This morning, a number of accidents occurred in Miluo County, which made the atmosphere of Xuchangqing's 60th birthday banquet a little awkward and restrained, but after the birthday banquet began to serve hot dishes, the atmosphere finally became lively.

In today's event, the Xu family has long made up their minds to show off their wealth and show their strength, so the hot dishes together make these guests with extraordinary knowledge exclaim.

The dishes prepared for the birthday banquet are rich in color and exquisite materials, such as delicacies from the mountains and seas, bird's nest shark fin, hump bear's paw, and even soup with half and one elixir, which is simply an eye-opener for the guests

For such a banquet, the cost of each table of dishes is probably no less than two hundred taels, plus the aged wine that is more than 30 years old, this birthday banquet will cost 40,000 taels of silver just for the meal.

Today's guests are also of good status, and the birthday gifts given to the Xu family are also very valuable, and the birthday gifts given by participating in this kind of grand event will be looked down upon by others, so the birthday gifts given by more than 1,000 guests must add up to far more than the cost of the birthday banquet, but the Xu family will not look at these birthday gifts at all.

The guests were full of praise for the dishes at today's birthday banquet, and many of the guests who had never eaten such a delicious and luxurious banquet when they were so old secretly praised the trip.

These dishes are not only full of flavor, but also the tonic effect of the ingredients is also very prominent, and soon after the stomach is lowered, everyone feels that the body becomes warm, which is clearly the effect of the medicinal power in the dishes.

Hearing the praise of the guests, Xu Changqing was finally a lot happier, he returned to the main table proudly after toasting, and saw that several adults and patriarchs at the same table were also full of praise, and his heart was full of spirit.

When everyone saw Xu Changqing return to the main table, they couldn't help but be complimented again, the atmosphere on the table became more harmonious and warm, and everyone's conversation became stronger.

Shan Tongzi maintained a superior demeanor from beginning to end today, and he almost didn't touch the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table, just drank two sips of tea, and began to meditate on the chair with his eyes closed.

I saw that Shan Tongzi's hands were imprinted at the dantian, and two finger-thick white smoke overflowed from the nostrils, bypassing the front of the ear and behind the ear, and then entering the mouth along the cheeks, which looked amazing.

It took a quarter of an hour for Shan Tongzi to finish his work, and when Shan Tongzi opened his eyes, everyone at the main table asked Shan Tongzi for the secret of health cultivation.

Xu Changqing and Miluo County Ling, two people who understand, naturally knew that Shan Tongzi's practice just now was mostly performed for everyone at the main table, just to attract everyone's attention, and the two of them were not interested in breaking this point.

Xu Changqing especially didn't understand, Shan Tongzi has been in Miluo County for eighteen years, he has always been relatively low-key and forbearing, rarely appears in public, even if he wants to do bad things, he also instructs Huang Xuan to do it, he himself has always been hidden behind the scenes, so he has been evil in Miluo County for many years, but because he has not fallen ill, even Jingyunguan has never had a reason to punish him.

But in the past year or so, Shantongzi's temperament has changed greatly, and he began to like to show his face, and deliberately made friends with some worldly people, widely accepted rich businessmen and celebrities in Miluo as registered disciples, gave pills, taught immortal methods, charged a large number of apprenticeship fees, quickly collected money, and was very busy.

In the past, Xu Changqing only stayed away from Shantongzi, but he has doubled his precautions for more than a year, for fear that he will seek to seize the Xu family's family business.

Today, seeing that Shantongzi is going to lure the patriarchs of other major families in Miluo again, he is not good at exposing it in person, and he also has selfish intentions in his heart, he hopes that Shantongzi can defeat the family business of those families, and the Xu family can dominate Miluo County more steadily.

In fact, the patriarchs of the other families at the main table are not all fools, and there are people in the middle who want to establish a closer relationship with Shantongzi, and also make Shantongzi their own backer, so that they can stand out from Miluo County, although it is unlikely to suppress the Xu family, but it is very likely to become the second family in Miluo County.

Most of the people at the table are ghosts, but they are kind and happy, outsiders will never see that there are so many cats here, many people envy the guests at the main table, and hope that they will also be qualified to sit at the main table in Miluo County in the future.

The birthday banquet lasted for nearly an hour, the dishes were basically finished, and some of the gentry and villagers who lived outside the county town had been out for five or six hours, and they were already extremely tired at this time, and they didn't have the heart to watch the dragon boat race in the afternoon, so they were ready to say goodbye and go home.

Xu Changqing politely sent off several groups of guests, and was just about to return to the main hall, when he suddenly saw three points of light flying in the sky in the distance.

Xu Changqing thought that he had seen it wrong, and rubbed his eyes, the three points of light quickly became larger, one green and two yellow, and quickly flew towards the ancestral hall of the Xu family, turning from a point of light into a cluster of light, like the light that Shan Tongzi was driving just now.

Xu Changqing couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is today a day of great murder, or is it his fate to commit Tai Sui, he has experienced so many tribulations in the morning, why are there three immortals here at this time, and he clearly doesn't know other immortals.

The three rays of light flew very fast, much faster than the light of Shantongzi, Xu Changqing couldn't help but secretly head up, and couldn't help shouting to the hall: "Everyone don't eat, and there are immortals visiting, all come out to greet them." ”

Xu Changqing's shout not only shocked the people in the hall, but even most of the people who were still eating and drinking in the square in the courtyard raised their heads and looked at the sky in surprise.

The people in the main hall also walked out one after another, Shan Tongzi glanced at the sky in the crowd, his eyesight far exceeded that of the mortals present, and immediately saw that the three retreats were the usual escape methods used by people in the Jingyun Temple, and he was shocked, he slowly shrank behind the crowd and hid in the main hall.

Although Shan Tongzi thought that most of the Taoist priests of Jingyunguan did not come to him, he had to take precautions in advance, so as not to turn into elbows and armpits and implicate himself.

The three rays of light came quickly, but they came to the sky above the Xu family ancestral hall in just two or three breaths, and they did not land immediately, and a Taoist priest in Tsing Yi stopped first and looked at the people on the steps of the main hall.

The other two yellow lights continued to fly forward for a distance before stopping, forming a triangle with the Tsing Yi Dao people to divide the main hall of the Xu family ancestral hall into the standing position of the three people.

Seeing that the two yellow-clothed Taoists had already stood up, the Taoists in Tsing Yi lowered their bodies and landed in front of the main hall, and the people on the steps of the main hall hurriedly rushed down the steps and lined up in several rows to salute the Taoists in Tsing Yi.

The Taoist priest in Tsing Yi is only about thirty years old, has never grown a beard, has big ears and an expressionless face, showing a square and strict color.

Although few people in the hall have seen the Taoist of Jingyunguan, they are still very familiar with the clothing of Jingyunguan, this Taoist in green clothes is clearly the Taoist priest of Jingyunguan, and wearing a cyan Taoist robe shows that he is a grade Taoist in Jingyunguan.

Jingyunguan is the protector of the Tang Kingdom, and the Taoist priests in Jingyunguan represent the monks in the Tang Dynasty who are officially in charge, and their status is extremely noble, which is not comparable to ordinary local officials and squires, so everyone has great respect for them.

After the Miluo County Commander finished the salute, he hurriedly asked, "The three immortal masters are from the Jingyun Temple of Yuezhou Mansion?"

The Taoist priest in Tsing Yi nodded and said: "Poor Dao Song Xuanwu, under the lineage of Yuan Tianshi, and now Jingyunguan in Yuezhou Mansion is the patrol envoy, and today I came to investigate the serial disappearance of girls and orphans in Miluo County in the past eighteen years, you are the local county commander?"

The Miluo County Commander hurriedly said: "It's the lower official, can the immortal master take precautions?"

Song Xuanwu, a Taoist in Tsing Yi, took out half of the copper seal from his arms and threw it to the Miluo County Order, who hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully, immediately handed it back to Song Xuanwu respectfully, and asked humbly: "Immortal Master, the customs defense is correct, the lower officials will fully cooperate with the Immortal Master's investigation, can you ask the Immortal Master to inform the details of the case first." ”

Song Xuanwu looked at the crowd around him, and everywhere he looked, everyone lowered their eyes to show respect for the Jingyun Guan Immortal Master, and Song Xuanwu was very satisfied with his might.

He looked around for a week, but he didn't find any monks, and then he spoke: "Miluo County Commander, how many years have you served in the local area?"

Miluo County Ling was shocked in his heart, and heard that there was a sense of accountability in the words of the Song Immortal Master in front of him, and hurriedly replied carefully: "The next official has just come to Miluo County to perform his duties for sixteen months, what does the Immortal Master command." ”

Song Xuanwu heard that the Miluo County Commander had not been in office for a long time, and the anger in his heart was slightly reduced, and he said coldly: "Then do you know how many girls and children have mysteriously disappeared in Miluo County in the past eighteen years?"

The Miluo County Order really didn't know, so he had to tell the truth: "The lower officials don't know, please ask the immortal master for guidance." ”

Song Xuanwu shouted angrily: "It is a lazy parent official like you that the people of Miluo County have been living in dire straits. In the past 18 years, a total of 722 girls and 516 children have disappeared in Miluo County, all of whom have disappeared mysteriously and their whereabouts are unknown.

Miluo County Ling blinked his eyes a few times and said aggrievedly: "This...... It is true that the lower officials did not know, but there were no large-scale disappearances during the tenure of the lower officials. ”

Song Xuanwu sneered twice: "In the sixteen months you have been in office, the number of missing persons that had been regular before has entered an outbreak period, and the number of missing persons per month is at least twice as high as before, but you said that there were no missing persons, it seems that your parents are in vain!"

If it weren't for the fact that you didn't have cultivation qualifications, I would have doubted that you had committed the evil deeds yourself. ”

Fine beads of sweat began to appear on the forehead of the Miluo County Commander, he really didn't know that so many girls and children had disappeared in Miluo County under his rule, and he was pointed out in front of the immortal master of Jingyunguan today, how could he not let him break out in a cold sweat.

Miluo County Ling Xian viciously looked at the county magistrate and the county lieutenant who had served in the local area for many years, and when he saw the wandering eyes of the two people, he knew that the two of them knew about the disappearance of the people, so they hid it from him alone, and he couldn't help but hate itchy.

The Miluo County Commander knew that although Jingyunguan rarely interfered in local government affairs, their influence on local officialdom was huge, and if today's answer did not satisfy the Taoist priests of Jingyunguan, his career would probably stop.

The Miluo County Commander hurriedly said: "Immortal Master, since I took office, no one has ever come to the county government to report a case of missing persons, so the lower officials really don't know about this matter, and today I heard the Immortal Master's reminder that I knew that such evil deeds happened in this county."

Xia Guan will fully cooperate with the Immortal Master to investigate this matter, and he will not let the villains continue to go unpunished!"