"The first one, thirty taels."
"Um."
"Forty miles outside the city, there is a village called Taohua Village. There is a mountain in Taohua Village, called Taohua Mountain. There is an official road to Changjing, which passes under this mountain. It seems to have started three years ago, at night When businessmen pass by this mountain, or when local villagers walk down the mountain or come back from work on the mountain, they will occasionally see a pavilion on the mountain full of charming women." Wu Nuxia raised her eyebrows as she spoke. He glanced at the Taoist and saw that the Taoist was still calm and showed no unnecessary fluctuations in his expression, so he continued -
"Some were frightened, others couldn't resist the temptation, and there were businessmen from other places who didn't know the situation and thought they were approaching Changjing. That's it, so they walked in."
"Were you killed?"
"I don't know what to say."
"What's wrong?"
"Anyway, these people woke up at night and slept on the barren hills under the peach trees. Apart from back pain, they didn't have many major problems." The woman said, "But that was three years ago, and the demons who acted there at that time may have been evil. It's not very deep yet, and it doesn't appear often. Although there are already rumors about the beauty, many lustful people who are not afraid of death and want to experience something strange will go there to find it. Men from nearby villages often go down the mountain at night. You can wander around, but you still need a lot of luck to come across it.”
"Tea, please."
Song You brought her a cup of tea.
The woman took the teacup, took a sip, and then continued:
"If you ask me, the monsters there are also very particular. Well, not necessarily particular, but they are very restrained. They never suck people dry in one breath and only make your back sore for a while. It is still the same now. But later on, those monsters may have had sex Breathing too much has become a climate. It has appeared once every twenty or thirty days, to once every ten days, or even once every few days. It has harmed more and more people. It still doesn't suck people every time. Yes, but I can’t help those men who go there often. These people can’t control themselves when they are addicted. Slowly, people in the nearby villages will die.”
"Where's the government?"
"The government has noticed it a long time ago, but not many people showed up at first, and no one died. The government didn't pay much attention to it. They sent people there several times but couldn't find it, so they didn't bother to care about it. They just hung a sign on the nearby road. Just tell passers-by that there is a ghost on this road and draw attention to it. But at that time, many people had already gone there specifically to look for it. Who cares about this thing? Even when the officers and soldiers went there, some people even told them to mind their own business. Woolen cloth."
Wu Nuxia paused, then suddenly looked at Song You curiously, got closer and asked, "Is this kind of thing really so addictive? Can it make people even risk their lives?"
Song You's expression was very calm: "Since he is a demon, he may have other abilities."
"Then are they considered voluntary?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Song You paused, "No matter what, it won't do if it kills people."
"oh……"
Wu Nuxia trailed off in a long voice, with a glimmer of curiosity in her eyes, but she did not forget the business and continued: "Later, the government sent officers and soldiers, and also went to the private sector to catch monsters and ghosts. Even before the list was published, I went to find the masters of Tianhai Temple, but the monsters and thieves there were very serious. Every time the court sent people there, no matter whether they were officers, soldiers or strangers, they could only see a barren mountain. I have never even heard of any powerful Jianghu. People passing by the mountains have seen them, and they seem to pick out soft persimmons."
"Barren Mountain? Isn't it Peach Blossom Mountain?"
"At the beginning, some people suspected that the peach trees there had become evil and they were all chopped down, but there was nothing they could do..."
Wu Nuxia touched her chin, her eyes flashed with the ferocity of the Jianghu people, and her heart also pretended to be the Jianghu people's way of handling things: "In my opinion, even if it is a wild ghost in the mountains, it hides very deep. If you want to rely on it, For the officers and soldiers to get rid of them, I'm afraid they will have to hollow out the mountain."
"Maybe."
This heroine's idea is very simple, but it is also an effective way to catch monsters and eliminate ghosts in this era.
What's haunted?
Digging graves.
A mountain monster robbed the roadside?
Burn the mountain.
Simple and crude.
Wu Nuxia took another sip of tea and said, "I think this is the most troublesome one. The main reason is that I can't find the monsters at all. If I can find them, I won't kill them all with my sword!"
But I just heard the Taoist next to me say:
"It's not difficult."
"Um?"
"If the heroine's information is correct, I think they should have the ability to identify intruders. The first difficulty is how to conceal their own moral character and blood."
"You can?"
"I'm good at this."
"confident?"
"Eighty to ninety percent."
"Then go try it."
"It's a bit late today, and we can't finish the forty miles before dark. Besides, today is the last night that Sanhua Empress will hunt mice at Ye Yuan's maternal home. I have to send Sanhua Empress to Ye Yuan's maternal home."
"You decide."
"The next one is Minister Zhou's mansion. I'm going to tell Minister Zhou that Mao'er is tired and needs to rest for a few days before going..."
A soft and thin voice came from beside me:
"Meow~"
"Oh, it's a lie. I lied to Minister Zhou." Song You added, "We will set off tomorrow afternoon and should be able to arrive before evening. I wonder if the heroine's time is convenient."
"deal!"
"Please help the heroine to reveal the list."
"No problem! You are better at catching monsters and ghosts than I am, so just leave all these chores to me!"
"Thank you, Heroine."
"gone……"
Wu Nuxia picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp, then put it down and left.
But as soon as I walked to the next door, took out the key and opened the door to my own house, I heard a faint female voice coming from the next door:
"Are you going out to catch monsters?"
"almost."
"What about Sanhua Empress?"
"It's not convenient to take Sanhua Empress with us this time. But the main reason is that we have put a lot of money at home, which Sanhua Empress has earned with hard work. We have to pay for the house, so we can't have it stolen, so I think Please Sanhua Empress, please stay at home and guard the house."
"OK!"
"But it's not easy..."
"fine!"
"..."
Wu Nuxia shook her head and opened the door.
Just pretend you didn't hear it.
…
In the afternoon of the next day, outside Changjing City.
The two of them rode out of the city.
"I revealed the list without reporting your name. If I reported your name, the government would have to ask you where you live, which would be very troublesome. Don't worry, we are fellow villagers and we won't trick you."
"So much the better."
"Can we get there before dark?"
"Able to."
"Then your legs are pretty good."
Wu Nvxia dressed up in men's clothing and lay on the back of her short yellow-maned horse. She turned to look at Song You: "There is a horse but not around. Tsk, how pitiful..."
"It's better to walk than to walk."
"Fortunately, I walked slowly and was tired."
"..."
Not far away, the woman also climbed down from the horse and walked with Song You - the horse was short, her body was strong and her movements up and down were very smooth, but she just looked funny.
The green mountains are very far away, one after another, and a winding loess road disappears and appears between the green mountains.
It's not a rut, but it's flat and easy to walk on.
The two of them rode farther and farther away.
The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was dark with dusk.
Song You was the only one left on the road.
Suddenly I heard the sound of horse hooves.
The yellow-maned horse trotted back carrying the heroine, slowly slowing down. The man on the horse said: "It seems that I haven't found the wrong road yet. Peach Blossom Village is ahead, and Peach Blossom Mountain is not far away."
"good."
"Can I recognize a woman like this?"
"I can recognize it, but I can't see clearly at night. I don't think they necessarily distinguish between men and women by their appearance. However, the heroine is a martial arts practitioner, and her yang energy is stronger than that of ordinary men and women. When covering up, she should leave a little more Some, in the eyes of monsters, the heroine looks like a man."
"awesome!"
"..."
Song You raised his hand.
So many folk experts and Buddhist monks have been here, but they have found nothing. The demons and ghosts that harm people in Peach Blossom Mountain must be hidden very deep, and they have to come out on their own.
I saw a wisp of spiritual power on Song You's fingertips.
The spiritual power is like a shooting star, the middle is like snow, emitting white light, and the outside is like frost, illusory and semi-transparent.
Winter is the end, and everything is collected.
The spiritual power of the winter solstice has the functions of accumulating vitality, terminating processes, and dormant and hidden.
"..."
Silently, the spiritual power dissipated.
"hiss!"
The woman suddenly shuddered and trembled.
"Why is it so cold suddenly?"
"alright."
"alright?"
"Um."
"Am I a man now?"
"The yang energy is greater than the yin energy. In the eyes of ghosts in the night, if you can't see the face clearly, you will think it is a man."
"It's awesome, Taoist priest..."
This sentence came out again, as if it came out casually.
The two figures continued to move forward.
As soon as we arrived at Peach Blossom Village, we could see many peach trees planted on the roadside. Some of them had already grown leaves, and some still had pink peach blossoms. The peach blossoms looked even redder under the sunset.
"This whole area is planted with peach blossoms. The peaches in Changjing in the summer are basically supplied by several villages around here." Wu Nuxia introduced him, "I came here to buy peaches last year. Buying on the side is much cheaper than buying in Changjing City, but I didn’t come to this Peach Blossom Village, I went to the other side of the mountain, called Xiantao Village.”
"Xinghua is about this time, right?"
"It's almost the same as these days."
"I heard that the apricot blossoms in Changjing are very famous."
"I haven't seen it."
"That's it..."
The two of them talked quietly and walked through Peach Blossom Village. They saw the only mountain with neither peach trees nor peach blossoms, only countless bare tree stumps, which was Peach Blossom Mountain.
Sit and pretend to rest and eat some solid food.
It was slowly getting dark.
Suddenly there seemed to be a light.
Looking back, I saw that a pavilion had appeared out of thin air on the barren mountain. It was brightly lit and there was a woman standing upstairs, looking at them from a distance.
"I really saw it."
Wu Nuxia lowered her voice and said.
"yes."
Song You's voice was very ordinary.
"I thought that even if your method worked, we might have to wait here for a few days. It seems that more people have died recently, fewer people are coming, and they are also starving."
"The heroine is smart."
"hey-hey……"
Wu Nuxia grinned and then led the horse over with a relaxed expression, looking left and right.
The building has two floors and is quite classically beautiful.
Lanterns are decorated and the lights are brightly lit.
Before I even reached the door, I heard a greeting from upstairs. It was delicate and soft, as if whispering in my ears, making my bones feel weak:
"Sir, would you like to come in and take a look?"
"Come in for a drink?"
Not many people in the world are afraid of ghosts.
Especially those who are young and highly skilled in martial arts.
Wu Nuxia had no fear, she just raised her head and looked at the woman upstairs with bright eyes.
There is only one thought in my mind——
She looks so good-looking.
(End of chapter)
