At night, Wang Xu was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, reviewing today's documents.
A high position also has its disadvantages. For example, as the highest officer of Fuzhou Jinyiwei, all matters in the entire Fuzhou territory must be solved by him.
Whether it's a magistrate, colluding with a general magistrate to embezzle public funds, or a drunken scholar discussing state affairs indiscriminately, all of them will be handed over in the form of paper documents.
These documents were gathered in Wang Xu's hands, and the important ones were approved and kept in the archives, the unimportant ones were crossed out and destroyed, and the suspicious ones were sent back for further investigation. It took an hour or two every day to complete it.
And in the past few days, I don’t know why, but suddenly more and more strange things happened down there.
Today alone, there have been over a hundred cases of demons and monsters attacking people.
Hunters who entered the mountains were attacked by mountain monsters, and scholars who were traveling were violently killed by female ghosts. In addition, there were some strange things about ghosts and monsters, which made Wang Xu's workload more than triple than usual.
"Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock"
Wang Xu was reading a document about a vendor going on a night trip and encountering a ghost market at night, when he suddenly heard the sound of a loudspeaker coming from outside, as if there was a noisy procession to welcome a bride.
At first, Wang Xu didn't pay attention, but after more than ten minutes, the ticking sound was still heard not far or near, which made him a little strange.
"Someone is coming!"
Wang Xu put down the documents and shouted at the door.
crunch
The door was pushed open, and two guards in royal robes on night duty came in and said respectfully: "What are your orders, sir?"
"What's going on outside? Where did the in-laws' team come from, making a noise outside our guard house?" Wang Xu said in an unhappy tone. No one would be happy if they were disturbed.
"The wedding team?" Hearing Wang Xu's question, the two guards looked at each other and whispered: "Sir, the moon is high and the stars are sparse outside, there is nothing?"
"No?"
Wang Xulu was stunned for a moment and then asked: "Didn't you hear the ticking sound?"
"No, sir!" The two shook their heads simply, and it seemed that they were not pretending.
"There's none?"
Wang Xu had doubts on his face. He felt that there were noisy gongs, drums and trumpets outside, as if someone was having a happy event.
Could it be that he heard it wrong and had blind tone?
No, when martial arts has reached Wang Xu's level, he has reached the point where he can see gods as indestructible and see mountains as mountains. It is impossible for him to have hallucinations.
“Something’s wrong”
Wang Xu glanced at the mountains of dense folds on the desk and said softly: "What day is today?"
"today?"
A Jin Yiwei thought for a while and replied: "Today is the Ghost Festival, sir."
"Hungry Ghost Festival, Ghost Festival!"
Wang Xu slowly thought about it, and the smile on his face became colder, and he snorted: "Where did this devil come from, how dare you come to entertain me!"
Whoosh!!
Wang Xu suddenly burst into flames and flew away from the Grand Master's chair, turning into a black shadow and flying outward.
There have been so many things that happened recently that he actually forgot about the Hungry Ghost Festival. He really shouldn't have.
No wonder, in the past few days, things like monsters and ghosts hurting people have happened from time to time. It turns out that it is not that there are more monsters and monsters, but that it is an auspicious day in the underworld.
Snapped!!
Falling from the sky, Wang Xu landed outside the guardhouse and looked into the darkness in the distance.
When he was in the room, he heard the ticking sound coming from outside, but when he heard it again outside, it seemed that the ticking sound was still far away.
"I have seen you in this humble position, sir." Several fans carrying lanterns and patrolling outside quickly saluted Wang Xu when they saw him.
Wang Xu waved his hand to signal them to continue. After a moment, he walked into the darkness with his hands behind his back.
"What is it that lures me out and wants to make trouble on Tai Sui's head?" Wang Xu strode toward the darkness. Only he could hear the ticking sound. It was obvious that the other party's target was him.
This is something new. As the governor of Fuzhou, there are still a few people who dare to act presumptuously in front of him, even if they are monsters.
Even if his strength is not included, this identity alone can scare ordinary monsters and monsters. After all, Daning Dynasty is the orthodox humane society. Whether it is a monster or a ghost, at most he can show off in the countryside and dare to mess around in the county.
They are rare, let alone in the prefecture.
He is dressed in the official uniform of a fourth-grade official and wears a black cloak, giving people a sense of solemnity and majesty.
Wang Xu was not frightened. He moved forward fearlessly in the darkness, following the guidance of the trumpet. He wanted to see what was causing trouble.
Walking out step by step, Wang Xu gradually left the city and arrived outside Fuzhou City.
Fuzhou City is divided into South City and North City, separated by a canal. Wang Xu walked in the dark, all the way east along the canal.
Lotus lanterns and river boats drifted down the river, dotting the stars against the river surface.
In the darkness, things resembling aquatic plants poked out of the river from time to time. After following Wang Xu for a while, they ducked back down.
Wang Xu's eyes were as bright as a torch, and the darkness could not block his vision.
Under his gaze, those water plants were clearly just clumps of hair scattered on the water.
"That's right!" Seeing the water ghosts retreating one after another, Wang Xu nodded secretly.
Ye Zhiqiu once told him that people with advanced martial arts skills are like bonfires in the eyes of ghosts.
Unless absolutely necessary, ghosts will never approach these people, because when they are around these people, ghosts will have the illusion of being under the scorching sun, and some who are shallow will even be burned to death.
"Fangfang, don't run, wait for me, wait for me!"
Wang Xu was walking when he suddenly saw a scholar holding a lantern, chasing a white shadow and running towards the river.
Taking a closer look, wasn't this the drowning scholar he saw when he entered the city that day?
That day, he took Yan Shi with him and just returned to Fuzhou City from Lanruo Temple. On the river bank, he saw the scholar who was dragged into the river by a water ghost.
If it weren't for this person, Wang Xu wouldn't be able to get to know Zen Master Mo Yun, let alone go to Zen Master Mo Yun to treat corpse poison.
"It's such a fate that I meet this scholar again!"
Wang Xu thought so and shouted: "Scholar, what are you doing?"
"Ah!" Suddenly someone yelled. The scholar shivered in fright and dropped the lantern in his hand.
"Hey, why am I here?"
The scholar had already stepped half way into the river. He ran back in a hurry and said in surprise: "What's going on? I'm not playing games with my wife. I'm chasing her when she runs away. Why did I catch her here?"
"Madam, you bitch, I saw you chasing a piece of white sand and trying to jump into the river to die!"
When Wang Xu heard this, he knew that the scholar had encountered a ghost.
The scholar looked up unbelievingly and looked into the river along the moonlight. He saw a piece of white gauze flowing down the river. What else could it be if it wasn't her wife's favorite gauze.
"Ghost?" Thinking of the ridiculous things of the past few days, the scholar turned pale with fear.
Look again, the white gauze dress floating on the river suddenly seems to be a person emerging from the water, holding the gauze dress and transforming into a woman in white.
The woman in white clothes had disheveled hair with water plants mixed in the bun. She said with a smile: "Sir, my family is here. Come to me quickly. If you catch me, I will let you kiss me."
The scholar immediately sat on the ground, crawled back on his hands and feet, and exclaimed: "Ghost, there is a ghost!"
"You are so cowardly, you dare to play tricks on people and ghosts!" Looking at the scholar's back, Wang Xu shook his head slightly and thought to himself: "Forget it, this scholar and I are destined, saving his life is a beginning and an end."
Wang Xu retracted his thoughts and continued to walk out following the sound of the horn.
After walking a few miles, he turned around suddenly and found that the water ghost named Fangfang was still following him on the water.
"What, you want me to be your scapegoat?" Wang Xu had a smile on his face. This low-level water ghost is not a ruthless character.
An ordinary person with a little bit of intelligence would be able to escape from her hands, but facing a master of martial arts like Wang Xu, she would have no deterrent effect.
After all, the water monster only has a few tricks, including tangled hair and pulling on the ankles. If you can't resist it, you will be drowned. If you can carry it over, you will be fine.
These tricks are fine against ordinary people, but not effective against masters of martial arts. This is why the water ghost's favorite scapegoat is always a child or a drunk young man.