Mortal's journey to immortality

Wang Lu said to Lu Ming: "Please let the head of the family exaggerate it so that the whole city knows about it."

"I understand, I'm going to implement the friendly plan," Lu Ming said.

In the next three days, the City Lord's Mansion posted notices throughout the city: For the safety of the children, all the children should be gathered in the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord's Mansion will make arrangements without any mistakes.

Some people support the compulsory behavior of the City Lord's Mansion, while others oppose it. For example, some wealthy families or people from martial arts sects are unwilling to send their children to the City Lord's Mansion, but they have to obey the threats and inducements of the City Lord's Mansion.

Thousands of children gathered in the City Lord's Mansion, crying, laughing, playing, scolding... they were buzzing like a large group of flies, and the noise was so loud that the City Lord's Mansion was like a pot exploding. Just as noisy.

Lu Shun, the second elder of the Lu family, accompanied Wang Lu to a pavilion to enjoy tea. San San asked: "The reaction in the city is very intense now. If the gangsters don't show up as time goes on, it will be difficult for us to deal with it."

"City Lord, don't worry. I can't guess that the thieves will take action in January. If they really calm down by then, each household will be compensated fifty taels of silver per month. I believe this is a good deal for the City Lord's Mansion. It's just a drop in the bucket but a drop in the bucket." Wang Lu said, holding up the white jade tea cup.

Lu Shun frowned slightly in pain and said, "Then follow the Shangzong's arrangement."

A month passed quickly, and the gangster still did not show up. Wang Lu was also a little anxious at this time.

However, looking at the groups of dolls, a vague image of my childhood appeared before my eyes.

Every day, a large group of children's fathers and mothers would gather outside the city lord's palace, just to take a look at their children. Some women would cry uncontrollably, while men would sigh and pull their women away.

Poor parents in the world, Wang Lu couldn't help but think of his parents. He planned to go home to visit them after building the foundation.

Just when the residents in the city were excited, the city lord's palace compensated each family with fifty taels of silver according to Wang Lu's statement. In this way, the opposition of the people was much reduced.

Many families only earn about ten taels of silver a year, which suddenly makes them fifty taels of silver a month. Many people wish their children could stay in the City Lord's Mansion for a few more months. It would be best if the City Lord's Mansion can raise their children. Better.

More than ten days have passed, and the city lord's mansion is still as calm as ever, as if the other party has given up on the idea of ​​robbing children.

That night, everything was quiet, except for the drizzle that kept falling. The city lord's mansion was loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

In the garden, two fifth-level Qi-training monks who were in charge of guarding were talking softly using invisibility charms: "Brother Yan, more than a month has passed since the city lord issued this order. Those robbers should have given up. Let's take the city lord The mansion is so well guarded that there should be no way for them to sneak in." One of the monks said.

"Fellow Daoist Long is right, but the announcement made by the city lord is indeed more attractive. Fifty taels of silver, and they also have to help take care of their children. This is a pie in the sky, and the city lord's mansion is also There was blood once." The monk surnamed Yan responded.

"What are these worldly things? They add up to less than one spiritual stone. Speaking of which, our reward this time is indeed generous. Ten low-grade spiritual stones in one month. In two months, I will be able to buy it. A bottle of Qi Gathering Pill, try to break through the sixth level of Qi training." The monk surnamed Long said with a smile.

"It's better to save the Qi Gathering Pills of the two fellow Taoists and take them under the underworld."

Immediately afterwards, a cold chuckle came from his ears.

A monk wearing a ghost mask appeared beside the two of them like a ghost. With a wave of his hands, their heads fell to the ground before they could make any defense.

The man in the evil ghost mask then wandered around the city lord's palace like a breeze. After killing all the guards in the Qi training period without leaving a trace, he headed towards a room where children were placed. He used a magic talisman.

The door opened and closed quietly, and more than a dozen boys and girls were sleeping quietly on the bed. The ghost watched for five breaths, but actually did not kidnap these children and retreated out.

After going through more than ten rooms in a row, he finally found a little girl with an extremely weak purple aura blooming between her eyebrows. He cast a spell on the little girl, and the little girl floated towards him involuntarily.

He hugged the little girl gently and delivered the message. Within ten breaths, another evil ghost masked monk suddenly appeared in the room. The two exchanged glances, and the evil ghost masked monk picked up the little girl and left.

The evil male cultivator continued forward and searched two-thirds of the rooms. One of the boys was also abducted in the same way.

Just as he was checking the next room, the noisy sound of gongs and drums kept coming from outside. Countless children were awakened one after another and began to cry, which spread far away.

"Catch the robbers", "Catch the robbers"... the roars rang out continuously.

The entire Tingyu City was boiling as if the end was coming.

Hearing the noise, the ghost-faced monk disappeared into the city lord's mansion.

In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Lu Shun's face was ashen, and eight headless corpses were placed below. When Wang Lu came to the corpses, they were all killed by an extremely rare rope-shaped magic weapon.

Wang Lu also walked to sit next to Lu Shun expressionlessly.

A middle-aged woman knelt tremblingly and uneasily not far from Lu Shun. Lu Shun asked, "How did you find out that the child was missing?"

The middle-aged woman said: "To the Lord of the City, every night during the ugly hour, it is my turn with six other people to look for a room to check on the rest of the children. When I walked in, I found that a girl was missing, so the servant immediately struck the gong. Notify the guards."

Wang Lu and Lu Shun looked at each other, and Lu Shun waved his hand and said: "Go down, each of you will receive ten taels of silver, and then you will stay in the city lord's mansion until the real culprit is found."

When she heard that there was not only no punishment but also a reward, the middle-aged woman immediately prostrated herself, "Thank you City Lord" and "Thank you City Lord" kept coming.

At this time, a guard came in and said, "Reporting to the city lord, there are hundreds of children's parents gathered outside the mansion asking to see their children."

"Go down and tell them that there are many children and ask them to come over early tomorrow morning." Lu Shun said.

"As ordered."

"Sir, according to the investigation, two children were lost, and the gangsters seemed to have kidnapped them purposefully, but the reason has not yet been found out." Lu Shun said to Wang Lu.

"Now we can only use puppetry to replace those two children. The specific arrangements need to be made by the city lord. Next, please check in detail whether these two children have any common characteristics with the children who were kidnapped in the past. ." Wang Lu said.

"Don't worry, Lord, I will make arrangements for you."

In the early morning, a swarm of residents came to visit their children. They were relieved to see that their children were safe and sound.

Lu Shun arranged for his capable men to question the parents of more than a dozen children in detail. After some questions and answers, a counselor with a goatee told Lu Shun and Wang Lu that at some point, these more than a dozen children would tell Their parents had some strange things that scared these children out of their wits.

After the goatee counselor retreated, Wang Lu and Lu Shun fell into deep thought.