Chapter 43
After summer, there are many thunderstorms. The sun is shining in the morning and the weather is stuffy. In the afternoon, the thunder is rumbling. During this period, the thunder is frequent, and the monsters inside and outside the city are very quiet. According to the habit, Snake Gong Liu Taizhen would leave the city to live in Dongxuan Temple for the first half of a month every year to pray for blessings for her deceased mother. At the same time, she is also considered to be a physical cultivation. After all, as a human being, she is a weak and sickly lady.
Liu Taizhen stayed in the demon market more time than Wu Zhen, and was in charge of more things than Wu Zhen. Wu Zhen often was lazy by nature, so Liu Taizhen was much more serious than Liu Taizhen. Therefore, during this half month every year, Liu Taizhen went to the temple to rest, and the affairs of the entire demon city in Chang'an City were handed over to Wu Zhen to handle.
"If you have any questions, let Ling Xiao or Zhu Ying call me. Of course, if there is no major problem, don't disturb me, you can solve it yourself." Liu Taizhen told him as usual the night before leaving. Wu Zhen waved his hand and didn't care. "Okay, I know, your two deputy officers are very responsible. Even if you are not here, I guarantee that Chang'an will be fine in the past half month."
Indeed, monsters are afraid of thunder. There have been many thunderstorms recently. Monsters have basically been hiding away, and no monsters come out to cause trouble. This is also their most leisurely day of the year.
After Liu Taizhen left the city, Wu Zhen did not stay in the demon market for a long time. She has been living in Mei Zhuyu's house recently and accompanied him with nothing to do. He went to work. She occasionally felt that it was boring to play outside, and she would turn into a tabby cat to go to the Ministry of Justice to see the Langjun, and then go around to see if anyone scolded him behind his back.
A few days after a quiet day, one day in the middle of the night, Wu Zhen suddenly woke up. She suddenly opened her eyes and pressed her chest with one hand, feeling a little suffocated. Mei Zhuyu, who was sleeping beside her, was awakened by her movements. He got up and lighted the light, leaned over and stroked Wu Zhen's forehead, and asked her in a low voice, "What's wrong, I feel uncomfortable?"
Wu Zhen sat up, took a deep breath, held his forehead and shook his head, "It's okay, maybe he had some bad dreams."
The wind was strong outside, and lightning struck down. In that moment, it illuminated the world. Even through the window frame, it shone a snow-white room inside. When the house returned to darkness, a loud thunder sounded down, which made the window frames ring. Wu Zhen turned his head and looked out the window, feeling uneasy and restless.
Mei Zhuyu poured her a cup of tea, raised her hand and whispered something. Wu Zhen was immersed in his thoughts and felt a little painful in his head, but when Mei Zhuyu touched her forehead like this, she suddenly felt that her head had become much clearer. She took a sip of tea and smiled, "Okay, it's okay, let's go to bed."
"Yes." Mei Zhuyu did not blow up the light and asked her to sleep again. She reached out to hold her and covered her ears, "Go to sleep."
The thunder sounded loudly outside, but when Mei Zhuyu held it like this, Wu Zhen couldn't help feeling some peace of mind when he looked at his calm eyes, so she closed her eyes and calmed down and slowly fell asleep in her arms.
At this time, a wasteland in the three mountains in Chang'an was a young man wearing a Taoist bun and wearing a white Taoist robe and a wooden sword carrying a carriage. He was not as fast as a human. His gray cloth shoes were covered with dust and mud, and there were also many mud ideas on the hem of the white Taoist robe, which made him look a little embarrassed. However, the man's face was solemn, and he looked back while moving.
Behind him was a dark night sky, without any abnormality. However, the Taoist priest seemed to be looking at some huge danger that was so close to him, and his face looked extremely ugly. He held a Yin-Yang Pisces Taoist plate in his hand, and the silver needle on the plate trembled, and the direction he pointed was Chang'an City.
"How could there be such a disaster!" The young and handsome Taoist priest gritted his teeth and accelerated his speed a little more.
It was just dawn and Wu Zhen woke up. In the past, she had to sleep until very late before she woke up. Especially when Mei Zhuyu didn't need to go to the duty day, she had to sleep until Mei Zhuyu came and called her to get up. But on this day, she slept uneasy at night and woke up early.
"I'm afraid there will be rain today, so the sky has been calm." Mei Zhuyu said, and he also vaguely realized that something was wrong, but he did not show it.
Wu Zhen looked at the sky outside, and it was still gloomy until noon. Occasionally, it was thunder but it didn't rain. After eating the lunch prepared by the old servant in the house, Wu Zhen talked to Mei Zhuyu and went out. She acted the same as usual, and Mei Zhuyu didn't notice anything and watched her leave.
Wu Zhen rode a horse on the street, and a strong wind blew her robe to stimulate her. She looked up at the rolling clouds in the sky, and her eyebrows were clustered, and she quickly arrived at the East City and entered the Demon City. The Demon City was quiet during the day, and on thunderstorms, it became even quieter here. Wu Zhen went straight to Yanlou and unexpectedly saw the charlatan inside.
Although the charlatan is also one of her deputy, he rarely stays in Yanlou. If he wants to find him, he has to go through various corners. Today he actually stays in Yanlou, and his expression is unusual.
Wu Zhen paused, then quickly walked to the charlatan and sat down, "Did you notice something?"
The charlatan wanted to speak but stopped, and finally took out his wordless book, and flipped through it for a while before saying to Wu Zhen: "It's not very good."
Wu Zhen: "What's wrong with me? Tell me straight."
The sage said straight: "I can't see clearly, but I'm coming to Chang'an City if there is anything bad."
Wu Zhen frowned, "Bad things..."
The charlatan looked at her and sighed, "It's something you haven't met before." Although Wu Zhen was powerful, she was too young after all. The charlatan looked at her like an elder looking at a junior who was about to go out, full of worries.
Wu Zhen calmed down when he saw this. She smiled and showed a sense of stability that was different from usual casualness. "It's okay, go and call Huzhu, help me form a large formation of Yanlou, and then go to find Zhu Ying and Ling Xiao, and ask them not to open a store. They are all here to guard me. I want to see what bad things are coming."
When the closed-door drum was about to sound, a white-robed Taoist priest entered the Chang'an city gate, which made everyone around him look at him. There were many Taoist temples inside and outside the city, and Taoist monks were also common, but there were few such young and handsome Taoist priests.
However, the white-robed Taoist priest turned a blind eye to all his eyes, and rushed to Dongcheng with great concentration.
A Taoist priest suddenly broke into the demon market, causing a little riot. Wu Zhen felt the momentum of the visitor, and soon appeared, calming the riot.
She looked at the white-robed Taoist priest, with a familiar tone, "Master Shuangjiang, I haven't seen him for a year. Why did you break into our demon market in such a hurry? Are you here to catch the demon again?"
The Taoist priest in white robe who she called Taoist Shuangjiang took a breath and said solemnly: "What happened, I'm here to report to you specifically."
Wu Zhen smiled and said, "What?"
Frost River quickly said: "The 'plague god' has come to Chang'an, it's not too small."
When Wu Zhen heard this, even though she was used to being brave, she also showed a solemn expression and confirmed: "'Plague God', are you reading it wrong?"
Frost nodded, "No, it will arrive soon, I'll be before it."
Wu Zhen stopped talking nonsense and shouted, "Ling Xiao!"
A gentle man appeared beside her, and Wu Zhen said, "You go outside the city to find your Snake Lord, and say there is a 'plague god' to pass through, so let her come back quickly."
"Okay, cat official must hold on." Ling Xiao disappeared from the spot after saying that.
Wu Zhen: "God, stay in Yanlou and watch the formation, Huzhu, go out of the city with me."
Seeing her hurriedly rushing to the city gate with Huzhu, Taoist Master Shuangjiang also followed him silently.
Wu Zhen was so stunning because the "plague god" was really difficult to deal with. The so-called "plague god" is not a god, but a stolen thing that will bring plague diseases to people. It is not a monster or a monster, but a thing that is produced by corpses of humans and beasts who died on a large scale. It absorbs all kinds of foul air in the world and forms, and its shape is like clouds and fog, which is unseen by ordinary people.
The reason why it is called "plague god" is just a folk saying, just like people are used to calling things that cause locust plagues "locust god". Just because these things can bring extremely terrible consequences, people are afraid and respectful, so they respectfully call them gods, trying to make these things fade away with sacrifices. However, Wu Zhen scoffed at this behavior. If sacrifices were really useful, so many people would not die every time. The only solution was to solve them like the monsters that made trouble.
When Wu Zhen rushed to the city gate, he asked Taoist Master Shuangjiang who was following behind him, "Chang'an is the capital of a country. How could that kind of dirty thing come to Chang'an?" Logically speaking, the dragon vein of Chang'an's national fortune is covered with auspicious energy, which is unlikely to cause any major disaster, but the plague god came.
Taoist Master Shuangjiang looked cold, "I don't know, but I think the 'plague god' is strange." He seemed to be driven by something specifically - he was not sure about the latter sentence, so he didn't say it.
Wu Zhen and the other two disappeared, stood on the high city gate, looking into the sky from afar. Ordinary people only saw the clouds all over the sky, but Wu Zhen saw the black line rushing over the sky.
"What a plague god, it looks quite small." If I really let it come to Chang'an, a huge city with a population of millions, I don't know how many people will die. Wu Zhen's eyes were dark, and a huge shadow floated behind him. The shadow was still in the shape of a cat, but the back gradually stretched out, leaving the shape of a cat, and it looked more like a huge hideous monster, standing on the city gate and roaring at the distance.
"Pearls, prepare."
Huzhu changed his previous charming posture and showed his true colors as well as being solemnly ready.
Wu Zhen looked at Frost Jiang with a wooden sword on his back, "Master Frost Jiang, you are afraid that it is dangerous here, so it is better to go to the city first. There is a large formation of Yanlou to protect it, and there should be nothing wrong."
Taoist Master Shuangjiang is a disciple of Chang Xiguan of Taoism. He looks like he is only twenty-one or two years old and can deal with monsters with a hundred years of cultivation alone. At his age, such cultivation is considered a good idea, but he still doesn't think enough about the plague god of such a large scale, and Wu Zhen is unwilling to implicate him.
Three years ago, Shuangjiang chased a demon who committed evil to Chang'an. In order to kill the demon, he had some conflicts with Wu Zhen. Later, he didn't get to know each other until he fought and became a little in love. Among the few Taoist priests Wu Zhen knew, he was the youngest and the highest in status.
Although Taoist Master Shuangjiang was cold and arrogant, he was also very enthusiastic. A year ago, he went back to Chang'an. This time he found the plague god to go to Chang'an, and he also took the lead to report the news. Wu Zhen was grateful for his intentions, so he didn't want him to die here for nothing.
Taoist Master Shuangjiang has always been a proud person. Even if he can't deal with something he can't deal with, he will not be afraid. But today he also knows that the matter is serious and hesitates for a while.
Seeing the plague god getting closer, he seemed to have decided something and said, "I think the junior master uncle has also come to Chang'an. The junior master uncle is a hundred times more powerful than me. If he is here, he will definitely help the cat to resolve this disaster, I will invite him!"
Chapter completed!