Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Strange Phenomenon of Huzhou
After Zhang Muxian left the palace, he did not stop and went straight out of Luoyang City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info In Luoyang City, Zhang Muxian was in a heavy mood, and he was overwhelmed, but the five-clawed golden dragon coiled on the top of the royal city was like a sword of Damocles hanging above his head, which could threaten his life at any time.
When Lu Jiuzhong tried to test Zhang Muxian, he didn't dare to fight back at all, for fear of causing the dragon's misunderstanding.
After being far away from Luoyang for a hundred miles, Zhang Muxian breathed a sigh of relief, opened his spiritual eyes and looked in the direction of Luoyang, the golden power of faith gathered in Luoyang from all directions, and the sky over the entire Luoyang City was dyed golden.
Zhang Muxian pinched his fingers and calculated, the hexagram was like chaos, the evil hidden auspicious, the auspicious hidden fierce, and said in his heart: "The Nine Yuan Divine Calculation pushes the past to a clear context, but the future is vague, maybe you have to reach the realm of the Golden Immortal, jump out of the Three Realms and not in the Five Elements, in order to see the future clearly." ”
Zhang Muxian went all the way south against the wind, and returned to Huzhou in a short time, and he went to HZ City to find an inn to live in.
He didn't go directly to visit Yutong, because this trip involved Guanyin Bodhisattva, although with Guanyin's status, he would not take the initiative to make it difficult for a little person like him, but no one dared to be sure that Guanyin would never make a move, so he was cautious in everything.
After Zhang Muxian settled down, he walked to Huzhou Street and immediately noticed a trace of abnormality. In the streets, men, women, and children, all walked in a hurry, with sad faces, and some young men and women were full of desolation, whispering to the west of the city. Zhang Muxian saw a young couple complaining to each other while walking, so he followed behind them to take a peek.
The couple went straight to a blacksmith shop in the west of the city, where a queue of hundreds of people had already been formed. Seeing so many people queuing, the young wife became anxious and rushed to the front to plead with another young couple, but the couple shook her head firmly and refused.
Zhang Muxian stepped forward and said, "A few donors, I don't know why you are arguing?"
Hearing Zhang Muxian's question, the young wife's eyes were filled with tears, and she pointed to her husband and cried: "It's all to blame for this careless ghost, I asked him to line up the day before yesterday, he said that he didn't delay, but now it's completely delayed, my hard-working son!"
Zhang Muxian looked at her husband, and the young man sighed with a gloomy face, and said, "Dao Chief doesn't know anything! My Huzhou City has been making trouble with monsters for more than a year, and this monster eats children as young as seven or eight years old, and hundreds of children have already been eaten by it. Nowadays, all families in the city with children under the age of seven build an iron cage in advance, put the child in the cage before the child reaches the age of seven, and release it after the age of eight. I thought it would take only a day to build the iron cage, but who knew there would be such a long queue!" After saying this, he was full of remorse and began to cry.
Zhang Muxian said to another couple: "If the two donors are still young, they might as well help them!"
The husband was a little moved, but his wife stopped him and said coldly: "Although my child is less than seven years old, who can guarantee that the monster will not eat children under the age of seven? ”
Zhang Muxian was speechless, he couldn't refute the love of his parents and son, and asked: "Monsters are so rampant, does the government care?"
The husband said: "How can it not matter? In the past year, the government has invited more than a dozen masters to come to subdue demons, but these "masters" have become monsters. He looked at Zhang Muxian and asked, "Is the Dao Chief here to subdue demons?"
When the others heard him ask, they all looked at Zhang Muxian with hope on their faces, Zhang Muxian shook his head, "Poor Dao only knows how to catch ghosts, not demons." After saying this, Zhang Muxian was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly turned around and left.
After turning into another street, Zhang Muxian thought: "Huzhou has been making monsters for more than a year, and Huzhou Taishou Yutong must have a certain responsibility, so does Liu Xiu know about this matter? If so, this secret decree he wrote to himself is worth playing." Now that I have come to Huzhou, my eyes are black, and I need to find an acquaintance to understand the situation. ”
Thinking of this, a black figure appeared in front of Zhang Muxian's eyes, and Chen Rong, who was a servant in Huzhou Mansion, was the right person. Last time he went on a business trip to invite people to subdue demons, I wonder if he came back? Chen Chang said that most of the servants who invited people to subdue demons were killed by monsters in the middle of the road, but Chen Rong's life was special, and he was by no means short-lived and died early, and he believed that he would be safe.
Zhang Muxian inquired along the way and came to the front of the Huzhou Mansion, the gate of the government was closed, and some officials went in and out of the small door on the left. Zhang Muxian stopped a servant and asked, "Does this donor recognize Chen Rong?"
The official said in surprise: "Dao Ye knows that stupid big man Chen Rong?" After finishing speaking, he felt speechless again, and hurriedly said: "Chen Rong just came back yesterday, I'll help you call him." ”
Zhang Muxian waited outside the mansion, and after a while, Chen Rong's majestic figure appeared in front of Zhang Muxian's eyes, and the officials who met Chen Rong along the way greeted him with a smile.
Chen Rong came to Zhang Muxian's side, and a simple smile appeared on his dark face, "Hasn't the Taoist left Huzhou yet?" Last time, I couldn't stay with you for two more days, my father has always regretted in his heart, and he wants me to thank you!"
Zhang Muxian said solemnly: "The person you deserve the most thanks is Uncle Chen, he really worked hard for you." ”
Chen Rong bowed his head and said, "I know that my father has always been proud of me, but I have always disappointed him." Then he raised his head and said with a simple smile: "When you come to our Huzhou, you can't eat Taihu Lake fish, I know that there is a restaurant where Taihu Lake fish is very good, I'll take the Taoist to taste it!"
Zhang Muxian was about to ask Chen Rong about something, so he nodded and said: "This will annoy Brother Chen, I am a few years older than Brother Chen, if you don't dislike it, call me Brother Zhang, and call the Taoist too foreign." ”
Chen Rong is also a bold person, and said with a smile: "In this way, Chen Rong will climb high, Brother Zhang!"
Chen Rong was familiar with the road and brought Zhang Muxian into a restaurant, and the shopkeeper was very enthusiastic and personally introduced Chen Rong and Zhang Muxian into the private room on the second floor.
Zhang Muxian said with a smile: "Brother Chen is very popular, and he is loved by his peers in the government, and the boss here respects you very much." ”
Chen Rong pointed to the soap suit on his body and sighed: "The boss here respects the skin on my body, and as for those peers, they all call me "stupid big man" in private." I have never been involved in the oppression of the people or merchants, and I have not even received a single CD of income from other officials. Brother Zhang, do you think I'm stupid? If I were like them, I would have saved enough money to become a regular person, and my father wouldn't have to worry about me. ”
Zhang Muxian shook his head, "Brother Chen, do you still remember the future I calculated for you? If you are not a famous minister, you must be a famous general, how can Brother Chen's glory in his future be imagined by those people?"
Chen Rong said abruptly: "I just can't get used to their methods, Brother Zhang is too exalted to me." ”