"The blind man is really weird!" Wang Xu looked at the calm earth with a sneer on his lips.
He had talked with the blind man before and heard the blind man say that he had received two inheritances, so he was initially doubtful.
After all, it is not easy for an invisible blind man to survive in a troubled world where demons are rampant.
Now it seems that the blind man at least has the ability to escape from the earth. It is even unclear whether what he said before is true or false. After all, a person who can escape from the earth will not be raped by Liao unless he is willing.
Caught with ordinary Jin Yiwei.
"It's none of my business. I don't know this blind man and it has nothing to do with him." Seeing that the blind man who saved him ran away, Cui Hongjian hurriedly explained.
Wang Xu glanced at Cui Hongjian. Of course he knew that the blind man was doing the saving out of kindness and could not have anything to do with Cui Hongjian.
What he was thinking about was the day the blind man stole the money. Why was he caught by Liao Qiang and Jin Yiwei when he could escape with Earth Escape?
Accidentally, or it was premeditated, or maybe a blind man was just playing the game just because he thought it was fun.
After thinking about it for a while, he still had no clue. Wang Xu believed that if the blind man had other plans, everyone would see each other again, so he suppressed his thoughts, glanced at the Jin Yiwei who was chasing after him, and said, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's go."
After walking a few steps forward, Wang Xu looked back at Cui Hongjian's donkey, turned over and sat on the donkey: "Scholar, your donkey has been requisitioned."
Wang Xu hit the donkey and left, heading towards the county seat.
Cui Hongjian was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly ran forward: "Sir, don't go, that's not my donkey, I borrowed it from the village!"
"Go back and buy another one." Wang Xu didn't even look back, and a golden leaf appeared in his hand.
Seeing the gold leaves nailed to his feet and sinking into the yellow mud, Cui Hongjian hurriedly squatted on the ground and dug with his hands.
After a while, the gold leaves were dug out from the mud. At this time, there was no trace of Wang Xu and his party.
"This Jinyiwei Qianhu looks fierce, but I didn't expect that he is not bad." Holding the gold leaf, Cui Hongjian had a good impression of Wang Xu and muttered: "Now, with this gold leaf, not only can he be able to
If you buy a donkey, you can even pay for your next trip to take the exam."
Tongcheng County
"Open the door, open the door quickly!"
"The city gate has been closed. If you want to enter the city, come back tomorrow."
The heavy rain was heavy, and it was already dark when the group arrived at Tongcheng County, and the city gate was closed by the night officer.
"Open the door, we are from Jinyiwei."
"Jinyiwei!"
Hearing the name Jin Yiwei, the night officer quickly opened the door, knowing that he could not afford to offend these men.
crunch
The heavy door was opened from the inside. The night watchman and four city gate soldiers took a careful look. What they saw were six pale-faced guards in golden clothes, and one riding on a donkey. He obviously didn't hold an umbrella, but his clothes were not.
Wet Qianhu.
"There is no need to alarm anyone. Let's rest for one night and continue on our way tomorrow." Following the words, a group of people entered the city and left.
When the figures disappeared into the rainy night, a city gate soldier holding a lantern shivered and said: "Boss, those faces are so white, as white as ghosts."
Another city gate soldier answered: "Yes, there is also the high-ranking official riding a donkey. He is not wet at all, as if the rain can't hit him. We won't encounter ghosts, right?"
"Bullshit, if you are exposed to the rain outside, your face will turn pale. As for the official riding the donkey"
The city gate officer swallowed and whispered, "I heard that a strong martial artist will automatically protect his body with the energy of his body, making him invulnerable to wind and rain, and will not get wet even if it rains."
"So powerful!" The gatekeepers were all in disbelief. They had seen martial arts practitioners and heard about internal strength, but they couldn't even imagine that they could protect themselves from wind and rain.
"Okay, this is not something we can think about. Let's guard the city gate and go home to hug our wife at dawn." The city gate officer glanced at the heavy rain outside the city and shrank his neck: "Close the door, close the door, go back and take a look.
See if the dog meat is cooked."
The ancients had little entertainment at night. Once it got dark, the right thing to do was to close the door and have children.
In addition, it rained today, and the entire Tongcheng County seemed to have fallen asleep. Except for brothels and casinos, which were still open, no shops on the street were open.
"Sir, there is a code, our Jinyi Guards have a stronghold in front." Liao Qiang said with a pale face and full of exhaustion.
Wang Xu nodded slightly, Jin Yiwei monitors the world, and basically all cities have Jin Yiwei strongholds.
Generally speaking, a low-level county town like this is usually led by a small bannerman and seven or eight ordinary guards.
If it is a superior county, the person in charge will be the general banner, and the number will rise to more than a dozen people.
Following the coded instructions, Wang Xu and his party quickly found a horse and carriage dealership.
Traveling in ancient times was inconvenient, and most people couldn't afford carriages and horses, so carriages and horses came into being.
Just like the modern car rental system, this is also a big market, with people coming and going every day without looking cluttered at all.
In Jinyiwei's system, grain stores, inns, escort agencies, brothels, and horse and carriage shops are the industries most used to protect identities.
Having these industries as cover is not only conducive to gathering intelligence, but it is also a way for Jinyiwei to generate income.
Otherwise, if there were so many imperial guards all over the world, and they all relied on funding from the imperial court, they would have been scolded and dispersed by the imperial ministers long ago.
dong dong dong
"Who?"
"There are distinguished guests coming to my hometown, please open the door quickly."
The door opened, and the old guard in a raincoat took one look, and his eyes immediately narrowed.
If a layman can't understand it, how can they, an expert, not understand it?
One Qianhu with a gold medal, one with a silver medal from Hundreds of Households, five general flags and small flags with bronze and iron medals, any one of them would have a higher official position than the head of their carriage business.
"Hey, please come inside, our distinguished guest. Our boss has just gone to bed, so I'll call him right away."
It's hard to say for others, but the concierge who can guard the carriage house must be an old Jin Yiwei.
Looking at his seventy-year-old appearance, Wang Xu nodded slightly, got off the donkey and walked inside: "Ask your bosses to get up and prepare some hot meals, warm clothes and ginger soup. We will rest here tonight."
While talking, Wang Xu walked inside.
The carriage and horse market is not large in scale, with about five or six horse-drawn carriages and seven or eight donkey-carts.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a spacious courtyard with a carriage parked in the courtyard, a stable on the left, a dormitory on the right, and a well in the middle.
There was a flurry of excitement, and the big boss of the carriage, the leader of the Jinyiwei stationed in Tongcheng County, came out without even wearing shoes, just a piece of clothing.
Some of the guys who lived in the horse and carriage shop heard something moving outside and opened their windows to look outside. Some people asked in a low voice: "Big boss, what's going on?"
"What are you asking about? The master of Jinyiwei wants to use our car. Which one of you wants to go?" The big boss is a middle-aged man in his forties. It seems that he is scolding, but in fact he is giving it to Wang Xu and others.
I came to find a reason.
When they heard that they were from Jinyiwei, the guys closed their doors and windows tightly for fear of causing trouble.
The middle-aged man glanced around, ran two steps quickly to Wang Xu's side, cupped his fists and said: "Tongcheng County Jinyi Guards Station, Xiaoqi Xia Zhilei, I have met you, sir."
This Ning Dynasty is somewhat similar to the Ming Dynasty in history, without those scenes of kneeling down at every turn.
Wang Xu glanced at Xia Zhilei's bare feet. Regardless of whether this person was really in a hurry and didn't even bother to put on shoes, or he was just showing off to him, he was a caring person.
"Prepare some guest rooms for us, I have something to tell you." He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man, and Wang Xu would not pretend to be dignified in front of a Xiaoqi who had never seen him before.
"Sir, please come this way." Xia Zhilei lowered his head and led the way, and quickly brought Wang Xu and others to the guest room.
I walked into the guest room and took a look. The environment was pretty good, no worse than the upper rooms in those inns.
Nodding with satisfaction, Wang Xu sat down on the main seat in the living room. Others stood beside him on both sides and said: "I am Wang Xu from Qianhu who came to Fuzhou to take up the post. I am here this time.
I want to stay overnight, and secondly, I have two things to tell you."
"Sir, please speak." Xia Zhilei didn't ask a question, but instead lowered his head even lower.
Wang Xu pondered for a moment, put his badge on the table, and said: "There is a Yang family town thirty-five miles east of Tongcheng County. This town has been occupied by a group of spider spirits. Early tomorrow morning, you will send someone there
Take a look at Yangjia Town. If the group of spider spirits are still there, immediately notify the surrounding garrisons and bring kerosene and crossbow arrows to destroy the monsters. If they are not there, move a group of people over there, and I will take care of the rest.
Just ask.
The second thing is, I heard that there is a place called Shiliting in your county. Send people out to find out if there is a place called Wumenju outside Shiliting. Also, is there a place called Guobei County near you?
The place with Lanruo Temple.”
"Sir, Shiliting is a small town, fifty miles northeast of this county. As for Guobei County, it is indeed near us. A hundred miles to the north is Lanruo Temple. I have heard people say that this place seems to be
It’s not very clean, I don’t know exactly what’s going on.” Xia Zhilei replied softly, transportation was not convenient in ancient times, and it was difficult to move around as freely as in modern times.
For many people who live in the countryside, the furthest they can go in their lives is to go to the county town. In the eyes of these people, this is the whole world.
Xia Zhilei was the person in charge of the Jinyi Guards in Tongcheng County and was in charge of the carriage and horse racing business. Only then did he pay more attention to the activities around him and knew that there was a place called Lanruo Temple.
"So close!"
Wang Xu narrowed his eyes slightly. The city of Fuzhou where he was going to take office was eighty miles west of here.
Doesn't it mean that Lanruo Temple and Guobei County are within his jurisdiction?
After going around in a big circle, I still got involved with Lanruo Temple. What a coincidence.
But it makes sense to think about it, Cui Hongjian's home is nearby, and Yan Chixia also lives in seclusion on the mountain outside Shili Pavilion.
Shiliting is not only the home of Cui Hongjian, but also the place where Ning Caichen and Xiaoqian parted ways in A Chinese Ghost Story, leaving behind the poem about a ten-mile flat lake covered with frost and every inch of blue silk hair worrying about the past.
Based on this calculation, Yan Chixia didn't go far at all after moving from Wumenju outside Shili Pavilion.
Otherwise, the name Shiliting would not appear frequently, and in the second part of A Chinese Ghost Story, it would once again become the place where the plot takes place.