The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

"Sir, why are the two fake Taoist priests that the prince mentioned nowhere to be seen?"

Lord Chen felt a little overwhelmed.

The weather is getting hotter, but fortunately, there is a big temperature difference between morning and evening in this mountain village. It is very hot during the day, but it starts to cool down in the evening.

It is evening now.

The dusk was deep and the sunset glow was gorgeous. The sunset glow shone over this small mountain village, giving it a layer of unrealistic color.

The scenery was beautiful, but Mr. Chen was nervous.

Neither the person nor the mountain temple was found.

"This is really weird. A villager clearly pointed out the location, but how can we not find it?"

Lord Chen subconsciously touched the place on his chest where the amulet was placed. This had become a habitual action for him.

Now only by touching the amulet can he feel a little more at ease.

Because it's really weird.

They knocked on three or four doors and asked where the mountain temple was. The villagers actually pointed the way, but when they followed the villagers' instructions, they either ended up back at the threshing ground in the middle of the village, or at a dead end, or at the door of some deserted house.

No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find the mountain temple.

The guards of the palace also followed them to search, but they still couldn't find it.

Not being able to find it is one thing, but what makes Lord Chen even more panicked is that his subordinates are obviously panicking, and now when they are asked to look for it separately, they dare not.

You need to go in a group of at least three people.

He brought twelve people with him. Some went to look for the mountain god temple, some went to look for the two tall and short fake Taoist priests, and some went to knock on the doors of the villagers to ask questions. It seemed that they did not have enough manpower.

"Sir, this village is really strange. Are we going to stay here tonight?"

"What if we can't even find the way out of the village?" someone asked this question, which immediately made these people even more panicked.

"How can you not find the way out of the village? We have walked that road before! If you are scared, two of you can go now and look for the entrance to the village."

After Lord Chen said this, his subordinates all understood the situation.

Didn’t the adults let them try it because they were a little panicked themselves?

Just try it.

They went to look for the entrance of the village. The officers were not that scared yet, so they sent two people to look for them.

The two men walked out of the village.

Soon, they reached the entrance of the village and came out.

Looking further down the mountain, you can already see the official road.

"Fortunately, we can still leave the village. If it really doesn't work, tell the adults to leave the village first, and then ask Miss Lu for help?"

"Go back and tell the adults."

The two turned around and wanted to go back to the village, but when they turned around, they saw a fog. Where was the entrance to the village?

No, what about that village?

They couldn't even see the village now! It was like there was only fog in front of them, vast and empty, as if there was no village.

The two officers were almost frightened.

"What about the village?"

Where is the village? They just came out.

"Your Excellency is right, it's weird, really weird!"

The two men were running around in circles, unable to find a way in.

"Or else we can just go in! It's just foggy, right? Let's just walk back slowly along the way we just took!" One of them said gritting his teeth.

As a result, just as they were about to step into the fog, one of their feet seemed to be unable to touch solid ground!

"No, no." The other person turned pale. "I feel like I'm stepping on empty air. There's no road below. Is it a deep pit?"

If they step on it like this, will they fall to death?

They really don’t dare!

"It's over. Not only is the village gone, but even the road is gone."

"Sir, sir!" they all shouted loudly, hoping that the adult could hear them.

If it really doesn't work, you'd better leave the village first. It seems that we can leave but not come back!

But Lord Chen didn't hear their cries at all. He waited and waited, until the night fell and the sunset glow had long disappeared, but still the two people didn't appear.

"Big Head and the others didn't come back?"

Lord Chen went to ask other people.

"Sir, you have asked for the third time, but he really hasn't come back."

"Then go find them!" Lord Chen was anxious.

They were staying in a house. Some villagers said that the owner of the house had become a Taoist priest at Xuyun Temple and now no one was living there, so they could stay overnight.

The house was indeed very old and shabby, with several tiles missing from the roof.

The mattress in the room looked like it hadn't been washed or dried in several years and was completely black. Lord Chen didn't dare sleep on it.

He could only ask someone to bring a bamboo chair to sit in the main room. He couldn't sit still and had to get up and walk around from time to time.

"Sir, how can we find it? It's dark now. No one in the village even has a lantern. It's pitch black."

No one dares to go out now.

The two men from Big Head didn’t come back either, which made them even more frightened.

Lord Chen was furious.

They said they would look for it with a lantern, but they couldn't even find a lantern.

"Will Big Head and the others not dare to come back once they leave the village? So they are waiting for us outside?" someone speculated.

Lord Chen didn't believe it. He had some understanding of his subordinates. In short, Datou and the other two should not be that kind of people.

"Go and find them with a torch! What if something happened to them?" Lord Chen kicked them in the butt.

He is a good man now and cannot ignore the safety of his subordinates. Otherwise, what if Miss Lu can't stand him and is unwilling to sell him talismans anymore?

"I will go with you!"

They lit torches and went out to look for him.

The whole village was so quiet as if there were no other living things, and the night fog was thick. Walking in such a dark mountain village made people feel creepy.

Lord Chen was touching the amulet the whole time.

But that night, the two big-headed men were still not found.

They walked to the entrance of the village but did not go out. The main reason was that there were mountains and wilderness outside and they were not familiar with the road. If they went out, they would not dare to go back to the village.

Lord Chen was depressed the next day.

He had two dark circles under his eyes and had been asking all morning, "Have Datou and the others returned?"

"No."

"Knock on the door again and call out all the villagers!" Lord Chen jumped up and down, "I will interrogate all of them, every single one of them!"

This is outrageous. This village is so weird!

Lord Chen was cursing in the mountain village. Lu Zhaoling and Zhou Shiyue hurried and arrived at the place where they met the villagers before.

After parking the car, Qinglin looked at the traces on the road and said, "Someone must have been here, and brought a prison car."

The wheel tracks of the prison car were deeper and wider.

Lord Chen completed the prince's order very carefully.

"Master Chen, I think it's time to go to the village and capture the man and bring him back to the government office in Beijing for interrogation." Qing Feng said.

Lu Zhaoling also got out of the car and took a closer look.

Zhou Shiyue said, "Go back to the capital directly?" He didn't know whether Lu Zhaoling wanted to go to the mountain village.

"Go up the mountain. Lord Chen and the others should not have returned yet." Lu Zhaoling said.