White Bone Monkey King

Yin County.

After Jin'an and his party cooperated with the county government to give their confessions, the county magistrate, along with the county magistrate, county lieutenant and other deputies, hosted a banquet at the government office's residence.

The county magistrate's duty is to assist the county magistrate in administration, such as being in charge of the county's documents and archives, warehouses, grain and horses, tax collection, etc.

The county captain's duty is to be in charge of public security.

Yinxian County is close to the sea, and the port is bustling with freight. The magistrate of Yinxian County is named Wang. He is lean and slightly dark-skinned, with typical characteristics of coastal people.

After everyone had been drinking for three rounds, the county magistrate holding a wine glass suddenly sighed.

The county magistrate answered the question very wisely: "My lord, are you still worried about that matter?"

Jin An and the old Taoist priest were both old men in the world. They looked at each other and realized that it was indeed not an easy banquet today. The county magistrate had something to ask them, and he deliberately approached the county magistrate to offer advice.

Old Taoist Priest: "Sir, you have encountered some troubles, but it doesn't matter. When we came to the Yamen many times in the past to find clues about Taoist Yuyangzi, you always opened the door for us to look through county annals and case files. , so if we can help you this time, my little brother and I are willing to do our best."

The county magistrate looked at the old Taoist priest and Jin An gratefully, took a long breath of relief, and then talked about the troubles in his heart.

As a coastal area, Yinxian County has prosperous commerce and developed shipping. However, this also makes shipwrecks and shipwrecks common in September and October, when the storms are the most at sea every year.

A month ago, there were strange phenomena in the sky and the earth. Days were short and nights were long. Storms were frequent at sea. Many ships were sunk by large waves. Some of the corpses of shipwrecked people were washed away elsewhere, while some of the corpses of shipwrecked people drifted along the river to the vicinity of Yinxian County.

It’s just that this Yinxian shipwreck is different from the past!

In the past, as soon as the body was discovered, the body was immediately taken to Yizhuang and settled. The deceased could wait quietly for relatives to claim it, and nothing strange would happen.

Only this shipwreck is a little special.

Because those corpses rushed to nowhere, but they rushed to Jiutou Mountain.

There is a place in Yin County called Jiutou Mountain. It is named because the nine mountains are connected like a screen and resemble the nine heads of a nine-headed insect.

Jiutou Mountain is close to the sea and has been eroded by waves all year round, forming intricate waterways. Because it is connected to the sea and has a developed underground water system, it used to be several large-scale pirate dens, but they were later encircled and killed by the Yamen navy.

Where there are too many dead people, there will always be rumors of various haunted and strange things. In addition, Jiutou Mountain is a dark and humid place with a cold and cold atmosphere that does not see the sun all year round. People feel chilly when they get close. People in several nearby fishing villages No one dares to go near this place.

In fact, according to Feng Shui, Jiutou Mountain does meet the conditions of a corpse raising ground. It's really not a joke. As long as there are many people dying in this place, some strange things may happen. Those fishing villagers are right not to approach without authorization.

Recently, some fishermen went fishing far away and accidentally approached Jiutou Mountain. They found several rotten corpses of shipwrecks stranded on the rocks near Jiutou Mountain. They hurriedly reported it to the officials, and the county government immediately became aware of it. severity.

No one knows how many corpses of shipwrecks washed into the water caves of Jiutou Mountain? What's going on there now? How decomposed was the body? This matter is like a sharp knife hanging over the head of the county magistrate at all times, fearing that a plague will break out one day.

When the folk goddesses, yin-yang teachers, and folk exorcists who usually boasted loudly about themselves heard that the county magistrate wanted them to go into Jiutou Mountain to investigate the corpses of the shipwrecked people, they were so frightened that they shook their heads and refused to enter Jiutou Mountain no matter what. Shan, adding money will not work.

These folk exorcists all say that Jiutou Mountain is very evil. Too many people died during the navy's suppression of bandits. Entering Jiutou Mountain is like entering a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. The commotion inside is too fierce.

These folk exorcists retreated at the critical moment, and the county magistrate could not tie up these people and force them into Jiutou Mountain, so he sent people to the city to invite famous Taoist monks to relieve the crisis in Yin County, but this time came back and forth. It would delay a lot of things. The people sent to Fucheng had just left for a few days. Even if they found someone and rushed back quickly, it would still be at least twenty days.

Just when the county magistrate was living like a year, he happened to encounter Jin An and the old Taoist priest who solved a major case in Fenghuang Town. Knowing that Jin An and the old Taoist priest were real Taoist masters, the scene in front of them happened, and a banquet was held in honor of them. I want to ask the two of them to help save a plague crisis in Yinxian County.

After hearing the whole story, Jin An nodded: "What the old Taoist said is right. Yinxian County has taken care of us several times. Since Yinxian County is in trouble, we cannot stand idly by. The Jiutoushan case that others dare not take, we at Wu Zang Taoist Temple took over. ."

Upon hearing that Jin An had taken the Jiutoushan case without any consideration, the county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant and others present looked happy and grateful and raised their glasses to pay tribute.

The county magistrate was moved and said: "Taoist priest Jin'an comes from the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, and Yuyangzi Zhenren also comes from the Wuzang Taoist Temple. Houchi Village is not far from Jiutou Mountain. Both times were shipwrecks and there was a crisis of plague outbreak at any time. Both times were Wuzang Taoist temples." The Taoist temple has stepped in to save the people of Yin County from this crisis. With this glass of wine, I respect the Taoist temple of the five internal organs."

"For this glass of wine, I would like to honor Taoist Priest Yuyangzi."

"With this glass of wine, I would like to pay my respects to Taoist Jin An."

"This glass of wine, I would like to pay tribute to Taoist Master Chen."

"With this glass of wine, on behalf of the people of Yinxian County, I would like to express my gratitude to the Wu Zang Taoist Temple for its second helping hand. Regardless of whether this matter succeeds or not, I will immediately order someone to erect a meritorious stele at the gate of the city for the Wu Zang Taoist Temple today. I hope that this meritorious stele will be a blessing to the Jin Dynasty." Taoist priests An and Chen returned triumphantly, and the Yamen once again hosted a banquet for the two Taoist priests."

The county magistrate felt happy after having solved a worry. He stood up and toasted five glasses of wine to thank the Wu Zang Taoist Temple for its contribution to Yin County.

Jiutou Mountain is near Houchi Village?

Jin An was startled.

This incident was a bit unexpected, a bit unexpected.

Could it be that the strange incident of a large number of shipwrecked corpses rushing into Houchi Village last year was not a coincidence, but that there happened to be Jiutou Mountain, a Yinqi Hanzhong corpse raising ground, near Houchi Village?

Thinking of this, Jin An frowned slightly. I wonder if Uncle Yuyangzi discovered this in the first place?

It seemed like fate. They had just returned from Houchi Village, and they had to rush back to Houchi Village so soon.

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Thinking that Jiutou Mountain might be related to Houchi Village, Jin An stopped wasting time, hurriedly ended the banquet, took the old Taoist priest and went straight to Houchi Village.

This time, with the Yamen's passing order, the two were finally able to enter the abandoned Houchi Village openly. After the county magistrate knew that both of them were experts, they no longer restricted the two from entering and exiting Houchi Village this time.

Jin An planned to go to the sea from Houchi Village and enter Jiutou Mountain, and use this opportunity to investigate Houchi Village in detail, not to let go of any clues related to Uncle Yuyangzi.