You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 142 The Taoist Priest Jumps into the Mountain and Startles the Waves
After leaving Dongshui City, in order to catch up with the Taoist priest as soon as possible, Hu Wen took out two Thousand Mile Daily Travel Talismans from his backpack and tied them to the horse's legs with red ropes.

This thing and the "Thousand Mile Message Incense" are known as the two most convenient items in Daliang, but the price is not convenient at all.

A stick of incense costs five taels of silver, and a talisman costs more than ten taels of silver. For ordinary people, these two things are really expensive.

There is no demand for it.

In big states like Youzhou and Kyoto that can remain stable in troubled times, ordinary people can still find these precious toys in the "sacred item shops" in big cities. But in any big state that is a little turbulent, the country people don't even know that there are such good things in the world.

King Wei's advisers have been trying to find ways to reduce the cost of these two magical items. Unfortunately, as treasures left over from ancient times, it is already difficult to make them. They want to modify the formula to make them cheaper...

Not very realistic.

After looking around to make sure that the red rope was not loose, Hu Wencai jumped on his horse and galloped towards the dense forest.

They walked like this all day long. The horse was panting from exhaustion, and Hu Wen's back and waist also ached from exhaustion on the horse.

After some calculation, Hu Wen found that he still had to run for a while before reaching the dense forest, so he just found a tea stall on the side of the road, intending to take a rest and recover his strength, so as not to die of exhaustion halfway before finding anyone.

I found a clean shop, went in and paid two silver coins. The waiter immediately became enthusiastic, served a pot of tea, some peanuts, and a bowl of mutton offal noodles with not much mutton offal.

After wiping the chopsticks with his sleeve and about to pick up the noodles to eat, his attention was drawn to the people at the table next to him.

There were two groups of people sitting at the table next to them. One group was dressed like warriors, probably the escorts traveling along the Dongshui route. The other group consisted of only two people, a young man from a wealthy family and a scholar.

This combination is rare, and what they talk about is also very interesting to Hu Wen.

At this moment, a man dressed as a warrior was full of curiosity. He supported the table with one hand, leaned forward with most of his body, and looked at the young master with gleaming eyes. He asked repeatedly:
"Mr. Zhou, are you saying that you saw the Taoist priest exorcising the demon?"

"The words 'eliminating demons' don't fit the grand scene at that time. I think 'moving mountains and filling the seas' and 'clearing the world of turbidity' are more appropriate!"

The young man called Mr. Zhou opened the fan with the words "I was born with wealth" written on it and shook his head, looking like a storyteller:
"Some time ago, I received a letter from Kyoto and was prescribed by someone. I became an infatuated person. Fortunately, I met the immortals and their group. Only then did I save my life and get rid of my infatuation."

Afterwards, Master Zhou recited out everything that had happened to him in the gambling village, such as the talking donkey, the girl who could change her clothes by turning around on the spot, and the Taoist priest who could move mountains and fill the sea, and create mountains from flat land. The bodyguard in front of him blushed and scratched his ears and cheeks, wishing he could see with his own eyes the powerful man turning the earth over with one hand.

After listening to it, he asked again and again:
"Sir, did the Taoist priest you are talking about go from Linsen to the Great Forest?"

"How would I know?" Young Master Zhou shook his head, "But I think it should be similar. He came here by the official road, which should only connect Linsen City and Guixiang Road."

"Sure enough." The escort man's eyes were full of excitement: "The last time we escorted someone, we were in Linsen City. At that time, we happened to meet a Taoist priest, who was accompanied by a girl and a donkey. I wondered if they were a group of people!"

Upon hearing this, Master Zhou clapped his hands and praised it as a wonderful idea. He even took out some money and asked the store to serve good wine and meat to entertain the escorts.

Unfortunately, there were no cattle or sheep that had died in vain nearby, so the store could only serve some lard rice and smoked chicken for the people in front of them to eat and drink.

Hu Wen, who had been listening, knew when he heard these people's descriptions that the person they were talking about must be the Taoist priest Zuo Chen. He also heard Master Zhou say that the Taoist priest had continued to walk north along the dense forest. He knew that his direction was correct, so he felt relieved and planned to continue on his way to look for people after eating and drinking.

While he was eating noodles, the conversations of the people around him changed from the Taoist priest beheading evil spirits to the trivialities of life. The escort man, after a few drinks, seemed to open up his chatterbox. He sighed softly at first, and then started talking about his own affairs:
"I used to be a storyteller in Kyoto, but I offended many people because of my bad mouth. Thanks to these friends around me, they rescued me. Now that I don't do that business anymore, I always feel itchy inside. When I come across such strange stories, I want to learn more about them. I've been thinking that after hearing so many such stories, I should write a book and sell it myself."

"That's a good idea!"

The escort man didn't expect that just after he finished speaking, Master Zhou would clap his fan as if it were a clapper and say, "It would be interesting to put together all the little stories in Daliang and make them into a storybook, and then share them with others!"

After that, he smiled and said, "After the Immortal helped me get rid of my stupidity, I always felt empty inside, and I had to find something else to fill it. I think it's just right to help you write books, and then set up a bigger bookstore and make more picture books, wouldn't it be great?"

He glanced at the scholar next to him and said, "Didn't you say that you have beautiful handwriting? I'm counting on you to record this. When the book becomes popular, you might be able to make some extra money."

Han Shusheng nodded hurriedly and agreed.

The escort obviously didn't expect to encounter such a good thing. Rather than being surprised, he was more nervous.

In the end, it was his friends who were running courier with him who patted him on the shoulder and pushed him forward a step.

What followed was a lot of thanks. Amid their lively conversation, Hu Wen finished his meal and drank the noodles along with the soup.

He did not bother them, but kept all these people in his mind.

When you meet your uncle, you can say a few good words to them.

He was also very interested in this bookshop.

It's better than all those nonsense in Kyoto Bookstore.

He rode his horse on the road again, running from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun, and from the setting of the moon to the rising of the sun, and finally he reached the edge of the dense forest.

Hu Wen did not take the main road of Linsen, but chose another small road. It would be easier to stop Zuo Chen by cutting in from the middle.

When he arrived at the side of the dense forest, he suddenly found that there were many soldiers gathered there, wearing armor and holding knives, and they were also guarding a large number of people in tattered clothes.

A closer look revealed that these people had pale faces, were thin and yellow, and had blue and pale lips. Hu Wen could tell at a glance that they were the result of taking Wu Shi San.

That stuff is a powerful drug that can harm people. When inhaled into the body, it can make people feel euphoric, but it will also cause physical depletion and waste one's life in vain.

Because it is highly addictive, many people cannot stop taking it after using it once, and would like to do it again even if it costs a lot of money, and even lead to bankruptcy.

King Wei naturally issued a strict ban on such harmful things, which led to many beasts who made a fortune by selling the five stones running into the dense forest and setting up a five-stone village.

In the current situation, have all the people in Wushi Village run out?
The soldiers who were escorting the prisoners saw Hu Wen riding towards them, and they all raised their weapons, with the blades facing outwards:
"Who are you? Get off your horse immediately!"

Hu Wen immediately took out a bronze plaque from his arms. "The Mighty King is walking Hu Wen."

The soldiers who were still on high alert all felt weak at the knees and almost knelt down before this gentleman.

Those who can walk like the mighty King are all capable people. Seeing this bronze medal is like seeing the mighty King himself. How could their calves not be cramped?
Hu Wen did not intend to use his power to pressure others. He just glanced around and asked:
"How is this going?"

"Your Excellency!" A man who looked like a team leader stepped out from among the soldiers and said, "We are soldiers from the nearby Linsen City. We have been ordered to come here to capture the thieves from Shisan Village."

"Haven't these bandits been hiding in the dense forest all this time? Why are they willing to come out today?"

After hearing what Hu Wen said, the team leader's expression became a little strange:
"Sir, it seems that a god has come to this dense forest recently and flattened the gambling village. The filth in the forest were also scared out of their wits and thought that this dense forest was no longer a good place to make a living, so they all ran out in a swarm. We got the news in advance and came here to block them."

After hearing what the team leader said, Hu Wen couldn't help but laugh.

He really didn't expect that this Taoist priest not only showed his skills and destroyed the gambling village, but the aftermath even destroyed other ghost villages.

Is this also a pleasant surprise?
After encouraging the soldiers with a few words, Hu Wen did not stay here for too long and rode his horse into the dense forest.

The horse's hooves stepped on the muddy ground in the forest, and the speed slowed down significantly.

Hu Wen subconsciously stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead.

The strange, tiny noises echoed near his ears again.

He would have this feeling every time he entered the dense forest, and it always made him uneasy.

He shook his forehead, threw away all the noise in his head, drove his horse deep into the woods, ate dried meat with fruits when he was hungry, and looked for water from the stream by the road when he was thirsty. Life was quite easy.

One night, Hu Wen built a bonfire under a tree, tied his horse to a tree stump, and leaned against the tree trunk to rest, relieving the fatigue brought by days of running around.

Hu Wen's eyelids became heavier as he looked at the campfire. Finally, he could not resist the temptation of sleepiness, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

After he fell asleep, he heard a rustling sound coming from the haystack next to him.

Actually, a few foxes poked their heads out from the tall bushes!
"There are humans here!"

"There are humans! There are humans!"

"What should we do? Throw him out of the woods?"

"I think he's quite handsome. Why not tie him up and bring him back to show the young lady? What if she likes him?"

"Makes sense!"

This group of foxes took out a few ropes from somewhere and tied up Hu Wen.

And there seemed to be some magic attached to the rope. Even though there was such a big noise, Hu Wen was still sleeping soundly and had no intention of waking up at all.

After tying up the man, the leading fox transformed himself into a handsome scholar. He untied the horse's reins and asked his little foxes to throw Hu Wen onto the horse's back. Then, he led the horse and sang a little tune as he walked into the depths of the dense forest:

"Today is a happy day with many good fortunes, I am drunk and happy thinking of freedom~"

……

The road in the forest is not easy to walk on.

After leaving the gambling village, we continued walking deeper into the dense forest, and there were no roads in the secular sense in the forest.

Travellers and woodcutters won't come here, and no one will step foot in the mountains and forests. No paths will grow in places where people don't step foot frequently.

But the scenery around here is more refreshing than that in the towns.

There are tall trees, streams flowing through the forests, and donkey carts creaking and making slow sounds.

Zuo Chen specially drew a talisman with the words "Fu Zhi" written on it and pasted it on the donkey cart.

Afterwards, their journey was extremely smooth.

When you are hungry, just stretch out your hand, and the branches of the nearby trees will automatically drop down and hand you the freshest fruits.

There is no need to use a knife to clear the shrubs that are blocking the way; the tall grass will fall to the sides on its own.

When it is difficult to cross the river, the tall tree will bend and turn its body into a wooden bridge to help people cross the river.

Use a small cup to cross the stream, and you will get a glass of clear fruit wine. Drinking and singing happily is a rare and carefree time.

We followed a path without a road and walked in the woods for a day and a night.

And at this moment, Zuo Chen and his friends finally encountered something different.

It's a group of foxes.

Climbing on the tree, staring down, whispering:
"This Taoist priest is also very handsome!"

"Take it back too, and see if the young lady likes it!"

(End of this chapter)