Chapter 20: Awareness
Hearing the hurried shouts outside the gate, the stubble on his face was about to go to inform General Guo's soldiers, and ordered the soldiers guarding the city not to close the city gate for the time being.
The old scholar with a heavy bookcase on his back ran to Dong Nanyan and his group angrily, bent down and held his knees with both hands, out of breath.
Seeing that the old scholar ran directly to Dong Nanyan and his party, the soldier had a lesson from the past, and he didn't dare to ask directly, so he asked Dong Nanyan and his party in a low voice: "This is with the immortal elders?"
Before Dong Nanyan and the others could reply, the old scholar who bent over his knees raised a hand and waved it towards the commander, "You... This is not... Not wasted... Hurry up... Lead the way. β
Ma Cheng looked carefully at the old scholar who was short of breath and did not speak.
Seeing this, the commander hurriedly apologized and said, "Immortal Master Mo Wei", led the group to the post house, and said that he would wait for a while, and wait for him to go to the general, and the general would lead them to the county guard's mansion.
In the inn, the relieved old scholar waited for the big man to leave, immediately nodded and bowed, bent down to Dong Nanyan and the others and bowed: "All the immortal masters, the fairy atonement, I just saw the immortal masters outside the city to show their means, and the small ones wanted to enter the city, so the fox pretended to be a tiger, offended the divine power of the immortal masters, and asked the immortal masters to atone for their sins, forgiveness and forgiveness." β
With a cold snort, Senior Sister Qian asked, "Don't you know that this city has not been peaceful recently?"
The old scholar in front of him, although he seems to be an ordinary person, is currently full of strange things in Qingyao County, and he can't let his guard down.
The old scholar bowed down and said: "Of course I know, I have heard from the homeless people recently that this county town has not been peaceful and turbulent recently, so I thought about taking advantage of this time to see if there are any big families who have fled, and take the opportunity to buy some books, which must be cheaper than usual." β
Senior Sister Qian's attitude was even colder, and her hand was already on the hilt of the knife, "Do you know that it's not peaceful here, and you don't even want your life?"
The old scholar raised his head and said loudly: "You can still live if you are shy in your pocket, wouldn't it be a pity to miss the sage book!
Dong Nanyan, who has been paying attention to the big bookbox behind the old scholar, said secretly, he is an old reader.
Senior Sister Qian was silent, the scabbard tapped the bottom of the bookcase, reached out to take a book that was shaken out, and opened it to take a look, the book was full of spring and the scenery was realistic.
The old scholar's face turned red.
Senior Sister Qian's eyebrows sank, as if she was afraid of getting her hands dirty, so she picked the book to the old scholar with a scabbard, and said coldly: "Go and find your sage book." β
Dong Nanyan and Cao Wan'er didn't know what to do, and Ma smiled heartily.
Putting the book back in the bookcase, the old scholar sneered and said, "The immortal master is angry, and the little one will leave." β
Walking out of the post house, the old man straightened his waist, strutted his head, stretched out his hand and patted the bookbox behind him, shook his head and sighed: "You can't generalize from partiality, why is it not a good book!"
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General Guo, who was ordered to inspect the county town from the county guard's mansion, heard a message that a team of immortal masters had come to the county guard city, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately led his troops to the post inn. Don't look at the tiger-backed General Guo looks rude, but in fact, he is a son of a big family in Nanxinguo, and he still knows something about the immortal family near Nanxinguo, Nanxinguo and other surrounding countries, there are Ziyun Mountain nearby, Linjiang Palace, Bishui Yuan and other immortal families, all of which are unique in these countries.
Seeing the women in light blue robes, General Guo looked happy, and hugged his fists, "If you miss the distance, the immortal master forgives the sin, but the immortal master and the others are from Linjiang Palace?"
Linjiang Palace, built next to the blue river, like blue, it is rumored that the fairy in the palace is good at brewing blue river wine, a cup of drinking is like bathing in the blue river, the whole body is light, and the whole body is comfortable.
Senior Sister Qian nodded lightly, "I've heard about the strange things in Qingyao County, so I'm here to take a look." β
General Guo was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Thank you Immortal Master, Immortal Master rest assured, I will take the Immortal Master to see the county guard." β
A few days ago, the county sent people to Ziyun Mountain, hoping to invite the immortal master to come down the mountain, but the situation in the county was getting more and more serious, but the people sent out had no news.
General Guo looked at the men, women, and children in front of him, this is good, Linjiang Palace, but it is no worse than Ziyun Mountain!
General Guo hurriedly asked the people around him to inform the county guard first, and he led a group of men, women and children to the county guard's mansion.
A group of people walked on the streets of Qingyao County, Ma sincerely said that it was to see the situation in the county, so everyone was on foot, General Guo saw that all the immortals were on foot, how dare he ride a horse, let the entourage get off the horse and lead the rope to walk, he led the way in front.
On the way to Qingyao County, Dong Nanyan once asked the old man, why not sit on the bamboo chair and fly in the sky, Ma smiled sincerely, practice to the Lingxu realm to soar the world, otherwise it is just relying on foreign objects, the bamboo chair is the treasure of Ziyun Mountain, as long as the spiritual power is urged to it, you can fly more than ten meters above the ground, but it consumes a lot of spiritual power, and the old man who began to cultivate in Linanzhen to transform the spiritual energy to nourish the earth, how can he have the leisure time to control the bamboo chair, and the bamboo chair is only one or two people, so many people go to Qingyao County, it is impossible for him to fly in the sky, and the rest of the people walk on the groundοΌ
Dong Nanyan looked at the empty streets, it seems that Qingyao County has been terrified to the extreme, every household has closed its doors and windows, and a team of soldiers in armor is patrolling around the streets, Dong Nanyan looked up at the sky, it was almost noon, but the sky was dark, and the black clouds in the sky seemed to be able to be pressed down at any time and smashed on top of everyone's heads.
The county guard's mansion is brightly lit, and the two big red lanterns outside the door are much bigger than those in the storytelling building, and Liu Junshou led the people to stand in front of the county guard's gate, and under the light, his face looked gloomy and dim.
"Damn, why didn't I expect a group of immortal masters from Linjiang Palace to come up at the critical juncture!", Liu Junshou was thinking about how to explain the "truth" to the immortal master for a while.
Behind Liu Jun's guard, there was an old man with a man and a woman, a cardigan woman and a young man carrying bottles and cans, but in the crowd of officials behind him, I didn't see the middle-aged man.
"Linjiang Palace, I heard that it is one of the few cultivation sects in our vicinity. The old woman and the man whispered excitedly.
The kind old man in front of him smiled and said, "Work hard, maybe you can enter the cultivation in the future." β
The cardigan woman yawned, what a big shelf, relying on her background to be superior, what are the bullshit fairies of Linjiang Palace, if she has such a background, will she be worse than those sluts? Thinking of the middle-aged man who is estimated to be skinny now, the cardigan woman shook her head, embroidering pillows, useless.
Seeing the team approaching, Liu Junshou hurriedly greeted him, "Liu Qing is guarding Liu Qing in Xiaqingyao County, I don't know that all the fairies are coming to Qingyao County, and I hope to forgive my sins." β
Senior Sister Qian said calmly: "No need to be polite. β
The fairies of Linjiang Palace have seen a big scene, not to mention Ma Chengxin, but Dong Nanyan didn't say anything, looking around, the magnificent county guard's mansion, a group of officials wearing official uniforms, this is the first time Dong Yanyan has seen it, look, the stone lion in front of the county guard's mansion is much bigger than the one from Nanzhen.
Dong Nanyan's eyes turned, Liu Junshou, the most noble in the crowd but bowed his head and was the most diligent, the old man with kind eyebrows, the men and women behind him, the disheveled aunt, and the young man with bottles and cans on his back, Dong Nanyan looked at them one by one.
Noticing the young man's gaze, the young man with bottles and cans on his back looked at Dong Nanyan, Dong Nanyan was a little embarrassed, and smiled at the young man, and the young man also smiled.
In the county guard's mansion, everyone was placed and sat down, and Liu Junshou said: "All the fairies are here to solve the danger of my Qingyao County, it is really a bodhisattva's heart, and it is necessary to help the world." β
Senior Sister Qian said with a smile: "The county guard praised it, I don't know why Qingyao County has been in trouble recently, please explain it." β
Liu Junshou coughed, "Hey, this is going to start with my family affairs..."
Tell Dong Nanyan and his party about Qiao Zhuangyuan, Liu Junshou sighed, "Hey, that ghost thing has harmed my daughter Qingran, and it has harmed the people in the county, I really can't do anything, please all the fairies to eliminate the harm for my Qingyao County." β
Senior Sister Qian narrowed her eyes, "That little water ghost has such a ability?"
Liu Junshou secretly said in his heart, yes, how can that poor scholar not die thoroughly, and he will have more such incidents in vain!
The kind-hearted old man replied for Liu Junshou: "Then Qiao Zhuangyuan has some chances, he was forced to retreat by me and hid in the Qingbai River, but it seems that this period of time should be a further cultivation before he can make chaos in the county town and endanger the people." β
Without waiting for Senior Sister Qian to reply, Ma Cheng, who had been sitting quietly with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and smiled at the kind old man: "I don't know if you can tell me about the situation of forcing Qiao Zhuangyuan to retreat that day." β
The old man was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Who is this?"
Senior Sister Qian glanced at Ma Cheng and said with a smile: "This is an old friend of my Linjiang Palace, who loves to eliminate evil and promote good on weekdays. β
The kind-eyed old man arched his hand, and how he forced Qiao Zhuangyuan to retreat that day and saved Liu Junshou told them one by one.
After Ma Cheng listened, he slapped the table suddenly, not only scared Liu Junshou and the others, but even Dong Nanyan and Cao Wan'er beside him were startled.
The angry Ma cried out from the bottom of his heart: "This kind of ghost thing is really doing a lot of evil, forcing other people's daughters to death, and trying to kill people's fathers, evil counties, and cruel people, if you don't eradicate them, heaven will not tolerate them!"
Liu Junshou showed joy on his face, stood up and bowed to Ma sincerely, and said miserably: "I implore the immortal master to take action and kill the ghosts!"
Ma smiled heartily and got up, "Don't worry, the old man is here, wait for the old man to rest for a day, go to the Qingbai River tomorrow, take down the ghost with his own hands, and crush the bones and ashes!"
Liu Junshou was overjoyed, this sentence made him feel comfortable when he heard it, Liu Qing bowed again and again, "Thank you Immortal Master, after the matter is completed, there will be a good reward!"
Ma waved his hand sincerely, "Don't talk about returns, but today I still bother the county guard to settle down." β
"Where is it, the immortal master has tormented me, and I will live in the contemptible county guard's mansion today, it must be a good hospitality!", Liu county guard immediately called someone to arrange.
After the banquet was over, Dong Nanyan and his party were sent to their residence, and Liu Junshou said to the scribes who were left: "What do you think?"
The middle-aged scribe pondered for a moment, "My lord, look down, this Linjiang Palace Immortal Master doesn't know yet, it's better for adults to see what happens tomorrow, if this Immortal Master kills that little beast, adults will naturally sit back and relax, but if tomorrow that little beast speaks, and those immortals have a letter, then the adults can..."
The middle-aged scribe frowned, "It's a little difficult..."
Liu Junshou was silent for a long time, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said gloomily: "Tonight, you go to Qingbai River, ask it if it is sure to kill this group of immortal masters, let it see and lurk tomorrow, don't be discovered, if tomorrow this immortal master kills that little beast, it's okay, but if the little beast speaks, this group of immortal masters still listens, then don't do it, let it kill these people!"
Hearing this, the middle-aged scribe shuddered, "My lord, this... This is Linjiang Palace..."
A slap slapped the middle-aged scribe to the ground, and the furious Liu Junshou shouted fiercely: "Do you think I want to waste things, who would have thought that the people who came to Linjiang Palace at this time, if we don't get rid of them, what should we do! If you dare to meddle in things, you have to pay the price! Tell it, do this group of people, and when the time comes, Linjiang Palace will come to ask what it will do, and all the blame will be on the little beast's head, and it will be said that the fairy of Linjiang Palace and that little beast will be burned together!"
The middle-aged scribe was so frightened that he didn't dare to confront the angry county guard anymore, got up from the ground, hardened his head, and went to prepare his horse to prepare for the Qingbai River.
In the county guard's mansion, Ma sincerely opened his eyes, and from the beginning of entering the county guard's mansion, the old man felt that something was wrong.
Therefore, Ma Cheng only started from entering the county guard's mansion, and his divine sense swept the entire county guard's mansion, so that the old man was not worried that he would be discovered, and he was a monk who climbed the second realm of the building, was he still worried about being discovered by the little guys in the contemplation realm at the door?
Exploring the entire county guard's mansion, at a glance, but only found a faint demonic aura, there were no other clues, after listening to what the old man said during the banquet, Ma Cheng felt that there was a big strangeness, a water ghost who was forced back by the Concentration Realm, can now endanger the entire Qingyao County?
Inside the house, Senior Sister Qian asked, "Is it really like what the predecessors said, there is something strange about this county guard?"
Ma sincerely told the scenes he saw with his divine sense, and the angry Cao Wan'er couldn't wait to pull out the thin sword at his waist right now and dismantle Liu Junshou into eight pieces.
Senior Sister Qian is even more murderous, Senior Sister Qian is taking the martial arts route, so her divine sense is not outstanding, but the real Qi Gathering Realm cultivation, Rao is Ma was caught off guard by a punch, and he also had to hurt his muscles and bones!
Dong Yanyan asked: "So, there is another secret in the matter of Qiao Zhuangyuan!"
Ma nodded sincerely, "Without further ado, let's leave for Qingbai River now, find Qiao Zhuangyuan and ask what happened!"
At night, four figures walked out of the county guard mansion and rushed towards the Qingbai River.
No one in the county guard was aware of it.
On the empty street, someone looked in the direction of the Qingshui River and smiled.
In a dilapidated temple, an old scholar who couldn't see the way clearly in the dark lit a candle, took out a book from the bookcase, and began to read by candlelight.
In the Qingbai River, Qiao Zhuangyuan, who was hidden in the aquatic plants, felt that there was movement by the Qingbai River and quietly probed.
On the shore, the waves swirled, a huge catfish several feet long swam in a circle, and a crab demon with a humanoid lower body stood next to a fat, bulging toad-headed monster.
The Toad Demon King, who was born in Qingbai River, stretched out his long tongue and gently licked the middle-aged scholar who was standing opposite in a hurry.
The middle-aged man trembled, and his long, disgusting tongue carried the stench and mucus that slowly wrapped around him.
The Toad Demon King chuckled and said, "Why are you here alone, my blood food? Could it be that today you are my belly food?"
Squeezing out a smiling face, the middle-aged man said in a trembling voice: "King, the villain is here on the order of the county guard." β
The trembling words confessed by Liu Junshou were conveyed word by word to the demon king in the Qingbai River.
The Toad Demon King let go of the middle-aged scribe, and his two eyes rolled straight.
"Linjiang Palace?"