The sky is getting dark and the twilight is deep.
Beyond the distant mountains, the sun was setting, dragging the silhouettes of Li Kuan and his party into longer distances.
At this moment, Li Fan personally led an elite team of the Suppressing Demon Division, together with two retainers and a concubine from Uncle Xiaoguo's family, to the location more than 300 miles away to the west.
When the two parties join together, they can be considered an extremely elite team. There are ten alien masters in total, as well as an entourage who are good at various things.
"This is Ciyun Village."
Before the sun completely set, a boundary monument erected on the roadside appeared in front of everyone, with three large characters in official script on it, Ciyun Village.
From a high position, you can see the houses below, wisps of smoke rising from the kitchen, and the clouds and mountains shrouded in mist.
This is a common ordinary village scene, but whether due to psychological effects, it looks a little gloomy under the dim sky.
"Brother Li, we are all exhausted now. When we enter Zhuangzi later, we must be extremely careful."
The young uncle Zhang Jingheng rode up and reminded Li Chuandao.
He is now pretending to be a rich young man, and Li Fan is another playboy, which can be regarded as acting in his true colors.
As for the other people, they were all dressed as guards. Even Li Ya put on a smart Xuanyi outfit and remained silent.
"Yes." Li Fan responded simply, but he was looking down with his true eyes.
There are currently no traces of the treacherous domain, and based on what we can see now, it should be fairly safe.
But if there really is a stronghold of the Demon Cult hidden here, even if it seems peaceful on the surface, it has to be guarded against.
I just don’t know exactly how far it has come.
As far as Li Chuan knew, the Demonic Cult was developing rapidly in rural areas and had actually replaced many functions of the imperial court.
There are many foolish people among the villagers who are driven by the devil's messengers.
If there is an incense altar or stronghold of the Gu Heart Demon Cult here, and their identity is exposed, it will immediately become a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
However, this time they knew that there were tigers in the mountains and went to the tiger mountains.
Therefore, even though it was predicted that it would not be peaceful inside, we did not stop moving forward.
Soon after, everyone entered Zhuangzi. Some villagers noticed and gathered around them, with a bit of surprise on their faces.
"What are you doing?"
An old man who looked like an old farmer asked.
Seeing these well-dressed and tall people, several children on the roadside were so frightened that they hurried away and hid in their homes on the roadside.
But he still stuck his head out and watched with curiosity.
"Old man, we are from the city. We are visiting here and have delayed our return. Could you please help us find a place to stay for the night?"
Under Zhang Jingheng's command, a retainer got off his horse and tried to communicate with the people in the village.
"We, a villager, don't need an inn!"
The old villagers waved their hands repeatedly.
"But I see there is a row of houses over there. It doesn't look like a place where ordinary people live, does it?"
"If you don't tie it, don't tie it. That's enough!"
Everyone had a headache hearing this.
Fortunately, at this time, another villager who looked younger rushed over and said on behalf of the old villager: "You guys don't know, our Ciyun Village is an imperial village, specially planted for the inner government. Tobacco leaves, those houses are for the in-laws who come and go, not an inn..."
"I see, but at this time of year, it doesn't seem like the father-in-law from the palace is out on errands. I wonder if it can be convenient?"
The doorman decisively took out a few pieces of broken silver.
When young Zhuang Min saw it, his eyes suddenly widened.
"These people are so weird." Old Zhuangmin grinned.
After coming back to his senses, the young villager said in embarrassment: "But we have no way to make the decision... Otherwise, this is better. I will take you to see the head of the village here. If the head of the village agrees, then it will be easy."
It is said that money can make the devil go around. This obviously not in line with the rules, but the people in Zhuangzi were moved, and they rushed to lead the way to take them to see the talker here.
Li Fan and Zhang Jingheng looked at each other and pretended to follow.
Two people quietly appeared behind the team and disappeared into the woods at the other end of the village.
That was the master of concealment among the people they led.
From the beginning, these two people did not show up, but hid in the dark to observe and explore.
Others also perform their duties and perform their tasks.
…
Not long after, east of Zhuangzi, there was a respectable man's house with a four-entry courtyard.
The villagers explained their purpose to the people here, and the servants went in to report. Soon, a middle-aged man who was said to be the head of the village came out to meet them.
This man looked mature, like a wealthy landlord from a mountain village. He was playing with two big iron beads in his hands.
He calls himself Huang Lu, a man who can do this.
In Zhuangzi, everyone, big and small, and all matters are under his control.
"Everyone, let's talk about this. It's not in line with the rules, but because of your sincerity, I, Huang Lu, have no choice but to allow you to stay here for one night.
After one night, we are separated and there is no more relationship.
Do you think this is good? "
Zhang Jingheng said: "Okay, it's settled."
Huang Lu said: "There are fourteen of you in total? Then calculate it as one tael per person. Just give me fourteen taels of silver."
Don't think I'm greedy. Although that place is empty, it is the place where the palace servants will live. After you leave, I will have to send people to sweep and clean it up. "
Zhang Jingheng said: "Thank you Huang Zhuangtou. You have done this to save us from the suffering of eating, drinking, and dew. It is already a great kindness.
A mere fourteen taels is nothing. I have twenty taels here, so I should make friends and buy some wine and meat from your village!
I'm not afraid of your jokes. We are in a hurry and our stomachs are growling with hunger! "
Huang Lu was very happy when he heard this: "This young master is an open-minded person!"
Twenty taels of silver is nothing to the wealthy families in the city, but to ordinary people, it is already considered a huge sum of money.
After all, even those courtesan and his ilk can redeem themselves with only a hundred taels of silver.
Being able to make such a fortune in one night is undoubtedly worth it.
When Huang Lu was happy, he asked his servants to take out the rice wine, ham, mountain products and other items hidden in his cellar, and also lent some pots and pans to these people.
Zhang Jingheng and Li Fan ordered their people to receive these things. While they were busy, Li Fan quietly looked at each other with his true eyes and immediately discovered the clues.
"Alien"
"Um?"
Li Chuan was slightly surprised.
I really found something unusual!
There is a living stranger hiding in this mountainous place.
But what makes Li Fan feel a little inexplicable is that just staring at the strange mist on the other person's body makes his eyes sting for no reason, and he feels sore and swollen.
That's because the strange power in him is special and very powerful, so much so that he didn't even show his magic eyes, but his Dharma Eyes reacted.
It's hard to judge at the moment.
