mtlumby2d Chapter 250
Chapter 250
Some strange things have happened in Xixun County recently, and many people have gone missing.
At first, the soldiers guarding the gates noticed that there were fewer beggars on the streets, and their work became much easier as they no longer had to rush people out of the city every day.
Later, some children who often ran around outside disappeared.
Many heartbroken parents gathered in the government office.
Later on, even the number of street vendors decreased significantly.
It should have been the busiest summer market of the year, but as the date approached, the whole county seemed desolate.
The county magistrate thought that there might be beggars lurking nearby, so he sent more people to patrol everywhere. After more than ten days, there was no clue. He simply thought that the situation was tense and the human traffickers dared not to strike again.
But later even the patrolling soldiers disappeared.
Now the county magistrate could no longer sit still.
There were also rumors in the county that the lord below, seeing the prosperity of the human world and Xixun's night market becoming famous in the prefecture and county, had also captured some people and wanted to set up a market in the underworld.
Which master are you asking?
The King of Hell!
This made the county magistrate and other low-ranking officials in the mortal world very busy. On the one hand, he was busy blocking the flow of people, on the other hand, he was adding more soldiers and asking for help from the Taoist priest. It would be best if he could solve the problem himself to keep his official hat.
It was difficult to invite the Heavenly Master. It was said that he had very powerful connections with higher-ups and was friends with the Fairy of Flowers. He put on airs and came over to take a look. He collected gold, silver, and treasures, slaughtered animals, and offered sacrifices to the gods. He performed rituals for three days, but the county magistrate's own daughter, who was like a jewel in his palm, was suddenly missing.
The sweaty county magistrate settled his fainted wife and hurried to the altar to see - it was over, the Taoist priest was gone.
Now the county magistrate no longer cared about his official hat, and risked being dismissed from his post to seek help from his former teacher, who is now the prefect. The prefect sent people to investigate and found that everything the former student said was true. It turned out that after using several connections, he really got the help.
It is said that an expert from the Minghong Sect will come to resolve the problem.
The county magistrate returned to Xixun, and the annual market could not be organized. With only a dozen days left, the number of people in Xixun County was still decreasing.
The wife was crying at home, the daughter she loved as a treasure was nowhere to be seen, and the county magistrate, who was in his prime, looked ten years older. With a head full of white hair and a sparse beard, he had no time to take care of himself, so he wore the most ordinary robe and monitored with the soldiers at the city gate.
When Ni Yangzhou and Yan Congzhi arrived, Ni Yangzhou thought that the old man was some long-lost relative of Yuan Jia. He had the same white hair, but his face did not look like an old man.
Yan Congzhi originally came here to accept a mission from the sect. According to his personality, he was unwilling to interact too much with mortals. This time he brought his apprentice with him to gain some experience.
There was once an official route, where it only took the time of an incense stick to catch a ghost. Over the next few days, more than a dozen people came to visit, treat guests, and ask for treatment and to become his disciples.
When Yan Congzhi went down the mountain alone before, he cast a spell to become invisible. Now he was no longer alone. When he arrived at the city gate, Ni Yangzhou looked inside curiously. Yan Congzhi decided to go for it.
He did not hide himself, but brought his apprentice in to see the mundane world.
The two men put away their magic tools at a distance and walked all the way. They didn't see anyone, and when they arrived at the city gate, they finally saw three or five people dressed as vendors waiting in line to enter the city.
Everyone seemed very cautious, did not talk to each other, and took care of the goods in their own cars.
Upon seeing this, Ni Yangzhou secretly took out a small bag from his storage ring, then rolled up his trouser legs and sleeves, and directly transformed from a little Taoist boy from the immortal sect into a little servant of the scholar.
Yan Congzhi looked at what his apprentice was doing, somewhat puzzled: "Why did you change your outfit?"
The young man was tightening his belt when he replied, "Master, didn't you say that we had to sneak in as mortals?"
Yan Congzhi nodded.
"Then you have to be like me."
Yan Congzhi, who grew up in the mountain gate and always completed the tasks for the sect quickly, and the longest time he stayed at the foot of the mountain when he went to accept his own disciples was half a month. He felt that the boy's attire was untidy, unclean and unsightly.
"Master, stop looking at me. You have to change too."
"How to change?" Yan Congzhi looked at the boy's exposed wrist with some resistance. His collar always covered his entire neck, so he would never do that.
The young man looked at his handsome master who looked like a fallen immortal, cold and noble, hesitated for a moment and said:
"Can you be uglier?"