In the blink of an eye, three days passed in a flash. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Today is the fifth day of the 11th month, which is also the day of the so-called festival to the gods.

When the rising sun breaks through the night and sheds the first rays of sunlight, the entire Baishan County is awakened, and people put on their most decent clothes, bring their own prepared offerings, and go straight to Hongquan Temple in the west of the city.

That's where the festival takes place.

Inside the temple, the former deserted door is crowded with people, and people are pouring in like a tide, and the monks in the temple are busy coming in and out, greeting people who come to participate in the festival.

Chen Yutian, Bai Fan, Xuan Xi, Gongsun, together with Xue Tianhan, Tang Fengling, and Tianying, also came here early.

As for the Ice King and Long Zun, the two old men disappeared as soon as they got up in the morning, and they didn't know what they were doing.

Hongquan Temple is a temple to exorcise ghosts, yes, everyone walked all the way, all they saw were the fierce and evil appearance of the King Kong Buddha, and there were many humanoid clay sculptures with ghost masks, and one of them was a cyan ghost mask, which attracted everyone's attention.

"This mask ...... Something familiar......" Skyshadow stared at the ghost mask for a moment, muttering to herself.

"Oh, do you feel that way too?" Xuan Xi glanced at him and said strangely.

"yes, I always feel like I've seen it somewhere......"

"Me too, but I just can't remember where I've seen it......"

Seeing her frowning and thinking the side, Chen Yutian and Gongsun couldn't help but laugh.

Xuan Xi couldn't help but squint at the two, "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Yutian smiled and said, "Our Royal Highness the princess is really a noble person who forgets things! Isn't this ghost mask exactly the same as the little ghost statues in those heavenly punishment sculptures among the ghost faces?"

After hearing this, Xuan Xi suddenly remembered, "Yes, I think this ghost mask seems to have been seen somewhere, it turned out to be in a ghost temple!"

When the words fell, Tianying suddenly slapped his head, "I remember, that time I went to Zhujiazhuang to spy on those ghost-faced people I saw were wearing exactly the same masks as this one. Right, Miss Tang?"

After that, he glanced at Tang Fengling.

Tang Fengling nodded, and pursed her lips quietly--I only saw it now? This girl recognized it at a glance!

On the other side, Gongsun stared at these masks and nodded slightly thoughtfully, "I see, I finally understand......"

Everyone's eyes suddenly converged on him.

Chen Yutian asked, "Mr. Gongsun, what did you think of?"

Gongsun said: "My lord, do you think that these masks are almost exactly the same except for the color?"

Hearing this, everyone carefully looked at the ghost masks worn by the figures that Gongsun was referring to, and found that they were indeed as Gongsun said, except for the color, they were no different.

"Exactly!" Chen Yutian nodded.

"This is actually a symbol in the exorcism temple, where different people wear masks of different colors to symbolize evil spirits, such as ......"

Gongsun removed the mask from the face of one of the statues, it was a white mask, and under the mask, there was a white and pure face with a bit of bookish air.

This is clearly a face that belongs to a scholar.

Moreover, the costume of this statue is also the appearance of a scholar.

"The evil spirits of the talented people are white, the evil spirits of the beautiful women are peach, and the evil spirits of the farmers are yellow......

Gongsun pointed to the other statues on the side and introduced them one by one, and finally, his finger stopped on the cyan mask.

"Cyan, on the other hand, represents the evil spirit of the merchant...... And Zhu Zheng is just a businessman!!"

When the words fell, everyone was in an uproar!

Chen Yutian also suddenly realized.

I see!!

Zhu Zheng had already left the information that he was the real murderer in the Heavenly Punishment Sculpture, but he had seen the Heavenly Punishment Sculpture twice, and he had not been able to discover such a mystery from it!

"He's so bold! This is clearly provoking the government!" Bai Fan was furious, angry, and wanted to rush into the square immediately and arrest Zhu Zheng.

Chen Yutian said in a deep voice: "Brother Bai, don't worry, no matter how arrogant he is, he will not be able to escape the law today, so bear with it for a while." ”

The others did the same.

After listening to everyone's exhortations, Bai Fan discouraged, "Okay, just listen to you, bear with me for a while, and when he is caught, he will definitely look good!"

After that, he left in a rage.

Skyshadow stood in place, looking at his back in amazement.

Since he was a child, he has never seen a son who has always been known for his good temper have been so angry!

It seems that Zhu Zheng's behavior made him really angry this time.

Shaking his head, Celestial Shadow sighed.

Although he had never seen Childe get angry, he also knew that the more good-tempered people were, the more terrible it was to get angry.

He believed that once Zhu Zheng was arrested, Bai Fan would definitely let him know that the majesty of the official family should not be offended!

......

Then, the group went to the square where the festival was held.

It is said to be a square, but in fact it is nothing more than a large open space.

When everyone enters the square, they see an altar in the center, this altar is circular, about two feet high, on it, a statue of King Kong Buddha stands tall, the tiger's eyes are majestic, looking into the distance!

"That's the exorcist Vajra, the legendary Buddha who specializes in exorcism and evil spirits. Generally, most temples that exorcise ghosts have this image. Gongsun explained to everyone.

Chen Yutian nodded slightly, and at the same time, Lingjue opened silently, looking at everything around him.

Other people who understand martial arts, such as Xuan Xi and Gongsun, are also like this, observing every move around them.

And Bai Fan, the only one who didn't know martial arts, was staring at a figure on the altar at this moment.

That person is Zhu Zheng!!

At this moment, Zhang Yi, who came to the temple one step ahead of everyone, came to him in civilian clothes, "My lord, everything has been arranged as you said. ”

After hearing this, Bai Fan nodded and smiled slightly, "Very good!" Immediately, he glanced at Chen Yutian behind him with the corner of his eye.

Chen Yutian nodded slightly, Bai Fan looked at Zhu Zheng on the altar, and the corners of his mouth slightly lifted a somewhat cold smile: "Next, it's time for this county to appear." Go, follow me to change clothes. ”

With that, Bai Fan pulled Zhang Yi and Tianying out of the square.

Looking at his departing back, Chen Yutian looked to the side, and at the end of his gaze, several figures in gorgeous clothes were standing, talking and laughing with each other.

Immediately, he turned his gaze to a wealthy old man who was nearly sixty years old, and then he turned his gaze again to a group of middle-aged scribes standing not far away.

His gaze only stayed on these people for a moment, and then he withdrew his gaze as if nothing had happened.

However, at the moment when Chen Yutian retracted his gaze, the corners of his mouth slightly picked out an arc......

Those people are all county officials and respected people in Baishan County, and they are also speculated to be the targets of Zhu Zheng and the rest of the Celestial Sect.

Yes, these people, he must pay special attention.

After half a burnt incense, a sudden announcement came from the direction of the temple gate: The county lord has arrived!!

Then, everyone saw that Bai Fan was wearing an official uniform, and under the left and right entourage of the county government, he strode into the square, and Zhu Zheng on the altar hurriedly came to greet him.

"My lord deigned to come, wishing him a distant welcome, and hoping to forgive his sins. Zhu Zheng saluted Bai Fan with his fists and bowed deeply.

"The owner of the village is more polite, the county heard that the owner of the village is willing to hold this ritual for the people of the county to exorcise ghosts and pray for the blessings of the county, and the county is too late to be grateful, what to blame?

Bai Fan smiled slightly, the smile on his face was bright, and he couldn't see it at all, just now he still hated the person in front of him.

"Please!"

Zhu Zheng was also smiling, and first led Bai Fan and Yu Kuai to the altar.

Below, Xuan Xi suddenly sneered.

Chen Yutian was surprised, so he asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Xuan Xi quipped: "I didn't expect Brother Bai's acting skills to be so superb! Fang Cai obviously hated Zhu Zheng's itchy teeth, but now he can actually smile at it, it can really be said that 'turning his face is faster than turning a book'." ”

Chen Yutian also smiled when he heard this: "That's true!"

After laughing once, Xuan Xi looked at the few people on the altar and asked, "Don't talk about this, do you know where they will be poisoned?"

"Hmm. Chen Yutian nodded, "In this festival, it can make them poison unknowingly, and it can also make all the targets come into contact with only one thing......

As he spoke, his eyes flickered, staring at a basin of water above the altar.

Yes, a basin of water!

Basin, the most common copper basin, water, is also the most common spring water.

Both are ordinary and unremarkable, and there is nothing peculiar about them.

Indeed, there is nothing special about this basin of water itself, but its location is quite special.

It was placed on the offering table where the offerings were placed!

Moreover, there was not just one pot, but a whole row, and there were more than a dozen pots.

The water placed there has a special character in itself, because it is "holy water" for this festival!

It is a symbol of the blessing of the Buddha!

"Holy water?" Xuan Xi followed Chen Yutian's gaze and said in a low voice.