Chapter 45: The Inside Story of Shilipo
"Ten sticks, ten sticks, ten sticks, ten sticks that were half-hearted and half-hearted!
After leaving the yamen, Rong Tianding's face was pale and his expression was full of panic.
He originally wanted to set up an altar like Puyun Guanmu Taoist, and he was involved in making some small wooden people wandering around, but the county government actually wanted him to catch ghosts, and someone would check and verify it.
This made Rong Tianding feel no confidence, and he felt that the big wooden sticks in the yamen would all fall on his butt.
He dared to deceive ordinary villagers, but he did not dare to deceive the county government even if he gave Rong ten courage.
He had no serious crime at all, and he really wanted to make a fake ghost and trick him into the head of the county government. Rong Tianding felt that the probability of being beaten was very high.
"Cousin, if you are really beaten, you can at least fulfill one wish," Zhang Xuezhou comforted.
"There are other good things?" Rong Tianding Qi said.
"If you beat that way, you probably won't need to go to Dongshi to kill pigs for a year or two, so you can study hard at home!"
"Then I would rather kill pigs every day than be beaten!"
Rong Tianding shook his head repeatedly, feeling that he could not accept the life after being beaten.
"Cake a few pigs and catch ghosts!"
When Rong Tianding heard that Rong Li was willing to kill pigs, she felt that nothing was difficult in the world, but she was afraid that there would be someone who was determined to kill pigs at this time. Rong Tianding finally wanted to kill the pigs. She just felt that she would find the ghosts earlier and beat them to death, and everything would be harmonious and beautiful.
But Rong Li was also feeling a little nervous about how to kill ghosts.
She has never seen a ghost in her life.
"I'll get two buckets of pig blood to send to Shilipo in a while. Rong Dang's family will be convenient for use at that time," said Li Erlang.
"Then you have to hurry up to avoid getting through the night when it gets dark," said Zhu Dan.
"I will take two buckets of pig blood and set off," said Li Erlang.
"Then let's take over what's left!"
Hearing Rong Li's instructions, everyone spoke one after another and took the initiative to respond to all the things that needed to do to maintain the operation of the pig slaughter stall.
"Do we want to find Mu Dao Ren first?" Zhang Xuezhou suggested.
He followed behind and felt that no matter how they looked at catching ghosts, they were not reliable.
Judging from the situation where Rongli held the pig-killing knife that night, she did not have the ability to kill ghosts, and at most she was to let ghosts and evil spirits break the room.
Of course, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't catch the ghost.
It is reported that most evil objects like to move at night, but he doesn't like to move at night and cannot participate in such things.
Even Zhang Xuezhou does not have the ability to catch ghosts.
Professional work has to be done by professionals, and Zhang Xuezhou thinks it would be more reliable to ask Mu Dao Ren to help him.
Anyway, this old Taoist is also a cultivator and has some abilities that ordinary people do not have.
"The old Taoist almost choked to death by fireworks last time. I was afraid that his legs would not be able to walk smoothly, so it would be impossible for him to accompany us to catch ghosts," Rong Tianding said.
"He has done rituals in Shilipo in the past, and may know some of the relevant matters. Let's ask him first if the situation is wrong," said Zhang Xuezhou.
"Zhou'er is right!"
Rong Li nodded.
She is reckless but not stupid.
Judging from the kindness of saving Taoist Mu before, this Taoist should not have been torn apart.
Correspondingly, they asked Mu Dao Ren for questions about it may add some benefits.
After being urged by the yamen, the group had to go back to Dongcheng to kill the pig, and then left the city.
"Sir, news came from the county magistrate of the Northern Frontier that Jinchang, under the command of the King of Huainan, arrested criminals and crossed the border, and took some food along the way to satisfy their hunger!"
In the yamen, Lord Bao put down his pen to review the official documents and looked at Master Li who was receiving the Falcon message.
"So, the matter at Shilipo is related to Jinchang?" asked Lord Bao.
"That's right, Master Li nodded and responded: "The magistrate of the North Frontier said that he had received compensation from the King of Huainan and would be transferred to various places where the disaster was affected in a few days. We need to report the matter quickly to facilitate the acceptance of the disaster payment!"
"Sixteen pigs and three cows were missing overnight. Who did Jinchang arrest? Is there someone I need to eat so much food at one time?" Lord Bao said suspiciously.
"I don't know the humble position!"
Master Li shook his head repeatedly.
The name of the Yin-Yang family's nine-member Yin-Yang family is not the name of Jinchang, but it is indeed very famous. It is one of the top sorcerers under the command of the King of Huainan.
The opponent's strength is no less than that of the top officials of the imperial court.
Even people like Lord Bao who have entered the imperial court can only look down on him, let alone Master Li.
It is difficult for him to guess who this kind of person has captured and what he has done.
Even Jinchang was acting on their territory, and the Huainan Prince's Mansion even sent compensation to him, which was quite polite.
If the Huainan Prince's Mansion ignores it or even makes any follow-up notifications, they will have no choice.
This was not for the sake of the magistrate of Rongcheng County, but for the sake of General Li of the Northern Military Region, that the Huainan Prince's Mansion gave him a face.
When the Huainan Prince's Mansion gives face, he naturally hopes that others will give face to them.
What does Jinchang do in the northern border or what it involves, as long as it does not harm the northern border military region, the Huainan Prince's Mansion obviously hopes that all parts of the northern border will not investigate, nor will they do so.
It is difficult to answer Lord Bao’s words, and Master Li is not able to answer either.
He and Jinchang are like characters from two worlds. They can't guess the other party's motive for action at all, and it is difficult to guess what the other party has done or arrested people with big appetites.
"In this way, the disappearance of domestic animals on Shilipo does not involve the sucking of evil objects and harming people," Lord Bao frowned.
"It should be so," Master Li nodded and said, "It seems that we don't need to ask the magician who catches ghosts to investigate in Shilipo. This saves a lot of money!"
"Since there are no ghosts on Shilipo, why did Wang Fu'an lose his life?"
Lord Bao picked up the ink-stained pen.
When the facts and speculations do not match, a murder case is obviously highlighted.
"I ordered Li Shuang to go to Shilipo Longmen Village to investigate, and if there is a clue, it will be reported in time," said Bao Da Ren.
"Here!"
Master Li responded and then quickly retreated.
"hateful!"
Lord Bao looked at the bamboo slips for a few seconds.
After a while, he wrote the word "Jinchang" under a document, then drew another circle and made another fork.
After a long time of struggle, preparing for all kinds of ghost-catching things, Lord Bao did not expect it to be a false alarm.
This has made him useless in the past ten days of trouble.
Of course, he didn't like the appearance of evil objects in the territory he was under his jurisdiction.
But he doesn't like this useless busyness.
"hateful!"
Lord Bao said abominable twice.
He couldn't say in his heart whether this abominable targeted Jinchang or whether the master of Jinchang, King Huainan.
These big men do not have the position of small officials in their eyes, nor do they care whether they will be affected.
But they were the ones who cleaned up the mess in the end.
Whether there are ghosts on Shilipo is not something the government says, the people believe whatever they say.
This is not something he can do in just a few words.
The haunted incident was rumored, and after Wang Fu'an died, people were even more panicked. This matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible.
Lord Bao's eyes circulated. When he put the relevant figures who solved the problem on Mu Dao Ren who had dealt with the incidents of monsters and monsters in the past, he suddenly remembered that this person was caught in a fire several days ago and was almost burned to death. He was most likely unable to do a ritual.
This forced him to start thinking about selling fake paintings in Rong Tianding and others who cheated them.
Chapter completed!