These days are the busy season for wheat harvesting, and the shops of Sheng Yuanwai's houses are very lively, the long-term workers and family members are busy working, and many villagers gather here to return grain.

Most of Baijia Town are surnamed Bai, the ancestors are a family, they are all a family, Sheng Yuan is also very good, he is kind and charitable on weekdays, every year when there is a spring famine, Sheng Yuan Wai has opened a warehouse to borrow grain, the interest is cheap, many people in the nearby villages have come here to borrow, and now they have harvested wheat, and they have come to repay the grain.

Seeing Zhang Xian coming, the villagers who had seen him hurriedly saluted, and those who had not seen him also heard about him and saluted together.

However, everyone still stayed away from him, for fear of provoking ghosts and gods. When he saw this scene, he also held the seal in his hand, and saluted with a smile on his face, but he had to smile bitterly in his heart, the murder of ghosts and gods was still very scary for ordinary people.

In the shop, the shopkeeper and the housekeeper were busy settling accounts, looking through the deed of the villagers borrowing grain, and seeing Zhang Xian coming, the housekeeper hurriedly handed over the work to the account room next to him, and came out to salute and greet him.

"Yo! It's the Taoist chief who is here, how can I have time to come to the town today, please wait for tea inside." The housekeeper's name was Bai Qianfu, and his tone was very polite, and he was afraid of offending the Taoist chief, so he beckoned the little guy in the shop to pour tea.

However, Steward Qian is also strange in his heart, this Taoist is a master who will come back to life, with high mana and profound Taoism, and it has been almost a month since he came back, and he is cultivating in the Taoist temple on weekdays, which is rare to see.

Zhang Xian smiled indifferently and said: "Steward Qian is polite, you are busy, don't bother with tea, I just came to buy some rice, I want a stone of rice, and I want to buy a sheep, I don't know how to do it." When the housekeeper heard this, he was slightly surprised, thinking that this Taoist chief looked very thin, and he lived alone, and he asked for so much rice and meat last time, and he ate it so quickly, and this time he wanted a stone of rice and a sheep, which was too much.

However, the Taoist chief wanted to buy it, and the housekeeper didn't dare to ask more, so he hurriedly said: "Let's do business, of course it's convenient, there is rice in the shop, but the sheep are still in the ground, let's send it to the Taoist temple later." ”

"Thank you very much. Zhang Xian saluted and thanked him, and took out a silver ticket of ten taels.

"Yo! Such a big amount of silver, the silver ticket of Tongbao Bank. Qian Guan was surprised, this Taoist chief was really generous, carefully took the silver ticket, and said: "I can't find so much money in the shop, let's wait and send the money and sheep to the Taoist chief later." "Ten taels of silver is not a decimal number, don't look at this rich family with hundreds of acres of land, in fact, hundreds of acres of land, can only be a rich landlord in the countryside.

The grain yield of the ancients was very low, and the wind and rain were good, and one mu of wheat was only three or four hundred catties, and if the wind and rain were not good, it was even only a few dozen catties, or one or two hundred catties, and according to the taxes of the imperial court, one tenth had to be paid.

Of the hundreds of acres of land owned by Sheng Yuanwai's family, there are only dozens of acres of land that they have hired for long-term workers, and they have to pay long-term workers for wages, as well as food and accommodation for long-term workers, and the rest are rented to tenant farmers.

Tenant farmers are divided into two kinds, one is that they have their own cattle and farm tools, and only have their own land, and they are divided into two or eight points with the landlord, and the other is nothing, and the cattle and farm tools are all owned by the landlord, and they are five or five points with the landlord.

According to the price of rice, it is about six wen a catty, and according to the harvest year, the yield per mu is three or four hundred catties of rice, and after removing the wages for milling rice, broken chaff rice, taxes, etc., there are still two hundred and five catties left on the top of one acre, that is, 1,500 yuan, one or two and a half silver.

Zhang Xian has ten taels of silver in his hand, in this rural town, it can be said that he has a generous hand, and the small shops can't find so much change.

After the things were bought, Zhang Xian began to talk, and said casually: "Steward Qian, I have been cultivating in the Taoist Temple for the past few days, and I dreamed of some shady things last night, I don't know what ghosts I have heard about around here."

"The ghost thing......" Steward Qian was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "It's over there in the East Village, I heard that someone has seen a water ghost." ”

"Water ghost, what's going on," Zhang Xian hurriedly asked. Steward Qian said: "I heard that a few villagers got up early and went to the ground, saw a corpse floating by the river, and were trying to pick up the corpse, but the corpse swam away, and they all said that they had encountered water ghosts, which was not a big deal, and there were rumors of these water ghosts every year. ”

"Well, it turned out to be a water ghost. Zhang Xian nodded, his face did not move, but he reacted in his heart, the direction of the East Village was the direction in which he killed the witch, and the corpse actually swam away, it should be a spell such as soul control and corpse chasing, and sure enough, there was someone behind it.

However, the haunting of water ghosts by the river is really not a big deal, in the hot summer, many adults and children go down to the river to bathe, and there are drowned every year, and they are often rumored to be water ghosts, and everyone is accustomed to it.

He thought for a moment, and said: "I want to buy some herbs, I heard that there was a person who bought herbs when I was in the market, that is, the one with a black snake on his body, I don't know if the money steward knows this person."

"Of course I do. Steward Qian nodded and said: "This person is a mountain man in the mountains in the west, surnamed Yuan, I heard that it is a witch cult that believes, everyone calls him the old witch, and often comes to the town to catch up with the market to sell medicine, his medicine is very effective, and many people are sick to buy medicine from him." ”

"In a few days, it's a gathering again, and the Elder Witch may come, but maybe, sometimes you won't see the Elder Witch once in a few months. ”

"It turned out to be a witchcraft. Zhang Xian suddenly realized, but he was vigilant in his heart. The Universiade Dynasty is mainly based on believing in Fang Xian, but in the partial region, there are also witch cults, the inheritance of witch religion is ancient, and the ancestors are all ancient witches, no wonder there will be six gods and fear curses.

He asked again: "I don't know where the altar of this witch cult is, I often hear the master say that I still have some contacts with the witch cult, and I want to visit it." ”

"I don't know. Steward Qian shook his head, how could these ordinary people know about these immortal sects.

However, when it came to this, Steward Qian thought about something, and asked curiously: "Dao Chief, do you know the Lotus Sect, I heard that there is a Lotus Sect in the county and is recruiting disciples." ”

As soon as the "Lotus Sect" heard this, Zhang Xian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, Xiao Yun had warned him that there was a group of Lotus Sects operating in this area recently, so he asked him not to provoke this group.

However, what this group of people did when recruiting apprentices was not to cheat money.

"I don't know. He shook his head, wanting to remind the villagers in the town so as not to be deceived, and said: "The various factions of the imperial court and the sects that are not within the imperial edict are all sideways, and you can tell everyone that you must not be gullible." ”

"Yes, yes, thank you for the point. Steward Qian nodded hurriedly, keeping in mind the words of the Taoist chief, this is a master of Taixu Mountain, and Taixu Mountain is also an authentic immortal who was enshrined by the imperial court.

After Zhang Xian finished inquiring about the matter, it was time to leave, thinking that if he had not made a move for a few more days, he would take a trip to the mountains in the west, and he would not finish this matter, he was really uneasy.

Steward Qian beckoned the little guy in the shop, filled two bags of rice, a bag of sixty catties, and said that he would let someone help him send him to the Taoist temple, he smiled indifferently, grabbed two bags of rice casually, and walked away on his shoulder, as if he was nothing.

And his steps are fast, one step is a battle, and a few ups and downs are gone up the mountain. When everyone present saw this scene, they couldn't help but be amazed, it was rumored that this Taoist master was profound, but many people didn't say it with their own eyes, so they were skeptical, and now they see it, it is really a living immortal.

Zhang Xian returned to the Taoist temple and continued to practice, waiting for the money steward to arrange for someone to send the sheep. However, Zhang Xian didn't know that just as he was leaving the town, there was a person in the corner who was looking at his back.

This person is two meters tall, thin as skin and bones, his eyes are very deep, his clothes are very shabby, he wears a bone flute around his waist, and he carries a white cloth wrapped tightly in a basket, standing in a dark corner, his breath is like nothing, like a hibernating snake, staring at Zhang Xian, but Zhang Xian is not aware at all.

After practicing the spirit and returning to the void, you can perceive the eyes, which are not actually the eyes, but when the eyes are locked, the thoughts are involuntarily targeted, so they are sensed, resulting in the illusion that the eyes can be perceived.

This person is the senior brother of the patriarch Wu, also surnamed Yuan, and his name is Yuantu. Yuan Tu practiced snake witchcraft, the snake can restrain its life, enter a dormant state, and even do not eat, drink or move for a year, Yuan Tu's cultivation has reached the acquired perfection, completely like a snake to restrain his breath, even Zhang Xian did not notice.

Yuantu has been here for several days, and has been lurking in the dark, asking about some details of Zhang Xian, but Yuantu has not moved, because he wants to observe the situation again.

However, Zhang Xian has been in the Taoist temple, and Yuan Tu didn't dare to approach, so he had to wait in the town until Zhang Xian came out today.

Yuan Tu watched Zhang Xian's weather, and it turned out to be the day after tomorrow, and he must have practiced powerful spells, no wonder his junior brother was not an opponent, and even the witch snake was broken.

"Xuan Tianzi wants to buy a sheep, just enough to get a Gu. Yuan Tu retreated behind the corner, also went up the mountain, lurked in a bush, sat on the ground, closed his eyes, chanted a mantra in a low voice, and agitated his Adam's apple, and a small snake spun out of the basket wrapped in white cloth behind him, and swam silently to the side of the road.

After a while, Steward Qian came with a family leader leading the sheep, the little snake looked at this scene, there was a low whistle sound from the bushes, Steward Qian and the family couldn't help but look confused, and even the sheep in their hands were motionless and confused.

Yuan Tu came out of the bushes, took out a small jar from the back basket wrapped in white cloth, opened the jar, and inside was a ball of bloodstained cotton, which was filled with a mouth downward, and a low incantation was recited, and many tiny lice crawled out of the cotton, crawling on the sheep.

This is a pubic lice Gu. It is trained by the pubic lice among the lice, feeds on blood for a living, and attaches to the body of the animal, even if it is discovered, it is only thought that it is an ordinary lice flea or something, and the gods do not know it.

Once bitten by a lice Gu, the yin qi in the body will be destroyed, resulting in an imbalance between yin and yang, and the yang qi is chaotic, not only is the body hot and painful, but also the yin god thoughts cannot be concentrated, and the Dao practice spell is also ineffective.

Yuan Tu got off the Gu, turned around and hid in the bushes, and the two of them were stunned for a moment, just like they usually wandered, they didn't care about anything, and continued to walk forward and went to the Taoist temple.