I'm wandering in the world

Chapter 167 Monster
Although Chen Qingyuan and Zhang Dashao were wearing clothes that could blend into this era, the materials and workmanship of the clothes were still high-end at first glance.

The two of them standing here looked more advanced than the Taoist priests they usually saw. For a moment, the fishermen pushing the carts did not dare to look at them...

Chen Qingyuan took the initiative to speak: "Fellow countryman, I and my senior brother have been traveling around the world and unknowingly walked to this place. Not only is the wind strong here, but there is also a fishy smell. May I ask where this place is?"

The southern Fujian dialect he spoke was a little different from what the people here say, but after the other party was slightly surprised, they were still able to understand him.

A man in his forties wearing thin clothes answered: "We are in Toushan City, Hui'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides and is affected by the sea breeze all year round. Naturally, the smell of the sea is everywhere..."

Shit, this has spread to the peninsula?

Chen Qingyuan smiled and took out a few copper coins with "Wanli Tongbao" printed on the front from his sleeve and placed them on the cart. He bowed and said, "Thank you, fellow villager..."

The man took a look and quickly picked up the coin and put it back into Chen Qingyuan's hand: "It's just a matter of words, no need, no need..."

Chen Qingyuan coughed, raised his head and said thoughtfully: "The main purpose of my traveling with my senior brother is to slay demons and eliminate evil to bring order to the world. To be honest, when I came from afar a few days ago, I shouldn't have directly intruded into your place, but for some reason I felt that there was a faint ominous aura permeating this place. I dare to ask, fellow villager, has there been any... unusual things happening recently..."

The faces of the people pushing the wooden carts all changed, as if they wanted to say something but didn't dare to.

Chen Qingyuan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It seems that you have something to hide, so I won't force you. I'll say goodbye now. I'll leave your place and continue my travels while it's still light."

When the man heard that the two Taoists were leaving, he hurriedly said, "Master, I can tell you!"

A woman nearby hurriedly grabbed the man's clothes and said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense. If that bad guy hears us looking for someone to deal with it, we'll be finished."

The man reached out and gently patted the woman's hand, licked his dry lips, and said, "Our Toushan City is called a city, but it is actually a coastal town surrounded by a wall. Although the Hui'an County Magistrate has never forgotten to support us every year, and there are patrol inspections and soldiers patrolling the walls to resist the Japanese pirates, there are still many natural disasters and man-made disasters...

The Japanese pirates come every year, strong winds blow every year, and this year those strange beasts appear again to eat people. The folks have already had a hard enough life.

As soon as this Taoist priest opened his mouth, we knew that there was something wrong with our town. Perhaps the chance to save our lives lies with them. If we miss the Taoist priest because we are timid and afraid of trouble, who can guarantee that we will not be the next one to get into trouble?"

The woman wanted to say more.

The man knew that the woman was worried about him, but some things had to be said by someone else. He gently pushed the woman's hand away and said, "Women should not interfere in men's affairs. I know my limits..."

Chen Qingyuan stood nearby and learned from their fragmentary words that there was indeed something wrong with this town called Toushan City.

The text message sent him here, and the cat demon should be here too.

The man sent the woman and other fishermen pushing carts away, and took Chen Qingyuan and Young Master Zhang into the alley next to him. When there was no one around, he said, "You two Taoist priests, you don't know that people have been dying inexplicably since May in our town. Those who went to the sea to dig oysters and catch seaweed were inexplicably found dead on the mountain. They died tragically, with their internal organs ripped out and all their flesh and blood eaten..."

Tosan Castle is located on a peninsula that extends from the land to the East China Sea. It is surrounded by the sea on the northeast, south and three sides, and can only leave from the west.

The geographical location has mountains and seas, and there are people who eat both mountains and seas. The man is called Liu A Zong, a typical person who eats both mountains and seas. He grows vegetables and peanuts in the mountains and oysters in the sea. Therefore, as long as he works hard, he will not starve to death. But recently, the neighbors nearby, people who go up the mountains and down the sea, are fine when they come out, but disappear inexplicably, and then die miserably, which is particularly scary...

An experienced and courageous hunter who had seen the bodies asserted that these people were carried to the mountains by large wild beasts and eaten.

Fujian is dominated by mountains, hot and humid, with many forests and many wild animals. However, on such a small coastal peninsula along the coast of Quanzhou Prefecture, although there are many mountains and forests, they have basically been visited by people. There are many small wild animals, but there are definitely no big wild animals, otherwise the inspection department of the town would have gone up the mountain to capture them...

As the three of them communicated more deeply, they gradually became familiar with each other.

In order to retain these two Taoist priests who seemed capable, Liu A Zong suggested: "If you two Taoist priests don't mind, why don't you stay at my house temporarily? I will provide you with food and shelter. Of course... I will definitely not ask you to help me for nothing! After I make proper arrangements for you two, I will immediately report to the town's patrol inspection office. As long as you get rid of the evil spirit that seems to have turned into a spirit, you will get at least ten taels of silver as a reward. This is the price the patrol inspection office gave to the last monk..."

Chen Qingyuan currently has no idea about the cat demon and the first generation sorcerer ancestor of Young Master Zhang’s family, so he can only stay here for the time being.

Liu A Zong was a nice and enthusiastic person. He was afraid that Chen Qingyuan and Zhang Dashao would be unfamiliar with the place and not adapt to it, so he took them to visit many places.

Toushan Castle is called a city, yes, and it is also correct to call it Toushan Town.

It was established during the Hongwu reign. Because of its geographical location directly in the sea, it could monitor the movements of Japanese pirates at sea more quickly and also play a role in defense. At the beginning, it was just a small city, but the soldiers and civilians were separated and could not get effective logistical support. During the Jiajing reign, the lower levels reported and the upper levels approved, so the city was moved to the center of the peninsula, and a large amount of manpower and material resources were gathered to build a city wall at the edge of the peninsula to form a large ring city...

There are four main gates in the east, south, west and north, a parapet of 500 meters, a barracks at the northwest gate and a beacon tower on the wall.

It was like a huge fortress on the sea. The Japanese pirates tried to go ashore and plunder several times but failed.

Because of the many times of cooperation between the military and civilians, the relationship between the local civilians and the imperial officers and soldiers is very solid and the level of trust is extremely high.

The people did their best to solve some of the drinking water and food problems for the officers and soldiers, while the officers and soldiers solved various natural and man-made disasters for the people. However, this time it was suspected that a monster was causing trouble. The city's inspection office sent many good men up the mountain twice, but not only did they get nothing, one of them was even kidnapped in the middle of the night like the missing villagers and died tragically on the mountain.

Liu Azong's home was near the city wall, and the sea could be seen through the city hole. When Chen Qingyuan walked out of the door, he found several bronze-skinned soldiers carrying longbows and muskets and long swords on their waists walking slowly back and forth on the sidewalk on the city wall.

The heavy breath of history is overwhelming!

Liu A Zong clasped his fists high and shouted to the patrolling soldiers, "Master Lu, Master Sun, these two Taoist priests have just arrived. Please take care of them. I will go to the Inspection Office to report the situation."

Under normal circumstances, it is not the turn of ordinary people to do such things.

But the imperial court was in a tight spot in the war. It was heard that the Japanese pirates had dispatched thousands of ships and hundreds of thousands of troops to a small island country in the northeast. They were extremely brutal and had annexed almost all of the country. Now they were using the small country as a springboard to try to erode the border of the Ming Dynasty! Therefore, the imperial court sent a large number of troops to the northeastern edge for support, and the blood flowed like a river...

So even though there are monsters causing trouble in the mountain city, there is no way to send many people over, and the locals can only save themselves.

(End of this chapter)