At the Sheriff's Mansion, the old staff member pulled Liu Gaohua to the back door of the official residence. Liu Gaohua saw a carriage ready, as if he was about to go on a long trip. The old man stretched out his palm and said with a smile: "Sir, please get in the carriage."
A woman opened the curtain, pear blossoms looked like rain. When she saw that it was her younger brother Liu Gaohua, she felt a little relieved. She lowered the curtain and leaned against the wall of the car. She missed Liu Lang.
Liu Gaohua was confused, "Uncle Song, what are you doing?"
The old gentleman said solemnly: "The Sheriff wants me to escort you out of the city."
Liu Gaohua became anxious, "What are you doing out of the city at this time? Is Rouge County really in danger of a disaster? Uncle Song, the more this happens, the less I can leave here. What should I do if something happens to dad?"
The old staff member who had been in the county governor's mansion for many years laughed and said, "If something really happens, what can you, a helpless scholar, do?"
Liu Gaohua was speechless.
The old man urged: "Sir, let's go, the eldest lady is still waiting."
Liu Gaohua shook his head and said: "I'm not leaving anyway! If I want to leave, let my sister go alone..."
Before Liu Gaohua finished speaking, he suddenly ran towards the back door, but as soon as his eyes were blurred, he found that the old man had blocked the door at some point. When Liu Gaohua stopped, the old man smiled, like an old fox, sizing up the young man in front of him,
"Uncle Song has been around in the world, and he knows a little bit about tricks. Are you going to get on the carriage by yourself, or will you choose to be knocked unconscious by me and carry you on the carriage? To be honest, Uncle Song is already an old man, running around with someone on his back.
, can you bear it?”
Liu Gaohua stiffened his neck and said, "Knock me out!"
The old staff member sighed, "Your father knows about your bad temper. He originally wanted me to tell you something. I was afraid of hurting the relationship between you and my son, so I deliberately hid it. Now that you are so virtuous, I have no choice but to tell you the truth."
Now, your father is telling you, 'Liu Gaohua, you haven't done anything to make me happy in the past twenty years, so don't stay in the house and be an eyesore, okay?'"
Liu Gaohua's eyes were red and his lips were trembling.
Liu Gaohua was silent for a moment and said feebly: "Where is my sister?"
The old staff member shook his head and said: "I can't care about it for the moment. You and the eldest lady should leave first. I have already sent someone to find the second lady."
Liu Gaohua was going to be stubborn again, and the thin old man became anxious. He stamped his feet and said angrily: "My eldest son Liu, I am not telling you that a big man, mother-in-law, and mother-in-law can achieve great things!"
Liu Gaohua said aggrievedly: "My parents don't care, and my sister doesn't care either. It's surprising that a heartless bastard like me can achieve such great things!"
The old man was choked by these words and shouted angrily: "Let's go, let's go quickly."
Liu Gaohua was a little confused and always felt that whatever he did was wrong.
At this time, he felt the heavy burdens that had been weighing heavily on his heart before, such as his father who was busy with official affairs and moral articles, liked to talk to outsiders, was willing to play chess with the family members all afternoon, and never hesitated to praise the children of all his close friends.
He was only lukewarm towards his biological son, especially after his expectations for the imperial examination failed, and he would use words to stab him...
Only now do I realize that these things are nothing to worry about.
The old man sighed and said, "Let's go. If you stay here, you will only cause trouble and make your parents worry in vain."
Liu Gaohua smiled miserably, "Then let's go."
The old man nodded, and when Liu Gaohua got into the carriage, the old man drove the carriage slowly out of the streets where every door was closed, with horses hooves wagging all the way to the south of the city.
On the road, I looked around at the scene of the county city. Most of the streets were still bustling with tourists, shops, and bustle. I had no idea that the crisis had enveloped the entire city, and there was a thin line between life and death. According to General Ma, the demon must be so aggressive.
Be prepared. If the worst-case scenario comes, hundreds of people will not die. In the history of Caiyi Kingdom, there have been many disasters that the court has defined as plagues, which have harmed tens of thousands of people, including the evil master of the evil way.
Formation, or some filthy magic weapons are out of control. People who die in such accidents often leave their bodies to be exposed to the sun without daring to collect their bodies for burial. This was the case with the plague that affected Rouge County and others.
There are large mass graves covering hundreds of miles around.
When innocence is about to collapse, who among the ignorant people can escape? Unless there is a tall man who can withstand it. If you can't, you will have to wait for death.
The old man felt a little emotional in his heart. What the Sheriff's Mansion and Prefect Liu did this time made him, an old staff member, look up to him with admiration.
Prefect Liu paid money to ask Chongmiao Taoist Feijian to send a message. It is true that the Lingxi sect will definitely send people to rescue. It is true that Cai Luan can carry people to ride the wind and quickly go south. It is true that it is true.
But how fast, Governor Liu lied, Cai Luan flew alone and could indeed reach the sky above Rouge County at noon tomorrow. However, if he carried two or three people, he might not be able to approach the northern border of Rouge County at night.
Why did Liu Taishou lie? Because as the head of a county on the Mu Shou side, Liu Taishou needs someone to stand up in times of crisis. These people can support Cai Luan until Cai Luan arrives with people. That is the best result. If they can support
By noon tomorrow, everyone who has shown up and forged a personal vendetta against the demon will actually have no way out and can only live and die with the county and city.
If the big demon lurking in the city keeps his troops stationary and does not cause trouble until noon tomorrow, it will be fine. Prefect Liu will still have a way to force him to show up.
If Rouge County declares war on its own initiative, the demon can still endure until the day after tomorrow. It doesn't matter, the county will be in a good situation for reinforcements from all directions by then, especially the Immortal Master of the Lingxi Sect is really about to arrive. Liu Taishou will not be worried about the situation.
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So, when a scholar is cornered and becomes ruthless, he can drown someone if he is full of evil.
This was also the first time that the old man really got to know his mastermind Liu Taishou. Instead of being disappointed, the old man felt that it was worth a drink.
It's a pity that the chance is probably slim.
Before deceiving the young master Liu Gaohua to the back door, the old man had some heartfelt words with Prefect Liu.
Governor Liu said frankly that if the disaster in Rouge County ended with the death of one or two hundred people, he would definitely run away if he could. But if many, many innocent people were to die, he would not run away.
At that time, the scholar in official uniform pointed to his heart and said that something was wrong here.
He also said that he had read so many books by saints and sages, and he could be said to have been old friends with them for many years. If he survived this time, he might not have the shame to read the books in the future, and would not be able to see those old friends.
"If I never read again in this life, what fun would there be in living?"
The father-in-law of Rouge County, who had never experienced war or gunfire in his life, actually had his teeth chattering, his face turning pale, and his legs swaying, no matter how hard he tried to hide it, when he spoke those sincere words.
Let the old staff see everything clearly.
Speaking bold words with such a cowardly attitude,
It seems quite funny.
But the old staff member couldn't laugh, nor did he think it was funny.
Some scholars who have become officials are indeed different from those poor scholars who think they have not been recognized for their talents and were born at the wrong time.
The old man who acted as the groom recovered his thoughts and accelerated his horse's hooves out of the city.
The old man couldn't help but look back. He didn't know where the naughty apprentice he had secretly taken in had gone to play. He couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked. He just asked him not to get into trouble. This time, Rouge County's catastrophe will definitely not happen.
It's not something she can make into paste.
The old man shook his head and said helplessly: "The rivers and lakes are murky and the mountains are windy. It's hard to get along anywhere. Is it so difficult to make a living and make a living?"
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There is a rice shop in the north of Rouge County. It has been open for more than 20 years. The owner of the shop is a tall, thin old man who is taciturn all year round. The two guys in the shop who have followed the old man and have taken root in the county are not very fond of joking, but they often go to Chenghuang.
They burn incense in the pavilion, which makes the neighbors feel better. In addition, the rice and mountain delicacies sold in the rice shop are of high quality and low price, so the business is not bad.
Today, two outsiders came to Mipu, a middle-aged couple who looked honest and honest. The shop closed early. A young waiter who was newly recruited by Mipu at the end of winter last year explained that it was shopkeeper Mi who came with distant relatives.
No one thinks it's strange. It's normal for relatives who haven't visited in so many years to talk more after meeting.
After the shop closed, the shop owner and his wife sat at the table. There was a sumptuous meal on the table, and the aroma was fragrant. The three shop assistants gathered together from a distance to eat melon seeds. Obviously, they were not qualified to sit down.
The man who had come from afar stretched out his hand and grabbed a greasy chicken leg, gnawing it wildly. He held a wine bottle in one hand, and when he raised his head to pour the wine, half of it spilled out.
The woman tilted her head slightly, pinched the skin of her chin with two fingers, and tore off a thin piece of dough with a light tear. She threw it heavily on the table, then leaned back on the chair and exhaled heavily, "
This piece of shit is really painful to wear, I can’t breathe smoothly, and it costs thirty pieces of snow…”
The three store clerks in the distance gasped. The woman who had taken off her disguise looked really ugly!
The three brothers looked at each other and smiled, feeling that for thirty cents for that piece of dough, it was a great deal for the woman to buy it.
As the woman spoke, she stretched out her other hand, tore off the second piece of dough, and threw it on the table.
The three of them were stunned and swallowed.
This old lady was extremely good-looking. The three of them began to pray in unison that she would not have a third face. So when the woman raised her arms again, the three of them wailed silently in their hearts. Oh well, she is actually an ugly woman. Unexpectedly, she has a charming appearance.
The man gave them a wink, and said delicately: "No, sister looks like this, isn't she beautiful?"
The owner of the rice shop said angrily: "Hurry up and get down to business."
The man raised his chin to signal the woman to talk, while he was busy drinking and eating meat.
The woman took out a small mirror, straightened her black hair and temples in front of it, and said lazily: "Mi Laomo, we are here to share the stolen goods with you."
The old man picked up a chopstick of pickled vegetables and chewed them in his mouth until they were crispy. He frowned and said, "You haven't even gotten the stolen goods yet, but you want to divide them? Are you two mentally ill?"
The woman lowered the mirror slightly and said with a charming smile: "You and Liuli Immortal are very close and have an irreversible relationship. They have been old friends for more than a hundred years. Of course we husband and wife know this. The ship is about to sink. Mi Laomo, you can't accompany me."
Did he drown together?
The old man who was called Milaomo stopped his chopsticks and asked, "How do you say it?"
"It's so beautiful. It's a top-quality product that costs eighty cents. But I'm too cowardly. I asked two hundred cents for it, but they didn't dare to help me make a dough that's 70-80% similar to He Xiaoliang's.
"After the woman put down the mirror, she tore off another piece of face, revealing her old face covered with freckles.
The man's mouth was full of oil, and he said with a smile: "That's right, if I can be like He Xiaoliang or Su Jia, seventy-eight points like them, not to mention two hundred snow, five hundred, I will be willing to pay. One night
, hugging He Xiangu or Su Xianzi and rolling into bed, tsk tsk tsk, what a magical day, I can keep the lights off all night!"
The woman rolled her eyes at the man and continued talking about the business, "A young swordsman from the Shengao Sect named Fu also joined the Lingxi Sect's southward team. He was young and had an air of arrogance as high as the sky. On the way south, two Lingxi Sect members
Ancestor, he worshiped the little girl as a Bodhisattva."
The old man in the shop put down his chopsticks with a heavy expression on his face, "Seriously?"
The woman nodded and said: "If that's not the case, we husband and wife want to break up the partnership in advance and leave you behind. What good will it do? We won't do anything that harms others and is not beneficial to ourselves. If we are too unscrupulous in business, we will definitely not be able to build a long-lasting time-honored brand.
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The old man asked a key question, "How do you know that people from the Shen Gao Sect are involved? The Lingxi Sect has spies planted by you? And their seniority is not low?"
The woman asked, "Is this strange?"
The old man sneered, and said with a smile: "It turns out that all the business is done in the mountains, I admire you."
The man threw the chicken leg frame to the ground, and said carelessly: "It would be great to reach the top of the mountain, right? Our petty fight is nothing."
The woman said straightforwardly: "Mi Laomo, this is what happened. Just tell me the truth. If you are determined to be tied to the Liuli Immortal, our husband and wife will leave after dinner without saying a word. Lingxi will send you the order."
It’s enough for us to make a lot of money. If you are willing to be of one mind with us, then make a careful calculation. After killing the Glazed Immortal, activate the formation in advance and take advantage of the chaos to seize the magic weapon and run away."
The tall, thin old man hesitated.
The man wiped his mouth and said, "If you kill the Glazed Immortal, not only will his Glazed Lamp belong to you, but all the belongings of your old friend, as much as you can find, will be yours, but the seal must belong to us."
Milao Mo pondered for a moment, "Wait a moment."
He turned to look at the youngest disciple and said, "Throw a copper coin and tell the fortune."
The young waiter had handsome features, red lips and white teeth, and a bright smile. He took out a handful of copper coins, held them in his hands, squatted on the ground, raised his head and asked, "Old rice, is there any benefit?"
The old man said calmly: "There is no need to wear those women's clothes every night."
The other two disciples looked at each other with normal expressions and smiled. The young man blushed slightly and said coquettishly: "What kind of benefit is this? Lao Mi, why don't you change it?"
The old man thought for a while and said, "I'll give you 10% of the benefits."
The young man with a soft voice asked: "With the benefits, will the disciple still have his life spent?"
Mi Laomo glanced coldly at the two disciples who had been in the business for a long time, nodded to the young man and said, "Yes."
The young man smiled charmingly, bit his finger, and smeared blood on the coins one by one. Finally, he scattered a handful of them, looked at them for a moment, raised his head and said in surprise: "Good luck!"
Mi Lao Mo was relieved and looked at the couple, "I'll ask my disciple to activate the formation in advance, and the three of us will deal with the Glazed Immortal Man together and make a quick decision, how about that?"
The woman slowly withdrew her gaze from the handsome young man's face and said in a good mood, "Okay."
The man suddenly asked in a sinister tone: "Mi Laomo, you and Liuli Immortal have been friends for hundreds of years, how can you really bear to do it?"
Mi Laomo picked up a chopstick and asked, "I'll give you a glass cup, a relic of an immortal, and ask you to kill your wife, will you do it?"
The man is frustrated.
The woman was not sad at all, and took out the bronze mirror and looked around, "If I am worth a glass cup in the eyes of this heartless guy, I will live a good life."
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Outside the City God's Hall, the girl stood tremblingly at the back door of the first hall, not even daring to stand in the small square between the God of Wealth Hall and the Taisui Hall.
Because the city god's palace in front was beaten upside down.
The immortal master in her mind was first stepped on by the possessed City God Shen Wen in the back. Then she saw that the young immortal master was even more powerful. He straightened his back in an instant, forcing the City God to take two steps back. Afterwards, the famous Golden City God in Caiyi burst out with astonishing fighting power, running as fast as flying in the spacious hall, chasing the Sword Immortal with the Bearing Box and running around.
During this period, there were twenty-one punches, and it was still the strange boxing that broke the restrictions of the magic. Jin Chenghuang, who had obviously fallen into the devil's way, turned into debris and scattered in the hall. Countless cracks appeared on the clay statue, and silk oozed out. There were wisps of black smoke, but Jin Chenghuang shouted loudly and made a strange handprint that the girl could not recognize. Not only did all the gold powder re-gather on the surface of the statue, but even the broken gaps were instantly closed and restored.
Except for a pair of eyes as dark as ink, the City God exudes a gloomy aura. Looking at them will make people feel chills running down their spines. But other than that, he is still golden and dazzling. He is three feet tall and every punch The walls were dented by the smashing, and the floor tiles were shattered with every step. It was like a majestic god sitting in heaven, slaying demons and demons in the human world.
The girl with the silver bell was filled with worries. Could such an invincible Jin Chenghuang really be defeated?
She was also a little puzzled. Why didn't the old sword fairy sacrifice those two golden talismans? He didn't even want to use the flying sword? Instead, he just fought hand-to-hand with the City God. He had changed a variety of boxing techniques, several times. The first time she saw the Immortal Bearing Box flying from one side of the City God's Hall to the other. From the sound, it seemed that the Jin City God had swept it into the wall. Behind him, the City God simply demolished a pillar of the main hall and didn't care about the City God at all. Will the temple collapse and be used as a weapon in the hand to smash and smash it wantonly?
It was really a fight between gods and gods, and the earth shook.
The girl was shocked to see it, her palms were full of sweat, and she silently said, "Come on, come on."
Although the old immortal was temporarily at a disadvantage, he still fought bravely.
For example, he blocked his head with his arms and resisted the impact of a beam on his head. The beam suddenly broke and his knees sank into the ground on the spot.
The girl quickly closed one eye and turned her head sideways, unable to bear to look any further, thinking that this must be very painful.
Another time, he was kicked out of the main hall and rolled around in the square for more than ten times. Jin Chenghuang stood behind the threshold of the main hall with a sneer on his face and raised his finger at Chen Pingan. After Chen Pingan got up, he rushed back. Enter the main hall.
In less than a stick of incense, the City God's Hall was demolished by City God Shen Wen. As soon as five or six beams were torn down, the main hall that had gone through hundreds of years of ups and downs completely collapsed. The sky was covered with dust. The Jin City God pulled out the last beam. A red painted beam, the wall on the left was not as broken as the high wall on the right, but the entire wall fell outwards. Chen Ping'an stood on the wall, his sleeves were already torn to pieces, he turned around and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Chen Ping'an regarded this Jin Chenghuang as the second Ma Kuxuan, and used it to sharpen his body and soul through battles.
He probably can't beat him with just a pair of fists.
It seems that the statue in the City God's Temple, no matter how hard it is beaten and severely damaged, can quickly return to its peak state. This is so unreasonable.
Chen Ping'an glanced at the ruins with the corner of his eye, recalling where Jin Chenghuang stood from beginning to end, and he understood clearly.
Fangcunwu is known as a wonderful little cave, which has the same effect but different approaches.
Saints from all over the world have geographical boundaries. For example, Mr. Qi and Master Ruan are in the Lizhu Cave. As long as the Confucian saints are in the Xuegong Academy, the military saints are at the ancient battlefield sites, etc., they will have the right time and place when fighting with others.
Presumably, the fact that the city god of Rouge County is here also fits this point.
Chen Ping'an took a deep breath and continued to move forward. First, he tried to seduce the City God to leave the City God's Hall. If possible, it would be best to trick him into leaving the entire City God's Pavilion area.
However, things did not go as expected. Although Jin Chenghuang was possessed by a demon and his intelligence was chaotic, he still refused to leave the old site of the Chenghuang Temple that had been reduced to ruins by instinct, even if Chen Pingan did not hesitate to use injuries as bait twice to fall out of the Chenghuang Temple. , Jin Chenghuang could only use sections of beams and pillars as weapons to smash at Chen Ping'an crazily.
Chen Pingan didn't want to continue to waste time here, so he had to go to the prefect's mansion as soon as possible to expose the mastermind who was pretending to be a ghost.
The real excitement of this battle was fully revealed at this moment.
Chen Pingan kept punching, and at the same time, the first and fifteenth lunar month figures in the sword-raising gourd also flew towards Jin Chenghuang.
On top of the ruins of the City God's Hall, white rainbow first and green fifteen, two flying swords, matching Chen Pingan's punches, hover around the tall golden statue of the City God.
The girl with silver bells was dazzled and dumbfounded.
In the end, Chen Pingan sacrificed a golden pagoda demon-suppressing talisman. At the cost of a golden talisman that was completely dimmed, he suppressed it. The golden body was cracked, and in the end only a dozen golden body fragments were left. And the small cyan wooden box.
Chen Pingan silently put away those things, touched the blood on his face, came to the girl, and asked with a smile: "What's your name?"
The girl was stunned and said, "Liu Gaoxin!"
Chen Pingan said: "Happy?"
The girl blushed a little and explained: "High is high, warm is warm. It's not happy."
When the parents chose the name, it meant that her future would be outstanding and that she would still have a sweet fragrance at the highest place.
The girl has a beautiful face and a pure state of mind.
She didn't want to get entangled in this matter. The immortal master in front of her had finished his battle with the possessed Jin Chenghuang and needed to recuperate his energy.
Chen Ping'an originally wanted to say that this name was really well chosen, and it would be appreciated by both refined and popular people. It was very similar to his own name.
The result was not "happy", so I had to swallow the words back.
Chen Ping'an suddenly muttered a little and asked doubtfully: "Are you Liu Gaohua's sister?"
The girl's eyes lit up, "Why, the immortal master also knows my brother?"
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "We just met not long ago, and just in time, I want to go to the county governor's house and tell your father that the old god is the culprit."
The girl didn't go to see the excitement on the high platform in the middle of the lake that night, so she never saw the faces of the old fairy and the female ghost in colorful clothes. Chen Ping'an had already rushed towards the high wall, and the girl hurriedly followed behind. The two of them climbed over the wall one after the other.
Although she also had some physical training, she was still far inferior to Chen Pingan. Soon she was out of breath, so Chen Pingan stood on a roof eaves and let her rest for a while.
Liu Gaoxin said cautiously: "Old Sword Fairy, why don't you fly with your sword? You can take me to fly with you in the wind to my home. It will be faster."
It’s just a matter of calling the Sword Immortal indiscriminately, but is he still an “old” Sword Immortal?
Chen Ping'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he simply ignored her. When the girl's breathing stabilized, he began to run headlong on the rooftops of the county city.
The girl thought to herself that this old swordsman was really unconventional.
What's more, my temper is getting better!
She had taken the opportunity to talk and secretly glanced at him several times before. He looked quite handsome, and he really didn't look old!