Lin Jiulang did not witness the scene of thunder and fire burning the corpse of the demonic snake. After he got the news in Luoyang, he rushed to Chang'an, not even caring about his confidant Ah Chui.

When he arrived in Chang'an, it was already two days after the corpse of the demon snake was burned. However, he heard about the scene from his friend Li Shen.

Li Shen returned to Chang'an a day and a half later than Jing Zhaoyin and his party, but he rode quickly and caught up with the latter's team that day. Since it was almost dark, Li Shen felt that it was impossible for him to make it to the city in time.

He entered Chang'an City before the gate closed. Even if he managed to enter the city, he would not have time to return to the square where Prince Zou's mansion was located, so he simply stayed outside the city and stayed in the same inn as Jing Zhaoyin and his party, and happened to witness the lightning strike.

That scene.

It is said that the situation at that time was very strange. It was a clear day with no wind, no clouds, no rain, but suddenly a dark cloud came from the sky and stayed just above the inn. The outside of the inn’s wall was still bathed in the setting sun, but inside the wall there was

It was already dark and dark. Li Shen was talking to the shopkeeper at the counter at the time. When he saw this, he felt it was strange and immediately decided to leave the inn with his entourage and horses and find another place to spend the night.

If it were in the past, he might not have such thoughts, but now he has "opened his eyes" and knows that there are demons, ghosts and gods in this world, which are not something ordinary people like him can compete with. If he wants to save his life, he still has to do whatever he can to save his life.

Maybe stay away from those weird things. It happened that the family next door invited Taoist priests to exorcise evil spirits, and he planned to persuade the family to take in his group at a high price. It would be safer to stay with the Taoist priests.

He was walking very fast. As soon as the master and servants walked out of the gate of the inn courtyard, there was thunder behind them. The shopkeeper who chased after him and wanted to save his distinguished guest was startled, and his feet went soft and fell to the ground.

No words can come out.

The snake carcass was so big that it was three feet long. Even ordinary carts could not fit it. Jing Zhaoyin specially asked people to connect three carts together and then fold the snake body in half before loading it. This extra-long cart

It was parked in the yard of the inn. The carriage was covered tightly with burlap, and there was a faint smell of decay. Next to the carriage was a place where hay was piled. When the thunder struck down, it hit the snake corpse, and it immediately died.

The burlap was burned, and the fire quickly spread to the entire car, and then burned the haystack next to it, and it was about to get out of control.

At this time, the innkeeper was so frightened that Li Shen saw that the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed and ran back to the inn to inform Jing Zhaoyin. The latter hurriedly ran out of the room and personally took all the soldiers accompanying him.

The fire was extinguished by the team members pouring water. The owner of the inn only lost a few piles of hay and some sundries, but the vehicle transporting the snake carcasses was completely reduced to ashes. Naturally, the two snake carcasses would not be preserved.

On the way from Jingyang to Chang'an, Jing Zhaoyin kept asking people to cover the snake corpse with burlap in order to avoid causing a commotion, so that only those who had watched the demon snake corpse in Jingyang, or Jing Zhaoyin's entourage

In addition, other people have rarely seen the appearance of the demon snake. Because the snake corpse was burned too clean, it also caused many people to question whether the "monster snake" really exists?

After this incident, there were two main voices in the court. One believed that the demon snake was real, but Jing Zhaoyin sent the demon to the capital, which was suspected of causing disaster and bad luck. They thought he had ulterior motives; the other believed that the demon snake was real.

The snake is a fake. It was fabricated by Jing Zhaoyin to deceive the world. He specially sent the fake demon snake to Chang'an in order to be favored in front of the saint. God couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent down thunder to punish him and gave the fake snake to him.

Burnt down...

Jing Zhaoyin was not a human being inside and outside, and he was simply frustrated to death. However, he had been an official for many years, and he was not an economical lamp. He quickly wrote a letter to apologize to the saint, admitting that he had done something ill-considered, but he was definitely not bad.

He also felt that in today's peaceful and prosperous world, it was unusual for an ominous thing like a demon snake to suddenly appear in the world, so he wanted to send it to Chang'an and ask the saint to make the final decision. He had no intention of bringing the demon snake into the world in the first place.

Chang'an City, but wanted to send it to Longshouyuan in the north of the city to be burned. However, this matter had to be decided by the saint's decree. As a minister, he did not dare to do it...

As for the thunder that struck down and burned the snake carcass, Jing Zhaoyin believed that this was God's will. God knew that the saint would definitely do this, so he fulfilled the saint's wish one step ahead of time...

Jing Zhaoyin's statement was ridiculous, but the saint was happy to hear it. He accepted Jing Zhaoyin's plea and only fined the latter three months' salary.

It's just that the sage probably felt that the demonic snake was really unlucky, so he didn't like it to be mentioned again. Those who had witnessed the scene of thunder destroying the snake that day were very discerning and did not talk about it in public. Chang'an City

Many people had never even seen a snake carcass. Even after hearing the reports from onlookers, they felt that they were exaggerating and did not believe it. This matter was far from arousing heated discussion, and it was quickly discussed in the city.

Other things that happened were covered up.

It is said that even the former Jingyang County Magistrate involved in the case was given a lighter sentence after his family members donated enough property to certain nobles. Not only was he not jailed, but the original dismissal and investigation order set by Jing Zhaoyin was changed to

He has been demoted, has received court documents, and is about to go to a certain lower county in Lingnan to become the county magistrate of the ninth rank.

When Li Lijun heard this, she couldn't help but ask Lin Jiulang: "Do you know which nobleman begged for him after taking his property?" She also received compensation from the former Jingyang County Magistrate, and this account should be due

Wouldn't it be blamed on her?

Lin Jiulang heard Li Shen talk about this matter: "I heard that his family followed the path of Yang Zhao, a member of the branch committee."

Yang Zhao is the imperial concubine's brother, and is now a very popular figure in the imperial court.

Li Lijun frowned, feeling a little unhappy, but didn't say much.

The county magistrate of the lower county who is in the ninth grade is not a local official, and it is very difficult to be promoted. If the former Jingyang county magistrate wants to make a comeback, I am afraid it will be hard. Even if he has gold and silver, it will take several years

?The appetites of the Yang brothers and sisters are quite big!

Li Lijun put this person behind him and returned his attention to the matter of the snake corpse being burned. Judging from the scene reported by Lin Jiulang, it really seemed that the practitioners deliberately created these unprovoked thunders.

, burned the snake corpse. When Taoist Xuanying said goodbye to her, he was planning to take his apprentice to Yaoshan to visit the Holy Mother of Yaoshan and ask for nectar. He should not be able to return to Xianyang within a day or two. So he has a way to quickly

Send a message to fellow disciples in Chang'an City?

Is there something wrong with the identity of the Taoist priest who was exorcising evil spirits in the house next door to the inn?

Li Lijun pondered for a moment and then asked Lin Jiulang: "Uncle Shen was in the inn at that time. How did he know that there was a Taoist priest in the house next door? Which Taoist temple was that Taoist priest from?"

Lin Jiulang thought about it carefully: "It seems to be the Taoist temple over there in Leyouyuan, what is it called Fenyou Temple? It was an old Taoist priest who took two young Taoist priests to exorcise people. It is said that many strange things did appear in that house that day.

When the three Taoist priests passed by, they noticed that there was evil in his house, so they took the initiative to drive it away. When the owner of the house saw that they were old and young, he didn't believe them at first. It was only because the old Taoist priest said that he would not charge money that he

They were allowed into the house. However, after the Taoist priests recited the scriptures, strange things never happened again. The family immediately changed their attitude towards these Taoist priests and wanted to entertain them for dinner. When they declined, they asked them for the address of the Taoist temple.

, I said I was going to offer incense another day."

Oh? What a coincidence? Something strange happened that day. A Taoist priest passed by and offered to come in for free to exorcise evil spirits. Then the inn next door was struck by lightning. After the lightning strike, the Taoist priest left and all the weird things in the house disappeared?

This Taoist priest who is a tourist knows how to direct and act by himself.
Chapter completed!