The Taoist shook his head: "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed!"
"Will it really be returned intact?" Magistrate Su asked again.
"Monks don't talk nonsense!" The Taoist nodded and said in a deep voice.
"When will you return?" Magistrate Su asked.
"At least ten days, at most several years!" The Taoist said with some impatience.
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Su was silent for a long time before he said:
"It will take at most two years, and after the disaster outside has subsided, traffic must be restored!"
The Taoist smiled defiantly, nodded, and said, "Deal!"
Magistrate Su stood in silence for a moment, observing the bustling scene before him. This Taoist, Qiao San, had devoted so much time and energy to this, and his ambitions must be immense. There was no way he could return the entire property as he had promised!
He was more worried that this Taoist, Qiao San, would perform a blood sacrifice and slaughter the entire town's inhabitants as food for his evil cultivation, leaving him with nothing. However, if he lost Qiao San's protection now, this area would not be much better than a blood sacrifice!
Therefore, now he could only take the easy way out and appease Taoist Qiao San, and then return to the county town to discuss with the City God Temple, conduct a background check on this Taoist Qiao San who suddenly appeared, and then make a decision.
County Magistrate Su did not leave Jiqi Town that day, but stayed in the town for one night. During this time, he sent out a large number of scouts to gather information in an attempt to find out Qiao San's true purpose. However, the time was too short and no abnormalities were found.
In addition to Jiqi Town, there are other towns under the jurisdiction of Tongqu County that need County Magistrate Su to patrol and rescue. It is not realistic to stay in Jiqi Town to investigate Taoist Qiao San. After thinking it over again and again, County Magistrate Su had to let the boy who picked them up yesterday send the group back to the entrance.
So everyone experienced flying in the clouds again.
When they returned to the entrance, they saw that the horse they had temporarily left yesterday was still there. County Magistrate Su breathed a sigh of relief, got on the horse, and led everyone out of the checkpoint set up by Taoist Qiao San.
As soon as he came out, he saw the chief clerk and his officers standing by the roadside, waiting anxiously.
When the chief clerk saw Magistrate Su, he led his horse and walked over quickly: "Sir, someone came to the county office yesterday to report that an evil demon attempted to invade the county office, killed many clerks, and wanted to hold your wife and son hostage..."
County Magistrate Su was shocked when he heard this: "My wife and child have been held hostage?"
The chief clerk hurriedly shook his head and explained, "Please be patient, my lord. The evil demons have been completely killed by Erlang and a passing sword immortal! But Erlang..."
"What happened to Erlang?" County Magistrate Su was so anxious that he couldn't help but interrupt.
"The messenger said that Erlang fell into a coma..." the chief clerk responded.
Magistrate Su tightened the reins in his hand and asked again, "What's the situation in the city?"
"Yesterday I sent someone to inform Captain Wu to bring another group of people back to the city. I think things have stabilized now!"
"Let the soldiers rest for a while. In two minutes, we will bypass Jiqi Town and go to the next village!" County Magistrate Su said solemnly, looking at the still somewhat gray sky.
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