This Liao Zhai is not right

The moon is dark and the wind is strong, and the cold wind is howling.

When the ghosts and monsters gathered in the tomb of Minister Xue were captured by the ghost soldiers of the underworld, the home of Xue, the patrol envoy of the Five Cities, who was conferred the title of a county lady, and many of her servants and maids were also tied up with iron chains and shackles by the ghost soldiers of the underworld and taken to the underworld for trial, in order to clarify the specific crimes committed by Xue, the patrol envoy of the Five Cities.

At this time, it was almost dawn.

Listening to the crowing of roosters in the distance, the tall courtyards and houses in the valley melted like ice and snow at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into rubble and gravel that fell like a torrential rain.

In just a blink of an eye, the magnificent tomb of Minister Xue, with its tall gates, spacious courtyards, and numerous servants, was reduced to nothing but a dense pine forest and a few deserted graves covered by weeds.

The night passed quickly. When Su Su went down to the underworld from the ghost gate of the City God Temple in Guangping Prefecture and then returned to Guobei County through the underworld, the morning sun had just risen. Looking at the suburbs of Guobei, which were full of spring under the morning sun, the scene of refugees everywhere outside Guangping Prefecture last night and piles of corpses on the burial mounds seemed to be still in front of him.

I vaguely remember that a month ago, there were frequent demons and monsters in Guobei County that killed people, and the bones of people who died unjustly were exposed in the wild outside the city. But now, the situation has changed a lot.

It's really sad.

"It's useless to think too much. People who go from Guobei County to Jinhua to buy food are in great danger. Once the food used to relieve the local refugees is used up, the situation Guobei County faces will not be much better than Guangping Prefecture. We have to wait until the autumn harvest and the refugees gathered in Guobei County have some food in stock before Guobei County can be completely stabilized."

It only took one night to uproot the powerful Lu Pan and Wudu Patrol Envoy Xue Liangen in the underworld. At this point, there were few matters related to Su Su in the underworld.

Unless Heishan Jun is defeated in the battle and hunted down by King Yama like a stray dog, it will be Su Su's turn to strike back and wipe out Heishan Jun, the ghost immortal entrenched in the underworld.

So after a little calculation, Su Su suddenly realized that before the end of King Yama's war against the Lord of Black Mountain, she only needed to go to the underworld for three days every month to judge cases.

Suddenly, I had more free time.

He walked briskly back to the City God Temple and glanced at the statues in the temple. Judge Wen, who had led the ghost soldiers to Jinhua to inquire about the situation, had not returned yet.

Su Su called out the military judge who was in charge of patrolling the territory of Guobei County last night and asked him briefly. He learned that the civil judge had sent ghost soldiers back to Guobei County in the second half of the night to report that there were many evil spirits entrenched outside Jinhua City that had escaped from the territory of Guobei County due to the invasion of Heishanjun, and they were repeatedly causing trouble and harming people. The civil judge was held accountable by the Jinhua City God as soon as he led the ghost soldiers to the outside of Jinhua City. Even though the civil judge reported truthfully that Guobei County was invaded by the underworld ghost king Heishanjun and the situation was precarious, he was still detained by the Jinhua City God and ordered them to fight against the many evil spirits entrenched outside Jinhua City.

As for the people who bought food in Jinhua, they are still in the city and have not yet set out to return to Guobei County.

Strictly speaking, the City God of Jinhua Prefecture governs the entire Jinhua area. There is indeed nothing wrong with recruiting Su Su, the civil judge under the command of the City God of Guobei County, and a group of ghost soldiers to fight against the evil spirits entrenched outside Jinhua City.

This is especially true since most of these evil spirits entrenched outside Jinhua City escaped from Guobei County.

Su Su gave a direct order to Judge Wu: "The remnants of the defeated troops under Lord Heishan who were hiding in the deep mountains and old forests have been almost wiped out. It is Judge Wen's responsibility to wipe out the evil spirits that escaped from Guobei County and continued to harm people in Jinhua. The defense of Guobei County can be temporarily entrusted to the underworld soldiers who stayed behind at the ghost gate of Yizhuang. You will take all the remaining soldiers in the City God Temple to Jinhua tonight to support Judge Wen in defeating the evil spirits that are harming people outside Jinhua City."

"We will follow Yama's orders and head to Jinhua after nightfall."

Judge Wu accepted the order in a deep voice.

After finishing all this, it was already bright.

Seeing the temple keeper open the door, the people in the city went into the City God Temple in groups of three or two to burn incense and paper. Su Su waved his hand to signal Judge Wu to leave, and then walked out of the City God Temple.

Just as I was about to enter the small courtyard of the land temple, I suddenly discovered that someone was lighting incense, candles and paper money in front of the bluestone hollowed-out land temple outside the main hall door. The curling incense smoke enveloped the small land temple.

Su Su was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"It seems that we need to move this land temple to another place, otherwise we have to add some incense to make it fragrant."

Stepping into the small courtyard of the land temple, it was just as Su Su had expected. The small courtyard was obscured by the green smoke from incense burning everywhere, and it was hazy, like the rolling sea of clouds.

Turning his head to look at Nie Xiaoqian who lived in the side room on the left, he could vaguely make out that her ghost body was mixed with a few wisps of incense smoke that filled the yard, which complemented the faint Buddha light, making her illusory and swaying ghost body seem somewhat unreal.

"Miss."

Feeling Su Su's gaze, Nie Xiaoqian quickly stood up to greet him.

There was sunlight shining into the land temple in the morning, and although Nie Xiaoqian's forehead was covered with cold sweat due to the rising sun, she did not disappear into ashes the moment she was touched by the sunlight like ordinary ghosts.

"Can you walk in the daytime?"

Su Su was very surprised to see Nie Xiaoqian walking up to him.

"The temple is protected by the incense of the people. I can show up and take a short walk, but I still dare not set foot outside the temple." Although beads of cold sweat dripped from her forehead and turned into negative energy and dissipated without a trace under the sunlight, the joy in Nie Xiaoqian's eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

Since his death at the age of eighteen, he has not seen the sun for many years as a ghost. Now that he can appear in the sun and walk freely, the joy in his heart is no less than that of being reborn as a human being.

"He died when he saw the light before, but now he can see the light of day again. Doesn't that mean he can come back to life in the future? Changes are always good!" Su Su encouraged.

Having said this, Su Su looked into the main bedroom. The bright red wedding dress was placed on the couch, but Chang'e, who was supposed to be sewing the wedding dress, was nowhere to be seen.

Just as he was about to ask Nie Xiaoqian about Chang'e's whereabouts, the smoke from incense filling the courtyard suddenly surged. Su Fu turned his head and suddenly saw Chang'e and Sun Si Niang appear in the courtyard.

Seeing Sun Si Niang's solemn expression, Su Su thought something had gone wrong in Guobei County again, so he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Did you find any trouble while patrolling the territory of Guobei County?"

"Yes and no."

Sun Si Niang replied softly, "This morning at 11:00 a.m., before dawn, I was preparing herbs in the store when I saw a Buddha's light appear in the east of Guobei County, passing outside of Guobei County and heading towards Jinhua. I thought it was some god's spirit descending to the world, but when I got closer, I discovered that it was rotten inside and the Buddha's light was filled with demonic energy. In my opinion, this demonic energy is no less powerful than that of the Black Mountain Lord who rules the underworld."

Chapter 148 Pudu Cihang

Buddha's light?

Demonic spirit?

He is even not weaker than the Black Mountain Lord who rules the underworld.

Listening to Sun Si Niang's description, Su Su subconsciously recalled that when he eavesdropped on the conversation between the tree demon grandma and the Rakshasa woman in Lanruo Temple, they mentioned Pu Du Ci Hang who broke into the palace and wanted to borrow the emperor's dragon energy to change his fate.

Only this evil monk who was conferred the title of Imperial Master and controlled the government could combine the Buddha's light and the devil's spirit in one body.

But Su Su still couldn't figure it out.

Now that the war in Northern Zhili has just ended, the invading barbarians have retreated outside the Great Wall, but they are still lingering around with a covetous eye, and the war may be reignited at any time.

The power of the White Lotus demon is also expanding in northern Zhili, central Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other places. He is ready to nominate Xu Hongru, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect, as the leader and then launch an uprising.

So no matter what, there was no reason for the evil monk Pudu Cihang, who was named the imperial teacher by the new emperor and nominally commanded the Taoist sects in the world, to abandon the deteriorating situation in several northern provinces and instead run to Jinhua Prefecture thousands of miles away.

After all, Su Su was either in the underworld last night, or went to Guangping Prefecture to raid the home of Xue, the patrol envoy of the Five Cities. This couldn't be the trouble she caused.

There must be something hidden in it.

Ordinary evil spirits and ghosts are rampant and harm people, but Jinhua has the City God in charge, so it will not cause a disaster that will cause turmoil in the city. Only demon kings with great abilities like Heishan Jun or Pudu Cihang can ignore the local gods and spirits who protect an area, poison living beings, and do whatever they want.

Not to mention that the evil monk Pudu Cihang is the imperial teacher appointed by the emperor, and he travels around the world with his identity revealed. Even the City God of Yingtian Prefecture, Mingling Wang, has to be careful when he sees him. The mere City God of Jinhua Prefecture can only bow his head and obey his orders before this evil monk.

Black Mountain Lord has limitations due to his original body and can only descend to the world of the living as a clone, and will die if exposed to light. However, this evil monk Pu Du Ci Hang not only has great cultivation, but also has the righteousness endorsed by the court. With just one imperial decree, he can label others as heretics, with no way to go to heaven or to hell. I wonder how many times more difficult he is to deal with than Black Mountain Lord, who rules a part of the underworld.

Who can stand this?

Su Su's thoughts moved slightly, and he speculated secretly: "The Buddha light with evil spirit that Sun Si Niang saw passed through Guobei County and went to Jinhua. If so, the bloody disaster faced by the people who went to Jinhua City to do business was probably related to this. The evil monk was only named the national teacher three months ago. It was the time for him to gain fame and power. How could he tear his face and kill people in Jinhua? There must be something behind this."

Thinking of this, Su Su's heart finally settled down a little.

Since the evil monk Pu Du Ci Hang was not coming for her, there was no need to appear too nervous.

His gaze naturally turned to Chang'e, whose expression remained the same, without the slightest disturbance.

The other party rolled his eyes at her unexpectedly, walked closer, and said, "The one passing through Guobei County was the imperial master's vehicle of the demon monk Pudu Cihang, not his real body. You can put your worries aside for the time being."

The Imperial Master's carriage...

It is easy to understand that the Lord of the Black Mountain has the body of a ghost fairy that can accommodate thousands of evil spirits. However, after thinking about it, Su Fu still couldn't figure out what the Dharma vehicle of the national master of the evil monk Pudu Cihang that Chang'e mentioned was.

Chang'e was already used to Su Shu's inexperienced performance, and continued to explain: "If a monster wants to cultivate a human body, it must complete the realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void, and then complete the Yin spirit, and then survive the thunder tribulation, which is very dangerous. The human body cultivated in this way is perfect and has almost no flaws. However, monsters that harm people by doing evil, eating people's hearts and livers, and taking people's vitality to refine their bodies and then transform into human bodies are full of loopholes. They are nothing more than wearing a human skin."

"But besides these two, there is another kind of monster. They don't cultivate human form, but only cultivate their own body. As this kind of monster becomes more and more powerful, even if there is a thunderstorm, it is difficult to hurt them. The monster aura is overwhelming, and the beast nature is hard to eliminate. Once they appear in the world, they will cause a bloody storm. And the monster monk Pudu Cihang is a centipede that has become a spirit. He doesn't cultivate human form, but only cultivates his own body. I don't know where he learned the Buddhist method of converting others. He actually used this to put on human skin and entered the court. He was named the national teacher and controlled the government. This so-called national teacher's Dharma carriage is Pudu Cihang's incarnation made of human skin."

I thought it was something.

It turns out that it is just an incarnation.

After listening to Chang'e's explanation, Su Su understood Pu Du Ci Hang's methods clearly.

He does not cultivate the human form, but focuses on cultivating his own body. This shows that the evil monk Pudu Cihang probably does not even have the Yin Spirit that can be cultivated at the level of Refining Qi into a Spirit. Naturally, he does not have the means for the Yin Spirit to leave the body and travel thousands of miles at night. It would be more appropriate to describe the national teacher's Dharma vehicle made of human skin as a puppet controlled by him rather than an incarnation.

I just don't know how capable this imperial teacher's chariot is of Pudu Cihang's true body.

"It has only been a few days since we resolved the threat from Lord Black Mountain, and now a demon monk Pudu Cihang, who was named the national master, suddenly appears. I really don't know what went wrong in this small Guobei County to attract these aggressive demon kings one after another."

Su Su looked up at the sky weakly, thinking that in half a month he would be able to completely transform his Yin Spirit into Yang Spirit and gain a foothold in the realm of Lianxu Hedao. Then he just needed to slowly persevere until his Yang Spirit was fully developed, and then he could use the methods of avoiding disasters and overcoming calamities in the Taiping Essentials to plan for the path to heavenly immortality.

However, with the arrival of the Dharma Master Pudu Cihang, what seemed to be plenty of free time in the future disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Su Fu's doubtful look, Chang'e couldn't help but laugh softly and said, "The Imperial Master of Pudu Cihang is heading for Jinhua City. The City God of Jinhua City will handle this matter. The way you look makes it seem like the evil monk is heading for Guobei County."

"When the nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact. Going south from Guobei County for more than 50 miles along the mountain road, you will reach Jinhua. If Jinhua City encounters a disaster and is slaughtered by evil monks and blood flows like a river, then the entire Jinhua Prefecture will be in chaos."

Su Su briefly recounted what he saw yesterday as people who were going to Jinhua for business in the near future looking like they were in danger of bloodshed, as well as his own corresponding speculations.

Sun Si Niang frowned, as if she remembered some details, and said in a hurry: "Before the day when Heishan Jun invaded Guobei County, I saw a large group of people marching in the rain when I was patrolling Guangping Township. They deliberately avoided towns on the way, and even refused to stop for a while when they came across a deserted ancient temple. They rushed to Jinhua in a hurry. I didn't think it was unusual at the time, I just thought they had something important to do, but considering that the national master of Pudu Cihang's Dharma carriage today followed the direction of the large group of people that day and headed straight for Jinhua, this evil monk might be coming for them."

"I thought..."

As soon as Sun Si Niang finished speaking, Su Fu suddenly had an idea in his mind: "To make Pu Du Ci Hang travel thousands of miles to Jinhua with the imperial master's Dharma, this large group of people must have something unfavorable to him. In order to avoid being exposed, it is normal to harm innocent people when killing people to silence them. The disaster is not befalling Jinhua City, but other people who have had contact with this group of people being hunted by Pu Du Ci Hang."

Chapter 149 Another plan

After figuring this out, Su Su felt as if his eyes were opened, and a strategy for dealing with the problem quickly emerged in his mind.

However, once a head-on conflict occurs with the imperial master of Pudu Cihang, Guobei County, which is located in a remote area, will inevitably be exposed to the eyes of Pudu Cihang's true body in the temple. This is obviously much more serious than offending Heishan Jun, who is restricted by his original body and cannot easily leave the underworld.

By then, Pudu Cihang will be in the position of national teacher and will use the righteousness of the court to suppress him. Unless Su Su escapes before Pudu Cihang's real body attacks, the tiny place of Guobei County will inevitably endure unpredictable storms and there will be no peace ever again.

Therefore, Su Su cautiously put aside the plan of a frontal attack.

Since we can't defeat them by force, we can only defeat them by wits.

Pu Du Ci Hang has only been appointed as the Imperial Master for a few months. Although he holds great power, his time is still short and it is difficult for him to completely control the government. Now is the time to act cautiously and unite against dissidents. In order to avoid giving others a handle that affects the overall situation of borrowing the emperor's dragon energy to change his destiny, he should not be too presumptuous.

After all, although the gods in heaven stay indoors, there are so many immortals and Buddhas in the world. Now the chaotic times have not yet arrived, and the climate for Pudu Cihang has not yet been established. As long as his identity as a monster is exposed to the world, the gods and immortals will take action to deal with him.

Therefore, Su Fu only needed to find the large group of people who were chased to Jinhua before Pudu Cihang, and cut off the source of the problem by exaggerating the fact that Pudu Cihang was a centipede monster. At that time, he would definitely not dare to act rashly.

The enemy is in the light and we are in the dark, and the movements of the Pu Du Ci Hang Dharma Chariot are all under our control, so it is much easier to deal with them.

"Someone hasn't spoken for a long time. He must be plotting something evil."

When Su Su was still racking her brains to think of how to get rid of Pudu Cihang's imperial master in Jinhua without leaving any trace, Chang'e suddenly stepped forward, put her arm around her waist, and whispered in her ear, "If you use conspiracy and tricks properly, you will be able to deal with people accurately. But Pudu Cihang is a monster who only cultivates himself. His bestiality remains. He fears power but not virtue. How can he have any humanity? If his deeds are exposed, he will not think of letting things go peacefully. Instead, he will go all out to massacre the entire city of Jinhua, and then put the blame on you to make his reputation as an imperial master."

The words came out.

Su Su suddenly woke up.

Although Pu Du Ci Hang was appointed as the Imperial Master and entered the imperial court while wearing human skin, he was essentially not a human being at all, and it would be of little use to plot against him by exploiting his human weaknesses.

Even if the news that Pu Du Ci Hang is the centipede monster spreads, he will kill wherever he goes and scare away anyone who dares to spread the fact that he is the centipede monster. Afterwards, he will label him a heretic in the name of the imperial court. By then, who would dare to risk their life to say that he is the centipede monster?

In today's times, death is not a big deal. Even if Pudu Cihang commits a heinous crime and kills people in Jinhua, as long as the emperor does not remove him from his position as the imperial teacher, Pudu Cihang can still cover the sky with one hand.

If he had not killed the emperor who appointed Pu Du Ci Hang as the imperial teacher, he would have been invincible in terms of the righteousness of the court.

A head-on attack is no match for Pu Du Ci Hang's true form, and plotting against you in secret won't stop him from labeling you a heretic.

This is very disappointing.

"It's not right to fight, and it's not right not to fight. I can't just abandon Guobei County and run away, right?"

Turning her head to avoid the warm breath that made her ears red, Su Fu looked at Chang'e and asked, "Don't keep me in suspense. Tell me how to deal with that evil monk Pudu Cihang."

After the other party came back from a trip, he found out Pu Du Ci Hang's whereabouts and methods clearly, and then pointed out the flaws in her plan in time. How could she not have a safe way to deal with Pu Du Ci Hang?

He must have other intentions to tease me calmly at this time.

"I need a favor from you, and this is your attitude?"

Chang'e raised her eyebrows and pretended to be dissatisfied.

His gaze inevitably turned to Sun Si Niang standing beside him, but when Su Su looked over, Sun Si Niang acted as if she saw nothing, with her eyes looking at her nose and her nose looking at her heart, and it was obvious that she had no intention of talking to him.

Thinking that Sun Si Niang was still being hunted by the Dragon King of Kunming Lake and didn't dare to use her power in the Yang world, and couldn't help her deal with Pudu Cihang, Su Fu had to correct his attitude and said to Chang'e in a sweet voice, "Good sister."

"It is easy to make the evil monk Pudu Cihang not dare to act rashly. You only need to destroy his imperial master with overwhelming force and let him know that there is a master in Jinhua. Beasts always bully the weak and fear the strong. If you can both lose to him, he will not dare to act rashly. If you can pose a fatal threat to him, he will retreat. In this way, Jinhua Prefecture can be kept safe before Pudu Cihang completely controls the government and the climate is ripe."

Seeing Su Su surrender, Chang'e smiled and told her how to deal with Pu Du Ci Hang.

The meaning of this statement is like when a vicious dog is about to pounce on you and bite you, as long as you pick up a stick to threaten it, the previously aggressive dog will not dare to come close. If you fight back with the stick, the vicious dog can only run away with its tail between its legs.

This is similar to the imperial master's Dharma vehicle that destroyed Pudu Cihang with great ease, proving that he has a stick in his hand and can severely damage Pudu Cihang at any time.

This is my thoughts.

Chang'e's purpose of teasing herself calmly was obvious.

"So you are planning to torture me to absorb my divine power so as to get rid of the imperial master of Pudu Cihang?"

Su Su's eyes showed vigilance. A few days ago, in order to wipe out the Yin God's clone that forced its way into the world of the living, she had been tormented by the other party. If she had to do this every time she dealt with a strong enemy, what would be the point of her painstaking efforts to endure and plan to improve her family's status.

But Su Fu did not expect that the other party would predict her prediction. The smile in the corner of her eyes became harder to conceal as she said, "I have no such plan. You only need to use the method of destroying the Black Mountain King Ghost King's avatar outside Yangzhou City. The bigger the noise, the more worried Pu Du Ci Hang will be."

The words have not yet fallen.