In the past two days, the magistrate has been "recruiting troops". Those who don't know think that the magistrate is going to rebel.
In fact, it was just to kill monkeys. To this end, the county magistrate organized a team of more than 200 people including government servants, catchers, hunters, and temporary strong men.
It is said that there is a monster in Yuanqiang Mountain, and the county magistrate plans to organize people to eliminate the monster.
In fact, no one really believed this. They just thought that the county magistrate wanted to eat monkey brains and found a reason to go into the mountains to catch monkeys.
Anyway, you can get money to go into the mountains, and you can also get tax deductions, so there are quite a few people who are willing to go into the mountains.
After three days of preparation, the magistrate personally led the team and set off.
The magistrate asked Wu Xiexiu to ride in the same sedan with him, holding the official seal firmly in his hand, looking left and right all the way, for fear that the monster would suddenly come out and kill him.
In the past few days, he had nightmares every day, and sometimes he would dream that a monkey would "eat human brains" in turn, which scared him to the point of turning pale.
Although he later knew that this was just a dream, the magistrate was so frightened that after making sufficient preparations, he roped in Wu Xiexiu and planned to get rid of the monster as soon as possible.
Once you reach the outside of Yuanqiang Mountain, there is no main road further in, and you cannot ride carriages or sedan chairs.
But that doesn’t mean our magistrate needs to walk.
Two strong men carried a stretcher-style recliner, allowing the magistrate to lie down comfortably into the mountain without having to walk.
"Taoist Master Wu, you have to follow me closely and don't leave me alone!"
The magistrate looked at Wu Xiexiu walking beside him and promised benefits.
The two masters who abandoned him in the county government and ran away have been put on death row by him. Let them suffer enough first, and then kill them!
Wu Xiexiu naturally knew the worries of the magistrate, and now that he was using this magistrate, he was pretending to be conciliatory and constantly appeasing the magistrate.
So many people entered the mountain in a mighty manner, which quickly alarmed the monkeys in the mountain.
For a moment, all I could hear was the sound of monkeys chirping all over the mountain, one after another.
Some people saw monkeys, and without saying a word, they opened their bows and shot. A few unlucky monkeys were shot on the spot. Some of them died, and some of the injured were captured.
The monkey was brought in front of the magistrate. Seeing this, the magistrate smiled and nodded, feeling much more confident.
Facing so many people, the monkeys were no match at all and ran into the mountains one after another.
Seeing this, the magistrate asked:
"Taoist Master Wu, where is that monster now?"
Wu Xiexiu took a look and found no trace of evil spirit. He knew that the Monkey King had not appeared yet:
"Sir, maybe the monster didn't dare to come out when we saw the overwhelming number of people."
"so what should I do now?"
"My lord needs to find a way to lure that monster out."
"Lead it out..."
The magistrate thought for a moment and said to the catcher beside him:
"Bring the knife, I want to open the monkey's brain on the spot and have a quick meal."
Chef Wang also accompanied him and received the errand of opening the monkey brain.
As a celebrity chef, he is very good at opening monkey brains. He tied up an injured but still alive monkey, shaved the top of his head a few times, and directly cut open the monkey's head with a knife without scalding it with boiling water, and pried it open with the back of the knife. , amidst the extremely painful roar of the little monkey, he knocked open the monkey's head.
The little monkey was not dead for a while and was still twitching.
When the magistrate saw the steaming fresh monkey brains, he was not polite. He took a spoon and went to scoop up the monkey brains.
The little monkey screamed and died completely.
The magistrate took a bite of the monkey brain with a look of enjoyment and praised:
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, delicious food!"
Suddenly there was a huge roar in the forest, which was obviously different from ordinary monkeys. The sound was deafening and menacing, with an obvious murderous intention.
The magistrate himself was startled and subconsciously looked at Wu Xiexiu.
Wu Xiexiu smiled and said:
"Sir, this move is really clever. The monster can't hide it anymore!"
As he said that, he pointed in the direction where the cry came from and said:
"Set up the talisman array I prepared and go over there."
When everyone realized that there really was a monster, they couldn't help but be a little scared.
But after hearing Wu Xiexiu's words and seeing so many people on his side, everyone gained courage again.
The first few people held spears with talismans attached to them to clear the way, and the others followed behind, carrying various things such as Bagua mirrors, black donkey hooves, black dog blood, chicken blood, and glutinous rice.
On the contrary, Wu Xiexiu himself did not touch these things and only held the copper coin sword in his hand.
The magistrate originally thought that the monster would be irritated by him and would rush over to him, but unexpectedly, the monster seemed to suppress his anger and did not rush over.
The somewhat worried magistrate asked Wu Xiexiu again.
Wu Xiexiu said that because his side was powerful, the monster did not dare to attack.
The county magistrate felt relieved after hearing this.
The team continued to move forward, and soon they came to a mountain road with two slopes. The mountain road was quite narrow and made it difficult to move.
The head catcher in the team looked at the terrain on both sides and felt something was wrong. He said to the magistrate:
"Sir, there is something wrong with this place. If there is an ambush..."
Hearing this, the magistrate shook his head and said:
"How can a group of beasts know how to ambush? You are worrying too much."
Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard the screams of countless monkeys on both sides of the hillside. Soon, everyone saw that the hillside was covered with monkeys.
After these monkeys appeared, they started throwing stones at everyone on the mountain road.
There were many hunters in the team who had already seen the monkeys' stone-throwing tactics. This time they brought wooden shields and rattan shields, so they didn't care about the monkeys' attacks.
The magistrate was also frightened at first, but after seeing that the monkeys had only this trick, his confidence increased greatly.
The hunters drew their bows and fought back, killing many monkeys.
The monkeys were no match for them and ran away after a fuss.
Seeing this, everyone felt that this trip would be able to eliminate the demon, and everyone was full of confidence.
The county magistrate also looked down upon this group of monkeys. They couldn't defeat them due to the advantage of the terrain, so there was no need to worry about them at all.
Only Wu Xiexiu felt that something was wrong. Based on his understanding of the monkey king in this place, it was impossible for the monkey king to be so patient and hold back. Logically speaking, he should have come out and fought desperately.
It's just that it's really not appropriate to pour cold water on it at this time, otherwise it may dampen morale.
The group of people moved forward again, this time entering a narrow passage with only one road in front and back, which was also a suitable location for an ambush.
The monkeys did indeed conduct an ambush, but it was of no use and many monkeys were killed instead.
After fighting off the monkey again, everyone speeded up their journey, planning to reach Monkey Fang's lair in one go.
In this way, everyone entered a mountainous area with Hulukou terrain.
The magistrate no longer cares about the terrain and is planning to order everyone to pass directly here.
Hearing the screams of the monkeys around him, everyone didn't take it seriously, and some even had smiles on their faces.
But this time, it's different!
The monkeys no longer throw stones, wood, etc., but take advantage of their superior position to pour lime downwards.
There was also chili powder that the monkey didn't know where it came from, and he also sprinkled it.
"Bah, cough, cough, chili noodles, how come there are chili noodles on the monkey's hands!"
"Eyes, my eyes!"
Everyone was very embarrassed by the monkeys' attack. The magistrate, who was lying on the bench, had his face sprinkled with pepper because his face was upward.
Suddenly, he was choked with tears and was shaking.
The two legs responsible for carrying him were choked and they accidentally overturned the recliner, causing the magistrate to fall directly to the ground.
There was a small raised stone on the ground. The magistrate fell on it and fractured his left arm.
"ah!"
The magistrate let out a scream and wailed on the ground.
As soon as the situation changed, Wu Xiexiu covered his face with his sleeves and hid under a downward-sloping stone wall.
Everyone's formation was in chaos, and the monkeys threw stones and beat people again.
Stones thrown from high places can really kill people, no joke.
Two unlucky people were hit in the head and died on the spot.
At this time, I suddenly heard another monkey cry that was different from other monkeys, which was shocking.
Someone looked and saw a large monkey about one foot tall appearing in the distance.
This monkey has thick arms and a ferocious face. It is not easy to mess with at first glance.
After appearing, he directly raised a huge boulder and threw it at the magistrate's position, intending to smash the magistrate into pulp.
Seeing this, Wu Xiexiu knew that the magistrate could not die yet, so he threw a hemp rope around the magistrate's waist, pulled it open, and rescued the magistrate.
Seeing that the boulder had fallen into the air, the Monkey King looked at Wu Xiexiu with a fierce look in his eyes.
Wu Xiexiu was not afraid, but excitement flashed in his eyes.
In fact, the reason why he helped the magistrate was to use the magistrate's power to hold back all the monkeys under the Monkey King, so that he could take the opportunity to capture the Monkey King.
At this time, seeing everyone fighting with the monkeys, Wu Xiexiu held a copper coin sword and went straight to the Monkey King.
Seeing this, the Monkey King faced him head-on and punched Wu Xiexiu.
His fist hit Wu Xiexiu's copper coin sword, causing black smoke to rise.
The monkey king was in pain and screamed. A flash of light flashed in Wu Xiexiu's eyes, and he raised his sword to attack.
Wu Xiexiu's cultivation was obviously stronger than that of the Monkey King, and he beat the Monkey King until he roared repeatedly.
The county magistrate who was screaming on the ground felt relieved when he saw Taoist Master Wu suppressing the Monkey King, and said loudly:
"Kill all these monkeys, and I will reward you with one tael of silver for each kill. No tax will be deducted!"
When everyone heard this, they became excited, and many people began to fight back.
After all, monkeys are inferior to humans. After the advantage of the sneak attack, they were beaten until they ran away with their heads in their hands.
Wu Xiexiu kept attacking the Monkey King, leaving him paralyzed. He believed that he would be victorious in a short time.
At this moment, a graceful and beautiful woman suddenly emerged from behind a tree. Her five fingers were as sharp as knives. She was none other than Lei Ling who had transformed into a human form.
Seeing Lei Ling appear, Wu Xiexiu's pupils shrank and he was very surprised:
"Is it you? It turns out to be you!"
Wu Xiexiu thought he knew who was behind what happened today.
But he is not afraid, even if these two demons join forces, he will not be afraid.
After knocking back the Monkey King with one blow, Wu Xiexiu struck Lei Ling's claw with another sword.
I thought I could easily fight off Lei Ling, but unexpectedly, the power of Lei Ling's attack was so powerful that it actually made Wu Xiexiu's arm numb, his jaw aching, and he almost knocked the copper coin sword out of his hand.
Wu Xiexiu was shocked. If he remembered correctly, the opponent should be a very agile but weak cat demon. How could he have such brute strength?
No matter what he thought, Lei Ling made Wu Xiexiu tremble with one blow, and then added another blow, moving very quickly.
Wu Xiexiu was so frightened that he did not dare to fight again and hurriedly stepped back.
Lei Ling failed with one blow and pursued again. The Monkey King, who had just been repelled, also rushed forward and attacked Wu Xie Xiu with Lei Ling.
For a moment, Wu Xiexiu, who had the upper hand, was beaten by the two demons and fell into a disadvantage.
Seeing this, the magistrate was greatly frightened and reluctantly got up, trying to escape.
At this time, Wu Xiexiu shouted:
"Use the demon-suppressing treasure!"
Hearing his shout, some people reacted and threw or scattered the Bagua mirror, black donkey hooves, black dog blood, chicken blood, glutinous rice and other things they brought to attack Lei Ling and the Monkey King.
Wu Xiexiu took the opportunity to jump away, instead of counterattacking, just trying to avoid those things.
Lei Ling was already prepared for the interference from these things. She took out an umbrella from somewhere and blocked everyone's attacks.
The monkey king on the side did not prepare any armor and relied on his flexible skills to avoid most of the attacks, but he was still stained by some chicken blood and glutinous rice.
The Monkey King's body was so hot that it was "sizzling" and smoking, but luckily there was only a small amount of burnt on it, so the impact was not big.
Moreover, these things are specially used to defeat zombies, and have limited use against monsters.
Wu Xiexiu, who took the opportunity to escape, came to the magistrate and said to the magistrate:
"Sir, quickly, use the official seal!"
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