Among the mountain roads, there were both business travelers and knights-errants. Some people saw a Taoist riding the wind among the forest tops on the top of the mountain, with white shadows following behind him. Others saw a Taoist riding a donkey running on the mountain road, and there was also a fox trotting in front of him.

Holding on, as if leading the way.

The donkey looked dull and tired, and the Taoist seemed to be rushing to an unknown destination far away for something urgent.

Lin Jue's speed was almost as fast as the last time he left Shucun and was chased by the bear demon.

The time and distance are much longer.

It was just after noon when he set out, and he rested under a tree in the mountains until late at night. He also bumped into a few ghosts in the middle of the night.

At this time, when the moon was full, several ghosts, who looked like scholars, came out together to admire the moon, as if they were alive in spring, reciting poems and writing poems, and accidentally saw the Taoist priest under the tree.

He couldn't tell whether it was a Taoist priest bumping into a ghost or a ghost bumping into a Taoist priest. In short, Lin Jue was not scared when he saw ghosts. On the contrary, these ghosts suddenly encountered living people in the wilderness and wore Taoist robes, which frightened him greatly.

When he wanted to run away in a hurry, he was stopped by the fox again.

"Don't embarrass them." Lin Jue said to Fuyao. Thinking of asking these ghosts, he said to them again:

"Everyone, I'm sorry, please don't be afraid. I am a cultivator of the Lingfa Sect. I will neither hurt people nor ghosts for no reason. This time I am going to Zhongzhou to have important matters with you.

Meeting each other at this time and place is considered fateful. I think you all like to travel at night, so I would like to ask some of you for advice."

The ghosts were a little scared at first, but when they saw his gentle expression and the demon fox blocking the way walked away, they looked at each other and then saluted:

"What do you want to ask, Zhenmao?"

"I heard that during this period, there were plague ghosts coming from Biluo County in the back to Zhongzhou. Did they pass through here? Have you seen them?"

"Epidemic ghost? But there is going to be an epidemic?"

"Have you ever seen it?"

"Never seen it."

"Have you ever seen a strange ghost from other places pass by?"

"I've never seen it before."

"The real person thinks highly of us." Another ghost said, "Zhongzhou is separated from the south by mountain gods and water gods. There are gods guarding each major checkpoint, and there are wandering gods patrolling day and night. If there are really plague ghosts passing through, they must be hiding their whereabouts. How can we

Can you see it?"

"It makes sense..."

Lin Jue thought about it carefully and it made sense.

I recall some of the stories I have heard about ghosts and monsters. In the stories, evil spirits want to sneak into or out of the city. Without other skills, it is often not that easy. They often even hide in dung buckets. Trying to get through the passes and

The same goes for avoiding the eyes and ears of wandering gods.

In this case, if an outside plague ghost enters Zhongzhou and spreads the plague, it may not be that easy.

Thinking back to what the Yan family's grandson said, the two plague ghosts indeed meant to hide their whereabouts.

Even if the epidemic ghost thing is true, it should be too late.

"Thank you all."

He saw a few scholar ghosts walking away hesitantly. As they walked, they kept looking back at him, whispering and wondering what they were discussing. After walking a little further, they continued to admire the moon and recite poems, and Lin Jue also fell asleep.

Wake up early in the morning and continue on your way.

I don’t know how many cities and stations I passed through, and how many passes I passed in between. It was not until the dusk of the second day that I finally arrived at Cuiwei County, one of the three places of Qingchuan, Cuiwei and Liuyun.

Lin Jue looked up and saw that the city gate was ancient and majestic, and the city wall was full of traces of time, knives and axes, stones and fire, which gave it the aura of an ancient city in the Central Plains.

There are two big characters "Cui Wei" on the top.

Below, people were coming in and out, there were many cars, horses, cattle and mules, and there was no sign of any damage.

There were four more soldiers wearing linen clothes and simple iron armor on the outside, with long swords and spears on their waists, guarding the city gate. In the dim light of dusk, there seemed to be vague figures wearing official robes, and they looked at them carefully.

The fox following him disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lin Jue then walked over.

"For what reason!"

The city gate guard stopped him.

"Lin Jue, a poor Taoist from Yishan, Huizhou, this is my ultimatum." Lin Jue took out the ultimatum and presented it to him.

"Come here..."

The officers and soldiers guarding the city wanted to ask him what he was doing here, but they saw that the certificate was a piece of paper, which was different from ordinary paper certificates, so they stopped talking and didn't ask him what he was doing. They just stretched out their hands and said:

"It turns out he is a mage, please come in."

"Thank you."

Lin Jue took back the ultimatum and said thank you.

Then, under the gaze of the four guards, the Taoist did not go in immediately. Instead, he turned his head and stared at the empty space. After thinking for a moment, he said as if he was speaking to someone:

"Can I meet the priest guarding the city?"

"Um?"

All four officers and soldiers looked at him in confusion.

It was indeed deserted there, no one even passed by, but there was a small temple two feet wide and two feet high beside the city wall. Inside, there were two clay statues that were so pinched that they could hardly be seen clearly.

There are also some broken incense candles and some paper ashes left after burning.

Suddenly, paper dust was blown up by the wind.

This man did not enter the city, but walked over.

In Lin Jue's eyes, two figures of priests had appeared there, one fat and one thin, wearing red robes, looking at him with frowns.

As soon as they saw Lin Jue coming over, they started to criticize:

"Where do you come from as a Taoist? Don't you know how to ask the gods to light incense, perform rituals, and then wait for the gods' permission? Why are you so ignorant of etiquette!"

"I am from Yishan, Huizhou. I am a Taoist from the Lingfa Sect." Lin Jue was afraid of causing unnecessary panic and did not want to be heard by others, so he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "I have something important to report to the priest."

"Huizhou Yishan? A Taoist from the Lingfa Sect? Can a Taoist from the Lingfa Sect be able to call the gods out to meet them at will? With some Taoism and knowledge of magic, can they become lawless?"

The fat priest's brows suddenly frowned even more tightly:

"Besides, you are a Taoist from the Lingfa Sect. If you don't hide in the mountains and practice hard, what's the point of looking for the gods? And you are a Taoist from Huizhou, why are you here in Zhongzhou?"

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to argue with him. Let's listen to him first." The thin priest said.

"The thing is like this..."

Although Lin Jue frowned, he did not argue with them. Instead, he explained the incident between the Yan family's grandson and the plague ghost in detail, and then added:

"What I'm saying is definitely not a lie, but we don't know whether it is true or not. We just think it's a very important matter and we don't dare to neglect it, so I will go ahead and come over to check it out and inform the gods here."

"Where did the plague come from in the city?"

"No?"

"Interesting! Do you believe what these people say? If you are not lying, then he is lying. If he is not lying, then he is just thinking and deceiving himself!" The fat priest said coldly, "Recently, I have not been lying at all.

There is no plague, and there is no plague sent from the sky. If there is a plague sent from the sky, and a plague god comes here, we will get the news."

"There is indeed no plague in the city! What's more, with us guarding here, how can any plague ghosts or evil spirits get through it?" Thin Priest also said.

"It's fine if it doesn't happen. It would be better if this thing is false. But please pay more attention to the two priests. It's best to inform the city god in the city, and then he will report it, and inform the city gods in other counties."

"You are such a Taoist priest. If you don't practice your spiritual skills well, you are just worrying about the world." The fat priest said, "Even if there is a plague, the God of Plague in the sky will be responsible for containing it."

"If you want to enter the city, enter the city quickly. The city gate will be closed immediately! You are not a simple fox, are you? I see that you are a Taoist and have come all the way. There is no other evil or stinky smell on you, so I won't embarrass you. You

Don’t cause any trouble to us! Rest for one night and leave tomorrow! If you don’t rest, leave now!”

The thin priest said to him:

"You need to know, don't say that you are a Taoist from the Lingfa Sect. Even if you are a Taoist from the Fulu Sect, you are a mage who has taught you the urn, offered incense and performed rituals. The urn taught by the Huizhou mage is not of the same sect as ours.

If you disturb the gods when there is no business, you will also be punished!"

"..."

Lin Jue raised his hand and said:

"Farewell!"

Then he turned around and left with a cold face.

The fox also seemed to notice that he was a little angry, bared his teeth at the two priests, and then trotted to catch up with him.

The four officers and soldiers at the door looked at each other. In their eyes, they could only see the Taoist standing in front of the small temple under the city wall. He seemed to have said something to the empty place of the small temple. They could not hear clearly, but they could see that he was standing in front of the small temple under the city wall.

There seemed to be wind swirling in front of the small temple, causing paper ashes to rise and swirl, which was obviously unusual.

When he saw the Taoist coming, he naturally did not dare to stop him. Even those who usually believed in these things could not help but raise their hands to salute him.

Lin Jue naturally returned the gift and immediately entered the city.

Everything is going on as usual in the city, it's quite lively.
To be continued...