Chapter 40

"...The assessment starts from the Wu hour and ends until the dawn of the Mao hour."

"Everyone holds a second-tier soul-guiding lamp to patrol, covering the lake area and bay area, as well as the thirty-two workshops of the wharf."

"The assessment content is to appease the dead souls who fell into the water and other lonely souls."

"Appeasing ten dead souls without using 'inviting gods' is rated A-grade."

"Appeasing five dead souls without using 'inviting gods' is rated B-grade."

"Appeasing three dead souls without using 'inviting gods' is rated C-grade."

"If you can't appease even one dead soul, you need to 'invite gods' as soon as possible, don't ruin the peace of the villagers for the sake of the rating."

"If you invite gods, the assessment ends early. Do you all understand?"

"Understand."

"There is still plenty of time to prepare, find a place to go."

"Yes, Lord Meng."

As Meng Yun, the guard hall master, finished speaking, these clerks dispersed to prepare for the upcoming assessment.

Zhao Xing activated Bright Eyes and saw a package on Meng Yun's back.

In the package was actually a two-foot-tall person.

It had a rosy face, held a miniature crescent blade, and looked majestic and righteous.

It was originally closing its eyes, but suddenly opened them, and even smiled at Zhao Xing.

Bright Eyes Night Vision sees ghosts and gods!

Before seeing the ghost, he first saw the Yin god worshipped in the temple.

Zhao Xing bowed his hands, then hurriedly closed the spell, and looked with the naked eye again, and there was only an ordinary sandalwood statue behind it.

"Huh? Why did the True Lord wake up?" Meng Yun felt something and looked back.

Zhao Xing had already looked away.

"Good guy, he actually carried the East Lake Earl out. If there are dead souls coming ashore, with this one sitting in town, a carload won't be enough to cut."

The dead souls at the current stage generally have no threat, and at most can disturb the dreams of ordinary people, making them lack energy and spirit for a few days.

Unless someone specifically raises souls, but that is a serious crime, and if discovered, they will be defined as an outsider demon.

What's more, with the guard hall master bringing the East Lake Earl's sub-spirit out, even if Zhao Xing jumped into the pile of dead souls to dance, those dead souls wouldn't dare to touch a hair of his.

After all, he is the man the East Lake Earl has kept!

"Young Master, what is the young master looking at?" Xu Lao Ba looked at Zhao Xing suspiciously. Why did he stop walking suddenly?

"Oh, nothing, I seem to have seen a familiar person, I should have seen it wrong." Zhao Xing casually brushed it off.

"Then shall we continue to walk around, or go to the place to work?" Xu Lao Ba couldn't help but urge.

They had been walking for more than half an hour, and this master didn't mean to end it.

The money was taken too easily, and Xu Lao Ba didn't feel at ease in his heart.

Two taels and five coins is not a small amount.

"Don't worry, don't worry, let's eat something first." Zhao Xing walked into a stall and ordered a few skewers of grilled meat. "You can eat whatever you want, it's all on me, no wine, so as not to make mistakes."

"Okay, thank you, Young Master." Xu Lao Ba was not polite, ordered dozens of skewers in one breath, and seeing Zhao Xing didn't react at all, he felt that this young master was really a generous person. He decided in his heart that he would definitely not let him return empty-handed tonight.

Dozens of skewers of grilled meat, plus a few bowls of powder soup, plus four grilled fish, totaling only one tael of silver. The taste is authentic and the portion is sufficient, which is very worthwhile.

Xu Lao Ba ate 70% full and stopped, because he had to go into the water in a while.

Zhao Xing was also half full, so he continued to order some.

Xu Lao Ba looked at it and clicked his tongue secretly: "This master looks tall and thin, I didn't expect his appetite to be so big. I am already 70% full, he eats about the same as me, and can still eat? Could it be that he is a practitioner?"

Although Zhao Xing is not a martial artist, at the third tier of Qi gathering, this physical quality also exceeds Xu Lao Ba by a lot, and his appetite is naturally very large.

Just when he was eating grilled fish, suddenly.

"Whoosh whoosh~"

A wind came and blew through the stall.

"Huh?" Zhao Xing stopped his movements. He was very sensitive to the wind. This inexplicable wind was obviously not normal.

"Is it a Yin wind? And it brought some moisture... Is this a water ghost coming ashore?"

The wind-raising spell has an advanced direction called [Yin Wind Attacking Soul], which is generally only learned by military agricultural officials.

Zhao Xing distinguished it. This is not an artificial Yin wind, and he felt that this Yin wind was a bit damp, so he understood that a water ghost had come ashore.

I saw a ghost shadow all wet shuttling on the street. He was wearing silk, his body was fat, and he was wandering aimlessly.

He looked at the almanac, there was no warning, and he calculated the time, it was almost the Ding Mao moment.

"Wait for me here, don't move, I'll come to find you in a while." Then Zhao Xing settled the bill and followed.

"Hey? Young Master... where is he?" Xu Lao Ba was a bit confused. Zhao Xing didn't look fast, but disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye. "Really strange."

Zhao Xing's feet were windy, and he quickly caught up with this fat wandering soul and walked side by side with him.

Bright Eyes ninth turn can see ghosts and gods, and naturally can communicate. Zhao Xing observed for a while and asked: "Uncle, what are you looking for?"

The fat wandering soul wearing silk turned his head, his hair wet and sticking to his forehead, his lips pale: "I am looking for the way home."

Zhao Xing bowed his hands and said: "May I ask where your home is, Uncle?"

The fat ghost muttered: "I am from the west of the prefecture, and my home is in the Jia Mansion south of the city of Dangyou County."

West of the prefecture? Dangyou County? Zhao Xing was still savoring which place this was, but only heard the fat ghost blankly say: "But how can I not find it, I can't find it..."

At this time, Zhao Xing came back to his senses. Dangyou County is a lower county, which merged with another lower county "Pingshan" twelve years ago and changed its name to "Youshan County."

It's strange if you can find it. The corpse floated from the west of the prefecture to the south of the prefecture!

So this person has been dead for at least twelve years?!

Zhao Xing pondered and continued: "Uncle, you want to go home, but do you have anything to explain?"

The fat wandering soul nodded: "Yes, I want to tell my wife that I am dead, let them fish my corpse back, and tell her that I have a box of silver buried in..."

"Buried where?"

The fat wandering soul suddenly turned his head, the ghost fire in his eye sockets was gloomy: "Why should I tell you, you are not my family."

"..."

No problem, very reasonable.

After speaking, the fat ghost continued to walk aimlessly, muttering: "I am from the west of the prefecture, and my home is in the Jia Mansion south of the city of Dangyou County. I want to go home, but where is home? I can't find it..."

Zhao Xing was about to communicate again, but suddenly heard a clear drink from the front: "Soul, return!"

Then he saw a touch of golden light shining on the fat wandering soul, and then the ghost shadow twisted and fell into the soul-guiding lamp.

Others couldn't perceive the sound and the golden light vision, but Zhao Xing heard and saw it. He only saw a figure in front holding a soul-guiding lamp, which was a clerk in the temple assessment.