Time flies, and the hurried years are fleeting.The Tai Sui who was inexplicably enlightened had already left the Tai Yan Mountains.

Tai Sui transforms into form and escapes into the mundane world. Is it a blessing or a curse for the world of mortals?

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A tragedy happened in Xianjiang County, hundreds of miles away at the foot of Taiyan Mountains.

At first it was the death of a six-year-old boy from a peasant woman's family. The dead boy was sallow, emaciated and haggard.If it wasn't for his thin stature, his face could still be recognized vaguely, making one even suspect that he was an octogenarian.

Although the boy's face was miserable and permeable when he died, it didn't attract too many people's attention except for the weeping mother.

The reason is also very simple. The husband of this family died early, and the life of the orphans and widows is very difficult.Although the boy was unbelievably thin when he died, considering the relationship between the family's livelihood, it did not cause too much turmoil.

Most people think that it is the mother who withheld food from the boy, or even abused the boy, which led to the boy's final death.Originally, everyone sympathized with the mother who lost her husband first and then her son, but when they thought that the poor child was abused to death by his biological mother, they all avoided this mother.What's more, he pointed and pointed behind his back, and ridiculed and cursed.

The mother was already deeply grieved by the death of her child, and she was misunderstood by the folks in the village. Those vicious words were like knives, stabbing her fragile and sensitive nerves all the time.The mother finally couldn't bear the pressure of public opinion and committed suicide.

I thought this incident would pass like this, and everyone was feeling sympathetic, but in the end it became a joke among the villagers.

Soon, something terrible happened!

In Xianjiang County, a child dies every few days, both male and female, and all of them are under the age of seven.

At first, they were just children from some poor families, but it didn't take long for the rich families to have similar situations, and all the children who died were all yellow, emaciated and haggard without exception!

This Xianjiang County, where people live in peace and live night and night, is in trouble now. All the families lock their children at home, not to mention going to school, and they are not even allowed to go out.What's more, the big gentry in the county town jointly drafted a document, requesting the county government to thoroughly investigate the matter, and must find out the perpetrator as soon as possible, so as to restore peace to Xianjiang County.

Why is Wu Deyou, the county magistrate of Xianjiang County, in no hurry?

It has been less than a year since County Magistrate Wu took office. The big gentry in the county respect You Jia on the surface, but in fact they don't take him seriously at all.These gentry are domineering on weekdays, and some of them have connections with government offices. Even if County Magistrate Wu intends to punish them, he has to weigh them carefully.

It's okay to be fine on weekdays, and the gentry of the county government still give them face, but after the serial child tragic death happened, the gentry finally couldn't sit still.There are only a lot of children under the age of seven in these rich families. With the increasing number of deaths, the county government has not even solved the case, and even failed to find out how the criminal committed the crime.Not to mention the big gentry, all the people in the county panicked.

The gentry even mentioned in the document that if the yamen cannot solve the case, they will jointly write to the government office and ask the government office to send capable people to solve it.

If the gentry were really asked to jointly file a letter to the government office, the county magistrate of Wu, let alone being promoted, would most likely ruin his entire official career!

In the past few days, County Magistrate Wu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He couldn't eat and couldn't sleep at night because of this case.Not only all the policemen in the county, but also the county magistrate Wu, who was in a hurry and went to the doctor, even the small officials who were not in the establishment, were mobilized.

What's worse is that the petty official is not a good guy. With the support of the county magistrate now, wouldn't that be a disaster?

Before the case was found, Shu Yinmao came out, but the whole Xianjiang County was engulfed in a miasma by the petty officials.The petty officials are usually the ones who harm the village, but this time with the support of Wu County Magistrate and the county government, they have intensified.

This case has not been solved yet, and the people in Xianjiang County have already complained.

In the past few days, Wu County Lingchou's temples have grown some gray hair. If the case is not resolved, he will resign himself without the gentry signing a letter.

Today, Master Zhang, the magistrate of Wu County, went to invite the most famous foreman in the county and the great doctor of Ci'an Hall to secretly go to the morgue to see if he could find some clues from the deceased.

At nightfall, the government office was still brightly lit, Magistrate Wu paced back and forth anxiously, thinking why Master Zhang hadn't returned yet.Just as he was thinking, a man in his thirties who was wearing a Confucian shirt pushed the door open and entered.

He walked hurriedly, and his face was so pale.

"Zhang Jiaoyu, why did you come back now, did you find out the cause of the children's death?"

At first, County Magistrate Wu didn't notice that Mr. Zhang was in a bad state. When he found that Mr. Zhang was not only pale, sweating, and even his legs were trembling uncontrollably, he hurriedly asked in surprise, "Why... are you in trouble?"

When Magistrate Wu called out, Master Zhang woke up like a dream.

After he looked left and right and saw no one else, he said tremblingly: "Dong Weng, I'm afraid...it's not easy!"

Magistrate Wu frowned, how could he not know that things are not simple?

If the case is simple, why would he use even the petty officials.County magistrate Wu has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows how difficult it is to deal with small officials, but now that there is a shortage of manpower, he can't care less.Having said that, it's okay to drive the petty official for a short time. If it continues, the people and gentry in Xianjiang County will not be able to tolerate him until the case is solved.

Master Sun saw that County Magistrate Wu did not understand what he meant, so he hurriedly said: "Dong Weng, according to your instructions, the students, the assistant and the doctor will go to the morgue together to investigate the cause of death of the children. It turned out that all the children were without exception. All of them looked haggard, as if they hadn’t eaten for many days. After careful investigation by Wu Zuo and Dr. Lin, these children were not sick and poisoned, and they all agreed..."

Speaking of this, Master Zhang's face turned pale again.

Then he lowered his voice and said tremblingly: "It is agreed that they died from the exhaustion of energy, just like... just like the work of monsters and ghosts!"

County Magistrate Wu was taken aback, he shrank his neck subconsciously, and quickly reprimanded after realizing it: "Don't talk nonsense, where did the ghosts come from? Don't scare yourself, or try to find out the real cause of death. Righteous way, even if you can’t, find a way to stop the epidemic from spreading.”

The reason why County Magistrate Wu asked Mr. Zhang to take Wu Zuo and the great doctor to investigate was because he suspected that these children had some kind of plague-like disease.But I didn't expect that the top Wu Zuo and the dignified Ci'an Hall doctor in the county would come to the absurd conclusion that ghosts are causing trouble.

Shouting like this in his mouth, in fact, County Magistrate Wu didn't know what to do.The series of tragic deaths of children is so weird that even the best police officers in the county can't help. If it is really ghosts, isn't it...

Thinking of this, Magistrate Wu shuddered again.He couldn't help looking around the inner hall, and he didn't know if it was an illusion. Although the inner hall was brightly lit, he always felt gloomy.

Master Zhang has been following County Magistrate Wu for a long time, so he naturally saw the magistrate Wu's sternness, and quickly said: "Don't worry, Dong Weng, to tell you the truth, the student got advice from the senior doctor on the way home, and he has already thought of a solution. "

"Quickly explain the instruction!"

Master Zhang cleared his throat and said in a low voice: "Does Dong Weng still remember that there is a Taoist temple ten miles away in the north of Xianjiang County? That Taoist temple usually accepts incense from the people. Now let them come forward to resolve this matter, wouldn't it be Just right?"

County Magistrate Wu's eyes lit up. Although he said he didn't believe it, he actually believed that the tragedy was caused by ghosts.Even if it is not, I heard that there are many Taoist priests in Chengbei Taoist temple, so asking them for help will always be of some help?

Ever since, County Magistrate Wu and Master Zhang hit it off.

The two discussed for a while how to invite Taoist priests from the Taoist temple, and finally decided to send Li Xiancheng and Master Zhang to go together, and must invite the most advanced Taoist priests in the Taoist temple.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest was not invited, but two masters were invited...

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