Chapter 50: Eliminate the Fake
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The old Wu Hu Guimeng and others had already taken Wen Xiucai away. There were still many people gathered at the gate of the Fire God Temple, and there were many discussions, especially some people who later did not see the previous scene, but they were spitting everywhere.
The Hu Guiyang brothers and three others only came out for a while later. The rumored Xiucai Wen had become a nine-tailed demon fox with white hair all over his body.
"It has appeared. The demon fox has just appeared. I can see it with my own eyes. I can even see its fangs clearly, it is so long!"
"The demon fox showed up to escape, and I helped stop him."
"That's what? Look at this piece of cloth. It was the one I pulled off. It turned out to be the tail. It turned into a cloth. It was because of this twist that the demon fox did not escape. I wonder if there is any reward from the government?"
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The more everyone said, the more exaggerated they became, and the 39th Lang Hu Gui asked in surprise: "Brother Thirteen, what they said is true?"
Hu Guijian smiled and said, "If you can take the discussions seriously, the government has already captured at least ten demon foxes. Brother Sanjiu, you have just participated in the arrest, how can you believe these strange and strange theories?"
Hu Gui's face turned slightly red, "I already... don't know what to believe."
The three of them were still there, and after getting on the horse, they avoided the crowd and returned to the city.
"He can't be a demon fox." Outside the city gate, Hu Guiyang suddenly said, and at the same time, he tied the reins.
Hu Guijian turned his horse's head and was a little surprised, "No one believed that he was a demon fox. As for why he shouted like this, he could always interrogate it."
Hu Guiyang bowed and said, "I'm going back, I'll settle the wages for the guards and servants at home for me and send them away."
"Well? They all have to quit their jobs? Li Bandu promised me..." Hu Guijian was both surprised and angry.
Hu Guiyang waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I can't use so many people. I will cook by myself in the future, or simply buy from outside. As for the hospital, there are so many brothers living nearby, and I have nothing to worry about."
"Don't Brother Sanliu go back with us?"
"I want to go to the Temple of Fire again, maybe... I don't know what I want to look for, but I just think I should go there again."
"Okay, let Brother Sanjiu follow you." Hu Guijian knew that she could not resist Brother Sanjiu.
Hu Guiyang shook his head, "Brother Sanjiu is back, it's not like arresting people, I'll do it myself."
Hu Guijian and Hu Gui looked at each other, and Hu Guijian said, "My third and sixth brothers, now is not the time to relax, it is not safe outside the city."
Hu Guiyang smiled and said, "Is there any safe place for me? Don't worry, I am ready to die. There is no difference between dying in the city or outside the city."
"Brother Sanliu said strange things again." Hu Gui blamed him.
"Haha, maybe in the end, it's normal for me to count." Hu Guiyang turned around.
Hu Guida wanted to catch up, but was stopped by the thirteenth brother Hu Guijian, "Everyone has his own ambitions, let him go."
"But……"
"My third and sixth brother likes to talk strange things, but he is very meticulous and will not take risks casually. Don't worry, he might find some secrets when he goes there, and the credit he makes will be greater than that of Brother Wu."
Hu Gui was hesitant, but Brother Thirteen had to ignore his words, so he had to follow him into the city.
Hu Guiyang ran not far away and placed his horses in an inn on the roadside, and walked back to the Temple of Fire.
The crowd in front of the temple had not dispersed, but there were more. Hu Guiyang mixed in the crowd, listening to their nonsense, and secretly observing everyone's expressions.
Several young men pulled Temple Zhu out. Temple Zhu was tripped and suffered a little bit of minor injuries. It was not serious, but was shocked and frightened. He looked very bad. Facing the crowd of people who were rushing over, he raised his hands and said helplessly: "Listen to me, I didn't see anything. I have to wait for the government to issue a notice for details."
But the crowd didn't listen at all, and a large group of people rushed to ask.
"How long have the demon fox been hiding here?"
"Are you here in the Jinyiwei?"
"What happened to those loud noises? Didn't there be one in the city before?"
"There is still white light, is there white light this time?"
"Did Grandpa Vulcan help catch the monster?"
The temple Zhu really couldn't resist it, and the whisper slowly changed. "Wu Shen Town, how dare the demons and ghosts be arrogant? Didn't that man dare to recognize himself as a demon fox after leaving the temple? I really didn't see it... He seemed to have exposed something like a claw, and it quickly retracted... At that time, I felt a heat flowing up from the soles of my feet, as if it was roasted by fire..."
The onlookers were extremely enthusiastic, and the temple prayers also rose to the vent. There was no door on their mouths. The more they spoke, the more they were talking, it seemed that he was possessed by the God of Fire and helped the officers and soldiers to capture the demon fox alive. He no longer denied that Wen Xiucai was a demon fox.
Hu Guiyang squeezed out of the crowd. There was no one he was looking for here, and he also confirmed that he was not being followed.
He walked eastward and finally turned into an alley, where he met several elders of the Vulcan Cult, and he had a vague impression.
Just like last time, the gate of the courtyard was closed, and Hu Guiyang pushed the door open and entered. A middle-aged woman walked out of the inner room with a basin in her hand. She looked up and saw a man breaking into her house. She was so scared.
Hu Guiyang was also stunned, "Let me ask, here is...he Baiwan...the Vulcan Sect...you have lived here all the time?"
The basin in the woman's hand fell to the ground and turned around and ran into the room.
Hu Guiyang felt that something was going to be bad, so he turned around and was discharged from the hospital. He heard a scream from the room and hurriedly accelerated his pace to run towards the entrance of the alley.
As soon as I ran a few steps, the house opposite opened the door and someone whispered: "Come in."
Hu Guiyang immediately rushed in, the courtyard gate closed. After a while, he heard a noisy outside, and a man was looking for "pornographic thieves" everywhere.
Hu Guiyang stood by the door for a while, and waited for the voices outside to leave before laughing and said, "It's so dangerous, I would rather be a demon fox. Did I remember the mistake, or did you change the place?"
He Baiwan, who had disappeared for several days, also smiled and replied: "I changed the place. It was a coincidence that you came today. If you were one day later, we might have changed again."
"Is it useful to just switch to the opposite side?"
"The government has not noticed this area yet. Changing the place is just to reduce unnecessary trouble. You know, if you want to live in the same house for a long time, you must inform the local official."
"Then you have to have a lot of houses."
He Baiwan invited Hu Guiyang into the main house, "There are many believers in the church, and many people are willing to lend a house. Anyway, they only live for a few days."
The decorations in the house were very worn and cleaned. There was no one else, so He Baiwan poured tea himself, "There is no good tea, Mr. Hu should quench his thirst."
Hu Guiyang took a sip, which was bitter and astringent. He drank only water in the next sip, and tried to keep the tea powder out of his mouth.
"San Jie'er and Wu Feng are all fine? Thank you Mr. Hu for taking in it."
"They are very good, occupying my yard, spending my money, eating my meals, grabbing my yellow dog, and saving me once."
"Haha, I heard that Mr. Hu escaped again. Don't you believe that he is the descendant of the Fire God?"
Hu Guiyang leaned forward a little and asked seriously: "What is the level of Vulcan?"
He Baiwan looked confused, "What does Mr. Hu mean?"
"Don't gods have grades? The Three Pure Land, the Jade Emperor, the Eight Immortals, the Eight Immortals, the Eight Immortals, etc., as well as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Fire Gods, which level is it?"
He Baiwan smiled and said, "The so-called grade of Mr. Hu is something that ordinary people believe in, and the Fire God Temple was built for them."
"And you are not unusual at all, so you build a temple underground?"
"Haha, Mr. Hu knows too little about our Vulcan Sect. Let's put it this way, an eunuch, a civil servant, a general, and a hero. If Mr. Hu encounters a problem, who will he ask for help?"
"It's hard to say, it depends on what the problem is."
"I will change my question. Mr. Hu thinks who can solve the most problems?"
"It's hard to say. It depends on whether the eunuch is favored, whether the civil servant has real power, whether the general is a royal relative, how many people are known to heroes... I have to try it one by one before I know it, or ask others that the powerful people will always have a reputation."
"Yes, ordinary people are willing to inquire, but it is difficult for them to find a suitable person to ask, so they think that the higher-ranking officials must be high-ranking officials, and officials from the capital must have real power, and those who are in contact with the emperor must be the most favored, and they often mistakenly recognize the powerful and noble."
"Well, I understand what you meant. The Three Pure Ones, Buddhas, all appear to have power, but the Fire God you believe in is really power?"
"Haha, the meaning is not bad, but we won't say that." He Baiwan suddenly became serious. "I have believed in many gods and took turns to pray. Only the God of Fire is the most effective. For me, this is enough. As a mortal, it is a great honor to be able to get the protection of any god. I am not qualified and there is no need to ask about the level of the god."
Hu Guiyang thought for a while, "What you said makes sense."
"But you still don't believe it?"
"There are hundreds of thousands of monks and Taoist priests in the world, and many believers like you. Everyone has a set of principles. They sound impeccable, but they are all full of loopholes when they do it. The adoptive father is right. Why do people who are suffering in the world and who do not believe in God live well?"
"Do you think Zhao Ying is living a good life?" He Baiwan smiled and shook his head, "He died, nothing was left behind."
"This is your opinion. In the eyes of our adopted sons, the adoptive father lived a free and easy life in his life and was our role model."
He Baiwan still laughed, but he didn't think so.
Hu Guiyang said: "Hey, I'm not arguing about these things when I ask you. You believe in yours, I believe in mine. I want to ask one thing."
"Please say it, Mr. Hu."
"The industries that believers of the Vulcan Cult are engaged in are related to fire. You are a fortune teller, so why have you entered the church?"
"There are many methods of fortune telling. I learned it more unpopular. I burned paper to push my life. After burning the talisman paper, I told fortunes through ashes."
"When I came to the door, you didn't count that way."
"The paper burns the life and pushes the life very effectively, it is only used occasionally, and it is only effective for the believer."
"Okay, let me ask you another thing." Hu Guiyang walked around and finally asked about the real purpose of this trip. "There must be many gunpowder workers among the believers of the Vulcan Cult, right?"
He Baiwan didn't answer immediately, stared at Hu Guiyang for a while, "There are some."
"The young elder who claimed to be building candles last time actually made gunpowder, right?"
He Baiwan was silent for a longer time, "He was a firecracker, Mr. Hu had seen it long ago?"
"Guess." Hu Guiyang actually thought the young man was unusual at the beginning, "That's right. On the night when Lingji Palace went to Zhao's house to eliminate demons, he made the thunder and white light, right?"
He Baiwan refused to answer.
"You want me to be the descendant of the Fire God, okay, I will. As the descendant of the Fire God, I will order you to tell the truth." Hu Guiyang couldn't help but curse, "There are too many people pretending to be demon foxes. I am not looking for demon foxes now, but to pretend to be true. If the Fire God Sect does not want to be affected, it is better to treat me as my own person. Perhaps this is the original intention of the 'Fire God' to choose me as a successor, in order to save your life."
Chapter completed!