Lying under the copper incense burner was an unkempt beggar, dressed in ragged clothes and as thin as a bamboo pole.

"It's very cold in early spring, so this beggar should be hiding under the incense burner to keep warm..."

Zhang Muzhi repeatedly confirmed that the beggar was still breathing, and injected hair-growing energy into the beggar's body so that the stagnant Yin energy in his body would no longer spread. Then he stood up and said to Liu Meng: "Gather the injured ghost soldiers, I will

Use incense to help him recover after he returns!"

"As for those who died in the battle..." After the ghost died, it disintegrated into Yin Qi, but it could not be repaired, and Zhang Mu's face showed a gloomy look.

Liu Meng advised: "My lord, there is no need to do this. It is our duty to wrap our bodies in leather, let alone die fighting to eradicate the evil god..."

Zhang Muzhi nodded and spoke after a moment of silence: "The county god is responsible for guarding the peace of the people. Although the city god of Jiangning has his own way of killing himself, he must not implicate the people. You and a pair of ghost soldiers are responsible for maintaining order in Jiangning County to prevent evil spirits.

, evil spirits take the opportunity to cause chaos."

Liu Meng clasped his fists and agreed: "Lord, don't worry!"

"You can call back the many secret servants, scribes, day and night wandering gods who escaped during yesterday's war. After Prime Minister Wen appoints the new Jiangning City God, you can return to Laojun Temple." Zhang Muzhi instructed carefully.

"My subordinates understand!"

Zhang Muzhi waved at the door of the City God's Temple: "Tong'er! Come!"

The boy in black with a serious face approached. Zhang Muzhi took the confession from the boy and read it again, and handed it to Liu Meng: "Send someone to the City God's Mansion in Nanjing and submit it to Prime Minister Wen, so that the Prime Minister can know about me.

Wait for the teacher to become famous!"

Liu Meng nodded: "The secret agents under Prime Minister Wen who came to help have not left yet, so I can ask them to forward it on my behalf."

Zhang Muzhi thought for a moment and felt that there was nothing omitted: "You can just go and cook!"

Liu Meng did not leave, however. After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Master, this beggar..."

Zhang Muzhi sighed: "I have now practiced the Hair-Growing Thunder, which is supposed to remove the Yin Qi entrenched in his body. However, my cultivation is still shallow and I cannot be meticulous, otherwise it will damage his meridians, so I have to grind it with water.

Into the thunderous intention little by little, the Yin Qi will be consumed..."

"Then we will find a doctor and prescribe some medicines that strengthen Qi and blood, and are gentle and nourishing, so that he can recover."

Liu Meng couldn't help but persuade: "Lord, Zuo is just someone who no one cares about..."

Zhang Muzhi waved his hand: "This person was indeed affected by our negligence. Since I have met him, I will naturally do my best to treat him."

Liu Meng hesitated for a moment, then reminded him: "People like Qi'er are like dog-skin plasters. It will take seven or eight days for the master to cure him. By then, he is afraid that he will stick to the master and be unable to get rid of him..."

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Zhang Muzhi nodded and said no more.

Liu Meng knew that Zhang Muzhi had made up his mind, so he could only sigh: "My lord, you have mercy!"

Zhang Muzhi shook his head gently: "It's not that I'm merciful, but that all those who practice Taoism will be like this!"

"This little boy in black looks so much like my lord, he didn't know where he came from..."

Liu Meng turned around and left, assigning Zhao Qiang's Fire Gun Army and Sun Han's Scout Army to guard Jiangning County, while he himself took the cavalry and the infantry under Zhou Zhuang's command back to Laojun Temple for repairs.

Then the Liujia god turned into light and flew into the Liujia seal around his waist, and the boy in black flew into the Fengdu seal. The square in front of the City God's Temple suddenly became empty.

I looked up at the sky and saw that the east was already white.

"Supreme Taiyi saves Ku Tianzun!"

Zhang Muzhi sighed, then bent down and carefully picked up the sleeping beggar on his back, and walked to the inn he had booked.

After arriving at the inn and knocking on the door, the waiter opened the door with dark circles under his eyes: "Last night I dreamed of an army fighting... Taoist priest, how did you come in from outside?"

Zhang Muzhi said: "Pindao went out for something last night and didn't stay in the room overnight. My second brother helped me find a barrel and boiled some hot water and sent it to my room. I'll pay you more for firewood then."

The younger brother was blown by the cool breeze and sobered up a little. Then he noticed that there was another person carrying Zhang Muzhi behind him. He looked at it carefully and said in surprise: "Isn't this Chen Gou Sheng from the street? This rogue guy,

How did the Taoist priest carry him back?"

Zhang Muzhi had no choice but to explain: "When Pindao came back, he saw him fainted in the square. He thought about whether he could be saved, so he carried him back. The second brother boiled hot water and then found a pair of clean clothes to bring with him.

Count the money for you!"

The younger brother had a very exciting expression on his face: "Okay, don't worry, Taoist Master, I'll go get ready right now!" After saying that, he opened the door and invited Zhang Muzhi in.

Zhang Muzhi carried Chen Goucheng upstairs, and vaguely heard the second brother muttering below: "This Taoist master is also a weirdo... Instead of going to the Taoist temple to check in, he stayed in an inn... and he even carried a beggar back from the street..."<

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Zhang Muzhi shook his head and ignored it.

After a while, the second brother asked two people to carry the bath bucket and bring the clothes in. After Zhang Muzhi thanked him, he put Chen Goucheng into the bucket. After struggling for a long time, the bucket of water was completely black.

Only then can it be considered clean.

"Brother Chen looks quite young, but he has become a beggar somehow?"

Zhang Muzhi helped Chen Gou Sheng wipe it, changed his clothes, and let him lie flat on the bed. He then used the power of thunder to carefully penetrate Chen Gou Sheng's body to eliminate the stagnant Yin Qi in his meridians.

After working hard for half an hour, Chen Gou Sheng's face turned a little rosy, and his limbs were not as cold and stiff as they were at the beginning.

Later, Zhang Muzhi asked the store owner for rice porridge to feed him. Although Chen Gouzheng was not awake, he swallowed the rice porridge instinctively.

"It's good if I can eat! I need to find a doctor to prescribe some medicine to nourish qi and blood."

Zhang Muzhi couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that Chen Goucheng was gradually improving.

After noon, Zhang Muzhi walked out of the inn to ask for a doctor. He saw many people gathered in the Square of the City God Temple. Looking at the broken temple door and the statue of the City God with its head missing, they couldn't help but whisper to each other.

Some people said that when they heard the sound of soldiers and horses fighting last night, it was because demons were attacking the City God's mansion. Others said that the City God must have done something evil and was beheaded by the heavenly soldiers and generals. There are different opinions and mixed opinions.

Zhang Muzhi listened casually for a while, then ignored it, went to a pharmacy and invited a doctor named Wang back.

Doctor Wang carefully felt Chen Gouchen's pulse, opened his eyelids and took a look, then felt the meridians of his hands and feet again, and said hesitantly: "I think Chen Gouchen has evil energy invading his body and blocking his meridians. He is having a stroke!"

Is it okay to just prescribe medicine to replenish qi and blood?"

Zhang Muzhi nodded: "I know how to use massage techniques to clear my meridians and remove evil spirits from my body. Mr. Wang just prescribes medicine!"

"Stroke is almost an incurable disease, and it can be cured with just a few pills and massage."

Doctor Wang stroked his beard and shook his head with disapproval on his face, but he still prescribed the medicine at Zhang Muzhi's insistence.

Zhang Muzhi sent Dr. Wang back and went to the drugstore to pick up medicine. On the way, Dr. Wang asked if Chen Goucheng and Zhang Muzhi were related.

"Pindao and Brother Chen don't know each other." Zhang Muzhi shook his head.

Doctor Wang was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but remind him in a low voice: "Taoist priest is very compassionate, Chen Gou Sheng is a little man like a beggar..."

Zhang Muzhi stopped, bowed and saluted Dr. Wang: "I would like to thank the elder for his kind advice, but no kindness can be great or small, so I am willing to do my best."

Doctor Wang shook his head and stopped trying to persuade him.

It's night in Chenghuang's Mansion in Nanjing.

Prime Minister Wen listened carefully to Fan Tingwei's report on the course of the war, and also watched in detail the confession sent by Zhang Muzhi.

"We all underestimated this Jiangning City God. We didn't expect that he was so hidden that he actually trained more than two thousand evil ghosts into an army."

Prime Minister Wen couldn't help stroking his beard and sighed.

"Yes! In order to support the ghost army under the command of Wei Guogong in Yanjing, our court transferred nearly 70% of the incense produced in the country. This Jiangning is just a county. Even if it is richer, how can it produce such incense?"

I can't help but be surprised.

Prime Minister Wen closed his eyes and shook his head: "It's just like those evil spirits who deceive and blackmail the people. In order to lead out the black hands behind him, we have indeed indulged him a little in recent years."

Seeing that Prime Minister Wen was unwilling to mention the matter, the assistant officer changed the subject: "For the new Jiangning City God, I wonder if the Prime Minister has a candidate?"

Prime Minister Wen waved Fan Tingwei away, and then said: "I do have someone I like. What do you think of Tao Youren?"

The assistant officer thought for a moment and felt a little worried: "Tao Youren led people to fight against the bandits. The lower official also heard about it, but his reputation was only spread in the countryside. This time, he was promoted from a seventh-rank earth god to a third-rank Lingyou.

Hou, can he sit still?"

Prime Minister Wen said: "Aren't he and the Little Heavenly Master neighbors? The Little Heavenly Master has soldiers under his command. If he is asked to help him, won't the position of the City God be secure?"

The assistant officer was stunned, and then asked curiously: "This little heavenly master doesn't know where the incense comes from. He can refine these ghost soldiers, and he doesn't seem to worry about the cost of raising an army in the future? His Laojun Temple can't produce these incense anyway.

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Prime Minister Wen smiled and said: "You will know if you call someone here and ask, but you have to wait a few more days. Yesterday, I sensed that a big shot from the upper world was coming to Jiangning County. By coincidence, I was invited by this little heavenly master.

Go back, and when he has taken care of things, we will send someone to summon him!"

Nowadays, all over the world, city gods, land, etc. are all enshrined as gods after death, but they are still essentially the property of ghosts.

But for a figure like Prime Minister Wen, whose name has gone down in history, he has been worshiped by the people for generations. His soul has long been condensed to the point where the yin and yang are born, and his supernatural powers are almost the same as those of the gods from the upper world. Only then can he feel that someone from the upper world is coming to Jiangning County.
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Therefore, the officials of the Nanjing City God's Mansion never worried about what the Jiangning City God's rebellious behavior would accomplish.

Assistant Officer: "Prime Minister, this is written in the confession of Jiangning City God, and it involves the Yuanjue Temple..."
Chapter completed!