Shen Luo quickly walked out of the South Gate and came out of the city.
Outside the city gate, there were many farmers and traveling merchants who were unable to enter the city. They carried loads on their shoulders and pushed carts, setting up stalls on both sides of the road, selling all kinds of groceries and fruits and vegetables.
Shen Luo glanced around and soon saw a simple thatched hut beside the road not far away. Inside was a pale-faced scholar holding a black pottery bowl with a broken corner in his hand, and seemed to be drinking tea.
He quickly walked over, sat down opposite the scholar, asked the waiter for a tea bowl, and poured himself a bowl of tea.
But after he took a sip, he immediately frowned and spat out the liquid. He felt a bitter and moldy taste in his mouth, which was very uncomfortable.
"Senior, can you drink such inferior tea?" Shen Luo asked in surprise, looking at the Horse-Faced Soul-Catching Demon's complacent look.
The Horse-Faced Guard had a gloating smile on his face, and it was obvious that he already knew the taste of this. He held the broken bowl in his hand and handed it to Shen Luo with a leisurely look on his face.
A smell of alcohol immediately rushed into Shen Luo's nostrils. He quickly asked for a bowl. After drinking it, the taste in his mouth was diluted.
"Why did you ask me to meet here this time? Is the mission outside this time?" Shen Luo paused before asking.
"Do you know where Cangfeng Valley is?" asked the Horse-Faced Man, glancing into the distance.
"Cangfeng Valley? That's where the mission is this time?" Shen Luo asked in surprise when he heard that.
"According to my investigation, there have been frequent ghost incidents in Jianye City recently, and the root cause is very likely there. So I plan to take a look into the valley. If there are really ghosts lurking there, we will eradicate them in one fell swoop." The Horse-Faced Soul Catcher nodded.
"That place is not a good place! If I remember correctly, the first task on the government's ghost-catching mission list is to clear out the evil ghosts in Cangfeng Valley. It has been such a long time, and no one dares to take on this task." Shen Luo frowned.
"I'm here, what are you worried about? This may be the last time I'll look for you." Ma Mian gave him a blank look and said.
"That's true... First, tell me how you want me to help you?" Shen Luo said with a chuckle.
"Boy, do you know? The wind in Cangfeng Valley before was not the wind of Feng Shui, but the wind of sharpness." The Soul-Catching Horse-Faced Man did not answer Shen Luo directly, but changed the subject.
"This is really not difficult for me! I have paid attention to this task before, and I have also read some local chronicles. I found out that the reason why it is called Cangfeng Valley is because it was once a strategic point for defending Jianye. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. Many tragic wars have taken place here in history, and each time there were countless corpses and rivers of blood." Shen Luo said with some complacency when he heard this.
"That's right. Ancient battlefield sites like these have many wandering ghosts lingering in the mortal world, and their resentment is too great, so they have always been very dangerous places. If the fresh breeze from heaven and earth cannot clear away the evil spirits, over time they will breed evil spirits. In addition, everyone in Jianye City, from the government to the common people, is accustomed to treating this Cangfeng Valley as a mass grave, and a large number of corpses have been hastily buried here, exacerbating the risk." The Horse-Faced Soul-Catcher nodded and said.
"Senior, do you mean to say that the ghost plague in Cangfeng Valley this time originated from this?" Shen Luo asked.