The distance between Lingqian Township and Fucheng.
If it is based on one person matching two fast horses.
I kept driving fast all the way.
It only takes a day to get there.
But if the carriage is on the road, it will be delayed for about three days.
finally.
Jin An agreed to the eldest lady's request and came to Lingqian Township.
In addition to what the eldest lady promised, there must be thickness.
He also intends to eliminate the roots.
Never suffer from future troubles.
Lest the evil fetus in Zhang's belly could really come to fruition and be born, and then seek revenge on him, the enemy who killed his father, full of resentment.
After riding a carriage for three consecutive days, the first two days were fine and the official road was not too bumpy. However, as we got closer and closer to Lingqian Township on the last day, the road began to get bumpier and bumpier.
It was getting harder and harder to go along the way.
This is a team.
There were three carriages.
Each carriage is pulled by two horses with the longest endurance.
There were more than a dozen direct guards raised by the He family at the front and rear of the convoy, protecting the front and back to prevent any blind bandits from setting their sights on the convoy of the eldest wife of the He family.
These guards are not comparable to the ordinary nursing homes in He Mansion.
He has a powerful figure and bulging temples. The horse under the seat has an ox-horn bow on one side and a bag of arrows on the other.
This kind of ox-horn bow cannot be fired with less than 200 to 300 kilograms of strength.
If you want to draw a full bow, you will definitely not be able to do it without a weight of 500 to 600 kilograms.
These people are all good at riding and shooting. They are not afraid of the harassment of horse thieves at all. If they encounter ordinary bandits, they will shoot them directly from a hundred steps away.
These are the elite guards of the direct line raised by He Mansion.
According to what Jin An and Guard Li learned, these direct line guards are all experts in horizontal training between third-rate and second-rate experts. They are good at using swords, guns, swords and sticks when they are off the horse, and they are good at riding and shooting when they are on the horse. They are very disciplined. , were trained according to the standards of the Kangding cavalry.
The cost of training each person is several hundred taels of silver.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is a master who uses money to make money.
One person was worth hundreds of taels of silver, and there were more than ten people here, which was equivalent to tens of thousands of taels of silver moving around. The He family was indeed very wealthy.
Jin An has not been idle along the way. He has been observing and trying to figure out the visualization of the Great Demon God, and is improving his spiritual martial arts every day.
On the contrary, on this last day, the old Taoist priest's butt was so shaken that he finally walked out of the carriage, sat at the front of the car, and chatted with Li Weiwei from all over the world.
So at this time, only Jin An and Xiajian were left in the carriage.
This encounter with a group of antique dealers will most likely turn into a group fight, so Jin An will naturally bring along the sword-sharpening master thief.
If you really encounter a large group battle, you won't be isolated and helpless.
As for the greedy and silly sheep in the Taoist temple.
Jin An was temporarily left in the He Mansion to be raised.
It is estimated that there are a bunch of ewes surrounding Bingba right now, intoxicated in the wine pool and the meat forest, unable to extricate themselves.
If someone can carry the burden forward for Jin An, he also hopes that the years will be peaceful.
Jin An couldn't help but feel an inexplicable joy in his heart when he thought that Fatty Li, the guard in the He Mansion who wanted to catch an evil spirit, also came to Lingqian Township with the eldest lady's motorcade this time.
This time, Li Huwei finally got what he wanted and defeated the evil spirit.
I wonder if Li Huwei will continue to be obsessed with finding the Headless Village to become the Headless Corpse King after seeing the man-eating ghost fetus this time...
"Little brother, we finally arrived at Lingqian Township. I have already seen Lingqian Township at the foot of the mountain."
The voice of the old Taoist priest shouted outside the carriage.
When Jin An heard this, he raised the curtain, and immediately the pungent dust from the dirt road flew in. The outside of the carriage was covered in yellow and the visibility was poor. Jin An quickly put down the curtain to block the dust from the outside.
The carriage drove for a while, and when the road became less bumpy, Jin An opened the curtain again.
It was better outside the carriage this time. Although there was still yellow dust flying, it was not as uncomfortable as before because of the leeward wind.
The carriage is now halfway up the mountain, heading down the mountain.
From the location of Jin'an, we happened to see a large open land at the foot of the mountain, with long fields, continuous fields, clear water, and surrounded by green mountains, setting off the calm and peaceful field scenery.
According to the words of the old Taoist priest, this is a geomantic treasure land. Lingqian Township is backed by five mountains, and to the north is a flat river. There is plenty of sunshine every day. This is a geomantic treasure land for the placement of the Yangzhai. It is called the Five Blessings.
Although Jin An didn't understand the old Taoist priest's feng shui and his adjustments.
But just looking at the field scenery at the foot of the mountain from a distance really broadened his mind and body.
It is said that if a person is open-minded, disaster will be far away.
As he got closer and closer to Lingqian Township, Jin An also saw that there were high walls built on all sides of Lingqian Township, forming an irregular rectangle.
Those high walls are also built with simple wall stacks, which can easily prevent the invasion of bandits and bandits.
In Lingqian Township, there are two largest Zhuangzi.
A large village is bustling with people.
The other large village with half the area was empty, not even a single person was seen.
Jin An thought for a moment.
It seems that the uninhabited village is the Zhang family's house.
As the carriage kept moving and changing directions, Jin An also saw the situation of the Zhang family's village from multiple angles.
It was a courtyard with three entrances.
The gate of the mansion.
Weeping flower door.
The outer courtyard and the inner courtyard.
Wing room, wing room, lower room, main room, kitchen...
There is also a small flower pavilion with lush trees in the inner courtyard.
Just when Jin An was about to turn his attention to the He family's ancestral home, suddenly, his eyes froze.
At some point, there was an old monk standing in the village of the Zhang family. The old monk also saw Mrs. He's majestic motorcade and calmly watched the motorcade enter Lingqian Township.
Lingqian Township may be said to be big or not, but the eldest lady has said that the population of Lingqian Township is about a thousand households.
A central axis runs through the entire Lingqian Township.
As soon as the motorcade entered Lingqian Township, they found that something was wrong with the atmosphere in Lingqian Township. It was too peaceful and few people were seen along the way.
Popularity waned.
Many shop doors are closed.
It looks like there has been a lot of evil recently, and many people have fled Lingqian Township.
The motorcade continued to move forward in Lingqian Township. If it wanted to go to the ancestral home of the He family, it had to pass by the Zhangjia Dazhuangzi. When the motorcade passed by the Zhangjia Dazhuangzi, it saw that the gate of the Zhuangzi that had been sealed by the government had been torn off. seal.
Jin An couldn't help but think of the old monk he saw in the Zhangjia Village when he was halfway up the mountain.
Eyes open in thought.
He used a qi-gazing technique on the Zhang family's Dazhuangzi, and the result was that he was surprised and startled.
The convoy just passed by the Zhang family's village and did not stop along the way. It continued to the He family's ancestral home. However, since performing a qi-gazing operation on the Zhang family's village, Jin An's brows did not relax during the rest of the journey. .
He seemed to have made some unexpected discovery in Zhangjia Dazhuangzi.
The motorcade passed through the desolate streets, and when they arrived at the He family's ancestral home, they finally saw many living people. Many people immediately came out to greet them at the He family's ancestral home.
When they saw the eldest lady getting out of the carriage, the He family cheered, and many people had smiles on their faces.
Jin An felt that the smiles of these people were more of relief.
It was like finding the backbone all of a sudden.
When they saw Jin An and the old Taoist priest, an old and a young Taoist pair, the servants of the He family all paid curious glances.
Jin An's senses have become sharp since he started practicing martial arts, and he heard these servants secretly discussing them.
"Are these two Taoist priests the masters that the eldest lady sent to invite in the city in advance?"
"What do I think of that young Taoist priest? He looks more like a monk than a Taoist priest?"
"On the contrary, the old Taoist leader who took the lead has an air of immortality and a sense of being an outsider. That young Taoist priest should be the disciple of that old Taoist priest, right?"
The discussion among the servants was quickly distracted by the third carriage.
The carriage was larger and more spacious than the carriage the eldest lady was riding in, but it was always covered by curtains, blocking outside eyes, and no one inside was seen getting out.
Is it because there is no one in the third carriage?
Everyone became curious about what was in this third carriage?
The eldest lady did not waste time on these trivial matters. She took Jin An, the old Taoist priest and others, and took a familiar route to the inner courtyard of the He family, where she met the old man of the He family directly.
The old man of the He family is a strong-boned old man. Beside the old man, there are several other elderly people with similar facial features and similar age to the old man.
Jin An secretly speculated that these people should be some of Mr. He's brothers, that is, the top leaders of the He family who are really in charge.
This is obviously a family meeting of the top leaders of the He family.
The eldest lady waved away the two maids beside her, but did not let Jin An, the old Taoist priest, Xi Jian, and Li Huwei leave. It was obvious that the eldest lady did not avoid suspicion in this direct family meeting, which was related to the life and death of the He family.
The eldest lady believed that the four outsiders present were the ones worthy of her most trust.
"Little brother, look at the old man sitting next to Mr. He. The palace of husband and wife is covered by black energy, and the treacherous door in the corner of the eye is broken, which means that the life of husband and wife has come to an end and he has just divorced his wife. Moreover, it represents the heavy black energy in the palace of wealth and silk. , indicating that he has recently encountered trouble and lost money, which is the time when he is most in need of money. Looking at his bad luck recently, he has been having bad luck recently, and the whites of his eyes are streaked with black hair, which means that this bad luck has made him worried in his later years. "
"I'll bet you a bowl of haggis noodles. This person must be the uncle who was cuckolded by the evil evil priest."
Jin An and others were from the eldest lady's side, so they naturally sat down at the eldest lady's side. The old Taoist priest secretly pulled the corner of Jin An's clothes and whispered with a wink.
When more than a dozen people were seated, after a brief introduction, Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest in surprise, and he was guessed by the old Taoist priest.
That man turned out to be Uncle He Gui, and his name was He Liangchou.
Some of the people in the room were Mr. He's brothers, some were Mr. He's biological sons or the sons of several of Mr. He's brothers.
They are all senior members of the He family.
"Father, after receiving the report from Zhao Hong, I immediately rushed back to the He family's ancestral home. I was delayed for several days on the way. I wonder what is the situation of the Zhang family and the Zhang family now?"
"On the way here, I saw an old monk in the empty Zhangjia Village. Is that old monk the eminent monk invited by the Yamen from Bailong Temple in Fucheng this time?"
The eldest lady asked Mr. He.
Mr. He: "Yes, that monk is indeed an eminent monk from Bailong Temple. His name just arrived this morning. He arrived half a day earlier than you and the two Taoist priests."
Although literati look down upon each other.
But Mr. He became more open-minded as he lived. Even when facing a young Taoist priest like Jin An, he treated him as a Taoist priest and was polite. He did not look down on Jin An because of his young appearance.
"As for the Zhang family, as well as Zhang Xiang...the Zhang family, their whereabouts have not been found so far. No one has been found alive, and no body has been found dead. According to Mr. Yuan, the Zhang family is troubled by raising tigers, and dozens of members of the Zhang family must have died. Enter the mouth of the ghost fetus in Zhang’s belly.”
"Mr. Yuan is a worldly expert among the group of antique dealers who came to Lingqian Township. It was this Mr. Yuan who discovered the truth that Zhang was pregnant with evil spirits and was stealing children to eat in Lingqian Township."
"oh?"
The eldest lady looked around at everyone in the room: "It's been so long since I've been here in my ancestral home, why haven't I seen this worldly master, Mr. Yuan, and his antique dealers?"
"We also find it strange when we talk about this."
The speaker this time was another old man sitting next to Mr. He. He Liangchou, Mr. He's eldest brother and He Gui's uncle.
Next, the eldest lady, Jin An and others learned about what happened in recent days.
It turned out that the group of antique dealers had disappeared in Lingqian Township for several days.
Since taking the initiative to exorcise evil spirits that day, the group of antique dealers could still see people in Lingqian Township for the first two days.
He was busy in and out of the mountains near Lingqian Township every day, and lived in the spooky Zhang family's village every night. He seemed to be seriously searching for the missing Zhang family.
But on the third day after spending the night at Zhangjia Dazhuangzi, the group of antique dealers disappeared inexplicably.
All are missing.
At first, the villagers were speculating that the group of antique dealers were not good at studying and blew their cowhide loudly, so they were swallowed whole by Zhang, right?
The blame lies here.
Since then, Lingqian Township seems to have returned to peace, and no one has heard of any pregnant woman giving birth to a stillbirth prematurely. It seems that Zhang has successfully exorcised the evil and no longer continues to steal and eat the child.
I haven’t heard of any family members missing or their poultry being bitten to death.
From this point of view, the exorcism should have been successful, and the pregnant Zhang had been surrendered by Mr. Yuan, the master of the group of antique dealers.
But if the exorcism was really successful, why did the group of antique dealers suddenly leave without saying goodbye?
According to normal logic, shouldn't we ask the wealthy He family for a generous reward, and then make the villagers of Lingqian Township feel grateful and continue to buy antiques in Lingqian Township?
That's why the He family feels strange.
This doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
While He Gui's uncle He Liangchou was speaking, the old Taoist priest kept staring at him, with an increasingly surprised look on his face. After He Liangchou finished speaking, the old Taoist priest asked He Liangchou: "The Yintang is black, and the tail of the eyebrows are also divergent. It is obviously a sign of bad luck. The lower lip is sunken and the corners of the mouth are deflated. This is a sign of a loss of fortune. It is getting worse day by day. A black line gradually appears in the middle of the person, indicating that the loss of fortune is slowly overcoming the master and slowly pushing the person forward. You may not be forced into a desperate situation in a short period of time, but in the end you will still be unable to escape the impending disaster..."
"Logically speaking, this is a sign of being haunted by unclean things, but as I see it, there are no black lines in the whites of this donor's eyes. It's very strange. This donor, have you encountered anything strange recently? ?”
The words of the old Taoist priest can be said to be very unlucky.
It makes people feel unhappy.
"This Taoist Master Chen, that slut of the Zhang family, should have been exorcised by now. What unclean things can still be entangled with me? I, He Liangchou, have done things openly and aboveboard throughout my life. If I don't do anything wrong, I will not be afraid of evil spirits knocking on the door in the middle of the night."
"Uncle" He Liangchou, an old cow who ate tender grass until he had five green patches on his head, felt confident.
"My nephew-in-law, don't blame me for being outspoken. My nephew-in-law, have you figured out the origins of these two Taoist priests?"
"Don't be left with nothing by then."
Perhaps because he was driven back to the countryside by the eldest lady, He Liangchou had always complained about the eldest lady, and his words were somewhat thorny.
The eldest lady and Jin An are both well-educated people, and they are not aggressive towards the old man who has one foot in the coffin. They all trust the old Taoist priest (Chen Taoist priest)'s vision of people and will never see the wrong person, so they all He looked at the old Taoist priest (Taoist Master Chen).
Want to hear what the other person has to say?
The old Taoist priest is not a person who is afraid of trouble.
Originally because he was eager to save people, he spoke a little bluntly, and he was a little apologetic. At this time, He Liangchou almost had someone pointing at his nose and calling him a charlatan. The good-looking old Taoist priest was no longer in a hurry to save people, and planned to Give He Liangchou a little hardship.
So he said calmly and with an expressionless face: "I told you, donor, you look like you are chasing an evil spirit, but it doesn't necessarily look like you are chasing an evil spirit. Please think carefully and think about it. Have you encountered anything strange around you recently? ?”
"The lower lip is sunken, the corners of the mouth are deflated, a black line gradually appears in the philtrum, and the fortune is damaged. It is getting worse day by day, slowly pushing people to a desperate situation. This kind of fortune loss can also be divided into several situations, such as what has been done recently to cause harm. Something about Yin De?"
"What's another example of getting caught in something unclean?"
"Or maybe someone borrowed your luck?"
"Of course, according to what you said, the donor, you are not afraid of evil spirits knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Since you are not haunted by evil spirits, nor have you done anything unworthy of virtue, then there is only one option left. Donor, have you done anything lately? Have you ever lent anything to outsiders?”
After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, he finally reminded He Liangchou: "For example, I lent my birth date, hair, nails, blood, skin scrapings, etc..."
Plop!
Before the old Taoist priest finished speaking, He Liangchou, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair with no regrets, straightened his legs and fell to the ground.
Several elderly people from the He family were in a hurry and called for help from the servants. Then they breathed a sigh of relief. They fainted from fear and were not seriously injured.
Now even Jin An was curious. What happened? What did He Liangchou lend to him that could scare people like this?
This time it was He Gui's father, Mr. He, who answered the questions in the minds of Jin An, the eldest lady and others.
It turned out that He Liangchou not only borrowed things, but also lent out his birth date, hair, cut nails, blood, and fallen skin flakes...all.
And the people who asked him to borrow these things were actually the antique dealers.
Now Jin An and others are even more curious. Why did that group of antique dealers borrow these things?
Why are the He family so comfortable lending it to outsiders of unknown origin?
