The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

At that time, they will naturally have to go with this benefit, and even the appointment of officials in Lizhou may fall on their heads.

Zhong Wen, who wrote down this matter, didn't ask any more questions.

Today, his brother and sister came here to deal with the matter of haunting and errands. This matter of salt, let's act after he thinks of a way to deal with it.

Afterwards, the Zhong Wen brothers and sisters called the Wu family to sit down and talk together.

Although Wu Manshan's family was a little nervous, seeing how polite and accommodating Zhong Wen was, they could only sit on the ground.

Wu Manshan's family didn't have many stools and chairs. Apart from big rocks, the only things they could sit on were a few dilapidated stools.

Talking is actually just asking and answering.

Wu Manshan's family didn't dare to ask Zhong Wen brothers and sisters anything.

Identity determines everything in this era.

After this question and answer, Zhong Wen also knew the general situation of Wugou Village.

But at this time, Xiaohua was teasing a little granddaughter of Wu Manshan in good spirits, "Brother, look how beautiful she is, her eyes are so beautiful, and she is very aura."

Zhong Wen looked over after hearing the sound, and what he saw was a cute little face with a pair of big black eyes, but the face was a little dirty.

Just like Xiaohua said, that little girl is really aura, she is not conspicuous at first glance, but upon closer inspection, she is indeed beautiful.

The little girl is not very big, only about three years old.

"Brother, don't you think she looks like Xiao Zhuzi, and her eyes are always shining with some clever light." Xiao Hua continued to tease the little girl, and said to Zhong Wen.

"Inspector, little lady, Cao'er is my youngest granddaughter, and she will be three years old in a month." Seeing that Xiaohua liked his little granddaughter so much, Wu Manshan hurriedly introduced her.

Of course Wu Manshan was not afraid that Zhong Wen and his sister would take away his little granddaughter Cao'er.

If that's the case, he can't wait.

But when Zhong Wen took a closer look at the little girl, he found that in addition to her good looks, this bone seemed to be pretty good too.

Immediately, Zhong Wen asked Man Shan, "Can I touch her bones?"

Zhong Wen's proposal was not surprising at all.

The art of touching bones has existed for a long time, and most ordinary people also like to take their children to temples or Taoist temples to ask people to touch bones.

"The governor is free, Cao'er, come here." Wu Manshan saw that Zhong Wen seemed to want to feel the bones of his little granddaughter, so he quickly called the little girl to Zhong Wen.

Cao'er was not timid either, she got her grandfather's words, walked up to Zhong Wen, and stood there obediently, showing no signs of stage fright.

"Huh?" When Zhong Wen reached out to touch Cao'er, he immediately felt that the girl's bones were very good, but after Zhong Wen inspected Cao'er's inner body, he found something strange.

"Brother, what's the matter? Is the root of Cao'er not good?" Xiaohua asked puzzled after seeing her brother's 'hmm'.

Zhong Wen continued to touch, then closed his eyes slightly and thought about it.

Zhong Wen didn't respond to Xiao Hua's question, because he didn't know how to respond.

Why?

Because the roots of Cao'er can be said to be very good, but there is one problem that makes Zhong Wen very puzzled.

Because, there seemed to be a trace of internal energy in Cao'er's body, which made Zhong Wen very puzzled.

It is simply impossible for a person who has not practiced the internal energy method to produce internal energy.

However, according to Cao'er's age of less than three years old, there is a trace of internal energy in her body, which is already beyond Zhong Wen's cognition.

As far as he knew from the shadow, the baby's constitution was the cleanest within a period of time after birth.

As the baby grows, it will gradually be affected by the outside world and food, and the constitution will become more and more cloudy.

And the most suitable age for practicing internal exercises is the infant stage.

However, the baby is illiterate and can't read pictures, so this is a waste of this best stage.

When the baby grows to about five or six years old, the cleanest physique will also dissipate, but at this time, it is also the time when it can read and write.

Of course, at the age of three or four, he can also read and write, but who has such a family to support him to read and write?At least, it is basically impossible for ordinary farmers to do it.

But at this time, Cao'er was nearly three years old, but there was a trace of internal energy in her body, which made Zhong Wen still unable to figure out the reason.

"Wu Cunzheng, I would like to ask, did Cao'er's father and mother ever practice martial arts?" Zhong Wen asked Wu Manshan in confusion.

"Returning to the governor, no one in our Wugou Village has practiced martial arts. Naturally, my son and daughter-in-law could not have practiced martial arts. Is there something wrong with my family's grass?" Wu Manshan was a little worried after hearing the words.

"Cao'er is fine. I just touched the bones and found that Cao'er's physique is the easiest to practice martial arts. I don't know if Wu Cunzheng is willing to let Cao'er practice martial arts with me?" Zhong Wen didn't understand why Cao'er had internal organs in his body. The existence of qi, but seeing such a good seedling, it is natural to want to let it enter Longquan Temple.

"Ci...Cai Shi, you~you can fall in love with Cao'er, that's Cao'er's blessing, we~of course we are willing." After Wu Manshan heard Zhong Wen's words, he quickly knelt down and saluted Zhong Wen with a trembling voice. replied.

Even his second son and daughter-in-law were overjoyed when they heard such a big event, but they also knew that if they didn't kneel down and salute at this moment, then this sudden blessing might be lost. Ran.

A governor accepting their little baby as an apprentice, for them, it can be said that they are either rich or expensive, so there is no reason to refuse, even if they are asked to kneel for three days and three nights at this time, they are willing to do so.

Chapter 5

For Zhong Wen, it was rare for Zhong Wen to have heard of such a well-built baby in a farmer's family.

Of course, this kind of hearing is just a probability heard from the shadow.

There are so many people in the Tang Kingdom, no matter what, there are some, but Cao'er is a little different.

"You don't need to be like this. I accepted Cao'er only because of its good bones, so why can't I be sure in the future." Zhong Wen didn't dare to make any promises. Seeing Wu Manshan's family kneel down and salute him, he once again He helped everyone up and said.

Zhong Wen said that he accepted Cao'er because he liked Cao'er's qualifications.

But because Cao'er is still young, naturally he can't practice martial arts, at most he will be like Xiaomao, take him back to the temple, and cultivate it well first.

"Cao'er, hurry up and kowtow to the master." After Wu Manshan was supported by Zhong Wen, he pulled Cao'er and said that he would kowtow to the master Zhong Wen.

"No, this master can't do it for the time being. We will discuss this matter in a few days. Today, my brother and sister are not here to accept apprentices, but to deal with the matter. After the matter in Wugou Village is over, we will have a good time." Tell me about Cao'er." Zhong Wen hastily stopped him.

I don't intend to accept this little girl as an apprentice. Moreover, Zhong Wen himself doesn't really want to accept an apprentice at the moment. Even if he wants to accept it, he must get the consent of his master.

"This~~" Wu Manshan didn't know what to do after hearing the words.

Zhong Wen, the governor, spoke like this, as if he had some idea, whether to accept it or not, made him uncertain.

"Wu Cunzheng, don't worry. I have to ask my master about accepting apprentices. Besides, as long as Cao'er enters my family, I will naturally teach her martial arts and also teach her to read and write. This point, you put your heart in your stomach." Zhong Wen saw that the Wu family had some doubts, so he had to explain.

Once again, the Wu family got Zhong Wen's guarantee, and then they relaxed.

Afterwards, we chatted a little more.

As the time got late, the Hai hour had passed, and it was already two quarters into the midnight.

At this time, when Zhong Wen was about to speak, there were some slight footsteps in his ears, which seemed to be coming from the west, which made Zhong Wen press his hand towards the Wu family, signaling them to silence.

Zhong Wen's ears trembled slightly, listening to the movement from the west.

"Huh? Why are the footsteps in disorder again? There are other sounds mixed in." Zhong Wen listened to the sound coming from the west with both ears, thinking to himself.

After a long time, the sound stopped and began to become quiet again.

Once again, Zhong Wen was curious.

"Brother, are you here?" Xiao Hua, who had been waiting for news, asked Zhong Wen in a low voice.

"It should have come, but now there is no sound again." Zhong Wen responded casually.

"Brother, let's go out and catch those people, then hang them up and beat them hard." Xiao Hua said bitterly.

"Wu Cunzheng, my brother and sister will go out to have a look later, you stay at home, no matter what happens outside, don't leave half a step, and don't open the door." Zhong Wen also wanted to go out to see if those people were human or ghosts, Then he confessed to Wu Manshan and the others.

"Yes, Governor." Wu Manshan nodded heavily.

How dare they go out.

If it wasn't for the sudden arrival of the governor Zhong Wen today, the Wu family might have been hiding in bed and shivering, so there is no leisure to talk here.

Zhong Wen took Xiao Hua out of Wu's house, and the door of Wu's house was quickly closed after Zhong Wen's brothers and sisters left, even with several logs the size of a bowl.

They have already experienced the disturbances caused by ghosts in the underworld.

Although he was not seen, the sound of howling ghosts and howling wolves can really make people tremble in fright, and it can even make Xiaowa shut his mouth in fright.

"Father, are we just going to let the governor and the others take risks like this? If something happens, our Wugou Village will suffer." Wu Manshan's eldest son asked Wu Manshan with a worried expression on his face.

"What can we do? We are just ordinary peasants, can we fight the ghosts in this underworld? The governor has officials, even if those are really ghosts, they dare not touch the governor." Wu Manshan is just a small village official. Of course, he also knew that the governor went out to take risks. If something happened to this, not to mention their Wu family, the whole Wugou Village would probably suffer.

But what can they do.

Besides, when Zhong Wen was chatting with Wu Manshan just now, he also said that the two brothers and sisters have martial arts skills, and they are also assassins. Based on these two points, Wu Manshan believed in the two brothers and sisters Zhong Wen.

"Father, can't we help?" Wu Manshan's second son also asked.

"How can we help? Even two yamen servants died, so what can we do?" Wu Manshan was also helpless.

As far as he knew, the two dead yachamen died in an extremely horrific manner, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were bleeding from their seven orifices.

Of course, he, Wu Manshan, did not dare to publicize this matter to the villagers, to appease the people, at least his village official would do it.

While the Wu family was still discussing, what they thought was a commotion caused by ghosts traveling in the underworld had already begun.

All kinds of voices were mixed together, exactly the same as the voices they had heard before.

"Bang choke..."

"Ugh..."

"call out……"

"Om..."

"..."

There are all kinds of sounds.

But these voices are mixed together, to my ears it is really like the voice of a ghost traveling on a TV series that Zhong Wen watched in his previous life.

"Brother, this voice sounds really scary, can't it really be a ghost from the underworld, right?" Upon hearing such a scary voice, Xiao Hua felt a little uncertain.

"You, you, where do ghost messengers come from in this world? It's just a trick to bluff people. You have seen so many juggling tricks in Chang'an City, haven't you heard them yet? These voices have their own characteristics, some short and some Long, it can be concluded that it was played artificially." Zhong Wen shook his head and said.

"Brother, should we go over and have a look?" Although Xiaohua was a little uncertain, she became bold after hearing her brother's words.

"Remember in a moment that as long as someone attacks you, you will kill. You can't be merciful. This is not a small fight. If you accidentally hurt yourself, you will suffer a lot." Zhong Wen nodded and confessed.

As soon as Zhong Wen's words fell, the two brothers and sisters jumped towards the place where the voice came from.

In a moment, the two brothers and sisters were already approaching the place where the sound came from.

The two brothers and sisters hid above a big tree, looking at a group of so-called ghost messengers coming towards them in the distance.

A group of dozens of people, holding vertical flags.

A group of dozens of people dressed up, at first glance, it really looks like ghosts from the underworld, whistling and dancing, appearing in the middle of the night, if it is true that if someone comes out at night, they will be scared to death or fainted.

"Brother~Brother, it's really~yes~it's ghost messengers," Xiaohua recalled seeing the group of so-called ghost messengers clearly under the faint moonlight, and was a little scared and at a loss.

"That's a person, not a ghost messenger, it's just that they dress up as a ghost messenger." Zhong Wen has already seen that these so-called ghost messengers are dressed up by people.

Why?

Because of the first feeling.

Yes, Zhong Wen first felt that these so-called ghosts were disguised by people.

Except for the similar appearance, the others can basically be judged as man-made.

Under the faint moonlight, Zhong Wen could still see his shadow, and the two at the end were whispering to each other, obviously talking.

"Boss, it's true. We've been making trouble for more than a month. Why do we still come out every day? If we really encounter a large number of officers and men, are we really going to kill them all?" The person behind said softly to the other person. Said.

"Taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, if we don't come out every day, it will be difficult to get the money. Besides, the boss has his own plan. If we have an extra day, we can earn a lot of money. Don't you Don't you want to drink and eat meat every day?" Another person replied in a low voice.

"That……"

The voices of the two had already fallen into Zhong Wen's ears.

The sound of whistling and beating all the way can't affect Zhong Wen's hearing.

Since Zhong Wen lost his consciousness, his ears have become better and better, just like his eyes.

Following the group of dozens of people passing by the big tree where Zhong Wen and the others were, they headed towards Wugou Village.

After a while, dozens of people in this group had gone ten feet away.

"Did you hear that? The two people at the back have been talking all the time, so they are not ghosts from the underworld, but artificially dressed. Don't scare yourself, so as not to disturb your mood." Zhong Wen whispered to Xiaohua said.