Tai sui

In order to make a show for Jinping's unseen golden branches and jade leaves, the roaring machines in Ling County stopped for several days.The chimney closed its mouth, and when it snowed, a blue sky appeared immediately.

In the 29th year of Taiming, in the early morning of the second day of junior high school, the stars disappeared, leaving only Qiming.

Chaoyang splashed a bowl of blood in the east, it was as hypocritical as the magic circle on the melting furnace, it was just cold, sprinkled on the frost and snow, the frost and snow did not move at all.

Ling County is the last stop of Suling. King Zhuang left from here and went to Guzhou.Before leaving, His Highness, as if dealing with an errand, casually picked out some minor problems of the Suling Water Transportation Department and the commercial firm, and it was not a matter of rectifying them.

The county magistrate of Ling County and the backbone of the Chamber of Commerce were overjoyed, and they were going to ask someone to make these eight characters into a plaque that day.

Unexpectedly, extreme joy begets sorrow, and the plaque was not hung up after all.

That night, the corpses of the magistrate of Ling County and the president of the chamber of commerce were cut into a pile of minced meat.There is me in you, and there is you in me. They are inseparable in the factory area, blood splattered the whole street.

Needless to say, "Zebei Township" is worthy of the name.

The two people who died were not ordinary people. I wish there were more guards guarding the house than there were servants in the county government, not to mention the round-the-clock anti-pollution and exorcism circles in front of and behind the houses—anyway, they were better than melting gold. The magic circle on the stove is much faster.

The magistrate of Zheng County even used the inscription beyond the standard.

However, both the magic circle and the inscription were all destroyed by the unknown assassin's sword, and there was no trace of the second sharp weapon at the scene.Not to mention the family guards, the magistrate of Zheng County hung out with his concubine that night, and when he was gone, the person next to him didn't know anything.

Is this the means of a mortal?

Although there have always been evil activities among the people, the people have never fought against the officials.Xuanyin Mountain hasn't fallen yet, how dare these evil heretics be so rampant!

For a moment, all the senior officials and wealthy businessmen in Su Ling were panicked.The magistrate of Suling was furious, and sent someone to ask the local branch of Tianji Pavilion to investigate thoroughly. The holy beast soon smelled the traces of evil spirits.However, when Tianji Pavilion went to arrest people, those evil spirits had received the news in advance and fled away.

The story of the "hero" was quietly passed on from word to mouth among the common people, and those who usually scratched out their brains for three liang of copper coins were unanimously silent.

The silent people gradually understood the truth:

Is the deep house compound protected by the immortal family so indestructible?No, it turns out that those mysterious inscriptions can also be broken by people.

The tree is so big and its roots are deep. Is it really so unattainable that the rich and powerful can't be shaken even when the prince comes?No, it turns out that when the head is rolling all over the ground, no matter how tall the hat is, it is in vain.

The death pictures of the two people were quickly drawn into pamphlets and circulated in the hands of people who were not very literate.

Looking around, when everyone volunteered to be Xie Chong's accomplice, not to mention the extra-standard inscriptions on the front and back of a few houses, even the Xuanyin Zhenshan formation would tremble.

Anyway, the dignitaries in Su Ling panicked.

After the third day of junior high school, the yamen servants began to search from house to house, searching for the remnants of evil spirits, and indiscriminately captured the slightest suspicion.

Hades fainted, and the imp was naturally rampant.Yamen servants enforce the law impartially, and secretly take advantage of the opportunity to release people if they have money, but to jail if they have no money. Even a [-]-year-old man and a [-]-year-old child are taken away as "killing evil spirits", and the screams are loud.

The public grievances that were only one spark away from exploding the chamber finally boiled over.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, a group of ragged workers rushed into the county magistrate and inspector's house holding iron bars, shovels and other objects.

This incident caught everyone by surprise—whose family doesn't have a fairy magic circle to keep them safe?That thing is more effective than any housekeeper, and if it is punished by a fairy, no matter what kind of lion or tiger it is, it will be mature meat.

Who knew that one foot tall and one foot taller, those daring evil spirits mingled among the workers and helped them destroy the fairy artifacts and magic circles.

This time the cows and horses can be regarded as devouring people.

When the garrison of Suling Mansion arrived, none of the three inspectors from Ling County survived, the factory area was on fire, and Dawan's No. [-] gold-melting furnace broke down five times in New Year's Eve.

Sometimes, what is missing is a hole in the embankment, a knife that dares to be the first in the world.

Some people started, and then things got out of hand.

King Zhuang, who was supposed to go to Guzhou, disappeared mysteriously, and the Tianji pavilions in various places were incapable of doing so. Even Xi Ping only received a simple "well" from King Zhuang.

Xi Ping was already on board at this time.

He closed the white jade and couldn't breathe—in order to distinguish the remnants of Tai Sui, he had already wiped away the Qingxin Jue that Zhixiu had beaten on his altar.Originally, Xi Ping was already able to control his own consciousness, and initially "not moved by foreign objects".But in the past few days, for some reason, there are suddenly more people shouting "Tai Sui".

Those noises continued day and night, even if he got rid of the distracting thoughts and settled down, they still beat on his altar wave after wave, disturbing him to the point of restlessness.

"No, I'm about to suffocate, go out and get some air." Xi Ping and Xi Yue confessed and walked onto the deck.

At this time, the sun was setting, and the long chants of water dragons could be heard on the deck, and a faint salty smell came over their faces—they had already reached the sea.

The itinerary of the spirit stone escort ship going north was different from that of Xi Ping. After they set off from Dawan’s station, they walked north for a short distance, turned into the Chunqiu River, and went east directly to the sea. After entering Dawan territory, they passed through Liaoshui Wharf enters the port and returns to the inland canal.

This is because the escort fleet is comparable to a navy, and water dragons are added to clear the way. When they get out of the river, others cannot cross.Except for their own territory, no one will give them Qinghe.

Furthermore, the official ship escorted the spirit stones, sealed them, counted them, and stored them...every link was extremely strict—it wasn’t that Zhuang Wang sent Xi Ping pocket money, and it didn’t matter if it was lost by the magic circle, the two of them No one cares - the number of spirit stones is wrong, and the monks and boatmen of the entire fleet will have to blame.It is not safe to walk inland rivers, even if no one has set up a cannon on land to wait for them, they can't stand others burying magic circles under the river when passing through other countries' jurisdictions.

"Your Majesty." A boy serving food greeted Xi Ping graciously, "After entering the sea, the boat will swing, you will not get seasick, and I will bring you a cup of Nanpu Niang later?"

Xi Ping hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Forgive me, don't give me some salty food again, the pool of acid water in my stomach can supply a factory building - this is to serve Senior Brother Lin?"

"Hey, yes!"

Xi Ping: "Then hurry up, he will attack you again later."

Lin Zhaoli had just crossed the Foundation Establishment Pass, his state was not stable, and he hadn't yet bigued.This gentleman has a serious problem. He only brings the tableware with him, and the placement of the bowls, chopsticks and plates must be fixed. There is no rule on how many grains of rice are in the bowl.

Xi Ping suspected that what he was cultivating was the "Smart Way of Things"-this way has no other benefits, except that it makes it easier for others to poison him.

When passing by the young servant, Xi Ping slightly hooked his left hand hidden under the wide sleeve, and the young servant's eyes were blank for a moment, as if he had been briefly taken away.

Xi Ping used the hands he had practiced in gambling dice when he was young, quickly picked up a charm, swept it around the food, and the charm dissipated in his palm.Immediately afterwards, a very thin puff of white gas rose from the tea in the tray, and disappeared in mid-air.

This action was only in a flash, and the boy's scattered eyes quickly converged, he shook his head, and muttered: "What's the sound..."

Then he walked on, oblivious to what had just happened.

Xi Ping idly leaned on the railing and looked at the sea, and "heard" the boy calling Tai Sui to pray in his heart: "Tai Sui blesses this trip with success."

Xi Ping thought to himself: Fuck you, if it doesn't work, I'll have to curse you.

Although he still can't do anything about those noises at the moment, if he meets a Tai Sui believer face to face, his left hand that was broken once will be very good, and he can grasp it accurately.On this escort ship, except for Wuchang and Lu Chengyi, the rest of the "uneven cicadas" are all mortals.Xi Ping tried a few times, and found that the strings he plucked with his left hand could only affect ordinary people—one time, while there was a musician at a banquet, he tried to pluck the strings in Lu Chengyi's mind, but instead of affecting the other party's sanity, Xi Ping tried to pluck the strings. Instead, he came across Lu Chengyi's inspiration.

Xi Ping deduced that this should be due to his own lack of cultivation.

Fortunately, Lu Chengyi stepped on two boats this time and was ready to flee to death. He didn't intend to let the people in this fleet go back alive, and he didn't want to bring the other monks who were in trouble.

Lin Zhaoli opened the door for the boy who delivered the food, and glanced at Xi Ping who was blowing in the wind not far away.It must have been after hearing Xi Ping's words that he dismissed him, Lin Zhaoli didn't appreciate it.

This old man likes to ignore everyone, anyway, in the escort fleet, even the admiral Zhao Zhenwei is not worthy of being an old man. He turned down the black eyes who questioned Qingtian - he only went to Princess Anyang Xin, comforted Zhou Qing repeatedly before leaving, and promised earnestly that she would come back as soon as possible, and would not let His Highness be trapped in the South Mine alone.

Xi Ping looked at his inseparable strength with cold eyes, and almost wanted to sigh: As for your weak and helpless Highness, it has only been three days since the boat sailed, and you have already arranged for someone to prescribe medicine for you twice. She is too afraid that you will go back. .

It can be seen that Brother Lin, a foundation-building monk from the direct line of the Lin family, has a reason why he can't even settle the South Mine.In Xi Ping's opinion, it's a pity that this kind of talent remains in the world, so it's better to go back to the inner door to retreat as soon as possible.

The talisman he used to detoxify was a special miasma-clearing technique, and as soon as he heard the name, he knew it was taught by Pang Jian.

Senior Brother Pang said that medicine and poisoning are broad and profound, so don’t worry about it temporarily. If you want to prevent others from plotting against you, just remember one thing—it is impossible for ordinary people to poison monks. , Immediately touches the monk's inspiration.

If you want to poison a monk, you must have another Taoist who uses spiritual energy to weave a poisonous miasma.

He didn't care what kind of poison the poison was, as long as he used the miasma-clearing technique to disperse the aura in the poison. With a monk's physique, he can drink Hedinghong Broken Heart Powder casually.

At first, Xi Ping was still thinking about how to make up a lie so that he could pass on the news he had heard to Lao Pang.Unexpectedly, on the night of the one-day trip to the Sibei Building, Senior Brother Pang went through the wall to find him, watched him practice the miasma clearing technique, and told him: "Remember to use what Anyang gave you."

Xi Ping: "..."

By the way, this Pang Dutong was almost perfected in Jinping City, and he could tell that the old fox had already smelled something wrong.

Although the two usually cheat each other, they have a tacit understanding when they are in agreement with each other, and a pair of eyes can match each other.

Pang Jian said seriously: "Your master should give you the means to save your life?"

"Yes," Xi Ping also replied seriously, "It's a great way to spend money."

"Get out," Pang Jian kicked him, and said again, "Lin Zhaoli is a two hundred and five, and that Zhao Zhenwei, I think his mind is on the sidelines. Both things are unreliable. You first reminded me of that Lu , I don't know how you figured it out, but I think your idea is right."

Xi Ping sat up straight, and then heard Pang Jian say: "I checked this person's background, just like me, he grew up in a mine, and became a miner himself when he became an adult. He should be born with a high level of inspiration. Soaking in the spiritual mine, the chance coincidence opened the spiritual aperture. Although many resident managers in the mine have entered the door like this, it is not a good thing for the miners to open the spiritual aperture-the first thing to do is to suspect that you are not guarding yourself. After being caught and investigated for several rounds, you can only stay in the mine office as a registered disciple if you prove that there is no problem... As for whether you will be searched for a fool by the soul search, or pass the test and become a half-immortal, it mainly depends on whether there is anyone in the mine who can talk People protect you. Back then, the person Bao Lu agreed to was Liang Chen. It stands to reason that this kind of kindness is so great that it is enough to recognize someone as a godfather, but the strange thing is that the two people have no intersection since then. "

They have been in the South Mining Elementary School for 200 years, and their relationship is as distant as that of ordinary colleagues. Even the signature record when handing over the Ling Mine shows that among the top ten mine supervisors, Lu Chengyi and Liang Chen have the least number of handovers.They seemed to avoid suspicion deliberately.

"If there is a real problem with Anyang, this trip may be dangerous," Pang Jian said, "So, find an excuse to stay with me in the mine..."

When Xi Ping heard this, he quit, thinking that I didn't come here in vain?

"If you are seeking wealth in danger, you may be able to find out the other party's background." Xi Pingdao, "Brother, this is a big matter. The people walking in the world under you are basically from everyone, and their identities and backgrounds are intertwined. If His Highness Anyang has problems, you Who do you trust now?"

Pang Jian: "..."

He really is useless.

"It's up to me." Xi Ping licked his lips, "Don't worry, senior brother, no one knows that I am born with a spiritual bone. I take it seriously. If it doesn’t work, I can still sell my appearance, which is better than you, do you admit it?”

Pang Jian: "What's so beautiful, you little boy."

He frowned and thought again and again, but there was really no other way.

"If there is really something about Anyang here, I can't figure out what she is planning. Dawan belongs to their family. Has she lost her mind and stole her things with others..." Pang Jian frowned again, "We already know that this The 'family thief' knows Nanshu."

Xi Ping reacted quickly: "If they want to find foreign aid for something, they must borrow the strength of Nanshu."

"Nanshu is easy to say, you have harmed them once, once they are born and second times are familiar." Pang Jian waved his hand, "I want to remind you, be careful of Chu State and Beili—especially Chu people, they disturbed them by the spirit beast pool that day combine."

Xi Ping didn't know anything about the affairs of his family, country, and world, so he said "ah" in a daze: "Why?"

"Because Nanshu doesn't border our country, you are an ignorant thing!" Pang Jian slapped him on the back of the head, hating that iron can't make steel, "Although Lingyun's gang of beast tamers are not necessarily good Goods, but they definitely don’t want to see domestic turmoil in my Dawan. Now that the whole country has become a "land of chaos", the national strength of the Shu Kingdom has no chance of winning against the Xiang Clan of the Chu Kingdom—read some books for me on the way, young master ! At least know the history within 200 years?"

"Ugh……"

When Xi Ping thought of the word "reading", it was as if he had been cursed, and all the muscles in his body throbbed and ached.He lingered on the railing like a dead dog for a long time. Seeing that the sea was full of water, there was really nothing to see. Sanji".

Turning over the mustard seeds, he paused—there was a bunch of things in the mustard seeds.

Desserts, special rouge, gadgets...they were what Princess Anyang asked him to bring back to Mrs. Cui.

He has checked everything with a small heart, and there is no problem.Even Xi Ping took a quick scan and found that the color of the rouge was his mother's usual preference.Because he casually mentioned lotus cakes, Zhou Qing asked someone to wrap several large boxes for him in Sibei Building.

Before leaving, His Royal Highness deliberately grabbed him and told him: "Your senior brother Lin needs to strengthen his cultivation. If there is no major issue, he will not show up easily. Just listen to your senior brother Lu on the way. He has been escorted by Lingshi all his life, and he will do nothing. Know."

Xi Ping sighed, Zhou Qing was not talking nonsense, she should indeed have had friendship with Madam Cui when she was young.The reason why he "listened to Senior Brother Lu" was because she thought Lu Chengyi was her own.

She also thought that she was on this murderous ship and pointed out a safe area for him.

"Aunt Qing," Xi Ping couldn't hold back at that time, and said tentatively to Anyang, "You are not happy working in the mine, and you feel aggrieved, so you might as well go back to Qianxiu Temple. After a few years in charge, you will enter the inner sect more often. Well, this shitty place doesn't deserve you at all."

Zhou Qing's smile faded at that time, and the girl's face was suddenly stained with wind and frost. After a long silence, she said: "The surname is Zhou, and His Majesty is still thinking hard. Can I leave him and escape into the mountains by myself?" ? It’s just that your skills are limited, and there’s not much you can do to help him... You kid doesn’t understand.”

So you "helped" him communicate with foreign countries and steal his own spiritual mine?

Xi Ping really didn't understand, and he still couldn't figure it out when he thought about it.

He flipped through the book without looking at it, and "heard" the Tai Sui believers on the boat who had been marked by him begging for the blessing of the gods, so he "looked" at the past with the altar.

I just heard the believer say to Lu Chengyi: "The second pair of 'Mirage Powder' has already been eaten by the surname Lin, and the last pair will be taken in the morning of the next day, and it will be effective on the same day. By then, we will just arrive at the soul-returning vortex, brothers. All ready."