There are dots of green will-o'-the-wisps in the black forest.
Over the past few decades, many people have died in this forest one after another.
Those green will-o'-the-wisps are exactly the green phosphorus fire on the corpses exposed in the wilderness.
The black coffin was right next to Jin An and the old Taoist priest. The forest was dense and tall, and the tree crowns were lush. Following the mottled moonlight falling on the ground, five mummies could be vaguely seen lying beside the black coffin.
All five people died from the depletion of blood and food.
Although the shape of the mummified corpse was greatly changed, Jin An and the old Taoist priest could still recognize it at a glance through their facial features. These three people were the missing escort masters that Pu Zhi had mentioned.
Jin An and the old Taoist priest quickly checked all five people back and forth.
fine.
There were no corpses wearing government uniforms.
Feng Baotou and the other two government officials were not among these corpses.
Next, Jin An and the old Taoist priest, while vigilantly guarding the strange corpse of the old man with a rat face, held torches and searched for the missing Feng Baotou and others in the woods.
This torch was found next to the mummies of those escapist escorts.
Although the land has changed greatly, the former Shenjiapu earthen walls and houses have collapsed and disappeared, and the former village has sprouted from the ground and is covered with large forests. However, under the lighting of torches, some stones left from the foundation can still be seen on the ground from time to time.
Traces, drawn out rectangular lines on the ground.
As a result, after a short search, the missing people were finally found amidst the surprised shouts of the old Taoist priests.
Feng Baotou, Pu Zhi, Sun Xing, and Zhong Gaoyong were all seriously injured and passed out in a thorn bush.
And among the thorns, there was a wooden cabinet with two doors missing.
"Little brother, it seems that this cabinet is the body of the underworld weapon. Feng Captou and the others were seriously injured and passed out next to the underworld weapon. It is obvious that this is because they were all sneak-attacked and comatose by the evil spirits in the underworld weapon."
"Fortunately, Lao Dao and my little brother arrived in time."
"If they had been a few steps later, it is very likely that Feng Baotou and the others would have followed in the footsteps of those shady escort masters."
The old Taoist priest checked the breath of several people one by one and found that they all still had hot breath. Fortunately, everyone was still alive.
Although Taoist priests and monks have been enemies since ancient times, in the face of life and death, right and wrong, the old Taoist priest temporarily put aside his prejudices and bandaged monk Pu Zhi's wounds and applied gold sore medicine.
It's just that when applying the medicine, the technique was a bit harsh.
It hurts a little.
That's all.
When Jin An and the old Taoist priests carried out everyone and found other government officials to join together, after all this tossing, it was already dawn.
daytime.
After being treated by the Immortal Temple of the Five Internal Organs at Jin'an Ferry one by one, Feng Datou and the others who were seriously injured finally woke up and turned around one by one.
Only then did Jin An know what had happened to Feng Baotou and the others.
It turned out that Monk Pu Zhi did not catch up with Feng Patou after giving himself the seven-injury punch.
But Monk Pu Zhi and Feng Baotou experienced the same experiences as Jin An and the old Taoist priest.
They all saw "cats hanging dead on trees and dogs drifting with the water";
Deliberately led to the back village of Shenjiabao, the only open door, and then entered Shenjiabao;
There is also no one in Shenjiabao;
I also encountered strange and strange noises;
Monk Pu Zhi was slightly stronger than Feng Captou. Feng Captou was seriously injured by a sneak attack by the scorched corpse not long after. Monk Pu Zhi, as an escort master, avoided the sneak attack of the scorched corpse and chased him to the big city.
In Zhuangzi, he experienced the ghost in the closet lying on his back, unable to move his body, and finally ended up in a coma with severe injuries like Feng Baotou.
As for the two young government officials, Sun Xing and Zhong Gaoyong, they had already shed tears of gratitude to Jin An and the old Taoist priest for their life-saving grace. As soon as they returned home, they immediately set up immortality tablets at home and burned incense every day to pray for peace.
Jin An didn't take it seriously.
On the other hand, the old Taoist priest was so happy that he said no, and his face almost turned into an old chrysanthemum with a smile.
"Daozhang Feng, I want to burn down this forest. This forest has grown due to evil spirits. It blocks the sky all year round and cannot absorb the yang energy. I have found that many dead people in the forest have died.
There are no signs of decay, I'm afraid it's been nourished by the evil atmosphere in the forest, and there are signs of corpses."
"After all, we can't keep this piece of black forest, so we simply burn it to remove all the yin energy growing underground, so as not to continue to harm people in the future and lose our lives by straying into the black forest."
The old Taoist priest had a serious expression on his face and suggested to Feng Captou.
Feng Baotou had to give his nod to this matter before he could get other government officials to help him burn down the forest.
Feng Baotou, who already had a stab wound on his chest and a bandage on his chest, was now gray-faced and heavier. After listening to the old Taoist priest's suggestion, he didn't even think about it. He felt the same way and immediately agreed to it.
thing.
Under Feng Baotou's order, other government officials who were not injured began to cooperate with the old Taoist priest to burn the forest.
Because the injuries on the first few of Feng's men were serious and they were not suitable for the bumpy journey, it was not until the next day that the group returned to Chang County.
only.
Facing the morning glow, looking at the heavy cabinet tied to the horseback, the old Taoist priest planned to take all the cabinets that were responsible for the crime to Changxian County. Feng Baotou's eyebrow muscles were beating wildly with lingering fear.
"What is this, Daochang Chen?"
The old Taoist priest sighed: "Don't worry, Capt. Feng, this underworld weapon sufferer has been beaten to death by his little brother. He can't make trouble anymore and won't come out to cause trouble again."
"Speaking of which, the evil spirits of these underworld weapons are also victims of suffering. They were tortured by heretics during their lives, died young, and were unable to enter reincarnation after death and be reincarnated as human beings. Therefore, I want to take it back to Chang County and replace it.
He is so saved and hopes to have another chance to be reincarnated."
"Although the suffering master has been beaten to death by the little brother, there is still a trace of sinister obsession left on the underworld weapon. If I don't save you today, I can only burn this cabinet with fire to prevent this obsession from happening in the future.
Resurrection, but if you really do this, I will not be able to bear it."
"It's already very hard to be alive in this world. There's no need to be able to escape even after death. After death, you still have to suffer the same pain in the world."
Looking at the old Taoist priest, everyone was in awe.
Including Jin'an.
"Monk Pu Zhi, what are your plans next?" Feng Baotou asked Monk Pu Zhi on the side.
Monk Pu Zhi suffered another Seven-Injury Fist and was seriously injured by Yin Zhao. He suffered a serious loss of energy and blood. His complexion was a little sallow and his cheeks looked a little thin. He no longer had the rough and burly figure with a fat head and big ears.
"Monk, I plan to follow Feng Captou and you, go to Chang County to recover from your injuries first, and then write a letter to the other bodyguards, come to Chang County to pick up the bodies of the bodyguards and the others, and take them back to your relatives at home, so that the fallen leaves can return to their roots."
Feng Captou was overjoyed when he heard this: "To be honest, Chang County is in a period of employment now, and an evil corpse has also been lost. I don't know if this evil corpse has escaped into Chang County and harmed innocent people.
During this special period, it would be best if Monk Pu Zhi could stay in Chang County."
Jin An understood the meaning of Feng Baotou's words. Feng Baotou was recruiting talented people for Magistrate Zhang and retaining strange people.
It's just his trademark as a scheming escort.
It is indeed worthwhile for Chang County to spend a lot of money to retain talents.