Great Sui Guoshi

"How can this be the same..."

Lu Liangsheng smiled and helped him up: "It's the same in my eyes."

As for whether the old man will tell it or not, it doesn't matter, whoever encounters something mysterious, can't wait to drag the neighbors to tell it out with air.

At dawn the next day, Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist came out of the backyard with the old donkey, and saw that the three floors in the street were surrounded by people from the town, including the clothes of the yamen catchers. Blindfolded, quietly leaving from the side of the common people who still came out of their homes.

On the street, a group of people stood a little far away, looking at the huge fishbone and pointing their fingers. At this time, they could see clearly with the help of the light.

"Oh, it's so big, where did all the flesh go?"

"It must have been taken away by the expert last night, and it might be refined into a panacea."

"...This monster actually lurks in the river outside our town."

"Hey, what the expert said last night, most of our dead relatives were killed by this evil beast."

"No, otherwise, how could you grow such a big man?"

The catcher holding the knife handle was also someone who had seen the world, but facing such a huge fish demon corpse, he couldn't help but feel frightened after taking a second look. If they were still alive, how could they cure them.

"I heard that the county lord is coming quickly, but I don't know how to deal with this demon's bones."

"You have seen it, you must first patrol the street, and then. Hand it over to the superior."

"Give it to the superior?"

"Of course, if you hand it in, maybe you can still present it to Chang'an City for His Majesty to see, hehe, don't these rewards just fall down layer by layer?"

"Yes, yes."

There are monster corpses patrolling the streets in the remote small county in the north, which naturally attracts many people with good intentions to watch, not to mention the local income, the county magistrate and the county magistrate will also add to the merits, and send them to Chang'an City, so that His Majesty can see how difficult it is in the world. Seeing monsters is even more serious.

Chapter 258 Xiaoqing

In Anbao County, Niutou gathered the news of the fish demon. In less than half a day, more than a dozen villages and small towns around the county had heard about it. The dead fish demon, that is also an eye-addiction.

These days, a wild boar that grows to the height of a person is enough for people with nothing to do to repeat it dozens of times, not to mention a big fish as big as a house.

I heard that the magistrate of Anbao County had seen it in person, and led people from Niutouji all the way to the county town. They patrolled several streets one by one, and continued on the second day, attracting many people from outside to stop and watch in the city. Not to mention that the few inns are full of customers, the business of teahouses and restaurants is booming. Looking at the street from the second floor of the restaurant, you can see all the bones of the fish demon.

"I said that the dead people in Niutouji can still escape for no reason. There must be evildoers. See, it really came true."

"It's really scary. If it's still alive, how many people will it take to catch it?"

"Human? Normally, a quick catcher would catch a thief. In this matter, you have to meet someone who is a master."

"Speaking of the world's experts, except for the fish demon, is there any information about his appearance and clothing, where is he from?"

"...I know this, I know! I heard from the policeman I know well that the expert stayed at the house of an old man in Niutouji, and he also found the fish demon after hearing that the inn woman's corpse had changed."

"Oh, so, that expert came here on purpose?"

"I think it is, from the old man's description, the tall man is not very old, leading an old donkey that has lost its hair, and there is a sloppy Taoist beside him."

"Aren't you old? Is your familiar police officer trustworthy?!"

"How unreliable? At that time, he was in Niutouji and took care of the bones of the fish demon himself."

The incident of the fish demon's bones caused a stir in the local area. Not long after, the county town also sent envoys. Anbao County Lord provoked the bones to make oiled paper, and escorted them to the big city with the soldiers of the county town.

Apart from pleasing the boss, it was also on the agenda to send the body of the fish demon to Chang'an, and the golden sunlight shone through the escorting team to the west.

There are many mountains in the north, among the steep mountain winds, the tall man in the population, hanging a moon sword, wearing a white robe with apricot pattern in Tsing Yi, led the old donkey and the Taoist across the ridge, rested under a pine tree, overlooking the rolling hills. mountains.

A small fire was raised, and two pieces of white flour steamed buns were skewered by Taoist wooden sticks and baked on the side, watching the sound of reading from one side.

"Cross the two mountains ahead and follow the official road to He Lingzhou."

Lu Liangsheng, who was leaning against Lao Song, held the scroll and raised his head.

"If you walk along the official road and go around the city checkpoints, your footsteps will be much slower. Now the speed is faster, but you are a little worried about whether Yan Chixia and Zuo Qianwei will be able to arrive at Ziling Mountain on time."

"The two people's footsteps are not slow. If they are alone, they must be fast."

The Taoist tore off some steamed buns and put them in his mouth to chew. When he felt that it was almost done, he threw a piece to Lu Liangsheng, then stood up and stuck it to his mouth, and looked eastward beyond the mountain.

"It's said that it's close to the sea, why can't you hear the sound of the waves?"

"I'm afraid it's too early to go to the sea, let alone a hundred miles away."

Lu Liangsheng joked, and after eating, he turned over a page of the book with his fingertips and continued to read the text lightly. The little green snake in his sleeve snaked out of his long body, quietly listening to the sound of the wind, birds, and reading.

Every time I read a paragraph, although I don't understand the meaning, but the coldness in the bottom of the green snake's eyes melts with a strange thing on the scholar's body when he is reading, and he becomes a little emotionally excited. Keep your wrists upside down and still.

Over there, the Taoist turned his gaze away from the mountain, saw the upside-down blue shadow on Lu Liangsheng's wrist, and laughed.

"Let this green snake listen to your reading, and be nourished by the awe-inspiring energy, so you won't be afraid to raise a monster snake in the future."

"Ha ha."

When the sound of reading stopped, Lu Liangsheng closed the book and laughed, reaching out and holding the little snake in his palm.

"If it is really nurtured by the awe-inspiring energy, then there will be one less monster snake in this world. This little snake has already opened up its spiritual consciousness. Even without me, it will step into cultivation sooner or later."

With gentle eyes, Qingying raised his upper body in the middle of the conversation, and asked softly.

"You say yes or no?"

sizzle~~~

The little green snake vomited a snake letter and put it in the scholar's palm, as if he understood the words of the man, he nodded to Lu Liangsheng.

"Hehehe."

This time Lu Liangsheng laughed out loud, tapped his fingertips on the snake's head, and then rubbed it, "It's a kind of fate that you and I met. You are not ignorant of scale insects, why don't I give you a name."

The little green snake excitedly swam around in the palm of its hand, the tip of its tail kept shaking.

"Then you wait a moment, you must have a surname first..."

Lu Liangsheng got up holding it, walked to the edge of the ridge, looked at the rolling foothills in the mist, the cliffs, the birds hovering, and the rocks isolated on the top.

Looking at this scene, I pondered for a moment: "The mountains and rocks are steep, and you can touch the Cen and the rocks. You happen to be a creature in the mountains, so you took Cen as your surname. The mountain is small and high, reflecting your small body, and your future achievements may not be small. Your whole body Qingbi, it happens to be used as a name, Cen Biqing, I will call you Xiaoqing, how about it?"

The little snake in the palm suddenly raised its upper body, imitating the appearance of a human being. Although it had no hands, its head was attached to its small body and made three bows to Lu Liangsheng.

People's words have spirits, and many beasts who are about to get them even go to the village to ask for words so that they can step into practice, not to mention that they are already given names by people who are already practicing, which is impossible to ask for.

"It's pretending again." The Taoist squatted on the fire and glanced at it, put out the fire, packed up and went to the bookshelf, and knocked on the door of the cubicle.

"Come out, your apprentice is about to become a saint."

creak.

The door was pushed open, Taoist Toad poked his face out to look around, and said, "Don't bother me if you have nothing to do, I'll be closed recently!" Then, he knocked the small door shut with a bang, and after a while, there was a slight snoring sound.

"Sleep when you sleep, and say retreat..."

Under the old Panasonic, Lu Liangsheng flipped through the books for a while, put Xiao Qing in his sleeve pocket, the old donkey came over with the rein in his mouth, and handed it to the master, the son grunted a few times, and followed behind with the bookshelf on his back , go down the hill.

The sun slanted from the top of the head and turned to the top of the mountain. Last Friday on the mountainside, the woods rustled softly in the wind. After walking through the mottled spots cast by the gaps in the trees, Lu Liangsheng spread his palms, and the little green snake snaked out of his sleeve pocket, and was let go by the scholar. Far away on a big rock.

"I'm going to He Lingzhou to do something. For you, it's too dangerous. After you go down the mountain, you will wander the mountains and wilds, find your own way, stay here, or find another way. can meet."

Lu Liangsheng pushed it with his fingers, and drove it off the rock and into the grass. Afraid that it would follow, he moved his cuffs, and the Taoist behind him moved more than ten feet in front.

But speaking of it, I am quite happy to be inspired by someone or a demon. In the future, under his influence, I can become a good demon, or devote myself to seeking the Tao and cultivating immortality. Speaking of it, it is also a coincidence.

"The road is not lonely."

Lu Liangsheng said something with a smile as if talking to himself, which caused the Taoist behind him to roll his eyes.

Going down to the foot of the mountain, there are more and more pedestrians and business travelers along the official road. It is not uncommon for a scholar and a Taoist priest to lead an old donkey. After dozens of miles along this official road, it is the boundary of Linghe Prefecture.

"Herbal tea! Selling herbal tea, all the guests passing by, don't miss it, come in and rest your feet, drink some herbal tea to relieve the heat."

Outside the pass at the end of the official road, the tea shed staff yelled loudly, and the pedestrians carrying carts passed by, and the man wearing a bamboo hat with one arm took a sip of tea, closed his eyes and regained his composure.

Beside the foot of the table, there was a brand new long knife leaning against it, as if waiting for someone.

Chapter 259 How Many Bones Are Buried Under the Prayer Fire

"Those who enter the customs check their cards, and those behind them line up!"

The cicadas sang long on the official road tree, and the passing merchants yelled around the city gate of the pedestrian pass, and walked to the side entrance dedicated to the merchant caravan.

Soldiers yelled, tea sheds and stalls outside the pass yelled, and animals neighed.

Someone grinningly collected the fee from a stall with a copper plate in his hand, stuffed it into his belt, hummed a little tune, and turned to a small path. When he passed the tea shed, the dozing figure raised his face slightly, under the bamboo hat, his eyes opened , glanced at the passing back, took out two copper coins and put them on the table, grabbed the long-handled split knife, embraced his chest, and followed slowly.

It was Zuo Zhengyang, one of the "lonely people" in the Taoist population.

This time he went north, because he heard about what the Fire Praying Sect did at Lanruo Temple, and after setting up the five scholars, he did not go with Lu Liangsheng. After buying a new weapon, he went to Linghe Prefecture alone. Old Jianghu, distinguishing directions, and when to hurry, are all accurate.

Half a month ago, I rushed to the border pass of He Lingzhou, and while waiting for Lu Liangsheng and others to come and meet, I used my own method to inquire about the direction of Ziling Mountain.

Few people know the name of the mountain in this area. After many inquiries, they found out that it is in the southeast of Junyang City.

Since he is a cultivator and also doing evil things, he must be strict in his actions. Regarding food, Zuo Zhengyang thought that the people on the mountain would not go down the mountain to buy it himself, but there must be confidantes from the mountain, or non-religionists who bought and escorted them up the mountain.

Junyang City, which is far away from Ziling Mountain, must be a place to buy ingredients. For two consecutive days, he guarded the vegetable market in the city in the early morning, visited farmers to inquire about buyers, and ruled out some nearby sects, government offices, and gangs. , is the person he followed.

But right now, it is not certain that the other party, or even the people above, are the ones who sent the ingredients to the Praying Fire Cult.

Under the gaze covered by the bamboo hat, Zuo Zhengyang slowly hung behind, staring at the back of the blackmail booth, and stopped until he went to a nearby fenced yard. The man turned his head to look, and pushed away the farm yard. While sweeping the eaves, seeing him come in, he threw away the broom and rushed into the house in panic, trying to close the door.

A man reached out to hold the door crack with one hand, then kicked it open with a bang, pushed the woman to the shoulder, and closed the door with his backhand. After a while, the woman screamed and cried from inside the room.

Behind the tree outside the courtyard, Zuo Zhengyang narrowed his eyes. The other party behaved like this, not once or twice.

With a leap, he fell into the courtyard, kicked the door open with a bang, and the man lay naked on top of the woman whose dress was torn.

"Who are you?!"

Before the man could yell loudly, his scalp tightened, and he was pulled away from the woman staggeringly, flew out of the door with a bang, fell hard on the ground and rolled several times, crushing the fence of the vegetable garden.

Zuo Zhengyang turned his head away, not looking at the shivering woman on the bed, threw a piece of silver over there, turned around and closed the door, and walked step by step into the courtyard with a long knife hanging.

"You dare to kill me?!"

"Do you know who I am? Let me tell you, if you dare to draw a knife..."

The man sat on the ground and backed up while rubbing against the ground, covering his head and screaming. The next moment, the blade slashed, and he closed his eyes in fright, and shouted again and again: "I was wrong, I was wrong!"

"Hero, I didn't do anything."

"Extortion of traders, kidnapping of women, you haven't done anything?" Zuo Zhengyang slanted his blade, and the blade was pressed against the man's face, the corners of his mouth were grinning, revealing his white teeth: "Is it murder or arson? ?”

Feeling the icy cold coming from the blade, the man trembled all over his body, quickly took out the money bag from his belt, and threw it to the opposite side.

"Blackmail traders... Yes, but rape women, the little ones really haven't done it... I haven't had time to do it yet."

Having said that, his words trailed off.

"I'm a little excited... I haven't taken off my pants... and it's over..."

Zuo Zhengyang glanced at the man's crotch, it was wet, his eyes revealed disgust, he hung the knife to his back, went over and grabbed his skirt and lifted it up, jumped up, took him to the wilderness forest, and swung his arm , the man flew away with an "ah!", hit a tree trunk in the middle, fell heavily, and groaned softly while clutching his waist.

"How can I ask you, who is above you, do you go to Ziling Mountain once a month?"

The man holding his back stopped moaning suddenly. The man was wearing a bamboo hat and holding a weapon, and he thought he was seeking revenge.

"Hero, then you are looking for the wrong person. The small one is a small person... As for the Ziling Mountain you mentioned, the small one has only been there once, and I don't know what to do. , let it go to the forest and come back.”

Zuo Zhengyang stuck the knife into the ground, and stretched out his hand to grope the man. When he reached back, there was an extra booklet. He shook his eyes and saw that it was full of messy graphics. This man should be illiterate, afraid of forgetting. I drew some pictures that only I can understand to write down.

"What does the circle represent?" Zuo Zhengyang raised his gaze.

The latter swallowed his saliva, and glanced at Senhan's knife edge from the corner of his eye, "Big pie is food."

"What are two dots on top of two downward-facing hills (W)?"

The man didn't dare to look at Zuo Zhengyang's eyes. The other party was like an extremely experienced headhunter, which made him feel uncomfortable. After a while, he finally opened his mouth and squeezed out two words: "Woman."

"Hmph, that's smart."

After Zuo Zhengyang selected some difficult-to-understand pictures for questioning, based on his years of experience in arresting heads and investigating crimes, it is not difficult to combine such representative pictures into content.

At first, he thought it was nothing more than the affairs of this person's gang, or some trivial things in life, but the more he looked down, the anger in his heart surged upwards. The graphics on it seemed to be transformed into handwriting, forming content and pictures, and vividly placed in front of him.