Red Dust Daqian

In the dark night, with dim light, a tall, curvy girl was walking through the streets, with her enchanting steps and affected posture. Vanilla, Zhao Tiechui and others who were hiding in the dark wanted to laugh but dared not, and they were all hurt. They wandered around the streets, inside and outside the city walls for several days, but the kidnappers did not make any moves. At first, they suspected that Zhou Sen did not look like a girl and could not deceive the demon king. Helplessly, they arranged for Vanilla to replace Zhou Sen, and continued to wander around the streets in disguise, but still did not attract the kidnappers' actions. Finally, they dispersed the people who were following and protecting her, and Vanilla walked openly on the streets at night, but still got nothing. Everyone was hit hard.

More than a month passed, and Zhou Sen and Xiangcao in the study were unable to sleep or eat, and were in a depressed mood.

"Mumu, you said we have been dressed up for so many days, why haven't the kidnappers been fooled? Could it be that this demon king can directly see through our identities. He knows that we are pretending to be girls to lure him out." Xiangcao asked Zhou Sen. Zhou Sen was also full of doubts. Yes, why didn't the kidnappers fall for it, and how did they identify those unmarried girls. Zhou Sen's head seemed to be touched by something, and a light bulb went on, and he suddenly felt terrified and incredible. He whispered to Xiangcao: "There is another possibility, that is, someone from the county government is involved in the kidnapping and robbery, so they can get the information of these victims and know our entrapment plan." Xiangcao was also terrified when she heard Zhou Sen say this, and looked at Zhou Sen and said: "Mumu, if someone from the county government is involved in the kidnapping, how can we solve the case?"

Zhou Sen thought for a moment, then leaned over to Xiangcao's ear and said, "We can do this..."

For several days, Zhou Sen had been in the county government's case library, looking up information about all officials in the county government and household registration information of some people in Changnan County. He selected some information about families with unmarried girls.

On this day, the county magistrate Shangguan Wuhou, the county magistrate Cui Qi, the chief clerk Yan Xue and others gathered in Zhou Sen's study. Shangguan Wuhou asked Zhou Sen, "Master Zhang, how have you been investigating during this period? Have you made any progress? When do you plan to cast a spell to catch the monster?" County magistrate Cui Qi echoed coldly beside him, "It has been more than a month. Can Taoist Zhang really catch the dog-wolf monster? I'm afraid he is another swindler who cheats people for food and drink." Zhou Sen pretended to be confident and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Today is the right time. The time, place and people are all right. The magic is ready. We will get rid of the monster tonight and restore peace to Changnan."

As the sky darkened and night fell, an incense table was set up in front of the county government office. The peach wood sword, red candles, sandalwood, talisman paper, etc. were all prepared by Zhou Sen himself. Some brave people who heard the news also gathered in front of the government office to watch the monster catching. They whispered to each other: "I heard that today Zhang Tianshi will cast a spell to kill monsters and get rid of the dog monster king." "This Zhang Tianshi seems to have prepared for a month to catch the monster king." "It is said that tonight Zhang Tianshi will wipe out all the monsters in one fell swoop and return peace to our Changnan." "Great, great." "I hope that all the monsters are really eliminated, and they are not like the previous Taoist priests and monks who are cheating and deceiving."

A cool breeze blew by. It was time. Zhou Sen, standing in front of the incense table, looked mysterious. He raised his peach wood sword and chanted a spell: "Heaven and earth, heaven ...

Then Zhou Sen started to dance around the incense table again. Ancient people looked solemn and mysterious. If a person in the 21st century saw this, he would wonder, is this person dancing samba, rumba, or cha-cha? This dance is too non-standard. Then Zhou Sen put away the peach wood sword, spread his hands, and waved them towards the candlelight. The flames shone. Zhou Sen did his best in this ceremony, using all the tricks he had seen on the ring two days ago. Finally, Zhou Sen took out a large and several small talisman papers from his sleeve pocket. He inserted them into the peach wood sword, put in the candlelight, and shouted to the sky: "Heaven and earth, please show your spirit. Dog demon king, dog wolf little demon, where are you running? Collect them and destroy them." The talisman papers suddenly burst into flames. The large talisman paper showed a huge and terrifying dog head flame image, and the other small talisman papers showed a bunch of puppy and wolf head flame images. After a while, the talisman paper burned out, and the dog head and wolf head images disappeared.

The people around were stunned and looked at each other, "Did you see it just now? The dog demon king and the wolf demon were all killed." "Isn't the biggest one the dog demon king?" "It seems like there are a lot of dog demons, have they all been killed?"... Everyone was talking.

Zhou Sen slowly made the gesture of closing the exercise and opened his eyes. Shangguan Wuhou hurried over and asked, "Master Zhang, Master Zhang, have the dog and wolf monsters been eliminated?" Zhou Sen replied with a sense of relief, "I didn't expect that there would be so many monsters here. Fortunately, I have been well prepared during this period of time. All the monsters have been killed. There will be no more monster troubles in Changnan County in the future."

There was a burst of cheers and applause all around. "Great, we don't have to worry about the dog demon causing trouble anymore" and similar voices came one after another. The villagers were finally relieved of their suppressed anxiety.

At night, at Zhou Sen's residence, Xiangcao asked Zhou Sen gloomily: "Mumu, isn't it a bad thing for us to do this? Are we deceiving everyone?" Zhou Sen thought for a while and said: "Senior sister, this is actually a last resort. In this world where everyone believes that there are monsters causing trouble, you forcefully explain that there are no monsters. They are just spreading rumors. Not only will it not solve the problem, it will make things more complicated. Only by doing this can people let go of their fears and return to normal life."

The next day, the government held a grand farewell banquet, one to celebrate the execution of the demon king, and the other to send off Zhou Sen and Xiangcao. After the banquet, Zhou Sen and Xiangcao packed their bags and prepared to leave Changnan. Zhao Tiechui found Zhou Sen and asked hesitantly: "Master Mumu, Master Xiangcao, is this mission over?" "Then can I follow the two masters to travel the world and exorcise demons in the future?" Zhou Sen looked at Zhao Tiechui and didn't know how to reply. Zhao Tiechui hurriedly continued: "Although I don't know magic, I can learn it slowly, but I have the strength to help you." "You can give less or no money for the fee." "I have dreamed of traveling around the world and exorcising demons since I was a child." "You two have profound magic power, which makes me admire you." Zhou Sen quickly interrupted Zhao Tiechui's flattery. If he didn't interrupt, I don't know what Zhao Tiechui would say. He was almost praising them to the sky. Zhou Sen replied: "What are you thinking? I paid you for half a year. It's only been two months and you want to leave? That's possible. Also, I won't let anyone who follows my brother suffer any loss."

On that day, Zhao Tiechui, Zhou Sen and Xiangcao left Changnan County together in high spirits.