50: The Righteous Man
Although there are many people, but there are few Taoist priests, seeing Yi Fan, the housekeeper stepped forward and arched his hand: "This Taoist chief, where the immortal mountain is cultivating?"
Yi Fan smiled faintly: "Not far away, just in the mountain behind Lanruo Temple, practicing in the Heavenly View." ”
Everyone was in an uproar, and they all retreated, their faces were frightened, and the housekeeper took a few steps back and said hesitantly: "Dao Chief, aren't you joking?"
Yi Fan smiled and didn't answer, which made the housekeeper suspicious, thought for a while, and said: "Dao Chief, it's not that the little old man doesn't believe you, it's really incredible, you must know that the demons in the mountains are rampant, mortals have never come out alive, even if they are strong in force, they have to weigh it." ”
"So I also asked the Taoist chief to show his hand, so that everyone can open their eyes. ”
Hearing this, everyone coaxed, everyone had different opinions, and even slandered, thinking that Yi Fan was a liar, just a person who deceived the world and stole his name, relying on everyone's fear of demons to intimidate everyone.
Yi Fan ignored the others, raised his eyes and looked at Zhang's Mansion, and said, "Steward Zhang, Zhang's Mansion has neither demonic nor evil energy, but I don't know where the demons come from?"
The housekeeper's face changed, and he immediately said respectfully: "The Taoist chief has extraordinary eyesight, and if he has great magical powers, please come in." ”
didn't explain much, let the others send the idlers, and led Yi Fan and the man surnamed Qin inside, and when he entered the house, he found that it was also heavily guarded, and strong servants were to patrol everywhere with sticks.
After walking for a while, passing through several arches and corridors, we came to a side hall, and the housekeeper asked the maid to bring tea, and then walked out.
Only Yi Fan and the man surnamed Qin were left in the side hall, the two were silent for a while, and the man surnamed Qin opened his mouth first: "In the Fengfeng of Xiaqin, more than ten miles outside Guobei County, the people of Xianghuan Village have seen the Taoist." ”
Yi Fan nodded: "Qin Jushi doesn't have to be polite, he hasn't been out of the mountain for a long time, and he hasn't known about the demon trouble of the Zhang family, so please take the trouble to explain." ”
Qin Zhifeng put down the teacup and said: "Speaking of this, it's a long story, let's start with the Zhang family, this Zhang family, in the previous Taiping years, in this Guobei County, can only be regarded as a medium family, compared to those scholarly families, most of the children in the family are military households." ”
"But who would have thought, this world was suddenly chaotic, and scholars couldn't kill people with a pen, so the status of the military household was high, this Zhang family is like this, there are a few generals in the family, and they are on an errand in Nanjing, and they are even more heavily armed, even if the county master sees it, he has to be polite. ”
Yi Fan suddenly heard a sound of footsteps and knew that someone was coming, so he picked up the teacup and said, "Qin Jushi, drink tea first." ”
Qin Zhifeng was stunned for a moment, saw Yi Fan interrupting him, and was just about to ask, when he heard a voice outside, he quickly shut up and stopped talking.
The footsteps approached, and three or four people came in, led by an old man in his fifties, with a ruddy complexion, walking vigorously, and seeing the two of them, he didn't talk nonsense: "This is Yi Daochang, right?"
Yi Fan stood up: "It's Poor Dao." ”
The old man looked at it and nodded: "Yes, judging from your body shape and spirit, you have some kung fu, but I don't know if you have the magic power to subdue demons and eliminate demons?"
"I don't have the ability to do it, but the average demon can still collect it. ”
"Okay, as long as you can descend the monster, I don't dare to guarantee anything else, as long as my Zhang family has it, you can open your mouth. ”
Yi Fan groaned and said, "In this case, please ask the old monk to tell the details of the poor road, so that I can be prepared." ”
The old man nodded, glanced at the butler who followed behind, and the butler hurriedly stepped forward, did not hide it, and explained it in detail.
It turned out that half a month ago, Miss Zhang's family was inexplicably infected with a disease, and her body emitted a foul smell, which was not obvious at first, but after a long time, it became more and more pungent and disgusting.
The Zhang family is not a poor family, looking for Langzhong everywhere, and even asking people from other places to treat the disease, but the result has no effect at all, but it is even more foul.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Miss Zhang's family changed again, there was a strange scream in the room at night, and the maid went to check, but she died, and her neck was bitten off alive, which was very miserable.
But during the day, Miss Zhang didn't remember anything, and only in the dead of night would she have a seizure, even if she was tied with a rope, it was useless.
After five or six servants and maids died like this, the Zhang family finally couldn't bear it, and knew that there were demons at work, so they invited the mage from outside, thinking that they could gain something, but they still died.
What's even more terrifying is that the demon will even run out to kill people, drink human blood, and kill a few servants, so that the panic will spread throughout the Zhang family.
If it weren't for the chaos outside, and the Zhang family treated people well, there would have been a large-scale escape.
Speaking of this, the housekeeper hesitated, glanced at his master, saw that his face was calm, and said in a deep voice: "Don't hide it from the Taoist, in order to curb the panic, the master arranged the young lady to a house outside the city, and sent a wide recruitment outside, so that those so-called righteous people who are greedy for money go to subdue demons, but they are actually sent to death." ”
Yi Fan glanced at Qin Zhifeng, and sure enough, he saw that his face was pale, although he was angry, he didn't dare to attack, he only gritted his teeth and sat on the stool, keeping his head down and not making a sound.
The housekeeper didn't see it, and said: "I should have recruited five or six more people today, but with the help of the Taoist chief, as long as the demon is removed and the young lady is saved, there is no need to recruit righteous people again." ”
Yi Fan does not accuse the Zhang family of doing something wrong, after all, in this troubled era, human life is like a mustard, and the Zhang family is powerful and powerful, and it is already good not to take the initiative to plunder people and send them to death.
After thinking about it, I asked a few more questions, and I had a foundation in my heart, so I said: "Without further ado, let's leave now, go to meet Miss, and make other preparations." ”
Seeing that Yi Fan was not afraid, but urged to get rid of the demon, the old man's face was surprised, and he laughed: "Then please ask the Taoist chief." ”
Zhang's mansion prepared a carriage, and with more than a dozen guards, he went out of the city all the way, and after a mile or two, he arrived at a Zhuangzi, where there were seven or eight people guarding him, and he saluted when he saw the old man.
When I entered the courtyard, a maid brought tea, and was sent away by the old man, and came to a side room outside, and asked the guard, "Is the young lady in the room?"
"Back to the old man, the young lady has never gone out, and is still in the room. ”
The old man nodded, asked the housekeeper and Qin Zhifeng to wait outside, pushed open the door and led Yi Fan into the room.
Entering the house, Yi Fan frowned, and a foul smell came to his nose, if the rotting corpse made people feel sick, ordinary people would be dizzy when they smelled it, and when they saw the old man's strange face, he knew that he was holding back.
"Dale, my father has come to see you. ”
The old man shouted a few times, and when he saw that no one answered, he hurriedly walked inside, and when he entered the inner room, he saw that the bed curtain was closed, and he hesitated to open it when he took a few steps closer, but he was frightened by a scream.
"Dai'er, it's for my father, come out and let me take a look. ”
The old man's face was sad: "Don't worry, I invited a mage with true magical powers for my father to come to subdue demons and eliminate demons and save you from the sea of suffering." ”
Inside screamed: "Go, you all go out, leave me alone." ”
Then he heard a cry, which made the old man sigh, looked back at Yi Fan, and bowed deeply: "Dao Chief, the old man is just this one daughter, please save her from the sea of suffering, so as to avoid the suffering of demons." ”
Yi Fan hurriedly helped him up and said, "The old layman doesn't have to be like this, you go out and wait first, and let the poor road be here." ”
The old man hesitated, nodded, and walked out, leaving Yi Fan alone.