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266 Change of Identity

Early August.

The weather on Ningzhou Road is very cool, the autumn harvest has just ended, and people in various places already have free time. Except for some counties where there are corvees, most places are in a state of rest, which makes the markets in various places lively.

To the south of Shunyang Mansion, on the edge of the mountains and forests, outside a dilapidated small county town surrounded by mountains, most of the people coming and going were monsters wearing animal skins. They were holding fine furs in their hands and were buying them with a group of people. Fur traders bargain.

Outside an open-air teahouse nearby, two pig monsters were holding big tea bowls. Like the other monsters on the table, they were talking quietly, seemingly discussing whether the fur business could make money.

"Is the information accurate this time?" The pig demon with white fangs on the left seat asked in a low voice, with a cautious and careful expression.

"Brother, don't worry. I saw that old sheep enter the city with my own eyes, and my people have already followed it." The young pig demon opposite to the right didn't take it seriously. After speaking, he took a big gulp of tea from a tea bowl.

"You sent someone to follow him?" The pig demon on the left flashed his eyes.

The pig demon on the right was not satisfied with his tea, and was about to call the waiter for more tea. Hearing the elder brother's inquiry, he nodded and said "Yes", and then called to the teahouse: "Waiter, have another bowl of tea. You have to put enough salt, I’m not short of money!”

When the waiter agreed loudly, a military attache wearing mail armor and an iron helmet came out of the city gate. Behind him were two garrison soldiers, and the two soldiers were also escorting a rat demon.

Their appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the market. The pig demon who wanted tea also cast his gaze. When he saw the rat demon being held captive, he frowned slightly and whispered: "Those are the ones I sent into the city." spies!"

"Did you scare that old sheep?" The pig demon on the right looked up at the sky, then ignored his companions, got up and hid in the market, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the waiter brought out a bowl of tea. The pig demon who asked for tea took the tea bowl and drank it in two sips. He said dissatisfiedly: "What the hell, your salt is made of gold. I asked you to put more, but it's not..." No money."

He put down his tea bowl while complaining, and then strode towards the city defense attaché. When he got close to the city defense attaché, he took out a Daozang Palace identity card from his pocket.

"Sir, this boy is my new recruit. What's wrong with him?"

"Did he break the rules?"

"What are the rules?" The pig demon showed the identity card in his hand, "I am following the orders of Daozang Palace!"

"You are like a beast, how dare you contradict me!"

"Who do you think you are? My tiger is a guest of Taishan Taoist. He can kill you with just one word!"

The voices of their quarrels became louder and louder, but they were all just words, and neither of them had any intention of taking action. However, the people watching the theater around did not think it was a big deal, and cheered and cheered them up.

While they were arguing at the gate of the city, a small fishing boat at the county ferry slowly moved along the fishing team to the river outside the county. At this time, a group of county government officers happened to patrol here. One of them When I was on duty in the middle of the year, I inadvertently glanced at the sheep demon wearing a long cotton coat on the fishing boat.

After passing this street, the middle-aged officer excused himself from the team and hurried towards the north of the city where there was no one around. Half an hour later, he left the city and ran along a path under a paddy field into the nearby forest.

Soon, more than a dozen shapeshifting monsters of different ethnic groups came out of the mountains...

...

half a month later.

At Baishui Lake, Hu Qianqian was hosting a banquet for her two new demon friends, one was a bull demon named Niu Qi, and the other was a tiger demon named Wang Ben.

The three of them are all demon clans who are lucky enough to have practiced Taoist methods, and they are all among the few demon clans who can be registered in the Daozang Hall. Naturally, they have endless topics to talk about when they get together.

"Judging from the current situation, it is the right thing for Taoist fellow Taoist to reject the royal family's solicitation a hundred years ago." Wang Ben held a wine glass and toasted to Niu Qi opposite him: "Fortunately, you didn't listen to my crooked idea at the time."

"Fellow Taoist is also kind-hearted, and the price offered by the royal family really makes my heart move. But I am used to running alone in the countryside, and I am not used to the clean roads in the capital."

Niu Qi's face is dark, so he rarely smiles, but his kindness can be felt in the tone of his words.

It is well known that the royal family likes to recruit bull demons who have entered the fake elixir realm, because bull demons are hardworking by nature and are used to obeying orders. They may occasionally have a bad temper, but compared to the changeable personalities of other demon clans, they are much better. too much.

"You'd better stop drinking." When Wang Ben saw Niu Qi touching the wine, his eyelids twitched and he stopped him.

"Oh Well."

Niu Qi smiled awkwardly. After laughing, he looked at Hu Qianqian and said, "Taoist friendship, by chance, I was able to enter the gate of Changqing Taoist Priest and enjoy such a large Taoist temple in Wudaofu. I really envy me and others." .”

Wang Ben immediately answered: "What a chance, it must be that fellow Taoist Hu has a unique vision. When Taoist Changqing had just entered the country, he worshiped him in the realm of fake elixirs."

"Yes, yes!" Niu Qi nodded quickly.

Hu Qianqian leaned back on the chair casually, holding the wine glass and said: "No two fellow Taoists said so brilliantly. I just wanted to find a place to stay."

"Anyway, I would like to ask my Taoist friends to take care of me and others in the future. To be honest, our demon clan is really having a hard time on Nanlin Road. Every time something happens, we have to rush to the front. But after the mission is completed, there is no way to share the spoils. For us, it’s nothing, the key is that they sold us to the court in the blink of an eye several times.”

Wang Ben sighed repeatedly when talking about these things.

Hu Qianqian stretched out his hand to scratch her furry ears, smoothed the hair that was stained with wine at the corner of her mouth, and said: "This may be the so-called ruthlessness of the Dao. Although Master has a compassionate heart, he also has thunderous fury! Niu Qi and Wang Ben looked at each other, and then Wang Ben stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Fellow Taoist, you misunderstood me. I mean, we both know good and bad, and we also know how difficult it is to practice in this world. We have never thought of giving up." No, I just want to see if... I can follow Taoist Changqing..."

At this time, Niu Qi also stood up and clasped his fists and said, "But if we are driven, we will do our best."

Hu Qianqian smiled "haha", looked at Niu Qi and said: "Fellow Taoist rejected the royal family at that time, but now he actively follows my master. This is a bit unreasonable."

"I just don't want to go to the capital, and this happens at the same time." Niu Qi didn't explain much.

At this time, Wang Ben said with a smile: "I'm waiting for a big gift..." He paused, took a breath and said: "I accidentally found that my fellow Taoist was asking about a sheep demon on Ningzhou Road, so I took it upon myself to do it. The advocate wanted to find out a thing or two for fellow Taoists, but unexpectedly he found a big fish."

Hu Qianqian frowned slightly. She didn't tell anyone about the investigation of Sheep Demon Mountain View, and it was very secretive. However, she didn't show any dissatisfaction. Then she relaxed her eyebrows and asked, "What kind of big fish is it?"

"Everyone on Nanlin Road knows that Taoist Changqing is looking for Taoist Wulang, and we found him!"

When Hu Qianqian heard this, her ears rolled back unconsciously, her blue eyes flashed with light, and she asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

...

Jinhuai Fucheng, Daozang Hall.

In the small administrative courtyard of the Comfort Envoy, it is not as deserted as it was during the Xiaoshan Mansion's monarchy. There are constant exchanges of documents and subordinates, and it has become the center of the entire Taoist Hall.

In the main room, Zuo Xuan would come to sit in the hall every afternoon to deal with some important matters that the clerks and subordinate staff could not handle.

Same thing this afternoon.

As soon as Zuo Xuang sat down, a foundation-building monk who managed the small courtyard walked in with a freshly brewed southern bitter tea. This monk was an inner disciple of Qianmu Temple, his name was Liu Qing, and he was considered a member of Liu Shuang's tribe. .

"This tea is better than yesterday's." Zuo Xuan praised.

"It's the new autumn tea that has just been harvested." Liu Qing replied with a smile. He looked at Zuo Xuan who was flipping through the case files and had no intention of paying attention to him anymore, and consciously exited the main room.

But just as he exited, he came in again.

It was Hu Qianqian who came. After entering the main room, she stood at the door and clasped her fists and said, "Meet Daoist Master Zuo."

"It's Qianqian, come and sit here."

Zuo Xuan invited Hu Qianqian to sit down at the Eight Immortals table, and told Liu Qing: "Make tea."

"No, I'm here on important matters. Let's talk about the important ones."

"Alright!"

Zuo Xuan waved her hand gently, and everyone else in the main room obediently retreated. Then Zuo Xuan activated the magic circle that she had rearranged herself.

"It's okay to say..."

Hu Qianqian was stunned by Zuo Xuan's actions, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. She was worried that what she said was not such a big deal.

"I found Wu Lang's hiding place, but the master and master went to visit Taoist Tianshan. I was afraid of missing the opportunity, so I came to you first."

When Hu Qianqian started talking about finding Wulang's hiding place, Zuo Xuan's face showed a hint of joy. When Hu Qianqian finished speaking, she praised: "You did the right thing. Fellow Taoist Changqing has been promoted to the third level." Jing, a little person like Wu Lang is not worth his troubles at all, and this matter involves Taoist Xiuyu, but we can worry for him..."

She sat down on the Taishi chair, lowered her voice and said repeatedly and in detail: "If fellow Taoist Changqing was still in the second realm, killing Wulang could be said to be a peer competition. It would be a bit disgraceful to do such a thing now, but we are different. We need to plan this matter carefully and try to resolve the matter when Taoist monk Changqing is elected to the third seat, so as to give it as a big gift."

"The Taoist Master is very thoughtful, but I didn't think so much about it!"

Hu Qianqian clasped her fists, her face full of sincerity.

Zuo Xuan resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She knew how smart this fox demon was. Sometimes she didn't look like a demon at all because she was too low-key.

"This matter must be planned carefully. After all, Wu Lang is a second-level gold cultivator. We do not rule out that there are one or two second-level monks around him. In this way, if we want to capture them quickly and without any accidents, we must at least There must be six second-level monks!”

"Also, your information..."

"It was given to me by two fake alchemy cultivators registered in Daozang Hall. They also have second-level cultivation. If necessary, they will help us."

Zuo Xuan paused after hearing this and said, "Let's be cautious and find out their details first. Give me two days!"

(End of this chapter)