After the immortal disappeared

"Who wants to eat Manjian Cake?" He Lingchuan asked, and the two monkeys raised their hands together.

It's fragrant and sweet, no fool wouldn't love it.

After buying the things, the two of them sat down to eat and asked, "How far is Jishi Village from here?"

"Jishi Village?" The shopkeeper at Baozi Pu had just collected the copper coins. He looked around and then whispered, "You went to Jishi Village, why did you come here?"

"We're lost..." The mountains are so vast, isn't it strange to get lost?

Before Dong Rui finished speaking, the store owner hurriedly waved his hand: "Forget it, I don't want to know."

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the northwest: "It's only fifteen miles away."

Dong Rui smiled at He Lingchuan: "It turned out that I went too far. However, the error is not very far."

The shopkeeper added: "But you two may not be able to get along."

"Why?"

"The border is tense. The opposite side is Gaopu's territory." The shop owner's voice became even lower. "Actually, we were too."

"What now?"

"This place is now owned by Bixia." The shop owner sighed, with a sad expression on his face, "Hey, there are unforeseen circumstances."

Dong Rui looked at him and seemed to prefer being under Gao Pu's rule: "Is life better than yours on the other side?"

"How should I say it?" The shop owner moved his lips but hesitated.

He Lingchuan stretched out his hand and placed a small piece of broken silver on the table: "I see you still have a few dried sausages hanging here. Give them all to me. There's no need to look for them."

Dried sausage is very hard, but they will cook some hot food in a pot in the wild. At that time, they add some intestines to give it a unique flavor. Besides, the ghost monkey likes this very much because it has good teeth.

"This is delicious, and it also has wine rice cakes in it." The shopkeeper smiled broadly and used oil paper to wrap three pieces of air-dried sausage for the customer. Knowing that "there is no need to look for it", he just bought him a few words.

At this time, a small hand poked out from under the dustpan filled with pancakes, trying to take advantage of him and touch a piece of pancake.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper saw it in a blink of an eye. He grabbed the fly broom and slapped it on his hand: "How dare you steal without giving me food! How brave are you?"

The four or five-year-old child said "Wow" and ran out from behind the counter.

Dong Rui glanced at her and said, "Your girl?" She was still wearing pigtails.

The shopkeeper nodded.

What he wants to say is not good for children to hear. Besides, sugar cakes are so expensive, they can only be sold to customers.

"Originally, under Gaopu's rule, rents were low and there were few projects. The government spent money to build bridges and pave roads for us. Things were also cheap. A pound of rice only cost five cents, and a pound of sugar cost fifty-five cents." The shopkeeper kneaded the dough while kneading it. Dough looked out. No one was passing by outside, so he said boldly, "Now, alas, since our place was occupied by Bixia, prices have been rising steadily. Now a pound of rice is already eleven cents, and the price of sugar has reached Ninety-two cents!”

He quickly vented his bitterness: "Look, I don't dare to raise the price of this thing. If it goes up, no one will buy it."

The people's livelihood in the motherland is better, so I miss my motherland. But a humble citizen like him is destined to just follow the crowd, so what kind of decision can he make for himself?

"There is only one good thing: at least we are no longer suffering from military disasters." The shop owner pointed to the northwest, "Bixia is still attacking Gaopu, so it is not peaceful there. In fact, Gaopu is gone, and only General Situ and General Lu are left. They’re still holding on.”

As a foreigner, He Lingchuan had to ask: "When did Gaopu Kingdom disappear?"

"Four, no, five months ago, the capital city was captured and the king committed suicide." The shopkeeper sighed softly, "Vixia wanted to take over the remaining territory of Gaopu in one go, but General Situ and General Lu held on, and they fought on both sides. It took several battles.”

"Actually, actually, the places you are going to, Jishi Village and Rolling Stone Valley, were occupied by Bixia three months ago, and it was General Situ who led his troops to take them back. I also have a relative who lives there, and now he I can’t move around anymore.”

Dong Rui smiled and said, "Do you also want this place to be taken back?"

The shop owner said with a straight face: "I dare not say this."

Outsiders can talk whatever they want, but they can't.

"Where are we?"

"Jucheng." The shopkeeper whispered, "If you go to Jishi Village openly, you will be arrested as spies by the Bixia people on the way."

He Lingchuan pointed towards the earthen wall outside: "Why is Situ He wanted?"

"That's not clear." The shop owner also took a look outside, "Who knew who secretly tore off the previous one? When did the government subsidize it again? You were so diligent in posting it."

He muttered again: "I don't do any good things today."

"Last question." He Lingchuan took the last sip of peanut soup. "Has anyone been killed inexplicably recently?"

"You mean being killed inexplicably?"

"Death accidentally, eaten by monsters or ghosts."

"I haven't heard of this, but Bixia arrested a lot of people, and many of them never showed up again." The shop owner asked him, "Is this considered a violent death?"

"Forget it." Dong Rui stood up and wiped his mouth, "Of course it does."

After eating half full, the two went to the store next door to buy some rice wine, cooked vegetables and dry food. Dong Rui fulfilled his promise and bought some nuts for the two monkeys.

He peeled the peanuts and walked out. One for Gui Yuan, one for Ling Guang, and one for himself. They took turns giving them to each other.

"Let's go and do our own business."

"You said it's a coincidence that the place we are going to is haunted. It just so happens that the task assigned to you by Lingshan is to get rid of ghosts."

"They are all nearby." He Lingchuan was also thinking, "When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Isn't it the same thing?"

He came here for two reasons. First, he had to complete the task assigned by Lingshan, which was to get rid of the ghost king of the Howling Forest, King Xuanlu.

He and Dong Rui were no longer strangers to the name of this ghost king.

It is the Lord of the Howling Woods. The mission description given by Lingshan mentioned that the Ghost King was originally Wang Xuanlu, a famous general three hundred years ago, who led his army to fight everywhere. Unfortunately, there were many strong men in the Golden Gold Plain at that time, and the situation was unpredictable. Wang Xuanlu failed to defend his foundation and was defeated like a mountain, and was finally killed in the Howling Forest.

Wang Xuanlu died, and by chance, there was a ghost king in the Howling Forest.

In the Golden Plains, the people's country is weak and evil spirits are rampant. It is not surprising that such evil spirits can become a climate.

In short, Xuanlu Evil Spirit is a ferocious ghost with more than 300 years of cultivation. Over the years, he has caused trouble in all directions and colluded with local forces to poison the central part of the Golden Flash Plain. Therefore, the task given by Lingshan is very straightforward, which is to get rid of this scourge!

Secondly, there are also industries in the Yangshan Islands nearby, and something went wrong. Anyway, He Lingchuan's mission this time was to get rid of ghosts, so he stopped by for an inspection.

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It couldn't be easier for He Lingchuan and the others to bypass the Bixia checkpoint.

The bun shop owner didn't give them the wrong direction, but they passed a village first.

The village is located in a mountain col, with a large mountain at its back. It occupies a large area and has dozens of houses, but the grass on the ground reaches up to the calf.