The stars are shining and the moon is brilliant.

When several people heard Feng Bingyao's name, they all fell into silence for a short time.

Tianwen scratched his head and patted Tie Tang on the shoulder: "This guy is not easy to deal with. Even the elders in my sect often read Taifu's articles."

Li Geng was also surprised and said softly: "Taifu is fascinated by poetry, has a masterful brushwork, elegant lyrics, and superb piano skills. He is truly an unprecedented talent and a leader in literature and art.

It is said that his state of mind cultivation is superior to that of a superhuman being. Almost all those who entered the imperial court and became officials, such as Tai Tu, were on the side of the Tai Tu."

"It's like saying, brother, now we are also on opposite sides?" Tie Tang didn't expect that eating melon would affect him.

Feng Bingyao interrupted Tie Tang's joke: "The Taifu has always been quiet and secretive, and he is the most profound person in the city among the three princes.

When it comes to the realm of cultivation, my master once said that among the three masters, the strongest among him and the three masters should be the Taifu. You must not underestimate him."

"I didn't expect it to be him!" Tie Tang was quite helpless.

He had actually met the Taifu once in Ziyuan Palace, but at that time he would never have thought that this was the Tianwen Sect who suppressed Su Zian.

"That may not be the case. I will write to my father to find out the details of the officials in Linjiang.

If the Taifu really wants to take action against you, this is not a trivial matter. He has deep calculations. Even if he doesn't kill you, he can still make your life worse than death."

"It's not that serious. After all, you are one of the three princes. Why do you have to deal with a little person like me?"

"You are no longer a nobody now, so why should you belittle yourself?"

"Hey, it's hard to join the world. I'll also write and ask Brother Su to find out what's going on."

……

Three days passed in a row.

During this period, Tie Tang also roughly knew the factions of Linjiang City officials through various channels, but he still didn't have much clue about their true purpose of dealing with him.

At the same time, they are also carrying out the task of clearing out the cult, which is also the focus of this trip.

"Brother Su mentioned in his reply to me that wars have broken out in various places in the past two days. Cults, among other things, are very good at deceiving people, especially some people who have been oppressed by local forces for a long time. Many people have been provoked.

As a scapegoat, everyone in Jiang Dynasty had trouble for it."

Tie Tang passed the official document in his hand to several people around him.

In fact, they also encountered this problem during the past three days.

There are many subordinate villages on the east side of Linjiang City, and their cultivation levels are relatively low. The column headed by Duan Jingrui discovered a village during the cleaning process, and almost 80 people had joined the Tianlu Sect.

Not only that, when they saw their deeds exposed, they even started to fight against the imperial court by using the banner of a cult on the spot.

At any other time, killing would be enough.

But most of these people are warriors in the physical realm, and there are not many in the secret realm of witchcraft. There are even many civilians who use farm tools to fight with the officers and soldiers.

Under such circumstances, Duan Jingrui did not dare to order a direct killing, or even to capture them all.

If 70% to 80% of the people in this village were captured, leaving some old, weak, women and children who could not even take care of themselves in daily life, and if they encountered some robbers, the beast would probably die.

In the end, Duan Jingrui only captured some shamans with higher cultivation levels, and the rest of the warriors were not captured by the common people.

When the matter came to Tie Tang, he was also a little embarrassed.

If these people are handed over, they will probably die according to common sense, and they will probably also implicate other people in the village.

But if you don't hand them over, not to mention your own dereliction of duty, letting them go will be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain, and there will always be hidden dangers.

"Wow, these people are invincible. They can't be caught or killed. It's really difficult to deal with." Tianwen scratched his head and couldn't think of a perfect solution.

Feng Bingyao looked at the letter in her hand and said slowly: "Things like this must happen everywhere. If we arrest and kill all the people, the guilt will be too great and no one can bear it.

Even kings and kings would have to die to apologize, not to mention the people in charge of collecting the money everywhere.

You used to have so many tricks in Qingshui City...you're not at a loss now, are you?"

Tie Tang walked slowly: "The villagers in the mountains are unreasonable, either to protect themselves, or they have been brainwashed by a cult. Joining a cult does not mean that you will be rebellious.

If everyone lives in peace and contentment and lives a worry-free life, no one will do the opposite.

If they dare to join a cult, they must be oppressed by the local government or powerful families. These people are the first to bear the blame.

We must arrest them. We must first arrest those unscrupulous village officials, and then through interrogation, we can find the source of spreading the cult.

Finally.

Then let the great monks and Taoist priests go to people to show their holiness, and give those people a god that can place their faith."

Tian Wen became excited when he heard this: "I like to appear holy in front of people, how can I do it?"

"It's simple. You transform into a mountain god, a river god, etc., and go to the homes of local villagers to solve their problems.

If you ask for money, give money, if you ask for rain, give them rain, if you want to treat them, you will treat them, if you want children, you will give them children, and so on. As long as you do more, people will naturally worship you."

"Ah? It's okay in the past. I'm begging for a son or a daughter... How can I do this?"

"With your current magical power, won't you be able to even give a child to someone else during your next trip to the underworld?"

"It's not that simple..." Tianwen still had no idea.

"You can do it. There is a big Buddha in your door. If you ask her for help, the underworld will not embarrass you for such a trivial matter. You must look at the Buddha's face even if you don't look at the monk's face."

"Then... I'll give it a try, I'm not sure it will work."

Li Geng heard something novel and became interested: "Brother Tie, what about the poor Taoist?"

"Brother Taoist can transform into various animals such as cows, dogs, foxes, rats, etc., and claims to be the god who protects the house. As long as their wishes are not too outrageous, he can satisfy them.

If they have any grievances, come back and tell me, and I will send someone to solve it."

"Yes, it's not difficult."

Tie Tang dealt with various problems encountered in an orderly manner. Within seven days, the entire area of ​​10,000 miles east of Linjiang City was thoroughly investigated.

There are not many cult members in the area he is responsible for, and some of them are small households. It is not complicated to solve the problem in a small village.

But it was different in other places, especially in the south direction, where two cult strongholds were uncovered in succession, not including the one Tie Tang found initially.

After this period of fermentation, the cult's counterattack horn was completely blown. Tie Tang continued to receive letters from Su Zian and learned many secrets.

Just like the previous attack on Hanhai City, cults from all over the country followed suit and have captured no less than twenty cities.

Once these cities were destroyed, not only would their belongings be looted, but even the residents in the cities would be killed or taken away, leaving only an empty city littered with corpses.

The news spread back to the Holy Capital, and the court was furious. Prince Wu and Mu also openly expressed their attitude, and they must completely eradicate all cults.

Among all the bad news, there is also good news.

For example, Sixianghou, who was originally excluded from the city, immediately received strong support from the court after the cult began to counterattack.

Linjiang officials no longer dared to prevent Sixiang Hou from entering the city, and even the highest command of Linjiang County was changed.

With an order from Sixiang Hou, Linjiang City's troops were requisitioned. When cleaning up the cults within Linjiang City, they also began to take Linjiang City as the center and radiate to all surrounding cities.

The tenth day after leaving Qingshui City.

Tie Tang checked the messages sent back by the ten columns as usual, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat, as if something had changed in the world.

He walked out of the wooden house, came to the top of the mountain, and looked into the distance.

The rising sun in the early morning has not yet completely risen, and the sky is covered by thick dark clouds. A fog gradually rises where the mountains and the sky meet in the distance.

Linjiang County is located in Youdu Prefecture, which is the place where the Yin Qi and the death Qi are the most abundant in the world.

But after seeing the fog, Tie Tang still felt frightened and unbelievable.

"How come there is so much Yin energy and death energy spreading?"

The gray mist in the distance is formed by the intersection of countless Yin Qi and Death Qi, and it far exceeds the limits of the past.

Once so much death energy and yin energy are inhaled into the body of ordinary people, they will not be able to live long at all. The physical body will be unable to bear it, and their lifespan will be greatly reduced.

Just as he was about to step forward to check, the voice of Si Xianghou came to his ears.

"Quickly count the troops and horses in your headquarters and return to Qingshui Town to guard!"

"Master Hou, what happened?"

"I don't know yet, but judging from the current situation...it should be the underworld that takes action. I thought it would be the Immortal Palace, but I didn't expect that it was the underworld that refused to be left alone.

You are the head of a county, I can’t keep you here, so go back first.”

Si Xianghou's tone was heavy and solemn, and it was obvious that even he could not easily solve the current problem.

"The underworld..."

Tie Tang frowned, not expecting the situation to progress to this point.

He immediately notified the ten columns with the help of the Thousand Mile Telephone Telegraph, gathered everyone, entered Linjiang City, and used the formation to circle back to Qingshui City.

At this time.

One day has passed since the mist was born.

As soon as Tie Tang came out of the formation, he immediately flew out the wind and thunder talisman and inspected the situation in Qingshui City from a high position.

Compared to the outside of Linjiang City, the Yin Qi that pervades the void in Qingshui City is more than a hundred times less deadly, but it is also far more abundant than usual.
To be continued...