On this day, a county seat in Yangzhou was captured by a group of bandits in an instant, almost effortlessly, and in the evening, tens of thousands of bandits in the county have entered the county seat.

Everywhere there was the sound of burning and looting.

There were people wailing, women struggling, and children crying......

Although there is no river of blood in the county, it is like being in hell.

On the city wall of the county seat, the officials, county officials, scribes and others who were thrown in by the county had been tied up and knelt on the ground, all trembling, their faces bloodless, and their eyes full of fear.

"Leader Shihu, all the officials and officials in the county are here. A bandit leader said.

"Very good, it's time for Lao Tzu to play. Shi Hu, who was munching on meat, raised his head with a bloodthirsty glint in his eyes.

This look is violent and fierce, like a vicious tiger, which makes people shudder, such eyes do not seem to be what a person should have, but all the thieves who see this look are terrified.

Shi Hu took the ring head broadsword and strode over.

"Great, big leader, spare your life. ”

A man in an official robe said in a trembling voice, constantly kowtowing to Shi Hu and begging for mercy.

Shi Hu grinned, and waved the ring-headed broadsword in his hand, but seeing that the man's words were not finished, he stopped abruptly, and a big head flew up and rolled down from the city wall, and the blood of the corpse that lost its head splashed, and a strong smell of blood immediately filled the air.

"Nice taste. He licked his lips, a little unsatisfied.

With that, Shi Hu raised his knife again and beheaded him, and walked all the way along the city wall, everyone knelt on the ground like a walking corpse, not daring to resist, as if he had acquiesced to this result, just waiting for the person in front of him to cut off his head.

In just a few moments, dozens of officials and scribes in the county were all killed by him.

There are dozens of dead heads under the walls of the county seat.

"Why do you have to do such dirty things yourself, can't you just let your subordinates do it?"

A woman's voice sounded, but she saw that Hua Gu's face seemed to be a little gloomy and walked over.

Shi Hu said with a smile: "Do you think Lao Tzu really likes to kill people? Lao Tzu is cultivating, I kill people with my body, I can accumulate evil qi, evil qi is strong enough, ghosts and gods have to retreat, why do you knowingly ask this, but Lao Tzu doesn't seem to have a good face when he looks at you like this, who is he angry with?"

Hua Gu said, "It was the king who destroyed the temple in the city and planned to build a temple of Maitreya for the congregation to worship, and I planned to build a temple of Guanyin, and we ended up arguing with each other. ”

"You lost, so you're looking for me to stand up for you?" Shi Hu said with a move in his eyelids.

Taking advantage of the moment he spoke, a servant who was about to be beheaded suddenly didn't know where he got the courage, struggled to stand up, jumped forward, and jumped towards the moat under the city.

"Huh?" Shi Hu glanced at and immediately waved the ring head knife in his hand.

The fleeing official screamed, and half of his neck was cut open, and blood splattered, and he fell into the moat, staining the river red.

Hua Gu looked as usual and said: "You and I are the alliance, do you really believe in Wang Ze? The higher his Taoism, the more unfavorable it is for you and me, before I joined forces with him to form an alliance, but it was just because everyone's Taoism was almost the same." ”

Shi Hu frowned and said: "What are you anxious about, why should you fight for the incense of a small county, if you want to fight, you have to fight after Yangzhou, the spirit of a small family makes people laugh." ”

"Of course you are not in a hurry, but I am different, Li Xiuyuan destroyed my two golden bodies, if I don't resume my Taoism as soon as possible, I will be killed sooner or later. Hua Gu said: "Don't forget, the people of the Heavenly Palace are also staring at it, although there is no movement at the moment, but if you don't make the first move, it will be too late by the time you start." ”

"I already feel that this is no longer a simple rebellion to kill Li Xiuyuan, although the matter was launched by us, the result must be beyond our control. ”

Shi Hu said coldly: "Lao Tzu's words are shallow, you elm head can't understand, it's not too late to give up the battle of incense to that toad spirit first, it's best to let those gods jump out, don't forget, who is in charge of this Yangzhou now? It is Li Xiuyuan who is in charge, when Lao Tzu entered the county seat, I saw that the local city god had slipped away, and it will soon be known to Li Xiuyuan, you are jumping out to compete for incense now, do you think Li Xiuyuan's knife is not fast enough?"

Being drunk by this, Hua Gu's face changed uncertainly, and she didn't know how to refute it.

It's night.

Bandits in the county celebrated.

But outside the county seat, there was a scholar with a few Yin soldiers, but the ghost was cautiously wandering outside the city.

"Lord Chenghuang, this county has been occupied by thieves, Li Liangjin, the old demon of Montenegro rebelled, such a major event should go to Jinling City to tell the saint that it is, why is the adult still delaying leaving?" A Yin soldier spoke, he looked at the county town and had scruples.

This is not an ordinary rebellion of thieves, there are I don't know how many demons and monsters are hidden in it, even if the ghosts and gods encounter it, they have to retreat.

Scholar Chenghuang said: "The thieves seized the city because the yamen guards were unfavorable, and the ghosts seized the city because it was a dereliction of duty for me, the local city god, so when I returned to Jinling City, what face did I have to meet the saint in the world? ”

"The thieves are powerful, the ghosts and gods are strong, how can we resist the meager deeds, this is not the crime of the city god. Yin Bing said again.

"Having said that, if you don't do anything, it's not a dereliction of duty, it's inaction, what is the use of ghosts and gods doing nothing? Moreover, the people of a county town are suffering a lot, and I can't bear it, that is, I can't return to heaven, and I also want to send the news of the rebels here back to Jinling City as soon as possible. "Scholar Chenghuang Road.

"Didn't someone already send someone to deliver the message?"

Scholar Chenghuang shook his head and said: "The news transmitted by the ghosts and gods is not convincing enough, this will only add to the annoyance of the saints in the world, if you can send a living person to Jinling City to meet the soldier squire, it will be more convincing, and it will make the court believe that there is a rebellion here." ”

"Lord Chenghuang is indeed thoughtful, but there is a big demon entrenched in the county, how can I send a living person to Jinling City?"

The scholar Chenghuang also thought hard and circled around the outside of the county.

He didn't dare to set foot in the county, as soon as he stepped on it, he would be detected by the demons inside, and he would be buried here at that time.

After turning around, the scholar Chenghuang sighed softly and saw a floating corpse next to the moat.

"Bringing that corpse here, I could feel a breath of life in him. ”

The two demons answered, dragging the floating corpse ashore.

Scholar Chenghuang probed for a while, and said with some joy: "This person is so fateful, half of his neck was cut off, and he was soaked in water for several hours, but he was still alive, and his soul did not leave." ”

"My lord, this person is the sergeant who defends the city called Mao Wu, when the bandits entered the city before, he fought bravely to kill the enemy, but unfortunately he was arrested with all his strength, although he is angry now, but he is also dead. Yin Bing also looked at it and spoke.

Scholar Chenghuang said: "It doesn't matter, as long as there is still life, the soul has not left the body, if the soul leaves the body and becomes a ghost, I will not have such a high Taoist line to resurrect the dead." ”

As he spoke, he walked over to the corpse, crouched down, held the corpse's head, and closed the wound on his neck.

Then he blew and reached out again to touch it.

But when he saw that the original hideous opening was actually closed together by this scholar Chenghuang, he couldn't see any wounds, only a red line on his neck.

Scholar Chenghuang turned over the corpse again and patted him on the back, but saw the corpse open its mouth and spit out, a large mouthful of river water was spit out, and he pressed his abdomen again, and the corpse, which had no breath, gradually had breath again.

After a while, the defender named Mao Wu came to his senses.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a scholar-like figure standing in front of him, looking at him with a smile on his face, and beside him stood several grim-looking soldiers, and some errand officers dressed in official clothes.

"He hasn't fully recovered yet, you guys will help him go to Jinling City together, be fast, don't waste time. "Scholar Chenghuang Road.

"Yes. "The yin soldiers on the left and right, the ghost answered.

Mao Wu, who was not completely awake, became confused again at this time, but he felt that there were many people around him supporting him, some holding his arm, some supporting his body, and some lifting his feet.

"Huhu~!"

The whirring wind sounded in his ears, and Mao Wu felt like he was constantly running forward, and he couldn't stop at all.

In the end, he didn't know how long he had been running, but by the time he could stop, he had regained consciousness.

But when I opened my eyes, I saw a tall city in front of me, and there were three big characters written on the city: Jinling City.

"What? I arrived in Jinling City, aren't I already dead?" Mao Wuda was shocked, he touched his neck, and then touched his heart, and found that his body was warm, and there was a pulse, a heartbeat, and he was not a dead person at all.

"After going to Jinling City, someone will naturally arrange where you go, don't try to escape, otherwise you will not be spared. Suddenly, a voice sounded in my ears.

Mao Wu was shocked, but when he looked left and right, he found that there was no one on the left and right.

When he calmed down a little, he knew that he had encountered ghosts and gods to help, and it was ghosts and gods who saved his life, and he vaguely remembered that he was cut off his neck by a very powerful bandit leader and fell into the moat.

Mao Wu first thanked him in the four directions, then knelt down and kowtowed a few times in the direction of the county seat, and then hurriedly walked towards Jinling City.

I don't know if it's an illusion, he always felt that there were footsteps behind him along the way, and he never stopped.