Chapter 206 Nightmare Town (10)
Lin Qingyue retrieved the carriage that had been parked at the town entrance and asked Dongfang Qi, "Did you come here on horseback?"
Dongfang Qi quickly sat outside the carriage and picked up the whip with great familiarity: "My horse can just follow behind, and I'll help you drive. We can also take turns pulling the carriage in between, so the horses can rest."
Lin Qingyue frowned and said, "Didn't you see the talisman I put on the horse? It will move on its own."
Dongfang Qi, of course, saw the talisman and quickly said, "Let me drive the carriage. We'll have to pass through many markets along the way, and a carriage without a driver would arouse suspicion."
He was mainly afraid that if he was useless, he would be kicked out of the car and forced to ride a horse.
Lin Qingyue glanced at him indifferently, secretly annoyed in her heart: I must have been kicked in the head by a donkey, actually wanting to invite him to ride with me. Humph, since you don't want to ride in the carriage with me, then drive if you like!
Immediately, she closed her red umbrella, taking the old turtle's soul into the umbrella, and then flashed into the carriage.
Dongfang Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, I was smart and found a place for myself before Yueyue caught up with me.
So the prince once again became a happy rickshaw driver.
All the ghosts in Ping'an Town were liberated, the demons and ghosts left with Lin Qingyue and the others, and the center of the town's formation was also broken.
Zhou Quan, Shun Niang and their wife, as well as the old Taoist priest who came in with them, woke up from their sleep one after another.
They arrived in the town three days ago. After sleeping for so long, they suddenly woke up and felt no other discomfort except hunger and weakness.
I only vaguely remember that I was trapped in the town and couldn't get out.
But when he looked around again at this moment, he clearly noticed that the evil aura in the town had disappeared.
The sun was shining brightly, shining on every corner of the town and making the three people feel warm.
"What's going on? This town seems to have suddenly changed. There's no evil spirit at all? It's like..."
Zhou Quan couldn't think of how to describe it.
Shunniang took over his words: "It's like, this is just an ordinary deserted town."
She suddenly hugged her husband and sobbed, "Great, we are all fine! I thought I was dead this time!"
The old Taoist priest shook his whisk, full of confusion: "But what on earth is going on? Could it be that someone has taken away the evil things here?"
At this moment, suddenly there was a clear and pleasant ding-dong sound, which came from far away and came into my ears, like broken jade gently knocking in the wind.
The three of them looked up and saw a carriage coming towards them in the golden morning sun.
The coachman's white clothes were whiter than snow, and his sleeves fluttered in the morning breeze, giving him a somewhat ethereal look. However, his hat was pulled down low, covering his eyebrows and eyes.
"Excuse me, are you new to town? Have you seen anything unusual?"
No one answered from inside the car.
The carriage passed by, crushing the gentle morning light, gradually going farther and farther away, and finally turned into a faint shadow and disappeared without a trace.
The three of them stared blankly for a moment, and the old Taoist priest was the first to react: "We feel that the evil spirit has dissipated. Now we can definitely leave the town!"
So the three of them hurried forward with weak steps.
It was not until they reached the intersection blocked by sleepers and rubble and saw the sign reminding passers-by not to enter without permission that they were finally sure it was safe!
Having escaped, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Shunniang urged, "Hurry up, just keep going along this road and you'll be back to Wu'an County where we came from! I want to have a big meal. I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole cow!"
Her husband, Zhou Quan, laughed heartily. "My dear, we are going to be rich! The Feng Kingdom court is offering a reward of one thousand taels of gold for anyone who can rid Nightmare Town of the evil spirit!"
Shunniang said, "But we didn't do anything and were almost trapped to death. If I'm not mistaken, the one who got rid of the evil spirit should be the owner of the carriage that just passed by us."
Zhou Quan said, "A coachman is dressed so extravagantly, so the people in the carriage must be well-off. Judging from the direction they left, they must have gone to Guifang Country, and they didn't even care about the reward money. If that's the case, it would be a waste if we don't take it, so why not give it to the three of us!"
The old Taoist priest nodded in agreement: "That makes sense! Besides, we did contribute a lot, so we have no regrets accepting the reward."
After the three of them had discussed it, they headed towards Wuan.
After arriving in Wu'an County, he ate some food and took a short rest, then went to the Wu'an County Government Office to ask to see the county magistrate.
After waiting for about a cup of tea, the county magistrate came out.
Hearing that it was three masters who solved the evil in Nightmare Town, he was shocked: "Are you serious? That town has been troubled for us for ten years! So many talented people have tried to eliminate the disaster, but instead they were trapped and could never get out. How did you masters do it?"
Of course, they don't know how to do it.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Quan looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
The old Taoist stroked his long, graying beard and said calmly, "That town is actually a gathering place for a large number of ghosts who can't be reincarnated. Because there are so many of them, the yin energy is very strong. Once someone sets foot there, they will be affected and fall into a dream, where they will die silently."
"The situation was dire, and the three of us were nearly trapped. Luckily, we have extensive experience slaying demons and monsters, and together, the three of us used our best abilities to finally disperse all the ghosts! Now, Nightmare Town is peaceful, and there's no more being trapped and unable to escape."
Zhou Quan also hurriedly said, "That's right! Nightmare Town will continue to be an important transportation fortress. Travelers heading to Guifang Country will no longer need to take a detour."
The county magistrate nodded repeatedly after hearing this. "If this is true, then it would be great! However, I will send someone to verify this matter. If the verification is true, I will offer a reward to the three of you!"
Zhou Quan waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and check it out. Everything we said is true!"
The county magistrate claimed that he had to arrange for personnel to investigate and left temporarily, and asked someone to bring fruits and snacks for the three people to enjoy.
The three of them drank tea and ate cakes, their faces beaming with joy.
This government hall had seemed so high and mighty in the past, but now he could actually be a guest of honor, enjoying the grand occasion.
And the bounty is coming soon...
Zhou Quan suddenly thought of something and said to the old Taoist priest, "To be fair, we should divide the government's reward into three parts, giving one part to each person."
The old Taoist priest was not happy after hearing this: "You two are one family, so the reward should be divided in two, and I get half."
Shunniang said, "Your division is wrong. We two contributed two parts, so naturally we should take two parts! I..."
As she was speaking, Shunniang suddenly felt a warm current flowing out of her nasal cavity.
When he reached out and touched it, his hands were covered in blood.
She looked up in panic, only to find that both her husband and the old Taoist priest were bleeding from all seven orifices, looking horrific.
"Tea...tea is poisonous!"
The three people who finally escaped from the Nightmare Town ended up dying in the government office.
The county magistrate returned with a grim expression, "Three untouchables, you actually dared to destroy the formation that our Guiyuan Sect has deployed for years! You're simply courting death! The court did offer a high reward, but it's a pity you didn't get the life to take it!"
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