The night was as deep as ink, only the cries of the night owls became more and more urgent, and the occasional fire and black mist came from the depths of the old forest, which finally turned to calm.

"It's done?" Daoist Li said to himself, he was very confident in this fire crow, after all, it was produced by Heavenly Court, and it must be a high-quality product, but why didn't this fat bird come back.

"Little Taoist, little Taoist!" Ma Sanzi ran over from the other direction, panting.

"Why are you here, didn't you say that it was dangerous outside. ”

"That mandrill has reappeared, Elder Ah Jin has been killed, and now there is chaos in the village!"

Daoist Li's heart sank, the mandrill was not dead, and he ran back to the village to kill people, it was so fierce that even the fire crow couldn't control it, so he hurriedly ran back; Ma Sanzi hurriedly followed, but his face became very weird, and a faint miasma came out of his body.

"Is there anything wrong with Lan Mei'er?"

"I—I don't know, something happened, and I'll come to you as soon as possible. ”

"Is the little lady's skin good?"

"Well, good. Ma Sanzi hesitated, revealing an expression of memory.

"Good for your mother!" Daoist Li pounced on a vicious dog, threw the other party to the ground, grabbed the other party's neck with both hands, and said viciously: "Your uncle, do you know that the same move can't be performed a second time in front of the Taoist master, with the bird nature of Ma Sanzi, if something happens, he must be the first to think of that little lady, how could he run to find Dao Ye me." ”

Under his strength, Ma Sanzi's facial contours began to deform, his body began to shrink, and he turned into a one-legged child's appearance, this is the true body of the mandrill, who is screaming at the moment, and his body exploded violently, knocking the Taoist priest to the ground, his eyes turned white, and he fainted, and this gas fluctuated in the air, and it seemed that he could turn into a human form at any time......

'Squeak', the dungeon opened, Elder Ah Jin rudely lifted Lan Mei'er out, and his eyes swept around: "Now that three days have arrived, the Taoist priest has not yet appeared, according to the rules of our village, this woman must be drowned." ”

"Wait a little longer, elder, the little Taoist priest may be here later," Ma Sanzi prayed, the status of the elders in this Yao village is similar to that of the village elders in the Han family, under the premise that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, he has the right to execute and judge independently, if the reason is legitimate, even the yamen can't stop it.

"Don't wait. ”

"It's true that you don't have to wait any longer!" I saw that outside the crowd, Daoist Li walked over step by step, his head could be turned to the sky, but what was even more attractive was the white fire in front of him, suppressing a gray mist, weakening more and more under the sunlight.

"Come, give Dao Ye and me a transformation. ”

Under the threat of firelight, the gray mist was unwilling to swallow up, and a vague figure appeared, turning into various faces, until it was almost displayed before it was accepted by the "Azure Treasure Book", "I don't need to say it, there has never been a so-called stealing man, only a woman who has been bullied by the spirit, look at your ...... one by one" There is no such thing as mercy in Daoist Li's dictionary, especially under the premise that he was almost killed by the mandrill, he almost emptied the word reserves for many years, Elder Ah Jin was scolded and fainted directly, looking at the appearance, at least ten years of life, the villagers next to him were also pale, if it wasn't for Ma Sanzi to stop him, he could really scold from morning to night, and he didn't have a heavy look.

Probably because they were ashamed, or they wanted to send away this plague god as soon as possible, the people in the village had enough money to muster up, and a large bag of food, in the gratitude of Ma Sanzi and Lan Mei'er, Daoist Li stepped on the journey again.

In order to rush before, Li Daoshi often walked the mountain trails, and in order to fill his stomach, he drilled into places like deep mountains and old forests, and in the past six months, he has seen more demons and monsters than he has seen;

Jiazikou, Baiyun Mountain, Dongguan, Mule Road, Songjing...... According to the instructions of passers-by, they are all familiar with the terrain and have different names, fortunately, Wuyue is still there, Qingcheng is still there, in the end it is still in the world, this is a good thing; along the way, there is leisure and kung fu, and from time to time to the scenic spots of this era on a wave; just in the route, a big city and famous city have not been encountered, all are some township junctions, in ancient times it is really not the general two of the vast and sparsely populated, Li Daoshi complained, there is money in his pocket, his idea of appreciating body art began to stir again, art, just art, you know?

Finally approaching the official road, the hard ground, the inns on both sides, and the many shops, Daoist Li rubbed his feet, found a clean storefront and sat down.

"Come to a bowl of soup cakes, add two steamed buns, and put more side dishes," the so-called soup cakes, that is, noodle soup, add some chili, green onions, oil and salt and other condiments, spicy and refreshing, don't underestimate this meal, in the ordinary people two meals a day, a meal of brown rice, it is definitely a petty bourgeois level of enjoyment, this meal alone, it cost him five yuan, and a penny can buy several flatbreads.

"Along the way, prices have risen sharply," Daoist Li felt a little empty in his heart, there are only two hundred copper coins in his baggage now, and he can last for ten days, and his recent expenditure is a bit large, so he still has to generate income.

"Little Er, which side is ahead?"

"Two hundred miles ahead, is Xiangcheng, which belongs to the political department of Huguangbu, that is, the ancient Jingzhou. ”

"Jingzhou, it's almost time to Hunan," Daoist Li calculated, he had already walked nearly half of the distance, and he almost burst into tears, it was not easy, Daoist I risked my life, and my two legs almost ran half of the Central Plains.

"Guest officer, if you are in a hurry, it is recommended that you rest for a few days before leaving, it is not safe on the road recently," Xiao Er said again.

"What's the insecurity law?"

"There is a group of knife bandits who have fled to the vicinity, quite vicious, even the official silver dares to rob, there have been several Zhuangzi slaughtered by them, even the government transferred a large army to let them escape, it is said that the demon law. Xiao Er had a mysterious expression.

"Demon law, how much demon can it be," Daoist Li sneered, and suddenly his face froze, the knife bandit is also a human being, and in the Taiqing oath, it seems that there is a precept that you can't harm people's lives with spells, but there is no rule that the other party is a good person or a bad person, and the knife bandits, cut off people's heads and leeks like leeks, and their heads on their necks meet them, can they be saved?

"This, little two, how much is your accommodation for one night. ”

"The cheapest room, fifty wen, hot water, two meals included. ”

"Can I take credit?" said Daoist Li as he swallowed and foamed at the mouth and asked cautiously.

Xiao Er's face stiffened, and he said, "This store does not take credit." ”

"It's so expensive, why don't you grab it!" Daoist Li gestured to the small shop with a middle finger, and went on the road angrily, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, what this girl said would not be a means to kill customers, it is quite likely, where are there so many green forest thieves in the blue sky and white days, this is not yet a big mess in the world.

After walking for a day, I found a clean place to nest all night, during which I did the morning and evening classes of the Taoists, ate two flatbreads, soaked urine, continued on the road the next day, walked halfway, my toes hurt, I bumped into something, looked down, a broken arm was thrown on the road, the incision was smooth, as if it was crossed by some sharp object, and there was a pool of blood, which was steaming.

"No," Daoist Li wiped a cold sweat, swept left and right, and didn't find half of the place where he could hide, damn it, he knew that he shouldn't have saved that little money, and his intestines were all repentant; at this moment, a dozen strong men, twenty knives, riding a big horse and wearing leather jackets, under the setting sun, killed from the side of the horizon, with fierce eyes, a cloak of hair, and a blue knife edge, and definitely beheaded more than one person.

The Taoist priest didn't say a word, turned around and ran, but unfortunately how could a two-legged one run over four legs, the sound of 'booming' horses' hooves was getting louder and louder behind;

"Uncle spare your life!"