Pingyang County, next to the official road in the north of the city.

There is an old shop of the Wu family, which is specially used by passing merchants to temporarily settle down and rest.

Because of the fair price, business has been very good.

On this day, the shopkeeper Wu Laohan was about to close, when he saw several figures from a distance, all of whom were coming in a car.

Also shouting to this side:

"Slow down, shop"

"I'm going to stay at the hotel~"

Wu Laohan looked carefully, but it was a few passing handlebar styles.

Then he said loudly:

"No, it's full. Let's go somewhere else."

"Maybe there's more!"

After speaking, he ignored the few people, shook his head and continued to close the store.

In the winter, experienced people have found a place to live early.

Where are these people, at a glance, you can know that they are new hands who have just come out, and they must be just thinking about hurrying and missing the place where they landed.

The cold wind is blowing, and the sky is overcast and about to snow.

Seeing that the shouting did not work, a young man immediately broke away from the group and ran over quickly:

"You shopkeeper, I'll wait for a few to call you, why don't you agree?!"

The young man, dressed in gray, stamped his feet and said:

"Find a transparent room, there are four of us!"

"After a day of foot grinding, hot water is readily available?"

Wu Laohan rolled his eyelids, glanced at the fine fluff on the side of the young handlebar's mouth, and said slowly:

"They all said that they were full and there was no land, what else did they promise?"

"Let's find another place~"

The young man obviously didn't believe it, and suddenly became anxious:

"Eh~ Why is it full!?The sun has just reached the top of the mountain."

"It's still early, why is it full!"

I have seen a lot of people who have traveled south and north, and Wu Laohan laughed and didn't say much.

Continue to clean up, there are actually a lot of things to close and close, and it is not something that can be cleaned up at once.

The young man watched from the sidelines, disturbing his head, neither standing nor sitting.

I was upset, but fortunately, at this time, the other three handlebar styles also arrived.

As soon as he was happy, he hurriedly walked over, and several people discussed a few words.

Then, I saw a man who looked to be about forty years old, wearing a blue cloth coat and a weathered face, walked out, and he should have taken the lead.

He grinned and stuck the whip into his belt.

One arched his hand and said:

"Young people can't speak, forgive me, brother"

Wu Laohan had no choice but to stop.

Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, let alone do business, you can't really hate anyone because of a few words.

Seeing that the man seemed to be sensible, he returned the salute and said:

"I didn't offend the old man"

"It's really full, and I really don't have a place to live today!" he paused, and pointed to his finger in front of him:

"Five miles ahead, there is Dong Zhuang, you can stay there for one night"

After saying that, after a few clicks to clean up the things, it is time to close the door.

"How is this good!" the handlebar leader frowned, and when he saw that the door was about to close, he hurriedly reached out to stop it:

"Brother said with a smile, this day I see that it is going to get dark, how can I walk another five miles?"

Seeing that the shopkeeper was silent, the handlebar was busy and said:

"A few of us just ask for a shelter from the wind and rain, as long as there is a shelter, not anything else!" Seeing that the old man was still hesitating, the leader hurriedly added:

"The shop is still paying as usual!"

Isn't doing business just about getting rich?

Now that everyone has said this, I can't help but know how to lift.

Without hesitation, Wu Laohan said:

"As for the room, there is another one, but it's just ......"

The leader smiled proudly, just recognized the money, and asked with a smile:

"Brother, but it doesn't hurt to say~"

Wu Laohan blinked, and he didn't want to delay time:

"Do you want to be afraid of the dead?"

"Dead man!?"

A few handlebar styles were stunned when they heard this, looked at each other, and asked cautiously:

"What do you mean by that, brother?"

......

But it turned out that this old man Wu's daughter-in-law had just died, and she hadn't bought a coffin yet, so she was parked in the back room now.

After a few handlebar discussions, he finally pinched his nose to stay.

It's not close to each other, and if you miss it, you'll have to spend the night in the snow tonight.

It's so cold, but it's going to die!

Compared to being a dead person, it is not so difficult to accept sleeping with a dead person.

A few people decided to stay, so Wu Laohan took an oil lamp and led a few people to the back yard.

The dim flames trembled, and the shadows of several people were strangely shaped.

Wu Laohan was very happy to be able to rent out the house, and he talked a little more:

"The house is topped, you will know it when you see it, a good brick house!"

"Speaking of which, Yun Niang's child is also pitiful"

"I just got married~ quite a filial child. Alas~ It's a pity that he died!"

As he spoke, he made a detour and arrived.

"It's here, No, it's the one on the right."

There was a small courtyard with a large tree in it, but the leaves had fallen off, and only the bare trunk remained.

Behind the tree, in the inner position, there are three rooms side by side.

A few people looked in the direction of the old man's finger, and the room on the right had a white cloth hanging on the edge of the door.

Wu Laohan took the money from the leader's hand and said:

"You should rest early, but be careful when you use the fire at night," he said, and left.

When the old man left, the young man just now immediately said:

"Second uncle, do we really live here?

It turned out that the leading handlebar style was the young man's second uncle.

Hearing this, I saw his face flat:

"It's okay if you don't live here, you can sleep in the courtyard tonight!" After saying that, he walked to the room on the right.

"Hehe~ Little Liuzi, the yard is also good, it's cool~hahaha~"

The other two handlebars casually joked with the young man, then stretched and went into the house to rest.

Everyone else went into the house, and he was the only one in the courtyard.

The swarthy doorway, the miserable white strips of cloth, and the strange tree patterns.

Whew~Whew~

A gust of wind blew, and Xiao Liuzi shivered.

"Evil!" muttered.

When he ran into the house, he found that it was not much better than the outside.

In the middle, two benches lay side by side, resting a wooden plank covered with a white cloth.

Under the white cloth cover, the shape of a person can be faintly seen.

I shivered again, and I always felt that something was weird.

Suppressing the fear in his heart, he took a closer look and chose the position farthest from the corpse to lie down.

Outside the window, the wind was still whistling.

Several people fell asleep.

......

Rewind the clock to a day ago.

Meng Ze, a Taoist priest of Pingyang Taoist Palace, came to the Purple Mountain Temple on the order of Huang Chuling, the deacon of the Merit Institute.

Prepare to "invite" the Taoist boy Chongmingko to serve in the Taoist Palace.

According to his original estimate, it should have been an easy errand.

After all, it's just a Taoist boy.

But when he really saw Ma Ping.

"Boom~"

Crisis!!!

The strong sense of crisis is like a dense steel needle, piercing into one's body from 36,000 pores!

looked at the Purple Mountain Viewer who was still a teenager in front of him.

Meng Ze felt the vastness of his true strength, his face turned pale and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Swinging his long sleeves, he bowed respectfully:

"Enlightened Taoist Meng Ze, meet the Lord of the Purple Mountain, may the Lord of the Buddha get the Great Road as soon as possible, and live with the sky!"

Ma Ping smiled slightly, he originally planned to go to the county seat after advancing to the Taoist priesthood.

The exercises after the second layer of Pure Yang Gong must go there to obtain them, which is related to the path behind them.

It's just that it seems that there are people in the Dao Palace who are hostile to him.

"What is the position of the deacon of the House of Merit?"

Meng Ze now has questions to answer, so he said without hesitation:

"The Pingyang Provincial Palace is presided over by the left and right deacons and the Taoist generals"

"Among them, the deacon Zuo, who is in charge of the Merit Institute, is responsible for the merit assessment, promotion, and retirement of monks in a county."

"The right deacon is in charge of the Ethics Academy, responsible for the awarding of talismans and the teaching of exercises"

"The Taoist general is simpler, that is, to annihilate the evil ghosts and demons and suppress the lawless"

Ma Ping's eyes lit up slightly, and he glanced at this Meng Ze carefully, not wanting him to say it in such detail, so he nodded:

"Yes, you can rest in the temple tonight, and we will leave for the Dao Palace tomorrow."

Meng Ze originally thought that this Chongming Daoist would ask more about Deacon Huang.

And he was ready to sell it in his heart.

He knew very well that if he didn't do it this time, he would definitely hate Deacon Huang.

At this time, the only way out for him is to hug the thigh of the person in front of him.

So I couldn't help but say:

"Lord, Deacon Huang ......"

Ma Ping smiled indifferently:

"Don't rush this time, let's talk about it tomorrow, step down"

Although full of doubts, he had to bow and retreat at this time:

"Yes, Lord"

When the others retreated, the smile on the horse plane faded.

His eyes narrowed slightly:

"This body does not have the memory of Deacon Huang, so it should not be my own cause and effect."

"Then, the cause of this incident can only be Chonghe Daoren!"

In an instant, a fine light flashed.

The time quickly came to the next day.

As soon as the morning class was over, the two set off.

Ma Ping rode the green donkey slowly towards the county seat, and Meng Ze led the horse and followed.

This walk was a day, and when the sun was about to set, I finally arrived in front of a Taoist temple.

Kitayama View!

Meng Ze stepped forward and slapped the door open, and what came out was a boy with a general horn.

He stuck his head out of the crack in the door and said in surprise:

"It turned out to be Uncle Meng, please come in!

Meng Ze stopped the boy's shouting and scolded:

"Go and call your master out, there is a master coming to the door!"

The boy was obviously startled, ignored the two, and ran straight to the backyard:

"Master, Uncle Meng brought a master~"

Meng Ze broke out in a cold sweat, carefully observed that Daoist Chongming didn't seem to be angry, and explained with a little relief:

"Dao Chief, the small view of the mountains and fields does not understand the rules, please don't be surprised"

Ma Ping shook his head slightly and said:

"Nothing"

Soon, the master of Beishan Temple came out, he also had eyes, how could he not understand Meng Ze's signal!?

After a few brief conversations, Ma Ping sent the two away and rested alone.

When the time slowly came, Ma Ping sat cross-legged on the cloud bed and vomited.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of someone banging on the door of the Taoist temple, mixed with the sound of crying for help.

Ma Ping opened his eyes, and the room lit up violently.

Stand up and walk briskly outside.

Whew~Whew~

Climb over two walls with ease.

When I got outside, I saw a zombie chasing a young man.

With a flip of his palm, he instantly pinched out a talisman:

"Haste as a law, edict!"

Suddenly, the spell hit the zombie and ignited it:

Rumble!

"Ding~Absorb merit value 1 point"