On the Avenue

Chapter 144 The evil godmother

The Admiral's Academy is located in the west of Gongzhou City. From a distance, the incense smoke is lingering. Next to the academy is the Confucian Temple, dedicated to the Master.

When Chen Shi and Hu Feifei arrived outside the Admiral's Academy, they saw that there were already many scholars from Gongzhou and Xinxiang counties queuing up to report and wait for arrangements.

The two lined up, leaving the dog and car outside.

Hu Feifei was very excited, looking around for a scholar who liked her, and whispered: "The scholars here are not the brats from Xinxiang County. They will definitely find a good husband!"

Chen Shi said: "It's useless for you to choose now. You won't know who is the winner until the results of the Autumn Wei Examination are released."

Hu Feifei was a little worried and said: "If we fox girls can't choose a husband before winning the election, we will be laughed at by the sisters. They will say that we have no vision and ability, and the husband we choose will be the one they choose." You must choose before winning the election, that’s how you have a good idea.”

Chen Shi didn't know that the Fox clan had such rules.

"If you can pass the Zhongya Yuan test, your vision will be unique. If you can pass the Jie Yuan test, then you will stand out among the sisters of the Fox Clan."

Hu Feifei told him about the strange rules of the Fox clan, and said, "If you win three yuan in a row, it will be smoke coming out of the ancestral grave. All the sisters will be jealous to death, and you can call yourself grandma in the clan."

Chen Shi asked: "What if the man you chose doesn't win?"

Hu Feifei was a little nervous and shook her head: "I will definitely win! My taste is definitely not bad! Even if I don't win this time, I can still take the test again next time!"

"What if I still fail to pass the exam next time?" Chen Shi asked again.

Hu Feifei was very uneasy, with anxiety in her eyes: "Then we'll take the test next time!"

Chen Shi wanted to avenge her ridicule and pressed forward step by step, saying, "What if I haven't passed the exam yet? What if I never pass the exam in my life?"

Hu Feifei looked pale and lost her mind, and murmured in her mouth: "Yes, if I never win the lottery in my life, if I am a scholar my whole life, how can I still look up and act like a fox in front of my little sisters? I will call them grandma... "

Finally it was their turn, but the reporting officer was not the academic officer, but the academic counselor.

The two white-haired counselors asked the two for their names, read the documents, and checked their place of origin and the origins of their teachers. Then they stamped their documents and said: "You will live in the city from now on." In the inn in the east, men and women are separated and they prepare their own food.”

Chen Shi and Hu Feifei thanked them and walked to the east of the city. On the way, they heard many scholars complaining that the admiral's school was in the west of the city, but the post office was in the east of the city, which was clearly a trouble for people.

Hu Feifei was a cheerful person, laughing and joking with Chen Shi along the way, joking about being betrayed. Chen Shi planned to attack her if her future husband failed the exam. Both of them had the ability to hit each other accurately. Weapons, hurting each other along the way.

Suddenly, people wrapped in red cloth on the street beat gongs and drums and walked towards this side, shouting as they walked: "Hongshan Hall, Hongshan Hall! If you burn an incense stick in Hongshan, there will be no disaster if you worship the empress!"

"Dang~dang!"

"Hongshan Hall, Hongshan Hall! Three incense sticks from Hongshan are offered to the empress but she doesn't pay for the food!"

"Dang~dang!"

"Hongshan Hall, Hongshan Hall! Hongshan Temple enshrines the Empress, and the Hongshan Empress is famous!"

Chen Shi and Hu Feifei stood on the side of the road, and saw people on both sides of the street opening their doors, lighting incense, and inserting it into the incense burner held by the leader of the group.

"It seems to be a missionary." Hu Feifei looked around and said.

A scholar in his twenties next to them smiled and said: "This is Hongshan Hall asking for incense. Hongshan Hall is a Talisman Master Association in Gongzhou. The people in it are all Talisman Masters, and they worship the Empress of Hongshan." . They don’t preach, they just ask for incense from hundreds of families. However, the Queen of Hongshan is indeed efficacious. If you prepare the offerings, your blessings for children and wealth will all come true."

Chen Shi heard that it was the Talisman Masters Association and quickly asked: "How do the Talisman Masters of Hongshan Hall make a living?"

The scholar said: "Go to various towns and counties to eliminate evil spirits. Hongshan Hall has spies in various places. They will be the first to know where there are evil spirits, and then ask the talisman master to remove the evil spirits. After the evil spirits are eliminated, you can go to the government to receive the reward. I heard When they remove evil spirits, Lady Hongshan will also help them.”

When Chen Shi heard this, he couldn't help but yearn for it.

He had enough money to spend until the autumn exam, but he was penniless after the exam. If he makes money by selling talismans, he won't earn much at all, which is not enough for his daily expenses on medicinal materials.

Moreover, in provincial cities like Gongzhou, there are as many talisman masters as ants, the price of talismans is not valuable, and the competition is fierce.

Joining Hongshan Hall to eliminate evil spirits and make money is a way to survive.

"In addition to Hongshan Hall, are there any other similar halls in Gongzhou?" Hu Feifei asked.

The scholar said: "There are also Caolaohui and Yanlaohui, which are very large. One is in charge of water transportation, river transportation and ship discharge on the Minjiang River, and the other is in charge of salt mining. Both of them have government backgrounds. Some people I don’t know if it’s true that the Yan Laohui is behind the Salt Bureau.”

Chen Shi thanked him for the advice and said, "What do you call me, senior brother?"

The scholar said: "I don't dare, I'm Zhao Kaiyun."

When Chen Shi heard that the surname was Zhao, he felt a little unhappy and pulled Hu Feifei away from him.

Zhao Kaiyun was confused.

The two continued to laugh and joke. Suddenly, Chen Shi stopped and looked towards a large house.

Seeing him stop, Hu Feifei stopped quickly, followed his gaze, and asked doubtfully: "Brother Chen, what are you looking at?"

Chen Shi pursed his lips towards the mansion and said, "Use the Sky Eye Talisman to take a look."

Hu Feifei hurriedly searched for the Sky Eye Talisman from her luggage, but Chen Shi could see clearly with his naked eyes. He saw that the incense was flourishing inside the mansion, and the fragrance gathered into clouds, floating in the sky above the mansion. Under the incense cloud, there was A dense, demonic aura, extremely thick.

Next to the big house is the Minjiang River (prototype: Delaware River). There is a waterway connecting the Minjiang River. The river is quite wide, about six or seven feet.

At this moment, there were dozens of people, each with a yellow scarf talisman on their body. Each of them was more than ten feet tall and extremely powerful. They were shouting slogans, struggling to pull the water gate, and slowly raising the huge iron gate.

Chen Shi looked around and saw a sudden bulge on the surface of the Minjiang River. It looked like something huge was swimming under the water at an extremely fast speed!

"call--"

The river rose seven or eight feet high, poured into the waterway, and entered the big house through the gate.

Under the incense cloud of the mansion, two blood lanterns lit up, floating in the air, puffing out clouds and mist.

Hu Feifei took out the Sky Eye Talisman and activated it. Seeing this scene, she felt horrified and whispered: "Evil spirit?"

Chen Shi lowered his voice and said: "It should be. Strange, isn't there a Ten Thousand Souls Flag in the city? How come there are evil spirits entering the city?"

Zhao Kaiyun came up and said with a smile: "The one in the river just now is Grandma Minjiang from Cao Laohui. She was originally an evil spirit in the Minjiang River. Later, she received the incense of many people. Over time, she actually developed a spiritual spirit and was able to protect one side. So our Gongzhou The people of Jiang worshiped Minjiang's grandmother as their godmother and established the Cao Laohui."

Chen Shi was surprised and asked for advice: "Can Xie Sui become a godmother?"

Zhao Kaiyun said: "The more incense you receive, the evil nature will be suppressed. Without the evil nature, the person who protects the incense will naturally become your godmother."

Chen Shi couldn't help but feel better about him.

Zhao Kaiyun continued: "The boatmen of the Caolaohui are going to the Minjiang River to release boats. Without the protection of Gongzhou City, there are evil spirits outside. If it were not for the protection of Grandma Minjiang, I am afraid that the boatmen of the Caolaohui would have died long ago. Only with Grandma Minjiang can the people of Caolaohui survive.”

Chen Shi said: "That's it."

At this time, a painting boat floated by on the river. Chen Shi looked and saw a father and daughter on the boat. They were the father and daughter on the boat in Xinxiang County.

"Why are you here?" Chen Shi was extremely surprised.

The boat girl smiled and said: "Recently, many scholars in the city are going to Gongzhou to take the exam, so we ferryed on the Minjiang River and traveled backward from the lower reaches to come here to earn hard money. Scholar, I wish you high school!"

Chen Shi smiled and said: "Thank you for your good advice. There is a Cao Laohui in Gongzhou, which controls water transportation. Be careful that they will cause trouble for you."

The boat girl said, "We've taken care of it, there won't be any trouble."

The father and daughter rowed away.

In the main altar of Caolaohui, Cao Yunshen, the altar owner, looked at Grandma Minjiang who was breathing incense. He suddenly couldn't help coughing violently, coughing up blood, and his face turned pale.

Grandma Minjiang's appearance appeared. She was an old woman with tangled hair, holding a wooden stick two or three times taller than herself, and she was coughing up blood again and again.

"Who is the other party? Is he so powerful?"

Altar leader Cao Yunshen had a look of fear on his face and whispered, "Grandma and I joined forces, but we were unable to injure the father and daughter at all. Instead, they were seriously injured! When did such a pair of masters come to Gongzhou City?"

Cao Laohui controlled water transportation, but the father and daughter actually ferried on the Minjiang River to rob Cao Laohui's business, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the congregation. So someone brought many boats to intercept the father and daughter, intending to show off the other party.

Unexpectedly, he was beaten.

The incense owner of Caolaohui came forward and was beaten back.

The leader of the altar, Cao Yunshen, knew that the person coming was a big deal, but Cao Laohui could not lose his face, so he invited Grandma Minjiang to fight with him personally. Unexpectedly, he was beaten by the opponent!

He couldn't even see the other party's true identity!

Chen Shi had a relationship with Boat Girl and his daughter, and he liked Boat Girl's fierceness.

It was rare to meet them here, and Chen Shi was very happy.

At this time, he let out another sigh, and saw another large house. The blood in the house was dark red, and a mountain of flesh was crawling there, and the blood was emanating from the mountain of flesh.

However, this scene cannot be seen by ordinary eyes.

"This mansion is the main altar of Hongshan Hall."

Zhao Kaiyun said, "Hongshan Hall is dedicated to the Hongshan Empress. The meat mountain you see is the Hongshan Empress!"

Chen Shi was surprised and asked, "What exactly is Empress Hongshan?"

Zhao Kaiyun did not use the Sky Eye Talisman, and could not see the Hongshan Empress with the naked eye. He said: "I am reluctant to buy the Sky Eye Talisman because I can't see the Hongshan Empress. However, I heard that the Hongshan Empress is a blood Tai Sui. I heard that she came from the mountains." When it was dug out, every human and animal within ten miles was dead."

Chen Shi was surprised and said: "The Talisman Master of Hongshan Hall worships such evil spirits?"

Zhao Kaiyun said: "The Queen of Hongshan receives incense, so she is not considered evil."

When he came to the east of the city, along the way, Chen Shi actually saw four or five places where incense was flourishing and the devilish aura was deep!

However, these places are often dominated by the big forces in Gongzhou.

"There are so many people in Gongzhou who worship evil spirits and have developed a climate. Each of them is no worse than Grandma Heishan! Even much better than Grandma Heishan!"

He was secretly frightened, "Isn't Gongzhou afraid of evil things happening when the moon rises?"

Grandma Heishan was extremely powerful. This evil spirit was killed by Chen Shi with the beam of the Tiger Temple when its appearance was shattered. At that time, Grandma Heishan's strength was very low.

And there are six people in Gongzhou City who are not inferior to Black Mountain Grandma!

"In the past, we could use incense to suppress evil, but now there is a moon in the daytime, and more incense is needed. I am afraid that these evil godmothers will cause a big mess sooner or later!" Chen Shi whispered.

Zhao Kaiyun smiled and said, "With the government here, what kind of trouble can there be? In Gongzhou City, there are governors, governors-general, generals, inspectors, and three divisions, eunuchs guarding the salt transport department, salt frying department, tea and horse department, how many big officials? These big officials come from aristocratic families and have great skills. How could there be trouble?"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "It is not a good thing to let evil spirits enter the city. Even if there are so many masters guarding Gongzhou City, I am afraid there will be a day of negligence."

They came to the post station, and Chen Shi and Hu Feifei separated. They saw that the post station was already overcrowded, and there were often four or five scholars squeezed into one room.

Chen Shi and Zhao Kaiyun lived in a four-person room under the guidance of the guards of the post station.

Chen Shi put away his things, tidied up, boiled some medicine for dinner, and at night, he saw someone reading by lamplight.

Chen Shi went to bed, and in the middle of the night, he suddenly woke up in the cold wind. He opened his eyes and saw a dark shadow in the room with the light, eating the feet of a scholar in the same room. He had already gnawed the scholar's right leg and feet until only the bones were left.

The scholar was still sleeping soundly, unaware of anything, and snoring came from his mouth.

——The second chapter is here, sorry it's a little late.