The 209th chapter City God (2)
Chapter 209 City God (2)
"Old sir, do you mean that Miss Huang's illness is also related to this City God?" Brother Li asked helplessly.
"Well, I don't dare to talk nonsense. What if I offend the great god? I want to live for a few more years!" After hearing what Xiao Li said, the old man waved his hands and then whispered.
, "Anyway, everyone knows about this, otherwise Mr. Huang wouldn't have posted a recruitment notice, promised him a lot of money, let alone promised his beautiful girl who is as beautiful as a flower!"
"Like a flower like a jade, like a flower like a jade, Xiao Li!" Dasha looked at Xiao Li and deliberately provoked him and said, "You kid, hurry up. After passing this village, there is no such store. It's a rare opportunity; I want to be a hero.
You are trying to save a beauty, but you are as timid as a mouse and look forward and backward. This is not acceptable! If you are afraid of the City God, brother, I will not be polite!"
"Look at how bad you are, Dasha. I, Xiao Li, am also a talented person, so don't be embarrassed. Besides, when will I tell you that I'm afraid of the City God? Let's go to Huang's Mansion to understand the situation first.
Say it again!"
After several of us inquired about the location of Huang's Mansion, we said goodbye to the old gentleman and went straight to Huang's Mansion.
This rich man Huang, from his house, it can be seen that he is worth a lot and has a strong family fortune. After being informed, the rich man Huang saw that one of us was not an old man in Xinglin, and the other was not a high-ranking monk, but just a few soldiers.
, the disappointment is palpable.
"Which of you military masters is proficient in the art of Qi Huang?" Mr. Huang raised his tea cup towards us. Although he politely gestured for us to drink tea, there was deep disbelief and doubt in his words. His subtext was affirmative.
It's: You are just some rough guys. It's okay to charge into battle and kill the enemy to serve the country, but when it comes to treating illnesses and saving people, huh, that's really laughable!
"It's like this, Mr. Huang, Mr. Liu also learned some rough tips before joining the army," Mr. Liu said calmly. "It's unknown whether it may be helpful to Miss Huang's illness, but the way of practicing medicine is always far from the truth."
It’s understandable that Mr. Huang doesn’t believe us because we don’t want to be open-minded, but Mr. Huang can tell us about Qingyuan’s condition, so there’s nothing in the way!”
"Cao Tou Fang?" Mr. Huang was well behaved and did not spit out the tea on the spot, but the servant standing next to him couldn't help but laugh regardless of his identity and occasion!
"Old Huang, why are you laughing?" Mr. Huang's face remained calm. "Please bear with me. This is the housekeeper, Old Huang. He is older and a very nice person!"
"Let me tell you, my eldest daughter has this disease. What apricot forest master has never seen it? What kind of miraculous medicine has he not taken? You dare to expose this recruiting list just by making a fool of yourself. It is really an eye-opener for me!"
The housekeeper seems to be quite young, but his cultivation is far behind that of Mr. Huang.
"Ha! Yes, with someone like Mr. Huang, he must have hired countless experts from the apricot forest and bought a lot of miraculous medicines for his daughter. I do believe this. However, I would like to ask the housekeeper whether the illness of the eldest daughter of the Wei family has been taken care of.
"?" After hearing the butler's contemptuous words, I couldn't help but say something in return.
"Old Huang, you go ahead and do your work first. Youdao doesn't have diamonds or porcelain work. I believe that since these people dare to expose the recruitment list, they must have something special! Don't you think so?
" Mr. Huang is really powerful. He pushed us into a corner with just a few words. We had no way out and had no choice but to step forward.
"Oh, Mr. Huang, thank you. If you can cure Qian Yuan's disease, I think this is what everyone wants to see." As our commander, Mr. Liu had no choice but to go down this road, "It's still useful to Huang."
Sir, please tell me about Qian Yuan’s condition!”
"Oh, it's like this. My little girl has always been in good health. A few months ago, she suddenly became mentally disturbed and in a trance. She often talks to herself inexplicably, as if she was possessed by an evil spirit. Ahem, I'm here too.
There are some great monks and Taoists, but they have no effect at all!"
"Is Miss Huang's illness related to the City God?" Xiao Li said abruptly.
"Well, have you heard any rumors outside?" Mr. Huang didn't expect us to do this, and sighed, "Then I'll tell the truth. Someone once said that my daughter's disease is related to the city god of this county.
However, let’s put aside whether it is true or false. To take a step back, even if it is related to him, no one would dare to call an army to hold him accountable?”
"Ha, this is exactly the purpose of our coming here!" Mr. Liu also knew that he would definitely not be able to gain Mr. Huang's trust in his medical skills. Besides, even if others believed in him, he himself did not have the confidence. Seeing that Mr. Huang had said this, he followed suit.
He brought the topic to where we are good at, "Maybe our medical skills are not as good as Mr. Huang's, but when it comes to courage, we people still have some courage!"
"Boss Liu is right. Those old monks and smelly Taoist priests can only drive away ghosts and other ghosts, not to mention those divine witches. They dare not offend the Lord City God! But we don't care.
What, as long as he is at fault first, we can still seek justice for Miss Huang!" Xiao Li immediately took the initiative.
"Everyone, please have some tea, please have some tea," Mr. Huang suddenly became polite to us after hearing what Xiao Li said. "Look, it's almost noon. I have some wine here. Let's talk while drinking!"
It was obvious that Mr. Huang only knew that our medical skills were not good and ignored the courage of those of us who had experienced battles for a long time. The reason why he invited us to entertain us with food and wine seemed to be that he really wanted us to challenge the Lord Bancheng, rather than to take a fancy to Boss Liu.
It is difficult to cure serious diseases without going to the main hall. And this is exactly what we are better at than those monks and monks.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Mr. Huang finally told the truth. It turned out that Miss Huang's strange disease was related to the city god of the county. Several holy men and monks said that it was related to the city god of the county.
There was a paper document pleading for mercy, but the city god didn't seem to have any intention of appreciating her, so Miss Huang's illness has not been cured yet.
Finally, Mr. Huang said that in order to save his daughter's illness, he had to go to the City God to deal with it. Moreover, he heard that the old man was not in the temple during the day and was only in the government office at night.
Mr. Huang's intention is obvious, that is, he wants us to enter the City God's Temple at night. Regardless of whether this method is effective or not, at least they are convinced of it. It seems that we must go into this tiger's den.
As a soldier says, a horse is hard to catch. Since we made a promise at the wine table, we will not go back on it. After we returned to the camp, Boss Liu arranged relevant matters and took several of our old brothers with him while it was still dark.
Rush to the Chenghuang Temple.
There was a huge City God's Temple, but no one lived in the temple. When an old man who was responsible for cleaning the City God's Temple heard that we were going to spend the night here, he firmly opposed and dissuaded us. He took the trouble to tell us that this place really cannot be inhabited at night. It was a delay.
The City God's ghost investigation office will definitely punish us.
We saw that we were determined to spend the night in the temple. The old man shook his head and told us helplessly that this place was full of ghosts crying and wolf howling at night, which would scare people to death.
Of course we understand how powerful the City God is, and we also know that tonight is destined to be uneasy. However, we will never back down, partly because of Brother Li, and more importantly, whether he is the City God, a mountain god or a wild ghost.
, as long as he dares not to follow the right path, is charming and harmful to others, we are not afraid of him!
The old man had no choice but to arrange a few more instructions to be careful with the lights at night, pay attention to fire prevention, and come out quickly if something happened, and then left on his own.
Looking at the couplet in the City God's Temple, "It's useless for the rapist Ko Ren'er to kowtow and burn incense; it's okay to accumulate virtue and do good deeds until you see me here and don't worship me." We feel more confident in our hearts. As the City God who protects the people of a certain area, this is what he should do. Those who
Can a sinful person be exempted from his sins just because he burns incense and kowtows to you? On the other hand, as long as our hearts are upright and we don’t have to kneel down to you, I forgive you and you don’t dare to do anything to us - even God wants to
Be reasonable!
The five of us lit candles high in the main hall, sat on the floor, took out the soju and peanuts we brought, drank and laughed.
The long night has just begun, and we are in this notorious, weird and scary ghost place. If we just sit there and wait, it will either scare people or make them bored.
It was pitch dark outside the main hall, and you couldn't see any fingers, but inside there were candles swaying, and the aroma of wine filled the air. This is not because we are greedy for alcohol, one is to kill the boredom of the long night; the other is to strengthen men's courage and drink to feel drunk.
Not to mention he is the City God, even if King Yama comes in person, we have good conscience and a clear conscience, so we will not be afraid of him.
There are no absolutes in the world. Just as we were enjoying a slow drink, a misty scream came from the City God's Temple. The scream was like a thread, going straight to the heart, making people restless.
At the same time, a cold wind blew from behind the hall, and the originally bright candles suddenly went out. We seemed to be suddenly sitting in the wilderness where the north wind was whistling, facing a dark hall, surrounded by walls and ceilings.
It was like the roof disappeared in an instant!
"Don't panic, don't shoot until you see the target clearly!" Boss Liu ordered in a low voice.
All the wine I had just drank turned into cold sweat. The right hand holding the pistol couldn't help but tremble a little. I really wanted to fire two shots to strengthen my courage.
"Ugh." A scream seemed to come from under our feet, which scared us so much that we jumped away. I couldn't help but fire two shots at the place where we were sitting just now. I heard a "crash" sound.
It made a loud noise, but it hit our wine bottle.
"Who shot?!" Boss Liu roared angrily, fearing that we might panic and accidentally hurt ourselves.
"Quick, light the wax, boss!" Goudan also screamed.
Out of people's instinctive fear of the dark, we all heard the panic in Goudan's voice. In addition, in order to avoid accidental shooting, the short gun in hand was not as effective as a big knife at this time.
"Chi la -" With a soft sound, Mr. Liu lit a match (match) and walked towards the candlestick next to him.
At this moment, all of us let out a short scream, and in unison we fired in front of Boss Liu with a bang!
Because with the dim light of the match in Mr. Liu's hand, we all saw a strange man in black, with his feet off the ground and floating forward. On his face as pale as paper, two dark eye sockets emitted a strange and faint sound.
Chapter completed!