Xiba Village.
It is located twenty miles downstream of the Yinyi River outside Chang County.
Logically speaking, after an exhausting night, Shangpan Village is the closest village to Chang County, and is the most suitable escape route for resting and supplies nearby.
But for the sake of safety, Jin An did not go to Shangpan Village, but went to Xiba Village, which was further away.
When an old man, a young man and a sheep arrived at Xiba Village, Jin An was so depressed that he slept for a whole day. He was frightened by the Qingqianliu and his injured soul finally recovered.
It is naturally impossible for ordinary people to recover so quickly if their souls are injured.
The reason why Jin An recovered in just one day was all thanks to the Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talisman and the newly sealed Six-Ding-Liujia Talisman, which were kept close to him day and night, warming and nourishing his soul every moment. Just recover.
After Jin An woke up, he also roughly understood the situation in Xiba Village.
Xiba Village is a small fishing village that relies on ferry boats and fishing for a living.
The geographical location of Xiba Village is a bit special. It is located at a turning point downstream of Chang County.
However, because the river flows through Guaikou all year round, during the rainy season of June, July and August, the river mouth is prone to flooding, bringing flooding to this small fishing village.
Later, in order to protect the grain fields downstream, the Chang County government hired villagers from Xiba Village to build river embankments for several years, and the name of Xiba Village came from this.
Because Jin An's soul was injured, Jin An and Lao Dao stayed temporarily in Xiba Village to recuperate.
It was not because the villagers of Xiba were honest and simple that they agreed to let them stay temporarily.
It's because Jin'an is not short of money.
He directly rented a small rural courtyard from a local villager, and the other party happily moved to a relative's house with money in hand.
Jin'an, who lives temporarily in Xiba Village, originally thought that the neighboring counties would get the news soon about the destruction of Chang County, and then someone from the government would come to question him and the old Taoist priest immediately, because even Xiba Village had already received the news. , people were panicked for a while.
However, he rested in Xiba Village for a day and did not wait for anyone from the Kangding court to come to them.
Later, Jin An thought about it and felt that there must be many refugees fleeing Chang County this time, and the government could not take care of everyone for the time being.
As a result, he and the old Taoist priest temporarily fell through the cracks.
Thinking of this, Jin An thought of what happened last night. He stood in the courtyard and looked in the direction of Chang County, hoping that Feng Captou and the others would be safe and sound.
I don’t know what happened to the female corpse in the white coffin and Mr. Yiyun in the end?
Last night, he didn't meet the yamen servants, not Feng Baotou, Li Yanchu, or other yamen servants. Jin An couldn't help but think that he had seen large numbers of people in his out-of-body state. The scene of government officials rushing to Man Mo Temple to put out the fire and save people...
He entered Chang County several times to rescue people, until the fire burned in front of the city gate, and Chang County was completely reduced to a sea of flames. Before finally leaving Chang County, he did not meet Feng Captou and the other government officials.
Jin An looked in the direction of Chang County.
I hope Feng Captou and the others can finally escape from Chang County through other city gates.
On the riverside at night, the cold wind howled, and the strong wind blew the waves on the river, and the roaring was endless. Finally, it was nightfall. After a day of warming up, Jin'an's soul had recovered. After returning to the house, his soul came out again. orifice.
He planned to go to Chang County.
Take a look at what's going on in Chang County right now?
Has the fire gone out?
Did the eminent monks of Zhenguo Temple or the masters of Yujing Golden Tower mentioned by Mr. Yiyun come to Chang County, which has become a demon cave, to ward off evil spirits?
And this is the reason why Jin'an is not too far away from Chang County.
He was worried that he was too far away and that the distance between his soul and his body was not enough.
The soul floats all the way, and the strong wind blows on the river at night, which is very harmful to the soul. If you are not careful, you can carry the light and fluttering soul and blow it hundreds of miles away, and finally die outside.
Fortunately, Jin'an has the Liuding Liujia Talisman to protect the soul.
However.
Occupying Jin'an, whose soul was protected by the Liuding Liujia talisman, when the soul drifted almost seven or eight miles away, the connection between his soul and his body became weaker and weaker.
I no longer support him to continue drifting away.
Is the farthest distance only seven or eight miles?
Jin An tried it this time, and the maximum distance between Hun'er and the ground was only about seven or eight feet.
And this is under the limit.
The higher the soul floats, it is like falling into a mire of turbid air, making it difficult to move.
"It seems like I want to be like what is described in "Guangping Youshuo Synesthesia Record", where the soul wanders thousands of miles in one night, but there is still a long way to go."
Jin An stopped trying.
The gap is very far.
It's obviously a chasm, a chasm.
The road is long and long, and I will search high and low. Jin An lamented that he still has a long way to go.
Since he couldn't go to Chang County for the time being, Jin An could only look back in the direction of Chang County, preparing to drift towards Xiba Village.
But Jin An had just drifted to Xiba Village, near the small courtyard he rented, when he suddenly heard a shrill scream in the quiet night.
Jin An saw a villager lying on the ground, holding his head and screaming, rolling on the ground with a headache.
"Who, who is crying and howling in the middle of the night?"
"It seems to be coming from over there..."
"Let's go over and have a look..."
Not long after, several villagers living nearby came over with lanterns to check on the situation.
The villager who was lying on the ground rolling around and screaming, heard the footsteps of other people, and seemed to have a guilty conscience. He suppressed his headache, stumbled up and ran away.
He actually didn't dare to meet the villagers who came over.
"who?"
"Who is hiding there and sneaking around?"
The villagers all chased after him.
There is no mandatory curfew in the local villages of Kangding State. Only those cities with complex security and large populations will set curfews.
Jin An looked thoughtfully at the few villagers who disappeared into the vast night.
When Jin An Hun'er drifted to the small courtyard where he rented, he saw a bad old man squatting in front of his house. The bad old man had big yellow teeth, a big head and a small body. He was wearing an earth-colored gown and a black cotton coat. He was wearing a short coat, and his face was wrinkled and covered with ravines, and his skin was rough.
Looking at it from a distance, I thought it was a rotten old man who had become a toad, squatting in front of his house.
The funniest thing is that the old man who looks like a toad spirit has a green hat on his big head.
"I'll beat you to death, I'll beat you to death, I'll beat you up!"
The old man with big yellow teeth and bad teeth was squatting at the door of Jin An's house, and then he took off a cloth shoe without any image. There was a small paper man on the ground. He was hitting the head of the small paper man on the ground with the sole of his shoe over and over again.
The other party hit the paper figurine with the sole of his shoe while singing a strange tune:
"The villain is jealous of a good person, and he is always suspicious of others. He should be beaten."
"Martyrs are so sad, but villains take their own time. They deserve to be beaten."
"A gentleman is known for his righteousness, and a villain is known for his benefit. He should be beaten."
"The villain bullies the house and leaks, so we should stop being alone. He should be beaten."
"The villain loves to fight for profit, and he works hard day and night. He deserves a fight."
"A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned. He should be beaten."
Jin An's eyes were surprised. Hun'er drifted closer and saw a person's name written on the small paper man who was pressed to the ground by the old man with big yellow teeth and patted the soles of his shoes.
He Shucun?
A strange name that Jin An had never heard of before.
This is an ordinary little paper man. Any peasant woman can cut out a palm-sized paper man as long as she has a pair of scissors in her hand.
On the face of the little paper figure, a few simple strokes of pen and ink were used to draw the facial features of a person. However, in fact, the facial features were so simple that even the gender could not be distinguished.
At this time, the little paper man's head was beaten with mud by the sole of the big-headed old man's shoe.
At this time, Jin An noticed that the weird old man squatting in front of his house for no apparent reason and hitting villains with the soles of his shoes was not wearing a green hat.
Instead, there is a lotus leaf growing on the big head.
It's not wearing, it's growing. It's true that lotus leaves are growing on the head. The green lotus leaf is bigger than the big head of the old man with big yellow teeth.
"Old man, how did this man named He Shucun offend you? Why do you keep beating villains?" Jin An Hun'er asked curiously.
The big old man seemed to have just noticed someone approaching. He raised his head and glanced at Jin An, and said with a sneer: "Seeing the wealth, I became malicious and planned to break into the house. If the burglary failed and changed my mind to murder, little brother, do you think this person should be guilty?" how?"
The big old man's hands kept moving.
Still continuing to hit villains with shoe soles.
Jin An: "His crime deserves to be punished."
Before the big-headed old man could nod in agreement, Jin An thought for a while and said, "But it's too light. Even castration can't relieve the hatred in my heart."
"well?"
"!"
The big old man who was squatting in front of Jin'an's house and beating the villain took a breath of cold air and subconsciously closed his legs: "Brother, you can't kill someone without a bow. There is no need to castrate the body after killing someone, right?"
"Although the little old man hates villains the most in his life, today he suddenly feels that villains are quite pitiable. I won't kill him today, I won't kill him."
The big-headed old man was so frightened by Jin An that he stopped moving his hands, and the villain didn't even hit him.
Jin An Hun'er squinted his eyes, looked at the weird old man in front of him, and said with a smile: "Who killed me and wanted to castrate the body?"
"I mean castrate first, then kill."
Hiss——
The big-headed old man took a deep breath, his scalp exploded, and he felt two shivers and two chills. Today he met a ruthless person even more ruthless than himself. He was so frightened that he dropped the paper man and cloth shoes in his hand. .
"Brother, don't be impulsive. The little old man has something to explain for himself. The little old man is not a villain at all! On the contrary, the little old man just helped the little brother to fight off a villain who was worried about his money. , that villain is He Shucun, a local gangster in Xiba Village."
"Today, I just arrived at Xiba Village and accidentally revealed some wealth. Since ancient times, wealth has been the most attractive thing, so it attracted the attention of the villain."
"The little old man has been waiting at the door of the little brother's house for a long time. Seeing that the little brother is not in the house, he has been waiting for you to come back at the door. He dare not enter the house abruptly without the owner's permission. And the little old man is waiting for the little brother. When you came back, you happened to meet He Shucun, a villain who was greedy for windfall, so you took action to beat the villain on your behalf so that he would never dare to do evil again for the rest of his life."
"Young man, you are one of your own. Don't beat your own people."
Jin An was slightly surprised when he heard this: "Are you waiting for me on a special trip?"
The big old man quickly said that was right. After saying that, he put on his cloth shoes, stood up and dusted himself off. Although there was no dust in Hun'er's state, it was called a ritual and a grand feeling.
The big-headed old man patted down his clothes, then clasped his fists with his hands, folded his crotch, bowed respectfully to Jin An and said: "Mr. Jin'an, my wife heard that the young master has moved to Xiba Village, and specially ordered the young old man to visit my wife. Are the two saviors okay?"
"My wife also said that she should have come to express her gratitude to the two benefactors in person, but she has not yet matured and is facing many disasters, so she is unable to show up in person. She has not been able to express her gratitude to the two benefactors in person several times. Mr. An, please forgive me."
"Your wife?"
Jin An immediately guessed who the lady the big-headed old man was talking about was, and it turned out that she was really one of his own.
"How did the fight in Chang County last night end?"
"Who wins and who loses?"
Jin An couldn't wait to ask the most pressing question in his heart.
The big-headed old man didn't hide anything and answered truthfully: "Madam said that thanks to Mr. Jin'an's intervention yesterday, my wife and the painter's family could work together to repel the thousand-year-old evil tree Qingqianliu."
"It's just that the green willow tree in Chang County has a thousand-year history and receives folk incense every day, so it is not easy to kill. My wife and the painter used all means to get the thousand-year-old evil tree to escape."
"Currently, my wife and the people from the Painted Skin Family are working together to track down where the green money willow has gone to prevent the green money willow from taking root again and harming people. This is why my wife was unable to come in person today, but ordered the old man to come and visit. Are Mr. Jin An and Taoist Chen okay?"
Naturally, everything is safe for Jin An and the old Taoist priest.
Jin An frowned slightly.
This is really bad news. After all, the Qingqianliu has a thousand years of Taoism, and it has deceived the world and stolen its name from the folk for thousands of years. Last night, we failed to kill this thousand-year-old man-eating evil tree. Although it was unexpected, it is also reasonable. .
However, it was the best good news to hear that neither the female corpse in the white coffin nor Mr. Yiyun's life was in danger.
"Your wife is so polite. She has rescued me several times. She has already repaid the kindness she owes me half a month ago." Jin An did not take the credit or be arrogant, but said matter-of-factly.
He felt that the other party had indeed paid off all the debts of kindness by saving him one after another, and no one owed the other.
"Actually, the little old man came here today. In addition to visiting Mr. Jin An and Daochang Chen, he also brought a message from my wife."
Every time the big-headed old man spoke, the lotus leaf on his head, which was bigger than the big-headed man, would tremble and tremble, giving it a funny feeling.
Every time Jin An talks to the big-headed old man, he can't help but look at the big green hat on the other person's head.
Without it.
Only eye-catching!
"What words?"
Jin An forced himself not to stare at other people's cuckolds.
"Master Jin'an, do you still remember the headless clay statue of a woman in the trumpet, urn and coffin temple?"
"Master Jin'an, do you still remember the father and son in the trumpet, urn and coffin temple?"
"Does Jin'an Coffin still remember the Taoist priest you buried?"
The old man asked three questions in succession, and then said: "My wife said that the green money willow has caused trouble for thousands of years. Although the green money willow was not successfully killed yesterday, its merits are immeasurable."
"My wife is willing to give up all the merits she has cultivated in her previous life, plus all the merits she has cultivated in this life, and the immeasurable merits she has cultivated last night, in exchange for the weakest Yin Qi in the coffin temple, and destroy the trumpet, urn, coffin temple , the time is ripe for eating human clay statues.”
"The madam also said that this is not only helping herself, but also helping Mr. Jin An. It is a win-win situation."
Jin An was startled.
Although the other party didn't say it clearly, Jin An immediately understood the meaning of the other party's words. Was he asking him to take action?
"Why does your wife hate the headless clay figures in the coffin temple so much? Are you eager to kill them?"
"Huh? Wait, headless...lost heads, that's wrong. One is a clay sculpture head, and the other is a flesh-and-blood woman's head. There shouldn't be a connection..."
Jin An was shocked by a crazy guess in his heart.
After all, this is a bit too weird. One is a clay sculpture head, and the other is a human head. The two have no connection from the beginning.
And isn’t that the corpse of Fu Yin’s daughter? Why is there a head-replacement technique involved?
But when Jin An thinks about the bizarre world he has experienced in the past month, it seems that everything is not difficult to accept?
The big-headed old man seemed to have received the guidance in advance and answered truthfully: "My wife said that Mr. Jin'an was kind and kind last night, which is also a meritorious deed. Mr. Jin'an's merits have been added to his body now. It is the time when he has received God's grace and has the greatest blessings." , this in itself is a glimmer of hope. Coupled with the glimmer of hope that my wife gave up all the merits in her past life and all the merits last night, there are three threads of vitality here. In the end, there are four threads of vitality."
"As for the second question Mr. Jin An mentioned, my wife has also anticipated it..."
"The madam said that she had cut off her old body and transformed into a yang body. However, the old body had been sealed in the trumpet urn in the place where the yin gathered for too long. It had not seen the light of day all year round. The yin energy was surging. When the madam left, she left nothing behind. The old body without intelligence harmed people, cannibalized people, and mutilated passers-by every day. No matter how many good deeds my wife did or how many merits she cultivated, she could not make up for the evil caused by the old body. As long as the old body existed, my wife would die every day. The inability to successfully cultivate the Yang body has troubled Madam for a long time."
"For those who were killed by the old body, all the murders were blamed on the madam. The madam was cautious every day, lest one day she would suddenly be doomed. So the madam wanted to completely kill the old body, and wanted to cooperate with Mr. Jin An. , this is a win-win cooperation.”
"And because my wife has an old relationship with her old body, she cannot take action directly, so outsiders can only take action."
The big old man explained so much, but he didn't explain anything about the head.
When Jin An asked again, the big-headed old man shook his head in trouble and said in embarrassment that his wife had not mentioned this to him and he did not know the reason.
"Okay, I'm willing to join forces." Jin An nodded in agreement without hesitation.
Fourth line of survival?
enough.
His greatest reliance is the Five Thunder Evil-Slaying Talisman that comes from the bottom of the box.
He has been staying in Xiba Village to recuperate, but has not left Chang County immediately. He has another plan, which is to demolish the coffin temple and the headless clay statue that eats people.
Before he left Chang County, he fulfilled all his wishes and repaid the life-saving grace of the father and son in the temple and the life-saving grace of the Five Zang Taoist priests.
The oath he made that day when he left the coffin temple has never been forgotten.
Therefore, even if the female corpse in the white coffin did not come to him today, he would personally go to the coffin temple.
Jin An: "What do you need me to do next?"
"Are you going directly to the coffin temple tonight to kill your wife's old body?"
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Ps: Sorry, the update on the 15th is late, because this chapter was revised twice in the middle, so please spend more time QAQ. .
