Chapter 8 Lord River God Appears(1/3)
Seeing that several wealthy families who were always tall and above are so humble, Erhu's vanity has expanded rapidly.
His eyes subconsciously glanced at an old man who was called Mr. Chang.
Speaking of which, there is still a bit of old grudge between the two.
Last year, Mr. Chang used a pear blossom to suppress the begonia and took a new concubine named Xiangxiang.
This girl is in her early twenties. She was originally a popular girl in a brothel in the county. She had a pair of peach blossom eyes and a water snake waist, which was very charming.
Otherwise, Mr. Chang would not be willing to spend 800 taels of silver to redeem him.
Xiangxiang married into Chang'an Mansion, became arrogant because of her favor, and often took her maid out for wandering around.
As a result, when Erhu saw it, he felt as if he was lost. He couldn't help but step forward and touched his feet.
Xiangxiang looked down on her and scolded her a few words. Erhu was so angry that she actually tore her clothes.
This angered Mr. Chang. He immediately assigned a few servants to beat the two tigers into pig's heads, and said that if he dared to provoke Xiangxiang again, he would ruin him.
These three tigers only know how to bully the common people on weekdays, so how could they afford to offend Mr. Chang? They could only swallow their anger.
Now, the opportunity for revenge has finally arrived. How could Erhu miss this great opportunity?
So he said to Mr. Chang: "Mr. Chang, you send the fragrance to the Heshen Temple and donate 200 taels of silver and incense and oil. I guarantee that your whole family is fine, otherwise..."
Speaking of this, he sneered twice, and the threat was beyond words.
Mr. Chang's face was ashen.
How come he didn't know that Erhu was taking the opportunity to take revenge?
But, he dared not say anything to refuse.
Although he loves Xiangxiang very much, he can still distinguish between the more important and the lives of his family.
So, he smiled with a far-fetched look on his face: "I don't know... I don't know how long Xiangxiang will serve Lord River God here?"
"Don't worry, wait for me...help, when Lord River God doesn't need it, she will be letting her go home."
In fact, these three guys worshipping beauties are the ones who pretend to be public and private.
They were doing their best, and when the first batch was tired of playing, they sent it back and replaced it with another batch. It was as simple as becoming an emperor.
When he was almost the same discussion as several wealthy households, the tiger turned to the crowd, cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Listen, everyone, Lord River God saw that the villagers were suffering, so he was very compassionate and cast spells to eliminate disasters and solve problems for everyone.
However, doing so will greatly damage the vitality of the River God, so everyone should reshape a statue of the River God, offering offerings and incense every day...
As long as everyone is pious enough, Lord River God will definitely protect everyone's safety.
Otherwise, you will suffer more disasters!”
As soon as these words were spoken, many people were so scared that they knelt on the ground, praying and muttering...
At this time, Mo Ziming had already seen the clues.
Then he glanced around and found three men standing behind the crowd.
The middle one was about forty years old, and the other two were more than thirty years old, standing on the left and right. It seemed that you could tell that you had practiced martial arts at first glance.
Mo Ziming could see at a glance that the man in the middle was an official who went to the countryside in a concealed manner.
So he walked over.
When the other two men watched Mo Ziming vigilantly, their momentum became a little bit cold.
Mo Ziming smiled and stepped forward to bow to the official in the center and said, "Can you please speak in a step?"
"Who are you?"
"You can say anything here."
The two guards were very dedicated, subconsciously protecting the official in the middle and said coldly to Mo Ziming.
“This is not a place to speak.”
"It's okay~"
The official in the regular clothes also smiled, raised his hand to signal the two guards to be calm, and raised his hand to Mo Ziming: "Please!"
Seeing that it was impossible to dissuade the adults, the two guards could only protect the adults and leave the crowd.
When he walked to a place where no one was around, Mo Ziming said, "I went to the countryside to understand the people's conditions in a vague manner. I wonder what I found?"
"Um?"
The official frowned.
One of the guards also frowned and shouted, "What sir? This is my master, we are businessmen."
"Okay, there is no one here, you don't need to hide it. Xiaosheng knows that you are going to the countryside to investigate the source of the strange disease in Ping'an Town."
"Oh? Why not?"
The official did not deny it, but looked at Mo Ziming and asked in confusion.
"The young student was originally a scholar from Jiangnan. He traveled all the way through this place. It happened to be a strange incident. He secretly investigated it and found some reasons."
When the official heard this, he was very surprised and asked anxiously: "What's the reason?"
"It's not natural disasters, it's man-made disasters and demons."
The official was surprised: "Man-made disasters and demonic disasters?"
"Yes!" Mo Ziming nodded, looked back and turned around: "The three young men were obviously given magic by demons and gave them a certain amount of power.
If the young actor guessed correctly, the so-called strange disease in Ping'an Town was that they secretly cast an evil curse.
And there is a demonic energy hidden in this River God Temple, which means there is a demon hidden behind the three of them."
Hearing these words, the two guards couldn't help looking at each other.
They didn't really believe what Mo Ziming said, but they couldn't find any evidence or reason to refute it.
The official was very knowledgeable and glanced at the direction of the River Temple with thoughts...
After looking for a while, he couldn't help but look down and bowed, "I'm the official's surname is Chen, but I'm the magistrate of this county. I don't know your name?"
"It turns out it's Lord Chen, whose surname is Mo, who meets strangely."
"So it's Mr. Mo...wait!"
County Magistrate Chen was stunned, as if he had remembered something.
"You are the son of Jiangnan? Could it be... Could it be that you are the famous Mo Jieyuan?"
Mo Ziming smiled: "Shame, it's the young actor."
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Chen hurriedly bowed a big gift and said with a respectful look: "I don't know if it is Mo Jieyuan. If you have any rudeness before, please don't blame Mo Jieyuan."
His name changed from being the first to being the second.
Of course, this is a kind of self-mood, just like people often claim to be inferior and despised. After all, Mo Ziming is not in the officialdom, nor is he a superior official.
"Mr. Chen, don't be too polite~"
"Xiaguan has long heard of Mo Jieyuan's extraordinary literary talent and some magical skills, and has always admired him.
A few days ago, I heard Mo Jieyuan write a poem in Qingyang Prefecture, and I thought, how good would it be if Mo Jieyuan could come to this county? Maybe I would have the opportunity to see the style with my own eyes.
I never expected to meet in Ping'an Town, which is a great blessing..."
The two guards also rushed forward to greet each other.
After politely speaking, Mo Ziming mentioned the important matter again: "At present, the evil spirit is not in the River God Temple. In order to avoid being alerted by the snake, Xiaoshen will not do anything.
Otherwise, the adults will send someone to transfer some people, so that they can catch those subordinates by then.
As for that evil spirit, I guess I will come to the temple tonight, and the young student will deal with it at that time."
When he heard this, County Magistrate Chen was very surprised and quickly ordered one of the guards: "Go and transfer people quickly. Remember, this matter should be carried out in secret and do not disturb the people."
"Yes, sir!"
The guard must be ordered to go.
As soon as the person left, the county magistrate Chen couldn't help asking: "Mo Jieyuan, the lower official was a little puzzled. What was the intention of the other party to do this?"
Mo Ziming said with a serious look on his face: "It's very simple, everyone can get what they need.
I heard some comments in the crowd. Those three guys were actually three gangsters, and were called Sanhu by the local people.
According to my analysis, the evil spirit's purpose is nothing more than to pretend to be a river god to accept people's worship.
But it needs someone to build momentum for it, so it chose the Three Tigers.
In order to achieve the goal, many people died one after another, causing great panic.
At this time, the evil spirit appears as a savior again, and the people will naturally be grateful and regard it as a worship of the righteous god.
In this way, the three tigers also benefited from it, using the name of the River God to cheat money and sex…”
"Damn it, these three guys should be cut into pieces!"
The guard who stayed said angrily.
To be continued...