Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 175

Two hundred miles south of the capital.

Sui Zhi wore a mask and rode on a horse, looking at the collapsed hill.

The hill was originally more than [-] feet high (about [-] meters), but now there are less than [-] battles (less than [-] meters).

A masked man beside him said to Sui Zhi: "Elder Sima, I was careless."

"So what if you're careless? You're just going to die," Sui Zhi sighed softly, "Have you seen the face of the person who came?"

The masked man shook his head: "He shot too fast. When I arrived, I only saw smoke and dust flying around, and a white light flashed in the smoke and dust, and the man disappeared."

"How is the condition of the god?"

"I waited for a long time to call, but I didn't see a response, and I didn't know it was..."

The masked man wanted to say that he didn't know whether he was dead or alive, but he was worried about being disrespectful to the god, so he didn't dare to say it.

Sui Zhi hurried forward and came to the foot of the mountain, and saw a group of congregants kneeling towards the cave.

The masked man said: "I asked people to take blood food, and asked inner disciples to set up altars, but the gods never responded. Do I want to call more disciples..."

Sui Zhi's eyebrows trembled, and he raised a hand to signal the masked man to silence.

The masked man didn't dare to speak, Sui Zhi listened to the wind in the cave.

He leaned down and whispered to the masked man: "Go and call back all the disciples of the inner way, the disciples of the outsider way are still far away, leave more money for the disciples of the outsider way, and let them divide it among themselves."

"Great Sima, you know the integrity of heretic disciples. If you let them divide the money themselves, they will probably fight in front of the gods."

"It's best to fight, let's do it."

The masked man brought two sacks of copper coins, which can add up to two or three hundred hangs, and put them at the entrance of the cave, saying, "This is a gift from Da Sima to the disciples of heretics, you can share it among yourself."

A group of outsider disciples looked at each other in blank dismay, and they dared not stretch out their hands in the presence of insider disciples.

The masked man said: "The insider disciples come with me, Da Sima wants to give a lecture!"

The inner disciples retreated one after another, and only a hundred or so outsider disciples were left looking at the two sacks of copper coins.

A middle-aged man reached over, took out a sling of money from the sack, and hid it in his arms.

A young man also took a hang.

Others came forward to take it one after another. An old man coughed forcefully. Everyone thought that the insider disciple had returned, so they all stopped.

The old man walked to the side of the sack, suddenly got down on the ground, tried his best to stuff it into the clothes, and packed more than a dozen sacks in one go.

The rest of the people came to fight for it, and the old man shouted loudly: "You don't know how to respect the elders? Are you trying to squeeze me to death? You greedy money, you will die!"

While scolding, he stuffed copper coins into his bosom. His clothes were torn, and someone came up to snatch them from him. The old man scolded: "You unconscionable people, don't touch my money, you will die!"

More than a hundred outsider disciples scrambled in one place, while Sui Zhi led a group of insider disciples to watch quietly from a distance.

"How many of you have seen the gods show their power?"

A group of insider disciples looked at each other in blank dismay. They only knew that the living people were sent to that cave and never came out again. As for what it means to show power, they didn't understand.

After waiting for a while, the collapsed hill suddenly trembled, and the cave that originally allowed the two people to pass through slowly expanded, enveloping the heretic disciples who were scrambling for copper coins.

A heretic disciple realized that something was wrong, looked up and saw that he had entered the entrance of the cave at some point.

He exclaimed, and ran out of the cave entrance, and many people followed him, and many people were still grabbing money with red eyes.

Holding the sack in his arms, the old man tied the copper coins to his belt. Suddenly, he saw a giant python coming in front of him, which swept him and the copper coins deep into the cave.

The giant python flew back and forth, dragging everyone into the cave. The person who ran in the front finally rushed to the entrance of the cave. The entrance of the cave suddenly tightened, trapping his upper body.

The man hung half of his body outside the hill, shouting with all his might.

The opening of the hole was relaxed, and the man climbed out a little.

The hole tightened again, and the man was sucked in.

The inside disciples stood behind Sui Zhi, watching the scene with trembling.

Sui Zhi whispered to the masked man: "Open the altar tonight, take the god to the south, walk five hundred miles, let the inner disciples go to the nearby villages, and gather more people. Everyone finds at least one, if there is even one If he couldn’t find it, he dedicated himself to the god.”

……

Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his eyes and woke up in the bedroom.

In the middle of the night, there were no candles in the house, and it was pitch black.

Xu Zhiqiong struggled to get up, feeling his limbs were soft and his whole body was weak.

This is not a big deal, the key is that the dizziness is severe.

According to his master's instructions, he ate four hundred golden beans, and he had no idea what happened next.

But he clearly remembered one thing.

Master was very weak at that time, so weak that he didn't want to say a word.

He didn't say the speed and strength of the sixth rank, nor what the sixth rank skill is, these are not important, just ask Qian Limu to know the answer.

What matters is how the master is doing.

Xu Zhiqiong focused on Baihui, got into the small black room, called for a while in the darkness, but there was no answer.

Master must have gone to sleep, he said he would rest for a while.

……

Xu Zhiqiong returned to the room, feeling thirsty, and shouted: "Yang Wu, bring me some water!"

Yang Wu didn't move.

This guy is really useless.

Xu Zhiqiong groped for a long time, but couldn't find the candlestick, and his eyesight hadn't fully recovered, so he could only walk out of the house, and it took him a long time to reach the door.

He thought about where the bed was, and the direction was right, but he felt that the room had grown a lot.

Pushing open the door and going out, Xu Zhiqiong almost tripped over the table.

This is the outhouse.

There is also a lot more furniture in the outhouse.

After walking out of the outer room, Xu Zhiqiong still couldn't see any light, he was still in the room.

There is a hall outside the outhouse.

This is strange.

I feel that the room has become bigger, maybe because I have slowed down.

I feel that there are too many furniture, maybe Yang Wu, a prodigal, bought them.

But why did the architectural pattern change?

Walking out of the hall, Xu Zhiqiong finally arrived at the courtyard. Looking through the moonlight, he found a pond in front of the door.

Who built the pond so close?If you don't pay attention to this...

Plop, plop, plop...

Yang Wu swam up from the pond, picked off the water plants all over his head, wiped his face and said, "I always forgot that there is a pond here, and when I heard you call me, I rushed over here, you are awake, you I've been asleep for two whole days."

Xu Zhiqiong looked around at the gorgeous courtyard. Besides the pond, there was also a rockery, and there was a gazebo beside the rockery.

"What is this place?"

Yang Wudao: "I don't know. I was here when I woke up. Anyway, the table and chair where I slept are still there. It should be our original yard, but I don't know why it changed into this."

"This is not Yilangyuan!"

"It's true that it's not called Yilangyuan. The plaque at the door has been changed, and it's called Zhonglangyuan."

Xu Zhiqiong followed Yang Wu to the outside of the courtyard, walked out of the backyard is a garden, walked out of the garden, and arrived at the main courtyard, Yang Wu made tea for Xu Zhiqiong, Xu Zhiqiong drank tea, ate snacks, and had With some strength, he followed Yang Wu and walked out. When he walked out of the main courtyard, there was another garden. Yang Wu named it Front Garden: "Be careful with your feet, there is also a pond here."

Pass through the front garden to reach the front yard, and finally arrive at the main entrance. There is a plaque hanging on the front entrance. Under the moonlight, three large characters are eye-catching - Zhonglangyuan!

Xu Zhiqiong laughed!
The choice of Yilang was right at the beginning, which is much bigger than the Zhonglang Court in the Punishment Division.

Yang Wu said from the side: "You just saw that the several courtyards are the main courtyard. You haven't seen the side courtyards and cross courtyards on both sides. They are all magnificent and beautiful. Hurry up and let Chang Decai come back. I can't take care of it alone. ..."

Xu Zhiqiong slapped his head: "You just said how many days I slept?"

Yang Wudao: "It's been two days since I woke up. I slept all day, and I don't know what you were doing at that time."

Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly left Yilangyuan. Chang Decai and Han Chen had been together under the same roof for almost three days. Who can guarantee that nothing will happen to them?
Back home, Xu Zhiqiong saw a scene that he couldn't let go of.

Chang De was lying on the bed.

Han Chen made a tablet for him and was burning incense for him.

When he was a long-lived soul before, Chang De could just find a house, and he could survive after taking two breaths of energy. If he could occupy a courtyard, it would be equivalent to finding a long-term meal ticket.

But after becoming Xu Zhiqiong's servant, he can no longer do this kind of job, and can only live on incense like Yang Wu.

Ghosts cannot offer incense to themselves. During Xu Zhiqiong's absence, he and Yang Wu offer incense to each other. A piece of fine sandalwood is enough for Yang Wu to last for three to five days, lying in Yilangyuan like before. If you don't move, you can support it for seven or eight days.

But Changde can't do it, he is not a ghost of the same level as Yang Wu, his consumption is much greater, he has to eat two sandalwood for each meal, which can last for at most two days.

Before helping Xu Zhiqiong to watch Shi Shuangliu, he stayed in the mortal world for a whole day without eating, Xu Zhiqiong fell into a coma for another two days, and Chang Decai stayed at Xu Zhiqiong's house the whole time, so hungry that he passed out.

Now that Han Chen has prepared the memorial tablet and offered it to Chang Decai, the reasons for it needless to say.

"Brother Han, you already know."

Han Chen smiled: "From the first day I met Miss Chang, I knew her identity. Han was not a worldly person, so why should Brother Xu cover it up?
Miss Chang hadn't entered the incense burner for three days, and she was so hungry that she couldn't stand still, but she refused to leave this place. She said that because of Brother Xu's order, she would starve to death without a single complaint. With such a confidant in life, what more can a husband ask for? ? "

Chang Decai looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Master, our family has embarrassed you."

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "I was too careless, Brother Han has sincere intentions for you, or you just obey..."

"Master!" Chang De gritted his teeth and turned his face away, "Don't say it."

Han Chen smiled and said: "Don't make things difficult for Miss Chang, Han is still infatuated and willing to wait for the girl forever!"

Chang Decai was about to cry, but Shi Shuangliu walked into the room: "Brother Xu, are you hungry? I've warmed up food for you."

This girl is quite considerate.

And the cooking skills are not bad.

Xu Zhiqiong ate a few side dishes and two bowls of rice, and asked an important matter: "Where is your father's body?"

"In the Ministry of Punishment, it has already been burned."

"Burned?"

Shi Shuangliu nodded: "The master of the prison of the Criminal Ministry said that the case has been judged and asked me to pay for the burial of the whole family. I said that the money was at home and let them get it. They said they went, but they didn't find the money. They were all burned, put the ashes in jars, and buried them anywhere, I asked them where they were buried, and they said I was dying too, and it was useless to tell me."

The head of the criminal department is too dark, swallowed the money, burned the body, and probably confiscated even the ashes.

Shi Fu is the pavilion master of the Nufu Sect, a disciple of the insider Taoism, and he planted a very important tree, which proves that he has some important information about the Nufu Sect.

But now that the body was burned, his clue was broken.

Then we can only check from another clue.

……

Halfway through the hour, Xu Zhiqiong bought some food and wine at the Die Ying Building in the west of the city, and went to the city gate to see Wu Shanxing.

Wu Shanxing was very happy: "I heard that you were promoted to Red Lantern, I thought you forgot about my poor brother."

"What's this called? How could I forget you, brother? If you hadn't rescued me that day, I'm afraid I would have died in the hands of King Huai."

The two drank a few cups to each other, Wu Shanxing lowered his voice and said, "I don't know if I should ask this question, how did you come back to life?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled wryly and said: "These days, I see everyone asking about this matter, brother, I really don't want to hide it from you, I really don't know, I just fell asleep, and then woke up, and found myself Lying in a coffin, the coffin lid was planed by King Huai!"

Wu Shanxing laughed loudly when he heard the words, and after laughing, he repeatedly sighed: "Zhiqiong, I admire you from the bottom of my heart, you killed that bastard Liang Yuming, to seek justice for Minister Wu, for the [-] people in the capital,

On the night of Huazi Festival, thousands of people dressed up as beggars went to Baihu Mountain to worship you, and the whole city lit up lights to see you off. That's why I've lived my life in vain. "

Xu Zhiqiong laughed loudly: "Senior Brother Wu, you're over-the-top, really over-the-top...wait!"

With a frozen smile, Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Senior Brother Wu, did you just say how many people went to Baihu Mountain to worship me?"

"If there is no one thousand, there are eight hundred! I guard this city gate every day, can I be wrong?"

Xu Zhiqiong remained silent.

There were almost a hundred beggars who came to worship him that day, and Xu Zhiqiong would never be wrong about this.

There is an order of magnitude difference between a hundred people and a thousand people.

Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "They all went to pay homage to me, Hanako Festival, they must have gone out to make trouble with Hanako!"

Wu Shanxing shook his head and said, "Why are you still hiding it from me? Those beggars were picked up by carriages when they went out. If it wasn't for worshiping you, who would use a carriage to pick up beggars?"

Xu Zhiqiong was stunned.

Where did the carriage come from?
No carriage was seen that night.

It is not convenient to go up the mountain by carriage!

Where were these beggars taken?
While thinking about it, a soldier brought a jug of wine and handed it to Wu Shanxing: "My lord, the wine is here."

Wu Shanxing knocked open the seal and said with a smile: "I can't buy any good wine with this little salary, don't be disgusted, let's have a good drink!"

Xu Zhiqiong hugged the jar and smelled it: "Meilu from the Liangzhai garden, how dare you say this is not good wine, senior brother, you are too polite."

Wu Shanxing said with a smile: "Too bad wine can't match Xu Hongdeng!"

"Don't just let us two drink, come on brother, you come and sit together!" Xu Zhiqiong called the sergeant who bought the wine over.

The sergeant didn't dare to sit down, Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Why, why don't you give me face?"

Wu Shanxing said: "Xu Qianhu asked you to sit, so you sit!"

The sergeant wanted to sit next to Wu Shanxing, but Xu Zhiqiong pulled him over: "Brother, sit next to me, I have noticed you for a long time."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhiqiong put his arm around the sergeant's shoulder.

Wu Shanxing was startled: "Zhiqiong, are you...drinking too much?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "I didn't drink too much, I've always liked this brother, look how fair this little face is."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhiqiong touched the sergeant's face, and the sergeant flushed with embarrassment.

Xu Zhiqiong stroked his hair again, and took the opportunity to tear off two hairs.

(End of this chapter)