, there are still many people who rush to it. Like Zhang Xinzi's father and son, they have this identity, and it is much more convenient when they walk outside. At this time, for a small place like Xiaofangjia Village, mentioning the identity of the Longsheng gentry is more useful than the ordinary petty officials.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Village Chief Hao looked very respectful. But after mentioning Li Quanzhe, its face changed. A little panicked and said: "It turned out to be Zhang Daguan, and the little old man was rude." But if you want to talk about Li Bantou, I advise you, old man, don't get involved in this matter. There are monsters here, Li Bantou, I'm afraid they are more than lucky. A few days ago, Li Bantou brought people to our area to search the mountains and arrest a fugitive. As a result, I encountered a youkai at the Moyun Cave behind the village. It's so scary, that monster can roll up a one-foot high demon wind and arrest the first few people in Li Ban. A catcher named Wang San ran out, and we helped him heal his injuries, and then took an ox cart and reported it to the government. The next day, the county magistrate sent a team of soldiers, but the result was that there was no return, which was too scary. ”

Jiang Boyi stretched out his hand to stop Village Chief Hao's words and said, "Brother, don't panic. You speak slowly, and I ask you to answer. ”

Jiang Bo can be regarded as a small success in Taoism in the past two years, and at this time, he has an outstanding temperament, which makes Hao Dabao unconsciously feel stable and reassured. He nodded involuntarily. Jiang Bo saw that his mood calmed down a little, so he said: "I see that your village is built on a mountain, which is quite peculiar. There is no second house in the 17 counties of Cold Spring Province to build a house like this, but is there any reason?"

Hao Dabao didn't understand why he asked this coldly, but he still replied truthfully: "This gentleman doesn't know, our Cold Spring Mansion originally didn't have such a large area as it is now. At first, this area belonged to the edge of the northern wilderness, full of wild beasts, and it is said that there are some monsters that have grown into spirits. Later, during the Tianzheng period of the Hewei Military Dynasty, Liu Lizi was marshal and expanded the border and stationed troops here. Only then did the Cold Spring Mansion open up and there were people. But I heard that in the area of our Xiaofangjia Village, there was a big demon's cave house on this Xionghu Mountain, and he often came out to harass the border people and soldiers, and later Liu Dashuai killed it in anger and burned the cave house. And built a barracks on the remains of the monster's cave as a sentry post. Later, after a long time and the change of dynasties, the barracks was abandoned. Our ancestors fled here and turned the barracks into a house, and it became Xiaofangjia Village. You see, there are several big trees on the side of the cliff at the highest point of our village, and there is still a big hole behind the tree, called Moyun Cave. It is said that the cave leads to the inner house of the original youkai, and the inside is dark and seems to be very deep. We locals don't dare to go inside. ”

Jiang Bo nodded and said, "Then, there are usually abnormalities in this cave?"

Hao Dabao shook his head and said, "That's not true." It's just that a while ago, Li Bantou led people to chase a gangster to our area. Those officials searched the mountains at night and drove people to our village. The gangster got into the hole, and Li Bantou led people to squat at the entrance of the cave for a day, but he didn't see any movement, so he rushed in. As a result, less than a quarter of an hour after they entered, they heard the boss commotion inside. Later, the ghost cried wolf, which was very infiltrating. We were curious and stayed at the entrance of the cave, but we saw Li Bantou and a few people running out in a hurry, but as soon as we arrived at the entrance of the cave, a black wind blew in the cave. The shadow is enough to see a blue-faced and fanged monster, which can be as tall as a ruler. With that wind, he took them away. Wang San was left alone, but he was left with half a life. This scared us so much that the urine came out, and we ran away. After waiting for a long time, those officials did not come out again. We rescued Wang San and sent him to report to the official. When the county master Zhao heard the news, he sent a team of officers and soldiers, but he never came out of the cave after entering the cave. We are too scared to go to the Moyun Cave now, and some people in the village have already run away with their wives and children. Some of us who really didn't want to go far away, so we set up sentry posts and divided into three groups of people to monitor Moyun Cave every day. But these days have passed, and I haven't seen the yokai come out again. ”

Jiang Bo listened to what he said, and looked up. After a while, he said solemnly: "There are a few demonic spirits in this Moyun Cave, it seems that it is not a goblin. But there is also a mystery here, the whole village is built according to a certain law, and the spiritual machine here is gathered to form a force, pointing to the Moyun Cave from afar. A kind of oppression is formed, and if the goblin comes out, it will be suppressed by the spirit as long as it crosses the boundary. It's as if there's a big invisible hand holding them, and they can't exert all their strength. That's why these monsters didn't come out to harm people. ”

As soon as he said this, Hao Dabao patted his thigh and said, "Oh, I remember, I heard the elders say that there was a military advisor under Liu Dashuai at the beginning." This person is a fairy figure, after the big handsome defeated the goblin, he drew a formation in the position of our village, saying that he could suppress the monster. ”

Jiang Bo asked, "Where did you hear this?"

Hao Dabao smiled embarrassedly and said, "Our ancestors fled here, and some of them are literate and hyphenated. They found a stone tablet near the Moyun Cave, and it was engraved with words. Those who learned read it and said this. ”

Jiang Bo raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "Is this stone tablet still there?" Take me to see it!"

When Village Chief Hao heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded him and said, "This gentleman, the stele is still there, but you can't go." That thing is at the mouth of the cave, who knows when the monster will come out. I heard that the county magistrate had already told the garrison master that the officers and men of the Gale Battalion would be sent in the next two days. You'd better wait. ”

Jiang Bo shook his head secretly when he heard this, the people didn't understand, but he knew. The officers and men of this Gale Battalion are so easy to mobilize. According to the official system of the Great Unification State, the largest administrative structure in the local area is the road, and the highest governor of the road is the chief political officer. Under the road is the county secretary, and the highest governor is the political envoy. Under the county is the state capital, and the governor is the prefect. The prefect is below the county, and the official is the prefect or prefect. Further down are miscellaneous petty officials. In addition to the state's government soldiers, there must also be a kind of guard army in every road in the country. This army was not under the command of the Southern Ya Military Government, but was directly commanded by the commander-in-chief of the various provinces. The supreme general of the guard army is called General Zhenlu, and under him there is a general of the guard, which is dispatched by the political envoys of each county department. Further down are the patrol counselors and garrison officers, who are assigned by the prefect. There are no standing officers and soldiers under the state capital, and the county can usually mobilize stragglers who have a regular army but do not have the strength of a regular army. However, he could not transfer the officers and men of the garrison battalion, because the garrison officer was a larger position than him.

Originally, such a big thing happened in Xiaofangjia Village, and Zhao Wenqing, the magistrate of the county, felt that something was wrong, so he immediately wrote an official document and reported it to Fucheng, and passed on the prefect's yamen and the garrison yamen respectively. But since the arrest of Governor Liu, the position of the prefect has been vacant. The emperor didn't care about his head, he just arrested people. Obviously, I forgot that after arresting people, I should send another prefect to fill in the pit. Although the political envoy is smarter than the emperor, everyone in the county department is in danger, and no one knows which one will be arrested next. Therefore, officials have not been appointed to take up their posts in Hanquan Mansion for a long time. It's ridiculous that the position of the prefect has been empty for nearly two years. The two Tongzhi Masters are now in charge of the Cold Spring Mansion, but neither of these two people's deputy positions has been corrected. No one dared to make a big deal of it, so they could only be cautious and barely maintain the political situation in the house, so they didn't make a reply at the first time. And the garrison officer Yu Wenliang is a shrewd person, but his immediate boss does not give orders, and he does not dare to call the shots. So until Jiang Bo and Zhang Xinzi came to Xiaofangjia Village, there was no movement at all from the garrison yamen.

Although Jiang Bo didn't know the specific situation here, he knew these tricks, so he could guess a rough idea. He didn't have time to wait, so he smiled slightly and said, "Brother Village Chief, you don't have to be afraid. You and Zhang Daguan are waiting here, and Jiang will go and take a look. As he spoke, he shook his head at Zhang Xinzi, who wanted to dissuade him, and with a shake of his body, the person had already floated up from his horse and ran towards the top of the hillside. Zhang Xinzi reached out to grab it, but where could he catch it. A tall attendant beside him grabbed him and said, "Don't panic, the proprietor, Jiang Dalang is not a reckless person. He wants me to wait here, and for good reason. You're just a burden to keep up. When Zhang Xinzi heard the voice, he knew that it was Wen Daguang, the teacher of the Zhang family, this person was his confidant, he was originally a Jianghu person, and he practiced martial arts calmly. Because he has a lot of experience and a good mind, he relies on Zhang Xinzi a lot. He actually knew in his heart that what Wen Daguang said was reasonable, but he was worried about Jiang Bo in his heart after all. Clenched his fists, stretched out his head and looked at the sky for a long time, until he couldn't see clearly, he sighed stupidly.

Jiang Bo performed his escape technique and came to the Moyun Cave along the slope of Xiaofangjia Village in a moment, he looked intently, and saw that this Moyun Cave was at the end of this mountainside, next to the cliff. The cave is about four or five zhang long, square and square, and it looks like it has been dug by man. The stone wall above the entrance of the cave has been obviously polished, very smooth, and there are four big characters engraved on it - Moyun Lansun, presumably this is the origin of its name.