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Chapter 17 Rebellion on Mozhou Road
  Huiping City border checkpoint.

The caravans traveling from north to south were undergoing customs clearance inspection. Wang Ping lined up quietly and glanced at the two Daozang Palace Qi practitioners behind the border soldiers who were indifferently observing the surrounding situation.

The customs clearance inspection when he came back was much stricter than when Wang Ping left.

"Look up..." Yu Lian reminded Wang Ping.

Wang Ping raised his head as he was told, but found nothing. He channeled his spiritual power into his eyes, and the scene in his sight immediately changed. He saw an illusory barrier on the narrow border. It seemed It's blocking something from leaving.

Big money!

The two Qi practitioners from the Daozang Hall quickly noticed Wang Ping. The older one stepped forward and said, "Fellow Taoist, are you visiting relatives in Xia Kingdom, or are you coming back from a trip?"

"Back from traveling!" Wang Ping replied calmly.

"Can I see your ID tag?"

"can!"

Wang Ping handed over the ID badge he carried with him and asked: "What happened in the country that requires such a big fanfare?"

The monk did not answer the question immediately, but used his spiritual power to carefully check the authenticity of the identity card. After confirming that it was correct, he returned the identity card to Wang Ping and said: "It turns out to be a fellow Taoist from Qianmu Temple..."

As he spoke, he invited Wang Ping to step out of the queue and led Wang Ping to another qigong practitioner. Then he explained: "Half a while ago, a monster sneaked into the governor's office on Mozhou Road to assassinate an official of the imperial court. Later, there were demons from the imperial court. The two canonized mountain gods rebelled, causing most of Mozhou Road to be destroyed. In the end, it was the immortal masters of the Zhenyang Sect who took action to suppress the monsters, but one of the rebellious mountain gods escaped from Mozhou Road."

Wang Ping was a little surprised when he heard it. He quickly digested the news, looked at the crowded checkpoint, and said, "Can such a high-profile interception be stopped?"

"This is an issue that needs to be considered above. We just need to execute the order well." The older monk smiled and said: "The Qianmu Temple where fellow Taoists practice is on Nanlin Road. Be more careful when you go back, especially When passing through Mozhou Road."

This is driving people away!

"Thank you for the reminder, fellow daoist."

Wang Ping thanked him with his hands, and then found a reason to leave.

The interior of Huiping City is still the same as before, that is, the caravans coming and going are either busy, or they just rent a small courtyard in the city, intending to live there until the imperial court wipes out all the rebels before heading north.

Wang Ping couldn't help but think of Wu Ping's caravan. If they calculated the time and disposed of the goods in Haicheng and moved faster to replenish the goods, they would return to Huiping City just when the Mozhou Road rebellion broke out. According to the speed of the news spreading, by the time the merchants arrived, The team had to go to the central city of Haizhou Road to get relevant news.

If you don't get the message and move on...

Yulian's head carefully got out of the collar on Wang Ping's chest and looked at the surrounding situation.

Wang Ping found an inn and filled the kettle with water. He bought some dried meat for Yu Lian and some noodles for himself before heading north.

six days later.

When Wang Ping passed by a fishing village along the coast, he happened to see the county government officer patrolling there. He canceled the wanted order on the notice board and dismissed the patrol of the militia group.

This means that the mountain god who ran away in the end was also caught.

Wang Ping always felt that this incident was very strange, as if the mountain god who first went to the governor's office to assassinate him and then jumped out from behind were all deliberately exposed and sent to death to give some people an explanation. Thinking deeply, Wang Ping couldn't help being asked "What's wrong" by Yu Lian in order to escape from the intrusion of the world.

A month later.

Wang Ping finally saw the damage caused by the rebellion. A prosperous fishing village along the coast he encountered two months ago was now nothing but turned up sand. Fishermen transferred from the county government were rebuilding civilization on the ruins.

What shocked Wang Ping even more was Yuanning City. The county seat was now in ruins, and a putrid smell could be smelled from a distance. Wang Ping entered the ruins and was immediately interrogated by the Qi practitioners of Daozang Hall. After clearing up the misunderstanding, Wang Ping Ping asked what happened here.

Speaking of which, the cause has something to do with Wang Ping. A few months ago, he, Feng Miao and Cheng Ji broke into the dirty work of the county government. During the follow-up investigation, it was discovered that an evil cultivator from the Taiyin Sect had secretly established a corpse refining place here. , a big war inevitably occurred, eventually causing the destruction of the county.

The Taiyin Sect sounds very evil, but in fact it is as famous as the Yuqing Sect. It is called the two heavenly sects, and its inheritance ability is tied with the five great sects. This sect is very complicated internally, including the pure cultivation of the correction method, and the speed-seeking evil. build.

The second emperor of the Xia Kingdom issued an edict prohibiting the evil cultivators of the Taiyin Sect from preaching in the Xia Kingdom. However, he welcomed the Qing cultivators who practiced the righteous method. This caused many remaining problems, because some Qing cultivators could not bear it. The poor life secretly turned into evil practice.

After walking out of the ruins of Yuanning City, Wang Ping still couldn't hold back his curiosity and went to Changwen Mansion, the capital of Mozhou Road, hoping to find Feng Miao or Cheng Ji to ask for more detailed information. After all, he had some involvement in this matter. cause and effect.

Five days later.

Outside the gate of Daozang Hall in Changwen Mansion, Wang Ping saw Cheng Ji. Feng Miao was not in the city because he had accepted a mission.

"Hey, speaking of it, this rebellion is also related to the fact that we broke up the collusion between the county government and monsters in Yuanning County!" Cheng Ji was a little frightened when he talked about this incident. They were now in a private room of a restaurant in Fucheng.

"Their causal relationship is probably not our fault, right?" Wang Ping also frowned.

"That's not it. I mean that in Yuanning County, there was at least one monk who had practiced the First Mirror Secret Technique. If someone wanted to get rid of us, it would just be a casual matter. The three of us are really lucky to survive. !”

Wang Ping also reacted, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

It was too thrilling!
  Hearing Cheng Ji's words, Wang Ping became more sure of his previous speculation. The people who jumped out in the rebellion this time were really killed on purpose to stop some people's mouths.

With such a simple truth, Wang Ping believed that the old youtiao above should think more than him, which made him feel like a ray of light on his back.

The outside world is really too dangerous. If you do something good, you will almost fall into a trap set by others.

Chatting with Cheng Ji until dark, the two of them ordered a pot of rice wine and drank it. Cheng Ji returned to his Daozang Hall, and Wang Ping found an inn nearby to rest.

the next day.

After the rooster crows, Wang Ping performs his daily marrow cleansing, checks out of the hotel at dawn and heads to Nanlin Road.

half a month later...

That is, the 9th year of Baoyuan, May [-]rd.

Wang Ping returned to Qianmu Temple, where he had been away for more than four months. When he was at the market at the foot of the mountain, a disciple from the outer sect discovered Wang Ping and happily ran to the Taoist temple on the mountain to report the news.

When Wang Ping arrived at the entrance of the Taoist temple, the three senior brothers and some inner disciples had been waiting for a long time.

(End of this chapter)