Chapter 13: News
When Wang Cheng and his friends returned to Dantu County, it was already three o'clock, and the gates of the county were already closed.
Fortunately, Captain Du was very familiar with the soldiers guarding the city. After someone invited the general to come to the city to confirm his identity, he was able to open the door and enter the city with a concession.
After that, Captain Du naturally rushed to wake up the county magistrate overnight to report the situation, while Wang Cheng, Li Tong and others went home to rest.
After resting like this for a night, the next day, the genius was dawning, and the harsh whistle of "stop fright" sounded again.
Wang Cheng got up early today and was planning to visit his friend Liu Fei whom he sent back yesterday.
At this time, after just after washing up, he heard the whistle, so he quickly changed his clothes and rushed to the county government office with his sword.
When he arrived here, he found that in addition to Captain Du, the county magistrate and the county magistrate, and the chief clerk also left the county yard in official uniforms and waited in front of the yard.
The county magistrate of Dantu County is Fang, named Fang Xingyou. He is over forty years old. He has a good facial features, extraordinary appearance, and a very majestic spirit.
This person was born as a Jinshi. It is said that he was on the same list as the current county magistrate of Danyang County. He had a friendship with classmates and had an extraordinary background.
After Wang Cheng and other constables who heard the whistle arrived, the county magistrate Fang stood up and scolded him.
The general idea is that as a constable, he should enjoy the salary of the court and protect the people with all his duties and responsibilities, so that they can follow Captain Du to the countryside to migrate to the villagers today.
At this time, the incident of a ghost village in Dasang Township had already spread in the city, and the constables were extremely afraid of going to the countryside to do business.
However, the magistrate Fang came forward in person, and no one dared to retreat in the face of the battle, so as not to be hated by the parents and punished on the spot.
However, what surprised Wang Cheng was that Captain Du made the case that he had made contributions to killing ghosts and allowed him and the two constables who came back last night to stay in the county to maintain public order and no longer have to go to the countryside to do such errands.
Afterwards, Wang Cheng and several left-behind detectives watched, the county magistrate Fang personally led a group of detectives and yamen runners out of the city and rushed straight to Dasang Township.
It would be difficult for the countryside landlords and gentry to agree to the major issues involving the relocation of thousands of households without him as the county magistrate himself.
After seeing off the county magistrate and others, Wang Cheng and several other colleagues explained the situation and rushed to visit his friend Liu Fei's home.
Wang and Liu families live together in Nancheng, and there is only one alley between them.
Wang Cheng took the breakfast buns he bought to Liu Fei and knocked on the door. A crisp female voice came from the yard behind the wooden door.
"Who?"
"It's me, Wang Cheng."
Squeak.
The wooden door was pushed open from the inside out, revealing a girl in a goose yellow dress.
This girl can only be said to be pretty and charming in terms of her appearance. At most, her skin is a little white, but her figure is very good.
She is obviously a girl in her boudoir who is less than ten years old, but her bulging breasts are much more ingredient than many young women who have given birth to it, as if the nutrition has grown to it.
Although Wang Cheng had learned this in the original owner's memory before, when he met, his eyes couldn't help but stay there for a little longer.
Perhaps because he sensed where Wang Cheng's eyes were, the girl took a shy look back and turned her body, and said softly: "Young Master Wang, are you here to visit Xiaofei? He drank a lot of medicine last night and probably hasn't gotten up yet."
"It's okay, Sister Yun, take these breakfasts to share with your aunt, and you'll go to his room to wake him up."
Wang Cheng lowered his eyebrows and did not look at the girl's pretty blushing face. After saying that, he hung the breakfast wrapped in lotus leaves on the door handle and walked towards Liu Fei's bedroom.
The original owner of his body may have a crush on this girl, but he definitely didn't.
So in order not to cause more misunderstandings, he did not want to have more contact with the girl.
The original owner and Liu Fei have been playing together since childhood and are familiar with the situation in their own homes.
The Liu family now has only three people, Liu Fei, his mother and sister. As the only man in the family, Liu Fei has long deliberately moved the room to the door of the outer courtyard.
As soon as Wang Cheng pushed open the door of Liu Fei's bedroom, Liu Fei on the bed opened his eyes and looked at the door.
After seeing it was him, Liu Fei's eyes relaxed and he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Cheng, why are you here? Could it be that the matter in the ghost village has been resolved?"
"No, the matter has not been resolved, but has become more and more serious. Yesterday, even the Demon Soldiers who had three times of qi and blood boiling cultivation were trapped in two. This morning, the county master..."
Wang Cheng said what happened yesterday and the county government decision this morning, with a heavy tone.
After hearing him say these things, even Liu Fei, a guy who has always been bold and frivolous, his expression became heavier.
"This will be troublesome, so we may have a lot more things in the future."
Liu Fei murmured to himself, then changed his tone and suddenly said, "And Brother Cheng, have you noticed that this time the ghost village incident in Dantu County has been around for eight large-scale ghost harm incidents reported in our Yangzhou in the past six months, which is more than the number of times added up in the past few years!"
"I didn't pay attention to this. What's wrong? Why did you suddenly mention this? Did you find something?"
Wang Cheng looked at his friend with a surprised expression, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.
"I couldn't sleep after I finished the medicine last night, so I suddenly remembered this, and then I remembered what I heard by chance during the arrest of the demons of the White Lotus Sect half a year ago."
"At that time, the demon said that the ghost gate was wide open, the demons appeared in the world, and the people were in the sea of suffering. Only by believing in their White Lotus Virgin can one obtain shelter and redemption... Such evil words that confuse the public,"
"I also know that the White Lotus Sect demons's rhetoric is just to believe in their tricks, but we all know that there are really powerful masters in the White Lotus Sect demons. Otherwise, the court would not have banned them from hunting and killing them for so many years, but they still cannot be killed."
"So, will the words of the White Lotus Sect demons really come true this time?"
After Liu Fei finished speaking, he looked at Wang Cheng with a nervous look on his face, his eyes full of nervousness.
In the Tang Dynasty, public discussion of the evil words of the White Lotus Sect can be directly punished. It is not that Wang Cheng had an extraordinary relationship with him, and Liu Fei dared not say such words in front of Wang Cheng.
After hearing Liu Fei's words, Wang Cheng's expression changed slightly and pondered.
He recalled the matter about the White Lotus Sect in his mind, but he only knew that this was an evil Taoist sect that had existed for hundreds or thousands of years. It is said that it had existed before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty was established for thousands of years. For thousands of years, it severely suppressed this evil Taoist sect, but it has never been killed.
In recent years, this evil Taoist sect has not known what he has eaten. It has sent a large number of people to travel around to preach, and has recruited people everywhere to believe in their "White Lotus Virgin", and has been arrested repeatedly.
From this perspective, Wang Cheng simply did not believe what the White Lotus Sect demon said.
After all, making up a disaster and fooling fools and making up fools and women to believe in a certain god has always been a method that those sects have tried and tested.
But this world is different from his previous life. Regardless of whether there are any gods in this world, at least ghosts and practitioners of Taoism are real. Wang Cheng has limited knowledge now, and he dare not rashly use his previous life experience to treat things in this world.
So after he pondered for a while, he said to Liu Fei: "No matter whether these two things have anything to do, they are not something that you and me can interfere. I advise you not to mention this matter again in the future and just pretend that you don't know anything."
Liu Fei is a smart person himself. After hearing what he said, he immediately understood what he meant and nodded immediately: "Brother Cheng, what you said makes sense. I understand what to do. I promise not to mention this matter to anyone again."
"That's right. Both you and I have limited abilities. It's already hard to be able to protect the safety of ourselves and our family!"
Wang Cheng nodded slightly, sighing half of advice and half of emotion.
Then he looked at Liu Fei who was thinking, patted his chest and said, "Okay, you should take good care of your illness. I guess you will be busy in the yamen. It is best if you have a few more days of illness, so as not to be dragged into a strong man."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Liu Fei quickly came back to his senses and shouted, "Brother Cheng, please wait first, I want to ask you to help me with something."
"Tell me."
Wang Cheng paused and turned to look at his friend.
"Zhang Huai and the others are all dead. Although this guy is quite annoying when he is alive, they acted like a man the night before yesterday. I want to ask Brother Cheng to help me give it to his wife with five dollars, and just think I lost the bet!"
Liu Fei said what he asked for in a low tone, then took out three silver dollars from under the pillow and handed them to Wang Cheng.
"I only have these three silver dollars on hand now. Brother Cheng, please help me get two more dollars. I will pay you back when my salary is paid next time."
Wang Cheng looked at the money he handed over, but did not reach out to pick it up, but turned around and left.
Chapter completed!