This Liao Zhai is not right

Either they sensed danger, or the forest path was difficult to navigate.

The slow horse pulling the cart went slower and slower until it refused to pull the cart forward at all.

This was obviously not the first time that the old man surnamed Ma had encountered such a thing. He asked a traveling merchant to jump off the carriage and blinded the horse with a black cloth. After a short while, the slow horse that refused to pull the carriage forward began to obey his command again.

"The farm ahead is probably not very clean, so don't move around randomly. We are all gathered together, and the vitality is abundant. Even if there are ghosts, they dare not offend us."

They travel between Jinhua and Lanxi all year round to transport goods and walk in the wilderness. It is common to encounter evil spirits on the road. As the leader of the traveling merchants, the old man named Ma naturally has a set of countermeasures.

There were more than twenty or thirty people gathered together in the convoy, and their yang energy was connected. Ordinary ghosts who relied on the tricks of confusing, concealing and scaring people were indeed not dared to offend.

But the place you are going to is a ghost market where ghosts gather and monsters hide!

Su Fu, who pretended to be a scholar going to take the imperial examination, could only watch the old man surnamed Ma make arrangements. After he finished giving the instructions, he turned his gaze to Su Fu, without too much worry in his eyes: "Don't panic, young master. It's inevitable that you will encounter ghosts when walking at night all year round. As long as you can stick to your heart and not be deceived by them, everything will be fine if you can wait until dawn. On the contrary, scholars like you are favored by female ghosts. If it is a female ghost haunting the farm ahead, you may meet a beautiful woman and enjoy a spring breeze."

"Don't be careless, old man. I think the farm ahead is not a good place." Su Su reminded.

However, the merchants looked indifferent and obviously did not listen to Su Su's reminder. They just kept shouting at the carriages to move forward, wanting to get to the village as soon as possible to sell their goods.

"We travel all year round, so we are not afraid of ghosts. I vaguely remember that two years ago, in Zhaozhuang, outside the northern city of Jinhua, a group of bandits were wiped out by the government army. They were full of resentment and frequently caused trouble. People around us were terrified. When we merchants passed by Zhaozhuang, there were dozens of us on the road, and the ghosts did not dare to show up and cause trouble."

"Don't talk nonsense. When you go out, be careful in everything you do."

"You don't know what to say, what to say, didn't I tell you? Remember, the mouth can cause trouble!"

While everyone was talking, the merchants had already entered the ghost market.

Su Su also got the old man surnamed Ma to tell him about the ghost market scenes they saw.

There are forty or fifty households in the village. It is still early in the morning and smoke is curling up from every household. Children can be vaguely seen running around and playing. There is a wealthy house with white walls and green tiles in the village. The lights are bright and maids and servants can be seen from time to time.

It was completely different from what Su Su saw.

As the group of traveling merchants walked in, the ghosts in the ghost market waited for their chance. Under Su Shu's gaze, they really acted like a mountain village as the old man surnamed Ma said. When they saw the traveling merchants passing by, they hurriedly greeted their neighbors and called them over, muttering to themselves. As soon as they met the merchants, they began to inquire about what items the merchants were selling. After they had chosen something, they bargained back and forth as if they were in the market.

When the price was agreed upon, he took out light paper money to settle the bill. The merchants were unable to tell the real from the fake, and happily accepted the paper money as if it were copper coins, feeling satisfied with having sold a lot of goods.

"These evil ghosts are clearly planning to kill you all and eat your flesh and blood. Now they can even clearly tell which ghost attacked whom. You are completely kept in the dark. But this is understandable. The ghost market where evil ghosts gather is either hidden in the graveyard or in the mass grave. They will not appear in the deep mountains and old forests. If I hadn't forced them to run away, you probably would never encounter this group of evil ghosts hiding in the deep mountains and old forests in your life."

With his thoughts wandering, Su Suming walked among the merchants, pretending to be eager to help, but in fact he had a clear view of the situation in the ghost market.

"Almost all of the ones that showed up were evil ghosts. We didn't see any of the monsters hiding in the ghost market. We have to find them out."

His eyes were full of the naivety of youth and revealed a clear stupidity. Even when he heard several scantily clad ghosts planning to drain his yang energy and then suck his brain blood dry, he pretended not to see anything.

After wandering around the ghost market in a strange atmosphere, Su Su finally found a group of wolf demons, five in total, some big and some small, slaughtering and feasting on human flesh in a restaurant.

Just like the group of monsters in the Examination Bureau, they only cultivated Yin spirits, but relied on digging out hearts and livers, eating human flesh and blood, and stealing people's popularity, and transformed themselves into human bodies full of loopholes.

Some have human bodies with wolf heads, some have only human limbs with the torso and head still wolf, and some are simply wolf bodies with human faces.

Su Su felt very curious after seeing this.

"A White Lotus Demon leader, Zhao Hufa, and a tree demon who is about to become a human-shaped Yin Spirit. These are the few subordinates that Black Mountain Lord can look up to in the Yang world."

"If that's the case, Lord Black Mountain doesn't have many powerful monsters under his command in the world of the living. The transformed tree monsters in Lanruo Temple are already among the best. No wonder he sent a Rakshasa woman who is a ghost general from the underworld to guard Lanruo Temple."

Su Su complained in his heart and looked into the distance. He saw that the City God Temple soldiers had finished their ambush outside the Ghost Market. He sent a signal to the soldiers outside the Ghost Market to act according to the situation and wait for the signal to take action. He secretly held the soul-beating ruler tightly in his sleeve and walked into the restaurant where the wolf demon was hiding.

He said bluntly: "Waiter, give me a bowl of wolf heart and dog lung soup."

The wolf demons who were feasting on human flesh in the restaurant heard this and shook their heads violently. They were shocked to see Su Su staring at them, and their eyes met for only a moment.

Realizing that Su Su, who had seen through their true identities, was a threat, the five wolf demons howled and immediately pounced on Su Su who had just approached the restaurant.

The wind was blowing and the fishy smell was pungent.

Without waiting for the five wolf monsters to approach him, Su Su opened his sleeves, raised his hand, and used the soul-beating ruler to break the spine of a wolf monster, and then captured the wolf monster's soul and suppressed it in the soul-beating ruler.

Then he made a seal with one hand and pointed his finger casually. A wolf demon became stiff all over and could not move at all. He smashed it on the head with the soul-beating ruler in his hand. The skull burst and blood gushed out. The wolf demon died instantly.

Chapter 93 Anticipate the enemy first

"You have a head of steel, a tail of iron, and a waist of tofu. I smashed your head with my bare hands, and you still dare to act so arrogantly?"

Adhering to the principle of not forcing the opponent when she can take action, Su Su kept moving. She swung the soul-beating ruler in her hand like a dog-beating stick and smashed it down repeatedly before the wolf demon could react.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

There were three more muffled sounds.

The three-headed wolf monster, which was still in mid-air, was smashed to pieces by the soul-beating ruler in Su Su's hand, and then he finished off by hitting the wolf's head. After several screams and wails, the remaining three wolf monsters became stiff and twitched, and suddenly fell to the ground.

After a while, there was no sound.

"The mandrill that was seen by the ghost soldiers sneaking into Lanruo Temple to spy on the situation is not here. These wolf monsters are indeed just appetizers sent by the Black Mountain Lord to explore the way." Su Su thought secretly in his heart.

Then he walked out of the restaurant quickly and gave the signal to the ghost soldiers outside the ghost market to attack immediately.

In an instant, shouts and screams came from all directions.

The ghost soldiers, fully armored and armed with bows, axes and long swords, stirred up the dark wind and charged into the ghost market.

"Eliminate all the evil ghosts in the ghost market, leaving no one behind."

Giving orders to the ghost soldiers who rushed into the ghost market.

Suddenly, chaos broke out in the ghost market. All that could be heard was the noise of shouting and killing, and the ghost soldiers and evil spirits were fighting each other.

A ghost suddenly appeared and swords were drawn.

Many merchants were caught in the middle of a bloody battle, their faces filled with fear, not yet realizing what was happening.

An evil ghost intended to hijack a traveling merchant and take him hostage, but was shot by a ghost soldier from a distance of dozens of steps and was instantly reduced to ashes.

Hearing the sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air, the old man surnamed Ma was frightened. When he came to his senses, he saw an evil ghost with a long tongue hanging down from its chest and bleeding from all seven orifices turning into ashes in his sight. He was so scared that his legs went weak and he collapsed beside the carriage.

Seeing Su Su coming over giving orders, he widened his eyes and said in a trembling voice: "Young man...young man...what are you doing..."

"presumptuous!"

Before Su Fu could say anything, the ghost soldier who had shot the evil ghost earlier appeared and shouted, "This is the Goddess of the City God of Guobei County, who is leading us to eliminate the evil spirits in person. How dare you disrespect her?"

At this time, the old man surnamed Ma realized what he meant by saying "the farm ahead is not a good place."

"Don't listen to his nonsense. If it weren't for the old man and the others delaying the many evil ghosts in the ghost market, how could they have taken advantage of their unpreparedness and surrounded the ghost market so easily, leaving these evil ghosts with no way to go up to heaven or down to the earth."

"Thank you for your help. Once we get rid of the evil spirits that are causing trouble here, I will have the ghost soldiers escort you to Guangping Township to rest for a while."

Su Su ordered the ghost soldiers to retreat, and then said in a deep voice.

When many merchants heard that the scholar who was traveling with them to take the imperial examination at night was actually the City God of Guobei County, they were shocked beyond words. Some of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed, while others bowed and prayed. As the saying goes, there is a god above your head. They thought this was just a joke, but they never expected to see the real God tonight. Thinking back to their previous indifference to Su Su's advice and even his ridicule, some of the merchants were trembling with fear, fearing that Su Su would show any dissatisfaction.

As for the old man surnamed Ma who teased Su Su that he might be favored by a female ghost, he was extremely reserved and dared not say a word.

Feeling the awe of the people in front of him, Su Fu shook his head slightly, dived directly into the ground, disappeared from their sight, and appeared next to Chang'e who was staying outside the ghost market and watching from afar.

"It's just as you said, they are all insignificant little monsters. Lord Black Mountain really treats me as an insignificant city god in an ordinary remote county and comes to take revenge on me." Su Su said with a smile.

Under normal circumstances, the incense and prayer power that can be provided by a remote town like Guobei County with only two or three thousand households is extremely limited, so the city god here should not be very powerful. He sent five wolf monsters that have cultivated into ghost gods to hide in the ghost market, and the ghost soldiers could not detect the threat.

They just need to wait for the right time to lure the City God's ghost soldiers to come and attack, and then they will rush out and be able to wipe out all the ghost soldiers in Guobei County.

After losing the Yin soldiers to suppress the local area, many evil spirits would surely emerge in Guobei County to cause trouble and harm people. The local people suffered greatly, but the City God did nothing about it, and was filled with resentment. At the very least, the incense offerings would be weakened, and at worst, the local people would tear down the temple and demolish the door, thus cutting off the Taoist tradition.

This was originally a revenge by hitting the snake at its weakest point, calculating the weakness of the City God and the Earth God.

It's a pity that Su Su was not a city god who could be dealt with by common sense. Before the five wolf monsters could take revenge, she wiped them out in a swift and fierce manner.

In the end, Heishanjun still suffered from his lack of information.

Facing Su Su's behavior of taking advantage of others, Chang'e asked back: "Isn't this exactly what you want?"

"Everything can happen once, but not three times. Lord Black Mountain has suffered two losses in Guobei County. He should have reacted by now. Moreover, the mandrill that was investigating the situation in Lanruo Temple is still nowhere to be found. It must have returned to the underworld to report the news. In three to five days at the shortest, or ten days at the longest, Lord Black Mountain will surely take revenge again. By then, it will not be as simple as sending a few little demons who have cultivated into Yin Gods."

Su Fu sighed and continued in a firm tone, "There is a ghost gate in the suburbs of Guobei County. It will be easy for Lord Heishan to dispatch troops from the underworld. When the army approaches, the dozens of ghost soldiers in the City God Temple alone may not be able to withstand a single encounter."

"But this is also a great opportunity. As long as we act fast enough and make arrangements in advance, we can wipe out the ghost soldiers that Black Mountain Lord has mobilized to attack us. After three consecutive losses, he will definitely not give up. In addition, Guobei County is within the influence range of his Black Mountain main body in the underworld. He might even come to the world of the living as a clone."

Good guy.

You have seen through Heishanjun’s pants, right?

Chang'e, realizing this, immediately became interested. She stared at Su Fu with a scrutinizing gaze and asked, "What then? The ghostly body of Heishan Jun can contain thousands of Yin gods. Getting rid of one of his clones is just better than nothing."

"So we have to repair the Yama Temple beforehand! With the blind and sighted Yama King as a strong supporter, we lure the tiger away from the mountain in the world of the living, and he will go straight to Huanglong in the underworld to deal with the Black Mountain Lord. Then we go down to the underworld and sneak into the City of the Dead, and use the half-finished Five Thunders Edict to summon the thunder. The Black Mountain Lord is still entangled with Yama King, and in the end the City of the Dead is gone. Tsk tsk... that scene is simply unimaginable."

Su Fu used a series of strategies to make everything clear for Heishan Jun.

It is not realistic to eliminate Heishan Jun, who has become a ghost immortal, in one fell swoop, but if we take this opportunity to severely damage Heishan Jun, not only will he lose the City of the Dead, but he will also be hunted down by King Yama and become a stray dog.

Even without Sun Si Niang's help, great things can be accomplished.

The only thing that needs to be considered is whether Su Su's newly acquired throne of Yama can be turned into a regular one after taking over the City of the Dead. But it should not be a big problem.

After all, no one knows where King Biancheng was reincarnated, and the throne has been vacant until now, so things without an owner can be taken.

Chapter 94 Lying Down and Thinking

By the time the ghost soldiers wiped out the evil ghosts entrenched in the ghost market, more than half an hour had passed.

With the faint starlight from the night sky, the panoramic view of the long-abandoned and dilapidated Taoist temple was presented to many traveling merchants. Seeing the body parts and corpses everywhere, everyone was immediately horrified.

He called on the ghost soldiers to carry the remains of those who had died unjustly and whose bodies could barely be assembled to the charity cemetery on the outskirts of the city, and then sent them to the Jiegu Garden when the time was right. The rest could only be buried on the spot. After the fear of many merchants had subsided a little, Su Su called on a team of ghost soldiers to escort them to Guangping Township to stay temporarily.

After dealing with all this, I returned to the City God Temple in Guobei County. It was already late at night.

"Reporting to the City God, the site for the Yama Temple has been chosen. It is at the end of West Street in the city. The foundation will be dug during the day. A specialized mason has also been found to make the Yama King statue. It will be completed in five days at the latest."

As soon as he approached the City God Temple, Judge Wen, who was waiting there, came hurriedly to report.

"Yes, it was done quite neatly."

Su Su stopped and said, "We have to act quickly. You can find a few more craftsmen and simplify everything that can be done. We need to speed up the construction of the Yama Temple. Also, you need to keep a close eye on the Ghost Gate of the Yizhuang outside the city for a while, and don't let any disturbances slip by."

Originally, the defense was deployed at Lanruo Temple, and now it was his turn to keep a close eye on the Ghost Gate of Yizhuang on the outskirts of the city. Judge Wen had sensed from Su Su's words that a crisis was coming, and the Yama Temple that Su Su had instructed him to build was very likely the key to dealing with this crisis.

As an assistant official of the City God who depends on the City God Temple for his survival, his life and property are all dependent on the Guobei County City God's Taoist lineage, so he cannot afford to be careless.

Why is it that Guobei County, which is so small, is always in turmoil?

Judge Wen was deeply moved.

He was also somewhat envious of Judge Wu who was out on patrol. This simple-minded, strong-limbed man who only knew how to fight and kill had a single-minded mind, which saved him from many troubles that only smart people could see.

But Su Su didn't have the time to consider Judge Wen's thoughts. After giving a few brief instructions, he entered the courtyard of the land temple.

It was night time, which was as good as daytime to ghosts. Nie Xiaoqian was busy in the yard, doing simple tasks like cleaning things.

Dead during the day, lively at night.

Nie Xiaoqian's schedule is somewhat similar to that of Su Su, a night owl.

rotten

"Although I didn't do anything except kill those five wolf demons, it still took a lot of effort on my part."

He mobilized the power of the Yang God, thought slightly, and snapped his fingers.

A recliner appeared out of nowhere in the yard, and he lay down on it lazily.

Chang'e had long been accustomed to Su Su's character of never sitting down unless he could lie down during his free time.

He just glanced at her for a few seconds and then went into the main room to pack up the belongings she had brought back from the inn.

"Those wolf demons were too vulnerable. They were dealt with before I could even get serious. I can just let them off a bit and delay them until the second half of the night. That way, I can naturally wait until dawn and come back."

Glancing at Chang'e's back from the corner of his eye, Su Su was panicking: "I really don't know how she's going to deal with me. It's always quiet before the storm. If I had known, I wouldn't have touched her so carelessly."

Being like a fish on the chopping board, she couldn't help feeling tired and was too lazy to even think about continuing to struggle.

When I lay down and thought about it, I suddenly felt that the world was vast.

It’s better to just give up and endure it.

While the other party had not yet come over, Su Su waved to Nie Xiaoqian who was still busy.

Although she had been Su Su's maid for nearly half a month, Nie Xiaoqian still knew very little about Su Su. She only knew that she was the City God of Guobei County and was engaged to the beautiful woman who broke through the air with a long sword and killed the tree demon with one strike, like a sword fairy. As for the rest, she knew nothing.

The most outrageous thing was that as Su Shu's maid for a long time, she only had a quick glimpse of Su Shu's true face that night in Lanruo Temple. She vaguely remembered that he was extremely stunning. However, many days passed and she finally waited for Su Shu to come back. As a result, Su Shu was still dressed like a fake scholar with a hairpin and a hat. The face that had stunning her in her memory was a little difficult to recall for a while.